2012 Dhivehi League

Statistics of Dhivehi League in the 2012 season. According to the FAM Calendar 2012, Dhiraagu Dhivehi League will start on April 18 and is set to end on September 27. The winner will qualify for the AFC Cup and 2nd place will qualify for AFC Cup play-offs.^[1]

Dhivehi League
Season	2012
Champions	New Radiant
AFC Cup	New Radiant
Top goalscorer	Ali Ashfaq (9 goals)
Longest unbeaten run	19 games New Radiant
← 2011 2013 →

Teams edit

Club All Youth Linkage
Club Eagles
Club Valencia
Club Vyansa
Maziya S&RC
New Radiant SC
VB Addu FC (name rebranded from VB Sports Club)^[2]
Victory Sports Club

Personnel edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
All Youth Linkage FC	Mohamed Athif	Adam Lareef	Nippon Paint
Club Eagles	Ihsan Abdul Ghanee	Assad Abdul Ghanee	—
Club Valencia	Mohamed Iqbal	Ali Imran^[3]	Philips
Club Vyansa	Ahmed Mujuthaba	Abdul Muhaimin	Al Mudhish
Maziya S&RC	Ismail Mahfooz	Ali Niyaz	ell mobile
New Radiant SC	Mohamed Shiyaz	Ahmed Thoriq	Milo and MediaNet¹
VB Addu FC	Bahtiyar Can Vanlı	Ashad Ali	Coca-Cola
Victory Sports Club	Ali Suzain	Shafiu Ahmed	Hitachi(STO) and Happy Market²^[4]

¹ MediaNet on the front right side of the jersey, just opposite to the club logo.
² Happy Market sponsor at the back, just below the jersey number. Happy Market sponsored their imported product "Oldenburger Milk".

League table edit

Format: In Round 1 and Round 2, all eight teams play against each other. Top six teams after Round 2 play against each other in Round 3. Teams with most total points after Round 3 are crowned the Dhivehi League champions and qualified for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the President's Cup. Bottom two teams after Round 2 play against top two teams of Second Division in Dhivehi League Qualification for places in next year's Dhivehi League.

Standings of round 1 edit

Standings of round 2 edit

Standings of round 3 edit

Final standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Radiant SC	19	15	4	0	48	9	+39	49	2013 AFC Cup group stage President's Cup^[a]
2	Victory Sports Club	19	11	4	4	50	26	+24	37	President's Cup
3	Maziya S&RC	19	11	2	6	42	24	+18	35	2013 AFC Cup group stage President's Cup^[a]
4	VB Addu FC	19	7	4	8	47	45	+2	25	President's Cup
5	Club Eagles	19	5	6	8	26	39	−13	21
6	Club All Youth Linkage	19	4	3	12	18	48	−30	15
7	Vyansa (R)	14	2	3	9	10	25	−15	9	Promotion/relegation playoff
8	Club Valencia	14	2	2	10	17	42	−25	8	Promotion/relegation playoff

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Maziya S&RC qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup as they won the 2012 Maldives FA Cup.

Results edit

Round 1 results edit

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Round 2 results edit

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Round 3 results edit

A total of 15 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics edit

Scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Ashfaq	New Radiant SC	9
	Ahmed Rasheed	Maziya S&RC
	Mohamed Umair	Victory Sports Club
2	Abu Desmond Mansaray	VB Addu FC	6
3	Salomon Wisdom	Club Valencia	4
	Ahmed Imaz	Club Eagles
	Ibrahim Fazeel	New Radiant SC
	Assadhulla Abdulla	Maziya S&RC
4	Ahmed Thoriq	New Radiant SC	5
4	Assad Abdul Ghanee	Club Eagles	5

Assists edit

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Rilwan Waheed	Victory SC	2
	Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh	New Radiant SC
	Ibrahim Furugan	Maziya S&RC
	Assadhulla Abdulla	Maziya S&RC
	Mohamed Umair	Victory Sports Club
	Quincy Osei	Club Valencia
	Hansley Awilo	Victory Sports Club
	Hassan Adhuham	Victory Sports Club
	Ahmed Ashraf Yoosuf	Club All Youth Linkage
	Mukhthar Naseer	Club Eagles
	Abdulla Midhuhath Fahumy	New Radiant SC

Hat-tricks edit

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ali Ashfaq	New Radiant SC	VB Addu FC		18 April 2012
Abu Desmond Mansaray⁴	VB Addu FC	Club Eagles	6–3	18 May 2012
Mohamed Umair⁴	Victory Sports Club	Club Valencia	5–1	19 May 2012

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Scoring edit

First goal of the season: Ashfaq for New Radiant SC against VB Addu FC (18 April 2012)
Fastest goal of the season: 3 minutes 8 seconds – Shamweel for VB Addu FC against Victory Sports Club (1 June 2012)
Largest winning margin: 5 goals
- Club All Youth Linkage 0–5 Vyansa (30 May 2012)
Highest scoring game: 9 goals
- VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
- VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- VB Addu FC 6–3 Club Eagles (18 May 2012)

Clean sheets by club edit

Most clean sheets: 5
- New Radiant SC
Fewest clean sheets: 0
- Club All Youth Linkage

Clean sheets by goalkeepers edit

Most clean sheets: 4
- Imran Mohamed (New Radiant SC)
Fewest clean sheets: 0
- Hussain Habeeb (VB Addu FC)
- Ibrahim Siyad (Club All Youth Linkage)
- Abdulla Ziyazan (VB Addu FC)
- Athif Ahmed (Maziya S&RC)

Discipline edit

Worst overall disciplinary record (1 pt per yellow card, 2 pts per red card):
- VB Addu FC – 23 points (17 yellow & 3 red card)
Best overall disciplinary record:
- Maziya S&RC – 9 points (7 yellow & 1 red card)
- Vyansa – 9 points (9 yellow cards)
Most yellow cards (club): 17 – VB Addu FC
Most yellow cards (player):
- 4 – Ali Imran (Club Valencia)
Most red cards (club): 3 – VB Addu FC
Most red cards/suspensions (player):
- 2 – Sobah Mohamed (VB Addu FC)

Promotion/relegation playoff for 2013 Dhivehi League edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Valencia	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Promoted
2	BG Sports Club	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Promoted
3	Vyansa	3	1	2	6	8	−2	3	Relegated
4	United Victory	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Matches edit

17 September 2012 1	Valencia	1 – 0	United Victory	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50	Mohamed Irufaan 84'	Report

18 September 2012 2	Vyansa	1 – 2	BG Sports Club	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50	Ibrahim Rizuwan 56'	Report	60', 78' Ramlan Branudeen

22 September 2012 3	Valencia	2 – 1	BG Sports Club	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50	Mohamed Irufaan 23', 83'	Report	1' Fauzan

23 September 2012 4	Vyansa	4 – 2	United Victory	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50	Abdul Muhaimin Mohamed 4', 45' Imran Nasheed 36' Ahmed Usam 69'	Report	28' Ahmed Sujau 78' Mohamed Riffath

28 September 2012 5	BG Sports Club	2 – 0	United Victory	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
15:50	Channa Ediri Bandanage 17' Ali Shifau 80'	Report

28 September 2012 6	Vyansa	1 – 4	Valencia	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
21:00	Ahmed Zaad 14'	Report	24' Mohamed Irufaan 82' Salomon Wisdom 87' Ibrahim Hamdhaan 90' Abdul Wahid Ibrahim

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