- Maldives national football team
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Maldives Nickname(s) Red Snapers Association Football Association of Maldives Sub-confederation SAFF (South Asia) Confederation AFC (Asia) Head coach István Urbányi Captain Ali Ashfaq Top scorer Ali Ashfaq (20) Home stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium FIFA code MDV FIFA ranking 162 Highest FIFA ranking 126 (July 2006) Lowest FIFA ranking 183 (August 1997) Elo ranking 165 Highest Elo ranking 165 (23 March 2011) Lowest Elo ranking 209 (13 June 1997) 
Home colours
Away coloursFirst 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)Medal record Men’s Football South Asian Games Bronze 1984 Kathmandu Team Silver 1991 Colombo Team Bronze 2010 Dhaka 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.
Maldives most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0. [1]
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Supporters
About 11,500 Maldivian supporters, including the former president Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom, attended to see the 2008 SAFF Championship final match in Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka. After their win, many supporters, together with ministers, gave a warm welcome to the team on their return with their first gold medal. To celebrate this memorable day the President declared that 15 June 2008 will be a public holiday.
Kit
Maldives' home kit comprises a red jersey and red shorts – red is the national colour of the Maldives, and represents the boldness of the nation's heroes. The current away kit comprises a blue jersey and blue shorts. Adidas is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship deal that began in 2011.
World Cup record
Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1992 – Did not enter
- 1996 to 2004 – Did not qualify
- 2007 – Did not enter
- 2011 – Did not qualify
AFC Challenge Cup record
South Asian Football Federation Cup Record
South Asian Football Federation Cup record Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1995 Withdrew - - - - - - 1997 Runner Up 4 1 2 1 6 9 1999 Third Place 2 1 1 6 4 2003 Runner Up 5 3 0 11 4 2005 Semi Finals 4 2 1 1 11 2 2008 Champions 5 4 0 1 8 2 2009 Runners Up 5 3 2 0 11 3 Total Best: Champions 27 15 6 6 53 24 Current squad
The following players have been named in the squad for the SAFF Championship 2011.[2]
# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 25 GK Imran Mohamed 18 December 1980 0 VB Sports Club1 GK Mohamed Faisal 8 April 1988 3 0 Victory SCGK Mohamed Yamaan 0 0 Maziya S&RCGK Athif Ahmed 0 0 Maziya S&RC13 DF Assad Abdhul Ghanee Club Valencia27 DF Sabah Mohamed Ibrahim New Radiant SC8 DF Mohamed Jameel New Radiant SC14 DF Ahmed Saeed VB Sports ClubDF Mohamed Thasneem Maziya S&RC17 DF Shafiu Ahmed 1 Victory SCDF Ahmed Abdhullah New Radiant SC19 DF Akram Abdhul Ghanee Maziya S&RCDF Mohamed Rasheed Victory SC3 MF Mohamed Shifan 1 Victory SC4 MF Mohmaed Umair Maziya S&RC23 MF Mukhthar Naseer Victory SC16 MF Ismail Mohamed VB Sports Club11 MF Shamweel Ghasim VB Sports Club6 MF Mohamed Arif VB Sports ClubMF Hassan Adhuham Victory SC5 MF Ibrahm Fazeel Victory SC30 MF Hussain Niyaz Mohamed Maziya S&RC22 MF Fairooz Adam Sameer VB Sports Club7 FW Ali Ashfaq (c) VB Sports Club12 FW Ali Fasir 3 1 New Radiant SC10 FW Assad Ali VB Sports Club9 FW Ahmed Thariq New Radiant SCFW Ahmed Rasheed Maziya S&RCFW Ahmed Nashid VB Sports Club21 FW Ibrahim Shiyam New Radiant SCCoaches
Victor Stănculescu (1999–2000)
Jozef Jankech (2001–2003, 2007–2008)
Teoman Yamanlar (2008–2009)
István Urbányi (2009–2010)
Andrés Cruciani (2010–2011)- István Urbányi (2011–)
References
External links
International Competitions National Teams Domestic Leagues Website:National football teams of Asia (AFC) Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Central and South Asia (CSAFF) Afghanistan · Bangladesh · Bhutan · India · Kyrgyzstan · Maldives · Nepal · Pakistan · Sri Lanka · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · UzbekistanEast Asia (EAFF) China PR · Chinese Taipei · Guam · Hong Kong2 · Japan · Korea DPR · Korea Republic · Macau2 · Mongolia · Northern Mariana Islands1West Asia (WAFF) Defunct Former Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) · New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966) · Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002).National teams League system men: Dhivehi League
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