POMIS Cup

{{Infobox football tournament|name=POMIS Cup|founded=1987|number of teams=6|champion=PDRM FA|current_season=|most successful club=New Radiant SC
Club Valencia|organiser=Football Association of Maldives|region=Maldives}}

The POMIS Cup (known fully as President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup) used to be an international club football tournament kicked off in 1987 to promote the standards of football in the Maldives.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maledcuphist.html|title=Maldives — List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625104120/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maledcuphist.html|archive-date=25 June 2018|website=RSSSF|date=1997|access-date=1 March 2021|author=Hoodh Ali |author2=Mikael Jönsson |author3=Hans Schöggl }}

In 2003, two foreign clubs from India and Sri Lanka competed in the cup, Mahindra United and Negombo Youth.{{Cite news |last=Shahyb |first=Mohamed |date=21 September 2003 |title=Local teams struggle while foreign teams confirm participation in POMIS Cup |url=http://www.haveeru.com.mv/sports/2196 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231813/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/sports/2196 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |website=Haveeru Daily}} On 22 December 2014, the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) normalisation committee decided to restart POMIS Cup.{{Cite news|title=PDRM accepts POMIS Cup invitation|work=Maldives Soccer|url=http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/PDRM-accepts-POMIS-Cup-invitation-5652|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103092353/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/PDRM-accepts-POMIS-Cup-invitation-5652|archive-date=3 January 2015}} On 19 January 2015, POMIS Cup committee rebranded the President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup to the People of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup.

Previous winners

  • 1987: Renown Sports Club
  • 1988: York SC
  • 1989: Victory Sports Club
  • 1990: Indian Youth Team
  • 1991: York FC
  • 1992: Club Valencia{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Shibashis |date=7 March 2022 |title=I-League 2: Looking back at when Dempo SC dominated Indian Football |url=https://footballexpress.in/looking-back-at-when-dempo-sc-dominated-indian-football/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722154745/https://footballexpress.in/looking-back-at-when-dempo-sc-dominated-indian-football/ |archive-date=22 July 2023 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Football Express India |language=en |location=Goa}}
  • 1993: Kerala SC
  • 1994: New Radiant SC
  • 1995: New Radiant SC
  • 1996: Club Valencia
  • 1997: New Radiant SC
  • 1998: Thailand Youth Team
  • 1999: Hurriyya SC
  • 2000:Hurriyya SC
  • 2001: Club Valencia
  • 2003: Mahindra United{{cite web |last=Majumder |first=Raunak |date=3 April 2020 |title=Reliving the title run of Mumbai's only national champions – Mahindra United 2005–06 season |url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2020/reliving-the-title-run-of-mumbais-only-national-champions-mahindra-united-2005-06-season/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518212123/https://www.footballcounter.com/2020/reliving-the-title-run-of-mumbais-only-national-champions-mahindra-united-2005-06-season/ |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=26 January 2022 |website=Football Counter}}
  • 2015: PDRM FA

Peoples Cup (2015) teams

Number of titles

class="wikitable"

|+

!Rank

!Number of titles

!Club

!Year(s) won

1

|3

|New Radiant SC

|1994, 1995, 1997

1

|3

|Club Valencia

|1992, 1996, 2001

2

|2

|Hurriyya SC

|1999

3

|1

|Renown Sports Club

|1987

3

|1

|Victory Sports Club

|1989

3

|1

|Kerala SC

|1993

3

|1

|Mahindra United

|2003

3

|1

|PDRM FA

|2015

References

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