2015 Afghan Premier League Final

The 2015 Afghan Premier League Final was the final match of the 2015 Afghan Premier League, the 4th season of Afghanistan's premier club football tournament organised by Roshan.

2015 Afghan Premier League Final
Event2015 Afghan Premier League
Shaheen Asmayee De Spin Ghar Bazan
0 0
De Spin Ghar Bazan won 4–3 on penalties
Date2 October 2015
VenueAFF Stadium, Kabul City, Kabul, Afghanistan
Man of the MatchGhulam Hazrat Niazi
(De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.)
RefereeHalim Aqa Sherzad (Afghanistan)
Attendance5,000

The match took place on Friday, 2 October 2015, at the AFF Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, between Greater Kabul Region Shaheen Asmayee and Eastern region De Spin Ghar Bazan. It was the fourth tournament final since the establishment of Afghan Premier League. De Spin Ghar Bazan won the match 4–3 at the penalty shootout after extra time.

Venue

The Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, was the venue of the 2015 Afghan Premier League Final for the fourth time.

The home stadium of all Afghan Premier League teams since its establishment, The stadium has a capacity of 5,000, and the surface is of Artificial turf.

Background

This was the first time in the history of De Spin Ghar Bazan that reached the final. It was also the third time for Shaheen Asmayee that reached the final, although having won two times. Shaheen Asmayee reached a record 3rd final after a 4–3 aggregate win against North Eastern region Mawjhai Amu, making it the first club that reached the final three times in a row. Previously Shaheen Asmayee won finals in 2013 and 2014.

In the other side De Spin Ghar Bazan reached the final after 3 seasons waiting for the first time, after a 4–2 penalty shootout win against South West region De Maiwand Atalan.

Pre-match

Ticketing

Tickets were available in two price categories: 50 Afs, 100 Afs.

Referee

Halim Aqa Sherzad was chosen for judgement of the final match.

Road to the final
Further information: 2015 Afghan Premier League
Shaheen Asmayee Round De Spin Ghar Bazan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Simorgh Alborz 1–3 Matchday 1 Mawjhai Amu 2–2
Toofaan Harirod 3–0 Matchday 2 De Abasin Sape 3–1
De Maiwand Atalan 1–0 Matchday 3 Oqaban Hindukush 2–0
Group B winner
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
 Final standings Group A winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
De Spin Ghar Bazan 321073+47
Mawjhai Amu 321033+07
Oqaban Hindukush 311232−14
De Abasin Sape 301225-31
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Mawjhai Amu 4–3 3–2 1–1 Semi-finals De Maiwand Atalan 2–2
2-4 p.		 0–1 2–1

Match

Summary

The championship match between Shaheen Asmayee and De Spinghar Bazan kicked with a powerful start by Bazan, they blew past Shaheen's midfielders and dueled with their defensive line, threatening an early goal against Shaheen.

A long range strike by Shaheen's Samiullah at the 4th minute missed the goal but helped Shaheen swing by the momentum of the match in their favor. They soon took the fight back to Bazan's goal area and fired on the goal in the 6th minute but thanks to Bazan's goalie Zohaib ‘s agility and talent, he made a perfect save and kept Bazan in the game.

Supported by brilliant work from their midfielders, Shaheen's Hashmatullah spent much of the first half relentlessly assaulting Bazan's goal area but again Zohaib Aseel revealed himself as special talent, stopping multiple shots on goal that would have bypassed a lesser goalie.

The second half ended in a scoreless stalemate between Shaheen and Bazazn but with Shaheen commanding the majority of the play throughout. The second half started with Shaheen's Hashmatullah again on the hunt for his first goal of the game and powerful header at the 54th minute mark almost lands but misses the goal by centimeters.

Bazan's midfield and defensive line seemed to come apart in the second half and Zohaib Aseel found himself hard pressed and again tested multiple times by the best strikers in the league. And Zohaib passes each test with flying colors, diving, deflecting and intercepting many difficult shots on goal by Shaheen's best. Thanks to his brilliant work at Bazan's net, the team rallies and by the 75th minute they began to increasingly threaten Shaheen's goal area. Bazan's Faqeer fires at the goal at the 78th minute but the shot goes wide followed by a narrow miss by his fellow forward Manan Farahi at the 79th With each side pointless by the end of the 90th minute the game moved into extra time.

Bazan's youthfulness as a team began to make a difference and Shaheen unexpectedly found themselves battling against a strong offensive lead by Bazan's young midfielders and forwards. Still, it was not enough to decide the game and a second extra time period had to be called. Shaheen took advantage of the next extra time period to press Bazan extremely hard, they were able to keep most of the play in Bazan's penalty area and it was only a mixture of fierce determination by Zohaib and the entire rest of the Bazan team that prevented them from scoring. The clock ran out on the second extra period with a score of 0 – 0 moving the game into the decisive penalty shoot out phase.

During the penalty shootout Bazan's Rohid Samandary, MananFarahi, Ghulam Niazi and Rishad Hassanzada scored 4 goals against Shaheen's 3 to win the 2015 RAPL championship via penalty shootout. It took many years full of hard work and heartbreak for De Spinghar Bazan to reach the summit of the RAPL but they never gave up and today, they preserved against odds to emerge as the 2015 Roshan Afghan Premier League champions!.[1]

Details
2015 Afghan Premier League
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
Shaheen Asmayee
De Spin Ghar Bazan
GK1 Hamidullah Yosufzai
RB14 Muqadar Qazizadah 106'
CB4 Mujtaba Faiz (c)
CB16 Sayed Mohammad
LB3 Abdul Wakeel
RM19 Faisal Sultani
CM7 Sayed Maqsood 88'
LM8 Samiullah
RF18 jamil Naseeri
CF10 Hashmatullah Barakzai 92'
LF17 Fardeen Hakimi
Substitutes:
GK20 Fardeen Kohistani
DF5 Ashraf Babakarkhel
DF18 Abdul Wakeel Kamalpoori
DF15 Salim Saifi
MF13 Mahmood Azad  108'
FW9 Amredin Sharifi
Manager:
Boir Igamberdiev
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GK1 Zohaib Aseel
RB4 Abdullah Abdali 99'
CB5 Manan Farahi
CB15 Zekrya Azizi
LB20 Amanullah
RM19 Hamid Habibi
CM17 Abdul Mobin
CM8 Ghulam hazrat
LM10 Shafaq Ayabi
CF6 Faqeer Hussain
CF7 Fahim Afkar (c)
Substitutes:
Manager:
Vali Igamberdiev

Man of the Match: Ghulam Hazrat Niazi (De Spin Ghar Bazan)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics
Overall
Shaheen Asmayee De Spinghar Bazan
Goals scored 00
Total shots 199
Shots on target 144
Ball possession 55%45%
Corner kicks 152
Fouls committed 1117
Offsides 13
Yellow cards 44
Red cards 00
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See also

References
  1. "De SpingharBazan slays Goliath to win the 2015 RAPL championship!". RAPL. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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