2016 New Radiant S.C. season
| Head Coach | Yordan Stoykov (until 18 August 2016) Nikola Kavazović (until 23 September 2016) Ashraf Luthfy (caretaker manage) | ||
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| Stadium | National Football Stadium | ||
| Premier League | 5th | ||
| FA Cup | Third place | ||
| President's Cup | Group stage | ||
| AFC Cup | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Izzath Abdul Baaree Hamza Mohamed Velichko Velichkov (3 goals each) All: Izzath Abdul Baaree Hamza Mohamed (4 goals each) | ||
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The 2016 season was New Radiant Sports Club's 37th year in existence as a football club.
Background[edit]
The Blues appointed their former coach Yordan Stoykov who lead them to the Semi-finals of the 2005 AFC Cup for the new season.[1] He was the coach of Mahibadhoo Sports Club which got relegated in the previous season. On 18 August 2016, he resigned after 4 straight losses in the league, aggregating 0–9 and New Radiant were also eliminated from the AFC Cup group stage without a win.[2]
Despite appointing former coach Nikola Kavazović[3] who lead them to 2015 Dhivehi Premier League glory on 3 September 2016, club was instructed by assistant coach Ashraf Luthfy as Kavazović was on a suspension by Football Association of Maldives since 2015.[4] On 23 September 2016, New Radiant released Kavazović and appointed Ashraf Luthfy as the caretaker manager and Ahmed Niyaz as the new assistant coach until the end of the season.[5]
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Competitions[edit]
Overall[edit]
| Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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| AFC Cup | Group stage | Group stage | 23 February 2016 | 10 May 2016 |
| Dhivehi Premier League | — | 5th | 19 April 2016 | 21 October 2016 |
| FA Cup | Quarter-finals | 3rd | 30 October 2016 | 10 November 2016 |
| President's Cup | Group stage | Group stage | 15 November 2016 | 18 November 2016 |
Competition record[edit]
| Competition | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||
| AFC Cup | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0.00 | |
| Dhivehi Premier League | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 28.57 | |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 33.33 | |
| President's Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 21.88 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Cup[edit]
Group stage[edit]
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 February 2016 | Balestier Khalsa | H | [ 2–2] | Izzath 50', Rilwan 90+3' | 900 |
| 8 March 2016 | Kaya | A | [ 0–1] | 2,000 | |
| 15 March 2016 | Kitchee | A | [ 0–0] | 1,603 | |
| 12 April 2016 | Kitchee | H | 0–2 | 950 | |
| 26 April 2016 | Balestier Khalsa | A | 0–3 | 706 | |
| 10 May 2016 | Kaya | H | 0–0 | 870 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Kitchee
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 13 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Kaya
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Balestier Khalsa
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 |  New Radiant
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
Dhivehi Premier League[edit]
Matches[edit]
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A |
Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 April 2016 | 1 | Maziya | 2–3 | Izzath 23', Velichkov 43' |
| 4 May 2016 | 1 | United Victory | 1–0 | Velichkov 70' |
| 18 May 2016 | 1 | BG Sports | 0–0 | |
| 15 June 2016 | 1 | Valencia | 1–1 | Suhail 40' |
| 22 June 2016 | 1 | Victory | 0–0 | |
| 29 June 2016 | 1 | Eagles | 0–1 | |
| 10 July 2016 | 1 | TC Sports | 1–1 | Segun 45+' |
| 15 July 2016 | 2 | Victory | 1–0 | Velichkov 90+' |
| 21 July 2016 | 2 | United Victory | 3–0 | Izzath 15', Hamza 44', Niyaz 60' |
| 4 August 2016 | 2 | TC Sports | 0–3 | |
| 7 August 2016 | 2 | Maziya | 0–2 | |
| 13 August 2016 | 2 | Eagles | 0–2 | |
| 17 August 2016 | 2 | BG Sports | 0–2 | |
| 21 August 2016 | 2 | Valencia | 2–0 | Muslih 71', Hamza 88' |
| 26 August 2016 | 3 | Maziya | 0–2 | |
| 14 September 2016 | 3 | Victory | 1–2 | Izzath 69' |
| 20 September 2016 | 3 | Valencia | 1–0 | Niyaz 50' |
| 25 September 2016 | 3 | TC Sports | 0–2 | |
| 29 September 2016 | 3 | Eagles | 0–1 | |
| 17 October 2016 | 3 | BG Sports | 1–1 | Hamza ?' |
| 21 October 2016 | 3 | United Victory | 3–2 | Samir 13', Mohamed 26', Suhail 88' |
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Eagles | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 38 | |
| 4 | United Victory | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 23 | |
| 5 | New Radiant | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 23 | |
| 6 | Club Valencia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 20 | |
| 7 | Victory | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 19 | Relegation play-offs |
FA Cup[edit]
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A |
Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2016 | Quarter-finals | BG Sports | 1–1 (aet) (3–2p) |
Haneef 56' |
| 6 November 2016 | Semi-finals | TC Sports | 0–3 | |
| 10 November 2016 | Third place | United Victory | 2–1 | Hamza 17' (pen.), Adis 36' |
President's Cup[edit]
| Date | Round | Opponents | Result F–A |
Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2016 | Group stage | Eagles | 0–3 | |
| 18 November 2016 | Group stage | TC Sports | 0–4 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | TC Sports | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | New Radiant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
References[edit]
- ^ New signs Stoykov again! Sun Sports. 22 January 2016
- ^ Stoykov resigned! Sun Sports. 18 August 2016
- ^ Kavazovic joins New again Mihaaru Sports. 3 September 2016
- ^ Kavazovic on suspension Mihaaru Sports. 14 September 2016
- ^ Kavazovic released, Sampath appointed as caretaker Mihaaru Sports. 23 September 2016