Dhivehi League

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Dhivehi League
Founded
2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Folded
2015 (renamed as Dhivehi Premier League)
Nation
 Maldives
Number of Teams
8
Asian Qualification
AFC Cup
Most time Champions
Club Valencia
New Radiant SC (05)
Last Champions
New Radiant SC (2015)

Dhivehi League is the official Maldivian football (soccer) league, organized by the Football Association of Maldives.

Every year, 8 teams compete in this high-profile competition, the top level in Maldives.

Dhivehi League qualification methods:

Zone 1-8 consists of the Atolls and the two finalists of Zone 1-8 Final Tournament and the top 2 teams of Zone 9 Qualification (Malé League, First Division) participate in Dhivehi League along with the 4 best-finishes in the Dhivehi League of the previous year. Due to financial problems, the qualification methods changed in past two years. Therefore, finalists of the Second Division will get the chance to promote to the first division after a qualification round with lower ranked two teams of the Dhivehi League.

Dhivehi League consists of 3 rounds of teams play round robin format. In the 3rd round only the top 6 teams will play the lower 2 teams will be omitted.

On 22 December 2014:

The FAM normalisation committee formed by FIFA has decided to rebrand Dhivehi League as Dhivehi Premier League. FAM have decided to play two rounds in the league from 2015, instead of three rounds and the bottom team will relegate to the second division automatically and the champion of the second division will qualify for the league while runner-up of second division and second bottom team of the premier league will play a play-off match to secure a spot on top league.

Winners of Dhivehi League

Dhivehi League All time Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Radiant SC 213 132 35 46 513 225 +288 431
2 Victory Sports Club 213 113 41 59 461 256 +205 380
3 Club Valencia 213 91 48 74 419 339 +80 321
4 VB Addu FC 180 92 39 49 448 262 +186 315
5 Maziya S&RC 160 79 32 49 309 195 +114 269
6 Club Eagles 97 31 23 43 127 175 -48 116
7 Club All Youth Linkage 105 21 23 61 105 246 -141 86
8 Vyansa 83 17 16 50 78 156 -78 67
9 Hurriya SC 48 18 12 18 118 85 +33 66
10 BG Sports Club 47 11 10 26 50 88 -38 43
11 TC Sports Club 14 8 5 1 26 12 +14 29
12 Thoddoo FC 51 08 04 39 44 192 -148 28
13 Guraidhoo ZJ 31 05 05 21 41 97 -56 20
14 Mahibadhoo SC 33 04 04 25 38 105 -67 16
15 Rasdhoo JU 12 04 00 08 14 20 -06 12
16 Veymandoo ZJ 17 03 02 12 21 68 -47 11
17 Kelaa YF 12 03 01 08 14 45 -31 10
18 Foakaidhoo ZJ 21 01 05 15 13 65 -52 08
19 Hiriyaa(Hinnavaru) 12 01 02 09 10 49 -39 05
20 Mahibadhoo ZJ 14 01 02 11 11 71 -60 05
21 STELCO 07 01 01 05 07 18 -11 04
22 Haspress Club(Hinnavaru) 05 01 01 03 06 19 -13 04
23 FVD(Vilufushi) 07 01 01 05 04 26 -22 04
24 DX Sports Club(Miladu) 07 00 03 04 06 25 -19 03
25 Thinadhoo[disambiguation needed] 07 00 02 05 04 23 -19 02
26 Thinadhoo ZC 07 00 00 07 05 31 -26 00

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Note!

Winners of Maldives National Championship

Winners of Malé League Championship

Dhivehi League Top-scorers

Year Best scorers Team Goals
2010 Maldives Ali Ashfaq New Radiant SC
2011 Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel New Radiant SC 17
2012 Maldives Mohamed Umair Victory Sports Club 18
2013 Maldives Ali Ashfaq New Radiant SC
2014 Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya S&RC 23

References

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