The 2015 Dhivehi Premier League was the first season of the

Dhivehi Premier League Dhivehi Premier League is a Maldivian men's professional football league. At the top of the Maldives football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

, the top division of Maldivian

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. The season began on 20 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs that broke away from the

Dhivehi League Dhivehi League was a former Maldivian association football league, organized by the Football Association of Maldives. Every year, 8 teams competed in the league, which was the top level in the Maldivian football league system. Format Dhivehi ...

at the end of the

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season.

New league sponsors

From the start of the 2015 season, the

was sponsored by

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Teams

A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the

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season and one promoted from the 2014 Second Division Football Tournament.

Teams and their divisions

:''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.''

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Coaching changes

Foreign players

League table

Format: In Round 1 and 2, all eight teams play against each other. Teams with most total points after Round 2 are crowned the Dhivehi Premier League champions and qualify for the AFC Cup. The top four teams qualify for the POMIS Cup & President's Cup.

Standings of round 1

Standings of round 2

Final standings

Season summary

Result table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Matches

Round 1

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Round 2

A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.

Season statistics

Scoring

* First goal:

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for New Radiant against Victory (19th minute, 22:19 UTC+05:00) (''20 April 2015'') * Fastest goal: * Largest winning margin: * Highest scoring game: * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: * Most goals scored in a match by a losing team:

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

* ⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Player

Club

* Most

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: * Fewest clean sheets:

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: *Most red cards: 1 **

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(New Radiant)

Club

*Most yellow cards: *Most red cards: 1 **New Radiant

2016 Dhivehi Premier League play-off

The play-off were to be played between 7th placed team in 2015 Dhivehi Premier League,

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and 2015 Second Division runner up team. Since recreation clubs of government offices are not allowed in the

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first division football tournaments, the play-off spot was given to the fourth placed

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. 2015 Second Division runner-ups were Police Club while Dhivehi Sifainge Club were third in the league table. ----

References

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