2017 Malé League
The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.
| Season | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Maziya |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Goals scored | 134 (2.39 per match) |
← 2006 2018 → | |
Format
All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of Second Division.
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.
Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions
- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Division |
|---|---|
| Eagles | Maafannu |
| Club Green Streets | Machchangolhi |
| Valencia | Machchangolhi |
| Maziya | West Maafannu |
| New Radiant | Henveiru |
| TC Sports Club | Henveiru |
| United Victory | Galolhu |
| Victory | Galolhu |
Personnel
Note: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagles |  Ibrahim Asverd |
Imran Nasheed |
| Green Streets | Sobah Mohamed |
Faruhad Ismail |
| Valencia | Ahmed Mujuthaba |
Shafiu Ahmed |
| Maziya |  Marjan Sekulovski |
Asadhulla Abdulla |
| New Radiant |  Óscar Bruzón |
Imran Mohamed |
| TC Sports Club | Mohamed Nizam |
Ali Nafiu |
| United Victory | Mohamed Nazeeh |
Hussain Shimaz |
| Victory | Ali Suzain |
Ismail Easa |
Coaching changes
| Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Victory | Ahmed Athif |
Resign[1] | 21 March 2017 | Mohamed Nazeeh[2] |
27 March 2017 |
| New Radiant |  Bernardo Tavares |
Sacked[3] | 24 June 2017 | Óscar Bruzón[4] |
26 June 2017 |
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) | Former Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Eagles |  Mohamed Magdi[5] |
 Anderson Bina D'Souza[6] |
Mahmoud Sayed[7] |
 Sujan Perera[5] |
 Donovan Deekman[8] |
| Club Green Streets |  Petro Kovalchuk[9] |
Dmytro Zhdanov[9] |
Sobol Illia[9] |
 Jun Kochi[9] |
|
| Club Valencia |  Chizi Kaka Chinda |
Godfrey West Omodu |
Prince Chinonye |
||
| Maziya |  Aleksandar Rakić |
Miloš Kovačević |
 Pavel Matiash |
 Andrei Cordoș | |
| New Radiant | Adrián Gallardo Valdés |
Candela[10] |
 Stevan Marković[11] |
 Hussein El-Dor[12] |
Djamel Leeflang Keisuke Ogawa |
| TC Sports Club |  Cornelius Stewart[13] |
Easa El-Maghrabi[13] |
 Kiran Chemjong[14] |
||
| United Victory |  Tihomir Živković[15] |
Kudus Omolade Kelani |
Đorđe Vukobrat |
Ruslan Amirov[16] |
|
| Victory |  Velichko Velichkov[17] |
Andrej Kerić[17][18] |
Mostafa Seddik[17] |
 Mahmoud Al-Youssef[17][18] |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maziya (C) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 27 | 2017 Dhivehi Premier League |
| 2 | Green Streets | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 27 | |
| 3 | New Radiant | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 27 | |
| 4 | TC Sports Club | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 22 | |
| 5 | Eagles | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 22 | Malé League qualification |
| 6 | Victory | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Valencia | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 6 | |
| 8 | United Victory | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 3 |
Source:
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Season summary
Round One & Two
Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2017 Malé League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Green Streets | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Valencia | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Maziya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Radiant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| TC Sports | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| United Victory | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Victory | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Last updated:
First round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
| 24 February 2017 1 | Maziya | 1–0 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 22:00 | Asadhulla  53' |
[ Report] |
| 25 February 2017 2 | Victory | 0–1 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | [ Report] | 22' A. Rasheed |
| 3 March 2017 3 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Akram 45+1' Gallardo 68', 88' |
[ Report] | 84' Kerić |
| 4 March 2017 4 | Eagles | 2–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Ansar 27' Deekman 36' |
[ Report] |
| 5 March 2017 5 | Valencia | 1–1 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Prince 41' |
[ Report] | 39' (pen.) Illia |
| 9 March 2017 6 | United Victory | 0–3 | New Radiant | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] | 50' Gallardo 69' Marković 89' Ali Fasir |
| 9 March 2017 7 | Maziya | 3–0 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Asadhulla 51' (pen.), 78' Rakić 68' |
[ Report] |
| 10 March 2017 8 | Eagles | 1–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Sameeh 5' |
[ Report] | 21' Easa |
| 10 March 2017 9 | TC Sports | 3–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Shamweel 38' Naiz 58'Nafiu 67' |
[ Report] |
| 7 April 2017 10 | TC Sports | 2–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Nafiu 66',  87'Nasooh 90+4' |
[ Report] |
| 7 April 2017 11 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Gallardo 77' |
[ Report] |
| 12 April 2017 12 | Eagles | 3–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Ansar 2' Nashid 29'Naufal 52' |
[ Report] |
| 12 April 2017 13 | TC Sports | 2–2 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Elmaghraby 28' Naiz 44'Stewart 85' (pen.) |
[ Report] | 34', 59' Kerić |
| 13 April 2017 14 | New Radiant | 1–2 | Maziya | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Akram 45' |
[ Report] | 52' Rakić 73' Shifaz |
| 13 April 2017 15 | United Victory | 0–1 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | [ Report] | 18' (pen.) Illia |
| 23 April 2017 16 | Eagles | 0–2 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] | 46' (o.g.) Sifaau 59' Illia |
