2015 Afghan Premier League

The 2015 Afghan Premier League is the fourth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. Shaheen Asmayee F.C. are the defending champions of the Premier League. The season started on 27 August 2015 with the 8 teams again in two groups. Shaheen Asmayee again reached the final of the Afghan Premier League and faced off against De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. It was the first time De Spin Ghar reached the final of the league.[1]

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
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Teams

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
De Spin Ghar Bazan 321073+47
Mawjhai Amu 321033+07
Oqaban Hindukush 311223−14
De Abasin Sape 301225−31
28 August 2015 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.1–1De 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.2–2Mawjhai 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.)
4 September 2015 Oqaban Hindukush F.C.1–0Mawjhai Amu F.C.AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT Basir Haber  85' Report
10 September 2015 De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.3–1De 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.0–2De 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.1–0De 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 320153+26
De Maiwand Atalan 311144+04
Toofaan Harirod 311157−24
Simorgh Alborz 310266+23
27 August 2015 Shaheen Asmayee F.C.1–3Simorgh 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.2–2De 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.3–0Toofaan 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.2–1Simorgh 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.1–0De 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.3–2Simorgh 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'
AFF Stadium, Kabul
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
AFF Stadium, Kabul
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'
AFF Stadium, Kabul
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'
AFF Stadium, Kabul
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'
AFF Stadium, Kabul
Attendance: 3,000

Final
Main article: 2015 Afghan Premier League 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
AFF Stadium, Kabul
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
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Mustafa Afshar 4De 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]

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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.
  3. YouTube – Afghan Premier League
  4. Afghan Premier League – Sponsors
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