2020 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2020 season.

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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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 Muaviyath Ilham Solah –
Club PK Fareed Mohamed Hussain Fayaz –
Club Valencia Ilmau Hussain Ibrahim Ahmed Rilwan –
Dhivehi Sifainge Club Mohamed Athif Hassan Fawaaz –
JJ Sports Assad Abdul Ghanee[6] Mohamed Shaffaz Jersey Shop MV
Kuda Henveiru Afiu Mohamed Hamid Ahmed Zaad –
Mahibadhoo Hussain Abbas Adam Mauroof –
Maldives U19 Ahmed Nashid Ahnaf Rasheed Bank of Maldives
Super United Sports Ibrahim Shafiu 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:
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:
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 PlayerAdam Nizam[7] (Super United Sports)
Best GoalkeeperMohamed Jazlaan[8] (Club Valencia)
Fair Play TeamMahibadhoo 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:
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to 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. 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. Valencia wins 2nd Division Fahuminet (Dhivehi)
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