2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League

2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League (also known as 2015 Dialog Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of Sri Lanka Football Premier League. Solid SC of Anuradhapura were the defending champions.

Sri Lanka Football Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsColombo
Matches played85
Goals scored192 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerM.C.M. Rifnaz (9 Goals)

2015 Season was different from the previous season. In this season 22 teams compete in two groups of 11 as Group A and B. Top 4 teams from each groups qualify for the Super 8 round. Each team competes with one-another in round-robin format. Team with the best record at the end of Super 8 would become the champion.

The defending champions in the previous tournament Soild SC was eliminated in the First round. The champions of this tournament will qualify for preliminary round of AFC Cup.

Colombo FC emerged champions of the Dialog Champions League 2015 by a solitary goal difference with Renown SC.[1]

League table

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Army SC (Q) 10 8 1 1 26 5 +21 25 Championship Round
2 Air Force SC (Q) 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21
3 Crystal Palace SC (Q) 10 5 4 1 26 14 +12 19
4 Renown SC (Q) 10 5 3 2 17 12 +5 18
5 Solid SC 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15
6 Saunders SC 10 4 3 3 16 10 +6 15
7 Nandimithra SC 10 4 1 5 8 16 −8 13
8 Police SC 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 11
9 Up Country Lions SC 10 1 4 5 6 12 −6 7
10 Pelicans SC (R) 10 2 1 7 13 28 −15 7 Relegated
11 Highlanders SC (R) 10 0 1 9 3 29 −26 1
Source: Soccerway
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colombo FC (Q) 9 7 2 0 27 5 +22 23 Championship Round
2 Blue Star SC (Q) 9 5 2 2 18 3 +15 17
3 Java Lane SC (Q) 9 5 2 2 10 6 +4 17
4 Navy SC (Q) 9 5 1 3 15 10 +5 16
5 New Young SC 9 4 3 2 13 11 +2 15
6 Negombo Youth SC 9 4 1 4 16 20 −4 13
7 Super Son SC 9 3 2 4 13 12 +1 11
8 Matara City SC 9 3 0 6 11 17 −6 9
9 Thihariya Youth SC 9 1 2 6 7 22 −15 5
10 Kalutara Park SC (R) 9 0 1 8 2 26 −24 1 Relegated
11 Don Bosco SC[lower-alpha 1] (D) 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 6 Disqualified
Source: Soccerway
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Disqualified for using ineligible players.[2]

Stage 1
Air Force SC1-4Colombo FC
Renown SC4-0Java Lane SC
Crystal Palace SC2-2Navy SC
Army SC3-2Blue Star SC

Championship Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colombo[lower-alpha 1] (C) 7 4 2 1 17 7 +10 17 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
2 Renown 7 5 2 0 17 8 +9 17
3 Army[lower-alpha 3] 7 3 3 1 15 10 +5 15
4 Air Force[lower-alpha 4] 7 2 2 3 8 10 −2 10
5 Crystal Palace[lower-alpha 5] 7 2 3 2 12 15 −3 10
6 Navy 7 2 3 2 14 16 −2 9
7 Blue Star[lower-alpha 6] 7 0 4 3 7 11 −4 6
8 Java Lane[lower-alpha 7] 7 0 1 6 4 17 −13 2
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Colombo: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
  2. Sri Lanka were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
  3. Army: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  4. Air Force: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  5. Crystal Palace: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
  6. Blue Star: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
  7. Java Lane: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)

Awards

The winners of the competition were given a cash award of Rs. 750000 while the runners-up received Rs. 500000.[1]
Individual awards:

AwardPlayerClub
Golden BootDhanushka WijesiriArmy SC
Top goal scorerM.C.M. RifnazRenown SC
Best GoalkeeperM.N.M. ImranColombo FC

References
  1. "Colombo FC wins Dialog Champions League". 6 December 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. "Dialog Champions League 2015/16". rsssf.
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