Club Valencia (Maldives)

Club Valencia is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. Nicknamed The Sunrisers, the club most recently competed in the Dhivehi Premier League, the top tier of Maldivian football.

Club Valencia

Full name	Club Valencia
Nickname(s)	The Sunrisers
Founded	16 October 1979; 45 years ago (1979-10-16)
Ground	National Football Stadium, Malé
Capacity	11,850
Chairman	Adheel Jaleel
Manager	Mohamed Athif
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2023	DPL, 8th of 8
Home colours Away colours

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

The chairman of the club is Mr. Adheel Jaleel who was elected to the post in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Players (2023)

Main page: category:Club Valencia (Maldives) players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MDV Mohamed Faisal 2 DF  MDV Shafiu Ahmed 4 DF  MDV Mohamed Sifaan 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  MDV Yoosuf Rameez 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

Honours

Former crest of Club Valencia

• Dhivehi League: 5

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008^[1]

• Second Division: 1

2020

• Maldives FA Cup: 5

1988, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016

• FAM Youth Championship: 2

2013, 2022

• Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 3

1998, 2004, 2007

• POMIS Cup: 3

1992, 1996, 2001^[2]

• Charity Shield: 1

2009

Veterans

• Veterans Cup: 3

2010, 2011, 2012

• Veterans Association Cup – Veterans: 1

2014

• Veterans Association Cup – Masters: 1

2014

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2002–03: Qualifying East – 2nd Round

• Asian Club Championship: 6 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1995: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1996: Second Round

1999: First Round

2000: Second Round

• AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2004: Group Stage

2005: Group Stage

2009: Group Stage

2017: Preliminary Round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1996/97: Second Round

2000/01: First Round

Notable players

• Felix Aboagye^[3]

References

1. "Club Valencia Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
2. Ali, Hoodh (10 March 2002). "Maldives 2001 — POMIS Cup". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
3. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Felix Ahmed Aboagye (Player) – National Team Appearances – Club Appearances". www.national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

External links

• Official website (archived 3 April 2010)
• Club Valencia on Twitter
• Club Valencia on Facebook