Club Valencia

This article is about the football club in Malé, Maldives. For Valencia Club de Fútbol in Valencia, Spain, see Valencia CF.

Club Valencia

Full name	Club Valencia
Nickname(s)	VSC
Founded	1979
Ground	Galolhu Rasmee Dhandu Stadium Malé, Maldives (Capacity: 11,000)
Chairman	Jabir
Manager	Dhonaa
Coach	Kuda Heena
League	Dhiraagu Dhivehi League
2011	5th
Home colours Away colours

Club Valencia is a Maldivian football club based in Malé, Maldives. The club was founded in 1979. They have won ten league titles , six cupwinners cups , four Maldive FA Cups and one Inter-cone trophy held at Sri Lanka.

Achievements

• Maldives National Championship: 5

1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2008

• Dhivehi League: 5

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008

• Maldives FA Cup: 4

1988, 1995, 1999, 2004

• Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 6

1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007

• POMIS Cup: 3

1992, 1996, 2001

• Inter-cone trophy held at Sri Lanka: 1

1993

• Charity Shield::

2009

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2002-03: Qualifying East - 2nd Round

• Asian Club Championship: 6 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1995: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1996: Second Round

1999: First Round

2000: Second Round

• AFC Cup: 3 appearances

2004: Group Stage

2005: Group Stage

2009: Group Stage

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1996/97: Second Round

2000/01: First Round

Notable coaches

• Ahmed Marzooq
• Antal Szentmihályi (1993)
• David Booth (2007)

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Imran Mohamed 3 DF Mohamed Jamseed 4 MF James Dissiramah 5 DF Mohamed Jameel 6 MF Mohamed Arif 8 DF Rilwan Waheed (Vice captain) 9 FW Shinaz Hilmee 11 MF Shafiu Gasim

No. Position Player 13 DF Assad Abdul Ghani (Captain) 14 MF Sultan Habeeb 15 FW Ahmed Wadheeu 19 MF Mohamed Wahid 21 FW Ibrahim Shiyam 26 MF Ahmed Shafiu 77 FW Mohamed Shifah

Notable players

Matthew O'Connor Felix Aboagye Dan Ito Mohamed Arif Ali Ashfaq Ismail Asif Abdul Raheem Aslam Anwar Abdul Ghani Hussain Habeeb

Shinaz Hilmy Sabah Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Jameel Adam Abdul Latheef Ashraf Luthfy Hussain Luthfy Ismail Mahfooz Moosa Manik Ahmed Firaz Moosa Mukhthar Naseer Mohamed Nizam Hassan Rameez Ali Rasheed

Ibrahim Rasheed Mohamed Shaffaz Ali Shiham Ali Umar Sead Muratović Dudley Lincoln Steinwall Chathura Maduranga Weerasinghe

External links

• Official site
• Club Valencia page on www.the-afc.com