Club Valencia (Maldives)

Club Valencia
Full name	Club Valencia
Nickname(s)	The Sunrisers
Founded	16 October 1979; 45 years ago
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

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.

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)

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 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

^ "Club Valencia Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
^ Ali, Hoodh (10 March 2002). "Maldives 2001 — POMIS Cup". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ 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

[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.

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