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2022 Super League of Malawi

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Super League of Malawi
Season2022
Dates19 March – 19 November
ChampionsNyasa Big Bullets
RelegatedSable Farming
Thomas Nyirenda Stars
Rumphi United
Top goalscorerBabatunde Adepoju
(18 goals)
2023

The 2022 Super League of Malawi (known as the TNM Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi since its establishment in 1986. The season started on 19 March 2022 and was ended on 19 November 2022. Nyasa Big Bullets are the defending champions.[1][2]

Nyasa Big Bullets retained the Super League title following their 3–1 win over Moyale Barracks on 12 November 2022.[3]

Teams

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Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and the three promoted teams from the regional leagues: Rumphi United, Dedza Dynamos and Sable Farming.

Other changes

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Nyasa Big Bullets Blantyre Kamuzu Stadium 65,000
Silver Strikers Lilongwe Silver Stadium 20,000
Mighty Wanderers Blantyre Kamuzu Stadium 65,000
Civil Service United Lilongwe Civo Stadium 25,000
Karonga United Karonga Karonga Stadium 20,000
Moyale Barracks Mzuzu Mzuzu Stadium 15,000
TN Stars Kasungu Kasungu Stadium 6,000
MAFCO Nkhotakota Chitowe Stadium 1,000
Ekwendeni Hammers Mzuzu Mzuzu Stadium 15,000
Kamuzu Barracks Lilongwe Civo Stadium 25,000
Red Lions Balaka Balaka Stadium 3,000
Blue Eagles Lilongwe Nankhaka Stadium 5,000
Mighty Tigers Nchalo Kalulu Stadium 3,000
Dedza Dynamos Dedza Dedza Stadium 6,000
Sable Farming Blantyre Mpira Stadium 6,244
Rumphi United Rumphi Rumphi Stadium 1,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nyasa Big Bullets (C) 30 22 7 1 69 21 48 73 Qualification for CAF Champions League
2 Blue Eagles 30 18 9 3 39 10 29 63
3 Kamuzu Barracks 30 16 9 5 37 19 18 57
4 Mighty Wanderers 30 16 8 6 53 26 27 56
5 Silver Strikers 30 14 9 7 38 26 12 51
6 MAFCO Salima 30 14 8 8 49 26 23 50
7 Moyale Barracks 30 14 4 12 38 32 6 46
8 Civil Service United 30 10 15 5 35 25 10 45
9 Dedza Dynamos 30 11 8 11 29 36 −7 41
10 Ekwendeni Hammers 30 8 10 12 33 35 −2 34
11 Karonga United 30 8 8 14 26 42 −16 32
12 Mighty Tigers 30 8 7 15 23 38 −15 31
13 Red Lions 30 7 8 15 27 38 −11 29
14 Sable Farming (R) 30 6 6 18 24 44 −20 24 Relegation
15 Thomas Nyirenda Stars (R) 30 4 5 21 24 68 −44 17
16 Rumphi United (R) 30 3 1 26 15 73 −58 10
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Nigeria Babatunde Adepoju Nyasa Big Bullets 18
2 Malawi Muhammad Sulumba Mighty Wanderers 15
3 Malawi Chawanangwa Kaonga Silver Strikers 13
4 Malawi Raphael Phiri Civil Service United 12
5 Malawi Mphatso Filimoni MAFCO Salima 10
Malawi Zeliat Nkhoma Kamuzu Barracks

References

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  1. ^ "Let the games begin: 2022 TNM Super League season kicks off today". Malawi24. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Malawi 2022". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Nyasa Big Bullets does it Again- Crowned 2022 TNM Super League Champions". malawianatimes.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Babatunde first foreigner to win league Golden Boot". The Nation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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