Maldives national football team

Maldives

Nickname(s)	The great yellowfin, Green heroes
Association	Football Association of Maldives
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	István Urbányi
Most caps	Top scorer = Ali Umar (12)
Home stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code	MDV
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	157
Highest	126 (July 2006)
Lowest	183 (August 1997)
First international
Seychelles 9 - 0 Maldives (Réunion; August 27, 1979)
Biggest win
Maldives 12 - 0 Mongolia (Male, Maldives; December 3, 2003)
Biggest defeat
Iran 17 - 0 Maldives (Damascus, Syria; June 2, 1997)
South Asian Football Federation Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Winners - 2008

Maldives national football team

Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
	1984 Kathmandu	Team
	1991 Colombo	Team

The Maldives National Football Team is the national team of the Maldives and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the AFC, it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0-0.

Maldives most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship when they beat India in the final 1-0.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1986 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Withdrew
• 1994 - Did not enter
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1992 - Did not enter
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Did not enter
• 2011 - Did not qualify

South Asian Football Federation Cup record

• 1993 - Did not enter
• 1995 - Withdrew
• 1997 - Runners Up
• 1999 - Third Place
• 2003 - Runners Up
• 2005 - Semi Finals
• 2008 - Champions (Co-Host)

Former Coaches

• Jozef Jankech - Resigned in June 2008 to take up post of Technical Director at ZTS Dubnica in his native Slovakia.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2011 Asian Cup preliminary qualifying game.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Imran Mohamed				Victory SC
2	2DF	Ibrahim Amil				New Radiant
3	2DF	Mohamed Sifan				New Radiant
5	4FW	Ibrahim Fazeel				Victory SC
4	2DF	Mohamed Umair				Victory SC
6	3MF	Mukhthar Naseer				Club Valencia
7	4FW	Ali Ashfaq				VB Sports Club
8	2DF	Mohamed Jameel				New Radiant
9	4FW	Ahmed Thoriq				New Radiant
10	4FW	Ali Umar				VB Sports Club
11	3MF	Shamweel Qasim				New Radiant
13	2DF	Assadh Abdul Ghani				New Radiant
14	4FW	Shinaz Hilmy				Club Valencia
15	3MF	Ahmed Saeed				New Radiant
16	3MF	Ismail Mohamed				Victory SC
17	2DF	Sabah Ibrahim				Club Valencia
18	1GK	Hussain Rameez				Club Valencia
	2DF	Anwar Abdul Ghani				New Radiant

Omitted because of injury/suspension

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	4FW	Ashadh Ali				Victory Sports Club

Current games

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
9 April, 2008	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut	Lebanon	0–4	2011 AFC Cup Q
23 April, 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé	Lebanon	1–2	2011 AFC Cup Q
3 June, 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé	Pakistan	3–0	SAFF Cup
5 June, 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé	Nepal	4–1	SAFF Cup
7 June, 2008	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé	India	0–1	SAFF Cup
11 June, 2008	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka	1–0	SAFF Cup
14 June, 2008	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo	India	1–0	SAFF Cup

Notable players

• Ali Ashfaq(2004- present)
• Mohamed Nizam(1996 - 2006)
• Imran Mohamed(2002 - present)
• Ibrahim Fazeel(2000 - Present)
• Ali Umar(1999 - present)
• Moosa Manik(1985 - 1996)

External links

• Official Website (currently under construction)
• Maldive Soccer Fansite

Maldives Football Blog

• Maldives Football weblog