New Radiant S.C.

New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Henveiru – Malé, Maldives. The club was founded on 19 August 1979[1] by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions being held in the Maldives and the club is the most successful in the Maldives in terms of trophies won and is also the most successful Maldivian club in the international arena. They were semi-finalists in the AFC Cup in 2005 and the only Maldivian club to have progressed beyond group stages in the AFC cup in multiple occasions.

New Radiant
Full nameNew Radiant Sports Club
Nickname(s)New Radiant
The Blues
Founded1979 (1979)
GroundNational Stadium
Male
Capacity11,850
Head coachSobah Mohamed
LeagueDhivehi Premier League

New Radiant has won Dhivehi League/Dhivehi Premier League six times, FA cup 12 times out of 29 and have won the Maldives Cup Winners' Cup four times. They won President's Cup 12 times and POMIS Cup 3 times. In 2019 Football Association of Maldives suspended New Radiant from all football related activities due to unpaid wages to the players and failing to pay fines amounting to almost USD 2 Million to FIFA and FAM.

History

1994–1999

In 94' Season, New Radiant won POMIS Cup and FA cup. In 95' Season, the blues won POMIS Cup and Maldives National Championship / President's Cup. New Radiant won all the competitions that were held in 1997. In 98' Season, the blues won FA Cup three times in a row and became first team to do so in Maldivian footballing history. In 1999, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup.

2000–2003

In the year 2000, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup.

2004–2008

In 04' Season, New Radiant claimed the FA cup and became the first team ever to qualify for the Asian cup.

In 2005 Season, The blues reached the Semi-finals of the AFC Cup 2005 and were beaten in semi-finals by champions Al Faisaly of Jordan.

In 2006, was a successful season for New Radiant. The blues won FA cup and the Dhivehi League.

In 07' Season, The Blues were able to clinch 2 titles, both the FA cup and the President's Cup. Dhivehi League was dominated by New Radiantt during the early stages, but after poor results against smaller clubs like Maziya and Vyansa, Victory took the lead. The winner was decided on the last match which the Blues lost against the Red Devils.

In 2008, The first tournament of the season, the Cup Winners Cup was won by New Radiant. They lost FA cup final against VB Sports Club. After dominated in the first games of season, but the Blues ended up with poor results in the League & Presidents' Cup. They were knocked out of the AFC Cup 2008 in the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

2009–2011

In 2009 Season, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments after 2002. The Blues did not qualify for the AFC Cup 2009. The year 2010 was also an unsuccessful year for New Radiant. But the club ended the unbeaten streak of League Champions VB Sports Club in the FA cup semi-final. However, similar to the previous years, they had to end the season with no success, as they lost the FA cup final against Victory. In 2011, the Club reached President's Cup final but lost against the Victory Sports club.

2012–2015

They won 2012 Dhivehi League without losing a single match and also won the President's Cup by beating Victory Sports Club in the final. During the whole season, New Radiant lost just one match, which was against Club Eagles in the quarter-final of FA cup. They qualified for the AFC Cup 2013 and have brought the most promising young stars to the team in preparation for the continental stage.

In 2013, the blues won the first Charity Shield match from the beginning of the season and they won 2013 Dhivehi League shield, becoming the first team in the history to finish off the league with a 100 percent record, without losing or drawing any of their matches. In August 2013, they won the Veterans Cup (35+ age) for the first time. At the beginning of October, they won FA Cup after 5 years. New Radiant SC finished the season by winning the President's Cup and that completed the domestic season with a remarkable 100% winning record. This year the blues reached AFC Cup 2013 quarter final to make another records.

In 2014 Season, On June 10, the blues won the Maldives FA Charity Shield match by beating Maziya. The club won 2014 Dhivehi League three times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2015. On November 30, New Radiant SC won 2014 President's Cup three times in a row and that completed the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row. In this year, the Blues also won the 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship after beating Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).

In 2015, the Blues reached President's Cup final but lost against Maziya. The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2016 group stage.

2016

In 2016, New Radiant SC finished fifth position in 2016 Dhivehi Premier League and knockout in the group stage of AFC Cup 2016. The Blues finished 3rd in FA cup and knockout in the group stage of President's Cup. After 2011, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments.

2017–2018

The Blues finished 3rd in Male' League and promoted to 2017 Dhivehi Premier League. In this year New Radiant SC won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League and qualify AFC Cup 2018 group stage. Also won FA cup & President's Cup by beating TC Sports Club.

In 2018, New Radiant SC finished second of AFC Cup 2018 Group F. This year the blues won Male' League after 2004.

