2015 Assam State Premier League

The 2015 Assam State Premier League was the first season of the Assam State Premier League in its new format, and 8th as highest state-level league. The league was re-launched in May 2015 and was kicked off on 29 May, concluding with the final on 25 July.[1]

Assam State Premier League
Season2015
Dates29 May – 25 July
ChampionsKarbi Anglong Morning Star FC (1st title)
Matches played73
Goals scored221 (3.03 per match)
Best PlayerIndia Sibra Narzary
Top goalscorerNigeria Orok Essien (23 goals)
Biggest home winTrinayanjyoti FC 7–1 Barekuri FC
(13 June)
Biggest away winUdalguri FC 0–8 Guwahati F.C.
(24 June)
Highest scoringTrinayanjyoti FC 7–1 Barekuri FC
(13 June)
Udalguri FC 0–8 Guwahati F.C.
(24 June)
Longest winning runKarbi Anglong Morning Star FC
F.C. Green Valley
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runKarbi Anglong Morning Star FC
(remain unbeaten)
Longest winless runJorhat Town Club
(6 games)
Longest losing runUdalguri FC
(5 games)
Average attendance2699
← 2013–14
2016
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2015.

Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC became champion of 2015 Assam State Premier League by defeating F.C. Green Valley in the final held at KASA Stadium, Diphu.[2]

Format edit

As per the new format of ASPL 2015 a total of 12 city-based clubs across Assam has been divided in Two Zonal Groups - Upper Assam Zonal Group and Lower Assam Zonal Group. At the Zonal Group Stage, each club shall play all the other 5 teams in the Group twice on Home and Away basis. At the end of the Zonal Group stage, top 4 Clubs from each group shall advance to the Final stage of ASPL 2015. The Final stage shall be played on knock-out format in Home and Away basis. Once the Zonal Group stage is over, there will be a draw for the Final stage.

Key regulations edit

ASPL has introduced few key regulations to ensure future, all round development of the game of football in the state of Assam. As per the regulations, each team can register a maximum of 3 overseas player out of which only a maximum of 2 can be included in the playing XI. Each club shall also have to register a minimum of 6 players from its defined catchment area aged not more than 25 years and 6 Indian players aged not more than 20 years. Each club has to also include a minimum of 1 Catchment player and 1 U-20 player in its Playing XI.

As per the Regulation of ASPL 2015, each club shall be responsible to organize all of its Home matches and enjoy 70% of the gate revenue generated. The clubs shall also receive fixed assistance per match for all of its Away matches from the League.

Prize money edit

ASPL 2015 offers lucrative prize money for all the participating clubs and is the highest ever for any Club competition in the state of Assam. The clubs eliminated from the Zonal Group stage shall receive INR 100,000 each as prize money. The clubs eliminated in the quarter-final Stage shall receive INR 150,000 each. The Clubs eliminated at the semi-final stage shall receive INR 250,000 each. The runner up shall receive INR 350,000 and the ASPL 2015 Champion club shall receive a prize money of INR 500,000.

In addition, there are several other prizes on offer, such as, Golden Ball winner (Best Player), Golden Boot winner (Highest Scorer), Golden Gloves (Best Goalkeeper), Best Defender, Best Midfielder, Best Overseas Player Best U-20 Player, Best Catchment Player etc.

Teams edit

The list of clubs divided into two zones.[3]

Team Location
Upper Assam Zone
Barekuri FC Tinsukia
Golaghat Rhino FC Golaghat
Jorhat Town Club Jorhat
Moran Town Club Moranhat
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC Diphu
Trinayanjyoti FC Dibrugarh
Lower Assam Zone
Baarhoongkha AC Kokrajhar
Global FC Gossaigaon Gossaigaon
F.C. Green Valley Guwahati
Guwahati F.C. Guwahati
Tezpur United FC Tezpur
Udalguri FC Udalguri

Round edit

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 29–31 May 2015
Matchday 2 3–7 June 2015
Matchday 3 10–14 June 2015
Matchday 4 17–21 June 2015
Matchday 5 24–28 June 2015
Matchday 6 2–7 July 2015
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 7–8 July 2015 11–12 July 2015
Semi-finals 15–16 July 2015 18–19 July 2015
Final 25 July 2015 at KSSA, Diphu

