Victory SC

For the Victory (Arabic: Al-Nasr) Sports Club of UAE, See Al-Nasr Sports Club.

Victory

Full name

Victory Sports Club

Nickname(s)

The Reds

Founded

3 July 1971^[1]

Ground

Galolhu Stadium, Maldives
(Capacity: 11,850)

League

Dhiraagu Dhivehi League

2011

2nd

Home colours

Away colours

Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club best known for its football team. Victory SC is known for winning the president's cup for 20th time in 2009. The team has won titles that no other local team can match. Victory sports club is most successful club of the nation, winning the Maldives National Championship cup thrice in three year in a row for two occasions and Victory is the first Maldivian club to win POMIS CUP, the only international tournament included in the domestic season. The slogan of the club is "The name says it all".

Mission: To brighten the prospects for sports as a quality experience that brings together the entire Maldivian community in the spirit of fair play and healthy competition, while continuing to delight fans with the message “Victory - the name says it all”
Vision: A triumphant Victory Sport Club that carries the jubilant flame of success in Maldivian recreational sports in the country and in international events abroad.
Objectives:

To enhance Maldivian quality of life by promoting recreational sports as a means to instill and strengthen discipline, diligence, teamwork, productivity, civic responsibility, morality, solidarity and fair play,
To promote quality recreational sports and provide opportunities for individuals to engage in healthy lifestyles, maintain self-respect, and enjoy fitness and well-being,
Improve player management policy and pay maximum attention to the youth sector to ensure a constant inflow of young players,
Encourage a stronger role for recreational sports in youth education and development,
Engage in voluntary youth development, organize youth coaching camps and promote sports as a means to produce healthy productive citizens throughout the country,
Conduct youth development camps in all atolls of the Maldives to promote recreational sports at the grassroots level,
To assist in the development of a sports curriculum to educate recreational sports professionals, for a stronger instructional base in the area of recreational sports targeting physical educators and recreation professionals, and
To continue to delight Club members and fans throughout the Maldives.

1 Club executives
- 1.1 Executive board
- 1.2 Founding members
2 Achievements
- 2.1 Local competitions
- 2.2 Doubles, trebles and hat-trick
3 Performance in AFC competitions
4 Coaching staff
5 Squad
- 5.1 Current squad
- 5.2 Reserve squad
6 Notable players
7 Notable coaches
8 Contact information
9 Links
10 Footnotes

Club executives

Executive board

Chairperson: Eva Abdulla (first female Chairperson of a local sports club in Maldives)
Vice Chairperson (Technical and Sports): Mohamed Hameed (Umarube)
Vice Chairperson (Finance and Marketing): Ahmed Manik (Loajehi)
Executive committee member: Abdul Muhsin Abdul Hameed (J4)
Executive committee member: Yousuf Naeem (Bernard)
Executive committee member: Hassan Shujau (Chaandhanee)
Executive committee member: Ahmed Riyaz (Gaana)
Executive committee member: Ali Niyaz (Niya)
Executive committee member: Ahmed Haleem (Dhonbilaiy)
Executive committee member: Hassan Fayaaz (Faya)
Executive committee member: Hussein Rasheed (Mahuma)
Executive committee member: Hussein Zinan (Zinte)
Executive committee member: Dr. Ibrahim Nashid
General Secretary: Ismail Zariyandh

Founding members

Ibrahim Rasheed (Maina)
Ibrahim Ismail (Bodey)
Mohamed Nasir (Naabe)
Ibrahim Rasheed (Makhma)
Abdul Jaeel (Abujee)
M.H. Maniku (Heena mohodey)
Abdullah Rasheed (Juley)

Achievements

Local competitions

Maldives National Championship: 21

1972,1976,1977,1978,1980,1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011

Dhivehi League: 2

2000, 2007

Maldives FA Cup: 4

1993, 2000, 2009, 2010

Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 3

2001, 2002, 2006

Maldives Super Cup: 1

2006

POMIS Cup: 1

1989

Doubles, trebles and hat-trick

Doubles
- National Championship and FA Cup: 2 (2000, 2009)
- National Championship and Cup Winners' Cup: 3 (2001, 2002, 2006)
- National Championship and Dhivehi League: 1 (2000)
- Dhivehi League and FA Cup: 1 (2000)
- National Championship and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
- Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
Trebles
- National Championship, Dhivehi League and FA Cup: 1 (2000)
- National Championship, Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
Hat-trick
- National Championship: 2 times (1983,1984,1985) and (2000,2001,2002)

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances

1987: Qualifying Stage

1988: Qualifying Stage

1990: Qualifying Stage

1994: Group Stage

1998: Second Round

AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2007: Group Stage

2008: Group Stage

2010: Group Stage

2011: Group Stage

AFC Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

2001/02: Second Round

Coaching staff

Coach: Ali Suzain
Assistant coach: Ali Nashid (Ogaru ayya)
Manager: Ahmed Ayaz Rasheed
Trainer: Abdulla Mufeed
Goalkeeper trainer: Ahmed Riyaz (Gana)
Kit manager: Ahamed Areesh (Patey)
Media coordinator: Ali Faiz

Squad

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mohamed Nishah
3	MF	Mohamed Shifan (Vice captain)
4	MF	Afiu Mohamed Hameed
5	DF	Firaz Moosa
6	MF	Ahmed Shaffaz
7	FW	Ali Fasir
8	DF	Fauzaan Habeeb
9	FW	Hussain Shimaz
10	MF	Mohamed Fuhaid
11	FW	Azim Hussain
12	DF	Mohamed Raseed
13	DF	Ismail Shafeeu
15	MF	Shafiu Ahmed (Captain)

No.	Position	Player
18	GK	Mohamed Faisal
19	MF	Ahmed Janah
20	DF	Ibrahim Sinaz
21	MF	Ali Nawau
23	FW	Ibrahim Fazeel
26	DF	Ali Shareef
27	DF	Harry Budiman
	DF	Monday Ogbole Patrick
	MF	Hassan Adhuham
	FW	Samuel Tye Smith
		Ahmed Ashfaan

Reserve squad