Club Valencia (Maldives)

Club Valencia

Full name	Club Valencia
Nickname(s)	The Sunrisers
Founded	16 October 1979; 44 years ago (1979-10-16)
Ground	National Football Stadium, Malé
Capacity	11,850
Chairman	Adheel Jaleel
Coach	Mohamed Athif
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2023	8th of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Valencia is a Maldivian football club based in Malé, Maldives. Nicknamed The Sunrisers, the club competes 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.^{[citation needed]}

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MDV Mohamed Faisal 2 DF  MDV Shafiu Ahmed 4 DF  MDV Mohamed Sifaan 5 MF  MDV Ahmed Rilwaan 7 MF  MDV Abdul Wahid Ibrahim 8 MF  MDV Ahmed Wisham 10 MF  MDV Hassan Adham 13 DF  MDV Akram Abdul Ghanee

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  MDV Yoosuf Rameez 15 DF  MDV Ibrahim Abdullah 16 MF  MDV Ahmed Nishaan 19 DF  MDV Hussain Mujthaba 23 MF  MDV Shaheem Abdul Gadhir 25 GK  MDV Ahmed Athif 29 DF  MDV Abdulla Nawwaf 30 FW  MDV Haidhar Akram

Honours

• Dhivehi League: 5

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008^[1]

• 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^[2]

• 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: 6 appearances

1986: 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^[3]

References

External links

• Official website (archived 3 April 2010)
• Club Valencia on Twitter
• Club Valencia on Facebook

This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 15:14