| Club: | New Radiant |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Yordan Stoykov (until 18 August 2016) Nikola Kavazović (until 23 September 2016) Ashraf Luthfy (caretaker manage) |
| Stadium: | National Football Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 5th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third place |
| Cup2: | President's Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup3: | AFC Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Izzath Abdul Baaree Hamza Mohamed Velichko Velichkov (3 goals each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Izzath Abdul Baaree Hamza Mohamed (4 goals each) |
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| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 season was New Radiant Sports Club's 37th year in existence as a football club.
The Blues appointed their former coach Yordan Stoykov who lead them to the Semi-finals of the 2005 AFC Cup for the new season.[1] He was the coach of Mahibadhoo Sports Club which got relegated in the previous season. On 18 August 2016, he resigned after 4 straight losses in the league, aggregating 0–9 and New Radiant were also eliminated from the AFC Cup group stage without a win.[2]
Despite appointing former coach Nikola Kavazović[3] who lead them to 2015 Dhivehi Premier League glory on 3 September 2016, club was instructed by assistant coach Ashraf Luthfy as Kavazović was on a suspension by Football Association of Maldives since 2015.[4] On 23 September 2016, New Radiant released Kavazović and appointed Ashraf Luthfy as the caretaker manager and Ahmed Niyaz as the new assistant coach until the end of the season.[5]
Sponsor: Samsung
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Group stage | 23 February 2016 | 10 May 2016 | ||
| — | 5th | 19 April 2016 | 21 October 2016 | ||
| Quarter-finals | 3rd | 30 October 2016 | 10 November 2016 | ||
| Group stage | Group stage | 15 November 2016 | 18 November 2016 |
| Competition | Record | ||||||||
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| G | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||
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See main article: 2016 AFC Cup.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 February 2016 | Balestier Khalsa | H | [2–2] | Izzath 50', Rilwan 90+3' | 900 | |
| 8 March 2016 | Kaya | A | [0–1] | 2,000 | ||
| 15 March 2016 | Kitchee | A | [0–0] | 1,603 | ||
| 12 April 2016 | Kitchee | H | 0–2 | 950 | ||
| 26 April 2016 | Balestier Khalsa | A | 0–3 | 706 | ||
| 10 May 2016 | Kaya | H | 0–0 | 870 |
See main article: 2016 Dhivehi Premier League.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2016 | 1 | Maziya | 2–3 | Izzath 23', Velichkov 43' | |
| 4 May 2016 | 1 | United Victory | 1–0 | Velichkov 70' | |
| 18 May 2016 | 1 | BG Sports | 0–0 | ||
| 15 June 2016 | 1 | Valencia | 1–1 | Suhail 40' | |
| 22 June 2016 | 1 | Victory | 0–0 | ||
| 29 June 2016 | 1 | Eagles | 0–1 | ||
| 10 July 2016 | 1 | TC Sports | 1–1 | Segun 45+' | |
| 15 July 2016 | 2 | Victory | 1–0 | Velichkov 90+' | |
| 21 July 2016 | 2 | United Victory | 3–0 | Izzath 15', Hamza 44', Niyaz 60' | |
| 4 August 2016 | 2 | TC Sports | 0–3 | ||
| 7 August 2016 | 2 | Maziya | 0–2 | ||
| 13 August 2016 | 2 | Eagles | 0–2 | ||
| 17 August 2016 | 2 | BG Sports | 0–2 | ||
| 21 August 2016 | 2 | Valencia | 2–0 | Muslih 71', Hamza 88' | |
| 26 August 2016 | 3 | Maziya | 0–2 | ||
| 14 September 2016 | 3 | Victory | 1–2 | Izzath 69' | |
| 20 September 2016 | 3 | Valencia | 1–0 | Niyaz 50' | |
| 25 September 2016 | 3 | TC Sports | 0–2 | ||
| 29 September 2016 | 3 | Eagles | 0–1 | ||
| 17 October 2016 | 3 | BG Sports | 1–1 | Hamza ?' | |
| 21 October 2016 | 3 | United Victory | 3–2 | Samir 13', Mohamed 26', Suhail 88' |
See main article: 2016 Maldives FA Cup.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2016 | Quarter-finals | BG Sports | 1–1 (aet) (3–2p) | Haneef 56' | |
| 6 November 2016 | Semi-finals | TC Sports | 0–3 | ||
| 10 November 2016 | Third place | United Victory | 2–1 | Hamza 17' (pen.), Adis 36' |
See main article: 2011 President's Cup (Maldives).
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A | Scorers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2016 | Group stage | Eagles | 0–3 | ||
| 18 November 2016 | Group stage | TC Sports | 0–4 |