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The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament was the first season under its current league division format. The season began on 24 July and ended on 14 September.[3]
| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | United Victory[1] |
| Promoted | United Victory[2] |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Structure and rule changes
editSecond division will be played for two rounds according to the changes brought to the 2015 season.[3]
- Round 1
- Teams play against each other once.
- Top 5 teams qualified for Round 2.
- Bottom 2 teams gets relegated to next season's Third Division.
- Round 2
- Teams play against each other once.
- Team to top the league table at the end will be the champions and gets promoted to next season's Dhivehi Premier League.
- Second team will get qualified for the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.
- Including Maldives U19 team
- As the Maldives under-19 team will be included in the Second Division Football Tournament from this year onwards, this team will neither be promoted to Dhivehi Premier League even if they finish it first, nor relegated to Third Division Football Tournament if they finished at the bottom two. Thus, they will not be either qualified to play in the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.[4]
Teams
editA total of 10 teams[3] will be contesting in the league, including 6 sides from the 2014 Second Division, 2 sides promoted from 2014 Third Division, 1 side relegated from 2014 Dhivehi League and Maldives national under-19 football team.
Teams and their divisions
edit- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Division |
|---|---|
| Club AYL | |
| Club MNDF | |
| Hurriyya | |
| Maldives U19 | |
| Police Club | |
| SC Mecano | |
| United Victory | |
| Vyansa | |
| TBA | |
| TBA | |
Personnel
editNote: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Club AYL | ||
| Club MNDF | ||
| Hurriyya | ||
| Maldives U19 | ||
| Police Club | ||
| SC Mecano | ||
| United Victory | ||
| Vyansa | ||
| TBA | ||
| TBA |
League table
edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Victory (C, P) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 8 | +47 | 28 | Promotion to Dhivehi Premier League |
| 2 | Police Club | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 25 | |
| 3 | Dhivehi Sifainge Club | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 22 | |
| 4 | Green Streets[b] | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17 | Qualification to Dhivehi Premier League play-off |
| 5 | Mecano | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 13 | |
| 6 | JJ Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Hurriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Vyansa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | All Youth Linkage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Third Division |
Source: V News
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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
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) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ Top five teams continue after each team have played 8 matches.
- ^ Since recreation clubs of government offices are not allowed in the Football Association of Maldives first division football tournaments, the play-off spot was given to the fourth placed Club Green Streets instead of Police Club and Dhivehi Sifainge Club.[2]
Matches
editRound 1 matches
editRound 2 matches
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ United Victory to first division (in Dhivehi) Archive MV. 27 September 2015. Archived from [vnews.mv/51164 the original] (vnews). Retrieved 11 June 2020
- ^ a b "Green Streets to play-off, UV to Premier League" (in Divehi). Avas Online. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "U19 to compete in Second division". Maldivesoccer. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 1 March 2015.