Club Valencia is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. Nicknamed The Sunrisers, the club most recently competed in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top tier of Maldivian football.
History The notion of establishing a football club named Club Valencia arose in the late 1970s from the players of blue and gold teams participating in the Junior Football Pool organized by National Sports Academy.
The first two names proposed to the government for approval as the name of the club were Youth Recreation Movement and Juvenile Valencia Atletico; both were rejected. The third name, Club Valencia was then approved by the government.
The chairman of the club is Mr. Adheel Jaleel who was elected to the post in 2015.
Players (2023)
Honours
Dhivehi League: 5 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 Second Division: 1 2020 Maldives FA Cup: 5 1988, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016 FAM Youth Championship: 2 2013, 2022 Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 3 1998, 2004, 2007 POMIS Cup: 3 1992, 1996, 2001 Charity Shield: 1 2009 Veterans Veterans Cup: 3 2010, 2011, 2012 Veterans Association Cup – Veterans: 1 2014 Veterans Association Cup – Masters: 1 2014
Performance in AFC competitions AFC Champions League: 1 appearance 2002–03: Qualifying East – 2nd Round
Asian Club Championship: 7 appearances 1986: Qualifying Stage 1992–93: Qualifying Stage 1995: Preliminary Round 1995: First Round 1996: Second Round 1999: First Round 2000: Second Round
AFC Cup: 4 appearances 2004: Group Stage 2005: Group Stage 2009: Group Stage 2017: Preliminary Round
Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances 1996/97: Second Round 2000/01: First Round
Notable players Felix Aboagye Ibrahim Hamdhaan Ali Ashfaq
References
External links Official website (archived 3 April 2010)