2017 Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Season2017
ChampionsNew Radiant
Matches played56
Goals scored185 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerMaldives Ali Ashfaq
(13 goals)
Biggest winG. Dh. Thinadhoo 7–0 Green Streets
Longest winning run12 games
New Radiant
Longest unbeaten run12 games
New Radiant
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 8 December 2017.

The 2017 Dhivehi Premier League season is the third season of the Dhivehi Premier League, first according to its new format. The season features eight teams; four teams from 2017 Malé League and for teams from 2017 Minivan Championship, each playing 14 matches during the regular season.

Qualified teams

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Locations of the 2017 Dhivehi Premier League teams


Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Team Qualified format Date qualified Ref
A. A. Maalhos Minivan Championship semi finalist 12 July 2017 [1]
Green Streets 2017 Malé League top 4 18 July 2017 [2]
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist 12 July 2017 [3]
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist 13 July 2017 [4]
Maziya 2017 Malé League top 4 3 July 2017 [5]
New Radiant 2017 Malé League top 4 8 July 2017 [6]
Sh. Milandhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist 13 July 2017 [4]
TC Sports 2017 Malé League top 4 19 July 2017 [7]

Personnel

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

Team Head Coach Captain
A. A. Maalhos Maldives Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maldives
Green Streets Maldives Sobah Mohamed Maldives Faruhad Ismail
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Maldives
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives
Maziya Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Spain Óscar Bruzón Maldives Imran Mohamed
Sh. Milandhoo Maldives Mohamed Nasir Maldives
TC Sports Maldives Mohamed Nizam Maldives Ali Nafiu

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Incoming Head Coach
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Álvarez Sánchez Spain Juan Manuel Martinez Saez[8]
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Juan Manuel Martinez Saez[9] Maldives Ali Suzain[10]
Maziya North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski[11] Maldives Ismail Mahfooz[12]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
A. A. Maalhos Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Pakistan Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Ukraine Petro Kovalchuk Ukraine Ilya Sobol Slovakia Viliam Macko Japan Jun Kochi
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Afonja jibola
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Spain Pecharroman Alain Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Serbia Miloš Kovačević Croatia Andrej Kerić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Mihajlovic Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Spain Adrián Gallardo Valdés Spain Candela Montenegro Stevan Marković Lebanon Hussein Eldor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Egypt Easa El-Maghrabi Egypt Halil El-Bezawy Nepal Kiran Chemjong

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Radiant (C) 14 13 0 1 44 9 +35 39 2018 AFC Cup group stage and 2017 President's Cup
2 TC Sports 14 10 2 2 31 14 +17 32 2017 President's Cup
3 Maziya 14 8 3 3 30 10 +20 27
4 G. Dh. Thinadhoo 14 5 3 6 23 18 +5 18
5 Green Streets 14 5 1 8 15 28 −13 16
6 Sh. Milandhoo 14 3 5 6 18 26 −8 14
7 A. A. Maalhos 14 2 3 9 18 40 −22 9
8 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 14 0 3 11 6 40 −34 3
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Season summary

Round One & Two

Home \ Away MAL CGS KHD THI MAZ NRA MIL TCS
A. A. Maalhos 2–1 3–3 1–2 0–6 1–7 5–1 0–1
Green Streets 5–0 1–0 0–7 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–4
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–4
G. Dh. Thinadhoo 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–3
Maziya 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–2
New Radiant 3–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 0–2 7–1 3–2
Sh. Milandhoo 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0
TC Sports 3–2 3–1 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2017 Dhivehi Premier League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
A. A. Maalhos67677777666777
Green Streets32434444444455
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo88888888888888
G. Dh. Thinadhoo45555555555544
Maziya11111222333333
New Radiant24322111111111
Sh. Milandhoo56766666777666
TC Sports73243333222222
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

