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2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League

2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League (also known as 2015 Dialog Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of Sri Lanka Football Premier League. Solid SC of Anuradhapura were the defending champions.

Sri Lanka Football Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsColombo
Matches played85
Goals scored192 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerM.C.M. Rifnaz (9 Goals)

The 2015 season was different from the previous season. In this season, 22 teams competed in two groups of 11 teams. Top 4 teams from each groups qualified for the Super 8 round. The teams competed with one another in round-robin format. The team with the best record at the end of the Super 8 was to become the champion.

The defending champions in the previous tournament Solid SC was eliminated in the first round. Colombo FC emerged champions of the Dialog Champions League 2015 by a solitary goal difference with Renown SC.[1]

The champions qualified for the preliminary round of AFC Cup.

League table

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Army SC (Q) 10 8 1 1 26 5 +21 25 Championship Round
2 Air Force SC (Q) 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21
3 Crystal Palace SC (Q) 10 5 4 1 26 14 +12 19
4 Renown SC (Q) 10 5 3 2 17 12 +5 18
5 Solid SC 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15
6 Saunders SC 10 4 3 3 16 10 +6 15
7 Nandimithra SC 10 4 1 5 8 16 −8 13
8 Police SC 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 11
9 Up Country Lions SC 10 1 4 5 6 12 −6 7
10 Pelicans SC (R) 10 2 1 7 13 28 −15 7 Relegated
11 Highlanders SC (R) 10 0 1 9 3 29 −26 1
Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colombo FC (Q) 9 7 2 0 27 5 +22 23 Championship Round
2 Blue Star SC (Q) 9 5 2 2 18 3 +15 17
3 Java Lane SC (Q) 9 5 2 2 10 6 +4 17
4 Navy SC (Q) 9 5 1 3 15 10 +5 16
5 New Young SC 9 4 3 2 13 11 +2 15
6 Negombo Youth SC 9 4 1 4 16 20 −4 13
7 Super Son SC 9 3 2 4 13 12 +1 11
8 Matara City SC 9 3 0 6 11 17 −6 9
9 Thihariya Youth SC 9 1 2 6 7 22 −15 5
10 Kalutara Park SC (R) 9 0 1 8 2 26 −24 1 Relegated
11 Don Bosco SC[a] (D) 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 6 Disqualified
Source: Soccerway
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Disqualified for using ineligible players.[2]

Fixtures and Results

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Stage 1

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Air Force SC1-4Colombo FC
Renown SC4-0Java Lane SC
Crystal Palace SC2-2Navy SC
Army SC3-2Blue Star SC

Championship Round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colombo[a] (C) 7 4 2 1 17 7 +10 17 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round[b]
2 Renown 7 5 2 0 17 8 +9 17
3 Army[c] 7 3 3 1 15 10 +5 15
4 Air Force[d] 7 2 2 3 8 10 −2 10
5 Crystal Palace[e] 7 2 3 2 12 15 −3 10
6 Navy 7 2 3 2 14 16 −2 9
7 Blue Star[f] 7 0 4 3 7 11 −4 6
8 Java Lane[g] 7 0 1 6 4 17 −13 2
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Colombo: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
  2. ^ Sri Lanka were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
  3. ^ Army: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  4. ^ Air Force: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  5. ^ Crystal Palace: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  6. ^ Blue Star: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
  7. ^ Java Lane: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)

Awards

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The winners of the competition were given a cash award of Rs. 750000 while the runners-up received Rs. 500000.[1]
Individual awards:

Award Player Club
Golden Boot Dhanushka Wijesiri Army SC
Top goal scorer M.C.M. Rifnaz Renown SC
Best Goalkeeper M.N.M. Imran Colombo FC

References

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  1. ^ a b "Colombo FC wins Dialog Champions League". 6 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Dialog Champions League 2015/16". rsssf.
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