2015 Assam State Premier League season

Assam State Premier League
Season 2015
Dates 29 May - 25 July 2015
Champions Morning Star F.C.
Matches played 73
Goals scored 221 (3.03 per match)
Best Player India Sibra Narzary
Top goalscorer Nigeria Orok Essien (23 goals)
Biggest home win Trinayanjyoti FC 7–1 Barekuri FC
(13 June)
Biggest away win Udalguri FC 0–8 Guwahati F.C.
(24 June)
Highest scoring Trinayanjyoti FC 7–1 Barekuri FC
(13 June)
Udalguri FC 0–8 Guwahati F.C.
(24 June)
Longest winning run Morning Star F.C.
F.C. Green Valley
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten run Morning Star F.C.
(remain unbeaten)
Longest winless run Jorhat Town Club
(6 games)
Longest losing run Udalguri FC
(5 games)
Average attendance 2699
← 2013-14
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2015.

The 2015 Assam State Premier League is the first season of the Assam State Premier League in its new format. Assam State Premier League alias ASPL, is the top football league for association football clubs in the Indian state of Assam. The league was re-launched in May 2015 and was kicked off on 29 May and will conclude with the final on 25 July.[1]

Karbi Anglong Morning Star F.C. became champion of 2015 Assam State Premier League by defeating F.C. Green Valley in final held at KSSA, Diphu.[2] As an estimated 1.97 Lakh fans poured in to witness the entire Championship.

Format

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

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

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

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

Barekuri FC
Golaghat Rhino FC
Jorhat Town Club
Moran Town Club
Trinayanjyoti FC
Global FC
Udalguri FC
Locations of the ASPL Teams
Team Location
Upper Assam Zone
Barekuri FC Tinsukia
Golaghat Rhino FC Golaghat
Jorhat Town Club Jorhat
Moran Town Club Sivasagar
Morning Star F.C. 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

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

Upper Assam Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MS TFC MTC RFC BFC JTC
1 Morning Star F.C. 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
Morning Star F.C. 2-1 Trinayanjyoti FC
Moran Town Club 2-0 Barekuri FC
Jorhat Town Club 0-0 Golaghat Rhino FC
Moran Town Club 0-5 Morning Star F.C.
Jorhat Town Club 1-1 Barekuri FC
Trinayanjyoti FC 4-0 Golaghat Rhino FC
Morning Star F.C. 3-0 Jorhat Town Club
Trinayanjyoti FC 2-0 Moran Town Club
Barekuri FC 1-2 Golaghat Rhino FC
Trinayanjyoti FC 1-2 Jorhat Town Club
Morning Star F.C. 6-0 Barekuri FC
A.K Martin  1' (o.g.)
V. Kivi Zhimomi  3'
Orok Essien  9', 14', 67'
Sanjeeva Rongpi  90'		 Report
Moran Town Club 3-1 Golaghat Rhino FC
Amol Bora  65'
Indrajit Sonowal  73'
Laldhuawma  75'		 Report Simanta Konwar  42'
Trinayanjyoti FC 7-1 Barekuri FC
Sankar Bagh 25', 60'
Chayaram Basumatary 34'
Abhijit Duwarah 54'
Sunday Oayuk 46', 74', 88'		 Report Eric Obiora 85'
Moran Town Club 2-1 Jorhat Town Club
Hope Rally  17'
Dhabesh Daimary  59'		 Report Laltansanga  10'
Morning Star F.C. 5-1 Golaghat Rhino FC
Sibra Narzary  11', 83'
Orok Essien  26', 78'
Jelendra Bramha  33'		 Report Manjit Rabha  65'
Trinayanjyoti FC 1-2 Morning Star F.C.
Chayaram Basumatary 82' Report Orok Essien 56', 61'
Barekuri FC 1-1 Moran Town Club
Eric Obiora 34' Report Dhabesh Daimariy 72'
Golaghat Rhino FC 1-1 Jorhat Town Club
Biju Barik 40' Report Lalamwiazuala 52'
Morning Star F.C. 2-1 Moran Town Club
Orok Essien 10', 52' Report J. Laldhuawma 30'
Barekuri FC 1-0 Jorhat Town Club
Santosh Shutia 10' Report
Golaghat Rhino FC 1-2 Trinayanjyoti FC
Faniyan Abidemi 63' Report Sonam Lepcha 2'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk 9'
Jorhat Town Club 0-0 Morning Star F.C.
Moran Town Club 1-0 Trinayanjyoti FC
Hope Rally 4' Report
Golaghat Rhino FC 1-2 Barekuri FC
Gorachand Marandi 61' Report Shyam Murah 24'
Sahajyoti Kalita 27'
Jorhat Town Club 1-4 Trinayanjyoti FC
Hemanta Garh 48' Report Sankar Bagh 15', 86'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk 68', 92'
Barekuri FC 0-2 Morning Star F.C.
Report Orok Essien 19', 71'
Golaghat Rhino FC 5-1 Moran Town Club
F.O. Abidemi 15', 88'
Sirondeep Moran 41', 90+2'
Gorachand Marandi 45+3'		 Report Rizatmi Singh 23'
Golaghat Rhino FC 1-3 Morning Star F.C.
Faniyan Abidemi 64' Report Michael Joute 44'
Orok Essien 48', 84'
Barekuri FC 1-3 Trinayanjyoti FC
Santosh Shutia 53' Report Sunday Orok Ayuk 40'
Pedar Koch 63'
Sanam Lepcha 83'
Jorhat Town Club 1-2 Moran Town Club
Alan Lalhriatpuia 90+2' Report Hope Rally 11'
Dabesh Daimari 83'
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Lower Assam Zone

