2015 Ghanaian Premier League

2015 First Capital Plus Bank Premier League
Season	2015
Champions	Ashanti Gold
Relegated	Brong Ahafo Stars ; Great Olympics ; Heart of Lions
Champions League	Ashanti Gold
Confederation Cup	Medeama
Matches played	240
Goals scored	507 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kofi Owusu (19)
Biggest home win	4 matches Asante Kotoko 4-0 Heart of Lions ; (29 April 2015) ; Hearts of Oak 4-0 Heart of Lions ; (22 July 2015) ; Heart of Lions 4-0 Brong Ahafo Stars ; (5 August 2015) ; Asante Kotoko 4-0 Aduana Stars ; (13 September 2015) ;
Biggest away win	2 matches Brong Ahafo Stars 0-2 Asante Kotoko ; (25 January 2015) ; Bechem 1-3 Asante Kotoko ; (22 March 2015) ;
Highest scoring	6 matches Berekum Chelsea 4-2 Hearts of Oak ; (21 January 2015) ; Berekum Chelsea 4-2 Bechem ; (11 February 2015) ; Great Olympics 4-2 Berekum Chelsea ; (5 August 2015) ; Asante Kotoko 4-2 Brong Ahafo Stars ; (16 August 2015) ; New Edubiase 4-2 Heart of Lions ; (13 September 2015) ; Bechem 4-2 Brong Ahafo Stars ; (13 September 2015) ;
Longest winning run	Ashanti Gold ; Inter Allies (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Asante Kotoko ; Inter Allies (8)
Longest winless run	Brong Ahafo Stars (16)
Longest losing run	Brong Ahafo Stars (4)
	← 2013–14 2016 →

The 2015 Ghanaian Premier League (known as the First Capital Plus Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons) 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). 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.

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