2013 New Radiant S.C. season

The 2013 season is New Radiant Sports Club's 34th year in existence as a football club. New Radiant also participate in the AFC Cup this season, qualifying directly for the group stage by finishing first in the 2012 Dhivehi League.

New Radiant
ChairmanAli Waheed
Head CoachVelizar Popov
(Until 7 October 2013)[1] Mohamed Iqbal
Mohamed Nizam
(Caretaker coaches)[2]
StadiumRasmee Dhandu Stadium
Dhivehi LeagueWinners
FA CupWinners
President's CupWinners
AFC CupQuarter finals
FA Charity ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Ashfaq (31 goals)
All: Ali Ashfaq (43 goals)

Background

New Radiant finished as champions of last year's Dhivehi League, President's Cup and Charity Shield without losing a single game in the league. So they will be participating in the 2013 AFC Cup directly from the group stage.[3]

Velizar Popov was announced as the new head coach on 6 January 2013[4] following the resignation of Mohamed Shiyaz.[5] Mohamed Iqbal and Mohamed Nizam were named as the assistant coaches, while Ibrahim Shaaz Habeeb as the club manager. Later during the mid season, club part company with Shaaz on mutual understandings, due to his personal responsibility and other reasons.[6]

On 13 January 2013, New Radiant announced that Imran Mohamed will replace Ahmed Thoriq as the team captain, and Ali Ashfaq and Mohamed Umair will be the team vice-captains.[7]

Club announced their 5 new signings at the club's Gold Night. Ali Fasir returned to the Blues after a year, with Mohamed Umair, Rilwan Waheed, Moosa Yaamin and Hussain Niyaz Mohamed.[8]

On 27 January 2013, New Radiant announced the signing of a foreign defender Sylla Mansah.[9]

New Radiant unveiled their new set of signings, Mohamed Jazlaan, Ibrahim Ushamath and Mohamed Shifan at their Open Day.[10]

On 20 June 2013, New Radiant signed Akram Abdul Ghanee from Club Valencia and handed over his brother Assad Abdul Ghanee's number 13 jersey to him.[11] 3 days later on 23 June 2013, club signed Ismail Easa from Maziya. He was given his usual 15 number jersey.[12]

On 26 June 2013, club signed Yusif Nurudeen, a Ghana under–21 international from Medeama Sporting Club on loan until the end of this season.[13]

During the club's mid-term congress, Hassan Shujau and Mohamed Shafeeq were named as the new vice chairman of the club.[14] And club also announced that in honour of club supporters, New Radiant will vacant the number 12 jersey from next season.

New Radiant loaned three of their youth players; Mohamed Karam, Ali Athoof and Ibrahim Waheed to the Third division side Thoddoo FC.[15]

Kit

Supplier: MediaNet / Sponsor: Milo
State Trading Organization (STO) signed a sponsorship agreement with New Radiant on 14 February 2013.[16] On 6 July 2013, club announced the extension of the sponsorship agreement with the main sponsor Milo to another two years.[17]

On 31 July 2013, New Radiant signed a deal of MVR 1.4 million with Sports Power for two years (from 2014 season), with the local brand Sports Power as the club's kit provider.[18] The current kit provider is MediaNet since 2012.

