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2015 Dhivehi Premier League

The 2015 Dhivehi Premier League was the first season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football. The season began on 20 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs that broke away from the Dhivehi League at the end of the 2014 season.

Dhivehi Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsNew Radiant SC
5th Dhivehi League title
RelegatedMahibadhoo SC
AFC CupNew Radiant SC
Matches played56
Goals scored181 (3.23 per match)
Best PlayerNaiz Hassan (TC Sports)
Top goalscorerAssadhulla Abdulla (9 goals)
Highest scoringMaziya 7–1 Mahibadhoo
(20 November 2015)
Club Eagles 7–1 Mahibadhoo
(23 November 2015)
Longest winning run4 games
TC Sports
Longest unbeaten run9 games
New Radiant
Longest winless run14 games
Mahibadhoo
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 01 December 2015.

New league sponsors edit

From the start of the 2015 season, the Dhivehi Premier League was sponsored by Ooredoo Maldives.

Teams edit

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2014 Dhivehi League season and one promoted from the 2014 Second Division Football Tournament.

Teams and their divisions edit

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

Personnel and kits edit

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 Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
BG Sports Club   Mohamed Shaazly Grand Sport Philips
Eagles   Ihsan Abdul Ghanee   Ismail Easa FBT Effect
Valencia   Mohamed Iqbal Grand Sport Philips
Mahibadhoo   Yordan Ivanov Stoikov Makita
Maziya   Ali Suzain   Assadhulla Abdulla Eve Garment ADK Group, Makita, ell Mobile & t-sips
New Radiant   Sobah Mohamed (player-caretaker)   Ashad Ali Adidas Milo
TC Sports Club   Mohamed Nizam Grand Sport Hitachi
Victory   Ahmed Nashid Nippon Paint

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Valencia   Mohamed Shahid End of contract   Mohamed Iqbal 25 December 2014[1]
Mahibadhoo   Mohamed Shiyaz Contract terminated   Yordan Ivanov Stoikov 25 January 2015[2]
BG Sports Club   Mohamed Iqbal End of contract   Mohamed Shaazly 14 February 2015[3]
Victory   Mohamed Athif End of contract   Ahmed Nashid 1 March 2015[4]
New Radiant   Mika Lönnström Sacked[5][6]   Sobah Mohamed (player-caretaker) 2 March 2015[7]
New Radiant   Sobah Mohamed (player-caretaker) Arrival of head coach   Amir Alagic 11 March 2015[8]
New Radiant   Amir Alagic Resigned[9]   Sobah Mohamed (player-caretaker) 12 April 2015[9]

Foreign players edit

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
BG Sports Club   David Carmona   Sean Bateau   Daniel Philemon   Saadullah Khan
Club Eagles   Abu Mansaray   Pedro Tarancon Anton[10]   Gerardo Jiménez Reyes[10]   Sujan Perera[11]
Club Valencia   Vladislav Mirchev
Mahibadhoo   Lassina Koné
Maziya   Zhivko Dinev   Silas Junior   Pablo Rodríguez   Toshiya Hosoe
New Radiant   David Moli   Viliam Macko   Alisher Akhmedov
TC Sports Club   Kudus Omolade Kelani   Rafinha   Everton Souza Santos
Victory   Chinda Chizi Kaka

League table edit

Format: In Round 1 and 2, all eight teams play against each other. Teams with most total points after Round 2 are crowned the Dhivehi Premier League champions and qualify for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the POMIS Cup & President's Cup.

