2015 Liberian First Division League

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LFA-Cellcom First Division
Season2015
Champions Nimba United
Relegated Monrovia Club Breweries
Matches played14
Goals scored47 (3.36 per match)
Biggest home winKeitrace FC 5–1 Aries FC
(13 June 2015)
Biggest away win NPA Anchors 1–4 Keitrace FC
(07 June 2015)
Highest scoringKeitrace FC 5–2 Aries FC
(13 June 2015)
Longest winning run2 games
Keitrace FC
LISCR F.C.
Longest unbeaten run3 games
Watanga
Longest winless run3 games
I.E.
Longest losing run2 games
Aries FC
2013-14
2015–16
All statistics correct as of 20 June 2015.
Note: Walkovers counted in matches played but not counted in goals scored.

The 2015 Liberian First Division League (known as the LFA-Cellcom First Division League for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the 42nd season of the Liberian Premier League, the Liberian professional league for association football clubs, since the league's establishment in 1956. The season began on 6 June 2015 and ended on 27 September 2015. [2]

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Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 9 sides from the 2013 season and three promoted from the 2013-2014 Second Division League. The teams are split up into two groups of six teams each.

Nimba United beat LISCR FC in the final. They earned the right to compete in the 2016 CAF Champions League. [2]

TeamLocation
Barrack Young Controllers Monrovia
Srimex FC Monrovia
FC Fassell Monrovia
Aries FC Monrovia
Keitrace FC Monrovia
LISCR FC Monrovia
LPRC Oilers Monrovia
Invincible Eleven Gbarnga
Monrovia Club Breweries Monrovia
Jubilee FC Monrovia
Nimba United Sanniquellie
NPA Anchors Monrovia
Watanga FC Monrovia



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