Dhivehi Premier League
Season2018
ChampionsTC Sports
AFC CupTC Sports
Maziya
Top goalscorerMaldives Ahmed Rizuvan
(31 goals)
2017

The 2018 Dhivehi Premier League season is the fourth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.[1]

Qualified teams


Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Qualified format Ref
Green Streets 2018 Malé League top 6
Eagles 2018 Malé League top 6
Fehendhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Foakaidhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Maziya 2018 Malé League top 6
New Radiant 2018 Malé League top 6
Nilandhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
Thimarafushi Minivan Championship semi finalist [2]
TC Sports 2018 Malé League top 6
Victory 2018 Malé League top 6

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
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ashad Ali
Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Fehendhoo Maldives Ismail Anil Maldives Adam Naseem
Foakaidhoo Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Maldives Sobah Mohamed Maldives Ali Fasir
Nilandhoo Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee Maldives Ahmed Ali
Thimarafushih Maldives Amien Shah Maldives Ibrahim Amir
TC Sports Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Farrah Ahmed
Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Shafiu Ahmed

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Pakistan Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Ukraine Petro Kovalchuk Ukraine Ilya Sobol[3] Slovakia Viliam Macko Japan Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Uzbekistan Abbos Saidov Uzbekistan Jamshid Qosimov
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Pecharroman Alain Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Croatia Andrej Kerić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Mihajlovic Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Spain Adrián Gallardo Valdés Spain Candela Montenegro Stevan Marković Lebanon Hussein El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Egypt Easa El-Maghrabi Egypt Halil El-Bezawy Nepal Kiran Chemjong

League table

All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TC Sports Club (C) 16 13 0 3 53 12 +41 39 Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup group stage
2 Maziya 16 12 2 2 51 17 +34 38[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3 Eagles 16 12 2 2 62 12 +50 38[lower-alpha 1]
4 New Radiant 16 8 4 4 44 22 +22 28
5 Green Streets 16 8 2 6 35 29 +6 26
6 Faafu Nilandhoo 16 4 1 11 20 60 40 13
7 Shaviyani Foakaidhoo 16 3 3 10 16 39 23 12
8 Victory[lower-alpha 2] 16 2 4 10 10 36 26 7
9 Baa Fehendhoo 9 1 1 7 2 30 28 4 Relegation play-offs
10 Thaa Thimarafushi 9 0 1 8 2 37 35 1
Source: FIFA
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head results: Eagles 2–2 Maziya, Eagles 0–1 Maziya.
  2. Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages.[4]

Season statistics

As of 30 November 2018

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles 31
2 Maldives Ali Ashfaq TC Sports 22
3 Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant 15
Ukraine Roland Bilala Green Streets
5 Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya 14
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya 11
Maldives Mohamed Naim Eagles
8 Maldives Ishan Ibrahim TC Sports 8
Maldives Ibrahim Mahudhee TC Sports
Maldives Naiz Hassan Maziya
Ghana Adoku Kweku Lucas Nilandhoo

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Maldives Ali FasirNew RadiantThimarafushi10–028 June 2019
Maldives Hamza MohamedNew RadiantThimarafushi10–028 June 2019
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla4MaziyaNilandhoo7–03 July 2019
Maldives Abdulla MisbaahGreen StreetsNilandhoo6–016 July 2019
Maldives Ismail EasaMaziyaVictory5–029 September 2019
Maldives Ali FasirNew RadiantFehendhoo11–01 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesThimarafushi9–02 October 2019
Maldives Naiz HassanMaziyaGreen Streets5–13 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–06 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan5EaglesFehendhoo5–011 October 2019
Ukraine Roland BilalaGreen StreetsVictory4–112 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo7–217 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo8–021 October 2019
Maldives Mohamed NaimEaglesNilandhoo8–021 October 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq4TC SportsVictory4–022 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesGreen Streets7–029 October 2019
Maldives Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaNilandhoo6–129 October 2019
Maldives Mohamed SamirTC SportsFoakaidhoo5–130 October 2019
Maldives Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–08 November 2019
Maldives Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaFoakaidhoo5–021 November 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq4TC SportsNilandhoo7–022 November 2019
Ukraine Roland Bilala4Green StreetsNew Radiant5–122 November 2019
Maldives Ahmed RizuvanEaglesTC Sports4–430 November 2019
  • 4 Player scored four goals
  • 5 Player scored five goals

References

  1. Maldives 2018, RSSSF.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 "THIMARAFUSHI, NILANDHOO, FOAKIADHOO AND FEHENDHOO QUALIFIED TO PREMIER LEAGUE". MaldiveSoccer. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "Илья Соболь: "На Мальдивах на тренировки добираемся вплавь"". footboom.com.
  4. "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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