Year Champions Runners-Up
National Playoffs
1946 Customs and Naadhee Ahthamadhun [shared] [1st edition]
1947-68 not known
1969 not known [*1]
1970 DNC and Zamaanee Club (Male) [shared] [20th edition; *2]
1971 not known
1972 Victory SC and DNC [shared] [*3]
1973 not known [*3]
1974 ASA Nooraaneemaage [Hithadhou Island]
1975-82 not known
Maldives First Division
1983 not known Valencia [*4]
1984 not known
1985 Victory
1986 Victory
1987 New Radiant Valencia
1988 Victory
1989 Club Lagoons
1990 New Radiant Valencia
1991 New Radiant
1992 Victory
1993 Valencia
1994 Valencia
1995 New Radiant Valencia
1996 Club Lagoons Valencia
1997 New Radiant 2-1 Hurriyya
1998 Valencia 1-1 2-0 Victory
1999 Valencia 2-1 Hurriyya
2000 Victory
2001 Victory 2-1 Valencia
2002 Victory 4-2 Valencia
2003 Victory 2-1 Valencia
2004 New Radiant 1-1 Valencia [aet, 6-5 pen]
2005 Victory 1-0 New Radiant
2006 Victory 0-0 Valencia [aet, 3-1 pen]
2007 New Radiant 3-1 Victory
2008 Valencia 3-2 Victory [aet]
[*1] in 1969, DNC first entered the national tournament, beating
Orchid Club (Malé) 3-1
[*2] the 20th edition in 1970 was the only ever to be played outside
of Malé
[*3] DNC reportedly won a soccer league 1973, but are listed with only 2
shared national titles; possibly they only won the regional Gan league;
see: http://www.feydhoo.com/Photoes/nfpicturepro/displayimage.php?album=14&pos=2;
in 1972 they won both the Gan League and the National Championship
[*4] according to the AFC site, Valencia won the inaugural Maldives
First Division in 1983; Valencia only claim finishing runners-up
NB: Valencia are also reported to have won the 'National Championship'
in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 but that must refer to a different
tournament from the above (which is called 'National Football Tournament'
at http://www.valencia.com.mv/Achievements.htm)
Victory were reported to have won 19 championships in all after
their win in 2006; for 9, the corresponding seasons are not known.
Number of Titles (in total 58 championships have been played (up to and
including 2008; 41 champions known, including 6 shared
titles, so only 38 seasons)
19 Victory SC [NB: for 8 seasons, the year is not known; includes at
least 1 shared title (1972)]
7 New Radiant
5 Valencia
2 Club Lagoons [later renamed IFC, currently VB Sports]
2 DNC [both shared]
1 ASA Nooraaneemaage
1 Customs [shared]
Naadhee Ahthamadhun [shared]
Zamaanee Club [shared]
NB: DNC = Delightful (formerly Diligent) Neighbours Club); they were from
Feydhoo Island, Addu Atoll; club were dissolved 1975 or 1976
League in existence since 2000; combines the top teams from the Malé League with teams from the other islands and is the final qualifying stage for the national championship playoffs. 2000 Victory 2001 Valencia 2002 Valencia 2003 Valencia 2004 Valencia 2005 Hurriyya 2006 New Radiant 2007 Victory 2008 Valencia
Since 2000 top teams qualify for Dhivehi league with some teams from other islands. From 2007 a qualifying stage restricted to Malé does not exist anymore. 2001 Victory 2002 Island FC 2003 Victory 2004 New Radiant 2005 Valencia 2006 Victory
With thanks to Erlan Manaschev (emanaschev@yandex.ru)
Prepared and maintained by Atsushi Fujioka and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Atsushi Fujioka
(ajf@din.or.jp) and Hans Schöggl
(hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at)
Last updated: 18 Sep 2008
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