2015 President's Cup (Maldives)

2015 President's Cup (Maldives)
Country  Maldives
Dates 15 September – 30 September 2015
Teams 8
Champions Maziya (1st title)
Runners-up New Radiant
Matches played 15
Goals scored 35 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Alamu Bukola (3 goals)
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The 2015 President's Cup is the 65th season of the President's Cup. New Radiant Sports Club are the defending champions, having beaten Eagles in last season's final in extra time.[1]

This is the first tournament under its current tournament format.

Participating teams

According to the current format, all teams playing in the 2015 Dhivehi Premier League will be appearing in the President's Cup.[2]

Final draw

The draw took place on 12 August 2015 at the FAM House in Male'.[3]

Venues

2 venues in two islands were selected for the tournament.[4] Group stage matches are to be played at both venues; (Group A matches in Kulhudhuffushi and Group B matches in Addu City), while the knock-out round matches are scheduled to be held at Addu City.[3]

Addu City, Addu Atoll Kulhudhuffushi, Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Addu Football Stadium Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium

0°38′28.68″S 73°8′28.8″E / 0.6413000°S 73.141333°E / -0.6413000; 73.141333 (Addu City)

6°37′N 73°3′E / 6.617°N 73.050°E / 6.617; 73.050 (Kulhudhuffushi)

Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,000

Background

This is the second edition of this tournament, being played in a venue other than Male' since it was once held at Addu City in 1970. It is the first year for Kulhudhuffushi to host this tournament.[5]

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match after the group stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights for some matches of 2015 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Radiant (Q) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 TC Sports (Q) 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3 BG Sports 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
4 Mahibadhoo 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

15 September
16:00
New Radiant 3–1 BG Sports
Viliam  47', 90+2'
Fazeel  48' 		Report  26' David
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
Referee: Shifan Abdul Raheem (Maldives)

16 September
16:00
TC Sports 2–0 Mahibadhoo
Nafiu  66'
Rafael  90' 		Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

18 September
16:00
BG Sports 1–0 Mahibadhoo
Hamdhaan  70' Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

19 September
16:00
New Radiant 0–1 TC Sports
Report  45' Nafiu
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

21 September
16:00
New Radiant 4–2 Mahibadhoo
Alamu  27', 69', 90'
Suhail  41' 		Report  37' Da Silva
 53' Naushaad
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

22 September
16:00
BG Sports 1–0 TC Sports
Philmon  4' Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maziya (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Eagles (Q) 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3 Valencia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 Victory 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

18 September
16:00
Valencia 2–4 Eagles
Nihaan  53'
Awilo  59' 		Report  18' Easa
 58' Reyes
 69' Nasheed
 87' Rizuwan

22 September
16:00
Maziya 1–1 Eagles
Umair  87' (pen.) Report  42' (pen.) Easa

22 September
16:00
Valencia 1–0 Victory
Nishan  26' Report

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
26 September – Addu City
 New Radiant 2  
 Eagles 1  
 
4 October – Addu City
     New Radiant 1
   Maziya S&RC 3
27 September – Addu City
 Maziya S&RC (pen.) 0(4)
 TC Sports 0(2)  

Semi-finals

26 September
16:00
New Radiant 2–1 Eagles
Rilwan  32'
Ashad  84' 		Report  81' (pen.) Abu

26 September
16:00
Maziya S&RC 0–0 TC Sports
Report
  Penalties  
Irufaan
Yaamin
Nashid
Samdhooh
Umair 		4–2 Yohei
Nafiu
Naiz
Rafael

Final

4 October
16:00
New Radiant 1–3 Maziya S&RC
Fasir  24' Report  7' Asadhilla
 39' Umair
 66' Pablo

Statistics

Scorers

Rank Player Club Assists
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Assists

Rank Player Club Assists
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References

  1. ↑ Blues make history Maldivesoccer. 01 December 2014
  2. ↑ League delayed and President's Cup to be played in two venues sun.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  3. 1 2 Taught teams to Addu City Maldivesoccer. 13 August 2015
  4. ↑ President's Cup in Addu and Kulhudhuffushi Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  5. ↑ Vanelncia, Maziya, Victory to Addu & New Radiant to Kulhudhuffushi avas.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
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