2020 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

Second Division
Season2019–20
Dates15 January – 20 February 2020
ChampionsClub Valencia
PromotedClub Valencia
Super United Sports
Matches played19
Goals scored63 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Nizam (SUS)
Samuel Dedy (Valencia)
(7 goals each)
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Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2020 season.

2018 Third Division Football Tournament champions[1] Rock Street Sports Club decided not to play in second division despite promotion, relegating them to Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament.[2]

On 13 October 2019, President of Football Association of Maldives, Bassam Adeel Jaleel announced that Maldives Under 19 will compete in the Second Division Football Tournament from 2020 season onward.[3]

The winners of the semi-finals; Club Valencia and Super United Sports advance to the final, with gaining automatic promotion[4] to the Dhivehi Premier League for the following season, as New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams being suspended. Both New Radiant and Victory will have to play in the Second Division Football Tournament even if their suspension cast aside.[4]

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league.[5]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Coach Captain Sponsor
BG Sports Maldives Muaviyath Ilham Maldives Solah –
Club PK Maldives Fareed Mohamed Maldives Hussain Fayaz –
Club Valencia Maldives Ilmau Hussain Ibrahim Maldives Ahmed Rilwan –
Dhivehi Sifainge Club Maldives Mohamed Athif Maldives Hassan Fawaaz –
JJ Sports Maldives Assad Abdul Ghanee[6] Maldives Mohamed Shaffaz Jersey Shop MV
Kuda Henveiru Maldives Afiu Mohamed Hamid Maldives Ahmed Zaad –
Mahibadhoo Maldives Hussain Abbas Maldives Adam Mauroof –
Maldives U19 Maldives Ahmed Nashid Maldives Ahnaf Rasheed Bank of Maldives
Super United Sports Maldives Ibrahim Shafiu Maldives Ismail Aaiz Hameed Allied Insurance (Home)
Sports Emporium MV (Away)

Group stage

From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.

All times listed are Maldives Standard Time. UTC+05:00

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advance to the semi-finals
  • Group winners
  • Group runners-up

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Super United Sports 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5 10
JJ Sports 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
Dhivehi Sifainge Club 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
Mahibadhoo 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
Maldives U19 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Dhivehi Sifainge Club1 – 3JJ Sports
Ibrahim Farish 12' Report 20', 86' Ali Haafiz
28' Hussain Simaz
Mahibadhoo2 – 2Super United Sports
Adam Zareef 25'
Adam Fahumaan 71'		 Report 13' Ali Shifau
32' Mohamed Thilmizy
Dhivehi Sifainge Club1 – 3Super United Sports
Hussain Hafiz 28' Report 29' Ali Shifau
76', 85' Adam Nizam
JJ Sports1 – 0Maldives U19
Ahmed Hunaif 39' Report
Super United Sports2 – 0Maldives U19
Ahmed Ashraf Yoosuf 11'
Adam Nizam 78'		 Report
Dhivehi Sifainge Club1 – 0Mahibadhoo
Shaamee Ahmed 74' Report
Mahibadhoo2 – 1Maldives U19
Shuaid Saeed 46'
Ahmed Fuad 61'		 Report (in Dhivehi) 81' Haisam Rasheedh
Super United Sports2 – 1JJ Sports
Adam Nizam 11', 52' Report (in Dhivehi) 62' Abhishek Rijal
Mahibadhoo3 – 7JJ Sports
Ahmed Fuad 15'
Ismail Nazeer 81'
Shuaid Saeed 87'		 Report (in Dhivehi) 10', 52', 68' (pen.), 90+2' Abhishek Rijal
17' Ahmed Aiham
37' Ali Nafiu
51' Ali Haafiz
Dhivehi Sifainge Club3 – 0Maldives U19
Guerrero Nahuel Jesus 11'
Shaamee Ahmed 46', 59'		 Report

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Club Valencia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Club PK 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
Kuda Henveiru 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
BG Sports 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
Club PK1 – 2Club Valencia
Shifaz Adil 31' Report 8' Samuel Dedy Irie
43' Hussain Faisal
Kuda Henveiru1 – 1BG Sports
Yoosuf Moosa 41' Report 60' Hussain Suhail
Club PK2 – 1Kuda Henveiru
Shifaz Adil 45+1'
Boadu Prince 50'		 Report 79' (pen.) Mohamed Nasid Ahmed Naseem
Club Valencia4 – 1BG Sports
Abdulla Mudhuhath Fahmy 17', 90+2'
Samuel Dedy Irie 26', 44'		 Report 90+1' Ibrahim Jaah Ziyad
Club Valencia1 – 1Kuda Henveiru
Duckson Pulas Yogendran 32' (o.g.) Report (in Dhivehi) 38' Ahmed Zaad
Club PK1 – 0BG Sports
Abdulla Muaz 18' Report (in Dhivehi)

Semi-finals

Super United Sports2 – 1Club PK
Huzaifath Rasheed 10'
Adam Nizam 14'		 Report (in Dhivehi) 27' (pen.) Boadu Prince
Club Valencia3 – 2JJ Sports
Hussain Niyaz Mohamed 40'
Samuel Dedy Irie 67', 72'		 Report (in Dhivehi) 17', 81' Ali Nafiu

Final

Super United Sports1 – 3Club Valencia
Adam Nizam 27' Report (in Dhivehi) 38', 89' Samuel Dedy Irie
50' Abdulla Midhuhath Fahmy

Awards

Award Details
Best Player Adam Nizam[7] (Super United Sports)
Best Goalkeeper Mohamed Jazlaan[8] (Club Valencia)
Fair Play Team Mahibadhoo SC[8]

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Club Valencia (C, Q) 5 4 1 0 13 6 +7 13 Champions & Promoted to 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
2 Super United Sports (Q) 6 4 1 1 12 8 +4 13 Runners-up & Promoted for 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
3 JJ Sports 5 3 0 2 14 9 +5 9 Semi finalists
4 Club PK 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
5 Dhivehi Sifainge Club 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 Mahibadhoo 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
7 Kuda Henveiru 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
8 BG Sports 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
9 Maldives U19 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

References

  1. ^ Rock Street champions of 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Dec 19, 2019
  2. ^ Rock Street relegated to 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Boalha.mv. Published: Jan 8, 2020
  3. ^ National youth teams for 2nd & 3rd Division (in Dhivehi) Mihaaru Online. Published: Oct 14, 2019
  4. ^ a b Valencia makes a comeback to First Division Reejje.mv Published: Jan 15, 2020
  5. ^ 2nd Division 2020 starts this afternoon (in Dhivehi). Boalha.mv
  6. ^ Assad Is The New JJ Sports Boss Boalha.mv. Published: Dec 16, 2019
  7. ^ Kithuna wins 2nd Division Best Player Eydhafushi Times (Dhivehi)
  8. ^ a b Valencia wins 2nd Division Fahuminet (Dhivehi)