Maziya S&RC

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Maziya
Full nameMaziya Sports and Recreation Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Green Boys
Short nameMaziya
FoundedJanuary 23, 1996 (1996-01-23)
GroundNational Football Stadium, Malé
Capacity11,850
OwnerMaziya Sport And Recreation
ChairmanAhmed Sajid
ManagerDragan Ðukanović
LeagueDhivehi Premier League
2023Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 8 (champions)

Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé.[2] They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first time in 2006.[3]

History

The club was founded on 23 January 1996. The club is one of the most successful clubs in Maldives, having won the top tier domestic league five times in 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023

In the 2022 AFC Cup group-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala.[4] They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.[5] The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.[6]

Seasons

Domestic

Season League FA Cup President's Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Player Goals
2015 1st 4th 14 6 3 5 26 20 21 - Winners Asadhulla Abdulla 9 Ali Suzain
2016 1st 1st 21 14 5 2 48 25 47 Quarterfinal Semi-finals Asadhulla Abdulla 19
2017 1st 3rd 14 8 3 3 30 10 27 Third Semi-finals Mohamed Umair 8 Marjan Sekulovski
Ismail Mahfooz
2018 1st 2nd 16 12 2 2 51 17 38 - - Asadhulla Abdulla 14 Ismail Mahfooz
2019–20 1st 1st 21 16 3 2 74 12 51 Cancelled - Cornelius Stewart 15 Marjan Sekulovski

Continental

As of match played 1 November 2024
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Cup 48 14 8 26 69 90
AFC Challenge League 3 0 0 3 1 7
Total 51 14 8 29 70 97
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 AFC Cup Group G Kelantan 6–1 1–1 3rd
Ayeyawady United 3–1 0–3
SHB-Đà Nẵng 2–3 1–3
2014 AFC Cup Group F Hà Nội T&T 1–2 1–5 4th
Arema Cronus 1–3 2–3
Selangor 1–1 1–4
2015 AFC Cup Play-off round Ceres 1–0
Group E Bengaluru 1–2 1–2 3rd
Warriors 2–0 2–0
Persipura Jayapura 1–2 0–0
2016 AFC Cup Group G Mohun Bagan 1–2 1–1 4th
South China 2–1 0–2
Yangon United 1–1 2–3
2017 AFC Cup Group E Bengaluru 0–1 0–1 2nd
Mohun Bagan 5–2 1–0
Abahani Limited Dhaka 2–0 2–0
2020 AFC Cup Preliminary round 2 Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)
Play-off round Bengaluru 2–1 2–3 4–4 (p)
Group E Chennai City Cancelled 2–2 2nd
Bashundhara Kings Cancelled Cancelled
TC Sports Club Cancelled Cancelled
2021 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 0–2 4th
Mohun Bagan 1–3
Bengaluru 2–6
2022 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 0–1 3rd
Gokulam Kerala 1–0
Mohun Bagan 2–5
2023–24 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 3–1 1–2 4th
Mohun Bagan SG 1–0 1–2
Odisha 2–3 1–6
2024–25 AFC Challenge League Group B Arkadag 1–2 4th
Al-Arabi 0–2
Abdysh-Ata Kant 0–3

Honours

Current squad

As of March 2025[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDV Hussain Shareef
3 DF  MDV Ahmed Numaan
4 DF  MDV Hussain Sifaau
5 MF  MDV Mohamed Irufaan
6 MF  CRO Mario Zebic
7 FW  MDV Ali Fasir
8 MF  MDV Hussain Nihan
9 DF  MDV Naiz Hassan
10 MF  MDV Hamza Mohamed (Vice captain)
11 FW  MDV Umar Yooshau
12 DF  MNE Nemanja Lemajic
14 FW  MDV Hassan Nazeem
17 DF  MDV Ali Samooh (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  MDV Abdulla Looth Ibrahim
21 MF  AUS Nicholas Olsen
22 DF  MDV Hassan Shifaz
23 FW  MDV Ahmed Aiham
24 DF  AUS Aaron Evans
29 DF  CRO Sebastijan Antic
31 DF  MDV Aisam Ibrahim
32 GK  MDV Iyan Abdul Aleem
33 MF  MDV Eydhan Ahmed Moosa
34 MF  MDV Mohamed Iman Ahmed
35 FW  MDV Abdulla Rifaah
40 FW  BRA Jose Wilkson
44 MF  MDV Haisham Hassan
45 FW  MDV Hassan Raif

References

  1. ^ Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Guha, Sayantan (22 May 2022). ""We took Maziya to be an easy team" - Gokulam Kerala FC head coach admits underestimating AFC Cup opponents". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Summary – 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2023/24 AFC Cup — Group Stage » Group D » Matches » Table". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives — List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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