2017 Dhivehi Premier League
# 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

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

| Team | Qualified format | Date qualified |
| - | - | - |
| A. A. Maalhos | Minivan Championship semi finalist | 12 July 2017 |
| Green Streets | 2017 Malé League top 4 | 18 July 2017 |
| Dh. Kudahuvadhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist | 12 July 2017 |
| G. Dh. Thinadhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist | 13 July 2017 |
| Maziya | 2017 Malé League top 4 | 3 July 2017 |
| New Radiant | 2017 Malé League top 4 | 8 July 2017 |
| Sh. Milandhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist | 13 July 2017 |
| TC Sports | 2017 Malé League top 4 | 19 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.

| Team | Head Coach | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| 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

| Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Incoming Head Coach |
| - | - | - |
| G. Dh. Thinadhoo | Álvarez Sánchez | Juan Manuel Martinez Saez |
| G. Dh. Thinadhoo | Juan Manuel Martinez Saez | Ali Suzain |
| Maziya | Marjan Sekulovski | Ismail Mahfooz |

## Foreign players

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| A. A. Maalhos | Angel Carrasco Muñoz | | | Saqib Hanif |
| Green Streets | Petro Kovalchuk | Ilya Sobol | Viliam Macko | Jun Kochi |
| Dh. Kudahuvadhoo | Afonja 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Radiant (C) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9 | +35 | 39 | 2018 AFC Cup group stage and 2017 President's Cup |
| 2 | TC Sports | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 32 | 2017 President's Cup |
| 3 | Maziya | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 27 | 2017 President's Cup |
| 4 | G. Dh. Thinadhoo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 18 | 2017 President's Cup |
| 5 | Green Streets | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 16 | |
| 6 | Sh. Milandhoo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 14 | |
| 7 | A. A. Maalhos | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 9 | |
| 8 | Dh. Kudahuvadhoo | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 40 | −34 | 3 | |

## Season summary

### Round One & Two

| Home \ Away | MAL | CGS | KHD | THI | MAZ | NRA | MIL | TCS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. A. Maalhos | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–7 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Green Streets | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Dh. Kudahuvadhoo | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| G. Dh. Thinadhoo | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Maziya | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| New Radiant | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 7–1 | 3–2 |
| Sh. Milandhoo | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| TC Sports | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |

Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2017 Dhivehi Premier League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.

### Positions by round

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

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. A. Maalhos | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Green Streets | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Dh. Kudahuvadhoo | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| G. Dh. Thinadhoo | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Maziya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| New Radiant | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sh. Milandhoo | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| TC Sports | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### 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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ali Ashfaq | New Radiant | 13 |
| 2 | Ali Fasir | New Radiant | 12 |
| 2 | Angel Carrasco Muñoz | Maalhos | 12 |
| 4 | Adrián Gallardo Valdés | New Radiant | 10 |
| 5 | Cornelius Stewart | TC Sports | 9 |
| 6 | Mohamed Umair | Maziya | 8 |
| 7 | Ishan Ibrahim | Milandhoo | 7 |
| 7 | Ibrahim Mahudhee | TC Sports | 7 |
| 7 | Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila | Thinadhoo | 7 |
| 10 | Ahmed Rizuvan | Thinadhoo | 6 |
| 10 | Andrej Kerić | Maziya | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ali Nafiu | TC Sports | Kudahuvadhoo | 6–1 | 12 August 2017 |
| Ali Fasir | New Radiant | Milandhoo | 7–1 | 15 October 2017 |
| Angel Carrasco Muñoz | Maalhos | Milandhoo | 5–1 | 20 October 2017 |
| Ali Ashfaq | New Radiant | Maalhos | 7–1 | 26 October 2017 |
| Mohamed Umair | Maziya | Maalhos | 6–0 | 31 October 2017 |
| Jose Alexander Hernandez Avila | Thinadhoo | Green Streets | 7–0 | 5 November 2017 |
| Ishan Ibrahim | Milandhoo | Thinadhoo | 3–2 | 25 November 2017 |
