2015 Ghanaian Premier League

2015 First Capital Plus Bank Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsAshanti Gold
RelegatedBrong Ahafo Stars
Great Olympics
Heart of Lions
Champions LeagueAshanti Gold
Confederation CupMedeama
Matches played240
Goals scored507 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorerKofi Owusu (19)
Biggest home win
4 matches
Biggest away win
2 matches
Highest scoring
6 matches
Longest winning runAshanti Gold
Inter Allies (4)
Longest unbeaten runAsante Kotoko
Inter Allies (8)
Longest winless runBrong Ahafo Stars (16)
Longest losing runBrong Ahafo Stars (4)
2016

The 2015 Ghanaian Premier League (known as the First Capital Plus Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] season will be the 56th season of top-tier football in Ghana. The competition was scheduled to begin in late September 2014 or early October 2014, although it did not start until January 2015.

Ashanti Gold broke up Asante Kotoko's run of dominance with their first league title (They had previously won three under the name Goldfields).[3] Asante Kotoko entered the league having won the last three titles and 24 total dating back to 1959. There was little drama concerning the championship as Ashanti Gold held first place for 29 of the 30 rounds this season, only briefly falling to second in Round 4, and clinching the title with a week to go.

There was considerable drama in the race to avoid relegation as eight teams were still in danger of falling into the bottom three on the final day of the season (Brong Ahafo Stars had sealed their fate several weeks earlier). Great Olympics got the win they needed, 2-1 over Ashanti Gold, but didn't get the help they needed to climb out of the bottom three as five other teams ahead of them won or drew. Heart of Lions was the other club to be relegated, falling from ninth to 14th with the season-ending 4-2 loss at New Edubiase. Brong Ahafo Stars, Great Olympics and Heart of Lions will all play in Division One for the 2015-16 season.

  1. ^ "First Capital Plus Bank signs up for $10m as league sponsor". Ghana Football Association. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ^ "First Capital Plus Bank rescues Ghana Premier league with $10m sponsorship deal". First Capital Plus Bank. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Ashanti Gold: How the Ghana Premier League title was won | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.