2014 Dhivehi League

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Dhivehi League
Season2014
ChampionsNew Radiant
4th Dhivehi League title
RelegatedClub AYL
AFC CupNew Radiant
Matches71
Goals252 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerAssadhulla Abdulla (22 goals)
Highest scoringMaziya 8–1 Mahibadhoo
(12 July 2014)
Maziya 8–1 Club AYL
(27 July 2014)
Longest winning run11 games
New Radiant
Longest unbeaten run12 games
New Radiant
Longest winless run13 games
Club AYL
← 2013

Statistics of Dhivehi League for the 2014 season. 2014 Dhivehi League started on June 16.[1]

Teams

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Coach Captain Shirt sponsor
B.G. Sports Club Maldives Mohamed Iqbal Maldives Ahmed Ashfan Al Mudhish
Club All Youth Linkage Maldives Ahmed Nashid Maldives Abdulla Zubair[a] Nippon Paint
Club Eagles Maldives Ihsan Abdul Ghanee Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee Hitachi
Club Valencia Maldives Mohamed Shahid Maldives Abdulla Haneef Philips
Mahibadhoo SC Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Maldives Ali Risham Makita
Maziya S&RC Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla ell mobile
Makita
New Radiant SC Maldives Ismail Anil Maldives Imran Mohamed Milo
Victory SC Maldives Mohamed Athif Maldives Hussain Shimaz[b] STO Noofahi
  1. Ali Zubair was the captain at the start of the season.
  2. Sobah Mohamed was the captain until he left the club at the end of league round 1.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maziya S&RC Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Resign 19 June 2014[2] 4th Maldives Ali Suzain 22 June 2014[3]
New Radiant SC Maldives Ismail Anil Sack* 6 August 2014[4] 2nd Finland Mika Lönnström 6 August 2014[4]

* Anil continues as assistant coach.[5]

League table

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualify for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maziya S&RC 7 6 1 0 29 6 +23 19
2 New Radiant SC 7 6 0 1 27 2 +25 18
3 Club Eagles 7 5 0 2 19 9 +10 15
4 Victory SC 7 3 1 3 11 13 −2 10
5 Mahibadhoo SC 7 2 1 4 13 27 −14 7
6 Club Valencia 7 1 3 3 7 14 −7 6
7 Club All Youth Linkage 7 1 1 5 4 25 −21 4
8 BG Sports Club 7 0 1 6 6 20 −14 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 SC 7 7 0 0 19 3 +16 21
2 Maziya S&RC 7 6 0 1 19 5 +14 18
3 Victory SC 7 3 1 3 12 10 +2 10
4 Club Eagles 7 2 2 3 8 8 0 8
5 Club Valencia 7 2 1 4 4 10 −6 7
6 Club All Youth Linkage 7 1 3 3 6 15 −9 6
7 BG Sports Club 7 1 2 4 7 19 −12 5
8 Mahibadhoo SC 7 1 1 5 9 14 −5 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Standings of round 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Radiant SC 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 13
2 Club Eagles 5 4 0 1 13 5 +8 12
3 Maziya S&RC 5 2 2 1 13 8 +5 8
4 Club Valencia 5 1 1 3 4 9 −5 4
5 Victory SC 5 1 0 4 7 11 −4 3
6 Mahibadhoo SC 5 1 0 4 5 17 −12 3
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
1 New Radiant SC 19 17 1 1 57 8 +49 52 2015 AFC Cup group stage
2 Maziya S&RC 19 14 3 2 61 19 +42 45
3 Club Eagles 19 11 2 6 40 22 +18 35
4 Victory Sports Club 19 8 2 9 30 33 −3 26
5 Club Valencia 19 4 5 10 15 33 −18 17
6 Mahibadhoo SC 19 4 2 13 26 58 −32 14
7 Club All Youth Linkage 14 2 4 8 10 40 −30 10 Promotion/relegation playoff
8 BG Sports Club 14 1 3 10 13 39 −26 6
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819
BG Sports Club35677788888888-----
Club All Youth Linkage88888877777777-----
Club Eagles2223333333333333333
Club Valencia5644666666666555555
Mahibadhoo SC7456555555555666666
Maziya S&RC4332221222222222222
New Radiant SC1111112111111111111
Victory Sports Club6775444444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2014. Source:

