2025–26 Dhivehi Premier League

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Dhivehi Premier League
Season2025–26
Dates18 September 2025 – 6 February 2026
ChampionsMaziya S&RC (6th title)
AFC Challenge LeagueMaziya S&RC
Club ChampionsphipMaziya S&RC
← 2023

The 2025–26 Dhivehi Premier League was the ninth season of the Premier League, the top Maldivian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.

Teams

A total of 10 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2023 Dhivehi Premier League season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament; Odi Sports Club[1] and Victory Sports Club.[2] In addition to the two promoted sided from the Second Division, the third ranked team New Radiant[3] were promoted to Premier League after Super United Sports announced bankruptcy and withdrew from the Premier League,[4] thus, they were fined and relegated to Third Division.[5]

Changes from the previous season

Promoted to the Premier League

Relegated to Second Division

  • None

Relegated to Third Division

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Division Stadium Capacity
Buru Sports Club Machchangolhi National Football Stadium 4,000[6]
Club Eagles Maafannu
Club Green Streets Machchangolhi
Club Valencia Machchangolhi
Maziya West Maafannu
New Radiant Henveiru
Odi Sports Club Galolhu
TC Sports Club Henveiru
United Victory Galolhu
Victory Sports Club Galolhu

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Other sponsors
Buru Sports Club Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Ali Hamdhaan1 Jozti None None
Club Eagles Maldives Abdulla Haneef Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Aspire Sports Timber House
List
    • Front: Damietta (home)
      Brine Rooftop (away)
      Kappi (away)
    • Back: Mendhuru TV (home)
      Brine Rooftop (home)
      Kappi (home)
    • Sleeves: Harins
      Mendhuru TV (away)
    • Shorts: Crowning Fresh Fish
Club Green Streets Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives Rilwan Waheed Jozti None None
Club Valencia Maldives Ahmed Mujuthaba Maldives Ethan Ibrahim Zaki Island Apparels None None
Maziya Spain Luisma Hernández Maldives Ali Samooh Island Apparels Ooredoo Maldives None
New Radiant Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Ali Fasir Jerzia Damietta
List
    • Back: Mendhuru TV
      Brine Rooftop
      Kappi
    • Sleeves: Harins
Odi Sports Club Spain Andrés García Maldives Mohamed Rasheed Obion WellCo Maldives
List
    • Back: Obion
      Vaguthu.mv
      The Norman
TC Sports Club Maldives Ahsan Rasheed
Maldives Mohamed Athif (co-coaches)		 Maldives Mohamed Ajufaan Island Apparels Damietta
List
    • Back: Kappi
    • Sleeves: Harins
United Victory Maldives Mohamed Nazeeh Maldives Moosa Azeem Hassan Inked Maldives None None
Victory Sports Club Slovakia Gergely Geri Maldives Hassan Sufianu Jozti Damietta
List
    • Back: Mendhuru TV
      China Garden
      Kappi
    • Sleeves: Harins
  • 1Mohamed Faisal was the captain of Buru Sports, until he left the club to join New Radiant on 2 December 2025.

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Maziya Serbia Dragan Dukanovic Sacked 1 November 2024 Pre-season Spain Luisma Hernández 10 January 2025
Victory Sports Club Maldives Mohamed Athif Mutual consent 31 March 2025 Pre-season Maldives Adam Abdul Latheef (interim) 1 September 2025
Odi Sports Club Australia Ian Gillan Mutual consent 5 May 2025 Pre-season Spain Andrés García 9 March 2025
Club Eagles Maldives Mohamed Siyaz Signed by Maldives 21 August 2025 Pre-season Maldives Ahmed Nimad 21 August 2025
New Radiant Maldives Sabah Mohamed Signed by Maldives U17 21 August 2025 Pre-season Maldives Ali Suzain 23 August 2025
Victory Sports Club Maldives Adam Abdul Latheef End of interim spell 25 September 2025 9th Slovakia Gergely Geri 25 September 2025
Club Eagles Maldives Ahmed Nimad Mutual consent 12 October 2025[7] 9th Maldives Abdulla Haneef 12 October 2025[7]
TC Sports Club Maldives Ahsan Rasheed (sole charge) N/A[c] 29 November 2025[8] 8th Maldives Ahsan Rasheed
Maldives Mohamed Athif (co-coaches)		 29 November 2025[8]

