2018–19 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
The 2018–19 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (Nepali: शहीद स्मारक ए डिभिजन लीग २०७५) season, also known as Pulsar Martyr's Memorial A-Division League for sponsorship reasons, was the 42nd edition of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. The season began on 29 September 2018 and ended on 8 January 2019.[2][3] It was the first top division league held since the 2015 National League.[4] On 16 September 2018, it was decided that there will be no relegation, however the two bottom placed teams would have two and one points deducted next season.[5]
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 29 September 2018 – 8 January 2019 |
Champions | Manang Marshyangdi Club |
2019 AFC Cup | Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Matches played | 91 |
Goals scored | 226 (2.48 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Afeez Olawale Oladipo Bharat Khawas Ranjit Dhimal (7 goals) |
Biggest home win | Nepal Police Club 5–0 Friends Club (14 December 2018) |
Highest scoring | New Road Team 5–5 Machhindra FC (31 December 2018) |
Longest winning run | 12 matches Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Longest winless run | 9 matches Machhindra Football Club New Road Team |
Longest losing run | 8 matches New Road Team |
2019-20 →
All statistics correct as of 8 January 2019. |
Manang Marshyangdi Club were the defending champions and successfully defended their title on 28 December with two games to spare.[6]
Teams
A total of 14 teams, all based in the Kathmandu Valley, contested the league.[2] Four teams from other parts of Nepal; Jhapa XI, Morang XI, Lumbini F.C. and Far Western F.C., were initially supposed to participate in the league announced initially for 2017.[7] The teams had previously participated in the 2015 National League.[4]
On the other side, six teams, that did not participate in the 2015 league, made their comebacks in the league after participating in the 2013-14 season: Friend's Club, Himalayan Sherpa Club, Jawalakhel Youth Club, Machhindra Football Club, Sankata BSC and Saraswati Youth Club.[4]
Team changes
Promoted from | Promoted from | Relegated to |
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Brigade Boys Club | Chyasal Youth Club New Road Team |
Ranipokhari Corner Team Boys Union Club |
Location
Team | Location | Previous Season[lower-alpha 1] |
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Himalayan Sherpa Club | Kathmandu | 7th |
Machhindra Football Club | 2nd | |
Manang Marshyangdi Club | 1st | |
Nepal APF Club | 6th | |
Nepal Army Club | 10th | |
Nepal Police Club | 4th | |
New Road Team | 2nd (2016 B-Division) | |
Sankata BSC | 5th | |
Saraswati Youth Club | 9th | |
Brigade Boys Club | Lalitpur | 1st (2014 B-Division) |
Chyasal Youth Club | 1st (2016 B-Division) | |
Friends Club | 8th | |
Jawalakhel Youth Club | 11th | |
Three Star Club | 3rd |
Personnel and kits
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit Sponsor |
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Brigade Boys Club | Ujjen Shrestha[8] | Dilen Loktam | |
Chyasal Youth Club | Raju Kaji Shakya[9] | Devendra Tamang | Valley Construction |
Friends Club | Ramesh Maharjan | Dhiraj Shrestha | Nepal Investment Bank Limited, Panchakanya Group[10] |
Himalayan Sherpa Club | Subas Limbu | Man Bahadur Tamang | Harvest Moon |
Jawalakhel Youth Club | Raj Kumar KC[11] | Ajay Thapa | Grand Master XXX Rum |
Machhindra Football Club | Nishan Shrestha (caretaker) | Uttam Gurung | |
Manang Marshyangdi Club | Fuja Tope[12] & Suman Shrestha[13] |
Biraj Maharjan | Signature[14] |
Nepal APF Club | Rajendra Tamang[15] | Nabin Lama | Agni Mahindra[16] |
Nepal Army Club | Nabin Neupane | Bharat Khawas | Bajaj Pulsar[17] |
Nepal Police Club | Ananta Raj Thapa | Bhola Nath Silwal | |
New Road Team | Maheshwor Mulmi[18] | Prabin Kumar Sainju | |
Sankata BSC | Salyan Khadgi | Ravi Silwal | CMG Club[19] |
Saraswati Youth Club | Pradip Nepal | Raj Kumar Ghising | |
Three Star Club | Meghraj KC | Bikram Lama | Ruslan Vodka[20] |
Head coaching changes
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Machhindra Football Club | Dhaneshwor Prajapati | Mutual consent | 1 December 2018 | 11th | Nishan Shrestha (caretaker) | 1 December 2018 |
Foreign players
On 16 May 2018, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) announced that the number of foreigners for each club would be four.[3] One of those had to be from one of the countries of the SAARC Region.[21]
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | SAARC Player |
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Brigade Boys Club | Kazeem Adegoke Busari[22] | Tajudeen Adukune Busari[22] | Abdu Kareem Nsiah[22] | |
