2015 Ghanaian Premier League

2015 First Capital Plus Bank Premier League
Season 2015
Champions Ashanti Gold
Relegated Brong Ahafo Stars
Great Olympics
Heart of Lions
Champions League Ashanti Gold
Confederation Cup Medeama
Matches played 240
Goals scored 507 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Kofi Owusu (19)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Ashanti Gold
Inter Allies (4)
Longest unbeaten run Asante Kotoko
Inter Allies (8)
Longest winless run Brong Ahafo Stars (16)
Longest losing run Brong Ahafo Stars (4)
2016

The 2015 Ghanaian Premier League (known as the First Capital Plus Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] season will be the 56th season of top-tier football in Ghana. The competition was scheduled to begin in late September 2014 or early October 2014, although it did not start until January 2015.

Ashanti Gold broke up Asante Kotoko's run of dominance with their first league title (They had previously won three under the name Goldfields). Asante Kotoko entered the league having won the last three titles and 24 total dating back to 1959. There was little drama concerning the championship as Ashanti Gold held first place for 29 of the 30 rounds this season, only briefly falling to second in Round 4, and clinching the title with a week to go.

There was considerable drama in the race to avoid relegation as eight teams were still in danger of falling into the bottom three on the final day of the season (Brong Ahafo Stars had sealed their fate several weeks earlier). Great Olympics got the win they needed, 2-1 over Ashanti Gold, but didn't get the help they needed to climb out of the bottom three as five other teams ahead of them won or drew. Heart of Lions was the other club to be relegated, falling from ninth to 14th with the season-ending 4-2 loss at New Edubiase. Brong Ahafo Stars, Great Olympics and Heart of Lions will all play in Division One for the 2015-16 season.

Teams and venues

2015 First Capital Plus Bank Premier League season

Participating Clubs (2015)
Clubs Location stadium capacity
Aduana Stars Dormaa Ahenkro Agyeman Badu Stadium 5,000
All Stars Wa Wa Sports Stadium 5,000
Asante Kotoko Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium 40,500
Ashanti Gold Obuasi Len Clay Stadium 30,000
Bechem Brong-Ahafo Region Nana Gyeabour's Park 5,000
Berekum Chelsea Berekum Coronation Park 10,000
Heart of Lions Kpandu Kpando Stadium 5,000
Int. Allies Greater Accra Region Tema Sports Stadium 5,000
Hearts of Oak Accra Ohene Djan Stadium 40,000
Liberty Professionals Accra Dansoman Park 2,000
Medeama SC Tarkwa TNA Park 12,000
New Edubiase United New Edubiase Len Clay Stadium 30,000
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. Sekondi-Takoradi Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium 20,000

Team Movements

Teams promoted following 2013–2014 Glo Premier League season

First Capital Plus Bank Premier League: Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ashanti Gold (C) (Q) 30 15 7 8 35 26 +9 52 Qualification for 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Asante Kotoko 30 13 9 8 41 30 +11 48
3 Aduana Stars 30 14 4 12 23 25 2 46
4 Berekum Chelsea 30 13 5 12 43 35 +8 44
5 Liberty Professionals 30 12 7 11 28 28 0 43
6 Inter Allies 30 11 9 10 28 22 +6 42 INT: 7 points
HAS: 6 points
NEW: 4 points
7 Hasaacas 30 12 6 12 33 35 2 42
8 New Edubiase 30 11 9 10 38 41 3 42
9 Wa All Stars 30 12 5 13 26 24 +2 41 WAS: 11 points
BEC: 8 points
MED: 7 points
WAF: 6 points
10 Bechem 30 12 5 13 33 34 1 41
11 Medeama (Q) 30 10 11 9 35 29 +6 41 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
12 WAFA 30 11 8 11 27 27 0 41
13 Hearts of Oak 30 10 10 10 33 31 +2 40 HOO: 7 points
HOL: 6 points
GRE: 4 points
14 Heart of Lions (R) 30 11 7 12 35 38 3 40 Relegation to Division One
15 Great Olympics (R) 30 11 7 12 33 34 1 40
16 Brong Ahafo Stars (R) 30 4 7 19 21 53 32 19

Updated to games played on 13 September 2015.
Source: First Capital Plus Bank Premier League and FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals; 6) playoff
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to Ghana Football Leagues
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Ashanti Gold 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Asante Kotoko 9 13 7 5 6 8 12 12 13 14 12 7 9 9 5 9 11 9 11 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 7 3 3 2
Aduana Stars 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 4 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
Berekum Chelsea 9 5 12 7 4 4 3 5 6 10 7 11 5 8 7 7 5 6 5 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 4
Liberty Professionals 9 6 5 4 5 6 10 8 9 6 9 14 10 9 6 6 2 5 4 6 7 8 9 8 8 10 9 7 4 5
Inter Allies 1 11 5 11 8 7 4 7 4 3 5 3 4 5 9 11 14 12 12 10 7 5 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 6
Hasaacas 1 2 2 3 2 3 7 4 7 8 11 8 12 12 14 10 10 7 10 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 6 8 11 7
New Edubiase 9 13 16 11 14 14 9 10 13 9 13 10 13 13 15 13 12 13 14 11 12 11 10 10 11 13 11 9 10 8
Wa All Stars 1 2 2 6 7 9 12 14 11 7 4 6 11 6 8 4 8 3 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 5 8 11 6 9
Bechem 9 8 14 7 10 13 15 10 8 12 13 15 14 15 12 14 13 14 8 12 10 12 13 12 12 11 13 12 14 10
Medeama 9 13 15 10 12 10 6 9 10 11 6 9 5 7 4 4 6 8 7 8 11 9 7 9 9 7 10 10 13 11
WAFA 9 16 9 14 10 12 8 6 4 5 3 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 6 6 5 6 8 12
Hearts of Oak 1 12 7 11 13 5 10 14 11 13 10 13 8 11 11 12 7 11 9 13 13 14 12 14 14 14 12 15 12 13
Heart of Lions 1 10 13 7 8 11 5 3 3 4 8 4 5 4 10 8 9 10 12 14 14 13 14 13 13 12 15 14 9 14
Great Olympics 9 7 11 16 16 15 16 12 15 15 15 12 15 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 15 15
Brong Ahafo Stars 1 9 10 15 15 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 13 September 2015
Source: Soccerway (in French)

Top scorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Ghana Kofi Owusu Berekum Chelsea 19
2 Ghana Nathaniel Asamoah Medeama 18
3 Ghana Fuseini Nuhu New Edubiase 13
4 Ghana Stephen Baffour Berekum Chelsea 12
5 Ghana Kennedy Ashia Liberty Professionals 11
Ivory Coast Ahmed Touré Asante Kotoko 11
Ghana Mohammed Yakubu Ashanti Gold 11
8 Ghana Noah Martey Bechem 10
9 Ghana Deen Sheriff Mohammed Inter Allies 9
10 Ghana Martin Antwi WAFA 8
Ghana Richard Arhin Aduana Stars 8
Ghana Gilbert Fiamenyo Hearts of Oak 8
Ghana Bernard Ofori New Edubiase 8
Ghana Mumuni Zakaria WAFA 8

Updated to games played on 13 September 2015
Source: soccerway.com

References

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