2013 New Radiant S.C. season

New Radiant

Chairman	Ali Waheed
Head Coach	Velizar Popov (Until 7 October 2013)[1] Mohamed Iqbal Mohamed Nizam (Caretaker coaches)[2]
Stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
Dhivehi League	Winners
FA Cup	Winners
President's Cup	Winners
AFC Cup	Quarter finals
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ali Ashfaq (31 goals) All: Ali Ashfaq (43 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2013 season is New Radiant Sports Club's 34th year in existence as a football club. New Radiant also participate in the AFC Cup this season, qualifying directly for the group stage by finishing first in the 2012 Dhivehi League.

Background

New Radiant finished as champions of last year's Dhivehi League, President's Cup and Charity Shield without losing a single game in the league. So they will be participating in the 2013 AFC Cup directly from the group stage.^[3]

Velizar Popov was announced as the new head coach on 6 January 2013^[4] following the resignation of Mohamed Shiyaz.^[5] Mohamed Iqbal and Mohamed Nizam were named as the assistant coaches, while Ibrahim Shaaz Habeeb as the club manager. Later during the mid season, club part company with Shaaz on mutual understandings, due to his personal responsibility and other reasons.^[6]

On 13 January 2013, New Radiant announced that Imran Mohamed will replace Ahmed Thoriq as the team captain, and Ali Ashfaq and Mohamed Umair will be the team vice-captains.^[7]

Club announced their 5 new signings at the club's Gold Night. Ali Fasir returned to the Blues after a year, with Mohamed Umair, Rilwan Waheed, Moosa Yaamin and Hussain Niyaz Mohamed.^[8]

On 27 January 2013, New Radiant announced the signing of a foreign defender Sylla Mansah.^[9]

New Radiant unveiled their new set of signings, Mohamed Jazlaan, Ibrahim Ushamath and Mohamed Shifan at their Open Day.^[10]

On 20 June 2013, New Radiant signed Akram Abdul Ghanee from Club Valencia and handed over his brother Assad Abdul Ghanee's number 13 jersey to him.^[11] 3 days later on 23 June 2013, club signed Ismail Easa from Maziya. He was given his usual 15 number jersey.^[12]

On 26 June 2013, club signed Yusif Nurudeen, a Ghana under–21 international from Medeama Sporting Club on loan until the end of this season.^[13]

During the club's mid-term congress, Hassan Shujau and Mohamed Shafeeq were named as the new vice chairman of the club.^[14] And club also announced that in honour of club supporters, New Radiant will vacant the number 12 jersey from next season.

New Radiant loaned three of their youth players; Mohamed Karam, Ali Athoof and Ibrahim Waheed to the Third division side Thoddoo FC.^[15]

Kit

Supplier: MediaNet / Sponsor: Milo
State Trading Organization (STO) signed a sponsorship agreement with New Radiant on 14 February 2013.^[16] On 6 July 2013, club announced the extension of the sponsorship agreement with the main sponsor Milo to another two years.^[17]

On 31 July 2013, New Radiant signed a deal of MVR 1.4 million with Sports Power for two years (from 2014 season), with the local brand Sports Power as the club's kit provider.^[18] The current kit provider is MediaNet since 2012.

