2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League
# 2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League

2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League (also known as 2015 Dialog Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of Sri Lanka Football Premier League. Solid SC of Anuradhapura were the defending champions.

2015 Season was different from the previous season. In this season 22 teams compete in two groups of 11 as Group A and B. Top 4 teams from each groups qualify for the Super 8 round. Each team competes with one-another in round-robin format. Team with the best record at the end of Super 8 would become the champion.

The defending champions in the previous tournament Solid SC was eliminated in the First round. The champions of this tournament will qualify for preliminary round of AFC Cup.

Colombo FC emerged champions of the Dialog Champions League 2015 by a solitary goal difference with Renown SC.

## League table

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Army SC (Q) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 25 | Championship Round |
| 2 | Air Force SC (Q) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 21 | Championship Round |
| 3 | Crystal Palace SC (Q) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 19 | Championship Round |
| 4 | Renown SC (Q) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 18 | Championship Round |
| 5 | Solid SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 15 | |
| 6 | Saunders SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 15 | |
| 7 | Nandimithra SC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 13 | |
| 8 | Police SC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 11 | |
| 9 | Up Country Lions SC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| 10 | Pelicans SC (R) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 7 | Relegated |
| 11 | Highlanders SC (R) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 29 | −26 | 1 | Relegated |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colombo FC (Q) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 23 | Championship Round |
| 2 | Blue Star SC (Q) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 17 | Championship Round |
| 3 | Java Lane SC (Q) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 17 | Championship Round |
| 4 | Navy SC (Q) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 16 | Championship Round |
| 5 | New Young SC | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 15 | |
| 6 | Negombo Youth SC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 13 | |
| 7 | Super Son SC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 | |
| 8 | Matara City SC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Thihariya Youth SC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 5 | |
| 10 | Kalutara Park SC (R) | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 1 | Relegated |
| 11 | Don Bosco SC (D) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Disqualified |

* ↑ Disqualified for using ineligible players.

## Championship Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colombo (C) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 17 | 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round |
| 2 | Renown | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 17 | |
| 3 | Army | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 15 | |
| 4 | Air Force | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 10 | |
| 6 | Navy | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 9 | |
| 7 | Blue Star | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | |
| 8 | Java Lane | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 2 | |

* ↑ Colombo: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
* ↑ Sri Lanka were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
* ↑ Army: 3 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
* ↑ Air Force: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
* ↑ Crystal Palace: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group A)
* ↑ Blue Star: 2 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)
* ↑ Java Lane: 1 bonus points given based on final position in first stage (Group B)

## Awards

The winners of the competition were given a cash award of Rs. 750000 while the runners-up received Rs. 500000. Individual awards:

| Award | Player | Club |
| - | - | - |
| Golden Boot | Dhanushka Wijesiri | Army SC |
| Top goal scorer | M.C.M. Rifnaz | Renown SC |
| Best Goalkeeper | M.N.M. Imran | Colombo FC |
