2015 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

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Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League.jpg
Season 2015
Champions Chicken Inn [1]
Relegated Buffaloes[2]
Dongo[3]
Flame Lily[4]
Whawha[5]
2016 CAF Champions League Chicken Inn[6]
2016 CAF Confederation Cup Harare City[7]
Matches played 240
Goals scored 500 (2.08 per match)
Top goalscorer Knox Mutizwa (14)[8]
Biggest home win
2 matches
Biggest away win How Mine 1-5 Highlanders
(16 August 2015)
Highest scoring
2 matches
Longest winning run Chicken Inn (5)
Longest unbeaten run Platinum (21)
Longest winless run How Mine (14)
Longest losing run Dongo (6)
← 2014
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 28 November 2015.

The 2015 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 36th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season began on 21 March 2015 and concluded on 28 November 2015 with Chicken Inn F.C. winning their first league title , snapping a run of four straight titles by Dynamos F.C..

Dongo Sawmills, Flame Lilly and Whawha - all newcomers to the league - were relegated to the 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1, along with Buffaloes F.C. as they each finished in the bottom four positions in the league table.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2014 season and four promoted from the 2014 Zimbabwe Division 1, Dongo Sawmills FC, Flame Lilly FC, Tsholotsho FC and Wha Wha FC. On the other hand, Black Rhinos F.C., Shabanie Mine F.C., Bantu Rovers F.C. and Chiredzi FC were the last three teams of the 2014 season and will play in the Zimbabwe Division 1 for the 2015 season. Dynamos F.C. are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2014 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013 season
Buffaloes F.C. Mutare Sakubva Stadium 10,000 10th in Premier League
CAPS United F.C. Harare National Sports Stadium 60,000 3rd in Premier League
Chapungu United F.C. Gweru Ascot Stadium 5,000 12th in Premier League
Chicken Inn F.C. Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8,000 6th in Premier League
Dongo Sawmills FC Rusape Vengere Stadium 10,000 Zimbabwe Division 1
Dynamos F.C. Harare Rufaro Stadium 35,000 Premier League Champions
Flame Lilly F.C. Harare Chikurubi Prison Grounds Zimbabwe Division 1
Harare City F.C. Harare Rufaro Stadium 35,000 11th in Premier League
Highlanders F.C. Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium 32,000 5th in Premier League
How Mine FC Bulawayo White City Stadium 20,000 8th in Premier League
Hwange Colliery F.C. Hwange Colliery Stadium 15,000 7th in Premier League
ZPC Kariba Harare Gwanzura 10,000 2nd in Premier League
FC Platinum Zvishavane Mandava Stadium 3,000 4th in Premier League
Triangle United Chiredzi Gibbo Stadium 3,000 9th in Premier League
Tsholotsho FC Bulawayo White City Stadium 20,000 Zimbabwe Division 1
Wha Wha FC Gweru Ascot Stadium 5,000 Zimbabwe Division 1

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Chicken Inn (C) (Q) 30 18 7 5 45 23 +22 61 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Dynamos 30 15 12 3 36 20 +16 57
3 Platinum 30 15 10 5 52 23 +29 55
4 Triangle United 30 13 10 7 46 25 +21 49
5 CAPS United 30 11 13 6 29 23 +6 46
6 Highlanders 30 11 8 11 37 31 +6 41
7 Harare City (Q) 30 8 15 7 29 27 +2 39 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
8 Hwange 30 9 12 9 32 32 0 39
9 Chapungu United 30 9 12 9 26 27 −1 39
10 Kariba 30 9 11 10 40 37 +3 38
11 How Mine 30 8 11 11 28 34 −6 35
12 Tsholotsho 30 6 13 11 20 30 −10 31
13 Buffaloes (R) 30 6 11 13 23 41 −18 29 Relegation to 2016 Zimbabwe Division 1
14 Flame Lilly (R) 30 4 14 12 24 35 −11 26
15 Whawha (R) 30 4 11 15 17 51 −34 23
16 Dongo (R) 30 4 10 16 18 43 −25 22

Updated to games played on 28 November 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) head-to-head away goals
(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.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away[1] BUF CAP CHA CHI DON DYN FLA HAR HIG HOW HWA KAR PLA TRI TSH WHA
Buffaloes 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–0
CAPS United 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Chapungu United 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Chicken Inn 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Dongo 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Dynamos 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–1
Flame Lilly 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1
Harare City 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1
Highlanders 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0
How Mine 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 6–0
Hwange 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0
Kariba 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1
Platinum 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 3–0
Triangle United 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 6–0
Tsholotsho 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0
Whawha 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2

Updated to games played on 28 November 2015.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Chicken Inn 4 8 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dynamos 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Platinum 8 13 8 8 11 13 11 9 10 9 7 8 9 6 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Triangle United 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
CAPS United 4 2 7 7 10 10 5 8 8 10 8 6 7 8 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5
Highlanders 14 9 6 6 8 4 7 4 6 8 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 6 6 6
Harare City 13 6 9 9 6 7 8 6 7 7 10 9 6 7 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
Hwange 15 15 13 12 12 14 13 14 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 9 8 7 5 6 8 7 8
Chapungu United 9 14 15 16 9 9 9 7 5 4 2 5 5 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
Kariba 3 4 3 5 5 5 6 10 9 6 9 10 10 10 11 10 11 12 11 11 11 12 12 11 11 9 10 10 10 10
How Mine 9 5 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 11 11 11 11
Tsholotsho 6 7 10 10 7 8 10 11 13 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 12 13 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12
Buffaloes 16 16 16 14 13 15 14 12 12 14 12 12 11 11 10 12 13 11 13 14 12 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13
Flame Lilly 11 12 14 13 16 12 12 15 15 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 14 12 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14
Whawha 11 11 11 11 15 11 15 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15
Dongo 7 10 12 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 28 November 2015
Source: Soccerway (French)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 28 November 2015
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Zimbabwe Knox Mutizwa Highlanders 14
2 Zimbabwe Dominic Chungwa CAPS United 12
3 Zimbabwe Edmore Chirambadare Chicken Inn 11
4 Zimbabwe Raphael Manuvire Kariba 10
5 Zimbabwe Brian Muzondiwa Platinum 9
6 Zimbabwe Hillary Bakacheza Triangle United 8
Zimbabwe Limited Chikafa Kariba 8
Zambia Obrey Chirwa Platinum 8
Zimbabwe Tineyi Chitora Chapungu United 8
Zimbabwe Mitchell Katsvairo Chicken Inn 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Timothy January4 How Mine Whawha 6-0[9] 2 May 2015
Brian Muzondiwa Platinum Buffaloes 0-3[10] 26 July 2015
Tawanda Muyendi Triangle United Dongo 5-1[11] 8 November 2015
Dominic Chungwa CAPS United How Mine 3-0[12] 18 November 2015

4 Player scored 4 goals.

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Simba Gorogodyo for Tsholotsho against Harare City[13] (20 March 2015)

Promoted: Ngezi Platinum (Selous) (winners Northern Region Division One) Bulawayo City (winners Southern Region Division One) Border Strikers (Beitbridge) (winners Central Region Division One) Mutare City (winners Eastern Region Division One) [14]

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