Contested by 8 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Second Division Football Tournament.
During the course of a season each club plays the others thrice (a double round-robin system), for a total of 21 games.
If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match decides rank.
The Football Association of Maldives (FAM) provides each Premier League team with an amount of MVR 1.6 million.
[citation needed][1] The all-time Dhivehi Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 2015.