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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.
Season | 2015 |
---|---|
Champions | New Radiant SC 5th Dhivehi League title |
Relegated | Mahibadhoo SC |
AFC Cup | New Radiant SC |
Matches played | 56 |
Goals scored | 181 (3.23 per match) |
Best Player | Naiz Hassan (TC Sports) |
Top goalscorer | Assadhulla Abdulla (9 goals) |
Highest scoring | Maziya 7–1 Mahibadhoo (20 November 2015) Club Eagles 7–1 Mahibadhoo (23 November 2015) |
Longest winning run | 4 games TC Sports |
Longest unbeaten run | 9 games New Radiant |
Longest winless run | 14 games Mahibadhoo |
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 01 December 2015. |
New league sponsors
editFrom the start of the 2015 season, the Dhivehi Premier League was sponsored by Ooredoo Maldives.
Teams
editA total of 8 teams contested 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
edit- 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
editNote: 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
editTeam | 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
editClub | 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
editFormat: 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
editPos | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Standings of round 2
editPos | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Final standings
editPos | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Season summary
editResult table
editPositions by round
editThe table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Matches
editRound 1
editA total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
20 April 2015 1 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Victory | National 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 2 | Mahibadhoo | 0–3 | BG Sports | National 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 3 | Valencia | 0–2 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | MS Sun |
20' Nafiu 74' Rafael |
23 April 2015 4 | Maziya | 1–1 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Asadhulla 14' | MS Haveeru |
45+1' Easa |
5 May 2015 6 | New Radiant | 0–0 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Report MS Sun |
6 May 2015 7 | Maziya | 2–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Hosoe 23' Asadhulla 57' |
MS Sun |
36' Shimaz |
7 May 2015 8 | Eagles | 3–0 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Adhuham 13', 18' Rizuwan 73' |
MS Sun |
18 May 2015 9 | Victory | 2–0 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Hisam Saleem 52' Ahmed Ziaan 90' |
Report |
19 May 2015 10 | Eagles | 2–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Imran Nasheed 54' Ismail Easa 88' |
Report | 62' Ibrahim Abdulla |
20 May 2015 11 | Maziya | 3–1 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Ahmed Imaz 15' Pablo Rodríguez 21' Mohamed Umair 54' |
Report | ?' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti |
21 May 2015 12 | New Radiant | 1–0 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Ashad Ali 6' | Report |
1 June 2015 13 | Victory | 2–3 | Valencia | National 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 14 | Club Eagles | 2–2 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Gerardo Jiménez Reyes 39', 46' | Report | 42' (pen.) Rafael Betim Marti ?'Ibrahim Shafraz |
2 June 2015 15 | Maziya | 2–2 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Mohamed Umair ?' Ahmed Nashid 76' |
MS Sun |
81' (pen.) Anthony Gilbert 85' Ibrahim Shiyam |
2 June 2015 16 | New Radiant | 2–1 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Viliam Macko 26' (pen.) Mohamed Sifan 59' |
MS Sun |
20' Adam Sahir |
21 June 2015 17 | Victory | 2–3 | TC Sports | National 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 18 | Eagles | 0–0 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Report |
23 June 2015 19 | Maziya | 1–1 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Ahmed Nashid ?' | Report | 2' Anderson da Silva Bina |
24 June 2015 20 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Alamu Bukola Olalekan 7' Ibrahim Fazeel ?' Hamza Mohamed 90+4' |
Report | 44' (pen.) Vladislav Mirchev |
28 June 2015 21 | Mahibadhoo | 0–3 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Report | 6' Ali Nafiu 13' Naiz Hassan 60' Ahmed Rilwan |
29 June 2015 22 | Valencia | 1–3 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Hansley Awilo Ambia 87' | Report | 3', 66' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo 64' Ibrahim Hamdhan |
30 June 2015 23 | Maziya | 3–2 | Victory | National 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 24 | New Radiant | 1–1 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
16:00 | Rilwan Waheed 4' | Report | 46' Ahmed Rasheed |
17 October 2015 25 | BG Sports | 1–3 | TC Sports | Turf pitch 1, Malé |
16:00 | Manuel David Carmona Escobedo 66' (pen.) | Report | 30' (pen.), 50' Rafael Betim Marti 35' Yohei Iwasaki |
18 October 2015 26 | Valencia | 3–2 | Mahibadhoo | Turf pitch 1, Malé |
16:00 | Mazhar Abdulla 64', 65' Ibrahim Abdulla 80' |
Report | 18' Nikomon Rodrigue Thahi 41' Izzath Abdul Baaree |
19 October 2015 27 | Eagles | 2–3 | Victory | Turf pitch 1, Malé |
16:00 | Gerardo Jiménez Reyes 6' Ansar Ibrahim 15' |
