Maziya S&RC
Maldivian football club
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Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé.[2] 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.[3]
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| Full name | Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname | The Green Boys | ||
| Short name | Maziya | ||
| Founded | January 23, 1996 | ||
| Ground | National Football Stadium, Malé | ||
| Capacity | 11,850 | ||
| Owner | Maziya Sport And Recreation | ||
| Chairman | Ahmed Sajid | ||
| Manager | Luisma Hernández | ||
| League | Dhivehi Premier League | ||
| 2025/26 | Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
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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.[citation needed] They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.[4] The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.[5]
Seasons
Domestic
| Season | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2015 | 1st | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 21 | - | Winners |  Asadhulla Abdulla |
9 | Ali Suzain |
| 2016 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 47 | Quarterfinal | Semi-finals | Asadhulla Abdulla |
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| 2017 | 1st | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 27 | Third | Semi-finals | Mohamed Umair |
8 |  Marjan Sekulovski Ismail Mahfooz |
| 2018 | 1st | 2nd | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 38 | - | - | Asadhulla Abdulla |
14 | Ismail Mahfooz |
| 2019–20 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 51 | Cancelled | - |  Cornelius Stewart |
15 | Marjan Sekulovski |
| 2020–21 | 1st | 1st | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 34 | Cancelled | - | Cornelius Stewart |
10 goals | Mohamed Nizam  Risto Vidaković |
| 2022 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 5 | 60 | Champions | - |  Tana |
18 goals | Mohamed Nizam Risto Vidaković |
| 2023 | 1st | 1st | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 40 | Cancelled | Champions | Hamza Mohamed |
10 goals | |
| 2025-26 | 1st | 1st | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 48 | - | Runners Up | Sergio Mendigutxia |
12 goals | Luisma Hernandez |
Continental
- As of match played 1 November 2024
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| AFC Cup | 48 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 69 | 90 |
| AFC Challenge League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Total | 54 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 70 | 101 |
Honours
- Dhivehi Premier League
- Maldives FA Cup
- Maldivian FA Charity Shield
- Malé League
- Champions (1): 2017
- President's Cup
- Champions (2): 2015, 2023
- POMIS Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2015[6]
Current squad
- As of March 2025[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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