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Liga de Elite

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2026

Location

Macau

Abbreviation

MAC1

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Summary

The Liga de Elite (MAC1) is the top football league in the Macau football system. At the end of the 2026 MAC1 season, the MAC1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 AFC Challenge League - Preliminary Stage:
- 1st place 2026 MAC1 team

Leagues Pyramid - Macau

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
MAC1	Liga de Elite	10
MAC2	Campeonato da 2² Divisão do Futebol	10
MAC3	Macau Third Division	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
17 Jan 2026 - 12 Aug 2026			10: MAC1 (8), MAC2 (2)

Season Format

The MAC1 season consists of 2 stages. In the 1st Stage, each MAC1 team plays the other 9 MAC1 teams twice (18 league matches per team). The 2nd Stage consists of the Championship Round (1st Stage teams ranked 1-5) and the Relegation Round (1st Stage teams ranked 6-10). In the Championship Round, the 5 teams play each other twice (8 more matches, 26 total league matches per team). In the Relegation Round, the 5 teams play each other twice (8 more matches, 26 total league matches per team). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) total goal difference, then (2) total goals scored.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2026 Regular season, the 9th and 10th place MAC1 teams will be relegated directly to the MAC2.

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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Shao Jiang SA	6	6 -0-0	18	-	40	4	36	2	2 -0-0	6	20	0	20	4	4 -0-0	12	20	4	16
2	Gala FC	6	4 -1-1	13	-	17	12	5	5	3 -1-1	10	13	11	2	1	1 -0-0	3	4	1	3
3	Gorilla of the Universe FC	6	3 -1-2	10	-	17	19	-2	3	3 -0-0	9	11	6	5	3	0 -1-2	1	6	13	-7
4	Macau Chiba FC	5	2 -1-2	7	-	11	7	4	3	2 -1-0	7	10	2	8	2	0 -0-2	0	1	5	-4
5	Hang Sai	5	2 -1-2	7	-	20	17	3	1	0 -0-1	0	2	5	-3	4	2 -1-1	7	18	12	6
6	Benfica de Macau	5	2 -0-3	6	-	18	15	3	4	2 -0-2	6	18	10	8	1	0 -0-1	0	0	5	-5
7	GD Artilheiros	5	1 -1-3	4	-	9	26	-17	2	1 -1-0	4	7	6	1	3	0 -0-3	0	2	20	-18
8	Cheng Fung	5	0 -3-2	3	-	8	15	-7	4	0 -2-2	2	7	14	-7	1	0 -1-0	1	1	1	0
9	MUST IPO SC	1	0 -1-0	1	-	2	2	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0 -1-0	1	2	2	0
10	Universidade de Macau	6	0 -1-5	1	-	8	33	-25	1	0 -0-1	0	1	7	-6	5	0 -1-4	1	7	26	-19
2026 AFCL3 Relegation to MAC2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Shao Jiang SA	12	9 -2-1	29	-	50	12	38	7	5 -2-0	17	20	10	10	5	4 -0-1	12	30	2	28
2	MUST IPO SC	12	9 -1-2	28	-	57	11	46	7	5 -1-1	16	30	7	23	5	4 -0-1	12	27	4	23
3	Gala FC	12	8 -1-3	25	-	34	16	18	4	3 -0-1	9	13	3	10	8	5 -1-2	16	21	13	8
4	Macau Chiba FC	12	6 -3-3	21	-	33	21	12	5	2 -1-2	7	13	9	4	7	4 -2-1	14	20	12	8
5	Cheng Fung	12	5 -4-3	19	-	22	17	5	4	1 -1-2	4	9	9	0	8	4 -3-1	15	13	8	5
6	Benfica de Macau	12	5 -3-4	18	-	28	28	0	5	1 -2-2	5	6	14	-8	7	4 -1-2	13	22	14	8
7	Gorilla of the Universe FC	12	4 -1-7	13	-	32	51	-19	6	2 -0-4	6	13	30	-17	6	2 -1-3	7	19	21	-2
8	Hang Sai	12	2 -3-7	9	-	18	28	-10	8	2 -2-4	8	16	20	-4	4	0 -1-3	1	2	8	-6
9	GD Artilheiros	12	2 -2-8	8	-	15	60	-45	6	0 -1-5	1	7	31	-24	6	2 -1-3	7	8	29	-21
10	Universidade de Macau	12	0 -0-12	0	-	9	54	-45	8	0 -0-8	0	4	34	-30	4	0 -0-4	0	5	20	-15
Championship Round Relegation Round