2013 President's Cup (Maldives) Explained

Year:2013
President's Cup
Num Teams:4
Champions:New Radiant
Runner-Up:Maziya
Matches:4
Goals:18
Top Goal Scorer:Ali Ashfaq
Mohammad Umair
(3 goals each)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 President's Cup was the 63rd season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. New Radiant Sports Club were the defending champions, having beaten Victory Sports Club in last season's final on penalty shoot-out.

The final was held on 23 October 2012,[1] in which New Radiant won the final 4-2 on extra time, claiming a record tenth President's Cup, after the scores were 2-2 at the end of normal time.[1]

Background

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2013 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.

Qualifier

Top 4 teams after the end of 2013 Dhivehi League third round will be qualified for the President's Cup.

Final

See main article: 2013 President's Cup (Maldives) Final.

Statistics

Scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ali AshfaqNew Radiant2
Mohammad UmairNew Radiant
2 Assadhulla AbdullaMaziya2
Mohamed ShaffazBG Sports Club
3 Rumen Georgiev AleksandrovMaziya1
Hussain Niyaz MohamedNew Radiant
Mohamed ArifMaziya
SolahBG Sports Club
Ahmed MohamedMaziya
Ahmed AjuwadClub AYL
Abdulla MuazClub AYL
Ibrahim FazeelBG Sports Club

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Ibrahim ShiyaamMaziya1
Akram Abdul GhaneeNew Radiant
Ahmed MohamedMaziya
Ali FasirNew Radiant
Abu Desmond MansarayClub AYL
Ahmed NashidMaziya
Mohammad UmairNew Radiant

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Radiant wins President's Cup 2013 . maldivesoccer.com . 23 October 2013 . 19 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129050257/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/New-Radiant-wins-Presidents-Cup-2013-5220 . 2014-11-29 . dead .