Club Valencia is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. Nicknamed The Sunrisers, the club most recently competed in the Dhivehi Premier League, 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 (2023)

Honours

• Dhivehi League: 5

  1. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008

  Second Division: 1

  1. 2020

  Maldives FA Cup: 5

  1. 1988, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016

  FAM Youth Championship: 2

  1. 2013, 2022

  Maldives Cup Winners' Cup: 3

  1. 1998, 2004, 2007

  POMIS Cup: 3

  1. 1992, 1996, 2001

  Charity Shield: 1

  1. 2009

Veterans

• Veterans Cup: 3

  1. 2010, 2011, 2012

  Veterans Association Cup– Veterans: 1

  1. 2014

  Veterans Association Cup– Masters: 1

  1. 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

  1. 2002–03: Qualifying East– 2nd Round

  Asian Club Championship: 7 appearances

  1. 1986: Qualifying Stage

  2. 1992–93: Qualifying Stage

  3. 1995: Preliminary Round

  4. 1995: First Round

  5. 1996: Second Round

  6. 1999: First Round

  7. 2000: Second Round

  AFC Cup: 4 appearances

  1. 2004: Group Stage

  2. 2005: Group Stage

  3. 2009: Group Stage

  4. 2017: Preliminary Round

  Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

  1. 1996/97: Second Round

  2. 2000/01: First Round

Notable players

• Felix Aboagye

• Ibrahim Hamdhaan

• Ali Ashfaq

References

External links

• Official website (archived 3 April 2010)