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

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

Teams

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
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

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
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
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

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
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Standings of round 2
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final standings
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
Updated to match(es) played on 25 october 2015. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Season summary

Result table
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:

Positions by round

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:

Matches

Round 1

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

20 April 2015 1New Radiant3–1VictoryNational 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 2Mahibadhoo0–3BG SportsNational 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 3Valencia0–2TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 MS
Sun		  20' Nafiu
 74' Rafael
23 April 2015 4Maziya1–1EaglesNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Asadhulla  14' MS
Haveeru		  45+1' Easa
4 May 2015 5Victory1–0BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Thasneem  25' MS
Sun
5 May 2015 6New Radiant0–0TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report MS
Sun
6 May 2015 7Maziya2–1ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hosoe  23'
Asadhulla  57'		 MS
Sun		  36' Shimaz
7 May 2015 8Eagles3–0MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Adhuham  13', 18'
Rizuwan  73'		 MS
Sun
18 May 2015 9Victory2–0MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hisam Saleem  52'
Ahmed Ziaan  90'		 Report
19 May 2015 10Eagles2–1ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Imran Nasheed  54'
Ismail Easa  88'		 Report  62' Ibrahim Abdulla
20 May 2015 11Maziya3–1TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Imaz  15'
Pablo Rodríguez  21'
Mohamed Umair  54'		 Report  ?' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti
21 May 2015 12New Radiant1–0BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ashad Ali  6' Report
1 June 2015 13Victory2–3ValenciaNational 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 14Club Eagles2–2TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Gerardo Jiménez Reyes  39', 46' Report  42' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti
 ?'Ibrahim Shafraz
2 June 2015 15Maziya2–2BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mohamed Umair  ?'
Ahmed Nashid  76'		 MS
Sun		  81' (pen.) Anthony Gilbert
 85' Ibrahim Shiyam
2 June 2015 16New Radiant2–1MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Viliam Macko  26' (pen.)
Mohamed Sifan  59'		 MS
Sun		  20' Adam Sahir
21 June 2015 17Victory2–3TC SportsNational 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 18Eagles0–0BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report
23 June 2015 19Maziya1–1MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Nashid  ?' Report  2' Anderson da Silva Bina
24 June 2015 20New Radiant3–1ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Alamu Bukola Olalekan  7'
Ibrahim Fazeel  ?'
Hamza Mohamed  90+4'		 Report  44' (pen.) Vladislav Mirchev
28 June 2015 21Mahibadhoo0–3TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report  6' Ali Nafiu
 13' Naiz Hassan
 60' Ahmed Rilwan
29 June 2015 22Valencia1–3BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Hansley Awilo Ambia  87' Report  3', 66' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo
 64' Ibrahim Hamdhan
30 June 2015 23Maziya3–2VictoryNational 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 24New Radiant1–1EaglesNational Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Rilwan Waheed  4' Report  46' Ahmed Rasheed
17 October 2015 25BG Sports1–3TC SportsTurf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Manuel David Carmona Escobedo  66' (pen.) Report  30' (pen.), 50' Rafael Betim Marti
 35' Yohei Iwasaki
18 October 2015 26Valencia3–2MahibadhooTurf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Mazhar Abdulla  64', 65'
Ibrahim Abdulla  80'		 Report  18' Nikomon Rodrigue Thahi
 41' Izzath Abdul Baaree
19 October 2015 27Eagles2–3VictoryTurf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Gerardo Jiménez Reyes  6'
Ansar Ibrahim  15'		 Report  55', 90+?' Godfrey West Omodu
 57' Ibrahim Shathir
20 October 2015 28New Radiant1–0MaziyaTurf pitch 1, Malé
16:00 Rilwan Waheed  77' Report

Round 2

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

24 October 2015 1BG Sports3–5ValenciaNational 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 2New Radiant3–1EaglesNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ali Fasir  6'
Hamza Mohamed  44'
Viliam Macko  68'		 Report  88' Ismail Easa
25 October 2015 3Victory5–1MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ibrahim Shathir  4', 60'
Godfrey West Omodu  43', 83'
Ahmed Niyaz  82'		 Report  21' Gasim Samaam
25 October 2015 4TC Sports2–0MaziyaNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Yameen Ibrahim  ?'
Naiz Hassan  45+2'		 Report
29 October 2015 5Eagles1–0ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Rizuvan  73' Report
29 October 2015 6New Radiant2–1MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad Ali  6'
Mohamed Sifan  10'		 Report  56' Ali Shalim
30 October 2015 7TC Sports1–1VictoryNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Naiz Hassan  82' Report  37' Mohamed Thasneem
30 October 2015 8Maziya0–1BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report  38' Ibrahim Hamdhaan
3 November 2015 9New Radiant2–4ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ibrahim Fazeel  23' (pen.)
Ali Fasir  ?'		 Report  11', 17' Ahmed Rilwan
 19', ?' Vladislav Mirchev
3 November 2015 10TC Sports2–1MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Rafael Betim Marti  71'
Ibrahim Waheed Hassan  81'		 Report  88' Anderson da Silva Bina
16 November 2015 11Maziya3-1VictoryNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Nashid  50'
Asadhulla Abdulla  58' (pen.), 84'		 Report  48' Mohamed Thasneem
16 November 2015 12Eagles0-0BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report
19 November 2015 13TC Sports2–0ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Yameen Ibrahim  68' (pen.)
Ahmed Nizam  76'		 Report
19 November 2015 14New Radiant4–1BG SportsNational 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 15Eagles2–0VictoryNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ahmed Rasheed  47'
Ansar Ibrahim  ?'		 Report
20 November 2015 16Maziya7–1MahibadhooNational 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 17Eagles7–1MahibadhooNational 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 18Maziya2–1ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Nashid  24'
Pablo Rodríguez  90'		 Report  73' Hansley Awilo Ambia
24 November 2015 19TC Sports4–1BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Naiz Hassan  41'
Ali Nafiu  52', 58'
Ali Haafiz  90+?'		 Report  68' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo
24 November 2015 20New Radiant1–0VictoryNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad Ali  28' Report
27 November 2015 21BG Sports2–2MahibadhooNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 ??  ?' (o.g.)
Daniel Philemon  62'		 Report  30', 52' Anderson da Silva Bina
27 November 2015 22Victory0–0ValenciaNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report
28 November 2015 23TC Sports0–0EaglesNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Report
28 November 2015 24New Radiant3–1MaziyaNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adam Isham  24'
Hamza Mohamed  36'
Mohamed Karam  ?'		 Report  66' Moosa Yaamin
1 December 2015 25Valencia5–1MahibadhooNational 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 26Victory3–1BG SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Godfrey West Omodu  31', 71'
Ibrahim Shathir  88'		 Sun
Haveeru		  78' Daniel Philemon
2 December 2015 27Maziya1–2EaglesNational Football Stadium, Malé
15:50 Asadhulla Abdulla  54' Report  16' Ismail Easa
 ?' Ansar Ibrahim
2 December 2015 28New Radiant1–1TC SportsNational Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Abdulla  71' Sun
Haveeru		  7' Ibrahim Rizuvan

Season statistics

Scoring
  • 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
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
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Daniel PhilemonBG SportsValencia3–524 October 2015
Asadhulla Abdulla4MaziyaMahibadhoo7–120 November 2015
Ansar IbrahimEaglesMahibadhoo7–123 November 2015
  • 4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Player

Club

Discipline

Player

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

2016 Dhivehi Premier League Play-off

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
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  6. "Blues sack Mika. Maldivesoccer". Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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  11. Lanka national keeper Sujan joins Eagles Sun.mv
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