2017 Malé League
Season | 2017 |
---|---|
Champions | Maziya |
Matches played | 56 |
Goals scored | 134 (2.39 per match) |
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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.
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 | Imran Nasheed | |
Green Streets | Sobah Mohamed | Faruhad Ismail |
Valencia | Shafiu Ahmed | |
Maziya | Marjan Sekulovski | Asadhulla Abdulla |
New Radiant | Óscar Bruzón | Imran Mohamed |
TC Sports Club | Mohamed Nizam | |
United Victory | Mohamed Nazeeh | |
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 | 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 | [5] | [6] | [7] | Sujan Perera[5] | Donovan Deekman[8] |
Club Green Streets | Petro Kovalchuk[9] | Dmytro Zhdanov[9] | [9] | Jun Kochi[9] | |
Club Valencia | Chizi Kaka Chinda | ||||
Maziya | Aleksandar Rakić | Miloš Kovačević | Pavel Matiash | Andrei Cordoș | |
New Radiant | Candela[10] | Stevan Marković[11] | Hussein El-Dor[12] | Djamel Leeflang Keisuke Ogawa | |
TC Sports Club | Cornelius Stewart[13] | [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] | [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 |
(C) Champion
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:
Matches[]
First Round[]
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
24 February 2017 1 | Maziya | 1–0 | Eagles | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
25 February 2017 2 | Victory | 0–1 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
3 March 2017 3 | New Radiant | 3–1 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
4 March 2017 4 | Eagles | 2–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
5 March 2017 5 | Valencia | 1–1 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
9 March 2017 6 | United Victory | 0–3 | New Radiant | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
9 March 2017 7 | Maziya | 3–0 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
10 March 2017 8 | Eagles | 1–1 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
10 March 2017 9 | TC Sports | 3–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
7 April 2017 10 | TC Sports | 2–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
7 April 2017 11 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
12 April 2017 12 | Eagles | 3–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
12 April 2017 13 | TC Sports | 2–2 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
13 April 2017 14 | New Radiant | 1–2 | Maziya | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
13 April 2017 15 | United Victory | 0–1 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
23 April 2017 16 | Eagles | 0–2 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
23 April 2017 17 | United Victory | 1–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
24 April 2017 18 | TC Sports | 1–2 | New Radiant | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
25 April 2017 19 | Maziya | 1–0 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
28 April 2017 20 | TC Sports | 1–0 | Eagles | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
28 April 2017 21 | New Radiant | 2–1 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
29 April 2017 22 | Maziya | 1–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
29 April 2017 23 | Valencia | 1–3 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
7 May 2017 24 | United Victory | 1–2 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
7 May 2017 25 | Eagles | 1–0 | New Radiant | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
8 May 2017 26 | TC Sports | 1–3 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
8 May 2017 27 | Maziya | 3–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
12 May 2017 28 | Maziya | 3–0 | TC Sports | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
Second Round[]
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
20 May 2017 29 | Green Streets | 1–1 | TC Sports | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
20 May 2017 30 | New Radiant | 1–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
22 May 2017 31 | Maziya | 0–1 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
22 May 2017 32 | Eagles | 1–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
25 May 2017 33 | TC Sports | 6–3 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
26 May 2017 34 | Victory | 3–2 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
26 May 2017 35 | New Radiant | 0–3 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
22 June 2017 36 | Maziya | 0–4 | Eagles | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
23 June 2017 37 | New Radiant | 4–3 | TC Sports | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
24 June 2017 38 | Green Streets | 1–1 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
28 June 2017 39 | Eagles | 0–0 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
28 June 2017 40 | Maziya | 3–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
3 July 2017 41 | Eagles | 1–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
3 July 2017 42 | Maziya | 0–0 | TC Sports | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
4 July 2017 43 | New Radiant | 2–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
4 July 2017 44 | Green Streets | 1–2 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
8 July 2017 45 | New Radiant | 1–1 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
8 July 2017 46 | Green Streets | 3–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
9 July 2017 47 | Maziya | 0–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
9 July 2017 48 | Eagles | 0–0 | TC Sports | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
13 July 2017 49 | Maziya | 0–1 | Green Streets | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
13 July 2017 50 | New Radiant | 1–1 | Eagles | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
14 July 2017 51 | TC Sports | 6–0 | United Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
14 July 2017 52 | Victory | 2–0 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
18 July 2017 53 | United Victory | 0–1 | Valencia | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
18 July 2017 54 | TC Sports | 4–1 | Victory | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
19 July 2017 55 | Green Streets | 1–0 | Eagles | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
19 July 2017 56 | Maziya | 1–1 | New Radiant | showNational Football Stadium, Malé |
Season statistics[]
Top scorers[]
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to 2018 Second Division | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note! & decided to withdrew before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.
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