2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Season2019–20
Dates14 June 2019 – 2 March 2020
ChampionsMaziya (2nd title)
RelegatedVictory
New Radiant
AFC CupMaziya (group stage)
Eagles (play-offs)
Matches played87
Goals scored321 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorerMaldives Ahmed Rizuvan
(28 goals)
Best goalkeeperAfghanistan Ovays Azizi (9 clean sheets)
Highest scoringMaziya 13–0 Nilandhoo
(25 June 2019)
Longest winning run9 matches
Maziya
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Eagles
Longest winless run16 matches
Victory
Longest losing run16 matches
Victory
← 2018

The 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League was the fifth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. The season started on 14 June 2019.[1][2] TC Sports are the defending champions.

Maziya secured the league title on 19 January 2020.[3]

Since New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams are suspended, they are relegated to the Second Division Football Tournament.[4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league. Fehendhoo and Thimarafushi were relegated from the previous season, and were replaced by 2019 Malé League qualification winner United Victory and 2018 Second Division champion Da Grande Sports Club. New Radiant were suspended due to financial reasons.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division
Eagles Maafannu
Green Streets Machchangolhi
Da Grande Maafannu
Foakaidhoo Sh. Foakaidhoo
Maziya West Maafannu
Nilandhoo F. Nilandhoo
TC Sports Club Henveiru
Victory Galolhu
United Victory Galolhu

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
Club Eagles Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Maldives Hussain Sifaau
Green Streets Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ali Ashfaq
Da Grande Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Mohamed Rasheed
Foakaidhoo Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives Hussain Fazeel
Maziya North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
Nilandhoo Maldives Ahmed Mujuthaba Maldives Faruhad Ismail
TC Sports Maldives Mohamed Athif Maldives Ahmed Farrah
United Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Ahmed Nashid
Victory Maldives Mohamed Adam Maldives Ibrahim Noorahdhdheen

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
Club Eagles Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Green Streets
Da Grande Ghana Torsu Christian Dodzi Senegal Babacar Ndiour Iraq Obaida Kadhum Ahmed
Foakaidhoo Egypt Mostafa Seddik Egypt Mahmoud Sayed Egypt Khalil Gamal Pakistan Saqib Hanif
Maziya Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Afghanistan Ovays Azizi
Nilandhoo
TC Sports Nepal Bimal Gharti Magar
United Victory Serbia Miloš Kovačević Belarus Dmitri Khlebosolov Kyrgyzstan Bektur Talgat Uulu
Victory Uzbekistan Otabek Khaydarov Uzbekistan Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov Togo Akate Gnama Uzbekistan Alisher Ziyaviddinov

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Maziya (C) 21 16 3 2 74 12 +62 51 Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup group stage
2 Eagles[b] 21 13 6 2 56 25 +31 45 Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3 TC Sports 21 12 5 4 42 21 +21 41
4 Green Streets 21 8 5 8 45 41 +4 29
5 Da Grande 21 7 6 8 33 32 +1 27
6 Foakaidhoo 21 5 5 11 20 45 −25 20
7 United Victory 16 4 4 8 26 41 −15 16
8 Nilandhoo 16 4 2 10 24 54 −30 14
9 Victory[c] (R) 16 0 0 16 1 50 −49 0 Relegation to Maldivian Second Division
Source: Dhivehi Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Top six teams continue after each team have played 16 matches.
  2. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives, the 2020 Maldives FA Cup was cancelled and declared null and void by the Football Association of Maldives.[5] As a result, the 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League runner-ups qualified for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs.[6]
  3. ^ Victory were excluded after multiple forfeits, all remaining matches were awarded 0–2 losses against them.

Season summary

Round one & two

Round 1 ╲ Round 2 MAZ EAG GRE TCS DGR FOA UNV NIL VIC
Maziya 1–1 6–1 4–1 3–0 0–0 6–1 13–0 9–0
Eagles 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 5–2 4–4 5–1 2–0
Green Streets 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 8–2 6–0 2–0
TC Sports 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 4–0
Da Grande 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Foakaidhoo 2–3 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
United Victory 0–2 0–1 0–5 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0
Nilandhoo 0–5 2–4 4–2 0–4 0–2 3–2 2–4 6–0
Victory 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–4 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]

Round three

— ╲ Round 3 MAZ EAG GRE TCS DGR FOA
Maziya 1–2 5–1 0–0 2–1 7–0
Eagles 4–2 0–1 3–0 7–0
Green Streets 1–5 2–5 2–0
TC Sports 3–1 4–0
Da Grande 3–1
Foakaidhoo
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [2]

Matches

First round

Second round

Third round

Season statistics

As of 2 March 2020

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles 28
2 Maldives Ali Ashfaq Green Strets / TC Sports 20
3 Iraq Obaida Kadum Ahmed Da Grande 15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya
5 Maldives Ishan Ibrahim TC Sports 13
6 Maldives Ismail Easa TC Sports 12
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya
8 Maldives Ibrahim Waheed Hassan Maziya 10
Maldives Hamza Mohamed Maziya
10 Japan Toshiki Okamoto Nilandhoo / Eagles 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Maldives Ibrahim Waheed Hassan5 Maziya Nilandhoo 13–0 25 June 2019
Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya Nilandhoo 13–0 25 June 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 5–1 29 June 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq Green Streets Nilandhoo 6–0 3 August 2019
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya Victory 9–0 3 August 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–2 4 August 2019
Maldives Ali Ashfaq5 Green Streets United Victory 8–2 23 September 2019
Ghana Adoku Kweku Lucas Nilandhoo Victory 6–0 24 September 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Da Grande 4–2 20 October 2019
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya Green Streets 6–1 16 December 2019
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 4–2 29 December 2019
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Maziya Foakaidhoo 7–0 14 January 2020
Iraq Obaida Kadum Ahmed4 Da Grande Green Streets 5–2 16 January 2020
Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Foakaidhoo 7–0 20 January 2020
Iraq Obaida Kadum Ahmed Da Grande Foakaidhoo 3–1 2 February 2020
  • 4 Player scored four goals
  • 5 Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Afghanistan Ovays Azizi Maziya 9
2 Pakistan Saqib Hanif Foakaidhoo / TC Sports 8
3 Sri Lanka Sujan Perera Eagles 5
4 Maldives Mohamed Faisal Da Grande 4
Ukraine Oleksandr Poslavskyi Green Streets
5 Maldives Imran Mohamed TC Sports 3
6 Maldives Ibrahim Nadheem Adam TC Sports 2
7 Maldives Hassan Aleef Ibrahim Green Streets 1
Maldives Tholaal Hassan United Victory
Maldives Ibrahim Labaan Shareef Green Streets
Maldives Mohamed Shafeeu Nilandhoo
Maldives Hussain Shareef Maziya
Maldives Adam Im'aan TC Sports

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dhivehi Premier League fashaanee hukuru dhuvahu". vnews.mv. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. ^ "Dhivehi Premier League Format Changes. League starts In June". boalha.mv. 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Maziya Beat Green Streets To Secure The Title". boalha.mv. 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ raajje.mv. "Valencia makes a comeback to First Division". raajje.mv. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus – FAM cancels FA cup and President cup". boalha.mv. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Rejoice for Eagles as AFC cup qualification looms on the horizon". boalha.mv. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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