2020 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2020 season.

Second Division
Season2019–20
Dates15 January – 20 February 2020
ChampionsClub Valencia
PromotedClub Valencia
Super United Sports
Matches played19
Goals scored63 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Nizam (SUS)
Samuel Dedy (Valencia)
(7 goals each)
2018
2022

2018 Third Division Football Tournament champions[1] Rock Street Sports Club decided not to play in second division despite promotion, relegating them to Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament.[2]

On 13 October 2019, President of Football Association of Maldives, Bassam Adeel Jaleel announced that Maldives Under 19 will compete in the Second Division Football Tournament from 2020 season onward.[3]

The winners of the semi-finals; Club Valencia and Super United Sports advance to the final, with gaining automatic promotion[4] to the Dhivehi Premier League for the following season, as New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams being suspended. Both New Radiant and Victory will have to play in the Second Division Football Tournament even if their suspension cast aside.[4]

Teams edit

A total of nine teams compete in the league.[5]

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Coach Captain Sponsor
BG Sports   Muaviyath Ilham   Solah
Club PK   Fareed Mohamed   Hussain Fayaz
Club Valencia   Ilmau Hussain Ibrahim   Ahmed Rilwan
Dhivehi Sifainge Club   Mohamed Athif   Hassan Fawaaz
JJ Sports   Assad Abdul Ghanee[6]   Mohamed Shaffaz Jersey Shop MV
Kuda Henveiru   Afiu Mohamed Hamid   Ahmed Zaad
Mahibadhoo   Hussain Abbas   Adam Mauroof
Maldives U19   Ahmed Nashid   Ahnaf Rasheed Bank of Maldives
Super United Sports   Ibrahim Shafiu   Ismail Aaiz Hameed Allied Insurance (Home)
Sports Emporium MV (Away)

Group stage edit

From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.

All times listed are Maldives Standard Time. UTC+05:00

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the semi-finals
  • Group winners
  • Group runners-up

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Super United Sports 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10
JJ Sports 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
Dhivehi Sifainge Club 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
Mahibadhoo 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
Maldives U19 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Dhivehi Sifainge Club1 – 3JJ Sports
Ibrahim Farish   12' Report   20', 86' Ali Haafiz
  28' Hussain Simaz
Mahibadhoo2 – 2Super United Sports
Adam Zareef   25'
Adam Fahumaan   71'
Report   13' Ali Shifau
  32' Mohamed Thilmizy
Dhivehi Sifainge Club1 – 3Super United Sports
Hussain Hafiz   28' Report   29' Ali Shifau
  76', 85' Adam Nizam
Mahibadhoo2 – 1Maldives U19
Shuaid Saeed   46'
Ahmed Fuad   61'
Report (in Dhivehi)   81' Haisam Rasheedh
Super United Sports2 – 1JJ Sports
Adam Nizam   11', 52' Report (in Dhivehi)   62' Abhishek Rijal
Mahibadhoo3 – 7JJ Sports
Ahmed Fuad   15'
Ismail Nazeer   81'
Shuaid Saeed   87'
Report (in Dhivehi)   10', 52', 68' (pen.), 90+2' Abhishek Rijal
  17' Ahmed Aiham
  37' Ali Nafiu
  51' Ali Haafiz
Dhivehi Sifainge Club3 – 0Maldives U19
Guerrero Nahuel Jesus   11'
Shaamee Ahmed   46', 59'
Report

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Club Valencia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Club PK 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
Kuda Henveiru 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
BG Sports 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Club PK1 – 2Club Valencia
Shifaz Adil   31' Report   8' Samuel Dedy Irie
  43' Hussain Faisal
Club Valencia1 – 1Kuda Henveiru
Duckson Pulas Yogendran   32' (o.g.) Report (in Dhivehi)   38' Ahmed Zaad
Club PK1 – 0BG Sports
Abdulla Muaz   18' Report (in Dhivehi)

Semi-finals edit

Super United Sports2 – 1Club PK
Huzaifath Rasheed   10'
Adam Nizam   14'
Report (in Dhivehi)   27' (pen.) Boadu Prince
Club Valencia3 – 2JJ Sports
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed   40'
Samuel Dedy Irie   67', 72'
Report (in Dhivehi)   17', 81' Ali Nafiu

Final edit

Awards edit

Award Details
Best Player Adam Nizam[7] (Super United Sports)
Best Goalkeeper Mohamed Jazlaan[8] (Club Valencia)
Fair Play Team Mahibadhoo SC[8]

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Club Valencia (C, Q) 5 4 1 0 13 6 +7 13 Champions & Promoted to 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
2 Super United Sports (Q) 6 4 1 1 12 8 +4 13 Runners-up & Promoted for 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
3 JJ Sports 5 3 0 2 14 9 +5 9 Semi finalists
4 Club PK 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
5 Dhivehi Sifainge Club 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 Mahibadhoo 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
7 Kuda Henveiru 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
8 BG Sports 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
9 Maldives U19 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

References edit

  1. ^ Rock Street champions of 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Dec 19, 2019
  2. ^ Rock Street relegated to 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Boalha.mv. Published: Jan 8, 2020
  3. ^ National youth teams for 2nd & 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Oct 14, 2019
  4. ^ a b Valencia makes a comeback to First Division Reejje.mv Published: Jan 15, 2020
  5. ^ 2nd Division 2020 starts this afternoon (in Dhivehi). Boalha.mv
  6. ^ Assad Is The New JJ Sports Boss Boalha.mv. Published: Dec 16, 2019
  7. ^ Kithuna wins 2nd Division Best Player Eydhafushi Times (Dhivehi)
  8. ^ a b Valencia wins 2nd Division Fahuminet (Dhivehi)