2020 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

Last updated

Second Division
Season 2019–20
Dates15 January – 20 February 2020
Champions Club Valencia
PromotedClub Valencia
Super United Sports
Matches played19
Goals scored63 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Adam Nizam (SUS)
Samuel Dedy (Valencia)
(7 goals each)
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Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2020 season.

Contents

2018 Third Division Football Tournament champions [1] Rock Street Sports Club decided not to play in second division despite promotion, relegating them to Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament. [2]

On 13 October 2019, President of Football Association of Maldives, Bassam Adeel Jaleel announced that Maldives Under 19 will compete in the Second Division Football Tournament from 2020 season onward. [3]

The winners of the semi-finals; Club Valencia and Super United Sports advance to the final, with gaining automatic promotion [4] to the Dhivehi Premier League for the following season, as New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams being suspended. Both New Radiant and Victory will have to play in the Second Division Football Tournament even if their suspension cast aside. [4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league. [5]

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamCoachCaptainSponsor
BG Sports Flag of Maldives.svg Muaviyath Ilham Flag of Maldives.svg Solah–
Club PK Flag of Maldives.svg Fareed Mohamed Flag of Maldives.svg Hussain Fayaz –
Club Valencia Flag of Maldives.svg Ilmau Hussain Ibrahim Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Rilwan –
Dhivehi Sifainge Club Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Athif Flag of Maldives.svg Hassan Fawaaz –
JJ Sports Flag of Maldives.svg Assad Abdul Ghanee [6] Flag of Maldives.svg Mohamed Shaffaz Jersey Shop MV
Kuda Henveiru Flag of Maldives.svg Afiu Mohamed Hamid Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Zaad –
Mahibadhoo Flag of Maldives.svg Hussain Abbas Flag of Maldives.svg Adam Mauroof –
Maldives U19 Flag of Maldives.svg Ahmed Nashid Flag of Maldives.svg Ahnaf Rasheed Bank of Maldives
Super United Sports Flag of Maldives.svg Ibrahim Shafiu Flag of Maldives.svg Ismail Aaiz Hameed Allied Insurance (Home)
Sports Emporium MV (Away)

Group stage

From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.

All times listed are Maldives Standard Time. UTC+05:00

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the semi-finals
  • Group winners
  • Group runners-up

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Super United Sports 431094+510
JJ Sports 4301126+69
Dhivehi Sifainge Club 42026606
Mahibadhoo 4112711−44
Maldives U19 400418−70
Source: [ citation needed ]
Dhivehi Sifainge Club 1 – 3 JJ Sports
Ibrahim Farish Soccerball shade.svg12' Report Soccerball shade.svg20', 86' Ali Haafiz
Soccerball shade.svg28' Hussain Simaz
National Football Stadium, Malé
Mahibadhoo 2 – 1 Maldives U19
Shuaid Saeed Soccerball shade.svg46'
Ahmed Fuad Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg81' Haisam Rasheedh
National Football Stadium, Malé
Super United Sports 2 – 1 JJ Sports
Adam Nizam Soccerball shade.svg11', 52' Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg62' Abhishek Rijal
National Football Stadium, Malé
Mahibadhoo 3 – 7 JJ Sports
Ahmed Fuad Soccerball shade.svg15'
Ismail Nazeer Soccerball shade.svg81'
Shuaid Saeed Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg10', 52', 68' (pen.), 90+2' Abhishek Rijal
Soccerball shade.svg17' Ahmed Aiham
Soccerball shade.svg37' Ali Nafiu
Soccerball shade.svg51' Ali Haafiz
National Football Stadium, Malé
Dhivehi Sifainge Club 3 – 0 Maldives U19
Guerrero Nahuel Jesus Soccerball shade.svg11'
Shaamee Ahmed Soccerball shade.svg46', 59'		 Report
National Football Stadium, Malé

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Club Valencia 321073+47
Club PK 320143+16
Kuda Henveiru 302134−12
BG Sports 301226−41
Source: [ citation needed ]
Club PK 1 – 2 Club Valencia
Shifaz Adil Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Soccerball shade.svg8' Samuel Dedy Irie
Soccerball shade.svg43' Hussain Faisal
National Football Stadium, Malé
Club PK 1 – 0 BG Sports
Abdulla Muaz Soccerball shade.svg18' Report (in Dhivehi)
National Football Stadium, Malé

Semi-finals

Super United Sports 2 – 1 Club PK
Huzaifath Rasheed Soccerball shade.svg10'
Adam Nizam Soccerball shade.svg14'		 Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg27' (pen.) Boadu Prince
National Football Stadium, Malé
Club Valencia 3 – 2 JJ Sports
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Soccerball shade.svg40'
Samuel Dedy Irie Soccerball shade.svg67', 72'		 Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg17', 81' Ali Nafiu
National Football Stadium, Malé

Final

Super United Sports 1 – 3 Club Valencia
Adam Nizam Soccerball shade.svg27' Report (in Dhivehi)Soccerball shade.svg38', 89' Samuel Dedy Irie
Soccerball shade.svg50' Abdulla Midhuhath Fahmy
National Football Stadium, Malé

Awards

AwardDetails
Best Player Adam Nizam [7] (Super United Sports)
Best Goalkeeper Mohamed Jazlaan [8] (Club Valencia)
Fair Play Team Mahibadhoo SC [8]

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 Club Valencia (C, Q)5410136+713Champions & Promoted to 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
2 Super United Sports (Q)6411128+413Runners-up & Promoted for 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
3 JJ Sports 5302149+59 Semi finalists
4 Club PK 42025506
5 Dhivehi Sifainge Club 42026606Eliminated in
Group stage
6 Mahibadhoo 4112711−44
7 Kuda Henveiru 302134−12
8 BG Sports 301226−41
9 Maldives U19 400418−70
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

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References

  1. ↑ Rock Street champions of 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Dec 19, 2019
  2. ↑ Rock Street relegated to 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Boalha.mv. Published: Jan 8, 2020
  3. ↑ National youth teams for 2nd & 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Oct 14, 2019
  4. 1 2 Valencia makes a comeback to First Division Reejje.mv Published: Jan 15, 2020
  5. ↑ 2nd Division 2020 starts this afternoon (in Dhivehi). Boalha.mv
  6. ↑ Assad Is The New JJ Sports Boss Boalha.mv. Published: Dec 16, 2019
  7. ↑ Kithuna wins 2nd Division Best Player Eydhafushi Times (Dhivehi)
  8. 1 2 Valencia wins 2nd Division Fahuminet (Dhivehi)
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