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

First team squad

As of 7 August 2013.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Niushad Ali		GK	(1980-11-08) 8 November 1980 (age 44)
18	Mohamed Jazlaan		GK	(1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31)
25	Imran Mohamed (captain)		GK	(1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 43)
Defenders
2	Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh		DF	(1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 34)
3	Mohamed Shifan		DF	(1983-03-08) 8 March 1983 (age 41)
4	Ahmed Abdulla		DF	(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)
6	Yusif Nurudeen (On loan from Medeama Sporting Club)		DF	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32)
8	Rilwan Waheed		DF	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33)
11	Sylla Mansah		DF	(1983-08-22) 22 August 1983 (age 41)
13	Akram Abdul Ghanee		DF	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)
17	Ibrahim Ushamath		DF	(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32)
19	Mohamed Ishan		DF	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)
26	Abdulla Jailam		DF	(1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 32)
—	Ibrahim Reehan		DF	(1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 31)
Midfielders
5	Ali Fasir		MF	(1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36)
15	Ismail Easa		MF	(1989-12-19) 19 December 1989 (age 34)
16	Hussain Niyaz Mohamed		MF	(1987-03-19) 19 March 1987 (age 37)
20	Moosa Yaamin		MF	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 31)
23	Ahmed Niyaz		MF	(1980-03-17) 17 March 1980 (age 44)
28	Hassan Muan		MF	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31)
29	Abdulla Ziham		MF	(1995-03-11) 11 March 1995 (age 29)
31	Ahmed Inaad		MF	(1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 (age 32)
37	Mohamed Umair (vice-captain)		MF	(1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36)
39	Ahmed Ali		MF	(1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 38)
41	Mohamed Mazin		MF	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27)
—	Hassan Saaif		MF	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28)
Strikers
7	Ali Ashfaq (vice-captain)		FW	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 39)
9	Ahmed Thoriq		FW	(1980-10-04) 4 October 1980 (age 44)
10	Ali Umar		FW	(1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 44)
14	Naavy Mohamed		FW	(1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 30)
32	Abdul Ghanee Ali		FW	(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38)
36	Ibrahim Suhail		FW	(1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 30)

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	Result F–A	Scorers
18 January 2014	F. Nilandhoo	1–5	Ashfaq (2), Umair, Niyaz, Aiman

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
FA Charity Shield	Final	Winner	22 February 2013
AFC Cup	Group stage	Quarter-finals	5 March 2013	24 September 2013
Dhivehi League	—	Winner	26 February 2013	28 July 2013
FA Cup	Quarter-finals	Winner	5 August 2013	4 October 2013
President's Cup	Semi final 1	Winner	8 October 2013	23 October 2013

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FA Charity Shield	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
AFC Cup	9	6	0	3	24	16	+8	066.67
Dhivehi League	19	19	0	0	73	5	+68	100.00
FA Cup	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
President's Cup	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	100.00
Total	34	31	0	3	113	25	+88	091.18

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 2014 Maldivian FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponents	Result F–A	Scorers
22 February 2013	Maziya	3–1	Ashfaq 28' (pen.), Umair (2) 42', 55'

AFC Cup

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup group stage § Group F

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NRA	YAN	SH	PSB
New Radiant	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	15			3–1	1–0	6–1
Yangon United	6	5	0	1	18	5	+13	15		2–0		2–0	3–0
Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei	6	1	1	4	12	12	0	4		0–3	1–3		8–0
Persibo Bojonegoro	6	0	1	5	5	34	−29	1		0–7	1–7	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New Radiant and Yangon United are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Radiant	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Yangon United	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
5 March 2013	Sun Hei	H	1–0	Umair 67'	4,880
12 March 2013	Persibo Bojonegoro	A	7–0	Umair 11', Ashfaq (5) 34', 50', 58', 70', 80', Umar 66'	700
3 April 2013	Yangon United	A	0–2		539
9 April 2013	Yangon United	H	3–1	Umair 31', Fasir 38', Mansah 45+1'	5,400
24 April 2013	Sun Hei	A	3–0	Fasir (2) 61', 71', Umair 86'	477
1 May 2013	Persibo Bojonegoro	H	6–1	Ali Ashfaq (3) 28', 68', 81' (pen.), Umair (2) 31', 36', Umar 72'	5,400

Knockout phase

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup knock-out stage

Round of 16

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
15 May 2013	Selangor	H	2–0 (aet)	Niyaz 97', Fasir 105'	8,600

Quarter-finals

Date	Leg	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Aggregate	Scorers	Attendance
17 September 2013	First leg	Al-Kuwait	H	2–7	2–12	Fasir 55', Ashfaq 68'	8,600
24 September 2013	Second leg	Al-Kuwait	A	0–5			230

