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.

Malé League
Season2018
2017
2019

Format

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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

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A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.

Teams and their divisions

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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

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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   Mohamed Shiyaz   Sujan Perera
Green Streets   Ali Suzain   Ashad Ali
Valencia   Sobah Mohamed   Mohamed Sifan
Maziya   Ismail Mahfooz   Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant   Óscar Bruzón   Ali Ashfaq
TC Sports Club   Mohamed Nizam   Farrah Ahmed
United Victory   Mohamed Nazeeh   Hussain Shimaz
Victory   László Kiss   Shafiu Ahmed

Coaching changes

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Foreign players

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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   Luiz Eduardo Purcino   Mahmoud Sayed   Sujan Perera
Club Green Streets   Ilya Sobol   Roland Bilala   Oleh Yefimchuk   Sergey Smorodin
Club Valencia Dryga Sergi Heysham Valeri   Jun Kochi   Aidar Mambetaliev
Maziya   Miloš Kovačević   Mauro Boerchio   Cornelius Stewart
New Radiant   Candela   Jorge Gotor   Guillem Martí Misut   Zohib Islam Amiri
TC Sports Club   Alaaeldin Nasr   Dioh Williams   Anatoliy Vlasichev
United Victory   Rafael Betim Marti   Paulo Helber   Kordell Samuel   Artur Muladzhanov
Victory   Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz   Simon Tibor Csordás   Joaco Cañas

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: [citation needed]

Season summary

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Round One and Two

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Home \ Away EAG GRS VLC MAZ NRA TCS UVI VIC
Eagles 2–1 6–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1
Green Streets 2–2 1–6 2–2 1–1 1–2
Valencia 3–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–3
Maziya 0–1 2–2 5–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–0
New Radiant 4–1 4–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 1–2
TC Sports 3–2 3–4 4–0 2–0 0–3 2–1
United Victory 2–4 0–5 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Victory 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 03 June 2018. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2018. Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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First round

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A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Second round

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A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Hat-tricks

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2019 Malé League qualification

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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]

First leg
United Victory2–0Club Valencia
Ali Haishan   18'
Rafael Betim Marti   88'
Report

  • 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

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  • [1] on Mihaaru Online.
  1. ^ މާލޭ ލީގުން ހަ ޓީމާ އެކު ދިވެހި ލީގުގައި 10 ޓީމު Mihaaru Sports. 05 January 2018
  2. ^ "JJ withdraws dhivehi league qualifiers". Mihaaru Online. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.