First round

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

Week 1
4 August 2017 1 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 0–4 Maziya National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Christian Yellow card 50'
Shaheem Yellow card 87'		 Report 1' Asadhulla
56', 70' Kerić
73' (o.g.) I. Rasheed
5 August 2017 2 TC Sports 1–3 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Stewart 49'Yellow card 56'
Zaad Yellow card 76'		 Report 48' Gallardo
74' Ashfaq
81' Fasir
6 August 2017 3 Green Streets 2–1 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 A. Rasheed 5'
Sobol 89'		 Report Yellow card 27' Visaal
63' Fathuhee
6 August 2017 4 G. Dh. Thinadhoo 1–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Jorge Caceido Rodriguez Yellow card 25'
Imran Yellow card 67'
Avila 73'
Zubair Yellow card 90'		 Report Yellow card 22' Wahid
Week 2
11 August 2017 5 Sh. Milandhoo 2–2 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ilham Yellow card 18'
Asrar Yellow card 22'
Ishan 86', 90'		 Report 28' Muñoz
69' Naif
11 August 2017 6 Green Streets 2–1 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Sobol 36' Yellow card 62'
A. Rasheed Yellow card 55'
Shafiu 87'
Faruhad Yellow card 87'		 Report 46' Yellow card 76' Avila
12 August 2017 7 Maziya 2–0 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Bojan 9'
Asadhulla Yellow card 40'
Umair 41'
Ashad Yellow card 48'		 Report Yellow card 20' Stevan
Yellow card 41' Akram
12 August 2017 8 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 1–6 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adam Shaheem 57' Report 13' Naiz Hassan
17' Cornelius Stewart
44' Abdulla Haneef
46', 58', 73' Ali Nafiu
Week 3
18 August 2017 9 New Radiant 1–0 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ali Ashfaq 43' Report
18 August 2017 10 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 2–2 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ibrahum Ushamath 5'
Adam Shaheem 50'		 Report 33' (pen), 74' Muñoz
19 August 2017 11 TC Sports 1–0 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Cornelius Stewart 38' Report
19 August 2017 12 Maziya 1–0 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Andrej Kerić 82' Report
Week 4
23 August 2017 13 TC Sports 0–0 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report
23 August 2017 14 Maziya 1–1 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 90+2' Report 82' Ahmed Niyaz
24 August 2017 15 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 0–1 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 45+1' Viliam Macko
24 August 2017 16 New Radiant 3–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ali Ashfaq 28', 61'
Ali Fasir 29'		 Report
Week 5
10 September 2017 17 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 0–2 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 31' Imran Nasheed
86' Jorge Caceido Rodriguez
10 September 2017 18 New Radiant 1–0 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adrián Gallardo Valdés 66' (pen.) Report
11 September 2017 19 TC Sports 3–2 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Cornelius Stewart 21'
Ibrahim Mahudhee 45+2'
Ali Nafiu 53'		 Report 7', 80' (pen.) Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz
11 September 2017 20 Maziya 2–0* Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Mohamed Umair 22' Report
Note: * Match abandoned after 53 minutes, Maziya leading 1–0. Final result later declared as such[13]
Week 6
16 September 2017 21 Maziya 0–1 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 2' Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
16 September 2017 22 Green Streets 5–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ibrahim Rizuhan 10'
Ahmed Nizam 45', 58'
Petro Kovalchuk 57'
Ali Shamis 90+?'		 Report
17 September 2017 23 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 0–6 New Radiant National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report 18' Adrián Gallardo Valdés
24' Ali Fasir
62', 72' Ali Ashfaq
75' Hassan Adhuham
84' Stevan Marković
17 September 2017 24 Sh. Milandhoo 1–2 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adam Imran 25' Report ?' Mohamed Riswan
90+3' Ahmed Rizuvan
Week 7
22 September 2017 25 New Radiant 2–1 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Candela 14'
Adrián Gallardo Valdés 69'		 Report 36' Jorge Caceido Rodriguez
22 September 2017 26 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo 0–2* Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report ?' Ishan Ibrahim
?' Ibrahim Shiyam
Note: * Match abandoned after 76 minutes, Milandhoo leading 2–0. Final result later declared as such[14]
23 September 2017 27 Maziya 3–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Abdulla Ibrahim 34' (o.g.)
Andrej Kerić 53'
Mohamed Umair 90+?'		 Report
23 September 2017 28 TC Sports 3–1 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Naiz Hassan 57'
Khalil Gamal Khalil Elbezawy 58'
Cornelius Stewart ?'		 Report 74' Ahmed Nizam

