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.
Maldives most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0.
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