2015 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament was the first season under its current league division format. The season began on 24 July and ended on 14 September.[3]

Second Division Football Tournament
Season2015
ChampionsUnited Victory[1]
PromotedUnited Victory[2]
← 2014
2016

Structure and rule changes

Second division will be played for two rounds according to the changes brought to the 2015 season.[3]

Round 1
  • Teams play against each other once.
  • Top 5 teams qualified for Round 2.
  • Bottom 2 teams gets relegated to next season's Third Division.
Round 2
  • Teams play against each other once.
  • Team to top the league table at the end will be the champions and gets promoted to next season's Dhivehi Premier League.
  • Second team will get qualified for the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.
Including Maldives U19 team
  • As the Maldives under-19 team will be included in the Second Division Football Tournament from this year onwards, this team will neither be promoted to Dhivehi Premier League even if they finish it first, nor relegated to Third Division Football Tournament if they finished at the bottom two. Thus, they will not be either qualified to play in the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.[4]

Teams

A total of 10 teams[3] will be contesting in the league, including 6 sides from the 2014 Second Division, 2 sides promoted from 2014 Third Division, 1 side relegated from 2014 Dhivehi League and Maldives national under-19 football team.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Club AYL
Club MNDF
Hurriyya
Maldives U19
Police Club
SC Mecano
United Victory
Vyansa
TBA
TBA

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
Club AYL
Club MNDF
Hurriyya
Maldives U19
Police Club
SC Mecano
United Victory
Vyansa
TBA
TBA

League table

Round 1 table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club All Youth Linkage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to Round 2
2 Club MNDF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hurriyya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Maldives U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Police Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sports Club Mecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 United Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vyansa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Third Division
10 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club All Youth Linkage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Dhivehi Premier League
2 Club MNDF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Dhivehi Premier League play-off
3 Hurriyya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Maldives U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Police Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sports Club Mecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 United Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Vyansa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Third Division
10 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Positions by round

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

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Club All Youth Linkage
Club MNDF
Hurriyya
Maldives U19
Police Club
Sports Club Mecano
United Victory
Vyansa
TBA
TBA

Last updated: 1 March 2015.

Matches

Round 1 matches

Round 2 matches

References

  1. United Victory to first division (in Dhivehi) Archive MV. 27 September 2015. Archived from [vnews.mv/51164 the original] (vnews). Retrieved 11 June 2020
  2. United Victory promoted, Green Streets to play-off (in Dhivehi). Avas.mv. 26 September 2015
  3. "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. "U19 to compete in Second division". Maldivesoccer. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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