2018 Malé League

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The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.

Format

All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion. Top six teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League. Bottom two teams play the Malé League qualification with the runner-up of Second Division.

The team with the most points in Malé League qualification after a two-legged group round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.[1]

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Eagles Maafannu
Club Green Streets Machchangolhi
Valencia Machchangolhi
Maziya West Maafannu
New Radiant Henveiru
TC Sports Club Henveiru
United Victory Galolhu
Victory Galolhu

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Captain
Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ashad Ali
Valencia Maldives Sobah Mohamed Maldives Mohamed Sifan
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Spain Óscar Bruzón Maldives Ali Ashfaq
TC Sports Club Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Farrah Ahmed
United Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Hussain Shimaz
Victory Hungary László Kiss Maldives Shafiu Ahmed

Coaching changes

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former Players
Club Eagles Brazil Luiz Eduardo Purcino Egypt Mahmoud Sayed Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Club Green Streets Ukraine Ilya Sobol Ukraine Roland Bilala Ukraine Oleh Yefimchuk Uzbekistan Sergey Smorodin
Club Valencia Dryga Sergi Heysham Valeri Japan Jun Kochi Kyrgyzstan Aidar Mambetaliev
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Italy Mauro Boerchio Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart
New Radiant Spain Candela Spain Jorge Gotor Spain Guillem Martí Misut Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri
TC Sports Club Egypt Alaaeldin Nasr Liberia Dioh Williams Kyrgyzstan Anatoliy Vlasichev
United Victory Brazil Rafael Betim Marti Brazil Paulo Helber Trinidad and Tobago Kordell Samuel Kyrgyzstan Artur Muladzhanov
Victory Spain Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz Hungary Simon Tibor Csordás Spain Joaco Cañas

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Radiant 14 12 1 1 40 10 +30 37 2018 Dhivehi Premier League
2 Eagles 14 7 4 3 32 22 +10 25
3 Maziya 14 7 3 4 26 12 +14 24
4 TC Sports Club 14 5 5 4 24 20 +4 20
5 Victory 14 6 2 6 21 24 −3 20
6 Green Streets 14 3 5 6 28 31 −3 14
7 United Victory 14 2 3 9 15 33 −18 9 Malé League qualification
8 Valencia 14 2 1 11 11 45 −34 7
Source: [citation needed]

Season summary

Round One and Two

Home \ Away EAG GRS VLC MAZ NRA TCS UVI VIC
Eagles 2–1 6–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1
Green Streets 2–2 1–6 2–2 1–1 1–2
Valencia 3–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–3
Maziya 0–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–0
New Radiant 4–1 4–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 1–2
TC Sports 3–2 3–4 4–0 2–0 0–3 2–1
United Victory 2–4 0–5 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Victory 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 03 June 2018. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2018 Malé League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2018. Source: [citation needed]

Matches

First round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Second round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

2019 Malé League qualification

The qualifiers were to be played between 2018 Malé League bottom two teams– United Victory and Club Valencia, and 2018 Second Division runner up JJ Sports Club. Due to unknown reasons, JJ Sports Club withdrew their chance in the qualification phase.[2]

First leg
United Victory2–0Club Valencia
Ali Haishan 18'
Rafael Betim Marti 88'		 Report
Second leg
Club Valencia2–2United Victory
Mohamed Sifan ?'
Ansar Ibrahim 18'		 Report 30' Kordell Samuel
?' Rafael Betim Marti
  • United Victory won 4–2 on aggregate and secured their first division spot for next season.
  • Club Valencia relegated for the first time in the 39-year history of the club.

References

  • [1] on Mihaaru Online.
  1. ^ މާލޭ ލީގުން ހަ ޓީމާ އެކު ދިވެހި ލީގުގައި 10 ޓީމު Mihaaru Sports. 05 January 2018
  2. ^ "JJ withdraws dhivehi league qualifiers". Mihaaru Online. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.