2015 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
Football league season
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The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament was the first season under its current league division format. The season began on 24 July and ended on 14 September.[3]
| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | United Victory[1] |
| Promoted | United Victory[2] |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Structure and rule changes
Second division was played for two rounds according to the changes brought to the 2015 season.[3]
- Round 1
- Teams play against each other once.
- Top 5 teams qualify for Round 2.
- Bottom 2 teams gets relegated to next season's Third Division.
- Round 2
- Teams play against each other once.
- The team to top the league table at the end will be the champions and get promoted to next season's Dhivehi Premier League.
- Second team will qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.
- Including Maldives U19 team
- As the Maldives under-19 team was included in the Second Division Football Tournament from this year onwards, this team would neither be promoted to Dhivehi Premier League even if they finished it first, nor relegated to Third Division Football Tournament if they finished at the bottom two. Thus, they would not be either qualified to play in the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.[4]
Teams
A total of 10 teams[3] contested in the league, including six sides from the 2014 Second Division, two sides promoted from 2014 Third Division, one side relegated from 2014 Dhivehi League and Maldives national under-19 football team.
Teams and their divisions
- Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
| Team | Division |
|---|---|
| Club AYL | |
| Club MNDF | |
| Hurriyya | |
| Maldives U19 | |
| Police Club | |
| SC Mecano | |
| United Victory | |
| Vyansa | |
| TBA | |
| TBA | |
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 | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Club AYL | ||
| Club MNDF | ||
| Hurriyya | ||
| Maldives U19 | ||
| Police Club | ||
| SC Mecano | ||
| United Victory | ||
| Vyansa | ||
| TBA | ||
| TBA |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Victory (C, P) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 8 | +47 | 28 | Promotion to Dhivehi Premier League |
| 2 | Police Club | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 25 | |
| 3 | Dhivehi Sifainge Club | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 22 | |
| 4 | Green Streets[b] | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 17 | Qualification to Dhivehi Premier League play-off |
| 5 | Mecano | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 13 | |
| 6 | JJ Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Hurriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Vyansa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | All Youth Linkage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Third Division |
Source: V News
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Top five teams continue after each team have played 8 matches.
- Since recreation clubs of government offices are not allowed in the Football Association of Maldives first division football tournaments, the play-off spot was given to the fourth placed Club Green Streets instead of Police Club and Dhivehi Sifainge Club.[2]