Foreign players

  • Player's name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Former Players[d]
Club Eagles Serbia Drago Maksimovic Sierra Leone Ibrahim Lebbie Uzbekistan Toshpulatov Abdumalik Sierra Leone Marvin Lebbie Japan Katsuyoshi Kimishima
Green Streets Egypt Elsayed Abdelfattah Elsayed Mahmoud Uzbekistan Shukurali Pulatov Egypt Obaida Kadhim Nigeria Ojo Olorunleke Oluwasegun
Valencia France Stephane Blanc Uruguay Guiller Martinez Kyrgyzstan Davranbek Abduvakhapov Egypt Abdelatty Moussa Basal Mohamed
Victory Sports Club Hungary Bence Balazs Farkas Slovakia Miloš Lačný Uzbekistan Javokhir Azamov Nepal Kiran Kumar Limbu Egypt Ahmed Mahmoud

SyriaMahmoud Al Youssef

Maziya Portugal Luis Almeida Ghana Obeng Regan Azerbaijan Nazim Mammadzada Spain Sergio Mendigutxia
TC Sports Sri Lanka Chalana Chameera Nigeria Ibrahim Oladimeji Nigeria Daniel Emmanuel Ghana Boadu Prince
Odi Sports Club Hungary Barnabás Tóth Nigeria Ganiu Ogungbe Egypt Islam Fekry Guyana Keanu Marsh-Brown Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis

Nepal Suman Shrestha

United Victory Egypt Mostafa Mahmoud Aly Elshazly Egypt Ali Adel Mustafa Ali Guinea Lancinet Sidibe Egypt Mohamed Samir Mohamed Mohamed Mosleh Saad
New Radiant Brazil Guilherme Silva Uzbekistan Furkaton Khasanboev Nigeria Alhaji Gero Liberia Abdulai Bility Brazil Nixon Guylherme
Buru Sports Club Brazil Hudson Jesus Senegal Diawandou Diagne Egypt Alaaeldin Nasr Elsayed

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Maziya (C) 18 15 3 0 53 9 +44 48 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League play-offs and 2026 President's Cup
2 Odi Sports 18 12 3 3 40 12 +28 39 2026 President's Cup
3 New Radiant 18 11 4 3 42 16 +26 37
4 Buru Sports 18 8 5 5 40 25 +15 29
5 Eagles 18 6 5 7 30 33 −3 23 2026 President's Cup play-offs
6 Victory 18 6 3 9 18 31 −13 21
7 TC Sports 18 6 3 9 18 32 −14 21 Qualification for the relegation play-offs and 2026 President's Cup play-offs
8 Green Streets 18 3 3 12 17 43 −26 12
9 Valencia (R) 18 3 3 12 12 40 −28 12 Relegation to Second Division
10 United Victory (R) 18 3 2 13 15 44 −29 11
Source: Football Association of Maldives
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

First round

Week 1

Maziya v Eagles
18 September 2025 Maziya 5–1 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Naiz 4', 24', 45+3', 63'
Sameeh red-colored football 29' (o.g.)		 Report 29' Mahudhee Referee: Rauf Raeef
TC Sports v New Radiant
19 September 2025 TC Sports 0–6 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 23' Irufaan
39', 47' Fasir
43' (pen.) Guilherme Silva
73' Azoomu
86' Raif		 Referee: Mohamed Javiz
Buru Sports v Victory
19 September 2025 Buru Sports 5–0 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Junaid 8'
Hudson 25', 74'
Naim 90+2'
Azhad 90+3'		 Report Referee: Hussain Sinan
United Victory v Odi Sports
20 September 2025 United Victory 0–4 Odi Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 28' Looth
52' Ibrahim
76' Ahzam
89' Muzdhan		 Referee: Abdulla Shathir

Week 2

Eagles v Buru Sports
24 September 2025 Eagles 2–2 Buru Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mahudhee 6', 20' Report 38' Naim
58' (pen.) Junaid
Maziya v TC Sports
24 September 2025 Maziya 3–0 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Mendigutxia 8'
Nazeem 43'
Ilan 87'		 Report Referee: Bayanjankar Kabin (ANFA)
Green Streets v Victory
25 September 2025 Green Streets 0–1 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 90+2' Midhuhath Referee: Umesh Bidari (ANFA)
United Victory v New Radiant
25 September 2025 United Victory 0–2 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report 67' Fasir
90+1' Guilherme Silva		 Referee: Hussain Sinan
Valencia v Odi Sports
26 September 2025 Valencia 1–7 Odi Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Sameeu 83' Report 11', 57', 64' Laukžemis
13' Looth
21' Ibrahim
30' Imran
90+3' Muzdhan		 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri (ANFA)

