2016 Dhivehi Premier League

The 2016 Dhivehi Premier League was the second season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football. The season began on 19 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.

Dhivehi Premier League

Season	2016
Champions	Maziya S&RC
Promoted	Green Streets
Relegated	BG Sports
Matches played	84
Goals scored	214 (2.55 per match)
Best Player	Ali Fasir (TC Sports)
Top goalscorer	Ali Fasir (29 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Sujan Perera (Eagles)
Biggest win	TC Sports 6–1 Victory Sports Club
Longest winning run	6 games Maziya S&RC
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Maziya S&RC
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 18 October 2016.

Format

All eight teams play against each other in Three Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Dhivehi Premier League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the President's Cup.

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2015 Dhivehi Premier League season and one promoted from the 2015 Second Division Football Tournament.

Teams and their divisions

Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

Team	Division
BG Sports Club	Maafannu
Eagles	Maafannu
Maziya	West Maafannu
New Radiant	Henveiru
TC Sports Club	Henveiru
United Victory	Galolhu
Valencia	Machchangolhi
Victory	Galolhu

Personnel and kits

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	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
BG Sports Club
Eagles
Valencia
Maziya
New Radiant
TC Sports Club			Grand Sport
United Victory
Victory

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4 (Asian)
BG Sports Club
Club Eagles
Club Valencia
Maziya
New Radiant
TC Sports Club
United Victory
Victory

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maziya (C)	21	14	5	2	48	25	+23	47	2017 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	TC Sports Club	21	13	3	5	48	25	+23	42
3	Eagles	21	10	8	3	23	11	+12	38
4	United Victory	21	5	8	8	18	25	−7	23
5	New Radiant	21	6	5	10	17	25	−8	23
6	Club Valencia	21	5	5	11	23	29	−6	20
7	Victory	21	5	4	12	22	44	−22	19	Relegation play-offs
8	BG Sports Club	21	3	8	10	15	30	−15	17	Relegation to 2017 2nd Division

Source: FIFAMaldiveSoccer Soccerway
(C) Champions

Season summary

Round One & Two

Home \ Away	BGS	EAG	VLC	MAZ	NRA	TCS	UVI	VIC
BG Sports		1–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–3
Eagles	0–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0
Valencia	3–0	1–2		2–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–0
Maziya	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
New Radiant	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3		1–1	1–0	0–0
TC Sports	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–2	3–0		1–1	4–1
United Victory	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–3	1–0		1–1
Victory	2–0	0–4	0–2	3–3	0–1	0–1	2–5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2016. Source: Soccerway FIFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2016 Dhivehi Premier League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.

Round Three

╲ Round 3	BGS	EAG	VLC	UVI	MAZ	NRA	TCS	VIC
BG Sports		0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–0
Eagles			1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3
Valencia				0–1	1–5	0–1	3–4	1–1
United Victory					0–1	2–3	1–2	0–1
Maziya						2–0	3–4	5–1
New Radiant							1–2	1–2
TC Sports								6–1
Victory

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
BG Sports	7										8		7	8					8	8	8
Eagles	4										2		2	2					3	3	3
Valencia	2										4		4	4					5	5	6
Maziya	3										1		1	1					1	1	1
New Radiant	6										6		6	6					6	6	5
TC Sports	5										3		3	3					2	2	2
United Victory	1										5		5	5					4	4	4
Victory	8										7		8	7					7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

Top scorers

^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Fasir	TC Sports	29
2	Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	19
3	Godfrey West Omodu	Victory	9
4	Ali Nafiu	TC Sports	8
	Mostafa Seddik	Victory
6	Mohamed Umair	Maziya	7
	Hassan Adhuham	Valencia
	Andrej Kerić	United Victory
9	Ali Ashfaq	Maziya	6
	Angel Carrasco Muñoz	Valencia
	Hansley Awilo Ambia	Valencia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ali Fasir	TC Sports	Victory	4–1	5 May 2015
Ali Fasir	TC Sports	BG Sports	4–1	14 June 2015
Asadhulla Abdulla	Maziya	Victory	5–1	20 September 2015
Ali Fasir4	TC Sports	Victory	6–1	29 September 2015
Ali Fasir	TC Sports	Valencia	4–3	22 October 2015
Hassan Adhuham	Valencia	TC Sports	3–4	22 October 2015

• ⁴ Player scored four goals

2016 Dhivehi Premier League play-off

27-10-2016

1st leg

Victory Sports Club	4–0	Club Zefrol

National Football Stadium, Malé

30-10-2016

2nd leg

Victory Sports Club	3–1	Club Zefrol

National Football Stadium, Malé