Standings of round 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Radiant 7 5 2 0 11 4 +7 17
2 TC Sports Club 7 4 2 1 14 8 +6 14
3 Maziya 7 3 3 1 12 9 +3 12
4 Club Eagles 7 2 4 1 11 8 +3 10
5 Victory 7 3 0 4 13 14 −1 9
6 BG Sports Club 7 2 2 3 9 8 +1 8
7 Club Valencia 7 2 0 5 10 16 −6 6
8 Mahibadhoo 7 0 1 6 4 17 −13 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Standings of round 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Radiant 7 5 1 1 16 9 +7 16
2 TC Sports Club 7 4 3 0 12 4 +8 15
3 Club Eagles 7 4 2 1 13 5 +8 14
4 Club Valencia 7 3 1 3 15 11 +4 10
5 Maziya 7 3 0 4 14 11 +3 9
6 Victory 7 2 2 3 10 9 +1 8
7 BG Sports Club 7 1 2 4 9 18 −9 5
8 Mahibadhoo 7 0 1 6 8 30 −22 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Radiant (C) 14 10 3 1 27 13 +14 33 Advance to 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage 2016 Dhivehi Premier League
2 TC Sports Club 14 8 5 1 26 12 +14 29 Advance to 2016 Dhivehi Premier League
3 Club Eagles 14 6 6 2 24 13 +11 24
4 Maziya 14 6 3 5 26 20 +6 21
5 Victory 14 5 2 7 23 23 0 17
6 Club Valencia 14 5 1 8 25 27 −2 16
7 BG Sports Club 14 3 4 7 18 26 −8 13 Advance to Relegation play-offs
8 Mahibadhoo (R) 14 0 2 12 12 47 −35 2 Relegation to 2016 Second Division Tournament
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Season summary edit

Result table edit

Round 1 ╲ Round 2 BGS EAG VLC MAH MAZ NRA TCS VIC
BG Sports 0–0 3–5 2–2 1–0 1–4 1–4 1–3
Eagles 0–0 1–0 7–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–0
Valencia 1–3 1–2 5–1 1–2 4–2 0–2 0–0
Mahibadhoo 0–3 0–3 2–3 1–7 1–2 1–2 1–5
Maziya 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–1
New Radiant 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
TC Sports 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–1
Victory 1–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–3
Source: [citation needed]

Positions by round edit

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

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
BG Sports15666567666777
Eagles41122445444433
Valencia77777776777666
Mahibadhoo88888888888888
Maziya54233234533344
New Radiant22311111111111
TC Sports33554322222222
Victory66445653355555
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

Round 1 edit

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

20 April 2015 1 New Radiant 3–1 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
22:00 Viliam   19'
Rilwan   86'
Fazeel   90+1' (pen.)
Ashad   90+2'
Alisher   90+4'
Fasir   90+5'		 Report   16' Ismail
  74'   90+1' Ziaan		 Referee: Shifan Abdul Raheem (Maldives)
21 April 2015 2 Mahibadhoo 0–3 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Jackson   35'
Shalim   41'		 MS
Sun		   16' Hamdhaan
  45+1' Naavy
  60'   81' David Carmona
  80' Bateau
  90+2' Muaz
22 April 2015 3 Valencia 0–2 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 MS
Sun		   20' Nafiu
  74' Rafael
23 April 2015 4 Maziya 1–1 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Asadhulla   14' MS
Haveeru		   45+1' Easa
4 May 2015 5 Victory 1–0 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Thasneem   25' MS
Sun
5 May 2015 6 New Radiant 0–0 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report MS
Sun
6 May 2015 7 Maziya 2–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hosoe   23'
Asadhulla   57'		 MS
Sun		   36' Shimaz
7 May 2015 8 Eagles 3–0 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Adhuham   13', 18'
Rizuwan   73'		 MS
Sun
18 May 2015 9 Victory 2–0 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hisam Saleem   52'
Ahmed Ziaan   90'		 Report
19 May 2015 10 Eagles 2–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Imran Nasheed   54'
Ismail Easa   88'		 Report   62' Ibrahim Abdulla
20 May 2015 11 Maziya 3–1 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Imaz   15'
Pablo Rodríguez   21'
Mohamed Umair   54'		 Report   ?' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti
21 May 2015 12 New Radiant 1–0 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ashad Ali   6' Report
1 June 2015 13 Victory 2–3 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Niyaz   44'
Chinda Chizi Kaka   59'		 MS
Sun		   13' Akram Abdul Ghanee
  71' Ahmed Rilwan
  79' Vladislav Mirchev
1 June 2015 14 Club Eagles 2–2 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Gerardo Jiménez Reyes   39', 46' Report   42' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti
  ?'Ibrahim Shafraz
2 June 2015 15 Maziya 2–2 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mohamed Umair   ?'
Ahmed Nashid   76'		 MS
Sun		   81' (pen.) Anthony Gilbert
  85' Ibrahim Shiyam
2 June 2015 16 New Radiant 2–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Viliam Macko   26' (pen.)
Mohamed Sifan   59'		 MS
Sun		   20' Adam Sahir
21 June 2015 17 Victory 2–3 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Godfrey West Omodu   67'
Bahajath Abdul Azeez   86'		 Report   65' Ibrahim Shafraz
  ?' Kudus Omolade Kelani
  90+?' Ahmed Zaad
22 June 2015 18 Eagles 0–0 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report
23 June 2015 19 Maziya 1–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Nashid   ?' Report   2' Anderson da Silva Bina
24 June 2015 20 New Radiant 3–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Alamu Bukola Olalekan   7'
Ibrahim Fazeel   ?'
Hamza Mohamed   90+4'		 Report   44' (pen.) Vladislav Mirchev
28 June 2015 21 Mahibadhoo 0–3 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report   6' Ali Nafiu
  13' Naiz Hassan
  60' Ahmed Rilwan
29 June 2015 22 Valencia 1–3 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hansley Awilo Ambia   87' Report   3', 66' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo
  64' Ibrahim Hamdhan
30 June 2015 23 Maziya 3–2 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Pablo Rodríguez   43'
Mohamed Umair   83'
Ahmed Nashid   90+3'		 Report   71' Ahmed Niyaz
  79' Godfrey West Omodu
1 July 2015 24 New Radiant 1–1 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Rilwan Waheed   4' Report   46' Ahmed Rasheed
17 October 2015 25 BG Sports 1–3 TC Sports Turf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Manuel David Carmona Escobedo   66' (pen.) Report   30' (pen.), 50' Rafael Betim Marti
  35' Yohei Iwasaki
18 October 2015 26 Valencia 3–2 Mahibadhoo Turf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Mazhar Abdulla   64', 65'
Ibrahim Abdulla   80'		 Report   18' Nikomon Rodrigue Thahi
  41' Izzath Abdul Baaree
19 October 2015 27 Eagles 2–3 Victory Turf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Gerardo Jiménez Reyes   6'
Ansar Ibrahim   15'		 Report   55', 90+?' Godfrey West Omodu
  57' Ibrahim Shathir
20 October 2015 28 New Radiant 1–0 Maziya Turf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Rilwan Waheed   77' Report

