Maziya S&RC

Maziya
Full name	Maziya Sports and Recreation Club
Nickname	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
Manager	Luisma Hernández
League	Dhivehi Premier League
2025/26	Dhivehi Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)
Home colours	Away colours

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 six times in 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025-26

In the 2022 AFC Cup group-stages, Maziya witnessed a 1–0 defeat to Bashundhara Kings, but won their second match against Gokulam Kerala. They were knocked out of the tournament after a 5–2 defeat in the last match to Indian Super League side ATK Mohun Bagan.^[4] The club again featured in 2023–24 edition of AFC Cup.^[5]

Seasons

Domestic

Season	League									FA Cup	President's Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	FA Cup	President's Cup	Player	Goals	Manager
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
2020–21	1st	1st	14	10	4	0	34	6	34	Cancelled	-	Cornelius Stewart	10 goals	Mohamed Nizam Risto Vidaković
2022	1st	1st	21	20	0	1	85	5	60	Champions	-	Tana	18 goals	Mohamed Nizam Risto Vidaković
2023	1st	1st	14	13	1	0	56	4	40	Cancelled	Champions	Hamza Mohamed	10 goals
2025-26	1st	1st	18	15	3	0	53	9	48	-	Runners Up	Sergio Mendigutxia	12 goals	Luisma Hernandez

Continental

As of match played 1 November 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
AFC Cup	48	14	8	26	69	90
AFC Challenge League	4	0	0	4	1	11
Total	54	14	8	30	70	101

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	1–2	4th
			Mohun Bagan SG	1–0	1–2
			Odisha	2–3	1–6
2024–25	AFC Challenge League	Group B	Arkadag	1–2		4th
			Al-Arabi	0–2
			Abdysh-Ata Kant	0–3
2025–26	AFC Challenge League	Preliminary stage	Al-Arabi	0–4

Honours

Dhivehi Premier League
- Champions (6): 2016, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023, 2025-26
Maldives FA Cup
- Champions (3): 2012, 2014, 2022
Maldivian FA Charity Shield
- Champions (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025
Malé League
- Champions (1): 2017
President's Cup
- Champions (2): 2015,2023
POMIS Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2015^[6]

Current squad

As of March 2025^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MDV	Hussain Shareef
3	DF	MDV	Ahmed Numaan
4	DF	MDV	Hussain Sifaau
5	MF	MDV	Mohamed Irufaan
6	MF	CRO	Mario Zebic
7	FW	MDV	Ali Fasir
8	MF	MDV	Hussain Nihan
9	DF	MDV	Naiz Hassan
10	MF	MDV	Hamza Mohamed (Vice captain)
11	FW	MDV	Umar Yooshau
12	DF	MNE	Nemanja Lemajic
14	FW	MDV	Hassan Nazeem
17	DF	MDV	Ali Samooh (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	MDV	Abdulla Looth Ibrahim
21	MF	AUS	Nicholas Olsen
22	DF	MDV	Hassan Shifaz
23	FW	MDV	Ahmed Aiham
24	DF	AUS	Aaron Evans
29	DF	CRO	Sebastijan Antic
31	DF	MDV	Aisam Ibrahim
32	GK	MDV	Iyan Abdul Aleem
33	MF	MDV	Eydhan Ahmed Moosa
34	MF	MDV	Mohamed Iman Ahmed
35	FW	MDV	Abdulla Rifaah
40	FW	BRA	Jose Wilkson
44	MF	MDV	Haisham Hassan
45	FW	MDV	Hassan Raif

References

^ Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
^ "Summary – 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ "2023/24 AFC Cup — Group Stage » Group D » Matches » Table". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

External links

[1] Maziya Sports and Recreation team Info. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[2] "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[3] "Maziya Sports and Recreation". soccer.com.mv. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

[4] "Summary – 2022 AFC CUP: Group Stage (Group D)". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[5] "2023/24 AFC Cup — Group Stage » Group D » Matches » Table". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[6] 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.

[7] "Maziya SRC". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]