Ali Ashfaq, nicknamed "Dhagandei", is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays for Maldivian club Green Street. He is a forward and serves as captain for Maldives. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in South Asian region along with Sunil Chhetri and Bhaichung Bhutia. He is noted for his strength, amazing dribbling skills and the capability of beating any sort of defenders, according to many coaches. He is a free-kick specialist and a clinical finisher. His trademark style of scoring is beating couple of defenders and rounding off the keeper to score. He is considered as the best Maldivian footballer ever most notably when he was named as the "World's 2nd Best Top Goal Scorer" in 2013 by IFFHS. He was also named as South Asia's Best Player in 2014 by eultimategoal.com. In March 2016, Ashfaq completed his 50th goal mark for Maldives national team.
Velizar Emilov Popov, known as Velizar Popov is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former football player. Popov is recently an experienced Head coach and an UEFA Pro licence holder and currently is national manager of Myanmar U23.
The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal. The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 2012 President's Cup, was the 62nd season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Victory Sports Club were the defending champions, having beaten New Radiant Sports Club 2–1 in last season's Final.
Rilwan Waheed is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Riley" who plays as a winger for New Radiant and Maldives national team.
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup was the fifth and the final edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the now defunct Vision Asia programme. It took place from 19 to 30 May 2014. The winner, Palestine, qualified to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
The 2013 President's Cup was the 63rd season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. New Radiant Sports Club were the defending champions, having beaten Victory Sports Club in last season's final on penalty shoot-out.
The 2015 Dhivehi Premier League was the first season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football. The season began on 20 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs that broke away from the Dhivehi League at the end of the 2014 season.
The 2011 President's Cup is the 61st season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. VB Sports Club are the defending champions, having defeated Victory Sports Club in last season's final.
The 2010 President's Cup is the 60th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Victory Sports Club are the defending champions, having defeated VB Sports Club in last season's final.
The 2009 President's Cup is the 59th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. Club Valencia are the defending champions, having defeated Victory Sports Club in last season's final.
The 2008 President's Cup is the 58th season of the President's Cup, a knock-out competition for Maldives' top 4 football clubs. New Radiant are the defending champions, having defeated Victory Sports Club in last season's final.
The 2015 Maldivian FA Charity Shield, was the 7th Maldivian FA Charity Shield, an annual Maldivian football match played between the winners of the previous season's Dhivehi League and FA Cup. The game was played between New Radiant, champions of the 2014 Dhivehi League, and Maziya, champions of 2014 Maldives FA Cup
New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions being held in the Maldives and the club is the most successful in the Maldives in terms of trophies won and is also the most successful Maldivian club in the international arena. They were semi-finalists in the AFC Cup in 2005 and the only Maldivian club to have progressed beyond group stages in the AFC cup in multiple occasions.
The 2015 President's Cup is the 65th season of the President's Cup. New Radiant Sports Club are the defending champions, having beaten Eagles in last season's final in extra time.
The 2016 President's Cup is the 66th season of the President's Cup. Maziya Sports and Recreation Club are the defending champions, having beaten New Radiant Sports Club in last season's final.
The 2017 Maldivian FA Charity Shield, was the 9th Maldivian FA Charity Shield, an annual Maldivian football match played between the winners of the previous season's Dhivehi Premier League and FA Cup. The game was played between Maziya, champions of the 2016 Dhivehi Premier League, and Valencia, champions of 2016 Maldives FA Cup
The 2017 President's Cup is the 67th season of the President's Cup. Club Eagles are the defending champions, having beaten TC Sports Club in last season's final, winning their first ever President's Cup gold.
The 2017 President's Cup (Maldives) Final was the 67th Final of the Maldives President's Cup.
