2015 Cambodian League

2015 Cambodian League is the 31st season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodia Division 1 League. With 12 teams playing 22 games each totaling 132 games in the season. With the newcomer Abilrex Niigata[1] from Japan. However, Albirex has announced that they won't participate in 2015 Cambodian League due to financial crisis and replaced by CMAC United.

Cambodian League
Season2015
ChampionsPhnom Penh Crown (6th)
RelegatedNone
Matches played140
Goals scored571 (4.08 per match)
Top goalscorerChan Vathanaka (37 goals)
Biggest home winPhnom Penh Crown 10-0 Western Phnom Penh
Biggest away winKirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor
Highest scoringKirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor, Western Phnom Penh 5-9 Boeung Ket Angkor
Longest winning runBoeung Ket Angkor (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runPhnom Penh Crown (15 games)
Longest losing runKirivong Sok Sen Chey (10 games)
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Boeung Ket Angkor who finished top of the regular season also qualified for the Mekong Club Championship.

The end of the season was mired in match-fixing claims by Phnom Penh Crown who claimed that several players of the club had under performed. They announced these claims with only the two-legged playoff final remaining.[2][3][4]

Teams

Source:[5]

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Sponsor Kit maker Team captain Head coach
Asia Europe United Pegan San Narith Nem Sophorn
Boeung Ket Angkor Angkor Beer FBT Khoun Laboravy Prak Sovannara
Build Bright United Roem Bunheang Nem Sophorn
Cambodian Tiger FORWARD Group NT Sport Yasuyuki Yoshida Masakazu Kihara
CMAC United Seng Kosen Meas Samoeun
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Ream Serng Phan Chan Path
Nagaworld Naga World FBT Masahiro Fukasawa Meas Channa
National Defense Ministry BMW Grand Sport Khek Khemrin Tep Long Rachana
National Police Commissary Sabay News Online Joma Say Piseth Ung Kangyanith
Phnom Penh Crown CROWN Hotel Resort FBT Boris Kok Sam Schweingruber
Svay Rieng Top 1 Oil FBT Prak Mony Udom Som Vandeth
Western Phnom Penh Kroch Mol Pen Phath

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game and one as substitution..

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Asia Europe United George Kelechi Kenneth Nwafor Reo Nakamura Mohamed Hamza Silva Sunday
Boeung Ket Angkor Yemi Joseph Wada Yuya Esoh Omogba Samuel Ajayi
Build Bright United Joseph Olatubosun Rasheed Omokafe Degule Momoh Anderson Zogbe Nelson Oladiji
Cambodian Tiger Befolo Mbarga Yasuyuki Yoshida Masato Yoshihara Masakazu Kihara Tomohiro Masaki
CMAC United Takahito Ota Mathieu Vergez Ana Yochukwu Tony Janzen Okereke Timothy
Kirivong Phan Truong Chinh Suma Mustapha Adebayo Ademola Akeep Ayoyinka
Nagaworld Ban Kazuaki Masahiro Fukasawa Barry Lelouma Baldwin Ngwa
National Defense Taku Yanagidate Tatsuta Kazuki Park Jung Kim Do Hoon Jeong Ho Kim
National Police Ippei Shimizu Yusuke Ishii Oseika Samuel Adekunjo Busayo
Phnom Penh Crown Baek Yong-Sun Santigie Koroma George Bisan Shane Booysen Odion Obadin
Svay Rieng Kipson Atuheire Dzarma Bata Tani Reijin Razak Nofiu James Michael
Western Phnom Penh Chukwu Thankgod Josh Maguire Tijani Mohammed Matthew Osas Tomoyuki Sadakuni