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Goalkeeper 3

First team squad
As of 7 August 2013.
Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Niushad Ali Maldives GK (1980-11-08) 8 November 1980
18 Mohamed Jazlaan Maldives GK (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993
25 Imran Mohamed (captain) Maldives GK (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980
Defenders
2 Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh Nigeria DF (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990
3 Mohamed Shifan Maldives DF (1983-03-08) 8 March 1983
4 Ahmed Abdulla Maldives DF (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987
6 Yusif Nurudeen (On loan from Medeama Sporting Club) Ghana DF (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992
8 Rilwan Waheed Maldives DF (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991
11 Sylla Mansah Guinea DF (1983-08-22) 22 August 1983
13 Akram Abdul Ghanee Maldives DF (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989
17 Ibrahim Ushamath Maldives DF (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992
19 Mohamed Ishan Maldives DF (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994
26 Abdulla Jailam Maldives DF (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992
— Ibrahim Reehan Maldives DF (1992-12-02) 2 December 1992
Midfielders
5 Ali Fasir Maldives MF (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988
15 Ismail Easa Maldives MF (1989-12-19) 19 December 1989
16 Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Maldives MF (1987-03-19) 19 March 1987
20 Moosa Yaamin Maldives MF (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992
23 Ahmed Niyaz Maldives MF (1980-03-17) 17 March 1980
28 Hassan Muan Maldives MF (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993
29 Abdulla Ziham Maldives MF (1995-03-11) 11 March 1995
31 Ahmed Inaad Maldives MF (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991
37 Mohamed Umair (vice-captain) Maldives MF (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988
39 Ahmed Ali Maldives MF (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986
41 Mohamed Mazin Maldives MF (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997
— Hassan Saaif Maldives MF (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996
Strikers
7 Ali Ashfaq (vice-captain) Maldives FW (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985
9 Ahmed Thoriq Maldives FW (1980-10-04) 4 October 1980
10 Ali Umar Maldives FW (1980-08-05) 5 August 1980
14 Naavy Mohamed Maldives FW (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994
32 Abdul Ghanee Ali Maldives FW (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986
36 Ibrahim Suhail Maldives FW (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994

Pre-season
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
18 January 2014 F. Nilandhoo 1–5 Ashfaq (2), Umair, Niyaz, Aiman

Competitions

Overall
CompetitionStarted roundFinal
position / round		First matchLast match
FA Charity ShieldFinalWinner22 February 2013
AFC CupGroup stageQuarter-finals5 March 201324 September 2013
Dhivehi League—Winner26 February 201328 July 2013
FA CupQuarter-finalsWinner5 August 20134 October 2013
President's CupSemi final 1Winner8 October 201323 October 2013

Competition record
Competition Record
G W D* L GF GA GD Win %
FA Charity Shield 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
AFC Cup 9 6 0 3 24 16 +8 066.67
Dhivehi League 19 19 0 0 73 5 +68 100.00
FA Cup 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
President's Cup 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 100.00
Total 34 31 0 3 113 25 +88 091.18
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FA Charity Shield
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
22 February 2013 Maziya 3–1 Ashfaq 28' (pen.), Umair (2) 42', 55'

AFC Cup
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup group stage § Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts NRA YAN SH PSB
Maldives New Radiant 6 5 0 1 20 4 +16 15 3–1 1–0 6–1
Myanmar Yangon United 6 5 0 1 18 5 +13 15 2–0 2–0 3–0
Hong Kong Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 6 1 1 4 12 12 0 4 0–3 1–3 8–0
Indonesia Persibo Bojonegoro 6 0 1 5 5 34 −29 1 0–7 1–7 3–3
Source:

New Radiant and Yangon United are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Maldives New Radiant 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Myanmar Yangon United 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Source:
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
5 March 2013 Sun Hei H 1–0 Umair 67' 4,880
12 March 2013 Persibo Bojonegoro A 7–0 Umair 11', Ashfaq (5) 34', 50', 58', 70', 80', Umar 66' 700
3 April 2013 Yangon United A 0–2 539
9 April 2013 Yangon United H 3–1 Umair 31', Fasir 38', Mansah 45+1' 5,400
24 April 2013 Sun Hei A 3–0 Fasir (2) 61', 71', Umair 86' 477
1 May 2013 Persibo Bojonegoro H 6–1 Ali Ashfaq (3) 28', 68', 81' (pen.), Umair (2) 31', 36', Umar 72' 5,400

Knockout phase
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup knock-out stage
Round of 16
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
15 May 2013 Selangor H 2–0 (aet) Niyaz 97', Fasir 105' 8,600
Quarter-finals
Date Leg Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Aggregate Scorers Attendance
17 September 2013 First leg Al-Kuwait H 2–7 2–12 Fasir 55', Ashfaq 68' 8,600
24 September 2013 Second leg Al-Kuwait A 0–5 230

