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Full name | Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[1] | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Green Boys | ||
Short name | Maziya | ||
Founded | January 23, 1996 | ||
Ground | National Football Stadium, Malé | ||
Capacity | 11,850 | ||
Owner | Maziya Sport And Recreation | ||
Chairman | Ahmed Sajid | ||
Coach | vacant | ||
League | Dhivehi Premier League | ||
2023 | Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 8 | ||
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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
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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
[edit]Domestic
[edit]Season | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Player | Goals | ||||
2015 | 1st | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 21 | - | Winners | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
2016 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 47 | Quarterfinal | Semi-finals | ![]() |
19 | |
2017 | 1st | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 27 | Third | Semi-finals | ![]() |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
2018 | 1st | 2nd | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 38 | - | - | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
2019–20 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 51 | Cancelled | - | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Continental
[edit]- As of match played 26 February 2020
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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AFC Cup | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
Total | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2013 | AFC Cup | Group G | ![]() |
6–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
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3–1 | 0–3 | ||||
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2–3 | 1–3 | ||||
2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–5 | 4th |
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1–3 | 2–3 | ||||
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1–1 | 1–4 | ||||
2015 | AFC Cup | Play-off round | ![]() |
1–0 | ||
Group E | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | ||
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2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
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1–2 | 0–0 | ||||
2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 | 4th |
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2–1 | 0–2 | ||||
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1–1 | 2–3 | ||||
2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | 2nd |
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5–2 | 1–0 | ||||
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2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) |
Play-off round | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (p) | ||
Group E | ![]() |
Cancelled | 2–2 | 2nd | ||
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Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
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Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | ![]() |
0–2 | 4th | |
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1–3 | |||||
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2–6 | |||||
2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | ![]() |
0–1 | 3rd | |
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1–0 | |||||
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2–5 | |||||
2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | ![]() |
3–1 | Nov 27 | TBD |
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Dec 11 | 1–2 | ||||
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2–3 | 1–6 |
Honours
[edit]- Dhivehi Premier League
- Maldives FA Cup
- 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[7]
Current squad
[edit]- 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.
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References
[edit]- ^ Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Summary – 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "2023/24 AFC Cup — Group Stage » Group D » Matches » Table". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
Further reading
[edit]- "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
[edit]- Maziya S&RC (archived)
- Maziya S&RC on X
- Maziya S&RC on Facebook