Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first time in 2006.
History
The club was founded on 23 January 1996. The club is one of the most successful clubs in Maldives, having won the top tier domestic league six times in 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025-26.
In the 2022 AFC Cup group-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala. They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan. The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.
Seasons Domestic Season League FA Cup President's Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Player 20151st4th14635262021-Winners Asadhulla Abdulla9 Ali Suzain20161st1st211452482547QuarterfinalSemi-finals Asadhulla Abdulla1920171st3rd14833301027ThirdSemi-finals Mohamed Umair8 Marjan Sekulovski Ismail Mahfooz20181st2nd161222511738-- Asadhulla Abdulla14 Ismail Mahfooz2019–201st1st211632741251Cancelled- Cornelius Stewart15 Marjan Sekulovski2020–211st1st14104034634Cancelled- Cornelius Stewart10 goals Mohamed Nizam Risto Vidaković20221st1st21200185560Champions- Tana18 goals Mohamed Nizam Risto Vidaković20231st1st14131056440CancelledChampions Hamza Mohamed10 goals2025-261st1st18153053948 -Runners Up Sergio Mendigutxia12 goals Luisma Hernandez
Continental
Competition Pld W D L GF GA AFC Cup 48 14 8 26 69 90 AFC Challenge League 4 0 0 4 1 11 Total 54 14 8 30 70 101 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2013 AFC Cup Group G Kelantan6–11–13rd Ayeyawady United3–10–3 SHB-Đà Nẵng2–31–3 2014 AFC Cup Group F Hà Nội T&T1–21–54th Arema Cronus1–32–3 Selangor1–11–4 2015 AFC Cup Play-off round Ceres 1–0 Group E Bengaluru1–21–23rd Warriors2–02–0 Persipura Jayapura1–20–0 2016 AFC Cup Group G Mohun Bagan1–21–14th South China2–10–2 Yangon United1–12–3 2017 AFC Cup Group E Bengaluru0–10–12nd Mohun Bagan5–21–0 Dhaka Abahani2–02–0 2020 AFC Cup Preliminary round 2 Dhaka Abahani1–12–23–3 Play-off round Bengaluru2–12–34–4 Group E Chennai CityCancelled2–22nd Bashundhara KingsCancelledCancelled TC Sports ClubCancelledCancelled 2021 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 0–24th Mohun Bagan 1–3 Bengaluru 2–6 2022 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 0–13rd Gokulam Kerala 1–0 Mohun Bagan 2–5 2023–24 AFC Cup Group D Bashundhara Kings 3–1 1–24th Mohun Bagan SG 1–0 1–2 Odisha 2–3 1–6 2024–25 AFC Challenge League Group B Arkadag 1–24th Al-Arabi 0–2 Abdysh-Ata Kant 0–3 2025–26 AFC Challenge League Preliminary stage Al-Arabi 0–4 2026–27 AFC Challenge League Preliminary stage Regar-TadAZ 0–3
Honours Dhivehi Premier League Champions (6): 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025–26 Maldives FA Cup Champions (3): 2012, 2014, 2022 Maldivian FA Charity Shield Champions (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Malé League Champions (1): 2017 President's Cup Champions (2): 2015, 2023 Cup Winners' Cup Champions (1): 2026 POMIS Cup Runners-up (1): 2015
Current squad
References
Further reading
External links Maziya S&RC (archived)