The 2015 Afghan Premier League was the fourth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, launched in 2012. Shaheen Asmayee F.C. were the defending champions of the league. The season started on 27 August 2015 with the 8 teams again divided into two groups. Shaheen Asmayee again reached the Afghan Premier League final and faced off against De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. It was the first time De Spin Ghar reached the final of the league, winning it 4-3 on penalties, after neither had managed to score until the end of the extra time.[1] Eight yellow cards were handed out in the final.

Afghan Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsDe Spin Ghar Bazan
(1st title)
Matches played18
Goals scored51 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerMustafa Afshar
(5 goals)
Highest scoringMawjhai Amu 1–5 De Maiwand Atalan F.C.
(1 Oct 2015)
Highest attendance5,000
The Final (2 Oct 2015)
Average attendance1,500
2014
2016

Teams

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
De Spin Ghar Bazan 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Mawjhai Amu 3 2 1 0 3 3 +0 7
Oqaban Hindukush 3 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4
De Abasin Sape 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
28 August 2015 Oqaban Hindukush F.C. 1–1 De Abasin Sape F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Mahdi Behzad   92' Report Mohammad Nawaz Zazai   77'
2 September 2015 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. 2–2 Mawjhai Amu F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Mohammad Fahim Afkar   22', 49' Report Abdul Manan Farahi   56' (o.g.)
Hedayatullah Ahmadi   90' (pen.)
10 September 2015 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. 3–1 De Abasin Sape F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Mohammad Fahim Afkar   35'
Shafaq Ayabi   40'
hamid Habibi   80'
Report Mohammad Ahmadi   7'
Farhad Totakhil   82'
16 September 2015 Oqaban Hindukush F.C. 0–2 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Zmaray Salangi   20'
Basir haber   55'   94'
Report Faqeer Husain Himati   28'
Amanullah Sardary   42'
Ahmad Reshad Hassanzadeh   90'
18 September 2015 Mawjhai Amu F.C. 1–0 De Abasin Sape F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Qesmat Ahmadi   69',   69'
hedayatullah Ahmadi   69'
Abdul Qayoom Dawlatzai   82'
Report Sohrab Niazi   53'   84'
Hidayat Qureshi  66'
Mohammad Nawaz Zazai   82'
Rahmat Ahmadzai   88'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shaheen Asmayee 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
De Maiwand Atalan 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 4
Toofaan Harirod 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
Simorgh Alborz 3 1 0 2 6 6 +2 3
27 August 2015 Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 1–3 Simorgh Alborz F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Muhammadi   61' Report Nadim   4', 24'
Mustafa Rezaei   76'
29 August 2015 Toofaan Harirod F.C. 2–2 De Maiwand Atalan F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Mohammad Rafi Barikzai   9'
Bashir Ahmad Azadani   80'
Report Sayed Baqer Mir Salimi   24'
Farzad Ataie   57'
3 September 2015 Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 3–0 Toofaan Harirod F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Hashmatullah Barakzai   5'
Salim Saifi   68'
Reza Allahyari   70'
Report
9 September 2015 De Maiwand Atalan F.C. 2–1 Simorgh Alborz F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Mustafa Afshar   21'
Masoud   94'
Report Ahmad Farhad Adil   87'
11 September 2015 Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 1–0 De Maiwand Atalan F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Samiullah Muhammadi   7' (pen.) Referee: Halim Aqa Sherzad
17 September 2015 Toofaan Harirod F.C. 3–2 Simorgh Alborz F.C. AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Rahmatullah Khair Khwah   25', 87'
Ghulam Yaqubi Yaqoobi   23',   30'
Mohammad Yama Yahyazada   80'
Report Monerulhaq Nadim   24',   52', 89'
Timor Shah Ghafori   63'
Zarif Amiri   79'
Mohammad Nasim Muradi   88'
Ahmad farhad Adil   93'