Week 3

TC Sports v United Victory
30 September 2025 TC Sports 1–4 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 A. Rilwan 45' Report 48', 52', 58' Suhadh
84' Ish Aafu		 Referee: Ismail Mohamed
Maziya v Buru Sports
30 September 2025 Maziya 3–0 Buru Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Hamza 33'
Naiz 41'
Aisam 59'		 Report Referee: Bayanjankar Kabin (ANFA)
Valencia v New Radiant
1 October 2025 Valencia 0–2 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 60', 83' (pen.) Fasir Referee: Hussain Sinan
Eagles v Green Streets
1 October 2025 Eagles 2–3 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Kimishima 34'
Rizuvan 84'		 Report 11', 90+3' Obaida
31' Rilwan		 Referee: Adam Fazeel
Odi Sports v Victory
2 October 2025 Odi Sports 3–2 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Laukžemis 45+1' (pen.), 78'
Ahzam 86'		 Report 72' Nashaah
88' Niyaz		 Referee: Ismail Mohamed
Week 4
Buru Sports v Green Streets
19 October 2025 Buru Sports 2–1 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Naim 45+5'
Junaid 72'		 Report 90+7' Obaida Referee: Mohamed Javiz
Maziya v United Victory
19 October 2025 Maziya 4–1 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Mendigutxia 6', 87'
Hamza 35'
Almeida 90+1'		 Report 43' El Shazly Referee: Husain Sinan
Eagles v Odi Sports
20 October 2025 Eagles 0–0 Odi Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report Referee: Abdulla Shathir
TC Sports v Valencia
20 October 2025 TC Sports 3–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Izan 5'
Ahnaf 11'
Boadu 90+5'		 Report Buba Sylla 90' Referee: Ismail Mohamed
Victory v New Radiant
21 October 2025 Victory 0–4 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 8', 13', 61' Ali Fasir
79' Husaam		 Attendance: 500
Referee: Raeef Rauf

Week 5

Maziya v Green Streets
25 October 2025 Maziya 9–0 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mendigutxia 19', 36', 56'
Hamza 24'
Naiz 31'
Almeida 42'
Aisam 53'
Ilan 59', 83'		 Report

Week 6

Maziya v Valencia
31 October 2025 Maziya 5–0 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ilan 17', 48'
Mendigutxia 55', 90+6'
Aiham II 58'		 Report

Week 7

TC v Buru
9 November 2025 TC 1–1 Buru National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Dhaanish 90+2' Report Hudson 74'

Week 8

Week 9

Eagles v Victory
28 November 2025 Eagles 2–2 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Rizuvan 24', 63' Report Everton 8'
Ahmed Ali 16'
Buru v Valencia
29 November 2025 Buru 4–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Naim 43', 66', 77'
Hamdhaan 69'		 Report Athwan 9'

Second round

Week 10

Buru v United Victory
12 December 2025 Buru 9–0 United Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Diawandou 6', 12'
Hudson 9', 31', 47', 64'
Naim 15'
Areen 25'
Abdulla 44'		 Report

Week 11

Buru v Eagles
20 December 2025 Buru 3–2 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Naim 83', 90+1'
Usaama 86'		 Report Mahudhee 50'
Shamweel 90+5'

Week 12

Maziya v Valencia
25 December 2025 Maziya 3–0 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Nazeem 21'
Hamza 32', 80'		 Report
New Radiant v Buru
27 December 2025 New Radiant 3–0 Buru National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Raif 26'
Fasir 52', 59'		 Report

Week 13

Week 14

Maziya v Victory
10 January 2026 Maziya 3–0 Victory National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Aiham 35'
Hamza 62'
Ilan 67'		 Report
Buru v Valencia
11 January 2026 Buru 4–1 Valencia National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Naim 30'
Diawandou Diagne 37', 61'
Yaameen 74'		 Report Nawaz 27'

Week 15

Maziya v Eagles
16 January 2026 Maziya 3–0 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Samooh 55'
Aiham 78'
Hamza 85'		 Report

