2018 Malé League
Season | 2018 |
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The 2018 Malé League will be the eighth 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
[edit]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. Top six teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League. Bottom two teams play the Malé League qualification with the runner-up of Second Division.
The team with the most points in Malé League qualification after a two-legged group round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.[1]
Teams
[edit]A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions
[edit]- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team | Division |
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Eagles | Maafannu |
Club Green Streets | Machchangolhi |
Valencia | Machchangolhi |
Maziya | West Maafannu |
New Radiant | Henveiru |
TC Sports Club | Henveiru |
United Victory | Galolhu |
Victory | Galolhu |
Personnel
[edit]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 |
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Maziya | ![]() |
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TC Sports Club | ![]() |
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United Victory | ![]() |
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Victory | ![]() |
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Coaching changes
[edit]Foreign players
[edit]Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | New Radiant | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 10 | +30 | 37 | 2018 Dhivehi Premier League |
2 | Eagles | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 25 | |
3 | Maziya | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 24 | |
4 | TC Sports Club | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 20 | |
5 | Victory | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 20 | |
6 | Green Streets | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 14 | |
7 | United Victory | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 9 | Malé League qualification |
8 | Valencia | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 7 |
Season summary
[edit]Round One and Two
[edit]Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2018 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
[edit]The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Matches
[edit]First round
[edit]A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Second round
[edit]A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Hat-tricks
[edit]2019 Malé League qualification
[edit]The qualifiers were to be played between 2018 Malé League bottom two teams– United Victory and Club Valencia, and 2018 Second Division runner up JJ Sports Club. Due to unknown reasons, JJ Sports Club withdrew their chance in the qualification phase.[2]
United Victory | 2–0 | Club Valencia |
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Ali Haishan ![]() Rafael Betim Marti ![]() |
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Club Valencia | 2–2 | United Victory |
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Mohamed Sifan ![]() Ansar Ibrahim ![]() |
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- United Victory won 4–2 on aggregate and secured their first division spot for next season.
- Club Valencia relegated for the first time in the 39-year history of the club.
References
[edit]- [1] on Mihaaru Online.
- ^ މާލޭ ލީގުން ހަ ޓީމާ އެކު ދިވެހި ލީގުގައި 10 ޓީމު Mihaaru Sports. 05 January 2018
- ^ "JJ withdraws dhivehi league qualifiers". Mihaaru Online. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.