Maldivian national soccer team

Maldives

Association

Football Association of Maldives

confederacy

AFC

Technical sponsor

Joma

Head coach

Martin Koopman
(since 2020)

Record scorer

Ali Ashfaq (53)

Record player

Imran Mohamed (95)

Home stadium

Rasmee Dhandu Stadium

FIFA code

MDV

FIFA rank

155th (1038 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

161 games
46 wins
27 draws
88 defeats

statistics

First international match Nepal 4-0 Maldives ( Kathmandu , Nepal ; September 18, 1984)

Biggest win Maldives 12-0 Mongolia ( Malé ; December 3, 2003)

Biggest defeat Maldives 0:17 Iran ( Damascus , Syria ; June 2, 1997)

(As of November 19, 2019)

The Maldivian national football team is the national team of the Maldives , an Asian island nation , and is run by the Football Association of Maldives . It is one of the most unsuccessful teams in Asia. Nevertheless, football is the most popular sport in the country. The Maldives has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup or the soccer Asian Cup. The top placement in the FIFA World Ranking was the 126th place the team finished in July 2006. The Maldives have only played against Asian teams since joining FIFA. For the first time - on October 13, 2004 against Vietnam - they won against a team in the top 100 of the FIFA world rankings. All other victories were won against teams ranked 111 to 199.

The team's greatest success was winning the 2008 South Asian Championship in their own country.

Participation in soccer world championships

1930 to 1986 - did not participate
1990 - resigned
1994 - did not participate
1998 to 2018 - not qualified

Opponents in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup were Bhutan , China , Hong Kong and Qatar in the second round . After just six games there was no longer any chance of a successful qualification.