2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League


The 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League is the fifth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. The season started on 14 June 2019. TC Sports are the defending champions.
Maziya secured the league title on 19 January 2020.
Since New Radiant Sports Club and Victory Sports Club both teams are suspended, they are relegated to the Second Division Football Tournament.

Teams

A total of nine teams compete in the league. Fehendhoo and Thimarafushi were relegated from the previous season, and were replaced by 2019 Malé League qualification winner United Victory and 2018 Second Division champion Da Grande Sports Club. New Radiant were suspended due to financial reasons.

Teams and their divisions

TeamDivision
EaglesMaafannu
Green StreetsMachchangolhi
Da GrandeMaafannu
FoakaidhooSh. Foakaidhoo
MaziyaWest Maafannu
NilandhooF. Nilandhoo
TC Sports ClubHenveiru
VictoryGalolhu
United VictoryGalolhu

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead CoachCaptain
Club Eagles Mohamed Shiyaz Hussain Sifaau
Green Streets Ali Suzain Ali Ashfaq
Da Grande Ismail Mahfooz Mohamed Rasheed
Foakaidhoo Ali Nisthar Mohamed Hussain Fazeel
Maziya Marjan Sekulovski Asadhulla Abdulla
Nilandhoo Ahmed Mujuthaba Faruhad Ismail
TC Sports Mohamed Athif Ahmed Farrah
United Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Ahmed Nashid
Victory Mohamed Adam Ibrahim Noorahdhdheen

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4
Club Eagles Sujan Perera
Green Streets
Da Grande Torsu Christian Dodzi Babacar Ndiour Obaida Kadhum Ahmed
Foakaidhoo Mostafa Seddik Mahmoud Sayed Khalil Gamal Saqib Hanif
Maziya Cornelius Stewart Ovays Azizi
Nilandhoo
TC Sports Bimal Gharti Magar
United Victory Miloš Kovačević Dmitri Khlebosolov Bektur Talgat Uulu
Victory Otabek Khaydarov Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov Akate Gnama Alisher Ziyaviddinov

League table

Season summary

Round one & two

Round three

Matches

First round

Second round

Third round

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ibrahim Waheed Hassan5MaziyaNilandhoo13–025 06 2019
Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaNilandhoo13–025 06 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo5–129 06 2019
Ali AshfaqGreen StreetsNilandhoo6–003 08 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaVictory9–003 08 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–204 08 2019
Ali Ashfaq5Green StreetsUnited Victory8–223 09 2019
Adoku Kweku LucasNilandhooVictory6–024 09 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesDa Grande4–220 10 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaGreen Streets6–116 12 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo4–229 12 2019
Cornelius StewartMaziyaFoakaidhoo7–014 01 2020
Obaida Kadum Ahmed4Da GrandeGreen Streets5–216 01 2020
Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesFoakaidhoo7–020 01 2020
Obaida Kadum AhmedDa GrandeFoakaidhoo3–102 02 2020

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Ovays AziziMaziya9
2 Saqib HanifFoakaidhoo / TC Sports8
3 Sujan PereraEagles5
4 Mohamed FaisalDa Grande4
4 Oleksandr PoslavskyiGreen Streets4
5 Imran MohamedTC Sports3
6 Ibrahim Nadheem AdamTC Sports2
7 Hassan Aleef IbrahimGreen Streets1
7 Tholaal HassanUnited Victory1
7 Ibrahim Labaan ShareefGreen Streets1
7 Mohamed ShafeeuNilandhoo1
7 Hussain ShareefMaziya1
7 Adam Im'aanTC Sports1