Maldives national football team

Maldives national football team
Maldives
Nickname(s) Red Snapers
Association Football Association of Maldives
Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach István Urbányi
Captain Ali Ashfaq
Top scorer Ali Ashfaq (20)
Home stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code MDV
FIFA ranking 162
Highest FIFA ranking 126 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 183 (August 1997)
Elo ranking 165
Highest Elo ranking 165 (23 March 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking 209 (13 June 1997)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Seychelles 9–0 Maldives Maldives
(Réunion; August 27, 1979)
Biggest win
Maldives Maldives 12–0 Mongolia 
(Male, Maldives; December 3, 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 17–0 Maldives Maldives
(Damascus, Syria; June 2, 1997)
Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
Bronze 1984 Kathmandu Team
Silver 1991 Colombo Team
Bronze 2010 Dhaka 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.

Maldives most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0. [1]

Contents

Supporters

About 11,500 Maldivian supporters, including the former president Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom, attended to see the 2008 SAFF Championship final match in Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka. After their win, many supporters, together with ministers, gave a warm welcome to the team on their return with their first gold medal. To celebrate this memorable day the President declared that 15 June 2008 will be a public holiday.

Kit

Maldives' home kit comprises a red jersey and red shorts – red is the national colour of the Maldives, and represents the boldness of the nation's heroes. The current away kit comprises a blue jersey and blue shorts. Adidas is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship deal that began in 2011.

World Cup record

Asian Cup record

  • 1956 to 1992 – Did not enter
  • 1996 to 2004 – Did not qualify
  • 2007 – Did not enter
  • 2011 – Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

  • 2006 to 2008Ineligible
  • 2010Did not qualify
  • 2012 – Qualified

South Asian Football Federation Cup Record

South Asian Football Federation Cup record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
1995
Withdrew
-
-
-
-
-
-
1997
Runner Up
4
1
2
1
6
9
1999
Third Place
2
1
1
6
4
2003
Runner Up
5
3
0
11
4
2005
Semi Finals
4
2
1
1
11
2
2008
Champions
5
4
0
1
8
2
2009
Runners Up
5
3
2
0
11
3
Total
Best: Champions
27
15
6
6
53
24

Current squad

The following players have been named in the squad for the SAFF Championship 2011.[2]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
25 GK Imran Mohamed 18 December 1980 (1980-12-18) (age 30) 0 Maldives VB Sports Club
1 GK Mohamed Faisal 8 April 1988 (1988-04-08) (age 23) 3 0 Maldives Victory SC
GK Mohamed Yamaan 0 0 Maldives Maziya S&RC
GK Athif Ahmed 0 0 Maldives Maziya S&RC
13 DF Assad Abdhul Ghanee Maldives Club Valencia
27 DF Sabah Mohamed Ibrahim Maldives New Radiant SC
8 DF Mohamed Jameel Maldives New Radiant SC
14 DF Ahmed Saeed Maldives VB Sports Club
DF Mohamed Thasneem Maldives Maziya S&RC
17 DF Shafiu Ahmed 1 Maldives Victory SC
DF Ahmed Abdhullah Maldives New Radiant SC
19 DF Akram Abdhul Ghanee Maldives Maziya S&RC
DF Mohamed Rasheed Maldives Victory SC
3 MF Mohamed Shifan 1 Maldives Victory SC
4 MF Mohmaed Umair Maldives Maziya S&RC
23 MF Mukhthar Naseer Maldives Victory SC
16 MF Ismail Mohamed Maldives VB Sports Club
11 MF Shamweel Ghasim Maldives VB Sports Club
6 MF Mohamed Arif Maldives VB Sports Club
MF Hassan Adhuham Maldives Victory SC
5 MF Ibrahm Fazeel Maldives Victory SC
30 MF Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Maldives Maziya S&RC
22 MF Fairooz Adam Sameer Maldives VB Sports Club
7 FW Ali Ashfaq (c) Maldives VB Sports Club
12 FW Ali Fasir 3 1 Maldives New Radiant SC
10 FW Assad Ali Maldives VB Sports Club
9 FW Ahmed Thariq Maldives New Radiant SC
FW Ahmed Rasheed Maldives Maziya S&RC
FW Ahmed Nashid Maldives VB Sports Club
21 FW Ibrahim Shiyam Maldives New Radiant SC

Coaches

References

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