Marianas Soccer League 1

Association football league in the Northern Mariana Islands

Football league

Marianas Soccer League 1

Founded| 2005; 19 years ago (2005)[1]
Country| Northern Mariana Islands
Confederation| AFC
Number of teams| 9
Level on pyramid| 1
International cup(s)| AFC Challenge League
Marianas Club Championship
Current champions| Eleven Tiger (1st title)
(2023)
Most championships| Tan Holdings (6 titles)[2]
TV partners| FIFA+ (live streaming)
Website| www.nmifa.com

The Marianas Soccer League 1 is the men's top level professional football competition of the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association. It is above the Marianas Soccer League 2, but there is no regular promotion/relegation between the two competitions.

## History

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The league began as an invitational event in the Northern Mariana Islands. The league has been operating since 2005[1] and grew to include eight teams in the 2008 season.[3][4]

On 2 August 2012 the competition was re-branded as the M-League, following the suit of many other AFC national competitions. In September 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA) officially launched a two tier completion, usually without promotion and relegation. In the inaugural season there were 5 teams in Division 1 and 4 teams in generally amateur Division 2.

After the 2020 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was relaunched in Spring 2021 as the Marianas Soccer League.

## Marianas Club Championship

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Since 2023, the winners of the Marianas Soccer League 1 and the Guam Soccer League compete against each other in the Marianas Club Championship.[5]

## Previous winners

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Winners so far are:[2]

### Northern Mariana Invitational Championship

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* 2005: not held
* 2006–07: L&S/Lyung-Seung
* 2007: Fiesta Inter Saipan[6]
* 2008 Spring: Inter Godfather's
* 2008 Fall: Inter Godfather's
* 2009: Inter Godfather's
* 2010: MP United
* 2011: Inter Godfather's[7]

### M-League Division 1

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* 2012 Spring: Wild Bills
* 2012 Fall: Tan Holdings
* 2013 Spring: Wild Bills
* 2013–14: Wild Bills
* 2014 Fall: MP United
* 2015 Spring: Tan Holdings
* 2015 Fall: not held
* 2016 Spring: Tan Holdings
* 2016 Fall: MP United
* 2017 Spring: MP United
* 2017 Fall: Tan Holdings
* 2018 Spring: MP United
* 2018 Fall: abandoned
* 2019 Spring: Teen Ayuyu
* 2019 Fall: All Blue
* 2020 Spring: abandoned
* 2020 Fall: not held

### Marianas Soccer League

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* 2021 Spring: Tan Holdings
* 2021 Fall: All Blue
* 2022 Spring: Eleven Tiger FC
* 2022 Fall: Tan Holdings
* 2023 Spring: Eleven Tiger FC
* 2023 Fall: Kanoa FC
* 2024 Spring: Kanoa FC

## Top goalscorers

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* Note: 2007–10 top goalscorers for Northern Mariana Invitational Championship.

Year  | Top scorer  | Team  | Goals

|
|
|

2007 |  Masatoshi Otsuka[6] | Fiesta Inter Saipan |
2009 |  Joe Wang Miller | MP United | 23[8]
2010 |  Joe Wang Miller | MP United | 15[4]
2016 |  Martin Jambor | Tan Holdings | 14
2018 |  Sunjoon Tenorio | MP United | 15

### Hat-tricks multiple

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Rank  | Country  | Player  | Hat-tricks

|
|
|

1  |  | Sunjoon Tenorio | 1

## References

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1. ^ a b "about the NMIFA". NMIFA. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
2. ^ a b "Northern Marianas — List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
3. ^ Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2010, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
4. ^ a b 'MP United rules men's league' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Saipan Tribune, 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
5. ^ "Wings FC ready for first-ever Marianas Club Championship". Pacific Daily News. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
6. ^ a b 'Fiesta Inter takes football crown' Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Saipan Tribune, 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
7. ^ 'Inter Godfather's Bags Men's League Title', Marianas Variety, 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
8. ^ Schöggl.H (2010) Northern Marianas 2009, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

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* 2022

2021 M-League D1 teams|

* Fiesta
* Kanoa
* Matansa
* MP United
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* Paire
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