Group Stage League Table edit

Upper Assam Zone edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MS TFC MTC RFC BFC JTC
1 Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 10 9 1 0 30 5 +25 28 Advance to Quarter-finals 2–1 2–1 5–1 6–0 3–0
2 Trinayanjyoti FC 10 6 0 4 25 11 +14 18 1–2 2–0 4–0 7–1 1–2
3 Moran Town Club 10 5 1 4 13 18 −5 16 0–5 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
4 Golaghat Rhino FC 10 2 2 6 13 22 −9 8 1–3 1–2 5–1 1–2 1–1
5 Barekuri FC 10 2 2 6 8 25 −17 8 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0
6 Jorhat Town Club 10 1 4 5 7 15 −8 7 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–1
Source: ASPLsoccer




Jorhat Town Club1-1Barekuri FC



Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC6-0Barekuri FC
A.K Martin   1' (o.g.)
V. Kivi Zhimomi   3'
Orok Essien   9', 14', 67'
Sanjeeva Rongpi   90'
Report

Moran Town Club3-1Golaghat Rhino FC
Amol Bora   65'
Indrajit Sonowal   73'
Laldhuawma   75'
Report Simanta Konwar   42'

Trinayanjyoti FC7-1Barekuri FC
Sankar Bagh  25', 60'
Chayaram Basumatary  34'
Abhijit Duwarah  54'
Sunday Oayuk  46', 74', 88'
Report Eric Obiora  85'

Moran Town Club2-1Jorhat Town Club
Hope Rally   17'
Dhabesh Daimary   59'
Report Laltansanga   10'
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC5-1Golaghat Rhino FC
Sibra Narzary   11', 83'
Orok Essien   26', 78'
Jelendra Bramha   33'
Report Manjit Rabha   65'

Trinayanjyoti FC1-2Morning Star F.C.
Chayaram Basumatary  82' Report Orok Essien  56', 61'
Barekuri FC1-1Moran Town Club
Eric Obiora  34' Report Dhabesh Daimariy  72'

Golaghat Rhino FC1-1Jorhat Town Club
Biju Barik  40' Report Lalamwiazuala  52'

Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC2-1Moran Town Club
Orok Essien  10', 52' Report J. Laldhuawma  30'

Barekuri FC1-0Jorhat Town Club
Santosh Shutia  10' Report
Golaghat Rhino FC1-2Trinayanjyoti FC
Faniyan Abidemi  63' Report Sonam Lepcha  2'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk  9'

Moran Town Club1-0Trinayanjyoti FC
Hope Rally  4' Report

Golaghat Rhino FC1-2Barekuri FC
Gorachand Marandi  61' Report Shyam Murah  24'
Sahajyoti Kalita  27'

Jorhat Town Club1-4Trinayanjyoti FC
Hemanta Garh  48' Report Sankar Bagh  15', 86'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk  68', 92'

Golaghat Rhino FC5-1Moran Town Club
F.O. Abidemi  15', 88'
Sirondeep Moran  41', 90+2'
Gorachand Marandi  45+3'
Report Rizatmi Singh  23'

Golaghat Rhino FC1-3Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC
Faniyan Abidemi  64' Report Michael Joute  44'
Orok Essien  48', 84'
Barekuri FC1-3Trinayanjyoti FC
Santosh Shutia  53' Report Sunday Orok Ayuk  40'
Pedar Koch  63'
Sanam Lepcha  83'
Jorhat Town Club1-2Moran Town Club
Alan Lalhriatpuia  90+2' Report Hope Rally  11'
Dabesh Daimari  83'
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Lower Assam Zone edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GV BAC TU GU GFC UFC
1 F.C. Green Valley 10 8 1 1 18 5 +13 25 Advance to Quarter-finals 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1
2 Baarhoongkha AC 10 6 0 4 19 11 +8 18 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 6–0
3 Tezpur United FC 10 4 1 5 8 12 −4 13 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–0
4 Guwahati F.C. 10 3 3 4 15 10 +5 12 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3
5 Global FC 10 3 2 5 9 13 −4 11 2–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–0
6 Udalguri FC 10 2 1 7 7 25 −18 7 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–8 0–0
Source: ASPLsoccer


Tezpur United FC2-0Udalguri FC



Guwahati F.C.1-3Udalguri FC




Udalguri FC2-0Baarhoongkha AC





Udalguri FC0-8Guwahati F.C.




