2015 Cambodian League

Cambodian League

Season	2015
Champions	Phnom Penh Crown (6th)
Relegated	None
Matches played	140
Goals scored	571 (4.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chan Vathanaka (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Phnom Penh Crown 10-0 Western Phnom Penh
Biggest away win	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor
Highest scoring	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 2-12 Boeung Ket Angkor, Western Phnom Penh 5-9 Boeung Ket Angkor
Longest winning run	Boeung Ket Angkor (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Phnom Penh Crown (15 games)
Longest losing run	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey (10 games)
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2015 Cambodian League is the 31st season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodia Division 1 League. With 12 teams playing 22 games each totaling 132 games in the season. With the new comer Abilrex Niigata^[1] from Japan. However, Albirex has announced that they won't participate in 2015 Cambodian League due to financial crisis and replaced by CMAC United.

Boeung Ket Angkor who finished top of the regular season also qualified for the Mekong Club Championship.

The end of the season was mired in match-fixing claims by Phnom Penh Crown who claimed that several players of the club had under performed. They announced these claims with only the two-legged playoff final remaining.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Teams

Source:^[5]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Sponsor	Kit maker	Team captain	Head coach
Asia Europe United		Pegan	San Narith	Nem Sophorn
Boeung Ket Angkor	Angkor Beer	FBT	Khoun Laboravy	Prak Sovannara
Build Bright United			Roem Bunheang	Nem Sophorn
Cambodian Tiger	FORWARD Group	NT Sport	Yasuyuki Yoshida	Masakazu Kihara
CMAC United			Seng Kosen	Meas Samoeun
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey			Ream Serng	Phan Chan Path
Nagaworld	Naga World	FBT	Masahiro Fukasawa	Meas Channa
National Defense Ministry	BMW	Grand Sport	Khek Khemrin	Tep Long Rachana
National Police Commissary	Sabay News Online	Joma	Say Piseth	Ung Kangyanith
Phnom Penh Crown	CROWN Hotel Resort	FBT	Boris Kok	Sam Schweingruber
Svay Rieng	Top 1 Oil	FBT	Prak Mony Udom	Som Vandeth
Western Phnom Penh			Kroch Mol	Pen Phath

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game and one as substitution..

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Asia Europe United	George Kelechi	Kenneth Nwafor	Reo Nakamura	Mohamed Hamza	Silva Sunday
Boeung Ket Angkor	Yemi Joseph	Wada Yuya	Paul Omogba	Samuel Ajayi
Build Bright United	Joseph Olatubosun	Rasheed Omokafe	Degule Momoh	Anderson Zogbe	Nelson Oladiji
Cambodian Tiger	Befolo Mbarga	Yasuyuki Yoshida	Masato Yoshihara	Masakazu Kihara	Tomohiro Masaki
CMAC United	Takahito Ota	Mathieu Vergez	Ana Yochukwu	Tony Janzen	Okereke Timothy
Kirivong	Phan Truong Chinh	Suma Mustapha	Adebayo Ademola	Akeep Ayoyinka
Nagaworld	Ban Kazuaki	Masahiro Fukasawa	Barry Lelouma	Baldwin Ngwa
National Defense	Taku Yanagidate	Tatsuta Kazuki	Park Jung	Kim Do Hoon	Jeong Ho Kim
National Police	Ippei Shimizu	Yusuke Ishii	Oseika Samuel	Adekunjo Busayo
Phnom Penh Crown	Baek Yong-Sun	Santigie Koroma	George Bisan	Shane Booysen	Odion Obadin
Svay Rieng	Kipson Atuheire	Dzarma Bata	Tani Reijin	Razak Nofiu	James Michael
Western Phnom Penh	Chukwu Thankgod	Josh Maguire	Tijani Mohammed	Matthew Osas	Tomoyuki Sadakuni

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Asia Europe United	Phnom Penh	Olympic Stadium	50,000
Boeung Ket Angkor	Kampong Cham	RCAF Old Stadium	10,000
Build Bright United	Phnom Penh	Olympic Stadium	50,000
Cambodian Tiger	Phnom Penh	Western Stadium	1,000
CMAC United	Phnom Penh	Olympic Stadium	50,000
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey	Takéo	Olympic Stadium	50,000
Nagaworld	Phnom Penh	Olympic Stadium	50,000
National Defense Ministry	Phnom Penh	RCAF Old Stadium	10,000
National Police Commissary	Phnom Penh	Olympic Stadium	50,000
Phnom Penh Crown	Phnom Penh	RSN Stadium	5,000
Svay Rieng	Svay Rieng	Svay Rieng Stadium	1,500
Western Phnom Penh	Phnom Penh	Western Stadium	1,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boeung Ket Angkor	22	18	3	1	80	25	+55	57	2015 Mekong Club Championship
2	Phnom Penh Crown	22	16	3	3	76	23	+53	51	Qualification Play-Off
3	Cambodian Tiger	22	12	4	6	44	33	+11	40
4	Nagaworld	22	12	2	8	46	25	+21	38
5	National Defense Ministry	22	12	2	8	42	28	+14	38
6	Svay Rieng	22	10	5	7	51	44	+7	35	2015 Singapore Cup
7	National Police Commissary	22	10	5	7	31	26	+5	35
8	Build Bright United	22	7	6	9	39	46	−7	27
9	CMAC United	22	4	5	13	29	61	−32	17
10	Asia Europe United	22	4	2	16	36	75	−39	14
11	Western Phnom Penh	22	4	1	17	37	82	−45	13
12	Kirivong Sok Sen Chey	22	3	2	17	29	71	−42	11

Updated to games played on 22 October 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
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.
Note* A top team after 22 matches, will qualify to 2015 Mekong Club Championship.

