2014 New Radiant S.C. season

The 2014 season is New Radiant Sports Club's 35th year in existence as a football club. New Radiant also participate in the AFC Cup this season, qualifying directly for the group stage by finishing first in the 2013 Dhivehi League.

New Radiant
ChairmanAli Waheed
Head CoachÁngel Pérez García
(25 November 2013 – 4 March 2014)

Ismail Anil
(caretaker coach until 12 March 2014)

Simon McMenemy
(13 March 2014 – 10 May 2014)

Ismail Anil
(10 June 2014 – 6 August 2014)

Mika Lönnström
(since 6 August 2014)
StadiumNational Football Stadium
Dhivehi LeagueWinners
FA CupRunners-up
President's CupWinners
AFC CupGroup stage
FA Charity ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Ali Fasir (19 goals)
All: Ali Fasir (23 goals)

Background

New Radiant finished as champions of last year's in the Dhivehi League, FA Cup, President's Cup and Charity Shield with a quadruple and 100% winning record. So they will be participating in the 2014 AFC Cup directly from the group stage.[1] Ángel Pérez García was announced as the new head coach on 25 November 2013[2] and later on 4 March 2014 the agreement was terminated on mutual consent.[3] Assistant coach Ismail Anil acted as the caretaker coach following the departure of coach García until the arrival of coach Simon McMenemy.[4] Simon was at the job from 13 March 2014 to 10 May 2014.[5] Before the local season began, club appointed the assistant coach Ismail Anil as the head coach on 10 June 2014.[6] On 6 August 2014, New Radiant assigned Mika Lönnström as the new head coach for the club and Ismail Anil continued as the assistant manager.[7]

Ismail Wisham[8] was appointed as the club manager and Ibrahim Ibthisham[9] as the club's Director of Administration. Ibthishaam was the club manager during the 2013 season. Ismail Anil was named as the assistant coach of the club on 12 February 2014.[10]

Three foreign players Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh, Mansa Sylla and Yusif Nurudeen were released by the club as their contract duration were over.[11] New Radiant accepted the transfer request for Moosa Yaamin from the rival side Maziya on 30 December 2013.[12]

Mohamed Umair,[13] Ali Fasir,[14] Ahmed Abdulla,[15] Ahmed Niyaz,[16] Imran Mohamed[17] renewed their contract after the end of 2013 season.

Mukhthar Naseer,[18] Ibrahim Fazeel,[19] Shafiu Ahmed,[20] Hamza Mohamed,[21] Shamweel Qasim and Mohamed Rasheed[22] were the local signings by the club for the 2014 football season.

Evans Mensah,[23] Jonathan Quartey,[24] were the foreign signings for the 2014 season. But Evans Mensah was released by the club, along with Ismail Easa on 16 February 2014[25] and Jonathan Quartey was also released by the club after the 2014 AFC Cup group stage.

Blues also signed a Brazilian striker Joelton Jonathan Sampaio[26] but later terminated the contract due to a serious injury in a life-threatening car accident and was required to undergo several surgeries. So the agreement was terminated on mutual understanding between his agent and the club.[27]

Before the local football season started, New Radiant signed three foreign players,[28] David Carmona, Jamal Dibi and Dane Milovanović but on 10 August 2014, Dibi was released by the club on mutual understandings.[29]

Club

Coaching staff

  • Manager: Ismail Wisham
  • Head Coach: Mika Lönnström
  • Assistant Coach: Ismail Anil
  • Kit Manager: Abdul Sattar Ahmed
  • Official: Hussain Abdulla
  • Official: Ahmed Rasheed
  • Official: Ibrahim Shareef

Other information

  • Chairman: Ali Waheed
  • Vice Chairman: Hassan Shujau
  • Director of Football: Anwar Ali
  • Director of Administrations: Ibrahim Ibthisham
  • Board Director: Aishath Leesha
  • Board Director: Adheel Ismail
  • Board Director: Ahmed Zareer
  • Board Director: Adam Ziyad
  • Board Director: Ali Shareef
  • Board Director: Ahmed Rameez
  • Board Director: Mohamed Shafeeq

Kit

Supplier: Sports Power / Sponsor: Milo

New Radianst kits for the 2014 season were unveiled during the New Radiant night on 11 January 2014. Kits were supplied by the local brand Sports Power.[30]

On 15 January 2014, New Radiant signed with two co-sponsors; with Tropic Investments Private Limited to market their brand Maldives Shipyard[31] and the other with Timber House.[32]

Home
Away
Goalkeeper

Pre-season

New Radiant preceded their 2014 campaign with the 2014 Milo Tour to Hinnavaru and played against Naifaru, Kuredu Resort and Hinnavaru.[33]

Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
3 February 2014 Naifaru 4–0 Umair (2), Fazeel (2)
5 February 2014 Kuredu Resort 9–0 Umair (2), Fasir (2), Mensah (2), Easa, Abdulla, Fazel
7 February 2014 Hinnavaru 8–1 Mensah (2), Umair (2), Fasir (3), Mukhthar
11 February 2014 Northern Dynamo 1–3 Fasir 76'

Competitions

Overall
CompetitionStarted roundFinal
position / round		First matchLast match
AFC CupGroup stageGroup stage25 February 201523 April 2014
FA Charity ShieldFinalWinner10 June 2014
Dhivehi League—Winner16 June 20149 November 2014
FA CupQuarter-finalsRunners-up14 October 201419 November 2014
President's CupSemi final 1Winner23 November 201430 November 2014

Competition record
Competition Record
G W D* L GF GA GD Win %
AFC Cup 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 016.67
FA Charity Shield 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Dhivehi League 19 17 1 1 57 8 +49 089.47
FA Cup 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 066.67
President's Cup 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Total 31 23 2 6 72 25 +47 074.19
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Cup
Main article: 2014 AFC Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2014 AFC Cup group stage § Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PSJ CHB HOM NRA
Persipura Jayapura 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 2–0 0–2 3–0
Churchill Brothers 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–1 3–0
Home United 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 2–0
New Radiant 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 3 0–2 1–2 1–0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Churchill Brothers and Home United are ranked on head-to-head record.
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
25 February 2014 Home United H 1–0 Umair 53' (pen.) 5,200
11 March 2014 Churchill Brothers A 0–3 1,500
18 March 2014 Persipura Jayapura A 0–3 9,866
2 April 2014 Persipura Jayapura H 0–2 2,400
9 April 2014 Home United A 0–2 1,348
23 April 2014 Churchill Brothers H 1–2 Umair 40' 1,500

FA Charity Shield
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
10 June 2014 Maziya 3–1 Shamweel (2) 28', 40', Fasir 59'

Dhivehi League
Main article: 2014 Dhivehi League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1New Radiant SC191711578+49522015 AFC Cup group stage
2Maziya S&RC1914326119+42452015 AFC Cup Play-off
3Club Eagles1911264022+1835
4Victory Sports Club198293033-323
5Club Valencia1945101533-1817

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers League
position
16 June 2014 1 Club AYL 7–0 David (2) 9', 28', Umair (2) 11', 84' (pen.), Fasir 47', Milovanović 72', Abdulla 90+2' 1st
23 June 2014 1 Victory 3–0 Fazeel 14', Dibi 57', Hamza 90+1' 1st
7 July 2014 1 Mahibadhoo 4–0 Fazeel 14', Fasir (2) 55', 84', Rasheed 65' 1st
14 July 2014 1 Eagles 4–1 Milovanović 6' (pen.), Fasir (2) 47', 89', Fazeel 79' 1st
20 July 2014 1 Valencia 3–0 Umair 39', Fasir 75', Shamweel 86' 1st
28 July 2014 1 BG Sports 6–0 Dibi 12', 78', Fasir (3) 15', 67', 82' (pen.), Shamweel 87' 1st
3 August 2014 1 Maziya 0–1 2nd
7 August 2014 2 Maziya 1–0 Milovanović 31' (pen.) 1st
11 August 2014 2 Eagles 2–0 David 11', Umair 32' 1st
15 August 2014 2 Victory 1–0 Umair 72' 1st
21 August 2014 2 Valencia 3–1 David 30', Umair 62' (pen.), Fasir 64' 1st
26 August 2014 2 Club AYL 4–0 Milovanović 3', Ahmed 27', Umair 48', Suhail 67' 1st
30 September 2014 2 BG Sports 5–1 David 35', Umair 45', Fasir (2) 70', 90+3' (pen.), Milovanović 80' 1st
9 October 2014 2 Mahibadhoo 3–1 Fazeel 19', Akram 47', David 75' 1st
22 October 2014 3 Valencia 2–1 Hamza 82', Fasir 90+4' 1st
26 October 2014 3 Victory 1–0 Fasir 12' 1st
1 November 2014 3 Eagles 1–0 Akram 11' 1st
5 November 2014 3 Mahibadhoo 6–1 Fasir (5) 6', 21', 30', 65', 69' (pen.), David 14' 1st
9 November 2014 3 Maziya 1–1 Shifan 15' 1st

FA Cup
Main article: 2014 Maldives FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
14 October 2014 Quarter-finals Mahibadhoo 6–3 Fasir (2) 20', 33', David (2) 49', 52', Akram 50', Fazeel 68'
14 November 2014 Semi-finals Eagles 1–0 Umair 70'
19 November 2014 Final Maziya 0–0 (aet)
(3–4p)

President's Cup
Main article: 2014 President's Cup (Maldives)
Date Round Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers
23 November 2014 Semi final 1 Maziya 2–1 David 14', Hamza 22'
30 November 2014 Final Eagles 1–0 (aet) Fasir 106'

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