Dhivehi Premier League, the Glossary
The Dhivehi Premier League, known as the MWSC Dhivehi Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a Maldivian men's professional football league.[1]
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60 relations: AFC Challenge League, Ahmed Rizuvan, Ali Ashfaq, Ali Fasir, Asadhulla Abdulla, Asian Football Confederation, Association football, B.G. Sports Club, Buru Sports Club, Club Eagles, Club Green Streets, Club Valencia (Maldives), Cornelius Stewart, Da Grande Sports Club, Dhiraagu, Dhivehi League, Fehendhoo, FIFA, Foakaidhoo FC, Football Association of Maldives, Football in the Maldives, Galolhu, Goal difference, Group tournament ranking system, Henveiru, Kudahuvadhoo, Maafannu, Maalhos (Alif Alif Atoll), Machchangolhi, Mahibadhoo Sports Club, Maldives, Maldives FA Cup, Maldivian FA Charity Shield, Maldivian rufiyaa, Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Maziya S&RC, Milandhoo (Shaviyani Atoll), New Radiant S.C., Nilandhoo Sports Club, Ooredoo Maldives, President's Cup (Maldives), Promotion and relegation, Round-robin tournament, Super United Sports, T.C. Sports Club, Tana (footballer), Television Maldives, Thimarafushi (Thaa Atoll), Thinadhoo (Huvadhu Atoll), Three points for a win, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- 2014 establishments in the Maldives
- Football leagues in the Maldives
AFC Challenge League
The AFC Challenge League (previously known as the AFC President's Cup, abbreviated as ACGL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation.
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Ahmed Rizuvan
Ahmed Rizuvan (born 4 June 1995), known by his nickname Rizey, is a Maldivian professional footballer who is currently playing for Club Eagles.
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Ali Ashfaq
Ali Ashfaq (born 6 September 1985) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Maldives national team.
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Ali Fasir
Ali Fasir (ޢަލީ ފާސިރު; born 4 September 1988), known by a nickname Sentey, is a Maldivian footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Maziya S&RC and the Maldives national team.
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Asadhulla Abdulla
Asadhulla Abdulla (born 19 October 1990) is a Maldivian footballer who plays for Maziya.
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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B.G. Sports Club
B.G. Sports Club (commonly known as B.G. Sports, or simply as B.G.) is a Maldivian multi-sports club based in Male, that competes in Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament.
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Buru Sports Club
Buru Sports Club, is a Maldivian professional football club based in Machchangolhi in the city of Malé.
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Club Eagles
Club Eagles, formerly known as Eagles Malé, is a sports club based in Malé, Maldives.
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Club Green Streets
Club Green Streets is a professional football club based in Malé, Maldives that competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top flight of Maldivian football.
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Club Valencia (Maldives)
Club Valencia is a Maldivian football club based in Malé, Maldives.
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Cornelius Stewart
Cornelius Stewart (born 7 October 1989) is a Saint Vincentian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Semen Padang and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.
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Da Grande Sports Club
Da Grande Amigos New Generation Sports Club, generally known as Da Grande Sports Club, is a Maldivian football club, that competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the highest tier of Maldivian football.
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Dhiraagu
Dhiraagu (ދިރާގު) is the first Maldivian telecommunications company, which was founded in 1988.
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Dhivehi League
Dhivehi League was a former Maldivian association football league, organized by the Football Association of Maldives. Dhivehi Premier League and Dhivehi League are football leagues in the Maldives.
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Fehendhoo
Fehendhoo (Dhivehi: ފެހެންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll, code letter "Baa" in the Dhivehi alphabet and code letter "F-15" in English.
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FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
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Foakaidhoo FC
Foakaidhoo Football Club, is a Maldivian football club in Foakaidhoo (Shaviyani Atoll), that competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the highest tier of Maldivian football.
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The Football Association of Maldives (FAM), founded in 1982, is the governing body of football in the Maldives.
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Football in the Maldives is run by the Football Association of Maldives (FAM).
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Galolhu
Galolhu (ގަލޮޅު) is a district of Malé, Maldives.
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Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition.
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Group tournament ranking system
In a group tournament, unlike a knockout tournament, there is no scheduled decisive final match.
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Henveiru
Henveiru (ހެންވޭރު) is a district of Malé, Maldives.
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Kudahuvadhoo
Kudahuvadhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Dhaalu Atoll in the Maldives.