| 23 April 2017 17 | United Victory | 1–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Naavy 29' |
[ Report] |
| 24 April 2017 18 | TC Sports | 1–2 | New Radiant | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Mahudhee 67' |
[ Report] | 17' Gallardo 57' Midhuhath |
| 25 April 2017 19 | Maziya | 1–0 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Rakić 47' |
[ Report] |
| 28 April 2017 20 | TC Sports | 1–0 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Stewart 15' (pen.) |
[ Report] |
| 28 April 2017 21 | New Radiant | 2–1 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Abdulla 38' Gallardo 56' |
[ Report] | 81' Zhdanov |
| 29 April 2017 22 | Maziya | 1–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Asadhulla 80' |
[ Report] |
| 29 April 2017 23 | Valencia | 1–3 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | West 47' |
[ Report] | 30' Kerić 59' Easa 66' (o.g.) Shafiu |
| 7 May 2017 24 | United Victory | 1–2 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Živković 31' |
[ Report] | 45' Adhuham 62' Riswan |
| 7 May 2017 25 | Eagles | 1–0 | New Radiant | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Naim 44' |
[ Report] |
| 8 May 2017 26 | TC Sports | 1–3 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Mahudhee 71' |
[ Report] | 3', 45' Illia 80' Rizuhaan |
Second round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
| 20 May 2017 29 | Green Streets | 1–1 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Illia 30' |
[ Report] | 80' (pen.) Stewart |
| 20 May 2017 30 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Fasir 48' |
[ Report] |
| 22 May 2017 31 | Maziya | 0–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] | Seddik 39' |
| 22 May 2017 32 | Eagles | 1–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Naufal 66' |
[ Report] |
| 25 May 2017 33 | TC Sports | 6–3 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Mahudhee 1', 8', 47' Naiz 19'Nafiu 44'Ibrahim 73' |
[ Report] | 13', 33' Hamdhaan 30' (pen.) Godfrey |
| 26 May 2017 34 | Victory | 3–2 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Kerić 14', 89' Adhuham 19' |
[ Report] | 71' Wahid 76' Shafraz |
| 26 May 2017 35 | New Radiant | 0–3 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | [ Report] | 23', 29' A. Rasheed 67' Ahmed |
| 22 June 2017 36 | Maziya | 0–4 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 22:00 | [ Report] | 50', 75', 90' Rizuvan 84' Naim |
| 23 June 2017 37 | New Radiant | 4–3 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 22:00 | Naiz 40' Stewart 50' (pen.), 60' (pen.) |
[ Report] | 20', 55' Fasir 34' Hamza 90+2' Gallardo |
| 24 June 2017 38 | Green Streets | 1–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 22:00 | Illia 28' |
[ Report] | 10' (pen.) West |
| 28 June 2017 39 | Eagles | 0–0 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] |
| 28 June 2017 40 | Maziya | 3–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Cordoș 8', 29' Ashad 10' |
[ Report] |
| 3 July 2017 41 | Eagles | 1–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Nashid 14' |
[ Report] |
| 3 July 2017 42 | Maziya | 0–0 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | [ Report] |
| 4 July 2017 43 | New Radiant | 2–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Gallardo 7' Suhail 89' |
[ Report] |
| 4 July 2017 44 | Green Streets | 1–2 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Ahmed 42' |
[ Report] | 58' (pen.) Easa 90+2' Niyaz |
| 8 July 2017 45 | New Radiant | 1–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 14:00 | Gallardo 57' |
[ Report] | 73' Easa |
| 8 July 2017 46 | Green Streets | 3–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | A. Rasheed 30', 76' Illia 90+1' (pen.) |
[ Report] |
| 9 July 2017 47 | Maziya | 0–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] |
| 9 July 2017 48 | Eagles | 0–0 | TC Sports | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | [ Report] |
| 13 July 2017 49 | Maziya | 0–1 | Green Streets | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | [ Report] | 50' Illia |
| 13 July 2017 50 | New Radiant | 1–1 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Gallardo 89' (pen.) |
[ Report] | 67' Naim |
| 14 July 2017 51 | TC Sports | 6–0 | United Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Samir 1', 40' Stewart 53', 69'Mahudhee 82'Azzam 87' |
[ Report] |
| 14 July 2017 52 | Victory | 2–0 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Seddik 6' Kerić 35' |
[ Report] |
| 18 July 2017 53 | United Victory | 0–1 | Valencia | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Report | 75' Visam |
| 18 July 2017 54 | TC Sports | 4–1 | Victory | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Mahudhee 32' Ibrahim 55'Azzam 80'Stewart 82' |
Report | 75' Kerić |
| 19 July 2017 55 | Green Streets | 1–0 | Eagles | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 16:00 | Nizam 5' |
[ Report] |
| 19 July 2017 56 | Maziya | 1–1 | New Radiant | National Football Stadium, Malé |
| 21:00 | Amdhan 59' |
[ Report] | 2' Fazeel |
Season statistics
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Mahudhee | TC Sports | Valencia | 6–3 (2) | 25 May 2017 | |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Maziya | 4–0 (2) | 23 June 2017 | [19] |
- Note
(2) – Second round match
2018 Malé League qualification
Qualification league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 Malé League |
| 2 | Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | United Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Zefrol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to 2018 Second Division |
| 6 | Kudahenveiru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source:
Note! Zefrol & Kudahenveiru decided to withdraw before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.
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