2019 Super League of Malawi

The 2019 Super League of Malawi (known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi, since its establishment in 1986. It started on 13 April 2019[1][2] and ended in 22 December 2019.[3]

Super League of Malawi
Season2019
ChampionsNyasa Big Bullets
RelegatedDwangwa United
Mlatho Mponela
Master Security Rangers
← 2018

Nyasa Big Bullets are the defending champions of the 2018 season.

Clubs

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and the three promoted teams from the regional leagues: Ntopwa, Mlatho Mponela and Chitipa United.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nyasa Big Bullets (C) 30 21 7 2 62 13 +49 70 Qualification for 2020–21 CAF Champions League
2 Be Forward Wanderers 30 21 6 3 55 15 +40 69
3 Blue Eagles (Q) 30 15 8 7 48 34 +14 53 Qualification for 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Silver Strikers 30 15 8 7 40 28 +12 53
5 Civil Service United 30 13 5 12 38 32 +6 44
6 Moyale Barracks 30 11 9 10 32 31 +1 42
7 Kamuzu Barracks 30 11 9 10 22 22 0 42
8 Thomas Nyirenda Stars 30 12 5 13 31 40 −9 41
9 Mighty Tigers 30 10 8 12 24 24 0 38
10 Karonga United 30 10 7 13 36 45 −9 37
11 Ntopwa FC 30 11 2 17 41 48 −7 35
12 Mzuni FC 30 7 11 12 27 37 −10 32
13 Chitipa United 30 7 11 12 31 47 −16 32
14 Dwangwa United (R) 30 8 6 16 31 52 −21 30 Relegation
15 Mlatho Mponela (R) 30 5 8 17 25 45 −20 23
16 Master Security Rangers (R) 30 4 8 18 22 52 −30 20
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Blue Eagles are FISD Challenge Cup winners.

Top scorers
As of 23 December 2019
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Khuda Muyaba Silver Strikers 19
2 Hassan Kajoke Nyasa Big Bullets 17
3 Babatunde Adepoju Be Forward Wanderers 15
4 Micium Mhone Blue Eagles 12
Stain Davie TN Stars
5 Collen Nkhulambe Mzuni 11
Chiukepo Msowoya Nyasa Big Bullets
Vincent Nyangulu Be Forward Wanderers

References
  1. Malawi 2019, RSSSF.com
  2. "Super League season preview: Masters, Eagles set to challenge favourites". malawi24.com. April 13, 2019.
  3. "Nyasa Big Bullets win back-to-back Malawi TNM Super League titles". nyasatimes.com. December 22, 2019.
  4. "Khuda Muyaba wins golden boot award". malawi24.com. December 23, 2019.
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