International Friendly
21 September 2018 international friendly Bashundhara Kings 4–1 New Radiant SC Nilphamari
Stadium: Sheikh Kamal Stadium

Honours

Domestic

Other

Best moments

Season by season records (1979–1999)

Updated on 30 November 2015

Season National
Championship		 FA Cup POMIS Cup Cup Winners'
Cup		 Season Top scorers
Name Goal
1979  –  –  –
1980  –  –  –
1981  –  –  –
1982 Champion  –  –  –
1983  –  –  –
1984 Runners-up  –  –  –
1985 Runners-up  –  –  –
1986 Runners-up  –  –
1987 Champion  – Group stage  –
1988 Runners-up Runners-up  –
1989 Champion  –
1990 Champion Runners-up  –
1991 Champion Champion  –
1992 Runners-up  –
1993 Runners-up  –
1994 Runners-up Champion Champion  –
1995 Champion Runners-up Champion
1996 Champion
1997 Champion Champion Champion  –
1998 Champion Runners-up Runners-up
1999 Runners-up Champion
    Champions Runners-up Third place Undefined Not Qualified

    Season by season records (2000–2018)

    Updated on 03 June 2018

    Season Dhivehi League / Dhivehi Premier League Male' League Charity
    Shield    		 President's
    Cup    		 FA Cup POMIS Cup CW Cup Season Top scorers
    Division Pld GW D L GF GA Pts Pos Name Goal
    2000 DL  –  – Third place 4th Champion
    2001 DL 5th  – NQ Champion NQ Third place Maldives Shah Ismail 17
    2002 DL 7 3 1 3 13 8 10 4th 4th  – 4th Runners-up  – Third place Maldives Mausoom
    2003 DL 12 7 1 4 24 18 22 4th 5th  – Third place 4th GS Champion Maldives Ali Shiham
    2004 DL 12 6 4 2 40 13 22 Runners-up Champion  – Champion 4th  – Third place Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel
    2005 DL 12 7 3 2 28 10 24 Runners-up Third place  – Runners-up Champion  – Third place Maldives Ibrahim Fazeel
    2006 DL 12 9 1 2 29 16 28 Champion 4th  – Third place Champion  – Runners-up Maldives Ali Umar
    2007 DL 12 7 1 4 25 9 22 Runners-up  –  – Champion Champion  – Runners-up Maldives Ali Ashfaq
    2008 DL 12 6 2 4 28 19 20 4th  –  – 4th Runners-up  – Champion Maldives Ahmed Thariq
    2009 DL 18 6 5 7 31 33 23 4th  – NQ 4th 4th  –  – Maldives Shamveel Qasim
    2010 DL 21 11 3 7 44 31 36 4th  – NQ Third place Runners-up  –  –
    2011 DL 19 9 4 6 41 24 31 4th  – NQ Runners-up 4th  –  – Maldives Ali Fasir 18
    2012 DL 19 15 4 0 48 9 49 Champion  – NQ Champion QF  –  – Maldives Ali Ashfaq 22
    2013 DL 19 19 0 0 73 5 57 Champion  – Champion Champion Champion  –  – Maldives Ali Ashfaq 44
    2014 DL 19 17 1 1 57 8 52 Champion  – Champion Champion Runners-up  –  – Maldives Ali Fasir 23
    2015 DPL 14 10 3 1 27 13 33 Champion  – Runners-up Runners-up  – GS  – Maldives Ashad Ali 7
    2016 DPL 21 6 5 10 17 25 23 5th  – NQ GS 3rd  –  – Maldives Izzath Abdul Baaree
    Maldives Hamza Mohamed    		 4
    2017 DPL 14 13 0 1 44 9 39 Champion 3rd NQ Champion Champion  –  – Maldives Ali Fasir 21
    2018 DPL 16 8 4 4 44 22 28 4th Champion CANCELLED  –  –  –  – Maldives Ali Fasir 27
      Champions Runners-up Third place Relegated In Progress Undefined Not Qualified

