Club Valencia is a Maldivian professional

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club based in

Malé Malé is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 211,908 in 2022 within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of , Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city i ...

. Nicknamed ''The Sunrisers'', the club most recently competed in the

Dhivehi Premier League The Dhivehi Premier League, known as the MWSC Dhivehi Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a Maldives, Maldivian men's professional association football, football league. At the top of the Football in Maldives, Maldives football league sys ...

, the top tier of Maldivian football.

History

The notion of establishing a

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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 Dhivehi League was a Maldives, Maldivian football (soccer), football league organized by the Football Association of Maldives. 8 clubs competed in the league, which was the top level of the Football in Maldives, Maldivian football league system. ...

: 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 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Maldives FA Cup The Maldives FA Cup is Maldives's premier knockout tournament in men's association football, football. Previous winners Previous winners are: *1988: Club Valencia *1989: New Radiant *1990: Club Lagoons *1991: New Radiant ...

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

Maldives Cup Winners' Cup Maldives Cup Winners' Cup was a football tournament played between champions of the 4 major tournaments of the previous year (Dhivehi Premier League, Maldives FA Cup, President's Cup, and POMIS Cup). Previous winners *1995: Club Lagoons *1999: ...

: 3 :: 1998, 2004, 2007 *

POMIS Cup The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) used to be an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of football in the Maldives. In 2003, two foreign clubs from India and ...

: 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 The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

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

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) 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 cl ...

: 7 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 en ...

: Qualifying Stage :: 1992–93: Qualifying Stage ::

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

: Preliminary Round ::

: First Round ::

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: Second Round ::

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: First Round ::

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: Second Round *

AFC Cup The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...

: 4 appearances ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: Group Stage ::

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: Group Stage ::

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: Group Stage ::

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Preliminary Round *

Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

: 2 appearances :: 1996/97: Second Round :: 2000/01: First Round

Notable players

Felix Aboagye Felix Ahmed Aboagye (born 5 December 1975) is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played primarily as a striker. He last professional club football for Mumbai FC in the I-League. International career He represented his homeland by t ...

References

External links

Official website
(archived 3 April 2010) * * {{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