2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League

The 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League is the fifth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. The season started on 14 June 2019.[1][2] TC Sports are the defending champions.

Dhivehi Premier League
Season2019–20
Dates14 June 2019 – 2 March 2020
ChampionsMaziya
2nd Premier League title
RelegatedVictory
New Radiant
AFC CupMaziya (Group stage)
Eagles (Play-offs)
Matches played87
Goals scored321 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorerAhmed Rizuvan
(28 goals)
Best goalkeeperOvays Azizi (9 clean sheets)
Highest scoringMaziya 13–0 Nilandhoo
(25 June 2019)
Longest winning run9 matches
Maziya
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Eagles
Longest winless run16 matches
Victory
Longest losing run16 matches
Victory
← 2018
TBD →

Maziya secured the league title on 19 January 2020.[3]

Since New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams are suspended, they are relegated to the Second Division Football Tournament.[4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league. Fehendhoo and Thimarafushi were relegated from the previous season, and were replaced by 2019 Malé League qualification winner United Victory and 2018 Second Division champion Da Grande Sports Club. New Radiant were suspended due to financial reasons.

Teams and their divisions
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Eagles Maafannu
Green Streets Machchangolhi
Da Grande Maafannu
Foakaidhoo Sh. Foakaidhoo
Maziya West Maafannu
Nilandhoo F. Nilandhoo
TC Sports Club Henveiru
Victory Galolhu
United 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
Club Eagles Mohamed Shiyaz Hussain Sifaau
Green Streets Ali Suzain Ali Ashfaq
Da Grande Ismail Mahfooz Mohamed Rasheed
Foakaidhoo Ali Nisthar Mohamed Hussain Fazeel
Maziya Marjan Sekulovski Asadhulla Abdulla
Nilandhoo Ahmed Mujuthaba Faruhad Ismail
TC Sports Mohamed Athif Ahmed Farrah
United Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Ahmed Nashid
Victory Mohamed Adam Ibrahim Noorahdhdheen

Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
Club Eagles Sujan Perera
Green Streets
Da Grande Torsu Christian Dodzi Babacar Ndiour Obaida Kadhum Ahmed
Foakaidhoo Mostafa Seddik Mahmoud Sayed Khalil Gamal Saqib Hanif
Maziya Cornelius Stewart Ovays Azizi
Nilandhoo
TC Sports Bimal Gharti Magar
United Victory Miloš Kovačević Dmitri Khlebosolov Bektur Talgat Uulu
Victory Otabek Khaydarov Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov Akate Gnama Alisher Ziyaviddinov

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Maziya (C) 21 16 3 2 74 12 +62 51 Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup group stage
2 Eagles[lower-alpha 2] 21 13 6 2 56 25 +31 45 Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3 TC Sports 21 12 5 4 42 21 +21 41
4 Green Streets 21 8 5 8 45 41 +4 29
5 Da Grande 21 7 6 8 33 32 +1 27
6 Foakaidhoo 21 5 5 11 20 45 −25 20
7 United Victory 16 4 4 8 26 41 −15 16
8 Nilandhoo 16 4 2 10 24 54 −30 14
9 Victory[lower-alpha 3] (R) 16 0 0 16 1 50 −49 0 Relegation to Maldivian Second Division
Source: Dhivehi Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Top six teams continue after each team have played 16 matches.
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives, the 2020 Maldives FA Cup was cancelled and declared null and void by the Football Association of Maldives.[5] As a result, the 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League runner-ups qualified for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs.[6]
  3. Victory were excluded after multiple forfeits, all remaining matches were awarded 0–2 losses against them.

Season summary

Round one & two
Round 1 ╲ Round 2 MAZ EAG GRE TCS DGR FOA UNV NIL VIC
Maziya 1–1 6–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 6–1 13–0 9–0
Eagles 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 5–2 4–4 5–1 2–0
Green Streets 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 8–2 6–0 2–0
TC Sports 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 4–0
Da Grande 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Foakaidhoo 2–3 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
United Victory 0–2 0–1 0–5 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0
Nilandhoo 0–5 2–4 4–2 0–4 0–2 3–2 2–4 6–0
Victory 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–4 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Round three
— ╲ Round 3 MAZ EAG GRE TCS DGR FOA
Maziya 1–2 5–1 0–0 2–1 7–0
Eagles 4–2 0–1 3–0 7–0
Green Streets 1–5 2–5 2–0
TC Sports 3–1 4–0
Da Grande 3–1
Foakaidhoo
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Matches

First round

Second round

Third round

Season statistics
As of 2 March 2020

Scoring

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles 28
2 Ali Ashfaq Green Strets / TC Sports 20
3 Obaida Kadum Ahmed Da Grande 15
Cornelius Stewart Maziya
5 Ishan Ibrahim TC Sports 13
6 Ismail Easa TC Sports 12
Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya
8 Ibrahim Waheed Hassan Maziya 10
Hamza Mohamed Maziya
10 Toshiki Okamoto Nilandhoo / Eagles 8

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ibrahim Waheed Hassan5MaziyaNilandhoo13–025 June 2019
Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaNilandhoo13–025 June 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo5–129 June 2019
Ali AshfaqGreen StreetsNilandhoo6–03 August 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaVictory9–03 August 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–24 August 2019
Ali Ashfaq5Green StreetsUnited Victory8–223 September 2019
Adoku Kweku LucasNilandhooVictory6–024 September 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesDa Grande4–220 October 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaGreen Streets6–116 December 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo4–229 December 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaFoakaidhoo7–014 January 2020
Obaida Kadum Ahmed4Da GrandeGreen Streets5–216 January 2020
Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesFoakaidhoo7–020 January 2020
Obaida Kadum AhmedDa GrandeFoakaidhoo3–12 February 2020
  • 4 Player scored four goals
  • 5 Player scored five goals

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Ovays Azizi Maziya 9
2 Saqib Hanif Foakaidhoo / TC Sports 8
3 Sujan Perera Eagles 5
4 Mohamed Faisal Da Grande 4
Oleksandr Poslavskyi Green Streets
5 Imran Mohamed TC Sports 3
6 Ibrahim Nadheem Adam TC Sports 2
7 Hassan Aleef Ibrahim Green Streets 1
Tholaal Hassan United Victory
Ibrahim Labaan Shareef Green Streets
Mohamed Shafeeu Nilandhoo
Hussain Shareef Maziya
Adam Im'aan TC Sports

See also

References
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  2. "Dhivehi Premier League Format Changes. League starts In June". boalha.mv. 22 December 2018.
  3. "Maziya Beat Green Streets To Secure The Title". boalha.mv. 19 January 2020.
  4. Valencia makes a comeback to First Division Reejje.mv Published: Jan 15, 2020
  5. "Coronavirus - FAM cancels FA cup and President cup". boalha.mv. 31 March 2020.
  6. "Rejoice for Eagles as AFC cup qualification looms on the horizon". boalha.mv. 31 March 2020.
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