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 FC 0-0 Guwahati F.C.
Udalguri FC 0-0 Global FC Gossaigaon
Tezpur United FC 2-0 Udalguri FC
Baarhoongkha AC 2-1 Global FC Gossaigaon
Tezpur United FC 0-2 Baarhoongkha AC
Guwahati F.C. 1-3 Udalguri FC
Global FC Gossaigaon 2-3 F.C. Green Valley
Tezpur United FC 0-2 Global FC Gossaigaon
Guwahati F.C. 2-1 Baarhoongkha AC
Udalguri FC 0-3 F.C. Green Valley
Guwahati F.C. 1-0 Global FC Gossaigaon
Tezpur United FC 0-2 F.C. Green Valley
Udalguri FC 2-0 Baarhoongkha AC
Guwahati F.C. 1-2 Tezpur United FC
Global FC Gossaigaon 1-0 Udalguri FC
Udalguri FC 1-2 Tezpur United FC
Global FC Gossaigaon 2-3 Baarhoongkha AC
Udalguri FC 0-8 Guwahati F.C.
F.C. Green Valley 4-0 Global FC Gossaigaon
Baarhoongkha AC 2-1 Guwahati F.C.
Global FC Gossaigaon 1-0 Tezpur United FC
F.C. Green Valley 2-1 Udalguri FC
Golaghat Rhino FC 1-3 Morning Star F.C.
Global FC Gossaigaon 1-1 Guwahati F.C.
Baarhoongkha AC 6-0 Udalguri FC
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Knockout phase

Bracket

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

Quarter–finals

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F.C. Green Valley 4–4 Golaghat Rhino FC 3–2 2–1
Morning Star F.C. 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

F.C. Green Valley 3–2 Golaghat Rhino FC
Micheal Lucky 36'
Rudra Boro 46'
George Prince 90'		 Report Bishal Hojai 2'
Sirondeep Moran 24'
Morning Star F.C. 4–0 Tezpur United FC
Lachit Borah 45'
V. Kivi Zhimomi 52', 70'
Shibra Narzary 55'		 Report
Baarhoongkha AC 1-1 Guwahati F.C.
Ashok Brahma 16' Report Lalrinunga 51'
Trinayanjyoti FC 2-2 Moran Town Club
 53'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk 63'		 Report Hope Rally 3'
Rajkumar Panging 16'

Second leg

Golaghat Rhino FC 1-2 F.C. Green Valley
Sirondeep Moran 45' Report Jagjit Singh 84'
Michael Lucky Kelechukwu 90+1'
Tezpur United FC 1-4 Morning Star F.C.
Francis Oneyama 51' Report Orok Essien 13', 45'
V. Kivi Zhimomi 18'
Rakib Boro 32'
Guwahati F.C. 2-2 Baarhoongkha AC
Newson Kom 50', 86' Report Nwukwu Michael Okudili 3', 71'
Moran Town Club 2-3 Trinayanjyoti FC
Hope Rally 23'
Dhabesh Daimary 59'		 Report Swnwam Basumatary 78'
Sunday Ogar Ayuk 87', 90+2'

Semi–finals

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morning Star F.C. 4–1 Trinayanjyoti FC 2–0 2–1
Baarhoongkha AC 3–6 F.C. Green Valley 1–3 2–3

First leg

Morning Star F.C. 2-0 Trinayanjyoti FC
Orok Essien  24'
Benjamin Hanse  34'		 Report
F.C. Green Valley 3-1 Baarhoongkha AC
George Prince  9'
Rudra Boro  44', 90+1'		 Report Pranab Das  41'

Second leg

Trinayanjyoti FC 1-2 Morning Star F.C.
Sunday Ogar Ayuk  77' Report Orok Essien  67'
Jelendra Brahma  80'
Baarhoongkha AC 2-3 F.C. Green Valley
Ashok Brahma  39'
N. Suraj Singh  45'		 Report Micheal Lucky  12'
George Prince  19'
Gaiham Rongmai 43'

Final

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

Morning Star F.C. 2–1 F.C. Green Valley
Immanuel L.Intaote  67'
Orok Essien  83'		 Report George Prince  53'
KSSA, Diphu

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Awards

List of awards winners.[4]

Club Awards

Award Club
ChampionsMorning Star F.C.
Runners-upF.C. Green Valley
Fair Play AwardMorning Star F.C.

List of Individual Awards Winner

AwardPlayClub
Top ScorerNigeria Orok EssienMorning Star F.C.
Best PlayerIndia Sibra NarzaryMorning Star F.C.
Best GoalkeeperIndia Mulya RabhaMoran Town Club
Best DefenderIndia Maneswar MusaharyF.C. Green Valley
Best MidfielderIndia C A Laldinsang PudaiteMorning Star F.C.
Best U-20 PlayerIndia Sonom LepchaTrinayanjyoti FC
Best Catchment PlayerIndia Ashok BrahmaBaarhoongkha AC
Best Overseas PlayerNigeria Sunday Ogar AyukTrinayanjyoti FC
Man of The FinalNigeria Micheal luckyF.C. Green Valley
Best CoachIndia L Kamalakanta SinghMorning Star F.C.

See also

References

  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.
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