Dhivehi League
Season2012
ChampionsNew Radiant
AFC CupNew Radiant
Top goalscorerMaldives Ali Ashfaq
(9 goals)
Longest unbeaten run19 games New Radiant
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Statistics of Dhivehi League in the 2012 season. According to the FAM Calendar 2012, Dhiraagu Dhivehi League will start on April 18 and is set to end on September 27. The winner will qualify for the AFC Cup and 2nd place will qualify for AFC Cup play-offs.[1]

Teams

Personnel

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

Team Coach Captain Shirt sponsor
All Youth Linkage FC Maldives Mohamed Athif Maldives Adam Lareef Nippon Paint
Club Eagles Maldives Ihsan Abdul Ghanee Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee —
Club Valencia Maldives Mohamed Iqbal Maldives Ali Imran[3] Philips
Club Vyansa Maldives Ahmed Mujuthaba Maldives Abdul Muhaimin Al Mudhish
Maziya S&RC Maldives Ismail Mahfooz Maldives Ali Niyaz ell mobile
New Radiant SC Maldives Mohamed Shiyaz Maldives Ahmed Thoriq Milo and MediaNet1
VB Addu FC Turkey Bahtiyar Can Vanlı Maldives Ashad Ali Coca-Cola
Victory Sports Club Maldives Ali Suzain Maldives Shafiu Ahmed Hitachi(STO) and Happy Market2[4]

League table

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualified for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 1

Standings of round 2

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 2

Standings of round 3

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 3

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Radiant SC 19 15 4 0 48 9 +39 49 2013 AFC Cup group stage
President's Cup[a]
2 Victory Sports Club 19 11 4 4 50 26 +24 37 President's Cup
3 Maziya S&RC 19 11 2 6 42 24 +18 35 2013 AFC Cup group stage
President's Cup[a]
4 VB Addu FC 19 7 4 8 47 45 +2 25 President's Cup
5 Club Eagles 19 5 6 8 26 39 −13 21
6 Club All Youth Linkage 19 4 3 12 18 48 −30 15
7 Vyansa (R) 14 2 3 9 10 25 −15 9 Promotion/relegation playoff
8 Club Valencia 14 2 2 10 17 42 −25 8
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Maziya S&RC qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup as they won the 2012 Maldives FA Cup.

Results

Round 1 results

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 1

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

Round 2 results

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 2

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

Round 3 results

Main article: 2012 Dhivehi League Round 3

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Maldives Ali Ashfaq New Radiant SC VB Addu FC 0–4 18 April 2012
Sierra Leone Abu Desmond Mansaray4 VB Addu FC Club Eagles 6–3 18 May 2012
Maldives Mohamed Umair4 Victory Sports Club Club Valencia 5–1 19 May 2012

Scoring

Clean sheets by club

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

Discipline

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2013 Dhivehi League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Valencia 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Promoted
2 BG Sports Club 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3 Vyansa 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3 Relegated
4 United Victory 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]

Matches

17 September 2012 1 Valencia 1 – 0 United Victory Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Mohamed Irufaan 84' Report
18 September 2012 2 Vyansa 1 – 2 BG Sports Club Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Ibrahim Rizuwan 56' Report 60', 78' Ramlan Branudeen
22 September 2012 3 Valencia 2 – 1 BG Sports Club Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Mohamed Irufaan 23', 83' Report 1' Fauzan
23 September 2012 4 Vyansa 4 – 2 United Victory Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Abdul Muhaimin Mohamed 4', 45'
Imran Nasheed 36'
Ahmed Usam 69'		 Report 28' Ahmed Sujau
78' Mohamed Riffath
28 September 2012 5 BG Sports Club 2 – 0 United Victory Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50 Channa Ediri Bandanage 17'
Ali Shifau 80'		 Report
28 September 2012 6 Vyansa 1 – 4 Valencia Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
21:00 Ahmed Zaad 14' Report 24' Mohamed Irufaan
82' Salomon Wisdom
87' Ibrahim Hamdhaan
90' Abdul Wahid Ibrahim

References

  1. ^ "Season Opening on March 27th". maldivesoccer. January 17, 2010. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "VB rebranded as VB Addu FC". maldivesoccer. January 14, 2010. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Defender Imran for Valencia Captain" (in Divehi). sun.mv. April 9, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Victory signs agreements with STO and Happy market". maldivesoccer. January 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved April 10, 2012.


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