2017 in Maldivian football

Football in Maldives
Season	2017
Men's football
Malé League	Maziya
Minivan Championship	Dh. Kudahuvadhoo
Second Division	Zefrol
Charity Shield	Maziya

Overview of the 2017 season of association football in the Maldives.

National teams[edit]

Maldives national football team[edit]

2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualification Third Round[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oman	6	5	1	28	5	+23	15^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	—	1–0	5–0	14–0
2	Palestine	6	5	1	25	3	+22	15^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	2–1	—	8–1	10–0
3	Maldives	6	2	4	11	19	−8	6		1–3	0–3	—	7–0
4	Bhutan	6	0	6	2	39	−37	0		2–4	0–2	0–2	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Palestine 2–1 Oman, Oman 1–0 Palestine (Oman are ahead of Palestine on away goals).

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)	Maldives	0–3	Palestine	National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 UTC+5		Report	Maher 62', 65' Abu Nahyeh 90+2'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13)	Bhutan	0–2	Maldives	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
18:00 UTC+6		Report	Fasir 42' (pen.) Ah. Abdulla 75'	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)	Oman	5–0	Maldives	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
19:15 UTC+4	Al-Khaldi 5' Al-Hajri 58' Al-Yahyaei 69' Al-Yahmadi 86' Al-Hasani 88'	Report		Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)	Maldives	v	Oman	National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 UTC+5		Report

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)	Palestine	v	Maldives	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
		Report

Friendlies[edit]

6 June 2017	Afghanistan	2-1	Maldives	Dubai, UAE
	Mukhammad 5' Azadzoy 58'		Fasir 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 200

Maldives national under-19 football team[edit]

2018 AFC U-19 Championship Qualification[edit]

Group B[edit]

All matches are held in Kyrgyzstan.
Times listed are UTC+6.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tajikistan (H)	4	3	1	0	12	0	+12	10	Final tournament
2	Uzbekistan	4	3	0	1	17	1	+16	9
3	Bangladesh	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	7
4	Maldives	4	0	1	3	2	14	−12	1
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	1	3	2	22	−20	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Maldives	v	Sri Lanka
		Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)	Maldives	v	Bangladesh
		Report

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	Uzbekistan	v	Maldives
		Report

6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)	Tajikistan	v	Maldives
		Report

2017 SAFF U-18 Championship[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Nepal (C)	4	3	1	6	2	+4	9^[a]	Champion
2	Bangladesh	4	3	1	9	5	+4	9^[a]
3	India	4	2	2	8	7	+1	6
4	Bhutan (H)	4	2	2	2	5	−3	6
5	Maldives	4	0	4	1	7	−6	0

Source: Futbol24
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Nepal ahead of Bangladesh on head-to-head points: Bangladesh 1–2 Nepal

18 September 2017

19:00 UTC+06:00

Maldives	0-1	Bhutan
	Report	52' Orgyen Tshering

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Referee: Abdur Rahman Dhali (Bangladesh)

20 September 2017

19:00 UTC+06:00

Maldives	0–2	Bangladesh
		9' Saikot Mahmoud Munna 45' Jafar Iqbal

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Referee: Ugyen Dorji (Bhutan)

22 September 2017

16:00 UTC+06:00

Nepal	v	Maldives

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

25 September 2017

16:00 UTC+06:00

India	v	Maldives

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Maldives national under-17 football team[edit]

2018 AFC U-16 Championship Qualification[edit]

Group B[edit]

All matches are held in Tajikistan.
Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tajikistan (H)	3	3	0	17	0	+17	9	Final tournament
2	Oman	3	2	1	14	1	+13	6	Final tournament
3	Syria	3	1	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Maldives	3	0	3	0	28	−28	0
5	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)	Oman	8–0	Maldives	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
16:00	I.K. Al-Naabi 8' Al-Sinaidi 25', 61' Al-Rasbi 43' Al-Salti 45' N.A. Al-Naabi 64', 72' Al-Mashary 88'	Report		Attendance: 100 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)	Maldives	v	Tajikistan	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
19:00		Report

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)	Syria	v	Maldives	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
16:00		Report

