# 2015 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

The 2015 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 36th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season began on 21 March 2015 and concluded on 28 November 2015 with Chicken Inn F.C. winning their first league title , snapping a run of four straight titles by Dynamos F.C.
Dongo Sawmills, Flame Lilly and Wha Wha - all newcomers to the league - were relegated to the 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1, along with Buffaloes F.C. as they each finished in the bottom four positions in the league table.

## Attendances

Highlanders F.C. drew the highest average home attendance: 7,276.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2014 season and four promoted from the 2014 Zimbabwe Division 1, Dongo Sawmills FC, Flame Lilly FC, Tsholotsho FC and Wha Wha. Black Rhinos F.C., Shabanie Mine F.C., Bantu Rovers F.C. and Chiredzi FC were relegated from the 2014 season to the Zimbabwe Division 1. Dynamos F.C. are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2013 season |
| Buffaloes F.C. | Mutare | Sakubva Stadium | 10,000 | 10th in Premier League |
| CAPS United F.C. | Harare | National Sports Stadium | 60,000 | 3rd in Premier League |
| Chapungu United F.C. | Gweru | Ascot Stadium | 5,000 | 12th in Premier League |
| Chicken Inn F.C. | Bulawayo | Luveve Stadium | 8,000 | 6th in Premier League |
| Dongo Sawmills FC | Rusape | Vengere Stadium | 10,000 | Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| Dynamos F.C. | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35,000 | Premier League Champions |
| Flame Lilly F.C. | Harare | Chikurubi Prison Grounds | | Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| Harare City F.C. | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35,000 | 11th in Premier League |
| Highlanders F.C. | Bulawayo | Barbourfields Stadium | 32,000 | 5th in Premier League |
| How Mine FC | Bulawayo | White City Stadium | 20,000 | 8th in Premier League |
| Hwange Colliery F.C. | Hwange | Colliery Stadium | 15,000 | 7th in Premier League |
| ZPC Kariba | Harare | Gwanzura | 10,000 | 2nd in Premier League |
| FC Platinum | Zvishavane | Mandava Stadium | 3,000 | 4th in Premier League |
| Triangle United | Chiredzi | Gibbo Stadium | 3,000 | 9th in Premier League |
| Tsholotsho FC | Bulawayo | White City Stadium | 20,000 | Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| Wha Wha | Gweru | Ascot Stadium | 5,000 | Zimbabwe Division 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chicken Inn (C, Q) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 61 | 2016 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Dynamos | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 57 | |
| 3 | Platinum | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 55 | |
| 4 | Triangle United | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 49 | |
| 5 | CAPS United | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Highlanders | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Harare City (Q) | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 39 | 2016 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 8 | Hwange | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Chapungu United | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Kariba | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 38 | |
| 11 | How Mine | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 35 | |
| 12 | Tsholotsho | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 31 | |
| 13 | Buffaloes (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 41 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| 14 | Flame Lilly (R) | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 26 | Relegation to 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| 15 | Wha Wha (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 51 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1 |
| 16 | Dongo (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1 |

## Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).
| Home \ Away | BUF | CAP | CHA | CHI | DON | DYN | FLA | HAR | HIG | HOW | HWA | KAR | PLA | TRI | TSH | WHA |
| Buffaloes | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| CAPS United | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Chapungu United | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Chicken Inn | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dongo | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dynamos | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Flame Lilly | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Harare City | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Highlanders | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| How Mine | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Hwange | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Kariba | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Platinum | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Triangle United | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Tsholotsho | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| Whawha | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |

## Positions by round

* Leader
* Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Chicken Inn | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| Dynamos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Platinum | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Triangle United | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| CAPS United | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Highlanders | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Harare City | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Hwange | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Chapungu United | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Kariba | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| How Mine | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Tsholotsho | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Buffaloes | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Flame Lilly | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Wha Wha | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Dongo | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

    As of 28 November 2015
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Knox Mutizwa | Highlanders | 14 |
| 2 | Dominic Chungwa | CAPS United | 12 |
| 3 | Edmore Chirambadare | Chicken Inn | 11 |
| 4 | Raphael Manuvire | Kariba | 10 |
| 5 | Brian Muzondiwa | Platinum | 9 |
| 6 | Hillary Bakacheza | Triangle United | 8 |
| 6 | Limited Chikafa | Kariba | 8 |
| 6 | Obrey Chirwa | Platinum | 8 |
| 6 | Tineyi Chitora | Chapungu United | 8 |
| 6 | Mitchell Katsvairo | Chicken Inn | 8 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Timothy January$^4$ | How Mine | Wha Wha | 6-0 | 2 May 2015 |
| Brian Muzondiwa | Platinum | Buffaloes | 0-3 | 26 July 2015 |
| Tawanda Muyendi | Triangle United | Dongo | 5-1 | 8 November 2015 |
| Dominic Chungwa | CAPS United | How Mine | 3-0 | 18 November 2015 |
$^4$ Player scored 4 goals.

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Simba Gorogodyo for Tsholotsho against Harare City (20 March 2015)
Promoted:
    Ngezi Platinum (Selous) (winners Northern Region Division One)
    Bulawayo City (winners Southern Region Division One)
    Border Strikers (Beitbridge) (winners Central Region Division One)
    Mutare City (winners Eastern Region Division One)