New Radiant S.C.

New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979[1] by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions being held in the Maldives and the club is the most successful in the Maldives in terms of trophies won and is also the most successful Maldivian club in the international arena. They were semi-finalists in the AFC Cup in 2005 and the only Maldivian club to have progressed beyond group stages in the AFC cup in multiple occasions.

The Blues
Full nameNew Radiant Sports Club
Nickname(s)New Radiant
Founded2009 (2009)
GroundNational Stadium
Male , Maldives
Capacity11,981
Head CoachSobah Mohamed
LeagueDhivehi Premier League
20184th
WebsiteClub website

New Radiant has won Dhivehi League/Dhivehi Premier League six times, FA cup 12 times out of 29 and have won the Maldives Cup Winners' Cup four times. They won President's Cup 12 times and POMIS Cup 3 times. In 2019 Football Association of Maldives suspended New Radiant from all football related activities due to unpaid wages to the players and failing to pay fines amounting to almost USD 2 Million to FIFA and FAM.

History


1979–1989

1990–1993

1994–1999

In 94' Season, New Radiant won POMIS Cup and FA cup. In 95' Season, the blues won POMIS Cup and Maldives National Championship / President's Cup. New Radiant won all the competitions that were held in 1997. In 98' Season, the blues won FA Cup three times in a row and became first team to do so in Maldivian footballing history. In 1999, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup.

2000–2003

In the year 2000, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup.

2004–2008

In 04' Season, New Radiant claimed the FA cup and became the first team ever to qualify for the Asian cup.

In 2005 Season, The blues reached the Semi-finals of the AFC Cup 2005 and were beaten in semi-finals by champions Al Faisaly of Jordan.

In 2006, was a successful season for New Radiant. The blues won FA cup and the Dhivehi League.

In 07' Season, The Blues were able to clinch 2 titles, both the FA cup and the President's Cup. Dhivehi League was dominated by New Radiantt during the early stages, but after poor results against smaller clubs like Maziya and Vyansa, Victory took the lead. The winner was decided on the last match which the Blues lost against the Red Devils.

In 2008, The first tournament of the season, the Cup Winners Cup was won by New Radiant. They lost FA cup final against VB Sports Club. After dominated in the first games of season, but the Blues ended up with poor results in the League & Presidents' Cup. They were knocked out of the AFC Cup 2008 in the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

2009–2011

In 2009 Season, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments after 2002. The Blues did not qualify for the AFC Cup 2009. The year 2010 was also an unsuccessful year for New Radiant. But the club ended the unbeaten streak of League Champions VB Sports Club in the FA cup semi-final. However, similar to the previous years, they had to end the season with no success, as they lost the FA cup final against Victory. In 2011, the Club reached President's Cup final but lost against the Victory Sports club.

2012–2015

They won 2012 Dhivehi League without losing a single match and also won the President's Cup by beating Victory Sports Club in the final. During the whole season, New Radiant lost just one match, which was against Club Eagles in the quarter-final of FA cup. They qualified for the AFC Cup 2013 and have brought the most promising young stars to the team in preparation for the continental stage.

In 2013, the blues won the first Charity Shield match from the beginning of the season and they won 2013 Dhivehi League shield, becoming the first team in the history to finish off the league with a 100 percent record, without losing or drawing any of their matches. In August 2013, they won the Veterans Cup (35+ age) for the first time. At the beginning of October, they won FA Cup after 5 years. New Radiant SC finished the season by winning the President's Cup and that completed the domestic season with a remarkable 100% winning record. This year the blues reached AFC Cup 2013 quarter final to make another records.

In 2014 Season, On June 10, the blues won the Maldives FA Charity Shield match by beating Maziya. The club won 2014 Dhivehi League three times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2015. On November 30, New Radiant SC won 2014 President's Cup three times in a row and that completed the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row. In this year, the Blues also won the 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship after beating Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).

In 2015, the Blues reached President's Cup final but lost against Maziya. The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2016 group stage.

2016

In 2016, New Radiant SC finished fifth position in 2016 Dhivehi Premier League and knockout in the group stage of AFC Cup 2016. The Blues finished 3rd in FA cup and knockout in the group stage of President's Cup. After 2011, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments.

2017–2018

The Blues finished 3rd in Male' League and promoted to 2017 Dhivehi Premier League. In this year New Radiant SC won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League and qualify AFC Cup 2018 group stage. Also won FA cup & President's Cup by beating TC Sports Club.

