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2015 Cambodian League

2015 Cambodian League is the 31st season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodia Division 1 League. With 12 teams playing 22 games each totaling 132 games in the season. With the newcomer Abilrex Niigata[1] from Japan. However, Albirex has announced that they won't participate in 2015 Cambodian League due to financial crisis and replaced by CMAC United.

Cambodian League
Season2015
ChampionsPhnom Penh Crown (6th)
RelegatedNone
Matches played140
Goals scored571 (4.08 per match)
Top goalscorerChan Vathanaka (37 goals)
Biggest home winPhnom Penh Crown 10-0 Western Phnom Penh
Biggest away winKirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor
Highest scoringKirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor, Western Phnom Penh 5-9 Boeung Ket Angkor
Longest winning runBoeung Ket Angkor (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runPhnom Penh Crown (15 games)
Longest losing runKirivong Sok Sen Chey (10 games)
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Boeung Ket Angkor who finished top of the regular season also qualified for the Mekong Club Championship.

The end of the season was mired in match-fixing claims by Phnom Penh Crown who claimed that several players of the club had under performed. They announced these claims with only the two-legged playoff final remaining.[2][3][4]

Teams edit

Source:[5]

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Sponsor Kit maker Team captain Head coach
Asia Europe United Pegan   San Narith   Nem Sophorn
Boeung Ket Angkor Angkor Beer FBT   Khoun Laboravy   Prak Sovannara
Build Bright United   Roem Bunheang   Nem Sophorn
Cambodian Tiger FORWARD Group NT Sport   Yasuyuki Yoshida   Masakazu Kihara
CMAC United   Seng Kosen   Meas Samoeun
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Ream Serng   Phan Chan Path
Nagaworld Naga World FBT   Masahiro Fukasawa   Meas Channa
National Defense Ministry BMW Grand Sport   Khek Khemrin   Tep Long Rachana
National Police Commissary Sabay News Online Joma   Say Piseth   Ung Kangyanith
Phnom Penh Crown CROWN Hotel Resort FBT   Boris Kok   Sam Schweingruber
Svay Rieng Top 1 Oil FBT   Prak Mony Udom   Som Vandeth
Western Phnom Penh   Kroch Mol   Pen Phath

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game and one as substitution..

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Asia Europe United   George Kelechi   Kenneth Nwafor   Reo Nakamura   Mohamed Hamza   Silva Sunday
Boeung Ket Angkor   Yemi Joseph   Wada Yuya   Esoh Omogba   Samuel Ajayi
Build Bright United   Joseph Olatubosun  Rasheed Omokafe  Degule Momoh  Anderson Zogbe   Nelson Oladiji
Cambodian Tiger  Befolo Mbarga  Yasuyuki Yoshida  Masato Yoshihara  Masakazu Kihara  Tomohiro Masaki
CMAC United   Takahito Ota   Mathieu Vergez   Ana Yochukwu   Tony Janzen[6][7][8]   Okereke Timothy
Kirivong   Phan Truong Chinh   Suma Mustapha   Adebayo Ademola   Akeep Ayoyinka
Nagaworld  Ban Kazuaki   Masahiro Fukasawa   Barry Lelouma   Baldwin Ngwa
National Defense   Taku Yanagidate   Tatsuta Kazuki   Park Jung   Kim Do Hoon   Jeong Ho Kim
National Police   Ippei Shimizu   Yusuke Ishii   Oseika Samuel   Adekunjo Busayo
Phnom Penh Crown   Baek Yong-Sun   Santigie Koroma   George Bisan   Shane Booysen   Odion Obadin
Svay Rieng   Kipson Atuheire   Dzarma Bata   Tani Reijin  Razak Nofiu  James Michael
Western Phnom Penh   Chukwu Thankgod   Josh Maguire   Tijani Mohammed   Matthew Osas  Tomoyuki Sadakuni

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Asia Europe United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Boeung Ket Angkor Kampong Cham RCAF Old Stadium 10,000
Build Bright United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Cambodian Tiger Phnom Penh Western Stadium 1,000
CMAC United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Takéo Olympic Stadium 50,000
Nagaworld Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
National Defense Ministry Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 10,000
National Police Commissary Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh RSN Stadium 5,000
Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Stadium 1,500
Western Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Western Stadium 1,000