Dhivehi League
Main article: 2013 Dhivehi League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 New Radiant SC (C) 19 19 0 0 73 5 +68 57 2014 AFC Cup
2 Maziya 19 12 1 6 38 18 +20 37 2014 Dhivehi League
3 BG Sports 19 7 3 9 19 23 −4 24
4 All Youth Linkage 19 7 3 9 15 34 −19 24
5 Club Valencia 19 6 4 9 22 29 −7 22
6 Eagles 19 4 5 10 17 37 −20 17
7 Victory SC 14 3 3 8 10 27 −17 12 Promotion/relegation playoff
8 VB (R) 14 2 3 9 13 34 −21 9
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2013. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Matches
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers League
position
26 February 2013 1 VB Addu 10–1 Fasir 12', Umar (2) 21', 30', Ashfaq (4) 32', 34', 45', 57, Niyaz 75', Umair (2) 82' 90' 1st
18 March 2013 1 BG Sports 1–0 Abdulla 55' 1st
24 March 2013 1 Valencia 5–0 Ashfaq (2) 5', 32', Umair 19', Fasir (2) 72', 89' 1st
28 March 2013 1 Club AYL 3–0 Thoriq 12', Umair (2) 71' (pen.), 80' (pen.) 1st
16 April 2013 1 Eagles 4–0 Umar 61', Yaamin 71', Ashfaq 83' (pen.), Niyaz 86' 1st
6 May 2013 1 Maziya 4–2 H. Niyaz 15', Umair (2) 26', 72', Ashfaq 70' 1st
20 May 2013 1 Victory 4–0 Umar 21', Ashfaq (3) 24', 38', 88' 1st
24 May 2013 2 Maziya 2–0 Fasir 7', Ashfaq 83' 1st
29 May 2013 2 BG Sports 1–0 Umair 81' 1st
3 June 2013 2 Valencia 2–1 Ashfaq (2) 72' (pen.), 80' (pen.) 1st
10 June 2013 2 Eagles 5–0 Ashfaq (3) 39', 51' (pen.), 60', Umar 67', Mansah 77' 1st
14 June 2013 2 VB Addu 2–0 Ashfaq 16', Umair 54' (pen.) 1st
19 June 2013 2 Victory 3–0 Umair 25', Fasir 27', Ashfaq 70' 1st
23 June 2013 2 Club AYL 5–0 Umair 21', Ashfaq (2) 31' (pen.), 52', Easa 71', Niyaz 87' 1st
30 June 2013 3 Club AYL 10–0 Yamaan 1' (o.g.), Shifan 8', Ashfaq (5) 10', 48', 54', 84', 87', Easa 25', Umair 41', Fasir 88' 1st
5 July 2013 3 BG Sports Club 2–1 Umair 16' (pen.), 43' 1st
16 July 2013 3 Valencia 2–0 Ashfaq (2) 5', 56' 1st
20 July 2013 3 Eagles 7–0 Umair 26', Ashfaq (3) 45+1', 48', 79, Fasir (2) 68', 87', H. Niyaz 81' 1st
28 July 2013 3 Maziya 1–0 Umair 22' 1st

FA Cup
Main article: 2013 Maldives FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
5 August 2013 Quarter-finals Victory 2–0*
30 September 2013 Semi-finals Eagles 3–0 Umair 64', Mansah 88', Fasir 90+2'
4 October 2013 Final Maziya 1–0 Mansah 23'

* Victory Sports Club withdraw from 2013 FA Cup and the match awarded New Radiant a 2–0 win.

President's Cup
Main article: 2013 President's Cup (Maldives)
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
8 October 2013 Semi final 1 Maziya 3–1 Ashfaq (2) 56', 90+3', Umair 88'
23 October 2013 Final Maziya 4–2 (aet) Umair (2) 5' (pen.), 65', Ashfaq 107', H. Niyaz 119'

See also

References
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