Second round

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

Week 8
14 October 2017 29 TC Sports 3–2 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Cornelius Stewart 51', 57'
Ibrahim Mahudhee 78'		 Report 64' Ahmed Rizuvan
76' Alexander Hernandez Avila
14 October 2017 30 Maziya 3–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Mohamed Umair 75' (pen.), 85'
Ismail Easa 88'		 Report
15 October 2017 31 New Radiant 7–1 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ali Fasir 27', ?', 86'
Adrián Gallardo Valdés 58', 73'
Ali Ashfaq 61', 77'		 Report 37' Adam Imran
15 October 2017 32 Green Streets 1–2 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Mohamed Nazaam 20' Report 12', 49' (pen.) Angel Carrasco Muñoz
Week 9
20 October 2017 33 Sh. Milandhoo 1–5 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ibrahim Saeed 34' Report 2', 10', 36' Angel Carrasco Muñoz
20' Ahmed Arif
52' Ali Waseem
20 October 2017 34 New Radiant 3–0 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Hamza Mohamed 14'
Ali Fasir 64'
Mohamed Rasheed 85'		 Report
21 October 2017 35 G. Dh. Thinadhoo 0–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Report
21 October 2017 36 Maziya 1–2 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ismail Easa 90+3' Report 45+?' Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
84' Ibrahim Mahudhee
Week 10
25 October 2017 37 Maziya 1–1 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mohamed Umair 62' Report 64' Ahmed Numaan
25 October 2017 38 TC Sports 4–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Abdulla Haneef 5'
Naiz Hassan 41'
Cornelius Stewart 45'
Ibrahim Mahudhee 60'		 Report
26 October 2017 39 Green Streets 1–1 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Rizuhan 48' Report 87' Ishan Ibrahim
26 October 2017 40 New Radiant 7–1 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ali Ashfaq 5', 46', 78'
Ahmed Abdulla 50'
Ibrahim Fazeel 67'
Ali Fasir 76', 89'		 Report 17' Ahmed Arif
Week 11
30 October 2017 41 Green Streets 1–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Viliam Macko 71' Report
30 October 2017 42 New Radiant 3–1 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Candela 20'
Ali Ashfaq 40'
Adrián Gallardo Valdés 68'		 Report 65' Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila
31 October 2017 43 Maziya 6–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Mohamed Umair 5', 6', 81' (pen.)
Andrej Kerić 10'
Yasfaadh Habeeb ?'
Ashad Ali 70'		 Report
31 October 2017 44 TC Sports 0–0 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report
Week 12
4 November 2017 45 Maziya 3–3 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Miloš Kovačević 23'
Andrej Kerić 34'
Ashad Ali 37'		 Report 54', 57' Abdulla Misbah
77' Ishan Ibrahim
4 November 2017 46 TC Sports 1–0 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ibrahim Mahudhee 2' Report
5 November 2017 47 New Radiant 3–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Adrián Gallardo Valdés 51' (pen.)
Ali Fasir 65'
Stevan Marković 69'		 Report
5 November 2017 48 Green Streets 0–7 G. Dh. Thinadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Report 8' Ansar Ibrahim
20', 30' (pen.), 31' Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila
51', 54' Ahmed Rizuvan
87' Ali Aisham
Week 13
19 November 2017 49 New Radiant 3–2 TC Sports National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ali Fasir 2', 73'
Adrián Gallardo Valdés 6'		 Report 78', 84' Ibrahim Mahudhee
19 November 2017 50 Maziya 3–0 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Bojan Mihajlović 45+?'
Ismail Easa 53' (pen.)
Ashad Ali 71'		 Report
20 November 2017 51 G. Dh. Thinadhoo 2–1 A. A. Maalhos National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ahmed Rizuvan 43'
Ali Haisham 90+7'		 Report 62' Angel Carrasco Muñoz
20 November 2017 52 Sh. Milandhoo 3–0 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ismail Fathuhee 7'
Adam Imran 45'
Ibrahim Saeed 60'		 Report
Week 14
25 November 2017 53 A. A. Maalhos 3–3 Dh. Kudahuvadhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Ibrahim Naif 10'
Ahmed Arif 45'
Angel Carrasco Muñoz 81'		 Report 28' Abdul Haliq
54' Christian Dodzi Torsu
55' Adam Shaheem
25 November 2017 54 G. Dh. Thinadhoo 2–3 Sh. Milandhoo National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Rizuvan 7'
Jorge Caceido Rodriguez 27'		 Report 3', 19', 59' Ishan Ibrahim
26 November 2017 55 TC Sports 4–1 Green Streets National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 Nashaah Ahmed 31', 58'
Cornelius Stewart 48'
Mohamed Ajufaan 68'		 Report 13' Ahmed Hassan
26 November 2017 56 New Radiant 2–0 Maziya National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 Adrián Gallardo Valdés 53'
Ali Ashfaq 86'		 Report

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Maldives Ali Ashfaq New Radiant 13
2 Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant 12
Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Maalhos
4 Spain Adrián Gallardo Valdés New Radiant 10
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart TC Sports 9
6 Maldives Mohamed Umair Maziya 8
7 Maldives Ishan Ibrahim Milandhoo 7
Maldives Ibrahim Mahudhee TC Sports
Panama Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila Thinadhoo
10 Maldives Ahmed Rizuvan Thinadhoo 6
Croatia Andrej Kerić Maziya

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Maldives Ali Nafiu TC Sports Kudahuvadhoo 6–1 12 August 2017
Maldives Ali Fasir New Radiant Milandhoo 7–1 15 October 2017
Spain Angel Carrasco Muñoz Maalhos Milandhoo 5–1 20 October 2017
Maldives Ali Ashfaq New Radiant Maalhos 7–1 26 October 2017
Maldives Mohamed Umair Maziya Maalhos 6–0 31 October 2017
Panama Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila Thinadhoo Green Streets 7–0 5 November 2017
Maldives Ishan Ibrahim Milandhoo Thinadhoo 3–2 25 November 2017

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