Statistics of Dhivehi League for the 2014 season. 2014 Dhivehi League started on June 16.[1]

Dhivehi League
Season2014
ChampionsNew Radiant
4th Dhivehi League title
RelegatedClub AYL
AFC CupNew Radiant
Matches played71
Goals scored252 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerAssadhulla Abdulla (22 goals)
Highest scoringMaziya 8–1 Mahibadhoo
(12 July 2014)
Maziya 8–1 Club AYL
(27 July 2014)
Longest winning run11 games
New Radiant
Longest unbeaten run12 games
New Radiant
Longest winless run13 games
Club AYL
2013

Teams edit

Personnel edit

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

Team Coach Captain Shirt sponsor
B.G. Sports Club   Mohamed Iqbal   Ahmed Ashfan Al Mudhish
Club All Youth Linkage   Ahmed Nashid   Abdulla Zubair[a] Nippon Paint
Club Eagles   Ihsan Abdul Ghanee   Assad Abdul Ghanee Hitachi
Club Valencia   Mohamed Shahid   Abdulla Haneef Philips
Mahibadhoo SC   Mohamed Shiyaz   Ali Risham Makita
Maziya S&RC   Ali Suzain   Assadhulla Abdulla ell mobile
Makita
New Radiant SC   Ismail Anil   Imran Mohamed Milo
Victory SC   Mohamed Athif   Hussain Shimaz[b] STO Noofahi
  1. ^ Ali Zubair was the captain at the start of the season.
  2. ^ Sobah Mohamed was the captain until he left the club at the end of league round 1.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maziya S&RC   Ismail Mahfooz Resign 19 June 2014[2] 4th   Ali Suzain 22 June 2014[3]
New Radiant SC   Ismail Anil Sack* 6 August 2014[4] 2nd   Mika Lönnström 6 August 2014[4]

* Anil continues as assistant coach.[5]

League table edit

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualify for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maziya S&RC 7 6 1 0 29 6 +23 19
2 New Radiant SC 7 6 0 1 27 2 +25 18
3 Club Eagles 7 5 0 2 19 9 +10 15
4 Victory SC 7 3 1 3 11 13 −2 10
5 Mahibadhoo SC 7 2 1 4 13 27 −14 7
6 Club Valencia 7 1 3 3 7 14 −7 6
7 Club All Youth Linkage 7 1 1 5 4 25 −21 4
8 BG Sports Club 7 0 1 6 6 20 −14 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 SC 7 7 0 0 19 3 +16 21
2 Maziya S&RC 7 6 0 1 19 5 +14 18
3 Victory SC 7 3 1 3 12 10 +2 10
4 Club Eagles 7 2 2 3 8 8 0 8
5 Club Valencia 7 2 1 4 4 10 −6 7
6 Club All Youth Linkage 7 1 3 3 6 15 −9 6
7 BG Sports Club 7 1 2 4 7 19 −12 5
8 Mahibadhoo SC 7 1 1 5 9 14 −5 4
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Standings of round 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Radiant SC 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 13
2 Club Eagles 5 4 0 1 13 5 +8 12
3 Maziya S&RC 5 2 2 1 13 8 +5 8
4 Club Valencia 5 1 1 3 4 9 −5 4
5 Victory SC 5 1 0 4 7 11 −4 3
6 Mahibadhoo SC 5 1 0 4 5 17 −12 3
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
1 New Radiant SC 19 17 1 1 57 8 +49 52 2015 AFC Cup group stage
2 Maziya S&RC 19 14 3 2 61 19 +42 45
3 Club Eagles 19 11 2 6 40 22 +18 35
4 Victory Sports Club 19 8 2 9 30 33 −3 26
5 Club Valencia 19 4 5 10 15 33 −18 17
6 Mahibadhoo SC 19 4 2 13 26 58 −32 14
7 Club All Youth Linkage 14 2 4 8 10 40 −30 10 Promotion/relegation playoff
8 BG Sports Club 14 1 3 10 13 39 −26 6
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round edit

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

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819
BG Sports Club35677788888888-----
Club All Youth Linkage88888877777777-----
Club Eagles2223333333333333333
Club Valencia5644666666666555555
Mahibadhoo SC7456555555555666666
Maziya S&RC4332221222222222222
New Radiant SC1111112111111111111
Victory Sports Club6775444444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2014. Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