Semi finals

Semi Final
De Spinghar Bazan0–1De Maiwand Atalan
Report Sayed Baqer Mir Salimi   42',   50'
Attendance: 3,500 (estimated)
Semi Final
De Maiwand Atalan1–2 (a.e.t.)De Spin Ghar Bazan
Mohammad Salim Naimi   53'
Wahid Nadim   62'
Farzad Ataie   81'
Asadullah Rezae   85'
Housain Alizada   114'
Report Ghulam hazrat Niazi   50'
Faqeer Hussain Himati   55'
Mohammad Fahim Afkar   59'
Shafaq Ayabi   66'
Penalties
Wahid  
Baqer  
2–4   Rohid
  Faqeer
  Hamidullah
  Ghulam
Attendance: 3,500 (estimated)

Semi Final
Shaheen Asmayee3–2Mawjhai Amu
Samiullah Muhammadi   2'
Sayed Mohammad Hashimi   48'
Hashmatullah Barakzai   67' (pen.)
Mujtaba Faiz   81'
Abdul Wakeel Kamalpoori   90'
Muqadar Qazizadah   95'
Report Masoud Qarizada   34',   49'
Abdul Qayoom Dawlatzai   59'
Basir Ahmad Nasiri   69'
Qesmat Ahmadi   76'
Attendance: 3,500 (estimated)
Semi Final
Mawjhai Amu1–1Shaheen Asmayee
Basir Ahmad Nasiri   20'
Masoud Qarizada   34'
hedayatullah Ahmadi   53'
Mohammad Jafar Siddiqi   71'
Qesmat Ahmadi   73'
Report Hashmatullah Barakzai   9'
Attendance: 4,000 (estimated)

Consolation (third place)

Third place
Mawjhai Amu1–5De Maiwand Atalan
Fazil Rahman Mohammadi   48'
Kanoosh Khawari   75'
Report Mustafa Afshar   2', 9', 57', 91'
Mohammad Salim Naimi   6',   81'
Attendance: 3,000

Final

Final
Shaheen Asmayee0–0 (a.e.t.)De Spin Ghar Bazan
Sayed Maqsood   88'
Hashmatullah   92'
Muqadar   106'
Mahmood Azad   108'
Report Abdullah Abdali   99'
Shir Ali   106'
Ahmad Reshad   117'
Abdul Manan Azimi   122'
Penalties
Samiullah  
Fardeen  
Hashmatullah  
3–4   Rohid
  Abdul Manan
  Ghulam
  Ahmad reshad
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Halim Aqa Sherzad

Statistics

Final standing

→ At the gates, and points to the final round is involved, victory on penalties are a draw.

Rank Club Goals Difference Points
1   De Spin Ghar Bazan 10:05 0+5 13
2   Shaheen Asmayee 09:06 0+3 10
3   De Maiwand Atalan 11:08 0+3 10
4   Mawjhai Amu 07:12 0–5 5
5   Oqaban Hindukush 02:03 0–1 4
6   Toofaan Harirod 05:07 0–2 4
7   Simorgh Alborz 06:06 0±0 3
8   De Abasin Sape 02:05 0–3 1

Top scorers

As of 19 September 2015.
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Mustafa Afshar De Maiwand Atalan
5
2 Monerulhaq Nadim Simorgh Alborz
4
3 Mohammad Fahim Afkar De Spin Ghar Bazan
4
4 Hashmatullah Barakzai Shaheen Asmayee
3

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Mustafa Afshar 4 De Maiwand Atalan F.C. Mawjhai Amu F.C. 5–1 (A) 1 October 2015

TV Rights

All matches of the APL are aired live by two private channels in Afghanistan, namely Tolo TV and Lemar TV.[2] Arman FM and Arakozia FM offer live commentary of the match through the country. Matches are also available live on the world's largest video sharing website YouTube on the league's official YouTube page.[3]

Sponsors

Roshan Telecom is the title sponsor of Afghan Premier League after which it is named as Roshan Afghan Premier League. Official Partners of Afghan Premier League are Afghanistan International Bank and Hummel International which provided kit for the teams.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Official website of the Roshan Afghan Premier League". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Afghans Launch First Professional Football League". nz.sports.yahoo.com. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ YouTube – Afghan Premier League
  4. ^ Afghan Premier League – Sponsors