Afghan Premier League
Afghan Premier League | |
Full name | Roshan Afghan Premier League League Bartar Afghanistan Roshan |
abbreviation | (R) APL |
Association | Afghanistan Football Federation |
First edition | September 18, 2012 |
hierarchy | 1st League |
Teams | 8th |
master | Tofan Harirod (2019) |
Record champions | Shaheen Asmayee (4 ×) |
Record player | Asadullah Rezai (25) |
Record scorer | Hashmatullah Barekzai (18) |
Current season | 2019 |
Website | www.afghanpremierleague.com |
The Roshan Afghan Premier League , also League Bartar Afghanistan Roshan , is the highest and first professional football league in Afghanistan . It was founded on July 9, 2012 , following the decision of the Afghanistan Football Federation .
In the Afghan Premier League, the Afghan football champions are played in a round- robin tournament system during the group phase, followed by a knockout system with semi-finals and final. The most successful participant is Shaheen Asmayee with four titles won, followed by Tofan Harirod with three championships.
history
The Afghan Premier League is the successor to the Afghanistan Premier League . Each of the newly founded clubs represents a region of Afghanistan in the league. Some of the teams have names of birds of prey such as Simorgh or Shaheen or Şahin , but also names of mythologically and historically significant places, mountains and rivers, e.g. B. Asmayee or Maiwand .
To find the players for the clubs in the 2012 season , the Afghanistan Football Federation, together with the media group Moby Group , to which several television and radio stations belong, carried out a casting show under the name Maidan e Sabz (English title Green Field , German 'Grünes Field '). A jury made up of former Afghan players and coaches examined the participants for stamina, playing ability and psyche. At the end of eight shows broadcast by Tolo TV , the jury selected 15 players for the teams. The remaining three players per team were selected by SMS voting by the studio and television audience. However, there was a dispute about the selection principle, as it was said that “it is not the best talents in the country who will play in the end”, but “mainly the sons of influential families”.
Therefore, SMS voting was abolished for the 2013 season. The selection system was also expanded to include regional tournaments, at the climax of which 26 selected players competed against each other. In addition, the jury was no longer responsible for selecting the 18 players, but the responsible coach.
Mode and Orientation
The first season of the APL was played in tournament form from September to October 2012. The eight participating teams - one from each of the country's regions - played in a total of 16 games in a group stage followed by the semi-finals and finals for the Afghan championship. The venue for the matches was the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul. The second season was also played in tournament form, but there was now a return game in the semi-finals and thus 18 instead of 16 games. The league is sponsored by the telecommunications company Roshan , which is why it was named Roshan Afghan Premier League .
reporting
For the first time, the games will be broadcast on television ; all encounters are shown by the private broadcasters Tolo TV and Lemar TV . In addition, two of Afghanistan's leading radio stations, Arman FM and Arakozia FM , will broadcast the games on the radio.
Teams
Participating teams in the Afghan Premier League are:
club | region | entry | Main sponsor | Trainer | Number of championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaheen Asmayee | Kabul | 2012 | Afghanistan Commercial Bank | Boir Igamberdiev | 4th |
Simorgh Alborz | North | 2012 | Roshan | Mohebullah Yama | 0 |
Oqaban Hindukush | Central | 2012 | Roshan | Ahmad Sijad | 0 |
Mawjhai Amu | Northeast | 2012 | Roshan | Zabiullah Daqiq | 0 |
De Maiwand Atalan | southwest | 2012 | Roshan | Mukhtar Raufi | 0 |
De Spinghar Bazan | east | 2012 | Roshan | Azizullah Qateh | 1 |
De Abasin Sape | Southeast | 2012 | Roshan | Raes Khan Zadran | 0 |
Tofan Harirod | west | 2012 | Roshan | Said Moeen Hamedi | 3 |
Master overview
The Afghan Premier League championship trophy is a gold-plated soccer ball on a gold-plated base. The team that wins the trophy three times in a row is allowed to keep the trophy.
APL year | master | Top scorer | Gates | Master trainer | Best player of the season |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Tofan Harirod | Hamidullah Karimi (Tofan Harirod) | 9 | Said Moeen Hamedi | Marouf Mohammadi (Tofan Harirod) |
2013 | Shaheen Asmayee |
Hamidullah Karimi (Tofan Harirod) Hashmatullah Barekzai (Shaheen Asmayee) |
7 7 |
Ehsanullah Sherzad | Hashmatullah Barekzai (Shaheen Asmayee) |
2014 | Shaheen Asmayee | Mohammad Riza Rizayee (Oqaban Hindukush) | 6th | Boir Igamberdiev | Mohammad Anwar Akbari (Oqaban Hindukush) |
2015 | De Spinghar Bazan | Mustafa Afshar (De Maiwand Atalan) | 5 | Valy Igamberdiev | Rohid Samandary (De Spinghar Bazan) |
2016 | Shaheen Asmayee | Amruddin Sharifi (Shaheen Asmayee) | 6th | Boir Igamberdiev | Yar Mohammad Zakarkhil (De Maiwand Atalan) |
2017 | Shaheen Asmayee | Amruddin Sharifi (Shaheen Asmayee) | 5 | ||
2018 | Tofan Harirod | Yar Mohammad Zakarkhel (Tofan Harirod) | Said Moeen | Yar Mohammad Zakarkhel (Tofan Harirod) | |
2019 | Tofan Harirod | Raoof Qaderi (Shaheen Asmayee) | Said Moeen | Faisal Hamidi (Tofan Harirod) |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ben Farmer: Afghanistan launches first professional football league. In: The Daily Telegraph , September 28, 2012.
- ^ The kick-off for Afghanistan's first soccer league. dpa article in Handelsblatt , September 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e f Roshan Afghan Premier League 2012 to Launch July 9th. In: roshan.af , July 9, 2012, accessed on August 5, 2012.
- Jump up to the professional league via casting show: the premiere season starts in September ; Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, September 5, 2012
- ^ A b Solveig Floerke: Afghanistan: football casting for the first division ; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 13, 2012
- ↑ Constantin Wissmann: Americans as professionals in Afghanistan: "Outside of Kabul it can quickly become dangerous" . Interview with Nick Pugliese in 11 Freunde , issue 146 01/2014 from January 12, 2014
- ↑ Excerpt on YouTube