2015 Dhivehi Premier League


The 2015 Dhivehi Premier League was the first season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football. The season began on 20 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs that broke away from the Dhivehi League at the end of the 2014 season.

New league sponsors

From the start of the 2015 season, the Dhivehi Premier League was sponsored by Ooredoo Maldives.

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2014 Dhivehi League season and one promoted from the 2014 Second Division Football Tournament.

Teams and their divisions

TeamDivision
BG Sports ClubMaafannu
EaglesMaafannu
ValenciaMachchangolhi
MahibadhooADh Mahibadhoo
MaziyaWest Maafannu
New RadiantHenveiru
TC Sports ClubHenveiru
VictoryGalolhu

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.
TeamHead CoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
BG Sports Club Mohamed ShaazlyGrand SportPhilips
Eagles Ihsan Abdul Ghanee Ismail EasaFBT
Valencia Mohamed IqbalGrand SportPhilips
Mahibadhoo Yordan Ivanov StoikovMakita
Maziya Ali Suzain Assadhulla AbdullaEve GarmentADK Group, Makita, &
New Radiant Sobah Mohamed Ashad AliAdidasMilo
TC Sports Club Mohamed NizamGrand SportHitachi
Victory Ahmed NashidNippon Paint

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing Head CoachManner of departureIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
Valencia Mohamed ShahidEnd of contract Mohamed Iqbal25 December 2014
Mahibadhoo Mohamed ShiyazContract terminated Yordan Ivanov Stoikov25 January 2015
BG Sports Club Mohamed IqbalEnd of contract Mohamed Shaazly14 February 2015
Victory Mohamed AthifEnd of contract Ahmed Nashid1 March 2015
New Radiant Mika LönnströmSacked Sobah Mohamed 2 March 2015
New Radiant Sobah Mohamed Arrival of head coach Amir Alagic11 March 2015
New Radiant Amir AlagicResigned Sobah Mohamed 12 April 2015

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4
BG Sports Club David Carmona Sean Bateau Daniel Philemon Saadullah Khan
Club Eagles Abu Mansaray Pedro Tarancon Anton Gerardo Jiménez Reyes Sujan Perera
Club Valencia Vladislav Mirchev
Mahibadhoo Lassina Koné
Maziya Zhivko Dinev Silas Junior Pablo Rodríguez Toshiya Hosoe
New Radiant David Moli Viliam Macko Alisher Akhmedov
TC Sports Club Kudus Omolade Kelani Rafinha Everton Souza Santos
Victory Chinda Chizi Kaka

League table

Format: In Round 1 and 2, all eight teams play against each other. Teams with most total points after Round 2 are crowned the Dhivehi Premier League champions and qualify for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the POMIS Cup & President's Cup.

Standings of round 1

Standings of round 2

Final standings

Season summary

Result table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Matches

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Season statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Daniel PhilemonBG SportsValencia3–524 10 2015
Asadhulla Abdulla4MaziyaMahibadhoo7–120 11 2015
Ansar IbrahimEaglesMahibadhoo7–123 11 2015

Player

Club

Player

The play-off were to be played between 7th placed team in 2015 Dhivehi Premier League, B.G. Sports Club and 2015 Second Division runner up team. Since recreation clubs of government offices are not allowed in the Football Association of Maldives first division football tournaments, the play-off spot was given to the fourth placed Club Green Streets. 2015 Second Division runner-ups were Police Club while Dhivehi Sifainge Club were third in the league table.
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