2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
The 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup 2015, was the 1st edition of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by the Chittagong Abahani in association with the Bangladesh Football Federation. This tournament took place at the M. A. Aziz Stadium from 20 October 2015 to 30 October 2015 in the port city of Chittagong.[1] Participation fees for each team was US$ 5000.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bangladesh |
City | Chittagong |
Dates | 20 October 2015 | –30
Teams | 8 (from 5 nations under AFC) |
Venue(s) | M. A. Aziz Stadium |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 54 (3.6 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() (Chittagong Abahani) |
Chittagong Abahani won the inaugural edition of the tournament by defeating East Bengal F.C. 3–1.[2]
Participating teams
Eight clubs sent their teams to participate in the tournament from five nations of AFC Three team from Bangladesh, two from India, one of each from Sri Lanka, Pakistan as well as Afghanistan participated.
Following are the participated teams:
Chittagong Abahani (Host) Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan Kolkata Mohammedan East Bengal FC K-Electric F.C. Solid SC De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.
Round
Phase | Date |
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Group Stage | 20–25 October 2015 |
Semi-finals | 27–28 October 2015 |
Final | 30 October 2015 |
Prize money
Prize money for 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.
Purse | |
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Champions | US$ 25000 |
Runners-up | US$ 10000 |
Match winners | US$ 1000 |
Man of the Match | US$ 500 |
Draw
The draw ceremony was held 19:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon Dhaka on 12 October 2015.The Eight teams were divided into two groups. Top two teams from each group will move into the Semi-Finals.
Group Draw
Group A | Group B |
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Group stage
All times are Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) – UTC+06:00.
The eight participants are divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group will move on to the semifinals.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
Solid SC ![]() | 2-1 | ![]() |
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A. Oluwafemi Shola ![]() Vinoth ![]() |
Report | Taurus Tecompleh Manneh ![]() |
Dhaka Mohammedan ![]() | 6-1 | ![]() |
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Faisal Mahmud ![]() Masuk Mia Jony ![]() Arup Kumar Baidya ![]() Nabib Newaj Jibon ![]() Lamin Camara ![]() Habibur Rahman Shohag ![]() |
Report | Afis Olayemi![]() |
Kolkata Mohammedan ![]() | 3-3 | ![]() |
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Kareem Omolaja ![]() Taurus Tecompleh Manneh ![]() Kazeem Amobi ![]() |
Report | Anwar Akbari ![]() Fardin Hakimi ![]() Reza Allah Yari ![]() |
De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() |
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Mustafa Afshar ![]() Reza Allah Yarib ![]() Ghulam Hazrat Niazi ![]() |
Report | Afis Olayemi ![]() |
Dhaka Mohammedan ![]() | 2-1 | ![]() |
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Akinyele Peter ![]() |
Report | Kazeem Amobi ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
Dhaka Abahani ![]() | 3-2 | ![]() |
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Wali Faisal ![]() Sunday Chizoba ![]() Umar Farooq ![]() |
Report | Muhammad Rasool ![]() Oludeyi Sunday ![]() |
Chittagong Abahani ![]() | 1-2 | ![]() |
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Bello Razaq ![]() |
Report | Mohammed Rafique ![]() Prohlad Roy ![]() |
East Bengal F.C. ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() |
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Orok Essien ![]() Mohammed Rafique ![]() Ranti Martins ![]() |
Report | Muhammad Rasool ![]() |
Dhaka Abahani ![]() | 0-1 | ![]() |
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Report | Mohammed Zahid Hossain ![]() |
Chittagong Abahani ![]() | 4-2 | ![]() |
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Kingsley Chigoze ![]() Mohammed Zahid Hossain ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Dhaka Abahani ![]() | 0-0 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||
Group A | |||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
Semi-finals
De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. ![]() | 1-3 | ![]() |
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Steve Thomas ![]() |
Steve Thomas ![]() Eleta Kingsley ![]() |
East Bengal F.C. ![]() | 3-0 | ![]() |
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Ranti Martins ![]() Mohammed Rafique ![]() |
Final
Chittagong Abahani ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() |
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Eleta Kingsley ![]() Hemanta Vincent Biswas ![]() |
Report | Rezaul Karim ![]() |
Statistics
Top Scorers
- As of 11 January 2019
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Chittagong Abahani | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
K-Electric | 4 |
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4 | ![]() |
Solid SC | 3 |
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East Bengal | ||
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Sponsorship
- SAIF Powertec Ltd. (Title Sponsor)-2015
- Abul Khair Group (A.K.S)-2015
- MARKS-2015
- Muskan Group-2015
- Dhaka Bank Limited
- Gonona Technologies Ltd.-2015
- SAIF Powertec Ltd.(Sponsorship Rights Holder)-2017
Media partners
- Channel 9 (Bangladesh)-2015
- Mashranga TV (Bangladesh)-2017
- Razzi TV (Maldives)-2017
References
- "SHEIKH KAMAL INT'L CLUB CUP : Hosts drawn against Abahani". newagebd.net. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- "ইস্ট বেঙ্গলকে হারিয়ে চ্যাম্পিয়ন চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 30 October 2015.