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2015 Second Division Football Tournament

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Season
  
2015

The 2015 Second Division Football Tournament is the first season under its current league division format. The season begins on 24 July and ends on 14 September.

Contents

Structure and rule changes

Second division will be played for two rounds according to the changes brought to the 2015 season.

Round 1
  • Teams play against each other once.
  • Top 5 teams qualified for Round 2.
  • Bottom 2 teams gets relegated to next season's Third Division.
    • Round 2
  • Teams play against each other once.
  • Team to top the league table at the end will be the champions and gets promoted to next season's Dhivehi Premier League.
  • Second team will get qualified for the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.
    • Including Maldives U19 team
  • As the Maldives under-19 team will be included in the Second Division Football Tournament from this year on wards, this team will neither be promoted to Dhivehi Premier League even if they finish it first, nor relegated to Third Division Football Tournament if they finished at the bottom two. Thus, they will not be either qualified to play in the Dhivehi Premier League play-off.

    • Teams

    A total of 10 teams will be contesting in the league, including 6 sides from the 2014 Second Division, 2 sides promoted from 2014 Third Division, 1 side relegated from 2014 Dhivehi League and Maldives national under-19 football team.

    Teams and their divisions

    Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.

    Personnel

    Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Positions by round

    The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

    Last updated: 1 March 2015.

    References

    2015 Second Division Football Tournament Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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