| Season | 2015 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | De Spin Ghar Bazan (1st title) | 
| Matches played | 18 | 
| Goals scored | 51 (2.83 per match) | 
| Top goalscorer | Mustafa Afshar (5 goals) | 
| Highest scoring | Mawjhai Amu 1–5 De Maiwand Atalan F.C. (1 Oct 2015) | 
| Highest attendance | 5,000 The Final (2 Oct 2015) | 
| Average attendance | 1,500 | 
| ← 2014  2016 →  | |
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]
Teams
- Shaheen Asmayee F.C. (Falcon of Asmayee), Greater Kabul Region.
- Toofaan Harirod F.C. (Harirood Storm), Western region.
- Simorgh Alborz F.C. (Alborz Phoenix), North Western region.
- Oqaban Hindukush F.C. (Hindukush Eagles), Central region
- Mawjhai Amu F.C. (Amu Waves), North Eastern region.
- De Maiwand Atalan F.C. (Maiwand Champions), Southern region.
- De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. (Spin Ghar Goshawk), Eastern region.
- De Abasin Sape F.C. (Abasin Waves), South Eastern region.
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.) | 
| 4 September 2015 | Oqaban Hindukush F.C. | 1–0 | Mawjhai Amu F.C. | AFF Stadium, Kabul | 
| 16:00 AFT | Basir Haber  85' | Report | 
| 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
| De Spinghar Bazan | 0–1 | De Maiwand Atalan | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sayed Baqer Mir Salimi  42',  50' | 
| De Maiwand Atalan | 1–2 (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 | 
| Shaheen Asmayee | 3–2 | Mawjhai 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' | 
| Mawjhai Amu | 1–1 | Shaheen Asmayee | 
|---|---|---|
| Basir Ahmad Nasiri  20' Masoud Qarizada  34' hedayatullah Ahmadi  53' Mohammad Jafar Siddiqi  71' Qesmat Ahmadi  73' | Report | Hashmatullah Barakzai  9' | 
Consolation (third place)
| Mawjhai Amu | 1–5 | De Maiwand Atalan | 
|---|---|---|
| Fazil Rahman Mohammadi  48' Kanoosh Khawari  75' | Report | Mustafa Afshar  2', 9', 57', 91' Mohammad Salim Naimi  6',  81' | 
Final
| Shaheen Asmayee | 0–0 (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 | 
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 | .svg.png.webp) De Spin Ghar Bazan | 10:5 | +5 | 13 | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) Shaheen Asmayee | 9:6 | +3 | 10 | 
| 3 | .svg.png.webp) De Maiwand Atalan | 11:8 | +3 | 10 | 
| 4 | .svg.png.webp) Mawjhai Amu | 7:12 | –5 | 5 | 
| 5 | .svg.png.webp) Oqaban Hindukush | 2:3 | –1 | 4 | 
| 6 | .svg.png.webp) Toofaan Harirod | 5:7 | –2 | 4 | 
| 7 | .svg.png.webp) Simorgh Alborz | 6:6 | ±0 | 3 | 
| 8 | .svg.png.webp) De Abasin Sape | 2:5 | –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. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .svg.png.webp) 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
- ↑ "The Official website of the Roshan Afghan Premier League". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ "Afghans Launch First Professional Football League". nz.sports.yahoo.com. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ↑ YouTube – Afghan Premier League
- ↑ Afghan Premier League – Sponsors