Maldives national football team

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Maldives
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Football Association
of Maldives
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Slovakia Joseph Jankech
Top scorer Ali Umar (12)
Home stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code MDV
FIFA ranking 159
Highest FIFA ranking 126 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 183 (August 1997)
Elo ranking 177
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Second kit
First international
Flag of the Seychelles Seychelles 9 - 0 Maldives Flag of the Maldives
(Réunion; August 27, 1979)
Biggest win
Flag of the Maldives Maldives 12 - 0 MongoliaFlag of Mongolia
(Male, Maldives; December 3, 2003)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Iran Iran 17 - 0 MaldivesFlag of the Maldives
(Damascus, Syria; June 2, 1997)
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1997)
Best result Runner-up - 2003
Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
Bronze 1984 Kathmandu Team
Silver 1991 Colombo Team

The Maldives national football team is the national team of the Maldives and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the AFC, it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0-0.


Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] South Asian Football Federation Cup record

  • 1993 - Did not enter
  • 1995 - Withdrew
  • 1997 - Runners Up
  • 1999 - Third Place
  • 2003 - Runners Up
  • 2005 - Semi Finals
  • 2008 - Co-Host















[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2011 Asian Cup preliminary qualifying game.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Imran Mohamed Flag of the Maldives Victory SC
2 DF Ibrahim Amil Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
3 DF Mohamed Sifan Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
5 FW Ibrahim Fazeel Flag of the Maldives Victory SC
4 DF Mohamed Umair Flag of the Maldives Victory SC
6 MF Mukhthar Naseer Flag of the Maldives Club Valencia
7 MF Akram Abdul Ghani Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
8 DF Mohamed Jameel Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
10 FW Ali Umar Flag of the Maldives VB Sports Club
12 FW Ali Ashfaq Flag of the Maldives VB Sports Club
13 DF Assadh Abdul Ghani Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
14 FW Shinaz Hilmy Flag of the Maldives Club Valencia
15 MF Ahmed Saeed Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
16 MF Ismail Mohamed Flag of the Maldives Victory SC
17 DF Sabah Ibrahim Flag of the Maldives Club Valencia
18 GK Hussain Rameez


[edit] Omitted because of injury

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
Ahmed Thoriq Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
Shamweel Qasim Flag of the Maldives New Radiant
DF Ashadh Ali Flag of the Maldives New Radiant


[edit] Current games

Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
9 April 2008 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 0–4 2011 AFC Cup Q
23 April 2008 Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 1–2 2011 AFC Cup Q
3 June 2008 Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 3–0 SAFF Cup
5 June 2008 Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Flag of Nepal Nepal 4–1 SAFF Cup
7 June 2008 Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Flag of India India 0–1 SAFF Cup
11 June 2008 Sugathadasa Stadium, Columbo Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka SAFF Cup

[edit] Notable players

[edit] External links