# 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. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.

## Qualified teams

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Qualified format |
| Green Streets | 2018 Malé League top 6 |
| Eagles | 2018 Malé League top 6 |
| Fehendhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist |
| Foakaidhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist |
| Maziya | 2018 Malé League top 6 |
| New Radiant | 2018 Malé League top 6 |
| Nilandhoo | Minivan Championship semi finalist |
| Thimarafushi | Minivan Championship semi finalist |
| TC Sports | 2018 Malé League top 6 |
| Victory | 2018 Malé League top 6 |

### 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 |
| Green Streets | Ali Suzain | Ashad Ali |
| Eagles | Mohamed Shiyaz | Sujan Perera |
| Fehendhoo | Ismail Anil | Adam Naseem |
| Foakaidhoo | Ali Nisthar Mohamed | |
| Maziya | Ismail Mahfooz | Asadhulla Abdulla |
| New Radiant | Sobah Mohamed | Ali Fasir |
| Nilandhoo | Assad Abdul Ghanee | Ahmed Ali |
| Thimarafushih | Amien Shah | Ibrahim Amir |
| TC Sports | Mohamed Nizam | Farrah Ahmed |
| Victory | Mohamed Nazeeh | Shafiu Ahmed |

## 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 | Abbos Saidov | Jamshid Qosimov | | |
| 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 El-Dor |
| Sh. Milandhoo | | | | |
| TC Sports | Cornelius Stewart | Easa El-Maghrabi | Halil El-Bezawy | Kiran Chemjong |

## League table

All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | TC Sports Club (C) | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 12 | +41 | 39 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Maziya | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 38 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Cup preliminary round 2 |
| 3 | Eagles | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 12 | +50 | 38 | |
| 4 | New Radiant | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 28 | |
| 5 | Green Streets | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Faafu Nilandhoo | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 60 | −40 | 13 | |
| 7 | Shaviyani Foakaidhoo | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 12 | |
| 8 | Victory | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 36 | −26 | 7 | |
| 9 | Baa Fehendhoo | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 4 | Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Thaa Thimarafushi | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 37 | −35 | 1 | Relegation play-offs |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head results: Eagles 2–2 Maziya, Eagles 0–1 Maziya.
* ↑ Victory was docked 3 points for failing to pay over players' wages.

## Season statistics

    As of 30 November 2018

### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | 31 |
| 2 | Ali Ashfaq | TC Sports | 22 |
| 3 | Ali Fasir | New Radiant | 15 |
| 3 | Roland Bilala | Green Streets | 15 |
| 5 | Asadhulla Abdulla | Maziya | 14 |
| 6 | Cornelius Stewart | Maziya | 11 |
| 6 | Mohamed Naim | Eagles | 11 |
| 8 | Ishan Ibrahim | TC Sports | 8 |
| 8 | Ibrahim Mahudhee | TC Sports | 8 |
| 8 | Naiz Hassan | Maziya | 8 |
| 8 | Adoku Kweku Lucas | Nilandhoo | 8 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ali Fasir | New Radiant | Thimarafushi | 10–0 | 28 June 2019 |
| Hamza Mohamed | New Radiant | Thimarafushi | 10–0 | 28 June 2019 |
| Asadhulla Abdulla$^4$ | Maziya | Nilandhoo | 7–0 | 3 July 2019 |
| Abdulla Misbaah | Green Streets | Nilandhoo | 6–0 | 16 July 2019 |
| Ismail Easa | Maziya | Victory | 5–0 | 29 September 2019 |
| Ali Fasir | New Radiant | Fehendhoo | 11–0 | 1 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan$^4$ | Eagles | Thimarafushi | 9–0 | 2 October 2019 |
| Naiz Hassan | Maziya | Green Streets | 5–1 | 3 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Foakaidhoo | 5–0 | 6 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan$^5$ | Eagles | Fehendhoo | 5–0 | 11 October 2019 |
| Roland Bilala | Green Streets | Victory | 4–1 | 12 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Nilandhoo | 7–2 | 17 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Nilandhoo | 8–0 | 21 October 2019 |
| Mohamed Naim | Eagles | Nilandhoo | 8–0 | 21 October 2019 |
| Ali Ashfaq$^4$ | TC Sports | Victory | 4–0 | 22 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan$^4$ | Eagles | Green Streets | 7–0 | 29 October 2019 |
| Asadhulla Abdulla | Maziya | Nilandhoo | 6–1 | 29 October 2019 |
| Mohamed Samir | TC Sports | Foakaidhoo | 5–1 | 30 October 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | Foakaidhoo | 5–0 | 8 November 2019 |
| Asadhulla Abdulla | Maziya | Foakaidhoo | 5–0 | 21 November 2019 |
| Ali Ashfaq$^4$ | TC Sports | Nilandhoo | 7–0 | 22 November 2019 |
| Roland Bilala$^4$ | Green Streets | New Radiant | 5–1 | 22 November 2019 |
| Ahmed Rizuvan | Eagles | TC Sports | 4–4 | 30 November 2019 |
* $^4$ Player scored four goals
* $^5$ Player scored five goals