2018 Dhivehi Premier League


The 2018 Dhivehi Premier League season is the fourth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified formatRef
Green Streets2018 Malé League top 6
Eagles2018 Malé League top 6
FehendhooMinivan Championship semi finalist
FoakaidhooMinivan Championship semi finalist
Maziya2018 Malé League top 6
New Radiant2018 Malé League top 6
NilandhooMinivan Championship semi finalist
ThimarafushiMinivan Championship semi finalist
TC Sports2018 Malé League top 6
Victory2018 Malé League top 6

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
Green Streets Ali Suzain Ashad Ali
Eagles Mohamed Shiyaz Sujan Perera
Fehendhoo Ismail Anil Adam Naseem
Foakaidhoo Ali Nisthar Mohamed
Maziya Ismail Mahfooz Asadhulla Abdulla
New Radiant Sobah Mohamed Ali Fasir
Nilandhoo Assad Abdul Ghanee Ahmed Ali
Thimarafushih Amien Shah Ibrahim Amir
TC Sports Mohamed Nizam Farrah Ahmed
Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Shafiu Ahmed

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. Kudahuvadhoo Abbos Saidov Jamshid Qosimov
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 El-Dor
Sh. Milandhoo
TC Sports Cornelius Stewart Easa El-Maghrabi Halil El-Bezawy Kiran Chemjong

League table

All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ali FasirNew RadiantThimarafushi10–028 06 2019
Hamza MohamedNew RadiantThimarafushi10–028 06 2019
Asadhulla Abdulla4MaziyaNilandhoo7–003 07 2019
Abdulla MisbaahGreen StreetsNilandhoo6–016 07 2019
Ismail EasaMaziyaVictory5–029 09 2019
Ali FasirNew RadiantFehendhoo11–001 10 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesThimarafushi9–002 10 2019
Naiz HassanMaziyaGreen Streets5–103 10 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–006 10 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan5EaglesFehendhoo5–011 10 2019
Roland BilalaGreen StreetsVictory4–112 10 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo7–217 10 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesNilandhoo8–021 10 2019
Mohamed NaimEaglesNilandhoo8–021 10 2019
Ali Ashfaq4TC SportsVictory4–022 10 2019
Ahmed Rizuvan4EaglesGreen Streets7–029 10 2019
Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaNilandhoo6–129 10 2019
Mohamed SamirTC SportsFoakaidhoo5–130 10 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesFoakaidhoo5–008 11 2019
Asadhulla AbdullaMaziyaFoakaidhoo5–021 11 2019
Ali Ashfaq4TC SportsNilandhoo7–022 11 2019
Roland Bilala4Green StreetsNew Radiant5–122 11 2019
Ahmed RizuvanEaglesTC Sports4–430 11 2019