2017 Malé League
The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.
Format
All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of Second Division.Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.
Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.Teams and their divisions
Team | Division |
Eagles | Maafannu |
Club Green Streets | Machchangolhi |
Valencia | Machchangolhi |
Maziya | West Maafannu |
New Radiant | Henveiru |
TC Sports Club | Henveiru |
United Victory | Galolhu |
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 |
Eagles | Ibrahim Asverd | Imran Nasheed |
Green Streets | Sobah Mohamed | Faruhad Ismail |
Valencia | Ahmed Mujuthaba | Shafiu Ahmed |
Maziya | Marjan Sekulovski | Asadhulla Abdulla |
New Radiant | Óscar Bruzón | Imran Mohamed |
TC Sports Club | Mohamed Nizam | Ali Nafiu |
United Victory | Mohamed Nazeeh | Hussain Shimaz |
Victory | Ali Suzain | Ismail Easa |
Coaching changes
Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
United Victory | Ahmed Athif | Resign | 21 March 2017 | Mohamed Nazeeh | 27 March 2017 |
New Radiant | Bernardo Tavares | Sacked | 24 June 2017 | Óscar Bruzón | 26 June 2017 |
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Former Players |
Club Eagles | Mohamed Magdi | Anderson Bina D'Souza | Mahmoud Sayed | Sujan Perera | Donovan Deekman |
Club Green Streets | Petro Kovalchuk | Dmytro Zhdanov | Sobol Illia | Jun Kochi | |
Club Valencia | Chizi Kaka Chinda | Godfrey West Omodu | Prince Chinonye | ||
Maziya | Aleksandar Rakić | Miloš Kovačević | Pavel Matiash | Andrei Cordoș | |
New Radiant | Adrián Gallardo Valdés | Candela | Stevan Marković | Hussein El-Dor | Djamel Leeflang Keisuke Ogawa |
TC Sports Club | Cornelius Stewart | Easa El-Maghrabi | Kiran Chemjong | ||
United Victory | Tihomir Živković | Kudus Omolade Kelani | Đorđe Vukobrat | Ruslan Amirov | |
Victory | Velichko Velichkov | Andrej Kerić | Mostafa Seddik | Mahmoud Al-Youssef |
League table
Season summary
Round One & Two
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Eagles | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Green Streets | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Valencia | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Maziya | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
New Radiant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
TC Sports | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
United Victory | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Victory | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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Matches
First Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.Second Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
Ibrahim Mahudhee | TC Sports | Valencia | 6–3 | 25 05 2017 | |
Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Maziya | 4–0 | 23 06 2017 |
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– Second round match