Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[2] is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first time in 2006.[3]
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| Full name | Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Green Boys | ||
| Short name | Maziya | ||
| Founded | January 23, 1996 | ||
| Ground | National Football Stadium, Malé | ||
| Capacity | 11,850 | ||
| Owner | Maziya Sport And Recreation | ||
| Chairman | Ahmed Sajid | ||
| Coach | vacant | ||
| League | Dhivehi Premier League | ||
| 2023 | Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 8 | ||
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History edit
The club was founded on 23 January 1996. The club is one of the most successful clubs in Maldives, having won the top tier domestic league thrice in 2016, 2019–20, and 2020–21.
In the 2022 AFC Cup group-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala.[4] They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.[5] The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.[6]
Seasons edit
Domestic edit
| Season | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2015 | 1st | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 21 | - | Winners |  Asadhulla Abdulla
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9 | Ali Suzain
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| 2016 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 47 | Quarterfinal | Semi-finals | Asadhulla Abdulla
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| 2017 | 1st | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 27 | Third | Semi-finals | Mohamed Umair
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8 |  Marjan Sekulovski Ismail Mahfooz
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| 2018 | 1st | 2nd | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 38 | - | - | Asadhulla Abdulla
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14 | Ismail Mahfooz
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| 2019–20 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 51 | Cancelled | - |  Cornelius Stewart
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15 | Marjan Sekulovski
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Continental edit
- As of match played 26 February 2020
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| AFC Cup | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
| Total | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group G |  Kelantan
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6–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
 Ayeyawady United
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3–1 | 0–3 | ||||
 SHB-Đà Nẵng
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2–3 | 1–3 | ||||
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | Hà Nội T&T
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1–2 | 1–5 | 4th |
 Arema Cronus
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1–3 | 2–3 | ||||
| Selangor
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1–1 | 1–4 | ||||
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Play-off round |  Ceres
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1–0 | ||
| Group E |  Bengaluru
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1–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | ||
 Warriors
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2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| Persipura Jayapura
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1–2 | 0–0 | ||||
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | Mohun Bagan
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1–2 | 1–1 | 4th |
 South China
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2–1 | 0–2 | ||||
| Yangon United
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1–1 | 2–3 | ||||
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | Bengaluru
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0–1 | 0–1 | 2nd |
| Mohun Bagan
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5–2 | 1–0 | ||||
 Abahani Limited Dhaka
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2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 2 | Abahani Limited Dhaka
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1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) |
| Play-off round | Bengaluru
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2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (p) | ||
| Group E | Chennai City
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Cancelled | 2–2 | 2nd | ||
| Bashundhara Kings
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Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
| TC Sports Club
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Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
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0–2 | 4th | |
| Mohun Bagan
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1–3 | |||||
| Bengaluru
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2–6 | |||||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
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0–1 | 3rd | |
| Gokulam Kerala
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1–0 | |||||
| Mohun Bagan
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2–5 | |||||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
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3–1 | Nov 27 | TBD |
| Mohun Bagan SG
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Dec 11 | 1–2 | ||||
| Odisha
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2–3 | 1–6 | ||||
Honours edit
- Dhivehi Premier League
- Maldives FA Cup
- Maldivian FA Charity Shield
- Champions (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022,2023
- Malé League
- Champions (1): 2017
- President's Cup
- Champions (2): 2015,2023
- POMIS Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2015[7]
Current squad edit
- As of 12 October 2023[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References edit
- ^ Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Guha, Sayantan (22 May 2022). ""We took Maziya to be an easy team" - Gokulam Kerala FC head coach admits underestimating AFC Cup opponents". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Summary – 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "2023/24 AFC Cup — Group Stage » Group D » Matches » Table". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives - List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
Further reading edit
- "Abahani sign five foreigners on loan". .newagebd.net. Dhaka: New Age Bangladesh. 14 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
External links edit
- Maziya S&RC (archived)
- Maziya S&RC on Twitter
- Maziya S&RC on Facebook
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