Maziya S&RC

Maldivian football club
Football club
Maziya
Full nameMaziya Sports and Recreation Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Green Boys
Short nameMaziya
FoundedJanuary 23, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-23)
GroundNational Football Stadium, Malé
Capacity11,850
OwnerMaziya Sport And Recreation
ChairmanAhmed Sajid
Coachvacant
LeagueDhivehi Premier League
2023Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 8
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[2] 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.[3]

History

Youth players of Maziya S&RC in 2011

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 thrice in 2016, 2019–20, and 2020–21.

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 Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla 9 Maldives Ali Suzain
2016 1st 1st 21 14 5 2 48 25 47 Quarterfinal Semi-finals Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla 19
2017 1st 3rd 14 8 3 3 30 10 27 Third Semi-finals Maldives Mohamed Umair 8 North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski
Maldives Ismail Mahfooz
2018 1st 2nd 16 12 2 2 51 17 38 - - Maldives Asadhulla Abdulla 14 Maldives Ismail Mahfooz
2019–20 1st 1st 21 16 3 2 74 12 51 Cancelled - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart 15 North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski

Continental

As of match played 26 February 2020
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Cup 36 11 8 17 54 59
Total 36 11 8 17 54 59
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 AFC Cup Group G Malaysia Kelantan 6–1 1–1 3rd
Myanmar Ayeyawady United 3–1 0–3
Vietnam SHB-Đà Nẵng 2–3 1–3
2014 AFC Cup Group F Vietnam Hà Nội T&T 1–2 1–5 4th
Indonesia Arema Cronus 1–3 2–3
Malaysia Selangor 1–1 1–4
2015 AFC Cup Play-off round Philippines Ceres 1–0
Group E India Bengaluru 1–2 1–2 3rd
Singapore Warriors 2–0 2–0
Indonesia Persipura Jayapura 1–2 0–0
2016 AFC Cup Group G India Mohun Bagan 1–2 1–1 4th
Hong Kong South China 2–1 0–2
Myanmar Yangon United 1–1 2–3
2017 AFC Cup Group E India Bengaluru 0–1 0–1 2nd
India Mohun Bagan 5–2 1–0
Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 2–0 2–0
2020 AFC Cup Preliminary round 2 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)
Play-off round India Bengaluru 2–1 2–3 4–4 (p)
Group E India Chennai City Cancelled 2–2 2nd
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings Cancelled Cancelled
Maldives TC Sports Club Cancelled Cancelled
2021 AFC Cup Group D Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 0–2 4th
India Mohun Bagan 1–3
India Bengaluru 2–6
2022 AFC Cup Group D Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 0–1 3rd
India Gokulam Kerala 1–0
India Mohun Bagan 2–5
2023–24 AFC Cup Group D Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 3–1 Nov 27 TBD
India Mohun Bagan SG Dec 11 1–2
India Odisha 2–3 1–6

Honours

Current squad

As of 12 October 2023[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Maldives MDV Hussain Shareef
3 DF Maldives MDV Ahmed Numaan
4 DF Maldives MDV Hussain Sifaau
5 MF Maldives MDV Mohamed Irufaan
6 MF Japan JPN Tomoki Wada
7 FW Maldives MDV Ali Fasir
8 MF Maldives MDV Hussain Nihan
9 DF Maldives MDV Naiz Hassan
10 MF Maldives MDV Hamza Mohamed (Vice captain)
11 FW Maldives MDV Hassan Raif
12 DF Egypt EGY Khalil Gamal
14 FW Maldives MDV Hassan Nazeem
17 DF Maldives MDV Ali Samooh (captain)
20 MF Ghana GHA Regan Obeng
22 DF Maldives MDV Hassan Shifaz
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW Serbia SRB Vojislav Balabanovic
29 DF Croatia CRO Sebastijan Antic
31 DF Maldives MDV Aisam Ibrahim
32 GK Maldives MDV Iyan Abdul Aleem
34 FW Maldives MDV Abdulla Rifaah
44 MF Maldives MDV Haisham Hassan
— DF Lithuania LTU Edgaras Zarskis
— DF Maldives MDV Mohamed Umair
— MF Maldives MDV Akram Abdul Ghanee

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". www.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.

Further reading

  • "Abahani sign five foreigners on loan". .newagebd.net. Dhaka: New Age Bangladesh. 14 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-12.

External links

  • Maziya S&RC (archived)
  • Maziya S&RC on Twitter
  • Maziya S&RC on Facebook


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