Maldives national football team results

The Maldives national football team has represented the Maldives in international football since 1979. Their first match came against Seychelles at the 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games. The team has never qualified for a major international tournament.^[1]

Results

1979

27 August 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games	Seychelles	9–0	Maldives	Saint-Pierre, Réunion
				Stadium: Stade Michel Volnay

28 August 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games	Réunion	9–0	Maldives	Saint-Pierre, Réunion
				Stadium: Stade Michel Volnay

29 August 1979 Indian Ocean Island Games	Comoros	2–1	Maldives	Saint-Pierre, Réunion
				Stadium: Stade Michel Volnay

1985

29 August 1985 Indian Ocean Island Games

Comoros

2–2

Maldives

Mauritius

30 August 1985 Indian Ocean Island Games

Réunion

9–0

Maldives

Mauritius

2000

31 March 2000 2000 AC Q	Maldives	0–8	Iran	Aleppo, Syria
15:30			Hasheminasab 19' Dinmohammadi 20' Mahdavikia 23' Estili 33' Daei 39', 61', 73' Mousavi 79'	Stadium: Al-Hamadaniah Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2 April 2000 2000 AC Q	Bahrain	4–1	Maldives	Aleppo, Syria
				Stadium: Al-Hamadaniah Stadium

4 April 2000 2000 AC Q	Syria	6–0	Maldives	Aleppo, Syria
	Abaza 10' Azzam 12' Srour 30' Al-Basha 50' Hamami 70' A. John 92' (o.g.)			Stadium: Al-Hamadaniah Stadium

7 April 2000 2000 AC Q	Maldives	1–2	Syria	Tehran, Iran
	Latheef 90'		Al Zaher 10' Kordieh 33'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

9 April 2000 2000 AC Q	Maldives	0–1	Bahrain	Tehran, Iran
			Wahab 47'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium

11 April 2000 2000 AC Q	Iran	3–0	Maldives	Tehran, Iran
16:30	Abolghasempour 3' Estili 32' Daei 63' (pen.)			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

2001

1 April 2001 2002 FWC Q

Maldives

6–0

Cambodia

Malé, Maldives

8 April 2001 2002 FWC Q

Indonesia

5–0

Maldives

Jakarta, Indonesia

15 April 2001 2002 FWC Q

Cambodia

1–1

Maldives

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

22 April 2001 2002 FWC Q

China

10–1

Maldives

Xi'an, China

28 April 2001 2002 FWC Q

Maldives

0–1

China

Malé, Maldives

6 May 2001 2002 FWC Q

Maldives

0–2

Indonesia

Malé, Maldives

2003

21 March 2003 2004 AC Q

Brunei

1–1

Maldives

Malé, Maldives

25 March 2003 2004 AC Q

Maldives

0–2

Myanmar

Malé, Maldives

2004

18 February 2004 2006 FWC Q

Vietnam

4–0

Maldives

Hanoi, Vietnam

31 March 2004 2006 FWC Q

Maldives

0–0

South Korea

Malé, Maldives

9 June 2004 2006 FWC Q

Lebanon

3–0

Maldives

Beirut, Lebanon

8 September 2004 2006 FWC Q

Maldives

2–5

Lebanon

Malé, Maldives

13 October 2004 2006 FWC Q

Maldives

3–0

Vietnam

Malé, Maldives

17 November 2004 2006 FWC Q

South Korea

2–0

Maldives

Seoul, South Korea

2005

7 December 2005 2005 SAFF	Maldives	9–1	Afghanistan	Karachi, Pakistan
				Stadium: Peoples Football Stadium

9 December 2005 2005 SAFF	Maldives	2–0	Sri Lanka	Karachi, Pakistan
				Stadium: Peoples Football Stadium

11 December 2005 2005 SAFF	Pakistan	0–0	Maldives	Karachi, Pakistan
				Stadium: Peoples Football Stadium

14 December 2005 2005 SAFF	Maldives	0–1	India	Islamabad, Pakistan
			Manju 38'	Stadium: Jinnah Sports Stadium

2007

8 October 2007 2010 FWC Q	Yemen	3–0	Maldives	Sana'a, Yemen
21:00 UTC+3	Salem 44' Al-Hubaishi 66' Thabit 80'			Stadium: Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