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Maafannu
Maafannu (މާފަންނު) is a district of Malé, Maldives.
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Maalhos (Alif Alif Atoll)
Maalhos (Dhivehi: މާޅޮސް) is one of the inhabited islands of Ari Atoll, belonging to the Alif Alif Atoll administrative division.
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Machchangolhi
Machchangolhi (މައްޗަންގޮޅީ), also known as Machangolhi, is a district of Malé, Maldives.
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Mahibadhoo Sports Club
Mahibadhoo Sports Club is an association football club based in Mahibadhoo, Maldives.
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Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean.
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Maldives FA Cup
The Maldives FA Cup is Maldives's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer).
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Maldivian FA Charity Shield
Maldivian FA Charity Shield (currently known as Milo Charity Shield due to sponsorship reasons) is a newly introduced match that was founded in 2009.
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Maldivian rufiyaa
The Maldivian rufiyaa (ދިވެހި ރުފިޔާ; sign: Rf or ރ; code: MVR) is the currency of the Maldives.
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The FAM Second Division is a football league tournament in the Maldives, organized by the Football Association of Maldives. It is the second division of Maldivian football. Dhivehi Premier League and Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament are football leagues in the Maldives.
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Maziya S&RC
Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé.
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Milandhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)
Milandhoo (Dhivehi: މިލަންދޫ) is an island in the Shaviyani Atoll administrative division of the Maldives and geographically part of the Miladhummadulhu group in Thiladhunmati Atoll.
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New Radiant S.C.
New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives.
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Nilandhoo Sports Club
Nilandhoo Sports Club, is a Maldivian football club in Nilandhoo (Faafu Atoll), that competes in the Dhivehi Premier League, the highest tier of Maldivian football.
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Ooredoo Maldives
Ooredoo Maldives (formerly Wataniya Maldives) is a mobile operator in the Maldives, owned by Ooredoo Group.
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President's Cup (Maldives)
President's Cup (known before 2005 as the National Championship) is said to be the first tournament in the Maldives and also the birth of football in the Maldives.
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In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams can move up and down between multiple divisions arranged in a hierarchical structure, based on their performance over a season.
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Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.
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Super United Sports
Super United Sports, commonly known as SUS or Suspatis, is a Maldivian professional football club based in Machchangolhi in the city of Malé.
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T.C. Sports Club
Trust and Care Sports Club (commonly known as TC Sports Club) is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé.
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Pedro Tanausú Domínguez Placeres (born 20 September 1990), commonly known as Tana, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for CD Mensajero.
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Television Maldives
Television Maldives is the public service broadcasting TV channel of the Maldives.
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Thimarafushi (Thaa Atoll)
The island of Thimarafushi (Dhivehi: ތިމަރަފުށި), (pronounced "thi-ma-ra-fu-shi") is one of the inhabited islands of the Maldives.
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Thinadhoo (Huvadhu Atoll)
Thinadhoo City is the capital of Gaafu Dhaalu region in the atoll of Huvadhu and the proposed capital for the Upper South Province of the Maldives.
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Three points for a win
Three points for a win is a standard used in many sports leagues and group tournaments, especially in association football, in which three points are awarded to the team winning a match, with no points awarded to the losing team.
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United Victory
United Victory is a Maldivian professional football club.
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Victory Sports Club
Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club based in Malé and founded 3 July 1971, that includes a football team amongst other sports.
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2015 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2015 Dhivehi Premier League was the first season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football.
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2016 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2016 Dhivehi Premier League was the second season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football.
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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.
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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.
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2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2019–20 Dhivehi Premier League was the fifth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives.
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2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2020–21 Dhivehi Premier League is the sixth season of the Premier League, the top Maldivian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.
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2022 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2022 Dhivehi Premier League is the seventh season of the Premier League, the top Maldivian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.
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2023 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2023 Dhivehi Premier League was the eighth season of the Premier League, the top Maldivian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.
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See also
2014 establishments in the Maldives
- Dhivehi Premier League
- New Radiant W.S.C.
Football leagues in the Maldives
- 2001 Malé League
- 2002 Malé League
- 2003 Malé League
- 2004 Malé League
- 2005 Malé League
- 2006 Malé League
- 2017 Malé League
- 2018 Malé League
- Dhivehi League
- Dhivehi Premier League
- FAM Women's Football Championship
- FAM Youth Championship
- Malé League
- Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
- Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament
- Ramazan Veteran's Cup
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_Premier_League
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