2015 Second Division Football Tournament
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The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament is the first season under its current league division format. The season begins on 24 July and ends on 14 September.[1]
Structure and rule changes
Second division will be played for two rounds according to the changes brought to the 2015 season.[1]
- Round 1
- Teams play against each other once.
- Top 5 teams qualified for Round 2.
- Bottom 2 teams gets relegated to next season's Third Division.
- Round 2
- Teams play against each other once.
- Team to top the league table at the end will be the champions and gets promoted to next season's Dhivehi Premier League.
- Second team will get qualified for the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.
- Including Maldives U19 team
- As the Maldives under-19 team will be included in the Second Division Football Tournament from this year on wards, this team will neither be promoted to Dhivehi Premier League even if they finish it first, nor relegated to Third Division Football Tournament if they finished at the bottom two. Thus, they will not be either qualified to play in the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.[2]
Teams
A total of 10 teams[1] will be contesting in the league, including 6 sides from the 2014 Second Division, 2 sides promoted from 2014 Third Division, 1 side relegated from 2014 Dhivehi League and Maldives national under-19 football team.
Teams and their divisions
- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Division |
|---|---|
| Club AYL | |
| Club MNDF | |
| Hurriyya | |
| Maldives U19 | |
| Police Club | |
| SC Mecano | |
| United Victory | |
| Vyansa | |
| TBA | |
| TBA | |
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Club AYL | ||
| Club MNDF | ||
| Hurriyya | ||
| Maldives U19 | ||
| Police Club | ||
| SC Mecano | ||
| United Victory | ||
| Vyansa | ||
| TBA | ||
| TBA |
League table
Round 1 table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club All Youth Linkage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified to Round 2 |
| 2 | Club MNDF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Hurriyya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Maldives U19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Police Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Sports Club Mecano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | United Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Vyansa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Final table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club All Youth Linkage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Dhivehi Premier League |
| 2 | Club MNDF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to Dhivehi Premier League play-off |
| 3 | Hurriyya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Maldives U19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Police Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Sports Club Mecano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | United Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Vyansa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Third Division |
| 10 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club All Youth Linkage | |||||||||||||
| Club MNDF | |||||||||||||
| Hurriyya | |||||||||||||
| Maldives U19 | |||||||||||||
| Police Club | |||||||||||||
| Sports Club Mecano | |||||||||||||
| United Victory | |||||||||||||
| Vyansa | |||||||||||||
| TBA | |||||||||||||
| TBA |
Last updated: 1 March 2015.
Matches
Round 1 matces
Round 2 matches
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Third division structure changed with Atoll clubs". Haveeru Online. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "U19 to compete in Second division". Maldivesoccer. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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