Chyasal Youth Club | Sergio Fils Chico[23] | Florent Koara[24] | ||
Friends Club | Fofana Brahiman | Bobby Ogolla Odongo | Mohammed Nurul Karim[25] | |
Himalayan Sherpa Club | Dady Junior Wamba | Patrick Private Goha | Ulrich Siewe | |
Jawalakhel Youth Club | Olalaken Afeez Lawal | Fofana Fode | Adama Doumbia | |
Machhindra Football Club | Vassodia Diamande | Alaba Ademolo Aderibigbe | Saheed Obenga Anifowose | |
Manang Marshyangdi Club | Afeez Olawale Oladipo[26] | Oluwaunmi Somide Adelaja[27] | Victor Kamhuka | Muhammed Asif[28] |
Nepal APF Club | ||||
Nepal Army Club | ||||
Nepal Police Club | ||||
New Road Team | Christian Basile Kameni | Moshood Opeyemi Agboola | Kouassi Jean Didier | |
Sankata BSC | Norbert Cedric Aba[29] | Maxwell Ellon | Ernest Tampi | |
Saraswati Youth Club | Olusola Khederi Ibrahim | Victor Amobi | Francis Okechukwu | |
Three Star Club | Ajayi Martins Kayode[30] | Peter Segun[30] | Messoumbe Abang Albert |
Venues
Lalitpur | Kathmandu |
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ANFA Complex, Satdobato[31] | Halchowk Stadium[31] |
Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 3,500 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Manang Marshyangdi Club (C) | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 36 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Cup group stage |
2 | Sankata BSC | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 28 | |
3 | Three Star Club | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 26 | |
4 | Nepal Army Club | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 25 | |
5 | APF Club | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 23 | |
6 | Nepal Police Club | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 19 | |
7 | Himalayan Sherpa Club | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 17 | |
8 | Chyasal Youth Club | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 16 | |
9 | Saraswoti Youth Club | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 | |
10 | Jawalakhel Youth Club | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 13 | |
11 | Friends Club | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 12 | |
12 | Brigade Boys Club | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 10 | |
13 | Machhindra FC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 7 | |
14 | New Road Team | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 7 |
Season statistics
- As of 8 January 2019[32]
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Afeez Olawale Oladipo | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 7 |
Bharat Khawas | Nepal Army Club | ||
Ranjit Dhimal | Three Star Club | ||
2 | Yubraj Khadka | APF Club | 6 |
Biswash Shrestha | Himalayan Sherpa Club | ||
Ranjan Bista | Three Star Club | ||
3 | Anjan Bista | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 5 |
Amit Tamang | Sankata BSC |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Bikesh Kuthu | Nepal Army Club | 7 |
2 | Bishal Shrestha | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 6 |
Alan Neupane | Three Star Club | ||
3 | Raja Babu Thapa | Sankata BSC | 5 |
4 | Kishor Giri | Himalayan Sherpa Club | 4 |
Shatrughan Chaudhary | Nepal Police Club | ||
5 | Sagar Raya | Brigade Boys Club | 3 |
Dinesh Thapa Magar | Chyasal Youth Club | ||
Dev Limbu | Friends Club | ||
Takendra Thapa | Jawalakhel Youth Club | ||
Deep Karki | Machhindra FC | ||
Pradeep Bhandari | Saraswoti Youth Club | ||
6 | Raju Yogi | APF Club | 2 |
7 | Amrit Kumar Chaudhary | APF Club | 1 |
Arpan Karki | Nepal Police Club | ||
Sojit Gurung | New Road Team |
Player
- Most yellow cards: 5
- Most red cards: 1
- Ashish Gurung (Himalayan Sherpa Club)
- Bishwash Shrestha (Himalayan Sherpa Club)
- Bishwash Udas (APF Club)
- Francis Okechukwu (Saraswoti Youth Club)
- Gaurab Budhathoki (Chyasal Youth Club)
- Kuldip Karki (Jawalakhel Youth Club)
- Maxwell Ellon (Sankata BSC)
- Muhammed Asif (Manang Marshyangdi Club)
- Santosh Sahukhala (Chyasal Youth Club)
- Susan Lama (Saraswoti Youth Club)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 21
- Jawalakhel Youth Club
- Sankata BSC
- Most red cards: 2
- Chyasal Youth Club
- Himalayan Sherpa Club
- Saraswati Youth Club
Awards
Award | Winner[33] | Club |
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Best Coach | Suman Shrestha | Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Best Goalkeeper | Bishal Shrestha | Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Best Defender | Ranjit Dhimal | Three Star Club |
Best Midfielder | Heman Gurung | Manang Marshyangdi Club |
Best Forward | Bharat Khawas | Nepal Army Club |
Emerging Player | Bikash Khawas[34] | Nepal Army Club |
Notes
- unless denoted otherwise, this refers to the 2013-14 season
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