# Maziya S&RC

Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. 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.

## 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. They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan. The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.

## Seasons
### Domestic

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | FA Cup | President's Cup | Player | Goals | Manager |
| 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 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group G | Ayeyawady United | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group G | SHB-Đà Nẵng | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | Hà Nội T&T | 1–2 | 1–5 | 4th |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | Arema Cronus | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | Selangor | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Play-off round | Ceres | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group E | Bengaluru | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3rd |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group E | Warriors | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group E | Persipura Jayapura | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | Mohun Bagan | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4th |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | South China | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | Yangon United | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | Bengaluru | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2nd |
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | Mohun Bagan | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 2 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Play-off round | Bengaluru | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (p) |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group E | Chennai City | Cancelled | 2–2 | 2nd |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group E | Bashundhara Kings | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group E | TC Sports Club | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4th |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | Mohun Bagan | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bengaluru | 2–6 | 2–6 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3rd |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | Gokulam Kerala | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | Mohun Bagan | 2–5 | 2–5 |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4th |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | Mohun Bagan SG | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | Odisha | 2–3 | 1–6 |
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Group B | Arkadag | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4th |
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Group B | Al-Arabi | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 2024–25 | AFC Challenge League | Group B | Abdysh-Ata Kant | 0–3 | 0–3 |

## Honours

* Dhivehi Premier League
** Champions (5): 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023
* Maldives FA Cup
** Champions (3): 2012, 2014, 2022
* Maldivian FA Charity Shield
** Champions (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023
* Malé League
** Champions (1): 2017
* President's Cup
** Champions (2): 2015,2023
* POMIS Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2015

## Current squad

    As of 31 October 2024
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) |
| 18 | MF | PLE | Jonathan Cantillana |
| 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 |