2012 President's Cup (Maldives) Explained

President's Cup
Size:270px
Current:2012 Maldives President's Cup
Num Teams:4
Winners:New Radiant
Second:Victory
Matches:4
Scoring Leader:Ahmed Rasheed
(3 goals)
Prev Season:2011
Next Season:2013

The 2012 President's Cup was the 62nd season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Victory Sports Club were the defending champions, having beaten New Radiant Sports Club 2–1 in last season's Final.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the qualifying play-off of the 2013 AFC Cup. The final was held on the 15 October 2012,[1] and was contested at Rasmee Dhandu Stadium between the same finalists of the previous season, New Radiant and Victory.[2] New Radiant won the final 2–1 on penalties, claiming a record ninth President's Cup, after the score was 0-0 after extra time.[3]

The broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2012 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.

Final

See main article: 2012 President's Cup (Maldives) Final. The final was played on 15 October 2012 at Rasmee Dhandu Stadium. The final involved one team from the Dhivehi League, New Radiant and Victory. The game was won by New Radiant after a penalty shoot-out.

Statistics

Scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ahmed RasheedMaziya3
2 Hussain Niyaz MohamedMaziya2
Mohamed UmairVictory
3 Ali AshfaqNew Radiant1
Imran MohamedNew Radiant
Fauzan HabeebVictory
Ibrahim ShiyamMaziya
Amdhaan AliMaziya
Adam FazeehVB Addu FC
Ali NafiuVB Addu FC
Akram Abdul GhaneeVictory

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Ahmed RasheedMaziya2
2 Akram Abdul GhaneeVictory1
Ahmed MohamedMaziya
Hussain Niyaz MohamedMaziya
Abu Desmond MansarayVB Addu FC
Ismail EasaMaziya
Own goals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News of Imran's goal in international media . maldivesoccer.com . 15 October 2012 . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018070038/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/News-of-Imrans-goal-in-international-media-4709 . 18 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Victory 3 - 2 Maziya: Victory into the finals . 12 October 2012 . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051536/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Victory-3--2-Maziya-Victory-into-the-finals-4697 . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: New Radiant 0 - 0 Victory: New Radiant beat Victory in penalties . 15 October 2012 . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018065607/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/New-Radiant-0--0-Victory-New-Radiant-beat-Victory-in-penalties-4711 . 18 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .