2018 Malé League

Malé League
Season 2018
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The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.

Format

All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion. Top six teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League. Bottom two teams play the Malé League qualification with the runner-up of Second Division.

The team with the most points in Malé League qualification after a two-legged group round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.[1]

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Eagles Maafannu
Club Green Streets Machchangolhi
Valencia Machchangolhi
Maziya West Maafannu
New Radiant Henveiru
TC Sports Club Henveiru
United Victory Galolhu
Victory Galolhu

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
Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ashad Ali
Valencia Maldives Sobah Mohamed Maldives Mohamed Sifan
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Spain Óscar Bruzón Maldives Ali Ashfaq
TC Sports Club Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Farrah Ahmed
United Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Hussain Shimaz
Victory Hungary László Kiss Maldives Shafiu Ahmed

Coaching changes


Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former Players
Club Eagles Brazil Luiz Eduardo Purcino Egypt Mahmoud Sayed Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Club Green Streets Ukraine Ilya Sobol Ukraine Roland Bilala Ukraine Olen Yefimchuk Uzbekistan Sergey Smorodin
Club Valencia Dryga Sergi Heysham Valeri Japan Jun Kochi Kyrgyzstan Aidar Mambetaliev
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Italy Mauro Boerchio Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart
New Radiant Spain Candela Spain Jorge Gotor Spain Guillem Martí Misut Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri
TC Sports Club Egypt Alaaeldin Nasr Liberia Dioh Williams Kyrgyzstan Anatoliy Vlasichev
United Victory Brazil Rafael Betim Marti Brazil Paulo Helber Trinidad and Tobago Kordell Samuel Kyrgyzstan Artur Muladzhanov
Victory Spain Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz Hungary Simon Tibor Csordás Spain Joaco Cañas

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Radiant 14 12 1 1 40 10 +30 37 2018 Dhivehi Premier League
2 Eagles 14 7 4 3 32 22 +10 25
3 Maziya 14 7 3 4 26 12 +14 24
4 TC Sports Club 14 5 5 4 24 20 +4 20
5 Victory 14 6 2 6 21 24 −3 20
6 Green Streets 14 3 5 6 28 31 −3 14
7 United Victory 14 2 3 9 15 33 −18 9 Malé League qualification
8 Valencia 14 2 1 11 11 45 −34 7
Source:

Season summary

Round One & Two

Home \ Away[1] EAG GRS VLCMAZNRATCSUVIVIC
Eagles 2–1 6–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1
Green Streets 2–2 1–6 2–2 1–1 1–2
Valencia 3–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–3
Maziya 0–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–0
New Radiant 4–1 4–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 1–2
TC Sports 3–2 3–4 4–0 2–0 0–3 2–1
United Victory 2–4 0–5 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Victory 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 3–1

Updated to games played on 03 June 2018.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2018 Malé League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Eagles
Green Streets
Valencia
Maziya
New Radiant
TC Sports
United Victory
Victory

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2018.

Matches

First Round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


Second Round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


Season statistics

2019 Malé League qualification

Qualification league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 Malé League
2 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to 2019 Second Division
3 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

References

  • on Mihaaru Online.
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