VB Addu FC is a professional Maldivian football club based in Malé, Maldives. VB Addu FC is the former VB Sports club which was re-branded on 14 January 2012.
The club was founded in 1987. The club originally evolved from Orchid Sports Club, a team which was formed by the staffs of Bandos Island Resort. Orchid was later bought by the owners of Club Lagoons and renamed as New Lagoons which later was undertaken by a group of businessmen from Addu Atoll and was changed to the name of ‘Island Football Club’. The team was changed to VB sports on 8 November 2006.
Read more about VB Sports Club: Performance in AFC Competitions, Current Squad, Honors Under The Name VB Sports
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