Week 16

New Radiant v Eagles
22 January 2026 New Radiant 8–4 Eagles National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Bility 6', 14'
Gero 45+1'
Guilherme Silva 57'
Ashfaq 77', 89'
Fasir 78'		 Report Lebbie 10'
Sidhaam 45+2'
Mahudhee 65'
Maziya v Buru
22 January 2026 Maziya 1–1 Buru National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Naiz 12' Report Hudson 35'

Week 17

Week 18

Season statistics

As of 20 December 2025

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Maldives Mohamed Naim Buru Sports 12
Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant
Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Maziya
4 Maldives Hamza Mohamed Maziya 10
Brazil Hudson Jesus Buru Sports
6 Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis Odi Sports 8
Maldives Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain Eagles
Maldives Naiz Hassan Maziya
9 Maldives Muzdhan Hassan Odi Sports 7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Maldives Naiz Hassan4 Maziya Eagles 5–1 18 September 2025 [9]
Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis Odi Sports Valencia 7–1 26 September 2025 [10]
Maldives Hussain Suhadh Suhan United Victory TC Sports 4–1 30 September 2025 [11]
Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant Victory 4–0 21 October 2025 [12]
Spain Sergio Mendigutxia Maziya Green Streets 9–0 25 October 2025 [13]
Maldives Mohamed Naim Buru Valencia 4–1 29 November 2025 [14]
Brazil Hudson Jesus4 Buru United Victory 9–0 12 December 2025 [15]
Notes
  • 4 – player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Maldives Mohamed Shafeeu Odi Sports 7
2 Pakistan Saqib Hanif New Radiant 5
Maldives Hussain Shareef Maziya
3 Maldives Mohamed Ashwaan Eagles 4
4 Maldives Mohamed Yaameen Victory 2
5 Maldives Mohamed Faisal Buru Sports 1
Maldives Iyaan Abdul Aleem Maziya

Relegation controversy

On the final day of the season, Green Streets failed to fulfill their fixture against New Radiant, resulting in a 2–0 forfeit loss. The result allowed Green Streets to avoid relegation on goal difference, as a loss by four or more goals would have seen them drop below Club Valencia into the relegation zone. Following the match, Valencia accused Green Streets of match-fixing and petitioned the FAM, AFC, and FIFA. The Football Association of Maldives (FAM) subsequently fined Green Streets 50,000 rufiyaa and imposed a transfer ban, though the result was upheld. Green Streets denied the allegations, stating the no-show was caused by a viral outbreak of flu and diarrhea within the squad.[16]

Notes

  1. Promoted despite losing in the semi-final of the previous second division season, as the third best semi-finalist replacing administratively relegated SUS.
  2. Originally ranked 3rd in Dhivehi Premier League the previous season but was relegated administratively due to financial problems.
  3. Athif joined Ahsan as co-coach
  4. Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

References

  1. "Mission Accomplished for Masodi SC – They are Promoted to the first Division!". Sidibari.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. "New Radiant demolished yet again, Victory SC lives up to its name". Sidibari.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  3. "SUS fined MVR 200,000; First Division slot awarded to New Radiant". Edition.mv. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. "Super United Sports withdraws from Dhivehi Premier League amid financial struggles". Edition.mv. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  5. "SUS fined and relegated to 3rd Division". OneOnline.mv. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. "75 percent of tickets for national team match sold out". Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  7. "Benjo assigned as Eagles Coach". Adhadhu. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  8. "Aathy returns to TC". Adhadhu. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  9. "DPL returns after 21 months: Naiz hits four as Maziya beat Eagles 5–1 in opening match". Sidibari.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  10. "Odi climbs to top with a huge win!". Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  11. "17-year-old scores hattrick as United Victory makes second-half comeback". Sidibari.com. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  12. "Sentey's hattrick helps beat Victory as New go top". Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  13. "After beating Green by 9 goals Maizya goes top with a 22 goal difference". Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  14. "Naim's hat-trick in the come back win against Valencia, rises Eagles to fourth". Mihaaru (in Dhivehi). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  15. Mihaaru, Hussain Habeeb (2025-12-13). "9 landu ge thafaathu bodu natheejaa akun Buru 4 eh gai hamajehilaifi!". Mihaaru (in Divehi). Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  16. MacInnes, Paul (2026-02-09). "Uproar in the Maldives as football relegation battle decided by last-day no-show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-09.