Round 2 edit

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

24 October 2015 1 BG Sports 3–5 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Daniel Philemon   32', 67' (?) Report   13' Hansley Awilo Ambia
  19' Ahmed Rilwan
  60' Ahmed Visam
  ?', ?' Vladislav Mirchev
24 October 2015 2 New Radiant 3–1 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ali Fasir   6'
Hamza Mohamed   44'
Viliam Macko   68'		 Report   88' Ismail Easa
25 October 2015 3 Victory 5–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ibrahim Shathir   4', 60'
Godfrey West Omodu   43', 83'
Ahmed Niyaz   82'		 Report   21' Gasim Samaam
25 October 2015 4 TC Sports 2–0 Maziya National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Yameen Ibrahim   ?'
Naiz Hassan   45+2'		 Report
29 October 2015 5 Eagles 1–0 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Rizuvan   73' Report
29 October 2015 6 New Radiant 2–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad Ali   6'
Mohamed Sifan   10'		 Report   56' Ali Shalim
30 October 2015 7 TC Sports 1–1 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Naiz Hassan   82' Report   37' Mohamed Thasneem
30 October 2015 8 Maziya 0–1 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report   38' Ibrahim Hamdhaan
3 November 2015 9 New Radiant 2–4 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ibrahim Fazeel   23' (pen.)
Ali Fasir   ?'		 Report   11', 17' Ahmed Rilwan
  19', ?' Vladislav Mirchev
3 November 2015 10 TC Sports 2–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Rafael Betim Marti   71'
Ibrahim Waheed Hassan   81'		 Report   88' Anderson da Silva Bina
16 November 2015 11 Maziya 3-1 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Nashid   50'
Asadhulla Abdulla   58' (pen.), 84'		 Report   48' Mohamed Thasneem
16 November 2015 12 Eagles 0-0 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report
19 November 2015 13 TC Sports 2–0 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Yameen Ibrahim   68' (pen.)
Ahmed Nizam   76'		 Report
19 November 2015 14 New Radiant 4–1 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ali Fasir   22'
Viliam Macko   72', 88'
Ashad Ali   90'		 Sun
PSM		   26' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo
20 November 2015 15 Eagles 2–0 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Rasheed   47'
Ansar Ibrahim   ?'		 Report
20 November 2015 16 Maziya 7–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Asadhulla Abdulla   9', 50', 69', 75'
Ahmed Nashid   21'
Samdhooh Mohamed   53'
Moosa Yaamin   57'		 Report   61' Ismail Nazeer
23 November 2015 17 Eagles 7–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Rizuvan   4', 45+?'
Ansar Ibrahim   27', 30', 90+?'
Yasfaadh Habeeb   72'
  88' Abdulla Haneef		 Sun
Haveeru		   58' Anderson da Silva Bina
23 November 2015 18 Maziya 2–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Nashid   24'
Pablo Rodríguez   90'		 Report   73' Hansley Awilo Ambia
24 November 2015 19 TC Sports 4–1 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Naiz Hassan   41'
Ali Nafiu   52', 58'
Ali Haafiz   90+?'		 Report   68' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo
24 November 2015 20 New Radiant 1–0 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad Ali   28' Report
27 November 2015 21 BG Sports 2–2 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 ??   ?' (o.g.)
Daniel Philemon   62'		 Report   30', 52' Anderson da Silva Bina
27 November 2015 22 Victory 0–0 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report
28 November 2015 23 TC Sports 0–0 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Report
28 November 2015 24 New Radiant 3–1 Maziya National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adam Isham   24'
Hamza Mohamed   36'
Mohamed Karam   ?'		 Report   66' Moosa Yaamin
1 December 2015 25 Valencia 5–1 Mahibadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Hassan Solah   1', 8'
Vladislav Mirchev   14', 41'
Nizamuddeen Faheem   64' (o.g.)		 Report   71' Anderson da Silva Bina
1 December 2015 26 Victory 3–1 BG Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Godfrey West Omodu   31', 71'
Ibrahim Shathir   88'		 Sun
Haveeru		   78' Daniel Philemon
2 December 2015 27 Maziya 1–2 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Asadhulla Abdulla   54' Report   16' Ismail Easa
  ?' Ansar Ibrahim
2 December 2015 28 New Radiant 1–1 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Abdulla   71' Sun
Haveeru		   7' Ibrahim Rizuvan