      Continental record
      Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
      1991 Asian Club Championship Qualifying Second round Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 0–2 3–0 0–5
      1993–94 Asian Club Championship First round Pakistan Youth League Club 3–0 0–2 5–0
      Second round Bangladesh Mohammedan SC N/P1 8–0 N/P1
      Quarter-final Saudi Arabia Al Qadisiya (w/o)2
      1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Sri Lanka Ratnam Sports Club (w/o)3
      Second round India JCT FC 1–0 0–2 2–1
      Second round India East Bengal Club 3–0 2–0 3–2
      Quarter-final Japan Yokohama Flügels 0–2 5–0 0–7
      1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round Sri Lanka Pettah United SC 0–2 (w/o)n/p4
      Second round India JCT FC 1–0 0–2 2–1
      Quarter-final South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 9–0 4th
      South Korea Pohang Steelers 0–6
      Japan Yokohama Marinos 10–0
      1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round China Beijing Guoan 0–4 8–0 0–12
      1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Nepal Mahendra Police 2–0 0–0 2–1
      Second round Hong Kong Happy Valley 3–1 5–1 4–6
      1999-00 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Vietnam Công An Thành Phô Hồ Chí Minh 1–3 1–0 1–4
      2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 1–2 1–0 1–3
      2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification First Round Sri Lanka Air Force 2–1(a.e.t.) 1–1 2–3
      Qualification Second Round Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 7–0 7–0
      2005 AFC Cup Group E Hong Kong Happy Valley 2–0 0–2 2nd
      Singapore Home United 1–0 2–0
      Malaysia Pahang FA 1–1 1–0
      Quarter-final Jordan Al-Hussein (Irbid) 1–0 0–0 1–0
      Semi-final Jordan Al-Faisaly (Amman) 1–1 4–1 5–2
      2006 AFC Cup Group E Hong Kong Xiangxue Sun Hei 5–2 2–0 4th
      Malaysia Perlis FA 0–0 6–0
      Singapore Home United 5–3 2–0
      2007 AFC Cup Group E Hong Kong Happy Valley 0–2 2–1 4th
      India Mahindra United 0–2 1–0
      Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 2–3 3–1
      2008 AFC Cup Group E Malaysia Perak FA 1–3 3–0 4th
      Hong Kong Kitchee 2–1 2–0
      Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 0–3 1–1
      2013 AFC Cup Group F Hong Kong Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 1–0 0–3 1st
      Indonesia Persibo Bojonegoro 6–1 0–7
      Myanmar Yangon United 3–1 2–0
      Round of 16 Malaysia Selangor FA (w/o)3|2–0 (a.e.t.)
      Quarter-final Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–7 5–0 2–12
      2014 AFC Cup Group E Singapore Home United 1–0 2–0 4th
      India Churchill Brothers 3–0 1–2
      Indonesia Persipura Jayapura 0–2 3–0
      2015 AFC Cup Group H Indonesia Persib Bandung 0–1 4–1 3rd
      Laos Lao Toyota 2–1 1–1
      Myanmar Ayeyawady United 0–3 0–0
      2016 AFC Cup Group F Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2–2 3–0 4th
      Philippines Kaya FC 0–0 1–0
      Hong Kong Kitchee 0–2 0–0
      2018 AFC Cup Group E Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani 5–1 0–1 2nd
      India Aizawl FC 3–1 1–2
      India Bengaluru FC 2–0 1–0

      1 New Radiant apparently qualified for quarter-final; reason unknown
      2 New Radiant withdrew
      3 Ratnam withdrew after 1st leg
      4 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.

      Current squad
      As of 17 March 2018.

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

      No. Pos. Nation Player
      4 DF Maldives MDV Ahmed Abdulla
      5 MF Maldives MDV Hamza Mohamed
      3 DF Maldives MDV Mohamed Yaish Abdulla
      7 MF Maldives MDV Ali Ashfaq
      8 DF Maldives MDV Rilwan Waheed
      10 MF Maldives MDV Ali Fasir
      11 MF Maldives MDV Imran Nashid
      12 FW Maldives MDV Ibrahim Atheeg Hassan
      13 MF Maldives MDV Akram Abdul Ghanee
      17 MF Maldives MDV Ali Shamiu
      No. Pos. Nation Player
      18 GK Maldives MDV Hassan Abdul Hakeem
      19 DF Maldives MDV Mohamed Rasheed
      20 MF Maldives MDV Riham Abdul Ghanee
      21 FW Maldives MDV Hassan Adhuham
      22 GK Maldives MDV Mohamed Faisal
      23 DF Maldives MDV Hisam Saleem
      25 GK Maldives MDV Imran Mohamed
      37 MF Maldives MDV Mohamed Umair
      69 FW Maldives MDV Raif Abdul Rauf

      Board of directors
      • Chairman: Maldives (Colonel Retired) Mohamed Ziyad
      • Vice chairman: Maldives Sayyid Ali
      • Vice chairman Maldives Ismail Ziyam
      • Board Director: Maldives Ahmed Shiyam
      • Board Director: Maldives Abdul Muiz Musthafa
      • Board Director: Maldives Hassan Hussain
      • Board Director: Maldives Hussain Shaam Adam
      • Board Director: Maldives Ismail Rasheed
      • Board Director: Sri Lanka Nalin Chaminda Udhage Kankanange

      Senior Management
      • general secretary: Maldives Ahmed Niyaz Moosa

      Club Officials
      • Manager: Maldives Ahmed Rasheed
      • Head coach:
      • Assistant coach: Maldives Ashraf Luthfee
      • Assistant coach & Goalkeeper Coach: Maldives Hassan Hameed
      • Assistant coach: Maldives Adam Abdul Latheef (Lahchey)
      • Assistant coach: Maldives Adam Fazeeh
      • Kit Manager:Maldives Mohamed Rasheed
      • Official: Maldives Ahmed Fayaz
      • Official: Maldives Mohamed Fazeel

      Notable players

      Footnotes
      1. ::maldivesoccer.com: club profile :: Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
      2. 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.
      3. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Amiri, Zohib Islam". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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