2015 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lae City Dwellers (1st title) |
| Top goalscorer | Nigel Dabinyaba (11 goals) |
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← 2014 2015–16 → | |
The 2015 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season was the ninth edition of this competition.
Format
Seven teams played in the league. For the first stage, they play each other twice, home and away. At the end of the first stage the top four teams advance to a knockout competition, the finalists of which qualify for the 2015–16 OFC Champions League.
First stage
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hekari United | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 26 | Qualified for the 2016 OFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Lae City (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 23 | |
| 3 | FC Port Moresby | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 21 | Qualified to Championship Playoff |
| 4 | Madang Fox | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 17 | |
| 5 | Admiralty Palaiau | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 14 | |
| 6 | NC Civil Works Oro | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 10 | |
| 7 | Besta United PNG | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 7 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.
Championship Playoff
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Lae City | 3 | |||||
| PAG Port Moresby | 1 | |||||
| Lae City | 4 | |||||
| Madang Fox | 1 | |||||
| Hekari United | 2 | |||||
| Madang Fox | 3 | |||||