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

  • First goal: Viliam Macko for New Radiant against Victory (19th minute, 22:19 UTC+05:00) (20 April 2015)
  • Fastest goal:
  • Largest winning margin:
  • Highest scoring game:
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team:
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team:

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya 9
2   Vladislav Mirchev Valencia 8
  Godfrey West Omodu Victory
4   Ahmed Nashid Maziya 6
  Rafael Betim Marti TC Sports
  Ansar Ibrahim Eagles
  Manuel David Carmona Escobedo BG Sports
  Anderson da Silva Bina Mahibadhoo
9   Viliam Macko New Radiant 5
  Daniel Philemon BG Sports

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Daniel Philemon BG Sports Valencia 3–5 24 October 2015
  Asadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya Mahibadhoo 7–1 20 November 2015
  Ansar Ibrahim Eagles Mahibadhoo 7–1 23 November 2015
  • 4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets edit

Player edit

Club edit

Discipline edit

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards:
  • Most red cards: 1
    • New Radiant

2016 Dhivehi Premier League play-off edit

The play-off were to be played between 7th placed team in 2015 Dhivehi Premier League, B.G. Sports Club and 2015 Second Division runner up team. Since recreation clubs of government offices are not allowed in the Football Association of Maldives first division football tournaments, the play-off spot was given to the fourth placed Club Green Streets.[12] 2015 Second Division runner-ups were Police Club while Dhivehi Sifainge Club were third in the league table.

BG Sports4–1Green Streets
Report
Green Streets–BG Sports
Report

References edit

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  2. ^ "Mahibadhoo appoints Stoikov. Maldivesoccer". Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Shaaz appointed as BG Coach. Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)". Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Victory to start practice with new coach Naadhu. Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)". Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ^ "New Radiant sacks Mika. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Blues sack Mika. Maldivesoccer". Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Sobah appointed as New Radiant. Vaguthu (Dhivehi)". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Alagic appointed as the head coach". New Radiant S.C. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Alagic resigns". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ a b "Two Spaniards join Eagles". Maldivesoccer. June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. ^ Lanka national keeper Sujan joins Eagles Sun.mv
  12. ^ "Green Streets to play-off, UV to Premier League" (in Divehi). Avas Online. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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