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Maldives

AFC. Played 236 since 27 Aug 1979: won 63, drawn 38, lost 135. Elo 989, ranked 203 in the world; peak 1450 in 1979.

Latest results

Results and fixtures

Squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2026 Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament.

Players
23
Average age
29.8
Caps between them
704
Most from one club
Maziya (11)

Where they play

23 at home · 0 abroad in 0 other countries

  • Maldives 23
No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Hussain ShareefMaziya28190
Mohamed FaisalNew Radiant38420
Mohamed ShafeeuOdi Sports Club3810
Defenders
AihuOdi Sports Club2850
Nashiu Ahmed ShihamMaziya00
Hassan EenaazT.C. Sports Club2630
Amdhan AliVictory Sports Club34301
Haisham HassanMaziya27420
Thoif GasimBuru Sports Club2510
Hussain SifaauMaziya30471
Ahmed AbdullaMaziya39331
Midfielders
Ibrahim AisamMaziya29382
Ahzam RasheedOdi Sports Club1930
Ibrahim Waheed HassanOdi Sports Club30236
FathoMaziya24140
Nassah Ibrahim NasirMaziya250
Ibrahim MahudheeClub Eagles33495
Forwards
Ali FasirNew Radiant388818
Abdulla Looth IbrahimOdi Sports Club2110
Hamza MohamedMaziya31747
Ali AshfaqNew Radiant4110158
Naiz HassanMaziya305912
Mohamed Ilan ImranMaziya1760

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Maldives national football team (CC BY-SA); page last edited 24 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Rating over time

90012001500197920032026Peak 1402 (1979)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Maldives v Sri Lanka: played 22, won 10, drawn 10, lost 2; goals 42–17. First met 26 Dec 1991, last 9 Sep 2025.

Latest 15 of 22 meetings.

Record by competition

Maldives by competition
Friendly49101029
SAFF Cup48241014
FIFA World Cup qualification429429
AFC Asian Cup qualification344228
South Asian Games215412
Indian Ocean Island Games141310
AFC Challenge Cup8224
AFC Challenge Cup qualification6411
Nehru Cup4202
Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup3021
Asian Games2002
Bangabandhu Cup2101
Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament2002
South Asian Super Cup1100

Top scorers

  1. Ali Ashfaq 14
  2. Ali Umar 3
  3. Ibrahim Fazeel 3
  4. Ahmed Thoriq 3
  5. Adam Abdulativ 2
  6. Mohamed Nizam 2
  7. Ali Shiham 1
  8. Ashraf Luthfy 1
  9. Ismail Naseem 1
  10. Mohamed Jameel 1

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.