POMIS Cup
POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer), was kicked off 1987 in a bid to promote the standard of local football in Maldives. This is the only international soccer club tournament held in Maldives.
Organising body | Football Association of Maldives |
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Founded | 1987 |
Region | ![]() |
Number of teams | 6 |
Current champions | PDRM FA |
Most successful club(s) | New Radiant SC Club Valencia |
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Due to various reasons, Football Association of Maldives (FAM) was not able to stage the tournament in the years of 2002 & 2004 to 2014.
In 2003, two foreign clubs from India and Sri Lanka competed in the cup, Mahindra United and Negombo Youth.[1]
On 22 December 2014, Football Association of Maldives (FAM) normalisation committee decided to introduce POMIS Cup again and started in January 2015. In 2015, the top two teams of Dhivehi League played against two foreign teams in the POMIS Cup.[2]
From 2016 onward, there will be four Maldivian teams (top four teams of Dhivehi Premier League) to participate the tournament along with two foreign teams. On 19 January 2015, POMIS Cup committee rebranded the President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup to the People of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup.
Previous winners
- 1987 : Renown Sports Club 0-0 Saunders SC [3-1 pen]
- 1988 : York SC (Sri Lanka) 5-4 New Radiant SC
- 1989 : Victory Sports Club 4-3 Club Valencia
- 1990 : Indian Youth Team 4-1 Victory Sports Club
- 1991 : York FC (Sri Lanka) 0-0 Dempo SC [5-4 pen]
- 1992 : Club Valencia 2-1 Dempo SC
- 1993 : Kerala SC (India) 2-1 Victory Sports Club
- 1994 : New Radiant SC 1-1 Colombo FC [7-5 pen]
- 1995 : New Radiant SC 1-1 Victory Sports Club [4-2 pen]
- 1996 : Club Valencia 3-2 Victory Sports Club
- 1997 : New Radiant SC 3-2 Victory Sports Club
- 1998 : Thailand U-19s 2-1 New Radiant SC
- 1999 : Hurriyya SC 1-0 Victory Sports Club
- 2000 : Hurriyya SC 1-1 Club Valencia [4-3 pen]
- 2001 : Club Valencia 1-0 Victory Sports Club
- 2002 not held
- 2003 : Mahindra United 3-1 Club Valencia
- 2004 to 2014 not held
- 2015 : PDRM FA 5-4 Maziya S&RC
- 2016 to 2018 not held
Peoples Cup - 2015 Teams
Number of Titles
- New Radiant SC (3)
Rank | # of titles | Club | Year(s) won | |
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1 | 3 | New Radiant SC | 1994, 1995, 1997 | |
1 | 3 | Club Valencia | 1992, 1996, 2001 | |
2 | 2 | Hurriyya SC | 1999 | |
3 | 1 | Renown Sports Club | 1987 | |
3 | 1 | Victory Sports Club | 1989 | |
3 | 1 | Kerala Blasters | 1993 | |
3 | 1 | Mahindra United | 2003 | |
3 | 1 | PDRM FA | 2015 |
- Club Valencia (3)
- York FC (Sri Lanka) (2)
- Hurriyya SC (2)
- Renown Sports Club (1)
- Victory Sports Club (1)
- Indian Youth Team (1)
- Kerala SC (India) (1)
- Thailand U-19s (1)
- Mahindra United (1)
- PDRM FA (1)
References
- "Local teams struggle while foreign teams confirm participation in POMIS Cup". Haveeru Daily. 21 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- "PDRM accepts POMIS Cup invitation". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- POMIS Cup history at RSSSF