Club Eagles, formerly known as Eagles Malé, is a
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
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. It is best known for its
football team. The team were promoted to
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 ...
in 2006 and relegated back to the
Second Division the next season. They were again promoted to the top division in 2011, after several years.
History
Club Eagles was founded on 22 June 1989 and was promoted to the top flight
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 ...
in 2006.
After preliminary round win against
Thimphu City on
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying ...
debut in April 2021, on 15 August they faced Indian side
Bengaluru FC
Bengaluru Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 20 July 2013, and began its first ...
in the qualifying play-offs, but lost the game 1–0.
Continental record
Players
Current squad
References
External links
Club Eagles officialat Facebook
Football clubs in the Maldives
Association football clubs established in 1989
1989 establishments in the Maldives
Dhivehi Premier League clubs
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