While the Maldivian team won their first match in the ongoing South Asian Super Cup 2025 at Sri Lanka’s Race Course Stadium, both the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) and the Maldivian team wish to amplify the voices of Maldivian supporters in today’s match. After the first match, the Sri Lankan coach primarily noted how the Maldivian supporters’ voices were louder than those of the Sri Lankan fans in the Sri Lankan stadium. Highlighting the support Maldivians gave to their team, the Sri Lankan coach said that the biggest disappointment for him while playing on home ground was that throughout the entire stadium, the voices of Maldivian supporters were louder than those of Sri Lankan supporters.
Maldivian supporters always enter the stadium to cheer for the Maldivian team during matches played in Sri Lanka. Especially, many Maldivians living in Sri Lanka always go to the stadium to support the Maldivian team. The number of supporters who travel to watch the Maldivian team’s matches is also not small. This was best demonstrated during the 2008 SAFF Championship. Later, in the 2021 Rajapaksa Invitational tournament held in Sri Lanka, Maldivians again showcased this scene very well.
Ahead lies a match that could bring a new revival to Maldivian football. It’s a match that could make both players and supporters smile again at a time when Maldivian football has hit rock bottom. The most important people behind every success of the national team are the Maldivian supporters. This is the moment when the Maldivian team needs its supporters the most.