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Asia Europe United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Boeung Ket Angkor Kampong Cham RCAF Old Stadium 10,000
Build Bright United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Cambodian Tiger Phnom Penh Western Stadium 1,000
CMAC United Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Takéo Olympic Stadium 50,000
Nagaworld Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
National Defense Ministry Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 10,000
National Police Commissary Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000
Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh RSN Stadium 5,000
Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Stadium 1,500
Western Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Western Stadium 1,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boeung Ket Angkor 22 18 3 1 80 25 +55 57 Qualification for the Mekong Club Championship
2 Phnom Penh Crown 22 16 3 3 76 23 +53 51 Qualification Play-Off
3 Cambodian Tiger 22 12 4 6 44 33 +11 40
4 Nagaworld 22 12 2 8 46 25 +21 38
5 National Defense Ministry 22 12 2 8 42 28 +14 38
6 Svay Rieng 22 10 5 7 51 44 +7 35
7 National Police Commissary 22 10 5 7 31 26 +5 35
8 Build Bright United 22 7 6 9 39 46 −7 27
9 CMAC United 22 4 5 13 29 61 −32 17
10 Asia Europe United 22 4 2 16 36 75 −39 14
11 Western Phnom Penh 22 4 1 17 37 82 −45 13
12 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 22 3 2 17 29 71 −42 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2015. Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

First leg
Boeung Ket Angkor1-3Nagaworld
Esoh Paul Omogba  51' Barry Lelouma  13'
Prak Chanratana  36'
Khim Borey  41'
Phnom Penh Crown4-1Cambodian Tiger
In Sodavid  34'
Thierry Bin  54' (pen.)
Odion Obadin  87'
Va Sokthorn  90+4'		 Befolo Mbarga  50'

Second leg
Cambodian Tiger1-2Phnom Penh Crown
Befolo Mbarga  87' Odion Obadin  13'
Shane Booysen  24'
Nagaworld1-2Boeung Ket Angkor
Kouch Sokumpheak  86' Khoun Laboravy  45+4'
Chan Vathanaka  76' (pen.)

3rd place
Boeung Ket Angkor4-3Cambodian Tiger
Khoun Laboravy  39'
Sok Sovan  53'
Wada Yuya  70'
Chan Vathanaka  88'		 Befolo Mbarga  13', 90'
Suong Virak  30'
Cambodian Tiger1-2Boeung Ket Angkor
Suong Virak  84' Rous Samoeun  42', 90+3'

Boeung Ket Angkor won 6-4 on aggregate.

Final
Nagaworld0-2Phnom Penh Crown
George Bisan  55'
Shane Booysen  90+5'
Phnom Penh Crown1-3 (a.e.t.)Nagaworld
Thierry Bin  73' (pen.) Sun Sovannarith  54'
Kouch Sokumpheak  77', 90+3'
Penalties
Thierry Bin
Va Sokthorn
Boris Kok
Odion Obadin
Baek Yong-Sun 		3–2 Masahiro Fukasawa
Ban Kazuaki
Kouch Sokumpheak
Khim Borey
Barry Lelouma
Referee: Tuy Viccheka
 Metfone Cambodian League 2015 
Phnom Penh Crown
6th title

Top scorers

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Yok Ary Phnom Penh Crown 7
Samrith Seiha Nagaworld
3 Sou Yaty Boeung Ket Angkor 6
4 Um Sereyroth National Defense Ministry 5
Prak Monyphearun National Police Commissary
6 Peng Bunchay Western Phnom Penh/Svay Rieng 4
7 Yasuyuki Yoshida Cambodian Tiger 3
8 Sos Proshim Build Bright United 2
Koem Makara Boeung Ket Angkor
10 San Usarphea Phnom Penh Crown 1
Ngoy Boranoch Build Bright United
Phorn Ratana Nagaworld
Aim Sovannarath Svay Rieng
Hem Simay Cambodian Tiger
Ouv Kasan National Defense Ministry
Keo Soksela Phnom Penh Crown

Awards
Awards Nation/Name Club
The Golden Boot Chan Vathanaka Boeung Ket Angkor
The Player of the Year Chan Vathanaka Boeung Ket Angkor
Goalkeeper of the Year Keo Soksela Phnom Penh Crown
The Coach of the Year Prak Sovannara Boeung Ket Angkor
Awards Club
Fair Play Boeung Ket Angkor

References
  1. "Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh FC for 2014". Goal Singapore. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. "Club Statement". Phnom Penh Crown Official Website. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. "Phnom Penh Crown suspend players over 'match-fixing'". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. "Coach in Crown crisis to seek legal advice". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. "C-League". Perform. p. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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