Report | 55', 90+?' Godfrey West Omodu 57' Ibrahim Shathir |
20 October 2015 28 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Maziya | Turf pitch 1, Malé |
16:00 | Rilwan Waheed 77' | Report |
Round 2
editA total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
24 October 2015 1 | BG Sports | 3–5 | Valencia | National 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 2 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Ali Fasir 6' Hamza Mohamed 44' Viliam Macko 68' |
Report | 88' Ismail Easa |
25 October 2015 3 | Victory | 5–1 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Ibrahim Shathir 4', 60' Godfrey West Omodu 43', 83' Ahmed Niyaz 82' |
Report | 21' Gasim Samaam |
25 October 2015 4 | TC Sports | 2–0 | Maziya | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Yameen Ibrahim ?' Naiz Hassan 45+2' |
Report |
29 October 2015 5 | Eagles | 1–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Mal�� |
15:50 | Ahmed Rizuvan 73' | Report |
29 October 2015 6 | New Radiant | 2–1 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Ashad Ali 6' Mohamed Sifan 10' |
Report | 56' Ali Shalim |
30 October 2015 7 | TC Sports | 1–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Naiz Hassan 82' | Report | 37' Mohamed Thasneem |
30 October 2015 8 | Maziya | 0–1 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Report | 38' Ibrahim Hamdhaan |
3 November 2015 9 | New Radiant | 2–4 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Ibrahim Fazeel 23' (pen.) Ali Fasir ?' |
Report | 11', 17' Ahmed Rilwan 19', ?' Vladislav Mirchev |
3 November 2015 10 | TC Sports | 2–1 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Rafael Betim Marti 71' Ibrahim Waheed Hassan 81' |
Report | 88' Anderson da Silva Bina |
16 November 2015 11 | Maziya | 3-1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Ahmed Nashid 50' Asadhulla Abdulla 58' (pen.), 84' |
Report | 48' Mohamed Thasneem |
16 November 2015 12 | Eagles | 0-0 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Report |
19 November 2015 13 | TC Sports | 2–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Yameen Ibrahim 68' (pen.) Ahmed Nizam 76' |
Report |
19 November 2015 14 | New Radiant | 4–1 | BG Sports | National 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 15 | Eagles | 2–0 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Ahmed Rasheed 47' Ansar Ibrahim ?' |
Report |
20 November 2015 16 | Maziya | 7–1 | Mahibadhoo | National 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 17 | Eagles | 7–1 | Mahibadhoo | National 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 18 | Maziya | 2–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Ahmed Nashid 24' Pablo Rodríguez 90' |
Report | 73' Hansley Awilo Ambia |
24 November 2015 19 | TC Sports | 4–1 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Naiz Hassan 41' Ali Nafiu 52', 58' Ali Haafiz 90+?' |
Report | 68' Manuel David Carmona Escobedo |
24 November 2015 20 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Ashad Ali 28' | Report |
27 November 2015 21 | BG Sports | 2–2 | Mahibadhoo | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | ?? ?' (o.g.) Daniel Philemon 62' |
Report | 30', 52' Anderson da Silva Bina |
27 November 2015 22 | Victory | 0–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Report |
28 November 2015 23 | TC Sports | 0–0 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Report |
28 November 2015 24 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Maziya | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Adam Isham 24' Hamza Mohamed 36' Mohamed Karam ?' |
Report | 66' Moosa Yaamin |
1 December 2015 25 | Valencia | 5–1 | Mahibadhoo | National 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 26 | Victory | 3–1 | BG Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Godfrey West Omodu 31', 71' Ibrahim Shathir 88' |
Sun Haveeru |
78' Daniel Philemon |
2 December 2015 27 | Maziya | 1–2 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
15:50 | Asadhulla Abdulla 54' | Report | 16' Ismail Easa ?' Ansar Ibrahim |
2 December 2015 28 | New Radiant | 1–1 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
21:00 | Ahmed Abdulla 71' | Sun Haveeru |
7' Ibrahim Rizuvan |
Season statistics
editScoring
edit- 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
editRank | 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
editPlayer | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Philemon | BG Sports | Valencia | 3–5 | 24 October 2015 |
Asadhulla Abdulla4 | Maziya | Mahibadhoo | 7–1 | 20 November 2015 |
Ansar Ibrahim | Eagles | Mahibadhoo | 7–1 | 23 November 2015 |
- 4 Player scored four goals
Clean sheets
editPlayer
editClub
edit- Most clean sheets:
- Fewest clean sheets:
Discipline
editPlayer
edit- Most yellow cards:
- Most red cards: 1
- Rilwan Waheed (New Radiant)
Club
edit- Most yellow cards:
- Most red cards: 1
- New Radiant
2016 Dhivehi Premier League play-off
editThis section needs to be updated.(December 2020) |
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.
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- ^ "Green Streets to play-off, UV to Premier League" (in Divehi). Avas Online. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2020.