The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.
Format All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of Second Division.
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.
Teams A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.
Teams and their divisions Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Division Eagles Maafannu Club Green Streets Machchangolhi Valencia Machchangolhi Maziya West Maafannu New Radiant Henveiru TC Sports Club Henveiru United Victory Galolhu Victory Galolhu
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach CaptainEagles Ibrahim Asverd Imran NasheedGreen Streets Sobah Mohamed Faruhad IsmailValencia Ahmed Mujuthaba Shafiu AhmedMaziya Marjan Sekulovski Asadhulla AbdullaNew Radiant Óscar Bruzón Imran Mohamed TC Sports Club Mohamed Nizam Ali NafiuUnited Victory Mohamed Nazeeh Hussain ShimazVictory Ali Suzain Ismail Easa
Coaching changes
Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment United Victory Ahmed Athif Resignޔުނައިޓެޑް ވިކްޓަރީގެ ކޯޗުކަމުން އާތީ އިސްތިއުފާ ދީފި(Dhivehi) UV coach Aathi resigns. access date:27 June 2017 21 March 2017 Mohamed Nazeehޔުނައިޓެޑް ވިކްޓަރީގެ ކޯޗަކަށް އަނެއްކާ ވެސް ނަޒީހު(Dhivehi) Nazeeh appointed again as UV coach. access date:27 June 2017 27 March 2017 New Radiant Bernardo Tavares SackedNew Radiant sack coach Bernado Tavarez. access date:27 June 2017 24 June 2017 Óscar Bruzón 26 June 2017
Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former Players Club Eagles Mohamed Magdi Anderson Bina D'Souzaކުރިން މަހިބަދޫ އަށް ކުޅުނު އެންޑަސަން އީގަލްސް އަށް Mihaaru (Dhivehi). access date:18 July 2017 Mahmoud SayedAnother Egyptian defender to Eagles Mihaaru (Dhivehi). access date:19 Feb 2017 Sujan PereraEagles Star goalkeeper is back Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Donovan DeekmanDutch player for Eagles mvFoari.com (Dhivehi). access date:16 Feb 2017 Club Green Streets Petro KovalchukFour new players for Green Streets Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Dmytro Zhdanov Sobol Illia Jun Kochi Club Valencia Chizi Kaka Chinda Godfrey West Omodu Prince Chinonye Maziya Aleksandar Rakić Miloš Kovačević Pavel Matiash Andrei Cordoș New Radiant Adrián Gallardo Valdés Candelaނިއު އަށް ސްޕެއިން މިޑްފީލްޑަރެއް Mihaaru Sports (Dhivehi) access date:18 July 2017 Stevan MarkovićFifth foreign player to join New Radiant maldivesfootball.com access date:19 Feb 2017 Hussein El-DorNew radiant sign Spanish midfielder Candela mvFoari access date:18 July 2017 Djamel Leeflang Keisuke Ogawa TC Sports Club Cornelius StewartStewart signs for TC Sports Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Easa El-Maghrabi Kiran ChemjongKiran Chemjong Joins TC Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 United Victory Tihomir ŽivkovićCroatian striker Zivkovic to join UV. Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Kudus Omolade Kelani Đorđe Vukobrat Ruslan AmirovKyrgyzstani Goalkeeper joins United Victory Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Victory Velichko Velichkov Andrej Kerić Mostafa SeddikSeddik completes move Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017 Mahmoud Al-YoussefKeric and Mahmoud are back Boalha.mv access date:14 Feb 2017
League table
Season summary
Round One & Two
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Team \ Round1 234567891011121314Eagles 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 5Green Streets 2 3 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 2Valencia 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 Maziya 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 New Radiant 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3TC Sports 1 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 United Victory 8 8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 Victory 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 Last updated:
Matches
First round A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Second round A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Ibrahim Mahudhee TC Sports Valencia 6–3 (2) Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Maziya 4–0 (2)
Note (2) – Second round match
2018 Malé League qualification
Qualification league table
Note! Zefrol & Kudahenveiru decided to withdraw before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.
References Maldives football league system 2017 on Mihaaru Online. 4 Jan 2017 (Dhivehi) Minivan C'ship top 4 to PL on Mihaaru Online. 4 Jan 2017 (Dhivehi)