New Radiant Sports Club is a Maldivian professional

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club based in Henveiru –

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. The club was founded on 19 August 1979 by Ahmed Waheed and his friend Ahammadhanik. New Radiant has won all domestic competitions being held in the Maldives and the club is the most successful in the

in terms of trophies won and is also the most successful Maldivian club in the international arena. They were semi-finalists in the

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in 2005 and the only Maldivian club to have progressed beyond group stages in the AFC cup in multiple occasions. New Radiant has won

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/ Dhivehi Premier League six times,

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12 times out of 29 and have won the Maldives Cup Winners' Cup four times. They won President's Cup 12 times and POMIS Cup 3 times. In 2019 Football Association of Maldives suspended New Radiant from all football related activities due to unpaid wages to the players and failing to pay fines amounting to almost US$2 Million to FIFA and FAM.

History

1994–1999

In 94' Season, New Radiant won POMIS Cup and

. In 95' Season, the blues won POMIS Cup and Maldives National Championship / President's Cup. New Radiant won all the competitions that were held in 1997. In 98' Season, the blues won FA Cup three times in a row and became first team to do so in Maldivian footballing history. In 1999, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup. The club took part in the Asian Club Championship consecutively in the 1990s.

2000–2003

In the year 2000, New Radiant won only Maldives Cup Winners' Cup.

2004–2008

In 04' Season, New Radiant claimed the

and became the first team ever to qualify for the Asian cup. In 2005 Season, The blues reached the Semi-finals of the AFC Cup 2005 and were beaten in semi-finals by champions Al Faisaly of Jordan. In 2006, was a successful season for New Radiant. The blues won

and the

. In 07' Season, The Blues were able to clinch 2 titles, both the

and the President's Cup.

was dominated by New Radiantt during the early stages, but after poor results against smaller clubs like Maziya and Vyansa,

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took the lead. The winner was decided on the last match which the Blues lost against the Red Devils. In 2008, The first tournament of the season, the Cup Winners Cup was won by New Radiant. They lost

final against VB Sports Club. After dominated in the first games of season, but the Blues ended up with poor results in the League & Presidents' Cup. They were knocked out of the

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in the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

2009–2011

In 2009 Season, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments after 2002. The Blues did not qualify for the AFC Cup 2009. The year 2010 was also an unsuccessful year for New Radiant. But the club ended the unbeaten streak of League Champions VB Sports Club in the

semi-final. However, similar to the previous years, they had to end the season with no success, as they lost the

final against

. In 2011, the Club reached President's Cup final but lost against the Victory Sports club.

2012–2015

They won 2012 Dhivehi League without losing a single match and also won the President's Cup by beating Victory Sports Club in the final. During the whole season, New Radiant lost just one match, which was against Club Eagles in the quarter-final of

. They qualified for the AFC Cup 2013 and have brought the most promising young stars to the team in preparation for the continental stage. In 2013, the blues won the first Charity Shield match from the beginning of the season and they won

2013 Dhivehi League The 2013 Dhivehi League(a Maldivian football association) started on 26 February 2013 and ended on 28 July 2013.Maldives 2013

shield, becoming the first team in the history to finish off the league with a 100 percent record, without losing or drawing any of their matches. In August 2013, they won the Veterans Cup (35+ age) for the first time. At the beginning of October, they won FA Cup after 5 years. New Radiant SC finished the season by winning the President's Cup and that completed the domestic season with a remarkable 100% winning record. This year the blues reached AFC Cup 2013 quarter final to make another records. In 2014 Season, On June 10, the blues won the Maldives FA Charity Shield match by beating Maziya. The club won 2014 Dhivehi League three times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2015. On November 30, New Radiant SC won 2014 President's Cup three times in a row and that completed the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row. In this year, the Blues also won the 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship after beating Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). In 2015, the Blues reached President's Cup final but lost against Maziya. The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2016 group stage.

2016

In 2016, New Radiant SC finished fifth position in 2016 Dhivehi Premier League and knockout in the group stage of AFC Cup 2016. The Blues finished 3rd in

and knockout in the group stage of President's Cup. After 2011, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments.

2017–2018

The Blues finished 3rd in Male' League and promoted to 2017 Dhivehi Premier League. In this year New Radiant SC won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League and qualify AFC Cup 2018 group stage. Also won

& President's Cup by beating TC Sports Club. In 2018, New Radiant SC finished second of AFC Cup 2018 Group F. This year the blues won Male' League after 2004.

International friendly

Honours

Domestic

/ Dhivehi Premier League ** Champions (6):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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 ...

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 ...

**Winners (12): 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007,

* Maldives National Championship / President's Cup **Winners (12): 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2007,

* Maldivian FA Charity Shield **Winners:

* Maldives Cup Winners' Cup **Winners: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008 * Male' League **Winners: 2004,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* POMIS Cup **Winners: 1994, 1995, 1997

Other

*Veterans Cup **Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 * FAM Women's Football Championship **Winners: 2014, 2015

Best moments

* 1987 – Represented Maldives in the Football event of

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* 1995 – Played in Asian Cup Winners Cup * 1996 – Played in Asian Cup Winners Cup * 1997 – Won all the tournaments of the season (POMIS Cup,

and Maldives National Championship / President's Cup) * 1998 – Won

thrice in three years * 2005 – Reached Semi-finals of AFC Cup 2005 * 2006 – Won

for the first time * 2007 – Won

again for thrice in three years. * 2008 – Won Cup winners cup by beating Victory Sports Club in final. This was the last Cup winners cup tournament. * 2012 – Won

without losing a single game and President's Cup. In every games of the season, not conceded two goals in a single match, which was a local record. * 2013 – Won all the domestic tournaments ( Maldivian FA Charity Shield,

2013 Dhivehi League The 2013 Dhivehi League(a Maldivian football association) started on 26 February 2013 and ended on 28 July 2013.Maldives 2013

, President's Cup) and finished the domestic season with a 100% winning record. Finished top of the group AFC Cup 2013 with a top scoring team in first round & reached Quarter finals of AFC Cup 2013. * 2014 – The club won 2014 Dhivehi League & President's Cup three times in a row . This was the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row. * 2015 – The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row . * 2017 – The club won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League,

& President's Cup.

Season by season records (1979–1999)

''Updated on 30 November 2015'' * National Championship = President's Cup (Maldives) * Cup Winners' Cup = Maldives Cup Winners' Cup * – = Not yet Introduced or Not held

Season by season records (2000–2018)

''Updated on 03 June 2018'' * Pld = Played * GW = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position * DL =

* DPL = Dhivehi Premier League * CW Cup = Maldives Cup Winners' Cup * NQ = Not Qualified * ''n/a'' = No Allocation slots in Maldives * – = Not held or Abolished * QR2 = Second Qualifying Round * R1 = Round 1 * GS = Group stage * QF = Quarter-finals

Continental record

''¹ New Radiant apparently qualified for quarter-final; reason unknown''
''² New Radiant withdrew''
''³ Ratnam withdrew after 1st leg''
''⁴ The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.''

Notable players

* Zohib Islam Amiri

External links

*
New Radiant
on maldivesoccer.com (archived 10 March 2007)
New Radiant
on the-AFC.com
New Radiant Sports Club Badge

Footnotes

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