Maldives national football team

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Maldives
Association	Football Association of Maldives
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Joseph Jankech
Top scorer	Ali Umar (12)
Home stadium	Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
FIFA code	MDV
FIFA ranking	159
Highest FIFA ranking	126 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	183 (August 1997)
Elo ranking	177
First kit 　 Second kit
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	4 (First in 1997)
Best result	Runner-up - 2003

Medal record
Men’s Football
South Asian Games
Bronze	1984 Kathmandu	Team
Silver	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.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 South Asian Football Federation Cup record 4 Current squad 5 Omitted because of injury 6 Current games 7 Notable players 8 External links

[edit] World Cup record

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

[edit] Asian Cup record

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

[edit] 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 - Co-Host

[edit] Current squad

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

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Imran Mohamed Victory SC 2 DF Ibrahim Amil New Radiant 3 DF Mohamed Sifan New Radiant 5 FW Ibrahim Fazeel Victory SC 4 DF Mohamed Umair Victory SC 6 MF Mukhthar Naseer Club Valencia 7 MF Akram Abdul Ghani New Radiant 8 DF Mohamed Jameel New Radiant 10 FW Ali Umar VB Sports Club 12 FW Ali Ashfaq VB Sports Club 13 DF Assadh Abdul Ghani New Radiant 14 FW Shinaz Hilmy Club Valencia 15 MF Ahmed Saeed New Radiant 16 MF Ismail Mohamed Victory SC 17 DF Sabah Ibrahim Club Valencia 18 GK Hussain Rameez

[edit] Omitted because of injury

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Ahmed Thoriq New Radiant Shamweel Qasim New Radiant DF Ashadh Ali New Radiant

[edit] 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, Columbo	Sri Lanka		SAFF Cup

[edit] 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)

[edit] External links

• Official Website (currently under construction)

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