Maldives national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Red Snappers |
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| Association | Football Association of Maldives (FAM) |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) |
| Head coach | Darren Stewart |
| Captain | Ali Ashfaq |
| Most caps | Imran Mohamed (80) |
| Top scorer | Ali Ashfaq (50) |
| Home stadium | National Football Stadium |
| FIFA code | MDV |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 140  5 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 126 (July–August 2006) |
| Lowest | 183 (August–September 1997) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 192 |
| Highest | 165 (23 March 2011) |
| Lowest | 209 (13 June 1997) |
| First international | |
 Seychelles 9–0 Maldives  (Réunion; August 27, 1979) |
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| Biggest win | |
Maldives 12–0 Mongolia  (Male, Maldives; December 3, 2003) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Iran 17–0 Maldives (Damascus, Syria; June 2, 1997) |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Football | ||
| South Asian Games | ||
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1984 Kathmandu | Team |
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1991 Colombo | Team |
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2010 Dhaka | Team |
The Maldives national football team represents the Maldives in the sport of football, and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0–0.
The Maldives' most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0.
This was the third edition of SAFF Cup which was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, and it was Maldives' first campaign in this regional tournament.
Maldives was placed in the group B with India and Bangladesh, where they advanced into the semi final as the group's second team with two points in hand. They drew their first match against Bangladesh with the help of Lirugham Saeed's only goal. In the second match, they drew against the India 2–2, in which Ibrahim Rasheed and Mohamed Nizam came scoring when the Red Snappers were at a two-goal deposit.
Maldives went on to win the semi final match 2–1 against Sri Lanka with Shah Ismail and Mohamed Nizam on the scoreline, but lost the final match to India by 5–1, where Adam Abdul Latheef scored the only goal for Maldives.
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