2014 Afghan Premier League

The 2014 Afghan Premier League is the third season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season started on 28 August 2014 with the group stage.^[1] Shaheen Asmayee enters the season as the defending champions, having defeated Simorgh Alborz 3–1 in the 2013 final. It was Shaheen's first title and championship, with Simorgh's second runner up title, after two seasons in a row making it to the final of the country's league football.

Afghan Premier League

Season	2014
Champions	Shaheen Asmayee
Matches played	17
Goals scored	70 (4.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	M. Riza Rizayee (6)
Highest scoring	De Spinghar Bazan 5-5 De Maiwand Atalan (2 Oct 2014)
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Teams

A total of eight teams competed in the league, divided into two groups of four in the 18-game league. There is no promotion or relegation system for the league.

Teams and locations

Team	Region	Group
De Abasin Sape F.C.	Southeast	Group B
De Maiwand Atalan F.C.	South	Group A
De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.	East	Group A
Mawjhai Amu F.C.	Northeast	Group B
Oqaban Hindukush F.C.	Central	Group B
Shaheen Asmayee	Kabul	Group B
Simorgh Alborz F.C.	Northwest	Group A
Toofaan Harirood F.C.	West	Group A

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
De Spin Ghar Bazan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Semi-Finals
De Maiwand Atalan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Semi-Finals
Toofaan Harirod	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Simorgh Alborz	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Simorgh Alborz v De Maiwand Atalan

29 August 2014	Simorgh Alborz	1 – 3	De Maiwand Atalan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT	Farhad		Irfan Irfan Fazli

Toofaan Harirod v De Spin Ghar Bazan

3 September 2014	Toofaan Harirod	1 – 1	De Spin Ghar Bazan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

Simorgh Alborz v De Spin Ghar Bazan

5 September 2014	Simorgh Alborz	1 – 2	De Spin Ghar Bazan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

Toofaan Harirod v De Maiwand Atalan

11 September 2014	Toofaan Harirod	0 – 2	De Maiwand Atalan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

Simorgh Alborz v Toofaan Harirod

17 September 2014	Simorgh Alborz	1 – 3	Toofaan Harirod	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

De Spin Ghar Bazan v De Maiwand Atalan

19 September 2014	De Spin Ghar Bazan	1 – 0	De Maiwand Atalan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Oqaban Hindukush	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9	Semi-Finals
Shaheen Asmayee	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6	Semi-Finals
Mawjhai Amu	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
De Abasin Sape	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Shaheen Asmayee v De Abasin Sape

28 August 2014	Shaheen Asmayee	5 – 1	De Abasin Sape	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT	Sharifi 10' Afshar 12' Barakzai 49' Afshar 52' Barakzai 86'	Report	44' Zazai

Oqaban Hindukush v Mawjhai Amu

30 August 2014	Oqaban Hindukush	5 – 2	Mawjhai Amu	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT	Aseer Akbari Rizayee Akbari Salangi		Masoud Lal Pacha

Shaheen Asmayee v Mawjhai Amu

4 September 2014	Shaheen Asmayee	4 – 2	Mawjhai Amu	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT	Sharifi 13' Najafi 17' Afshar 26' Barakzai 35'		6' 90+1'

Oqaban Hindukush v De Abasin Sape

10 September 2014	Oqaban Hindukush	5 – 1	De Abasin Sape	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT

Shaheen Asmayee v Oqaban Hindukush

12 September 2014	Shaheen Asmayee	1 – 2	Oqaban Hindukush	AFF Stadium, Kabul
16:00 AFT	Afshar 22'		13' 26'

Mawjhai Amu v De Abasin Sape

18 September 2014	Mawjhai Amu	2 – 0	De Abasin Sape	AFF Stadium, Kabul
15:00 AFT

Knockout stage

	Semifinals						Finals
	1	De Maiwand Atalan	1	1 (7)
	4	Oqaban Hindukush (p)	1	1 (8)
							Oqaban Hindukush		2
							Shaheen Asmayee		3
	3	Shaheen Asmayee	1	3
	2	De Spinghar Bazan	1	0

Semi-finals

Oqaban Hindukush v De Maiwand Atalan

22 September 2014	Oqaban Hindukush	1–1	De Maiwand Atalan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
15:30 AFT	Rizayee 84'	Report	Agha 59' (pen.)

De Spinghar Bazan v Shaheen Asmayee

23 September 2014	De Spinghar Bazan	1–1	Shaheen Asmayee	AFF Stadium, Kabul
15:30 AFT	Himati 58'	Report	Barakzai 42' (pen.)

De Maiwand Atalan v Oqaban Hindukush

25 September 2014	De Maiwand Atalan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Oqaban Hindukush	AFF Stadium, Kabul
15:30 AFT	Hafiz 112'	Report	Totakhil 97'

Shaheen Asmayee v De Spinghar Bazan

26 September 2014	Shaheen Asmayee	3–0	De Spinghar Bazan	AFF Stadium, Kabul
14:30 AFT	Hashimi 55' Sharifi 90+1'	Report	Naseeri 79' (o.g.)

Consolation

2 October 2014

14:30 AFT

De Spinghar Bazan	5–5 (a.e.t.)	De Maiwand Atalan
Naeemi 38', 110' Hussainni 82', 88', 101'	Report	Nasiri 43' Agha 56' Irfan 76' Yusufzai 114', 118'
Penalties
	4–2

AFF Stadium, Kabul

Final

3 October 2014

14:30 AFT

Shaheen Asmayee	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Oqaban Hindukush
Sharifi 45+1' Barakzai 92'	Report	Gariwal 30' (o.g.) Akbari 60' Rizayee 69'

AFF Stadium, Kabul

Top scorers

As of 3 October 2014.

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	M. Riza Rizayee	Oqaban Hindukush	6
2	Hashmatullah Barakzai	Shaheen Asmayee	5
3	Masoud Qarizada	Mawjhai Amu	4
	Mustafa Afshar	Shaheen Asmayee	4
	Anwar Akbari	Oqaban Hindukush	4
	Sayed Naseer Hussaini	De Spinghar Bazan	4
	Khalid Ahmad Irfan	De Maiwand Atalan	4
	Amriddin Sharifi	Shaheen Asmayee	4