2015 Afghan Premier League Final

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Football match

2015 Afghan Premier League FinalEvent| 2015 Afghan Premier League

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| Shaheen Asmayee | De Spin Ghar Bazan

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De Spin Ghar Bazan won 4–3 on penalties
Date| 2 October 2015
Venue| AFF Stadium, Kabul City, Kabul, Afghanistan
Man of the Match| Ghulam Hazrat Niazi
(De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.)
Referee| Halim Aqa Sherzad (Afghanistan)
Attendance| 5,000

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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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Ticketing[edit]

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

### Referee[edit]

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

## Road to the final[edit]

Further information: 2015 Afghan Premier League

Shaheen Asmayee | Round  |  De Spin Ghar Bazan

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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

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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
Final standings  | Group A winner | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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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 | 3 | 2 | −1 | 4
De Abasin Sape | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1
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[edit]

### Summary[edit]

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 led 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[edit]

2015 Afghan Premier League

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)

14:30 AFT

Final

Shaheen Asmayee| 0-0 (a.e.t.)| De Spin Ghar Bazan

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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

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GK | 1 |  Hamidullah Yosufzai
RB | 14 |  Muqadar Qazizadah |  106'
CB | 4 |  Mujtaba Faiz (c)
CB | 16 |  Sayed Mohammad
LB | 3 |  Abdul Wakeel
RM | 19 |  Faisal Sultani
CM | 7 |  Sayed Maqsood |  88'
LM | 8 |  Samiullah
RF | 18 |  jamil Naseeri
CF | 10 |  Hashmatullah Barakzai |  92'
LF | 17 |  Fardeen Hakimi
Substitutes:
GK | 20 |  Fardeen Kohistani
DF | 5 |  Ashraf Babakarkhel
DF | 18 |  Abdul Wakeel Kamalpoori
DF | 15 |  Salim Saifi
MF | 13 |  Mahmood Azad  108'
FW | 9 |  Amredin Sharifi
Manager:
Boir Igamberdiev
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GK | 1 |  Zohaib Aseel
RB | 4 |  Abdullah Abdali |  99'
CB | 5 |  Manan Farahi
CB | 15 |  Zekrya Azizi
LB | 20 |  Amanullah
RM | 19 |  Hamid Habibi
CM | 17 |  Abdul Mobin
CM | 8 |  Ghulam hazrat
LM | 10 |  Shafaq Ayabi
CF | 6 |  Faqeer Hussain
CF | 7 |  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.

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### Statistics[edit]

Overall[citation needed] | Shaheen Asmayee  | De Spinghar Bazan

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Goals scored  | 0 | 0
Total shots  | 19 | 9
Shots on target  | 14 | 4
Ball possession  | 55% | 45%
Corner kicks  | 15 | 2
Fouls committed  | 11 | 17
Offsides  | 1 | 3
Yellow cards  | 4 | 4
Red cards  | 0 | 0

## See also[edit]

* Afghan Premier League
* 2015 Afghan Premier League

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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