Round 1 matches edit

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

16 June 2014 1 New Radiant SC 7–0 Club All Youth Linkage National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 David   9', 28'
Umair   11', 84' (pen.)
Fasir   47'
Milovanović   72'
Abdulla   90+2'
Report
17 June 2014 2 Club Eagles 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Rasheed   4', 26'
Nooman   42'
Easa   71', 88' (pen.), 90+1'
Report   55' Junaid
12 July 2014 15 Maziya S&RC 8–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
22:00 Assadhulla   19', 41', 49'
Samaam   39' (o.g.)
Naumov   43', 52'
Nashid   73'
Sadin   75'
Report   66' Tahi
25 July 2014 21 Club Eagles 3–2 Victory Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
22:00 Muñoz   35'
Ali   59' (o.g.)
Muslih   78'
Report   61' Awilo
  87' Victor
27 July 2014 23 Maziya S&RC 8–1 Club All Youth Linkage National Football Stadium, Malé
22:00 Shiyam   7'
Assadhulla   10', 19', 24', 25'
Abu   16'
Nashid   53'
A. Niyaz   71' (o.g.)
Report   89' (pen.) Amir
28 July 2014 24 New Radiant SC 6–0 BG Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
22:00 Dibi   12', 78'
Fasir   15', 67', 82' (pen.)
Shamweel   87'
Report

Round 2 matches edit

A total of 20 matches will be played in this round.

30 September 2014 49 Maziya S&RC 5–1 Club All Youth Linkage National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Assadhulla   27' (pen.), 46'
Nashid   66'
Ashad   72'
Ziyazan   90+2' (o.g.)
Report   8' Amir
30 September 2014 50 New Radiant SC 5–1 BG Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 David   35'
Umair   45'
Fasir   70', 90+3' (pen.)
Milovanović   80'
Report   74' Wisham
9 October 2014 54 Maziya S&RC 6–1 BG Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad   1', 50', 57'
Assadhulla   31' (pen.), 53', 90'
Report   71' Kudas

Round 3 matches edit

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

25 October 2014 60 Maziya S&RC 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ashad   2' (pen.)
Yannick   39' (o.g.)
Assadhulla   44' (pen.), 63', 79' (pen.), 90+2'
Report   51' Naseer
31 October 2014 63 Maziya S&RC 2–2 Club Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Naumov   66'
Nashid   90+5'
Report   42' Nihan
  90+3' Ahmed
4 November 2014 67 Maziya S&RC 1–3 Club Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Amdhan   23' Report   7', 51' Yasfaadh
  12' Easa
5 November 2014 68 New Radiant SC 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Fasir   6', 21', 30', 65', 69' (pen.)
David   14'
Report   57' Junaid
9 November 2014 70 Club Eagles 4–3 Victory Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Easa   15' (pen.)
Ansar   24'
Mujuthaba   53'
Muslih   46'
Report   53', 84' Kaka
  63' Awilo

Season statistics edit

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Ismail Easa Club Eagles Mahibadhoo SC 6–1 17 June 2014
  Assadhulla Abdulla Maziya S&RC Mahibadhoo SC 8–1 12 July 2014
  Assadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya S&RC Club All Youth Linkage 8–1 27 July 2014
  Ali Fasir New Radiant SC BG Sports Club 6–0 28 July 2014
  Hussain Shimaz Victory SC Mahibadhoo SC 2–3 31 July 2014
  Ashad Ali Maziya S&RC BG Sports Club 6–1 10 October 2014
  Assadhulla Abdulla Maziya S&RC BG Sports Club 6–1 10 October 2014
  Assadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya S&RC Mahibadhoo SC 6–1 25 October 2014
  Ali Fasir5 New Radiant SC Mahibadhoo SC 6–1 5 November 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2015 Dhivehi League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 BG Sports Club 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9 Promoted
2 TC Sports Club 3 1 1 1 19 6 +13 4
3 Club All Youth Linkage 3 1 1 1 16 5 +11 4 Relegated
4 United Victory 3 0 0 3 2 34 −32 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

A total of 6 matches will be played in this round. Top 2 reams will be promoted to 2015 Dhivehi Premier League and the bottom 2 teams relegated to the 2015 Second Division Football Tournament.

28 October 2014 2 Club All Youth Linkage 13–0 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Jinah   36'
Bahjath   11', 72', 81', 85', 89'
Stephan   17', 25' (pen.), 37', 53' (pen.)
Adil   65'
Shifau   79'
Ziyazan   90+1'
Report (Dhivehi)
6 November 2014 5 TC Sports Club 16–2 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ibaad   9' (o.g.)
Nizam   15', 23', 44', 72', 75'
Rizuwan   21'
Zaad   28'
Isaar   49', 90+3'
Yaamin I.   77', 80', 87' (pen.)
Migdhad   78', 90+2'
Muaz   90' (o.g.)
Report
Report (Dhivehi)
  64' Shujau
  66' M. Rilwan

References edit

  1. ^ "League opening is reinstated" (in Divehi). sun online. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Imma resigns". Maldivesoccer. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Maziya appoints Suzain". Maldivesoccer. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Blues appoint foreign coach". Maldivesoccer. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Mika Lonnstrom appointed as head coach". New Radiant SC. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.