Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
Current season:; 2023 FAM Second Division
Country	Maldives
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Premier League
Relegation to	Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup
Current champions	Buru Sports Club
TV partners	Television Maldives (live matches)

Last updated September 08, 2023

The FAM Second Division is a football league tournament in the Maldives, organized by the Football Association of Maldives. It is the second division of Maldivian football.

Structure

Changes were brought to the second division league structure 23 December 2014, by the FAM's FIFA normalizing committee.

The division now consists of 10 clubs and two rounds are played. All teams play against each other once in the first round and the top five clubs will be qualified for the second round. These 5 clubs play against each other once and the club with most points is declared as champion, and promoted to the Dhivehi Premier League. Runner up will be qualified for the play-off match between the Dhivehi Premier League 9th position team for a spot in the next season's Premier League. The bottom two teams (9th and 10th) are relegated to the third division.^[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams contest in the league, including two promoted from the third division, one relegated from premier league, and the winner of the play-off between premier league 7th and second division 2nd sides.

On 11 February 2015, the Football Association of Maldives announced that from 2015 season on wards, Maldives national under-19 football team will compete in the second division.^[2]^[3]

Winners

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References

↑ "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
↑ "U19 to compete in Second division". Maldivesoccer. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ "U19 included in Second division" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ "AYL 0 - 1 Red Line : Red Line are Champions!". maldivesoccer. August 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ "Second Division Football: DSC beats Eagles to become the champions" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
↑ "Hurriyya crowned champions of Second Division". maldivesoccer. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
↑ "BG crowned after defeating United Victory by 8 goals" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

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[1] "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[2] "U19 to compete in Second division". Maldivesoccer. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[3] "U19 included in Second division" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

[4] "AYL 0 - 1 Red Line : Red Line are Champions!". maldivesoccer. August 30, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

[5] "Second Division Football: DSC beats Eagles to become the champions" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[6] "Hurriyya crowned champions of Second Division". maldivesoccer. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

[7] "BG crowned after defeating United Victory by 8 goals" (in Divehi). Haveeru Online. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

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