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

First leg

Boeung Ket Angkor v Nagaworld

2015-10-25
3:30

Boeung Ket Angkor	1-3	Nagaworld
Esoh Paul Omogba 51'		Barry Lelouma 13' Prak Chanratana 36' Khim Borey 41'

RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh Crown v Cambodian Tiger

2015-10-28
6:00

Phnom Penh Crown	4-1	Cambodian Tiger
In Sodavid 34' Thierry Bin 54' (pen.) Odion Obadin 87' Va Sokthorn 90+4'		Befolo Mbarga 50'

RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh

Second leg

Cambodian Tiger v Phnom Penh Crown

2015-10-28
3:30

Cambodian Tiger	1-2	Phnom Penh Crown
Befolo Mbarga 87'		Odion Obadin 13' Shane Booysen 24'

Western Stadium, Phnom Penh

Nagaworld v Boeung Ket Angkor

2015-11-07
6:00

Nagaworld	1-2	Boeung Ket Angkor
Kouch Sokumpheak 86'		Khoun Laboravy 45+4' Chan Vathanaka 76' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

3rd place

Boeung Ket Angkor v Cambodian Tiger

2015-11-22
3:30

Boeung Ket Angkor	4-3	Cambodian Tiger
Khoun Laboravy 39' Sok Sovan 53' Wada Yuya 70' Chan Vathanaka 88'		Befolo Mbarga 13', 90' Suong Virak 30'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Cambodian Tiger v Boeung Ket Angkor

2015-12-11
6:00

Cambodian Tiger	1-2	Boeung Ket Angkor
Suong Virak 84'		Rous Samoeun 42', 90+3'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Boeung Ket Angkor won 6-4 on aggregate.

Final

Nagaworld v Phnom Penh Crown

2015-11-22
6:00

Nagaworld	0-2	Phnom Penh Crown
		George Bisan 55' Shane Booysen 90+5'

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh Crown v Nagaworld

2015-12-12
6:00

Phnom Penh Crown	1-3(a.e.t.)	Nagaworld
Thierry Bin 73' (pen.)		Sun Sovannarith 54' Kouch Sokumpheak 77', 90+3'
	Penalties
Thierry Bin Va Sokthorn Boris Kok Odion Obadin Baek Yong-Sun	3–2	Masahiro Fukasawa Ban Kazuaki Kouch Sokumpheak Khim Borey Barry Lelouma

Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Referee: Tuy Viccheka

Metfone Cambodian League 2015

Phnom Penh Crown
6th Title

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chan Vathanaka	Boeung Ket Angkor	37
2	George Bisan	Phnom Penh Crown	24
2	Shane Booysen	Phnom Penh Crown	24
4	Dzarma Bata	Svay Rieng	23
4	George Kelechi	Asia Europe United	23
6	Khoun Laboravy	Boeung Ket Angkor	19
6	Befolo Mbarga	Cambodian Tiger	19
8	Matthew Osa	Western Phnom Penh	15
	Barry Lelouma	Nagaworld
	Tony Janzen	CMAC United
11	Keo Sokpheng	Phnom Penh Crown	12
	Rasheed Omokafe	Build Bright United
	Kipson Atuhaire	Svay Rieng
14	Khim Borey	Nagaworld	10
15	Masakazu Kihara	Cambodian Tiger	9
15	Tith Dina	National Police Commissary	9

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yok Ary	Phnom Penh Crown	7
1	Samrith Seiha	Nagaworld	7
3	Sou Yaty	Boeung Ket Angkor	6
4	Um Sereyroth	National Defense Ministry	5
4	Prak Monyphearun	National Police Commissary	5
6	Peng Bunchay	Western Phnom Penh/Svay Rieng	4
7	Yasuyuki Yoshida	Cambodian Tiger	3
8	Sos Proshim	Build Bright United	2
8	Koem Makara	Boeung Ket Angkor	2
10	San Usarphea	Phnom Penh Crown	1
	Ngoy Boranoch	Build Bright United
	Phorn Ratana	Nagaworld
	Aim Sovannarath	Svay Rieng
	Hem Simay	Cambodian Tiger
	Ouv Kasan	National Defense Ministry
	Keo Soksela	Phnom Penh Crown

Awards

Awards	Nation/Name	Club
The Golden Boot	Chan Vathanaka	Boeung Ket Angkor
The Player of the Year	Chan Vathanaka	Boeung Ket Angkor
Goalkeeper of the Year	Keo Soksela	Phnom Penh Crown
The Coach of the Year	Prak Sovannara	Boeung Ket Angkor

Awards	Club
Fair Play	Boeung Ket Angkor

References

↑ "Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh FC for 2014". Goal Singapore. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ "Club Statement". Phnom Penh Crown Official Website. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
↑ "Phnom Penh Crown suspend players over 'match-fixing'". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
↑ "Coach in Crown crisis to seek legal advice". Aseanfootball.org. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ "C-League". Perform. p. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

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