Club Valencia is a Maldivian football club based in

Malé Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

. Nicknamed ''The Sunrisers'', the club competes in 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 tier of Maldivian football.

History

The notion of establishing a football club named Club Valencia arose in the late 1970s from the players of blue and gold teams participating in the Junior Football Pool organized by National Sports Academy. The first two names proposed to the government for approval as the name of the club were Youth Recreation Movement and Juvenile Valencia Atletico; both were rejected. The third name, Club Valencia was then approved by the government. The chairman of the club is Mr. Adheel Jaleel who was elected to the post in 2015.

Players

Current squad

Honours

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 ...

: 5 :: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 *

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

: 1 ::

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

Maldives FA Cup The Maldives FA Cup is Maldives's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer). Champion team will advance to qualify for the next year of AFC Cup. Previous winners Previous winners are: *1988 : Club Valencia bt New Radi ...

: 5 :: 1988, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016 * FAM Youth Championship: 2 :: 2013, 2022 *

Maldives Cup Winners' Cup Maldives Cup Winners' Cup was a tournament that was played between champions of the 4 major tournaments of previous year Dhivehi League, Maldives FA Cup, President's Cup (Maldives), and POMIS Cup. Previous winners *1995: Club Lagoons *1996: * ...

: 3 :: 1998, 2004, 2007 *

POMIS Cup The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) is an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of local football in Maldives. This is the only international soccer club tourna ...

: 3 :: 1992, 1996, 2001 * Charity Shield: 1 :: 2009 Veterans *Veterans Cup: 3 :: 2010, 2011, 2012 *Veterans Association Cup – Veterans: 1 :: 2014 *Veterans Association Cup – Masters: 1 :: 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance :: 2002–03: Qualifying East – 2nd Round *

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...

: 6 appearances ::

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

: Qualifying Stage ::

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

: Preliminary Round ::

: First Round :: 1996: Second Round ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: First Round ::

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

: Second Round * AFC Cup: 4 appearances :: 2004: Group Stage :: 2005: Group Stage :: 2009: Group Stage ::

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: Preliminary Round * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances :: 1996/97: Second Round :: 2000/01: First Round

References

External links

Official website
(archived) * * {{Dhivehi League Football clubs in the Maldives Football clubs in Malé Association football clubs established in 1979 1979 establishments in the Maldives Dhivehi League Dhivehi Premier League clubs