2020 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament Explained

Season:2019–20
Competition:Second Division
Dates:15 January – 20 February 2020
Winners:Club Valencia
Promoted:Club Valencia
Super United Sports
Matches:19
Total Goals:63
League Topscorer:Adam Nizam (SUS)
Samuel Dedy (Valencia)
(7 goals each)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2022

Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2020 season.

2018 Third Division Football Tournament champions[1] Rock Street Sports Club decided not to play in second division despite promotion, relegating them to Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament.[2]

On 13 October 2019, President of Football Association of Maldives, Bassam Adeel Jaleel announced that Maldives Under 19 will compete in the Second Division Football Tournament from 2020 season onward.[3]

The winners of the semi-finals; Club Valencia and Super United Sports advance to the final, with gaining automatic promotion[4] to the Dhivehi Premier League for the following season, as New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams being suspended. Both New Radiant and Victory will have to play in the Second Division Football Tournament even if their suspension cast aside.[4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league.[5]

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamCoachCaptainSponsor
Muaviyath Ilham Solah
Fareed Mohamed Hussain Fayaz
Ilmau Hussain Ibrahim Ahmed Rilwan
Mohamed Athif Hassan Fawaaz
Assad Abdul Ghanee[6] Mohamed ShaffazJersey Shop MV
Afiu Mohamed Hamid Ahmed Zaad
Hussain Abbas Adam Mauroof
Ahmed Nashid Ahnaf RasheedBank of Maldives
Ibrahim Shafiu Ismail Aaiz HameedAllied Insurance (Home)
Sports Emporium MV (Away)

Group stage

From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.

All times listed are Maldives Standard Time.

Group 1

Group 2

Awards

AwardDetails
Best Player Adam Nizam[7] (Super United Sports)
Best Goalkeeper Mohamed Jazlaan[8] (Club Valencia)
Fair Play Team Mahibadhoo SC

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Notes and References

  1. https://mihaaru.com/local_sports/47420 Rock Street champions of 3rd Division
  2. http://boalha.mv/dv/contents/feature/news/453 Rock Street relegated to 3rd Division
  3. https://mihaaru.com/local_sports/62935 National youth teams for 2nd & 3rd Division
  4. https://raajje.mv/71361 Valencia makes a comeback to First Division
  5. http://boalha.mv/dv/contents/feature/news/473 2nd Division 2020 starts this afternoon
  6. http://boalha.mv/contents/feature/news/1569 Assad Is The New JJ Sports Boss
  7. http://www.eydhafushitimes.com/live/news/131761/ Kithuna wins 2nd Division Best Player
  8. https://fahuminet.com/12797 Valencia wins 2nd Division