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| Full name | Maziya Sports and Recreation Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Green Boys | ||
| Short name | Maziya | ||
| Founded | January 23, 1996 | ||
| Ground | National Football Stadium, Malé | ||
| Capacity | 11,850 | ||
| Owner | Maziya Sport And Recreation | ||
| Chairman | Ahmed Sajid | ||
| Coach | vacant | ||
| League | Dhivehi Premier League | ||
| 2023 | Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 8 | ||
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Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé.[2] They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first time in 2006.[3]
History
The club was founded on 23 January 1996. The club is one of the most successful clubs in Maldives, having won the top tier domestic league thrice in 2016, 2019–20, and 2020–21.
In the 2022 AFC Cup group-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala.[4] They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.[5] The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.[6]
Seasons
Domestic
| Season | League | FA Cup | President's Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Player | Goals | ||||
| 2015 | 1st | 4th | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 21 | - | Winners |  Asadhulla Abdulla
|
9 | Ali Suzain
|
| 2016 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 47 | Quarterfinal | Semi-finals | Asadhulla Abdulla
|
19 | |
| 2017 | 1st | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 27 | Third | Semi-finals | Mohamed Umair
|
8 |  Marjan Sekulovski Ismail Mahfooz
|
| 2018 | 1st | 2nd | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 38 | - | - | Asadhulla Abdulla
|
14 | Ismail Mahfooz
|
| 2019–20 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 51 | Cancelled | - |  Cornelius Stewart
|
15 | Marjan Sekulovski
|
Continental
- As of match played 26 February 2020
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Cup | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
| Total | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 59 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group G |  Kelantan
|
6–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
 Ayeyawady United
|
3–1 | 0–3 | ||||
 SHB-Đà Nẵng
|
2–3 | 1–3 | ||||
| 2014 | AFC Cup | Group F | Hà Nội T&T
|
1–2 | 1–5 | 4th |
 Arema Cronus
|
1–3 | 2–3 | ||||
| Selangor
|
1–1 | 1–4 | ||||
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Play-off round |  Ceres
|
1–0 | ||
| Group E |  Bengaluru
|
1–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | ||
 Warriors
|
2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| Persipura Jayapura
|
1–2 | 0–0 | ||||
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group G | Mohun Bagan
|
1–2 | 1–1 | 4th |
 South China
|
2–1 | 0–2 | ||||
| Yangon United
|
1–1 | 2–3 | ||||
| 2017 | AFC Cup | Group E | Bengaluru
|
0–1 | 0–1 | 2nd |
| Mohun Bagan
|
5–2 | 1–0 | ||||
 Abahani Limited Dhaka
|
2–0 | 2–0 | ||||
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round 2 | Abahani Limited Dhaka
|
1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) |
| Play-off round | Bengaluru
|
2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (p) | ||
| Group E | Chennai City
|
Cancelled | 2–2 | 2nd | ||
| Bashundhara Kings
|
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
| TC Sports Club
|
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
|
0–2 | 4th | |
| Mohun Bagan
|
1–3 | |||||
| Bengaluru
|
2–6 | |||||
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
|
0–1 | 3rd | |
| Gokulam Kerala
|
1–0 | |||||
| Mohun Bagan
|
2–5 | |||||
| 2023–24 | AFC Cup | Group D | Bashundhara Kings
|
3–1 | Nov 27 | TBD |
| Mohun Bagan SG
|
Dec 11 | 1–2 | ||||
| Odisha
|
2–3 | 1–6 | ||||
Honours
- Dhivehi Premier League
- Maldives FA Cup
- Maldivian FA Charity Shield
- Champions (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022,2023
- Malé League
- Champions (1): 2017
- President's Cup
- Champions (2): 2015,2023
- POMIS Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2015[7]
Current squad
- As of 12 October 2023[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
