Английская Википедия:Afghanistan Champions League

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The Afghanistan Champions League, previously known as the Afghan Premier League and the Rahmani Foundation Afghan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's football league run by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF). It is the country's primary competition for the sport. The competition commenced in September 2012. The league is currently contested by twelve teams. Seasons usually runs from September, followed by final series involving two highest-placed teams in each group. National champion gains qualification into the continental competition, AFC Challenge League. Most games are played at the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul.

Since the league's inaugural season, a total of three clubs have been crowned Afghan Premier League champions. Shaheen Asmayee, have a record 6 premier league titles.

History

The League was established in 2012 with the first season running through September and October of that year. 8 teams were concurrently established in 2012 to become the inaugural competitors.

Before 2012, the league in Afghanistan was broken down into 7 groups that covered the country.

Players for the league were selected with the help of a reality television talent show called Maidan e sabz ("The Green Pitch"), helmed by Mokhtar Lashkari, star of Tolo TV, Afghanistan's equivalent of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The concept came from the Afghanistan Football Federation and the Afghanistan-based MOBY Group, which owns a number of TV channels and radio stations and is the largest media group in the country. MOBY Group channels will broadcast matches. Players were voted onto teams by a jury and by the television audience. The 34 provinces were grouped into eight larger zones. Eight teams of 18 players, one from every region, were formed.

The Afghan High Peace Council has praised the creation and development of the League as an, "opportunity to bring peace and stability" to Afghanistan. The process has given opportunities to minorities such as the Hazara who were treated as an underclass. Many players and supporters have undergone considerable trauma for which the League serves as a form of therapy. Along with the Shpageeza Cricket League which started in 2013, Afghan Premier League football is one of the few big sporting competitions in Afghanistan, offering precious relief from the violence of every day life.

Shaheen Asmayee F.C. have won a record 5 Afghan Premier League titles (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020). They are the only team to have reached the Afghan Premier League final in eight consecutive seasons (2013–2020).

In 2021, for the first time since the inaugural season, 6 teams instead of 8 are contesting the league due to financial reasons.

Champions

Year	Winner	Finals result	Runners-up	Top Scorers (golden boot)	Goals
2012	Toofan Harirod F.C.	2–1	Simorgh Alborz F.C.	Hamidullah Karimi (Toofan Harirod F.C.)	9
2013	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	3–1 a.e.t.	Simorgh Alborz F.C.	Hamidullah Karimi (Toofan Harirod F.C.), Hashmatullah Barakzai (Shaheen Asmayee F.C.)	7
2014	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	3–2	Oqaban Hindukush F.C.	Mohammad Riza Rizayee (Oqaban Hindukush F.C.)	6
2015	De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C.	3–3 Penalties	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	Mustafa Afshar (De Maiwand Atalan F.C.)	5
2016	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	2–1 a.e.t	De Maiwand Atalan F.C.	Amrruddin Sharifi (Shaheen Asmayee F.C.)	6
2017	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	4–3 a.e.t.	De Maiwand Atalan F.C.	Amrruddin Sharifi (De Maiwand Atalan F.C.)	5
2018	Toofan Harirod F.C.	1–0 a.e.t.	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	Yar Mohammad Zakarkhel (Toofaan Harirod F.C.)
2019	Toofan Harirod F.C.	1–0 a.e.t.	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	Raoof Qaderi (Shaheen Asmayee F.C.)
2020	Shaheen Asmayee F.C.	1–0	Simorgh Alborz F.C.	Javid Mirzad (Oqaban Hindukush F.C.), Mostafa Rezaei (Simorgh Alborz F.C.)	3

League wins by club

Club	Wins	Winning years
Shaheen Asmayee	5	2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020
Toofan Harirod	3	2012, 2018, 2019
De Spin Ghar Bazan	1	2015

Clubs

2021 season (Safe Cup جام امن)

The following 6 clubs competed in the Premier League during 2021 season. In the 7th and final day of this competition, Shaheen Asmayee defeated Simorgh Alburz 2-0 and won the inaugural and only season of Safe Cup on 11 November 2021.

Club	Position in 2020 (group)	First season in Afghan Premier League	Seasons in Afghan Premier League	Most recent top division title	Stadium	Capacity
De Abasin Sape	3rd (A)	2012	8	—	Khost City Ground	18,000
De Maiwand Atalan	3rd (B)	2012	8	—	Kandahar Stadium	5,000
Oqaban Hindukush	4th (B)	2012	8	—	-	-
Shaheen Asmayee	1st (B)	2012	8	2020	Ghazi Stadium	25,000
Simorgh Alborz	2nd (B)	2012	8	—	-	-
Toofan Harirod	1st (A)	2012	8	2019	-	-

Media coverage

Private media group Moby Group has the official rights to cover all matches of the ACL. The matches are aired live on the company's two television channels in Afghanistan, namely TOLO and Lemar, and also offer live commentary on their radio stations, Arman FM and Arakozia FM. Matches are also available live on the league's official YouTube page.

Sponsorship

Roshan Telecom is the title sponsor of Afghan Champions League after which it is named as Roshan Afghan Premier League. Official Partners of Afghan Premier League are Afghanistan International Bank and Hummel International which provided kit for the teams.

See also

• Football in Afghanistan

External links

• RSSSF.com – Afghanistan – List of Champions