2012 Dhivehi League

Last updated
Dhivehi League
Season2012
Champions New Radiant
AFC Cup New Radiant
Top goalscorer Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Ashfaq
(9 goals)
Longest unbeaten run19 games New Radiant
2011
2013

Statistics of Dhivehi League in the 2012 season. According to the FAM Calendar 2012, Dhiraagu Dhivehi League will start on April 18 and is set to end on September 27. The winner will qualify for the AFC Cup and 2nd place will qualify for AFC Cup play-offs. [1]

Contents

Teams

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamCoachCaptainShirt sponsor
All Youth Linkage FC Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Athif Flag of Maldives.svg Adam Lareef Nippon Paint
Club Eagles Flag of Maldives.svg Ihsan Abdul Ghanee Flag of Maldives.svg Assad Abdul Ghanee
Club Valencia Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Iqbal Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Imran [3] Philips
Club Vyansa Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Mujuthaba Flag of Maldives.svg Abdul Muhaimin Al Mudhish
Maziya S&RC Flag of Maldives.svg Ismail Mahfooz Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Niyaz ell mobile
New Radiant SC Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Shiyaz Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Thoriq Milo and MediaNet 1
VB Addu FC Flag of Turkey.svg Bahtiyar Can Vanlı Flag of Maldives.svg Ashad Ali Coca-Cola
Victory Sports Club Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Suzain Flag of Maldives.svg Shafiu Ahmed Hitachi(STO) and Happy Market2 [4]

League table

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualified for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1

Standings of round 2

Standings of round 3

Final standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 New Radiant SC 191540489+3949 2013 AFC Cup group stage
President's Cup [lower-alpha 1]
2 Victory Sports Club 1911445026+2437 President's Cup
3 Maziya S&RC 1911264224+1835 2013 AFC Cup group stage
President's Cup [lower-alpha 1]
4 VB Addu FC 197484745+225 President's Cup
5 Club Eagles 1956826391321
6 Club All Youth Linkage 19431218483015
7 Vyansa (R)142391025159 Promotion/relegation playoff
8 Club Valencia 1422101742258
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Maziya S&RC qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup as they won the 2012 Maldives FA Cup.

Results

Round 1 results

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

Round 2 results

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

Round 3 results

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Maldives.svg Ali Ashfaq New Radiant SCVB Addu FC 0–4 18 April 2012
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Abu Desmond Mansaray 4VB Addu FCClub Eagles 6–3 18 May 2012
Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Umair 4 Victory Sports Club Club Valencia 5–1 19 May 2012

Scoring

Clean sheets by club

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

Discipline

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2013 Dhivehi League

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Valencia 330072+59 Promoted
2 BG Sports Club 320153+26
3 Vyansa 31026823 Relegated
4 United Victory 30032750
Source: [ citation needed ]

Matches

17 September 20121 Valencia 1 – 0 United Victory Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Mohamed Irufaan Soccerball shade.svg84' Report
22 September 20123 Valencia 2 – 1 BG Sports Club Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Mohamed Irufaan Soccerball shade.svg23', 83' Report Soccerball shade.svg1' Fauzan

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