In 2018, New Radiant SC finished second of AFC Cup 2018 Group F. This year the blues won Male' League after 2004.

Titles won

Top Division

Others

Best Moments

Season by season records (1979 to 1999)

Updated on 30 November 2015

Season National
Championship		 FA Cup POMIS Cup Cup Winners'
Cup		 Season Top scorers
Name Goal
1979  –  –  –
1980  –  –  –
1981  –  –  –
1982 Champion  –  –  –
1983  –  –  –
1984 Runners-up  –  –  –
1985 Runners-up  –  –  –
1986 Runners-up  –  –
1987 Champion  – Group stage  –
1988 Runners-up Runners-up  –
1989 Champion  –
1990 Champion Runners-up  –
1991 Champion Champion  –
1992 Runners-up  –
1993 Runners-up  –
1994 Runners-up Champion Champion  –
1995 Champion Runners-up Champion
1996 Champion
1997 Champion Champion Champion  –
1998 Champion Runners-up Runners-up
1999 Runners-up Champion
    Champions Runners-up Third place Undefined Not Qualified

    Season by season records (2000 to 2018)

    Updated on 03 June 2018

    Season Dhivehi League / Dhivehi Premier League Male' League Charity
    Shield    		 President's
    Cup    		 FA Cup POMIS Cup CW Cup Season Top scorers
    Division Pld GW D L GF GA Pts Pos Name Goal
    2000 DL  –  – Third place 4th Champion
    2001 DL 5th  – NQ Champion NQ Third place Shah Ismail 17
    2002 DL 7 3 1 3 13 8 10 4th 4th  – 4th Runners-up  – Third place Mausoom
    2003 DL 12 7 1 4 24 18 22 4th 5th  – Third place 4th GS Champion Ali Shiham
    2004 DL 12 6 4 2 40 13 22 Runners-up Champion  – Champion 4th  – Third place Ibrahim Fazeel
    2005 DL 12 7 3 2 28 10 24 Runners-up Third place  – Runners-up Champion  – Third place Ibrahim Fazeel
    2006 DL 12 9 1 2 29 16 28 Champion 4th  – Third place Champion  – Runners-up Ali Umar
    2007 DL 12 7 1 4 25 9 22 Runners-up  –  – Champion Champion  – Runners-up Ali Ashfaq
    2008 DL 12 6 2 4 28 19 20 4th  –  – 4th Runners-up  – Champion Ahmed Thariq
    2009 DL 18 6 5 7 31 33 23 4th  – NQ 4th 4th  –  – Shamveel Qasim
    2010 DL 21 11 3 7 44 31 36 4th  – NQ Third place Runners-up  –  –
    2011 DL 19 9 4 6 41 24 31 4th  – NQ Runners-up 4th  –  – Ali Fasir 18
    2012 DL 19 15 4 0 48 9 49 Champion  – NQ Champion QF  –  – Ali Ashfaq 22
    2013 DL 19 19 0 0 73 5 57 Champion  – Champion Champion Champion  –  – Ali Ashfaq 44
    2014 DL 19 17 1 1 57 8 52 Champion  – Champion Champion Runners-up  –  – Ali Fasir 23
    2015 DPL 14 10 3 1 27 13 33 Champion  – Runners-up Runners-up  – GS  – Ashad Ali 7
    2016 DPL 21 6 5 10 17 25 23 5th  – NQ GS 3rd  –  – Izzath Abdul Baaree
    Hamza Mohamed    		 4
    2017 DPL 14 13 0 1 44 9 39 Champion 3rd NQ Champion Champion  –  – Ali Fasir 21
    2018 DPL 16 8 4 4 44 22 28 4th Champion CANCELLED  –  –  –  – Ali Fasir 27
      Champions Runners-up Third place Relegated In Progress Undefined Not Qualified

