# 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.
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.

## 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.
| 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

| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29–31 May 2015 | 29–31 May 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 3–7 June 2015 | 3–7 June 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 10–14 June 2015 | 10–14 June 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 17–21 June 2015 | 17–21 June 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 24–28 June 2015 | 24–28 June 2015 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 2–7 July 2015 | 2–7 July 2015 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 7–8 July 2015 | 11–12 July 2015 |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 15–16 July 2015 | 18–19 July 2015 |
| Knockout phase | Final | 25 July 2015 at KSSA, Diphu | 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 | 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 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Moran Town Club | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 16 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 0–5 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Golaghat Rhino FC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 8 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 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 | — |

### 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 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Tezpur United FC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 13 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Guwahati F.C. | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals | 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 | — |

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

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

### Second leg
## 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.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 |

### Second leg
## Final

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

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| 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 | 6 |

## Awards

List of awards winners.

### Club awards

| 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

| 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. |