Maziya S&RC

Maziya
Full name	Maziya Sports and Recreation Club
Nickname(s)	The Green Boys
Founded	January 23, 1996; 28 years ago
Ground	National Football Stadium, Malé
Capacity	11,850
Chairman	Ahmed Sajid
Coach	Milomir Seslija
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2023	DPL, 1st of 8
Home colours	Away colours

Maziya Sports and Recreation Club^[2] is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. 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]

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 thrice in 2016, 2019–20, and 2020–21.

In the 2022 AFC Cup groups-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala.^[4] They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.^[5]

Seasons

Domestic

Season	League									FA Cup	President's Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	FA Cup	President's Cup	Player	Goals	Manager
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	19
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

Continental

As of match played 26 February 2020

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
AFC Cup	36	11	8	17	54	59
Total	36	11	8	17	54	59

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013	AFC Cup	Group G	Kelantan	6–1	1–1	3rd
			Ayeyawady United	3–1	0–3
			SHB-Đà Nẵng	2–3	1–3
2014	AFC Cup	Group F	Hà Nội T&T	1–2	1–5	4th
			Arema Cronus	1–3	2–3
			Selangor	1–1	1–4
2015	AFC Cup	Play-off round	Ceres	1–0
		Group E	Bengaluru	1–2	1–2	3rd
			Warriors	2–0	2–0
			Persipura Jayapura	1–2	0–0
2016	AFC Cup	Group G	Mohun Bagan	1–2	1–1	4th
			South China	2–1	0–2
			Yangon United	1–1	2–3
2017	AFC Cup	Group E	Bengaluru	0–1	0–1	2nd
			Mohun Bagan	5–2	1–0
			Abahani Limited Dhaka	2–0	2–0
2020	AFC Cup	Preliminary round 2	Abahani Limited Dhaka	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		Play-off round	Bengaluru	2–1	2–3	4–4 (p)
		Group E	Chennai City		2–2
			Bashundhara Kings
			TC Sports Club
2022	AFC Cup

Honours

Dhivehi Premier League
- Champions (4) :2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022
Maldives FA Cup
- Champions (3): 2012, 2014,2022
Maldivian FA Charity Shield
- Champions (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Malé League
- Champions (1): 2017
President's Cup
- Champions (1): 2015
POMIS Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2015^[6]

Current squad

As of 12 October 2023^[7]

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	Hussain Shareef
4	DF	MDV	Amdaan Ali
5	MF	MDV	Mohamed Irufaan
6	MF	JPN	Tomoki Wada
7	FW	MDV	Ibrahim Mahudhee
8	MF	MDV	Hussain Nihan
9	FW	MDV	Asadhulla Abdulla (captain)
10	MF	MDV	Hamza Mohamed
11	DF	MDV	Naiz Hassan
13	DF	MDV	Mujuthaaz Mohamed
17	DF	MDV	Ali Samooh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	MDV	Hassan Shifaz
23	MF	MDV	Moosa Yaamin
24	DF	ESP	Jesús Pozo Blanco
29	DF	CRO	Sebastijan Antic
31	DF	MDV	Aisam Ibrahim
37		MDV	Mohamed Umair
39	MF	VIN	Cornelius Stewart
40	MF	SRB	Jocic Branimir
44	DF	MDV	Ahmed Abdulla
—	MF	MDV	Abdulla Junaid
—	GK	SYR	Mahmoud Al-Youssef

References

^ Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
^ Guha, Sayantan (22 May 2022). ""We took Maziya to be an easy team" - Gokulam Kerala FC head coach admits underestimating AFC Cup opponents". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "Summary - 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives - List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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[1] Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[2] "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[3] "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[4] Guha, Sayantan (22 May 2022). ""We took Maziya to be an easy team" - Gokulam Kerala FC head coach admits underestimating AFC Cup opponents". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[5] "Summary - 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[6] Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives - List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[7] "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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