Matches

Round 1 matches

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

Club Eagles v Mahibadhoo SC
17 June 2014 2 Club Eagles 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Rasheed 4', 26'
Nooman 42'
Easa 71', 88' (pen.), 90+1'		 Report 55' Junaid

Round 2 matches

A total of 20 matches will be played in this round.

Maziya S&RC v BG Sports Club
9 October 2014 54 Maziya S&RC 6–1 BG Sports Club National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ashad 1', 50', 57'
Assadhulla 31' (pen.), 53', 90'		 Report 71' Kudas

Round 3 matches

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

Maziya S&RC v Mahibadhoo SC
25 October 2014 60 Maziya S&RC 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ashad 2' (pen.)
Yannick red-colored football 39' (o.g.)
Assadhulla 44' (pen.), 63', 79' (pen.), 90+2'		 Report 51' Naseer
New Radiant SC v Mahibadhoo SC
5 November 2014 68 New Radiant SC 6–1 Mahibadhoo SC National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Fasir 6', 21', 30', 65', 69' (pen.)
David 14'		 Report 57' Junaid

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Maldives Ismail EasaClub EaglesMahibadhoo SC6–117 June 2014
Maldives Assadhulla AbdullaMaziya S&RCMahibadhoo SC8–112 July 2014
Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla4Maziya S&RCClub All Youth Linkage8–127 July 2014
Maldives Ali FasirNew Radiant SCBG Sports Club6–028 July 2014
Maldives Hussain ShimazVictory SCMahibadhoo SC2–331 July 2014
Maldives Ashad AliMaziya S&RCBG Sports Club6–110 October 2014
Maldives Assadhulla AbdullaMaziya S&RCBG Sports Club6–110 October 2014
Maldives Assadhulla Abdulla4Maziya S&RCMahibadhoo SC6–125 October 2014
Maldives Ali Fasir5New Radiant SCMahibadhoo SC6–15 November 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2015 Dhivehi League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 BG Sports Club 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9 Promoted
2 TC Sports Club 3 1 1 1 19 6 +13 4
3 Club All Youth Linkage 3 1 1 1 16 5 +11 4 Relegated
4 United Victory 3 0 0 3 2 34 −32 0
Source:

Matches

A total of 6 matches will be played in this round. Top 2 reams will be promoted to 2015 Dhivehi Premier League and the bottom 2 teams relegated to the 2015 Second Division Football Tournament.

Club All Youth Linkage v United Victory
28 October 2014 2 Club All Youth Linkage 13–0 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Jinah 36'
Bahjath 11', 72', 81', 85', 89'
Stephan 17', 25' (pen.), 37', 53' (pen.)
Adil 65'
Shifau 79'
Ziyazan 90+1'		 Report (Dhivehi)
TC Sports Club v United Victory
6 November 2014 5 TC Sports Club 16–2 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ibaad red-colored football 9' (o.g.)
Nizam 15', 23', 44', 72', 75'
Rizuwan 21'
Zaad 28'
Isaar 49', 90+3'
Yaamin I. 77', 80', 87' (pen.)
Migdhad 78', 90+2'
Muaz red-colored football 90' (o.g.)		 Report
Report (Dhivehi)		 64' Shujau
66' M. Rilwan

References

  1. "League opening is reinstated" (in Divehi). sun online. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. "Imma resigns". Maldivesoccer. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. "Maziya appoints Suzain". Maldivesoccer. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. "Blues appoint foreign coach". Maldivesoccer. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. "Mika Lonnstrom appointed as head coach". New Radiant SC. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.