28 October 2007 2010 FWC Q	Maldives	2–0	Yemen	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Qasim 14' Ashfaq 67'			Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Subrata Sarkar (India)

2008

9 April 2008 2011 AC Q	Lebanon	4–0	Maldives	Beirut, Lebanon
18:00 UTC+3	El Ali 5' Yaacoub 11' Atwi 13' (pen.) Ghaddar 39'			Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

23 April 2008 2011 AC Q	Maldives	1–2	Lebanon	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Shamweel Qasim 22'		Korhani 9' Al Jamal 75'	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rosdi Shahrul (Malaysia)

3 June 2008 2008 SAFF	Maldives	3–0	Pakistan	Malé, Maldives
				Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium

5 June 2008 2008 SAFF	Maldives	4–1	Nepal	Malé, Maldives
				Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium

7 June 2008 2008 SAFF	Maldives	0–1	India	Malé, Maldives
				Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium

11 June 2008 2008 SAFF	Sri Lanka	0–1	Maldives	Colombo, Sri Lanka
				Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

13 June 2008 2008 SAFF	India	0–1	Maldives	Colombo, Sri Lanka
				Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

2009

14 April 2009 2010 ACC Q	Turkmenistan	3–1	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
16:00	Nasyrow 42' Şamyradow 49' Mirzoýew 68' (pen.)		Fazeel 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)

16 April 2009 2010 ACC Q	Maldives	3–2	Philippines	Malé, Maldives
16:00	Fazeel 26' (pen.) Ashfaq 45' Naseer 82'		Borromeo 11' Gould 90+2'	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

18 April 2009 2010 ACC Q	Bhutan	0–5	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
21:00			Ashfaq 4', 36' Fazeel 45+1' (pen.), 47' Umair 80'	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

5 December 2009 2009 SAFF	Maldives	1–1	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
16:00				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

7 December 2009 2009 SAFF	Maldives	3–1	Afghanistan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
16:00				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

9 December 2009 2009 SAFF	Maldives	2–0	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:00				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

11 December 2009 2009 SAFF	Maldives	5–1	Sri Lanka	Dhaka, Bangladesh
16:00				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

13 December 2009 2009 SAFF	Maldives	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
	Penalties
	Fazeel Thariq Mukhthar Ashfaq		Jibon Denzil Nirmal Subodh

2010

12 October 2010 Friendly	Indonesia	3–0	Maldives	Bandung, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+7	Okto 30' Yongki 74' Tony 90'			Stadium: Siliwangi Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Pandian Palaniyandi (Singapore)

2011

21 March 2011 2012 ACC Q	Maldives	4–0	Cambodia	Malé, Maldives
21:00	Naseer 2' Ashfaq 41', 84', 88'			Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Zhao Liang (China)

23 March 2011 2012 ACC Q	Kyrgyzstan	1–2	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
16:00	Abdul Ghani 87' (o.g.)		Ali 5' Qasim 79'	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

25 March 2011 2012 ACC Q	Tajikistan	0–0	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
16:00				Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mohammed Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

23 July 2011 2014 FWC Q	Iran	4–0	Maldives	Tehran, Iran
19:30 UTC+04:30	Ansarifard 4', 62' Karimi 67' Daghighi 86'			Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

28 July 2011 2014 FWC Q	Maldives	0–1	Iran	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5			Khalatbari 45+1'	Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)

4 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Maldives	1–1	Mauritius	Praslin, Seychelles
				Stadium: Stade d’Amitié Attendance: 1,800

6 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Comoros	2–2	Mauritius	Mahé, Seychelles
				Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 1,000

9 August 2011 2011 Indian Ocean Island Games	Seychelles	5–1	Maldives	Mahé, Seychelles
				Stadium: Stade Linité Attendance: 5,500

2 December 2011 2011 SAFF	Maldives	1–1	Nepal	New Delhi, India
18:00	Ashfaq 45+2'		Sandip 51'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

