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Ligue 1 Orange Mali
Founded	1966
Country	Mali
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	18
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Malian Cup ; Super Coupe National du Mali
International cup(s)	Champions League ; Confederation Cup
Current champions	Real Bamako ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Djoliba (24)
	Current: 2024–25 Malian Première Division

Malian Première Division (French: Première division malienne) is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The league has been professional since 2004. The official name is Ligue 1 Orange Mali for sponsorship reasons.

The season usually runs from December to late August. The league currently consists of twenty clubs split into two pools and features a round-robin home-and-away schedule within each pool. The top two in each pool qualify for the Championship Play-Off (Carré d'As), which involves a round-robin between the four teams. The winners of the play-off are crowned champions and qualify for the CAF Champions League.

In the 2017 season, the competition started in early January, but in the 6th round, the government dissolved the football association on 9 March and the remaining matches of the round were abandoned. The league did not take place in 2018 but resumed for the 2019-20 season.

Teams (2021–22)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Afrique Élite	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
AS Bakaridjan	Ségou	Stade Amari Daou	30,000
AS Black Stars	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
AS Douanes	Sikasso	Stade Babemba Traoré de Sikasso	30,000
AS Korofina	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
AS Olympique de Messira	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
AS Police	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
AS Real Bamako	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
CO Bamako	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
CS Duguwolofila	Koulikoro	Stade Mamadou Diarra H. de Koulikoro	8,000
Djoliba AC	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
LC Bamako	Bamako	Stade Modibo Kéïta	35,000
Stade Malien	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
AS Onze Créateurs de Niaréla	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
US Bougouba	Bougouba	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
USC Kita	Kita	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000
USFAS Bamako	Bamako	Stade Municipal de USFAS	5,000
Yeelen Olympique	Bamako	Stade du 26 Mars	50,000

Previous winners

Years	Champions
1966	Djoliba A.C. (1)
1967	Djoliba A.C. (2)
1968	Djoliba A.C. (3)
1969	A.S. Real Bamako (1)
1970	Stade Malien (1)
1971	Djoliba A.C. (4)
1972	Stade Malien (2)
1973	Djoliba A.C. (5)
1974	Djoliba A.C. (6)
1975	Djoliba A.C. (7)
1976	Djoliba A.C. (8)
1979	Djoliba A.C. (9)
1980	A.S. Real Bamako (2)
1981	A.S. Real Bamako (3)
1982	Djoliba A.C. (10)
1983	A.S. Real Bamako (4)
1984	Stade Malien (3)
1985	Djoliba A.C. (11)
1986	A.S. Real Bamako (5)
1987	Stade Malien (4)
1988	Djoliba A.C. (12)
1989	Stade Malien (5)
1990	Djoliba A.C. (13)
1991	AS Real Bamako (6)
1992	Djoliba A.C. (14)
1993	Stade Malien (6)
1994	Stade Malien (7)
1995	Stade Malien (8)
1996	Djoliba A.C. (15)
1997	Djoliba A.C. (16)
1998	Djoliba A.C. (17)
1999	Djoliba A.C.(18)
2000	Stade Malien (9)
2001	Stade Malien (10)
2002	Stade Malien (11)
2003	Stade Malien (12)
2004	Djoliba A.C. (19)
2005	Stade Malien (13)
2006	Stade Malien (14)
2007	Stade Malien (15)
2008	Djoliba A.C. (20)
2009	Djoliba A.C. (21)
2010	Stade Malien (16)
2011	Stade Malien (17)
2012	Djoliba A.C. (22)
2013	Stade Malien (18)
2014	Stade Malien (19)
2015	Stade Malien (20)
2016	Stade Malien (21)
2017	Championship canceled
2018	Not held^[1]
2019	Not held^[2]
2020	Stade Malien (22)
2021	Stade Malien (23)
2022	Djoliba A.C. (23)
2023	AS Real Bamako (7)
2024

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Years
Stade Malien	23	1970, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021
Djoliba AC	23	1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2022
AS Real Bamako	7	1969, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 2023

Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1998-99	Soumaila Toure	USFAS Bamako	12
2000-01	Mamadou Kanté	Stade Malien	23
2002	Soungalo Diakite	Stade Malien	25
2002-03	Ousmane Coulibaly	Nianan	13
2004	Mintou Doucouré	Centre Salif Keita	14
2005	Jacques Koffi N'Guessan	Real Bamako	18
2007	Bakary Coulibaly	Stade Malien	16
2008-09	Ousmane Ben Goïta	USFAS Bamako	13
2008-09	Mamadou Coulibaly	Stade Malien	13
2021-22	Moussa Koné	Bougouba	20
2023-24	Lamine Diakite	Onze Createurs	15