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boeung Ket Angkor 22 18 3 1 80 25 +55 57 Qualification for the Mekong Club Championship
2 Phnom Penh Crown 22 16 3 3 76 23 +53 51 Qualification Play-Off
3 Cambodian Tiger 22 12 4 6 44 33 +11 40
4 Nagaworld 22 12 2 8 46 25 +21 38
5 National Defense Ministry 22 12 2 8 42 28 +14 38
6 Svay Rieng 22 10 5 7 51 44 +7 35
7 National Police Commissary 22 10 5 7 31 26 +5 35
8 Build Bright United 22 7 6 9 39 46 −7 27
9 CMAC United 22 4 5 13 29 61 −32 17
10 Asia Europe United 22 4 2 16 36 75 −39 14
11 Western Phnom Penh 22 4 1 17 37 82 −45 13
12 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 22 3 2 17 29 71 −42 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs edit

Semi-finals edit

First leg edit

Boeung Ket Angkor1-3Nagaworld
Esoh Paul Omogba   51' Barry Lelouma   13'
Prak Chanratana   36'
Khim Borey   41'
Phnom Penh Crown4-1Cambodian Tiger
In Sodavid   34'
Thierry Bin   54' (pen.)
Odion Obadin   87'
Va Sokthorn   90+4'		 Befolo Mbarga   50'

Second leg edit

Cambodian Tiger1-2Phnom Penh Crown
Befolo Mbarga   87' Odion Obadin   13'
Shane Booysen   24'
Nagaworld1-2Boeung Ket Angkor
Kouch Sokumpheak   86' Khoun Laboravy   45+4'
Chan Vathanaka   76' (pen.)

3rd place edit

Boeung Ket Angkor4-3Cambodian Tiger
Khoun Laboravy   39'
Sok Sovan   53'
Wada Yuya   70'
Chan Vathanaka   88'		 Befolo Mbarga   13', 90'
Suong Virak   30'
Cambodian Tiger1-2Boeung Ket Angkor
Suong Virak   84' Rous Samoeun   42', 90+3'

Boeung Ket Angkor won 6-4 on aggregate.

Final edit

Nagaworld0-2Phnom Penh Crown
George Bisan   55'
Shane Booysen   90+5'
Phnom Penh Crown1-3 (a.e.t.)Nagaworld
Thierry Bin   73' (pen.) Sun Sovannarith   54'
Kouch Sokumpheak   77', 90+3'
Penalties
Thierry Bin  
Va Sokthorn  
Boris Kok  
Odion Obadin  
Baek Yong-Sun  		 3–2   Masahiro Fukasawa
  Ban Kazuaki
  Kouch Sokumpheak
  Khim Borey
  Barry Lelouma
Referee: Tuy Viccheka


 Metfone Cambodian League 2015 
Phnom Penh Crown
6th title

Top scorers edit

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Yok Ary Phnom Penh Crown 7
  Samrith Seiha Nagaworld
3   Sou Yaty Boeung Ket Angkor 6
4   Um Sereyroth National Defense Ministry 5
  Prak Monyphearun National Police Commissary
6   Peng Bunchay Western Phnom Penh/Svay Rieng 4
7   Yasuyuki Yoshida Cambodian Tiger 3
8   Sos Proshim Build Bright United 2
  Koem Makara Boeung Ket Angkor
10   San Usarphea Phnom Penh Crown 1
  Ngoy Boranoch Build Bright United
  Phorn Ratana Nagaworld
  Aim Sovannarath Svay Rieng
  Hem Simay Cambodian Tiger
  Ouv Kasan National Defense Ministry
  Keo Soksela Phnom Penh Crown

Awards edit

Awards Nation/Name Club
The Golden Boot   Chan Vathanaka Boeung Ket Angkor
The Player of the Year   Chan Vathanaka Boeung Ket Angkor
Goalkeeper of the Year   Keo Soksela Phnom Penh Crown
The Coach of the Year   Prak Sovannara Boeung Ket Angkor
Awards Club
Fair Play Boeung Ket Angkor

References edit

  1. ^ "Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh FC for 2014". Goal Singapore. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Club Statement". Phnom Penh Crown Official Website. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Phnom Penh Crown suspend players over 'match-fixing'". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Coach in Crown crisis to seek legal advice". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. ^ "C-League". Perform. p. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Janzen gains pro soccer adventure, much more". elkharttruth.com (Archived).
  7. ^ "Alumni Friday: Tony Janzen '08, men's Soccer". goleafs.net.
  8. ^ "An open field". phnompenhpost.com.
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