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal (H)	2	1	1	7	2	+5	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Maldives	2	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Source: GoalNepal
(H) Hosts

19 August 2017

15:00

India	9–0	Maldives
Ravi Bahadur Rana 20', 26' Ibrahim Anoof 22', 89' (o.g.) Moirangthem Thoiba Singh 41' Vikram Pratap Singh 48', 70' Ricky John Shabong 57' Lalrokima 80'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Referee: Golam Mourshed Choudhary (Bangladesh)

21 August 2017

15:00

Nepal	6–0	Maldives
Brijesh Chaudhary 14', 73' Darshan Gurung 22' Roshan Rana Magar 38' (pen.) Akash Budha 45+1', 47'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Referee: D.D.Indika Sendanayake (Sri Lanka)

Maldives women's national football team[edit]

2016 SAFF Women's Championship[edit]

Group stage was played in 2016. Maldives advanced to the tournament semi-finals as Group A runners-up.

Semi-final[edit]

2 January 2017

Bangladesh	6–0	Maldives
Shopna 11', 22', 58' Khatun 48', 64' (pen) Khatun 52'	Report

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

AFC competitions[edit]

2017 AFC Cup[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo	2–4	Mohun Bagan	1–2	1–2
Thimphu City	0–3	Club Valencia	0–0	0–3

Play-off round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Club Valencia	2–5	Mohun Bagan	1–1	1–4

Group stage[edit]

Group E[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BFC	MAZ	MOH	ABD
1	Bengaluru FC	6	4	0	2	7	6	+1	12^[a]	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	—	1–0	2–1	2–0
2	Maziya	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12^[a]		0–1	—	5–2	2–0
3	Mohun Bagan	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7		3–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Abahani Limited Dhaka	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		2–0	0–2	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Maziya 0–1 Bengaluru FC, Bengaluru FC 1–0 Maziya.

League season[edit]

Premier League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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

Malé League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maziya (C)	14	8	3	3	18	8	+10	27	2017 Dhivehi Premier League
2	Green Streets	14	8	3	3	20	11	+9	27
3	New Radiant	14	8	3	3	22	15	+7	27
4	TC Sports Club	14	6	4	4	30	19	+11	22
5	Eagles	14	6	4	4	14	7	+7	22	Malé League qualification
6	Victory	14	6	4	4	19	18	+1	22
7	Valencia	14	1	3	10	7	26	−19	6
8	United Victory	14	1	0	13	4	30	−26	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Minivan Championship[edit]

Final[edit]

21 July 2017

21:00

G. Dh. Thinadhoo	0–2	Dh. Kudahuvadhoo
	Report	19' Irufan Adam Naseer 79' Afonja Jibola

National Football Stadium, Malé

Second Division Football Tournament[edit]

Final[edit]

14 May 2017

21:00

Kudahenveiru	1 – 4	Zefrol
Yamin 88'	Report	45+2' Rifau 51' Abu 57' Shathir 90' Kadar

National Football Stadium, Malé

Third Division Football Tournament[edit]

Cup competitions[edit]

FA Cup[edit]

Final[edit]

6 December 2017

21:00

TC Sports	2–2 (a.e.t.)	New Radiant
Stewart 6', 26' (pen.)	Report	50' Fazeel 75' (pen.) Fasir
Penalties
El-Maghrabi Stewart Halil Suhail	2–4	Fazeel Fasir El-Dor Akram Mohamed

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)

President's Cup[edit]

Final[edit]

15 December 2017

21:00

New Radiant	–	TC Sports/Maziya

National Football Stadium, Male'

Charity Shield[edit]

16 February 2017

16:00

Maziya	1 – 0	Valencia
Asadhulla 70'	Report

National Football Stadium, Malé

References[edit]

[table_hth_OMA0.13550843910105-1] Head-to-head results: Palestine 2–1 Oman, Oman 1–0 Palestine (Oman are ahead of Palestine on away goals).

[table_hth_NEP0.34782235480278-2] Nepal ahead of Bangladesh on head-to-head points: Bangladesh 1–2 Nepal

[table_hth_BFC0.64774478024232-3] Head-to-head results: Maziya 0–1 Bengaluru FC, Bengaluru FC 1–0 Maziya.

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