Victory Sports Club

Victory

Full name	Victory Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Mighty Reds
Founded	3 July 1971 (3 July 1971)[1]
Ground	Galolhu Stadium, Maldives
Ground Capacity	11,850
Chairman	Ibrahim Nazeem
Manager	Ali Suzain
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2015	7th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club, founded 3 July 1971, that includes a football team amongst other sports. Victory is one of the most successful football clubs in Maldives, winning a record 21 National Championships. They have also won the Dhivehi League (founded in 2000) twice, and the FA Cup four times.

Achievements

Domestic 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

• Maldives FA Cup: 4

1993, 2000, 2009, 2010

• Dhivehi League: 2

2000, 2007

• Male' League: 3

2001, 2003, 2006

• Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 3

2001, 2002, 2006

• POMIS Cup: 1

1989

Youth team

• FAM Youth Championship: 1

2012

Doubles, Trebles, Quadruple and Hat-trick

• Doubles
  • National Championship and Cup Winners' Cup: 3 (2001, 2002, 2006)
  • National Championship and Male' League: 3 (2001, 2003, 2006)
  • National Championship and FA Cup: 2 (2000, 2009)
  • Male' League and Cup Winners' Cup: 2 (2001, 2006)
  • National Championship and Dhivehi League: 1 (2000)
  • National Championship and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
  • Dhivehi League and FA Cup: 1 (2000)
  • Cup Winners' Cup and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
  • Male' League and Super Cup: 1 (2006)
• Trebles
  • National Championship, Dhivehi League and FA Cup: 1 (2000)
  • National Championship, Male' League and Cup Winners' Cup: 1 (2001)
• 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

2012: Qualifying play-off

• AFC Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

2001–02: Second Round

Coaching staff

• Coach: Ahmed Athif
• Assistant Coach:
• Assistant Coach:
• Manager:
• Trainer: Abdulla Mufeed (Udhuhey)
• Goalkeeper Trainer: Ahmed Riyaz (Gana)
• Kit Manager: Ahmed Areesh (Patey)
• Media Coordinator: Ali Faiz

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ruslan Amirov 2 DF Ibrahim Maisaan 4 DF Mohamed Nazaam 5 DF Hassan Fairooz 6 DF Nabhan Ahmed Mumthaz DF Mohamed Thasneem MF Hussain Nihaan

No. Position Player 11 MF Tihomir Živković FW Andrej Kerić

Managers

• Lev Burchalkin (1985–87)
• Viktor Nosov (1987–198?)

References

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook Page