The Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament is a

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league tournament in the

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

, organized by the

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. A new structure for the Second Division Football Tournament was introduced for the 2015 season.

Structure

Changes were brought to the second division league structure 23 December 2014, by the FAM's

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normalizing committee. The division now consists of 10 clubs and two rounds are played. All teams play against each other once in the first round and the top five clubs will be qualified for the second round. These 5 clubs play against each other once and the club with most points is declared as champion, and promoted to the

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. Runner up will be qualified for the play-off match between the Dhivehi Premier League 9th position team for a spot in the next season's Premier League. The bottom two teams (9th and 10th) are relegated to the third division.

Teams

A total of 10 teams contest in the league, including two promoted from the third division, one relegated from

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, and the winner of the play-off between premier league 7th and second division 2nd sides. On 11 February 2015, the

announced that from 2015 season on wards,

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will compete in the second division.

Winners

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References

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Structure

Teams

Winners

See also

References