The standard of football right now in Maldives is an interesting topic that can be discussed. It has been more than 50 years since football was first introduced to the country and a lot has taken place since then. The biggest achievement in Maldivian football history is winning the SAFF Championship of 2008.
Taking a look back in history and we have seen the rise and fall of clubs. Without an argument the 3 most prominent and successful clubs in Maldivian football history is Victory, New Radiant and Valencia. There were other clubs who have been on the fringe namely Lagoons and Hura, and there was New Lagoons who later became Orchid who later became VB Sports. When talking about the latter, VB Sports seems to be the richest and fighting for the fourth spot.
If we take a look at Maziya and Vyansa, and their consisteny over the past few seasons and also the performance of Kalhaidhoo this season and there is a lot to be talked about. We should also include the performance of AYL and Hura who will be knocking on the door of First Division this year and analyse this.
What is the reason why the so called Big 4 has not been dominant so far in this seasons’s Dhiraagu Divehi League and have not had an impact they would have preferred.
One thing is for sure the smaller clubs are more organized where as the bigger clubs have not been that well managed. The result being the smaller clubs are beginning to catch up with the big clubs and being able to compete with the bigger clubs.
This is evident in the ongoing Dhiraagu Dhivehi League. Look at the position of Valencia and compare that to Kalhaidhoo, Maziya and Vyansa. The results of the matches clearly indicate that the smaller clubs are competing with the bigger clubs on an equal platform and coming up with surprise results.
So what does this indicate? Is the standard of football of smaller clubs improving or the standard of football played by bigger clubs going down or are these one off incidents just occurring this year. Or is it that the standard of football played in Maldives going down.
Taking a look back in history and we have seen the rise and fall of clubs. Without an argument the 3 most prominent and successful clubs in Maldivian football history is Victory, New Radiant and Valencia. There were other clubs who have been on the fringe namely Lagoons and Hura, and there was New Lagoons who later became Orchid who later became VB Sports. When talking about the latter, VB Sports seems to be the richest and fighting for the fourth spot.
If we take a look at Maziya and Vyansa, and their consisteny over the past few seasons and also the performance of Kalhaidhoo this season and there is a lot to be talked about. We should also include the performance of AYL and Hura who will be knocking on the door of First Division this year and analyse this.
What is the reason why the so called Big 4 has not been dominant so far in this seasons’s Dhiraagu Divehi League and have not had an impact they would have preferred.
One thing is for sure the smaller clubs are more organized where as the bigger clubs have not been that well managed. The result being the smaller clubs are beginning to catch up with the big clubs and being able to compete with the bigger clubs.
This is evident in the ongoing Dhiraagu Dhivehi League. Look at the position of Valencia and compare that to Kalhaidhoo, Maziya and Vyansa. The results of the matches clearly indicate that the smaller clubs are competing with the bigger clubs on an equal platform and coming up with surprise results.
So what does this indicate? Is the standard of football of smaller clubs improving or the standard of football played by bigger clubs going down or are these one off incidents just occurring this year. Or is it that the standard of football played in Maldives going down.
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