Dhivehi League

Main article: 2013 Dhivehi League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	New Radiant SC (C)	19	19	0	0	73	5	+68	57	2014 AFC Cup
2	Maziya	19	12	1	6	38	18	+20	37	2014 Dhivehi League
3	BG Sports	19	7	3	9	19	23	−4	24
4	All Youth Linkage	19	7	3	9	15	34	−19	24
5	Club Valencia	19	6	4	9	22	29	−7	22
6	Eagles	19	4	5	10	17	37	−20	17
7	Victory SC	14	3	3	8	10	27	−17	12	Promotion/relegation playoff
8	VB (R)	14	2	3	9	13	34	−21	9

Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2013. Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Matches

Date	Round	Opponents	Result F–A	Scorers	League position
26 February 2013	1	VB Addu	10–1	Fasir 12', Umar (2) 21', 30', Ashfaq (4) 32', 34', 45', 57, Niyaz 75', Umair (2) 82' 90'	1st
18 March 2013	1	BG Sports	1–0	Abdulla 55'	1st
24 March 2013	1	Valencia	5–0	Ashfaq (2) 5', 32', Umair 19', Fasir (2) 72', 89'	1st
28 March 2013	1	Club AYL	3–0	Thoriq 12', Umair (2) 71' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	1st
16 April 2013	1	Eagles	4–0	Umar 61', Yaamin 71', Ashfaq 83' (pen.), Niyaz 86'	1st
6 May 2013	1	Maziya	4–2	H. Niyaz 15', Umair (2) 26', 72', Ashfaq 70'	1st
20 May 2013	1	Victory	4–0	Umar 21', Ashfaq (3) 24', 38', 88'	1st
24 May 2013	2	Maziya	2–0	Fasir 7', Ashfaq 83'	1st
29 May 2013	2	BG Sports	1–0	Umair 81'	1st
3 June 2013	2	Valencia	2–1	Ashfaq (2) 72' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	1st
10 June 2013	2	Eagles	5–0	Ashfaq (3) 39', 51' (pen.), 60', Umar 67', Mansah 77'	1st
14 June 2013	2	VB Addu	2–0	Ashfaq 16', Umair 54' (pen.)	1st
19 June 2013	2	Victory	3–0	Umair 25', Fasir 27', Ashfaq 70'	1st
23 June 2013	2	Club AYL	5–0	Umair 21', Ashfaq (2) 31' (pen.), 52', Easa 71', Niyaz 87'	1st
30 June 2013	3	Club AYL	10–0	Yamaan 1' (o.g.), Shifan 8', Ashfaq (5) 10', 48', 54', 84', 87', Easa 25', Umair 41', Fasir 88'	1st
5 July 2013	3	BG Sports Club	2–1	Umair 16' (pen.), 43'	1st
16 July 2013	3	Valencia	2–0	Ashfaq (2) 5', 56'	1st
20 July 2013	3	Eagles	7–0	Umair 26', Ashfaq (3) 45+1', 48', 79, Fasir (2) 68', 87', H. Niyaz 81'	1st
28 July 2013	3	Maziya	1–0	Umair 22'	1st

FA Cup

Main article: 2013 Maldives FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Result F–A	Scorers
5 August 2013	Quarter-finals	Victory	2–0*
30 September 2013	Semi-finals	Eagles	3–0	Umair 64', Mansah 88', Fasir 90+2'
4 October 2013	Final	Maziya	1–0	Mansah 23'

* Victory Sports Club withdraw from 2013 FA Cup and the match awarded New Radiant a 2–0 win.

President's Cup

Main article: 2013 President's Cup (Maldives)

Date	Round	Opponents	Result F–A	Scorers
8 October 2013	Semi final 1	Maziya	3–1	Ashfaq (2) 56', 90+3', Umair 88'
23 October 2013	Final	Maziya	4–2 (aet)	Umair (2) 5' (pen.), 65', Ashfaq 107', H. Niyaz 119'

See also

• List of unbeaten football club seasons

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