2018 Dhivehi Premier League Explained

Competition:Dhivehi Premier League
Season:2018
Pixels:125px
Winners:TC Sports
Continentalcup1:AFC Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:TC Sports
Maziya
League Topscorer: Ahmed Rizuvan
(31 goals)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018 Dhivehi Premier League season is the fourth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.[1]

Qualified teams

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

TeamQualified formatRef
Green Streets2018 Malé League top 6
Eagles2018 Malé League top 6
FehendhooMinivan Championship semi finalist[2]
FoakaidhooMinivan Championship semi finalist
Maziya2018 Malé League top 6
New Radiant2018 Malé League top 6
NilandhooMinivan Championship semi finalist
ThimarafushiMinivan Championship semi finalist
TC Sports2018 Malé League top 6
Victory2018 Malé League top 6

Personnel

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

TeamHead CoachCaptain
Green Streets Ashad Ali
Eagles Mohamed Shiyaz Sujan Perera
Fehendhoo Ismail Anil Adam Naseem
Foakaidhoo Ali Nisthar Mohamed
Maziya Ismail Mahfooz Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Sobah Mohamed
Nilandhoo Ahmed Ali
Thimarafushih Amien Shah Ibrahim Amir
TC Sports Farrah Ahmed
Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Shafiu Ahmed

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos Angel Carrasco Muñoz Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Petro Kovalchuk Ilya Sobol[3] Viliam Macko Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Abbos Saidov Jamshid Qosimov
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Pecharroman Alain Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Miloš Kovačević Andrej Kerić Bojan Mihajlovic Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Adrián Gallardo Valdés Candela Stevan Marković Hussein El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Cornelius Stewart Easa El-Maghrabi Halil El-Bezawy Kiran Chemjong

League table

All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ahmed RizuvanEagles31
2 Ali AshfaqTC Sports22
3 Ali FasirNew Radiant15
Roland BilalaGreen Streets
5 Asadhulla AbdullaMaziya14
6 Cornelius StewartMaziya11
Mohamed NaimEagles
8 Ishan IbrahimTC Sports8
Ibrahim MahudheeTC Sports
Naiz HassanMaziya
Adoku Kweku LucasNilandhoo

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0
New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0
Asadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya Nilandhoo 7–0
Green Streets Nilandhoo 6–0
Maziya Victory 5–0
New Radiant Fehendhoo 11–0
Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Thimarafushi 9–0
Maziya Green Streets 5–1
Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0
Ahmed Rizuvan5 Eagles Fehendhoo 5–0
Green Streets Victory 4–1
Eagles Nilandhoo 7–2
Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0
Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0
Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Victory 4–0
Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Green Streets 7–0
Maziya Nilandhoo 6–1
TC Sports Foakaidhoo 5–1
Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0
Maziya Foakaidhoo 5–0
Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Nilandhoo 7–0
Roland Bilala4 Green Streets New Radiant 5–1
Eagles TC Sports 4–4

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maled2018.html Maldives 2018
  2. Web site: THIMARAFUSHI, NILANDHOO, FOAKIADHOO AND FEHENDHOO QUALIFIED TO PREMIER LEAGUE. 1 May 2018. MaldiveSoccer. 1 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Илья Соболь: "На Мальдивах на тренировки добираемся вплавь". footboom.com.