2017 Dhivehi Premier League


The 2017 Dhivehi Premier League season is the third season of the Dhivehi Premier League, first according to its new format. The season features eight teams; four teams from 2017 Malé League and for teams from 2017 Minivan Championship, each playing 14 matches during the regular season.

Qualified Teams

TeamQualified formatDate qualifiedRef
A. A. MaalhosMinivan Championship semi finalist12 July 2017
Green Streets2017 Malé League top 418 July 2017
Dh. KudahuvadhooMinivan Championship semi finalist12 July 2017
G. Dh. ThinadhooMinivan Championship semi finalist13 July 2017
Maziya2017 Malé League top 43 July 2017
New Radiant2017 Malé League top 48 July 2017
Sh. MilandhooMinivan Championship semi finalist13 July 2017
TC Sports2017 Malé League top 419 July 2017

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
A. A. Maalhos Ali Nisthar Mohamed
Green Streets Sobah Mohamed Faruhad Ismail
Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Mohamed Shiyaz
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Ali Suzain
Maziya Ismail Mahfooz Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Óscar Bruzón Imran Mohamed
Sh. Milandhoo Mohamed Nasir
TC Sports Mohamed Nizam Ali Nafiu

Coaching changes

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4
A. A. Maalhos Angel Carrasco Muñoz Saqib Hanif
Green Streets Petro Kovalchuk Ilya Sobol Viliam Macko Jun Kochi
Dh. KudahuvadhooAfonja jibola
G. Dh. Thinadhoo Pecharroman Alain Ruslan Dzhanybekov
Maziya Miloš Kovačević Andrej Kerić Bojan Mihajlovic Mahmoud Al-Youssef
New Radiant Adrián Gallardo Valdés Candela Stevan Marković Hussein Eldor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Cornelius Stewart Easa El-Maghrabi Halil El-Bezawy Kiran Chemjong

League table

Season summary

Round One & Two

Positions by round

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

Matches

First Round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7

Second Round

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ali NafiuTC SportsKudahuvadhoo6–112 08 2017
Ali FasirNew RadiantMilandhoo7–115 10 2017
Angel Carrasco MuñozMaalhosMilandhoo5–120 10 2017
Ali AshfaqNew RadiantMaalhos7–126 10 2017
Mohamed UmairMaziyaMaalhos6–031 10 2017
Jose Alexander Hernandez AvilaThinadhooGreen Streets7–005 11 2017
Ishan IbrahimMilandhooThinadhoo3–225 11 2017