2017 Malé League


The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.

Format

All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of Second Division.
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.

Teams and their divisions

TeamDivision
EaglesMaafannu
Club Green StreetsMachchangolhi
ValenciaMachchangolhi
MaziyaWest Maafannu
New RadiantHenveiru
TC Sports ClubHenveiru
United VictoryGalolhu
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
Eagles Ibrahim Asverd Imran Nasheed
Green Streets Sobah Mohamed Faruhad Ismail
Valencia Ahmed Mujuthaba Shafiu Ahmed
Maziya Marjan Sekulovski Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Óscar Bruzón Imran Mohamed
TC Sports Club Mohamed Nizam Ali Nafiu
United Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Hussain Shimaz
Victory Ali Suzain Ismail Easa

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing Head CoachManner of departureDate of departureIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
United Victory Ahmed AthifResign21 March 2017 Mohamed Nazeeh27 March 2017
New Radiant Bernardo TavaresSacked24 June 2017 Óscar Bruzón26 June 2017

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 Former Players
Club Eagles Mohamed Magdi Anderson Bina D'Souza Mahmoud Sayed Sujan Perera Donovan Deekman
Club Green Streets Petro Kovalchuk Dmytro Zhdanov Sobol Illia Jun Kochi
Club Valencia Chizi Kaka Chinda Godfrey West Omodu Prince Chinonye
Maziya Aleksandar Rakić Miloš Kovačević Pavel Matiash Andrei Cordoș
New Radiant Adrián Gallardo Valdés Candela Stevan Marković Hussein El-Dor Djamel Leeflang
Keisuke Ogawa
TC Sports Club Cornelius Stewart Easa El-Maghrabi Kiran Chemjong
United Victory Tihomir Živković Kudus Omolade Kelani Đorđe Vukobrat Ruslan Amirov
Victory Velichko Velichkov Andrej Kerić Mostafa Seddik Mahmoud Al-Youssef

League table

Season summary

Round One & Two

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Team \ Round1234567891011121314
Eagles54434544443345
Green Streets23553433334432
Valencia66778888888887
Maziya31111111111111
New Radiant42222222222223
TC Sports15345355566664
United Victory88886777777778
Victory77667666655556

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Matches

First Round

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

Second Round

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Ibrahim MahudheeTC SportsValencia6–3 25 05 2017
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesMaziya4–0 23 06 2017

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– Second round match

2018 Malé League qualification

Qualification league table

Note! Zefrol & Kudahenveiru decided to withdrew before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.