2012 Dhivehi League Explained

Competition:	Dhivehi League
Season:	2012
Winners:	New Radiant
Continentalcup1:	AFC Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	New Radiant
League Topscorer:	Ali Ashfaq (9 goals)
Longest Unbeaten:	19 games New Radiant
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

Statistics of Dhivehi League in the 2012 season. According to the FAM Calendar 2012, Dhiraagu Dhivehi League will start on April 18 and is set to end on September 27. The winner will qualify for the AFC Cup and 2nd place will qualify for AFC Cup play-offs.^[1]

Teams

• Club All Youth Linkage
• Club Eagles
• Club Valencia
• Club Vyansa
• Maziya S&RC
• New Radiant SC
• VB Addu FC (name rebranded from VB Sports Club)^[2]
• Victory Sports Club

Personnel

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

Team	Coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
All Youth Linkage FC	Mohamed Athif	Adam Lareef	Nippon Paint
Club Eagles	Ihsan Abdul Ghanee	Assad Abdul Ghanee	—
Club Valencia	Mohamed Iqbal	Ali Imran^[3]	Philips
Club Vyansa	Ahmed Mujuthaba	Abdul Muhaimin	Al Mudhish
Maziya S&RC	Ismail Mahfooz	Ali Niyaz	ell mobile
	Mohamed Shiyaz	Ahmed Thoriq	Milo and MediaNet^1
VB Addu FC	Bahtiyar Can Vanlı	Ashad Ali	Coca-Cola
Victory Sports Club	Ali Suzain	Shafiu Ahmed	Hitachi(STO) and Happy Market^2^[4]

• ¹ MediaNet on the front right side of the jersey, just opposite to the club logo.
• ² Happy Market sponsor at the back, just below the jersey number. Happy Market sponsored their imported product "Oldenburger Milk".

League table

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualified for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1

See main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 1.

Standings of round 2

See main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 2.

Final standings

Results

Round 1 results

See main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 1. A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Round 2 results

See main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 2. A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Round 3 results

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Ashfaq	New Radiant SC	9
	Ahmed Rasheed	Maziya S&RC
	Mohamed Umair	Victory Sports Club
2	Abu Desmond Mansaray	VB Addu FC	6
3	Salomon Wisdom	Club Valencia	4
	Ahmed Imaz	Club Eagles
	Ibrahim Fazeel	New Radiant SC
	Assadhulla Abdulla	Maziya S&RC
4	Ahmed Thoriq	New Radiant SC	5
	Assad Abdul Ghanee	Club Eagles

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Rilwan Waheed	Victory SC	2
	Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh	New Radiant SC
	Ibrahim Furugan	Maziya S&RC
	Assadhulla Abdulla	Maziya S&RC
	Mohamed Umair	Victory Sports Club
	Quincy Osei	Club Valencia
	Hansley Awilo	Victory Sports Club
	Hassan Adhuham	Victory Sports Club
	Ahmed Ashraf Yoosuf	Club All Youth Linkage
	Mukhthar Naseer	Club Eagles
	Abdulla Midhuhath Fahumy	New Radiant SC

Hat-tricks

Player	For !	Against	Result	Date
	New Radiant SC	VB Addu FC	0–4
Abu Desmond Mansaray^4	VB Addu FC	Club Eagles	6–3
Mohamed Umair^4		Club Valencia	5–1

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Ashfaq for New Radiant SC against VB Addu FC (18 April 2012)
• Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes 8 seconds – Shamweel for VB Addu FC against Victory Sports Club (1 June 2012)
• Largest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Club All Youth Linkage 0–5 Vyansa (30 May 2012)
• Highest scoring game: 9 goals
  • VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
  • VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)

Clean sheets by club

• Most clean sheets: 5
  • New Radiant SC
• Fewest clean sheets: 0
  • Club All Youth Linkage

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

• Most clean sheets: 4
  • Imran Mohamed (New Radiant SC)
• Fewest clean sheets: 0
  • Hussain Habeeb (VB Addu FC)
  • Ibrahim Siyad (Club All Youth Linkage)
  • Abdulla Ziyazan (VB Addu FC)
  • Athif Ahmed (Maziya S&RC)

Discipline

• Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 2 pts per red card):
  • VB Addu FC – 23 points (17 yellow & 3 red card)
• Best overall disciplinary record:
  • Maziya S&RC – 9 points (7 yellow & 1 red card)
  • Vyansa – 9 points (9 yellow cards)
• Most yellow cards (club): 17 – VB Addu FC
• Most yellow cards (player):
  • 4 – Ali Imran (Club Valencia)
• Most red cards (club): 3 – VB Addu FC
• Most red cards/suspensions (player):
  • 2 – Sobah Mohamed (VB Addu FC)

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2013 Dhivehi League

Matches

Notes and References

1. Web site: Season Opening on March 27th . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119081926/http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4153 . dead . January 19, 2012 . maldivesoccer . January 17, 2010 . April 10, 2012 .
2. Web site: VB rebranded as VB Addu FC . maldivesoccer . January 14, 2010 . April 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119081724/http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4150 . January 19, 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: Defender Imran for Valencia Captain . sun.mv . dv. April 9, 2010 . April 10, 2012.
4. Web site: Victory signs agreements with STO and Happy market . maldivesoccer . January 9, 2010 . April 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119105636/http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4145 . 2012-01-19 . dead .