2018 Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Season 2018
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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, each playing 18 matches during the regular season.[1]

Qualified Teams

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Qualified format Ref
Green Streets 2018 Malé League top 6
Eagles 2018 Malé League top 6
Fehendhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Foakaidhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Maziya 2018 Malé League top 6
New Radiant 2018 Malé League top 6
Nilandhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Thimarafushi Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
TC Sports 2018 Malé League top 6
Victory 2018 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.

Team Head Coach Captain
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ashad Ali
Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Fehendhoo Maldives Ismail Anil Maldives Adam Naseem
Foakaidhoo Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Spain Óscar Bruzón Maldives Ali Fasir
Nilandhoo Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee Maldives Ahmed Ali
Thimarafushih Maldives Amien Shah Maldives Ibrahim Amir
TC Sports Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Farrah Ahmed
Victory Hungary László Kiss Maldives Shafui Ahmed

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Pakistan Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Ukraine Petro Kovalchuk Ukraine Ilya Sobol Slovakia Viliam Macko Japan Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Afonja jibola
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Pecharroman Alain Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Croatia Andrej Kerić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Mihajlovic Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Spain Adrián Gallardo Valdés Spain Candela Montenegro Stevan Marković Lebanon Hussein El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Egypt Easa El-Maghrabi Egypt Halil El-Bezawy Nepal Kiran Chemjong

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TC Sports Club 8 7 0 1 24 3 +21 21 2019 AFC Cup group stage and 2018 President's Cup
2 New Radiant 8 5 2 1 27 4 +23 17 2018 President's Cup
3 Eagles 8 5 2 1 27 6 +21 17
4 Maziya 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 16
5 Green Streets 8 5 1 2 18 8 +10 16
6 Shaviyani Foakaidhoo 8 2 2 4 11 13 −2 8
7 Faafu Nilandhoo 8 2 1 5 7 23 −16 7
8 Victory 8 1 3 4 5 16 −11 6
9 Baa Fehendhoo 8 1 1 6 2 28 −26 4
10 Thaa Thimarafushi 8 0 1 7 2 36 −34 1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: FIFA

References

  1. ↑ Maldives 2018, RSSSF.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 "THIMARAFUSHI, NILANDHOO, FOAKIADHOO AND FEHENDHOO QUALIFIED TO PREMIER LEAGUE". MaldiveSoccer. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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