2017 in Maldivian football

Football in Maldives
Season	2017
Men's football
Malé League	Maziya
Minivan Championship	Dh. Kudahuvadhoo
Second Division	Zefrol
Charity Shield	Maziya

Overview of the 2017 season of association football in the Maldives.

National teams

Maldives national football team

2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualification Third Round

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oman	6	5	1	28	5	+23	15^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	—	1–0	5–0	14–0
2	Palestine	6	5	1	25	3	+22	15^[a]	2019 AFC Asian Cup	2–1	—	8–1	10–0
3	Maldives	6	2	4	11	19	−8	6		1–3	0–3	—	7–0
4	Bhutan	6	0	6	2	39	−37	0		2–4	0–2	0–2	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Palestine 2–1 Oman, Oman 1–0 Palestine (Oman are ahead of Palestine on away goals).

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)	Maldives	0–3	Palestine	National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 UTC+5		Report	Maher 62', 65' Abu Nahyeh 90+2'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13)	Bhutan	0–2	Maldives	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
18:00 UTC+6		Report	Fasir 42' (pen.) Ah. Abdulla 75'	Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)	Oman	5–0	Maldives	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
19:15 UTC+4	Al-Khaldi 5' Al-Hajri 58' Al-Yahyaei 69' Al-Yahmadi 86' Al-Hasani 88'	Report		Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)	Maldives	v	Oman	National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 UTC+5		Report

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)	Palestine	v	Maldives	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
		Report

Friendlies

6 June 2017	Afghanistan	2-1	Maldives	Dubai, UAE
	Mukhammad 5' Azadzoy 58'		Fasir 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 200

Maldives national under-19 football team

2018 AFC U-19 Championship Qualification

Group B

All matches are held in Kyrgyzstan.
Times listed are UTC+6.

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31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Maldives	v	Sri Lanka
		Report

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)	Maldives	v	Bangladesh
		Report

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	Uzbekistan	v	Maldives
		Report

6 November 2017 (2017-11-06)	Tajikistan	v	Maldives
		Report

2017 SAFF U-18 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bangladesh	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6	Champion
2	Bhutan (H)	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6
3	Nepal	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0
4	India	1	0	1	3	4	−1	0
5	Maldives	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

First match(es) will be played: 18 August 2017. Source: []
(H) Hosts

18 September 2017

19:00 UTC+06:00

Maldives	0-1	Bhutan
	Report	52' Orgyen Tshering

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Referee: Abdur Rahman Dhali (Bangladesh)

20 September 2017

19:00 UTC+06:00

Maldives	0–2	Bangladesh
		9' Saikot Mahmoud Munna 45' Jafar Iqbal

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Referee: Ugyen Dorji (Bhutan)

22 September 2017

16:00 UTC+06:00

Nepal	v	Maldives

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

25 September 2017

16:00 UTC+06:00

India	v	Maldives

Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

Maldives national under-17 football team

2018 AFC U-16 Championship Qualification

Group B

All matches are held in Tajikistan.
Times listed are UTC+5.

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)	Oman	8–0	Maldives	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
16:00	I.K. Al-Naabi 8' Al-Sinaidi 25', 61' Al-Rasbi 43' Al-Salti 45' N.A. Al-Naabi 64', 72' Al-Mashary 88'	Report		Attendance: 100 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)	Maldives	v	Tajikistan	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
19:00		Report

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)	Syria	v	Maldives	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
16:00		Report

2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

Group Stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	India	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Nepal (H)	2	1	1	7	2	+5	3	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Maldives	2	0	2	0	15	−15	0

Source: GoalNepal
(H) Hosts

19 August 2017

15:00

India	9–0	Maldives
Ravi Bahadur Rana 20', 26' Ibrahim Anoof 22', 89' (o.g.) Moirangthem Thoiba Singh 41' Vikram Pratap Singh 48', 70' Ricky John Shabong 57' Lalrokima 80'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Referee: Golam Mourshed Choudhary (Bangladesh)

21 August 2017

15:00

Nepal	6–0	Maldives
Brijesh Chaudhary 14', 73' Darshan Gurung 22' Roshan Rana Magar 38' (pen.) Akash Budha 45+1', 47'	Report

ANFA Complex, Satdobato

Referee: D.D.Indika Sendanayake (Sri Lanka)

Maldives women's national football team

2016 SAFF Women's Championship

Group stage was played in 2016. Maldives advanced to the tournament semi-finals as Group A runners-up.

Semi-final

2 January 2017

Bangladesh	6–0	Maldives
Shopna 11', 22', 58' Khatun 48', 64' (pen.) Khatun 52'	Report

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

AFC competitions

2017 AFC Cup

Play-offs

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo	2–4	Mohun Bagan	1–2	1–2
Thimphu City	0–3	Club Valencia	0–0	0–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Club Valencia	2–5	Mohun Bagan	1–1	1–4

Group stage

Group E

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League season

Premier League

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
4	G. Dh. Thinadhoo	14	5	3	6	23	18	+5	18
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Malé League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maziya (C)	14	8	3	3	18	8	+10	27	2017 Dhivehi Premier League
2	Green Streets	14	8	3	3	20	11	+9	27
3	New Radiant	14	8	3	3	22	15	+7	27
4	TC Sports Club	14	6	4	4	30	19	+11	22
5	Eagles	14	6	4	4	14	7	+7	22	Malé League qualification
6	Victory	14	6	4	4	19	18	+1	22
7	Valencia	14	1	3	10	7	26	−19	6
8	United Victory	14	1	0	13	4	30	−26	3