2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League

Dhivehi Premier League
Season	2019–20
Dates	14 June 2019 – 2 March 2020
Champions	Maziya (2nd title)
Relegated	Victory; New Radiant
AFC Cup	Maziya (group stage); Eagles (play-offs)
Matches played	87
Goals scored	321 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Rizuvan; (28 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ovays Azizi (9 clean sheets)
Highest scoring	Maziya 13–0 Nilandhoo; (25 June 2019)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Maziya
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Eagles
Longest winless run	16 matches; Victory
Longest losing run	16 matches; Victory
	← 2018 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League was the fifth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. The season started on 14 June 2019.^[1]^[2] TC Sports are the defending champions.

Maziya secured the league title on 19 January 2020.^[3]

Since New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams are suspended, they are relegated to the Second Division Football Tournament.^[4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league. Fehendhoo and Thimarafushi were relegated from the previous season, and were replaced by 2019 Malé League qualification winner United Victory and 2018 Second Division champion Da Grande Sports Club. New Radiant were suspended due to financial reasons.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Division
Eagles	Maafannu
Green Streets	Machchangolhi
Da Grande	Maafannu
Foakaidhoo	Sh. Foakaidhoo
Maziya	West Maafannu
Nilandhoo	F. Nilandhoo
TC Sports Club	Henveiru
Victory	Galolhu
United Victory	Galolhu

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
Club Eagles	Mohamed Shiyaz	Hussain Sifaau
Green Streets	Ali Suzain	Ali Ashfaq
Da Grande	Ismail Mahfooz	Mohamed Rasheed
Foakaidhoo	Ali Nisthar Mohamed	Hussain Fazeel
Maziya	Marjan Sekulovski	Asadhulla Abdulla
Nilandhoo	Ahmed Mujuthaba	Faruhad Ismail
TC Sports	Mohamed Athif	Ahmed Farrah
United Victory	Mohamed Nazeeh	Ahmed Nashid
Victory	Mohamed Adam	Ibrahim Noorahdhdheen

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4 (Asian)
Club Eagles	Toshiki Okamoto			Sujan Perera
Green Streets	Oleksandr Poslavskyi
Da Grande	Torsu Christian Dodzi	Babacar Ndiour		Obaida Kadhum Ahmed
Foakaidhoo	Mostafa Seddik	Mahmoud Sayed	Khalil Gamal	Saqib Hanif
Maziya	Cornelius Stewart			Ovays Azizi
Nilandhoo
TC Sports	Bimal Gharti Magar
United Victory	Miloš Kovačević	Dmitri Khlebosolov		Bektur Talgat Uulu
Victory	Otabek Khaydarov	Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov	Akate Gnama	Alisher Ziyaviddinov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Maziya (C)	21	16	3	2	74	12	+62	51	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup group stage
2	Eagles^[b]	21	13	6	2	56	25	+31	45	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 2
3	TC Sports	21	12	5	4	42	21	+21	41
4	Green Streets	21	8	5	8	45	41	+4	29
5	Da Grande	21	7	6	8	33	32	+1	27
6	Foakaidhoo	21	5	5	11	20	45	−25	20

7	United Victory	16	4	4	8	26	41	−15	16
8	Nilandhoo	16	4	2	10	24	54	−30	14
9	Victory^[c] (R)	16	0	0	16	1	50	−49	0	Relegation to Maldivian Second Division

Source: Dhivehi Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Top six teams continue after each team have played 16 matches.
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives, the 2020 Maldives FA Cup was cancelled and declared null and void by the Football Association of Maldives.^[5] As a result, the 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League runner-ups qualified for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs.^[6]
^ Victory were excluded after multiple forfeits, all remaining matches were awarded 0–2 losses against them.

Season summary

Round one & two

Round 1 ╲ Round 2	MAZ	EAG	GRE	TCS	DGR	FOA	UNV	NIL	VIC
Maziya		1–1	6–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	6–1	13–0	9–0
Eagles	1–0		1–1	3–0	4–2	5–2	4–4	5–1	2–0
Green Streets	1–3	1–1		0–2	3–0	0–0	8–2	6–0	2–0
TC Sports	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	4–0
Da Grande	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–3		0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Foakaidhoo	2–3	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–2		2–1	2–1	1–0
United Victory	0–2	0–1	0–5	0–2	0–3	1–1		2–2	2–0
Nilandhoo	0–5	2–4	4–2	0–4	0–2	3–2	2–4		6–0
Victory	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–4	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]

Round three

— ╲ Round 3	EAG	GRE	TCS	DGR	FOA
Maziya	1–2	5–1	0–0	2–1	7–0
Eagles		4–2	0–1	3–0	7–0
Green Streets			1–5	2–5	2–0
TC Sports				3–1	4–0
Da Grande					3–1
Foakaidhoo

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [2]

Matches

First round

Second round

Third round

Season statistics

As of 2 March 2020

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	28
2	Ali Ashfaq	Green Strets / TC Sports	20
3	Obaida Kadum Ahmed	Da Grande	15
3	Cornelius Stewart	Maziya	15
5	Ishan Ibrahim	TC Sports	13
6	Ismail Easa	TC Sports	12
6	Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	12
8	Ibrahim Waheed Hassan	Maziya	10
8	Hamza Mohamed	Maziya	10
10	Toshiki Okamoto	Nilandhoo / Eagles	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ibrahim Waheed Hassan⁵	Maziya	Nilandhoo	13–0	25 June 2019
Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	Nilandhoo	13–0	25 June 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Nilandhoo	5–1	29 June 2019
Ali Ashfaq	Green Streets	Nilandhoo	6–0	3 August 2019
Cornelius Stewart	Maziya	Victory	9–0	3 August 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Foakaidhoo	5–2	4 August 2019
Ali Ashfaq⁵	Green Streets	United Victory	8–2	23 September 2019
Adoku Kweku Lucas	Nilandhoo	Victory	6–0	24 September 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Da Grande	4–2	20 October 2019
Cornelius Stewart	Maziya	Green Streets	6–1	16 December 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan	Eagles	Nilandhoo	4–2	29 December 2019
Cornelius Stewart	Maziya	Foakaidhoo	7–0	14 January 2020
Obaida Kadum Ahmed⁴	Da Grande	Green Streets	5–2	16 January 2020
Ahmed Rizuvan⁴	Eagles	Foakaidhoo	7–0	20 January 2020
Obaida Kadum Ahmed	Da Grande	Foakaidhoo	3–1	2 February 2020

⁴ Player scored four goals
⁵ Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ovays Azizi	Maziya	9
2	Saqib Hanif	Foakaidhoo / TC Sports	8
3	Sujan Perera	Eagles	5
4	Mohamed Faisal	Da Grande	4
4	Oleksandr Poslavskyi	Green Streets	4
5	Imran Mohamed	TC Sports	3
6	Ibrahim Nadheem Adam	TC Sports	2
7	Hassan Aleef Ibrahim	Green Streets	1
	Tholaal Hassan	United Victory
	Ibrahim Labaan Shareef	Green Streets
	Mohamed Shafeeu	Nilandhoo
	Hussain Shareef	Maziya
	Adam Im'aan	TC Sports