POMIS Cup

The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) is an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of local football in Maldives.^[1] This is the only international soccer club tournament held in the Maldives.

POMIS Cup

Organising body	Football Association of Maldives
Founded	1987
Region	Maldives
Number of teams	6
Current champions	PDRM FA
Most successful club(s)	New Radiant SC Club Valencia
2015

Due to various reasons, Football Association of Maldives (FAM) was not able to stage the tournament in the years of 2002 and 2004 to 2014.

In 2003, two foreign clubs from India and Sri Lanka competed in the cup, Mahindra United and Negombo Youth.^[2]

On 22 December 2014, Football Association of Maldives (FAM) normalisation committee decided to introduce POMIS Cup again and started in January 2015. In 2015, the top two teams of Dhivehi League played against two foreign teams in the POMIS Cup.^[3]

From 2016 onward, there will be no pomis cup rebranded to sheikh Jamal cup to participate the tournament along withforeign teams. On 19 January 2015, POMIS Cup committee rebranded the President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup to the People of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup.

Previous winners

• 1987 : Renown Sports Club 0–0 Saunders SC [3–1 pen]
• 1988 : York SC (Sri Lanka) 5–4 New Radiant SC
• 1989 : Victory Sports Club 4–3 Club Valencia
• 1990 : Indian Youth Team 4–1 Victory Sports Club
• 1991 : York FC (Sri Lanka) 0–0 Dempo SC [5–4 pen]
• 1992 : Club Valencia 2–1 Dempo SC^[4]
• 1993 : Kerala SC (India) 2–1 Victory Sports Club
• 1994 : New Radiant SC 1–1 Colombo FC [7–5 pen]
• 1995 : New Radiant SC 1–1 Victory Sports Club [4–2 pen]
• 1996 : Club Valencia 3–2 Victory Sports Club
• 1997 : New Radiant SC 3–2 Victory Sports Club
• 1998 : Thailand U-19s 2–1 New Radiant SC
• 1999 : Hurriyya SC 1–0 Victory Sports Club
• 2000 : Hurriyya SC 1–1 Club Valencia [4–3 pen]
• 2001 : Club Valencia 1–0 Victory Sports Club
• 2002 – not held
• 2003 : Mahindra United 3–1 Club Valencia^[5]
• 2004—2014 – not held
• 2015 : PDRM FA 5–4 Maziya S&RC
• 2016 to 2018 not held

Peoples Cup (2015) teams

• Maziya S&RC
• New Radiant SC
• PDRM FA
• Singapore LionsXII

Number of titles

• New Radiant SC (3)

Rank	# of titles	Club	Year(s) won
1	3	New Radiant SC	1994, 1995, 1997
1	3	Club Valencia	1992, 1996, 2001
2	2	Hurriyya SC	1999
3	1	Renown Sports Club	1987
3	1	Victory Sports Club	1989
3	1	Kerala SC	1993
3	1	Mahindra United	2003
3	1	PDRM FA	2015

• Club Valencia (3)
• York FC (Sri Lanka) (2)
• Hurriyya SC (2)
• Renown Sports Club (1)
• Victory Sports Club (1)
• Indian Youth Team (1)
• Kerala SC (India) (1)
• Thailand U-19s (1)
• Mahindra United (1)
• PDRM FA (1)

References

1. 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.
2. Shahyb, Mohamed (21 September 2003). "Local teams struggle while foreign teams confirm participation in POMIS Cup". Haveeru Daily. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
3. "PDRM accepts POMIS Cup invitation". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
4. Das, Shibashis (7 March 2022). "I-League 2: Looking back at when Dempo SC dominated Indian Football". Football Express India. Goa. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
5. Majumder, Raunak (3 April 2020). "Reliving the title run of Mumbai's only national champions – Mahindra United 2005–06 season". Football Counter. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

External links

• POMIS Cup history at RSSSF