Club Valencia (Maldives)

Club Valencia
	Club Valencia Logo
Full name	Club Valencia
Nickname(s)	VLC/VAL
Founded	1979; 45 years ago
Ground	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium; Malé, Maldives
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Ibrahim Raee Rasheed
Coach	Mohamed Shiyaz(Mohan)
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2016	Dhivehi League, 6th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Club Valencia is a Maldivian football club based in Malé, Maldives that plays in the Dhivehi Premier League. Club Valencia was the first Maldivian club to pay a salary for its players.

Club Valencia has won 05 National Championships, 05 Maldives FA Cups, 06 Maldives Cup Winners' Cups, and 03 POMIS Cups and Youth Championship 2013.

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 Athletico; both were rejected. The third name, Club Valencia was then approved by the government.

An election was held during March 2012 for new posts. The new chairman of the club is Ibrahim Raee Rasheed, and the new vice chairman is Vadi Hassan Abdulla.

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 Faishal
2	DF	MDV	Shafiu Ahmed
4	DF	MDV	Mohamed Shifaan
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
13	MF	MDV	Yoosuf Rameez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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