      Continental record
      Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
      1991 Asian Club Championship Qualifying Second round Mohammedan SC 0–2 3–0 0–5
      1993–94 Asian Club Championship First round Youth League Club 3–0 0–2 5–0
      Second round Mohammedan SC N/P1 8–0 N/P1
      Quarter-final Al Qadisiya (w/o)2
      1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Ratnam Sports Club (w/o)3
      Second round JCT FC 1–0 0–2 2–1
      Second round East Bengal Club 3–0 2–0 3–2
      Quarter-final Yokohama Flügels 0–2 5–0 0–7
      1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round Pettah United SC 0–2 (w/o)n/p4
      Second round JCT FC 1–0 0–2 2–1
      Quarter-final Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 9–0 4th
      Pohang Steelers 0–6
      Yokohama Marinos 10–0
      1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Beijing Guoan 0–4 8–0 0–12
      1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Mahendra Police 2–0 0–0 2–1
      Second round Happy Valley 3–1 5–1 4–6
      1999-00 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Công An Thành Phô Hồ Chí Minh 1–3 1–0 1–4
      2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Muktijoddha Sangsad 1–2 1–0 1–3
      2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification First Round Air Force 2–1(a.e.t.) 1–1 2–3
      Qualification Second Round Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 7–0 7–0
      2005 AFC Cup Group E Happy Valley 2–0 0–2 2nd
      Home United 1–0 2–0
      Pahang FA 1–1 1–0
      Quarter-final Al-Hussein (Irbid) 1–0 0–0 1–0
      Semi-final Al-Faisaly (Amman) 1–1 4–1 5–2
      2006 AFC Cup Group E Xiangxue Sun Hei 5–2 2–0 4th
      Perlis FA 0–0 6–0
      Home United 5–3 2–0
      2007 AFC Cup Group E Happy Valley 0–2 2–1 4th
      Mahindra United 0–2 1–0
      Singapore Armed Forces FC 2–3 3–1
      2008 AFC Cup Group E Perak FA 1–3 3–0 4th
      Kitchee 2–1 2–0
      Singapore Armed Forces FC 0–3 1–1
      2013 AFC Cup Group F Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 1–0 0–3 1st
      Persibo Bojonegoro 6–1 0–7
      Yangon United 3–1 2–0
      Round of 16 Selangor FA (w/o)3|2–0 (a.e.t.)
      Quarter-final Al-Kuwait 2–7 5–0 2–12
      2014 AFC Cup Group E Home United 1–0 2–0 4th
      Churchill Brothers 3–0 1–2
      Persipura Jayapura 0–2 3–0
      2015 AFC Cup Group H Persib Bandung 0–1 4–1 3rd
      Lao Toyota 2–1 1–1
      Ayeyawady United 0–3 0–0
      2016 AFC Cup Group F Balestier Khalsa 2–2 3–0 4th
      Kaya FC 0–0 1–0
      Kitchee 0–2 0–0
      2018 AFC Cup Group E Dhaka Abahani 5–1 0–1 2nd
      Aizawl FC 3–1 1–2
      Bengaluru FC 2–0 1–0

      1 New Radiant apparently qualified for quarter-final; reason unknown
      2 New Radiant withdrew
      3 Ratnam withdrew after 1st leg
      4 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.

      Current squad
      As of 17 March 2018.

      Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

      No. Position Player
      4 DF Ahmed Abdulla
      5 MF Hamza Mohamed
      3 DF Mohamed Yaish Abdulla
      7 MF Ali Ashfaq
      8 DF Rilwan Waheed
      10 MF Ali Fasir
      11 MF Imran Nashid
      12 FW Ibrahim Atheeg Hassan
      13 MF Akram Abdul Ghanee
      17 MF Ali Shamiu
      No. Position Player
      18 GK Hassan Abdul Hakeem
      19 DF Mohamed Rasheed
      20 MF Riham Abdul Ghanee
      21 FW Hassan Adhuham
      22 GK Mohamed Faisal
      23 DF Hisam Saleem
      25 GK Imran Mohamed
      37 MF Mohamed Umair
      69 FW Raif Abdul Rauf

      Board of Directors
      • Chairman: (Colonel Retired) Mohamed Ziyad
      • Vice chairman: Sayyid Ali
      • Vice chairman Ismail Ziyam
      • Board Director: Ahmed Shiyam
      • Board Director: Abdul Muiz Musthafa
      • Board Director: Hassan Hussain
      • Board Director: Hussain Shaam Adam
      • Board Director: Ismail Rasheed
      • Board Director: Nalin Chaminda Udhage Kankanange

      Senior Management
      • general secretary: Ahmed Niyaz Moosa

      Club Officials
      • Manager: Ahmed Rasheed
      • Head Coach:
      • Assistant Coach: Ashraf Luthfee
      • Assistant Coach & Goalkeeper Coach: Hassan Hameed
      • Assistant Coach: Adam Abdul Latheef (Lahchey)
      • Assistant Coach: Adam Fazeeh
      • Kit Manager: Mohamed Rasheed
      • Official: Ahmed Fayaz
      • Official: Mohamed Fazeel

      Footnotes
      1. ::maldivesoccer.com: club profile :: Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
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