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Knockout phase edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 4 4 8
8 Tezpur United FC 0 1 1
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 2 2 4
Trinayanjyoti FC 0 1 1
4 Trinayanjyoti FC 2 3 5
5 Moran Town Club 2 2 4
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 2
F.C. Green Valley 1
2 Baarhoongkha AC 1 2 3
7 Guwahati F.C. 1 2 3
Baarhoongkha AC 1 2 3
F.C. Green Valley 3 3 6
3 F.C. Green Valley 3 1 4
6 Golaghat Rhino FC 2 2 4

Quarter–finals edit

The first legs were played on 7 and 8 July, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F.C. Green Valley 4–4 Golaghat Rhino FC 3–2 2–1
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 8–1 Tezpur United FC 4–0 4–1
Baarhoongkha AC 3–3 Guwahati F.C. 1–1 2–2
Trinayanjyoti FC 5–4 Moran Town Club 2–2 3–2

First leg edit

F.C. Green Valley3–2Golaghat Rhino FC
Micheal Lucky  36'
Rudra Boro  46'
George Prince  90'
Report Bishal Hojai  2'
Sirondeep Moran  24'

Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC4–0Tezpur United FC
Lachit Borah  45'
V. Kivi Zhimomi  52', 70'
Shibra Narzary  55'
Report

Baarhoongkha AC1-1Guwahati F.C.
Ashok Brahma  16' Report Lalrinunga  51'

Trinayanjyoti FC2-2Moran Town Club
  53'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk  63'
Report Hope Rally  3'
Rajkumar Panging  16'

Second leg edit

Golaghat Rhino FC1-2F.C. Green Valley
Sirondeep Moran  45' Report Jagjit Singh  84'
Michael Lucky Kelechukwu  90+1'

Tezpur United FC1-4Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC
Francis Oneyama  51' Report Orok Essien  13', 45'
V. Kivi Zhimomi  18'
Rakib Boro  32'

Guwahati F.C.2-2Baarhoongkha AC
Newson Kom  50', 86' Report Nwukwu Michael Okudili  3', 71'

Moran Town Club2-3Trinayanjyoti FC
Hope Rally  23'
Dhabesh Daimary  59'
Report Swnwam Basumatary  78'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk  87', 90+2'

Semi–finals edit

The first legs was played on 15 and 16 July, and the second legs was played on 18 and 19 July 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC 4–1 Trinayanjyoti FC 2–0 2–1
Baarhoongkha AC 3–6 F.C. Green Valley 1–3 2–3

First leg edit

Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC2-0Trinayanjyoti FC
Orok Essien   24'
Benjamin Hanse   34'
Report

F.C. Green Valley3-1Baarhoongkha AC
George Prince   9'
Rudra Boro   44', 90+1'
Report Pranab Das   41'

Second leg edit

Trinayanjyoti FC1-2Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC
Sunday Ogar Ayuk   77' Report Orok Essien   67'
Jelendra Brahma   80'

Baarhoongkha AC2-3F.C. Green Valley
Ashok Brahma   39'
N. Suraj Singh   45'
Report Micheal Lucky   12'
George Prince   19'
Gaiham Rongmai  43'

Final edit

The final was played on 25 July 2015 at KASA Stadium, Diphu.

Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC2–1F.C. Green Valley
Immanuel L.Intaote   67'
Orok Essien   83'
Report George Prince   53'

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Orok Essien Morning Star F.C. 23
2   Sunday Ogar Ayuk Trinayanjyoti FC 14
3   Micheal Lucky F.C. Green Valley 11
4   David Opara Guwahati F.C. 6
5   George Prince F.C. Green Valley

Awards edit

List of awards winners.[4]

Club awards edit

Award Club
Champions Morning Star F.C.
Runners-up F.C. Green Valley
Fair Play Award Morning Star F.C.

List of Individual Awards Winner edit

Award Play Club
Top Scorer   Orok Essien Morning Star F.C.
Best Player   Sibra Narzary Morning Star F.C.
Best Goalkeeper   Mulya Rabha Moran Town Club
Best Defender   Maneswar Musahary F.C. Green Valley
Best Midfielder   C A Laldinsang Pudaite Morning Star F.C.
Best U-20 Player   Sonom Lepcha Trinayanjyoti FC
Best Catchment Player   Ashok Brahma Baarhoongkha AC
Best Overseas Player   Sunday Ogar Ayuk Trinayanjyoti FC
Man of The Final   Micheal lucky F.C. Green Valley
Best Coach   L Kamalakanta Singh Morning Star F.C.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "State Premier League launched". Assam Tribune. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ Karbi Anglong Morning Star FC crowned champions of ASPL 2015 AIFF Media Team. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ^ ASPL to wear new look The Telegraphy. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015
  4. ^ "ASPL cash awards distributed". The Assam Tribune. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

External links edit