The 2018 Dhivehi Premier League season is the fourth season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top-tier football league in the Maldives. It is the second edition held according to its new format. The season features ten teams, increased from eight teams from last season; six teams from 2018 Malé League and four teams from 2018 Minivan Championship.Maldives 2018, RSSSF.com
Qualified teams
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. Team Qualified format Ref Green Streets 2018 Malé League top 6 Eagles 2018 Malé League top 6 Fehendhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist Foakaidhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist Maziya 2018 Malé League top 6 New Radiant 2018 Malé League top 6 Nilandhoo Minivan Championship semi finalist Thimarafushi Minivan Championship semi finalist TC Sports 2018 Malé League top 6 Victory 2018 Malé League top 6
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 CaptainGreen Streets Ali Suzain Ashad AliEagles Mohamed Shiyaz Sujan PereraFehendhoo Ismail Anil Adam NaseemFoakaidhoo Ali Nisthar Mohamed Maziya Ismail Mahfooz Asadhulla AbdullaNew Radiant Sobah Mohamed Ali Fasir Nilandhoo Assad Abdul Ghanee Ahmed AliThimarafushih Amien Shah Ibrahim AmirTC Sports Mohamed Nizam Farrah AhmedVictory Mohamed Nazeeh Shafiu Ahmed
Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) A. A. Maalhos Angel Carrasco Muñoz Saqib Hanif Green Streets Petro Kovalchuk Ilya Sobol Viliam Macko Jun Kochi Dh. Kudahuvadhoo Abbos Saidov Jamshid Qosimov G. Dh. Thinadhoo Pecharroman Alain Ruslan DzhanybekovMaziya Miloš Kovačević Andrej Kerić Bojan Mihajlovic Mahmoud Al-Youssef New Radiant Adrián Gallardo Valdés Candela Stevan Marković Hussein El-Dor Sh. Milandhoo TC Sports Cornelius Stewart Easa El-Maghrabi Halil El-Bezawy Kiran Chemjong
League table All ten teams play in the first stage. Afterwards, only the top eight teams play in the second stage.
Season statistics
Scoring Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Ahmed RizuvanEagles312 Ali AshfaqTC Sports223 Ali FasirNew Radiant15 Roland BilalaGreen Streets5 Asadhulla AbdullaMaziya146 Cornelius StewartMaziya11 Mohamed NaimEagles8 Ishan IbrahimTC Sports8 Ibrahim MahudheeTC Sports Naiz HassanMaziya Adoku Kweku LucasNilandhoo
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ali Fasir New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0 Hamza Mohamed New Radiant Thimarafushi 10–0 Asadhulla Abdulla4 Maziya Nilandhoo 7–0 Abdulla Misbaah Green Streets Nilandhoo 6–0 Ismail Easa Maziya Victory 5–0 Ali Fasir New Radiant Fehendhoo 11–0 Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Thimarafushi 9–0 Naiz Hassan Maziya Green Streets 5–1 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0 Ahmed Rizuvan5 Eagles Fehendhoo 5–0 Roland Bilala Green Streets Victory 4–1 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 7–2 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0 Mohamed Naim Eagles Nilandhoo 8–0 Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Victory 4–0 Ahmed Rizuvan4 Eagles Green Streets 7–0 Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya Nilandhoo 6–1 Mohamed Samir TC Sports Foakaidhoo 5–1 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles Foakaidhoo 5–0 Asadhulla Abdulla Maziya Foakaidhoo 5–0 Ali Ashfaq4 TC Sports Nilandhoo 7–0 Roland Bilala4 Green Streets New Radiant 5–1 Ahmed Rizuvan Eagles TC Sports 4–4
4 Player scored four goals 5 Player scored five goals
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