AT Sports Club is a
Maldivian professional
football
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club based in
Malé
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. VB Addu FC is the former VB Sports club, which was re-branded on 14 January 2012.
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History
The club was founded in 2008. The club originally evolved from Sifain Football Club, a team which was formed by the staffs of Bandos Island Resort. Orchid was later bought by the owners of Club Lagoons and renamed as New Lagoons which later was undertaken by a group of businessmen from Addu Atoll
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and was changed to the name of ‘Island Football Club’. The team was changed to ATsports on 8 November 2008.
Performance in AFC competitions
*AFC Cup
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: 5 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
::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
::2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
: Group Stage
::2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
: Group Stage
::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 ...
: Group Stage
Honors
*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.
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: 3
**2009, 2010, 2011
*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 ...
: 4
**2002, 2003, 2008, 2011
* Charity Shield: 3
**2010, 2011, 2012
* Male' League: 1
**2002
* President's Cup: 1
**2010
References
External links
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Football Association of Maldives
(archived)
{{Dhivehi League
Football clubs in the Maldives
Football clubs in Malé
Association football clubs established in 1987
1987 establishments in the Maldives