4 December 2011 2011 SAFF	Pakistan	0–0	Maldives	New Delhi, India
18:00				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

6 December 2011 2011 SAFF	Maldives	3–1	Bangladesh	New Delhi, India
18:00	Thariq 6', 17' Ashfaq 70'		Shahed 29'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

9 December 2011 2011 SAFF	Maldives	1–3	India	New Delhi, India
15:00	Shamweel 60'		Nabi 24' Chhetri 70' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

2012

24 February 2012 Friendly	Thailand	3–0	Maldives	Chiang Mai, Thailand
	Chatree 31' Teerasil 53' Datsakorn 72'			Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium

8 March 2012 2012 ACC	Turkmenistan	3–1	Maldives	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00	Mingazow 33' Çoňkaýew 78' Amanow 85'		Adhuham 20'	Stadium: Halchowk Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

10 March 2012 2012 ACC	Maldives	1–0	Nepal	Kathmandu, Nepal
17:00	Rasheed 51'			Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrygyzstan)

12 March 2012 2012 ACC	Maldives	0–2	Palestine	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:00			Wadi 59' Nu'man 90+4'	Stadium: Halchowk Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrygyzstan)

23 August 2012 2012 Nehru Cup

Maldives

2–1

Nepal

Delhi, India

25 August 2012 2012 Nehru Cup

India

3–0

Maldives

Delhi, India

27 August 2012 2012 Nehru Cup

Maldives

2–1

Syria

Delhi, India

2013

2 September 2013 2013 SAFF	Maldives	10–0	Sri Lanka	Kathmandu, Nepal
18:30	Abdulla 5' Ashfaq 21' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 51', 53', 58', 87' Adhuham 76' Fasir 83' Umar 86'			Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh (India)

4 September 2013 2013 SAFF	Bhutan	2–8	Maldives	Kathmandu, Nepal
18:30	P. Tshering 25' C. Gyeltshen 35'		Fasir 16', 69' Umair 45+3' Ashfaq 48', 51', 76', 79' Umar 82'	Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

6 September 2013 2013 SAFF	Afghanistan	0–0	Maldives	Kathmandu, Nepal
15:30				Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

9 September 2013 2013 SAFF	Maldives	0–1	India	Kathmandu, Nepal
18:30			Mondal 86'	Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

2014

19 May 2014 AFC Challenge Cup	Maldives	2–3	Myanmar	Malé, Maldives
21:00	Umair 55' Ashfaq 90+6'		Kyaw Ko Ko 39', 90+5' Nyein Chan Aung 45+1'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

21 May 2014 AFC Challenge Cup	Kyrgyzstan	0–2	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
21:00			Ashfaq 61', 71'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Wang Di (China PR)

23 May 2014 AFC Challenge Cup	Maldives	0–0	Palestine	Malé, Maldives
21:00				Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

27 May 2014 AFC Challenge Cup	Philippines	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
21:00	P. Younghusband 19' Lucena 38' C. Greatwich 104'		Umair 36' Abdulla 66'	Stadium: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

29 May 2014 AFC Challenge Cup	Afghanistan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Maldives	Malé, Maldives
21:00	Karimi 114'		Fasir 118'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
	Penalties
	Alikhil Zazai Hadid Karimi Faqiryar Sharityar Daudi Sakhizada Shayesteh		Ashfaq Abdul Ghanee Fasir Rilwan Qasim Rasheed Ali Mohamed Fazeel

