2018 Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Season	2018
Champions	TC Sports
AFC Cup	TC Sports; Maziya
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Rizuvan ; (31 goals)
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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 edit

Malé

Malé teams:
Green Streets
Eagles
Maziya
New Radiant
TC Sports
Victory

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Locations of the 2018 Dhivehi Premier League 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 edit

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

Foreign players edit

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos	Angel Carrasco Muñoz			Saqib Hanif
Green Streets	Petro Kovalchuk	Ilya Sobol^[3]	Viliam Macko	Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo	Abbos Saidov	Jamshid Qosimov
G. Dh. Thinadhoo	Pecharroman Alain			Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya	Miloš Kovačević	Andrej Kerić	Bojan Mihajlovic	Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant	Adrián Gallardo Valdés	Candela	Stevan Marković	Hussein El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports	Cornelius Stewart	Easa El-Maghrabi	Halil El-Bezawy	Kiran Chemjong

League table edit

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^[a]	Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3	Eagles	16	12	2	2	62	12	+50	38^[a]
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^[b]	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	Relegation play-offs

Source: FIFA
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head results: Eagles 2–2 Maziya, Eagles 0–1 Maziya.
^ Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages.^[4]

Season statistics edit

As of 30 November 2018

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

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

Hat-tricks edit

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ali Fasir	New Radiant	Thimarafushi	10–0	28 June 2019
Hamza Mohamed	New Radiant	Thimarafushi	10–0	28 June 2019
Asadhulla Abdulla⁴	Maziya	Nilandhoo	7–0	3 July 2019
Abdulla Misbaah	Green Streets	Nilandhoo	6–0	16 July 2019
Ismail Easa	Maziya	Victory	5–0	29 September 2019
Ali Fasir	New Radiant	Fehendhoo	11–0	1 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan⁴	Eagles	Thimarafushi	9–0	2 October 2019
Naiz Hassan	Maziya	Green Streets	5–1	3 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Foakaidhoo	5–0	6 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan⁵	Eagles	Fehendhoo	5–0	11 October 2019
Roland Bilala	Green Streets	Victory	4–1	12 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Nilandhoo	7–2	17 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Nilandhoo	8–0	21 October 2019
Mohamed Naim	Eagles	Nilandhoo	8–0	21 October 2019
Ali Ashfaq⁴	TC Sports	Victory	4–0	22 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan⁴	Eagles	Green Streets	7–0	29 October 2019
Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	Nilandhoo	6–1	29 October 2019
Mohamed Samir	TC Sports	Foakaidhoo	5–1	30 October 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Foakaidhoo	5–0	8 November 2019
Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	Foakaidhoo	5–0	21 November 2019
Ali Ashfaq⁴	TC Sports	Nilandhoo	7–0	22 November 2019
Roland Bilala⁴	Green Streets	New Radiant	5–1	22 November 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	TC Sports	4–4	30 November 2019

⁴ Player scored four goals
⁵ Player scored five goals

References edit

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

[table_hth_MAZ0.14334214485406-4] Ranked on head-to-head results: Eagles 2–2 Maziya, Eagles 0–1 Maziya.

[table_note_VIC0.14334214485406-6] Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages.^[4]

[1] Maldives 2018, RSSSF.com

[MC2018SemiFinalists-2] "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.

[5] "މުސާރަ މައްސަލައެއްގައި ފީފާއިން ވިކްޓަރީގެ ޕޮއިންޓް އުނިކޮށްފި" (in Divehi). FIGC. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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