2015

11 June 2015 2018 FWC Q

Maldives

0–1

Qatar

Malé, Maldives

16 June 2015 2018 FWC Q

Hong Kong

2–0

Maldives

Hong Kong

8 September 2015 2018 FWC Q

Maldives

0–3

China

Malé, Maldives

8 October 2015 2018 FWC Q

Bhutan

3–4

Maldives

Thimphu, Bhutan

13 October 2015 2018 FWC Q

Qatar

4–0

Maldives

Doha, Qatar

12 November 2015 2018 FWC Q

Maldives

0–1

Hong Kong

Malé, Maldives

24 December 2015 2015 SAFF

Maldives

3–1

Bhutan

Thiruvananthapuram, India

26 December 2015 2015 SAFF

Bangladesh

1–3

Maldives

Thiruvananthapuram, India

28 December 2015 2015 SAFF

Afghanistan

4–1

Maldives

Thiruvananthapuram, India

31 December 2015 2015 SAFF

India

3–2

Maldives

Thiruvananthapuram, India

2016

24 March 2016 2018 FWC Q

China

4–0

Maldives

Wuhan, China

29 March 2016 2018 FWC Q

Maldives

4–2

Bhutan

Malé, Maldives

2 June 2016 2019 AC Q

Maldives

0–2

Yemen

Malé, Maldives

7 June 2016 2019 AC Q

Yemen

2–0

Maldives

Doha, Qatar

6 September 2016 2019 AC Q

Maldives

4–0

Laos

Malé, Maldives

11 October 2016 2019 AC Q

Laos

1–1

Maldives

Vientiane, Laos

2017

28 March 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Maldives	0–3	Palestine	Malé, Maldives
				Stadium: National Football Stadium

13 June 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Bhutan

0–2

Maldives

Thimphu, Bhutan

5 September 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Oman	5–0	Maldives	Muscat, Oman
19:15 UTC+4	Al-Khaldi 5' Al-Hajri 58' Al-Yahyaei 69' Al-Yahmadi 86' Al-Hasani 88'			Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

10 October 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Maldives	1–3	Oman	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5	Fasir 24'		Al-Hajri 15' Ali 19' (o.g.) Al-Mahaijri 57'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

14 November 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Palestine	8–1	Maldives	Jenin, Palestine
16:00 UTC+2	Yousef 6', 33' Faisal 16' (o.g.) Maraaba 30', 53', 54', 59' Cantillana 56'		N. Hassan 52'	Stadium: Arab American University Stadium Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

2018

27 March 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Maldives	7–0	Bhutan	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5	H. Mohamed 35' N. Hassan 66', 77', 80', 82' I. Hassan 69' Yoosuf 90+3'			Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 2,443 Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

7 September 2018 SAFF Championship

Maldives

0–0

Sri Lanka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

9 September 2018 SAFF Championship

India

2–0

Maldives

Dhaka, Bangladesh

12 September 2018 SAFF Championship

Nepal

0–3

Maldives

Dhaka, Bangladesh

15 September 2018 SAFF Championship

Maldives

2–1

India

Dhaka, Bangladesh

3 November Friendly	Malaysia	3–0	Maldives	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Zaquan 16' Safawi 81' Sumareh 90+3'			Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

2019

5 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (R2)	Guam	0–1	Maldives	Dededo, Guam
15:30 UTC+10		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mahudhee 27'	Stadium: Guam F.A. National Training Center Attendance: 714 Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

10 September 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (R2)	Maldives	0–5	China	Malé, Maldives
20:00 UTC+5		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Xi 34' Wu Lei 45' Yang Xu 64' (pen.) Elkeson 83' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

10 October 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (R2)	Syria	2–1	Maldives	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4	Al Somah 26', 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Rashid Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

5 November Friendly	Malaysia	2–1	Maldives	Paroi, Malaysia
19:00 UTC+8	Syahmi 8' Baddrol 72'	Report	Rizuvan 60'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

14 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (R2)	Maldives	1–2	Philippines	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Hassan 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ramsay 52' Strauß 68'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

19 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (R2)	Maldives	3–1	Guam	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Samooh 23' Nicklaw 38' (o.g.) Ashfaq 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Matkin 49'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Upcoming fixtures

26 March 2020 2022 WCQ R2	China	v	Maldives	China
--:-- UTC+8

31 March 2020 2022 WCQ R2	Maldives	v	Syria	Malé, Maldives
--:-- UTC+5				Stadium: National Football Stadium

9 June 2020 2022 WCQ R2	Philippines	v	Maldives	Bacolod, Philippines
--:-- UTC+8				Stadium: Panaad Stadium

References

^ "AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Team Profiles - Maldives". www.goal.com.

External links

[1] "AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Team Profiles - Maldives". www.goal.com.

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