2015 FA Cup Final, Post-match
On Arsenal's victory parade after winning the final, Jack Wilshere led fans in a chant calling local rivals Tottenham Hotspur "shit". Having previously been warned after a similar chant in the previous season's victory parade, The Football Association charged him with misconduct. He admitted the charge, was fined £40,000 and was "severely warned as to his future conduct".


2015 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Following a change in UEFA rules, this was the first season where runners-up in cup competitions did not enter the Europa League if the winners had already qualified for Europe. Therefore, as Arsenal had already qualified for the Champions League by finishing third in the Premier League, the remaining Europa League place went to Southampton, the highest-placed Premier League team that had not qualified for any European competition. As winners, Arsenal played Chelsea, winners of the Premier League, in the 2015 FA Community Shield at Wembley.


2015 FA Trophy Final
The 2014–15 FA Trophy Final was the 46th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested between North Ferriby United of the Conference North (level 6) and Wrexham of the Conference Premier (level 5). Wrexham won the competition in 2013 while North Ferriby made their first final appearance, having never previously gone past the quarter-final stage.


2015 FA Vase Final
The 2014–15 FA Vase Final was the 41st final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9-11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between North Shields, of the Northern League Division 1 (level 9), and Glossop North End, of the North West Counties League Premier Division (level 9). North Shields won the final 2-1 after extra time.


2015 FA Vase Final, Route to the Final
With a maximum of 9 rounds needed to reach the Final, North Shields played in every round. They played five away ties and three home ties plus the semi-final round, winning each round without need of a replay. Glossop on the other hand only played in seven of the rounds, receiving a bye into the First Round Proper. They were drawn with four away ties and two home ties, although both later rounds required a replay to decide the winner.


2015 FA Vase Final, Route to the Final
This was North Shields' first visit to Wembley since 1969 when they won the FA Amateur Cup final. In comparison, Glossop were visiting the home of football for the second time in six years, having lost the 2009 FA Vase Final to another Northern League team, Whitley Bay.


2015 FA Vase Final, Build up
After a meeting at Wembley Stadium the week after the semi-finals, where both teams met with The Football Association to decide the choice of dressing rooms, the kit selections and TV rights, tickets for the final were released on sale on 1 April 2015, with Glossop and North Shields expecting to sell thousands of tickets compared with an average home crowds of 340 and 322 respectively.


2015 FA Vase Final, Build up
In the week before the final, Glossop trained at Everton's Finch Farm on the Sunday and at Arsenal's Training Centre on the Friday before the final. Glossop set up a club shop in their town to sell Wembley merchandise.


2015 FA WSL
The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.


2015 FA WSL
Liverpool were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL. Chelsea became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2015 FA WSL
This was the second season since the WSL 2 was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the WSL 1 will increase to nine teams for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team (Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from Premier League to WSL 2.


2015 FA WSL, Background
In December 2014, the FA WSL announced a two-year plan to expand WSL 1 from an eight to 10-team league. Two teams will be promoted from WSL 2, while one team will be relegated to WSL 2. Also, for the first time, a team from the FA Women's Premier League earned promotion to WSL 2, effectively connecting the WSL to the rest of the English women's football pyramid.


2015 FA WSL, Background
This will leave WSL 1 with nine teams and WSL 2 with 10 teams for the 2016 season, and with the process repeated the following year, both WSL 1 and WSL 2 will have 10 teams each for the 2017 season.


2015 FA WSL, Teams, FA WSL 1 Transfers
* Natasha Harding was supposed to join American team Washington Spirit, as she was denied a visa, she joined Manchester City instead.


2015 FA WSL, WSL 1
Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated.


2015 FA WSL, WSL Cup
All WSL 1 and WSL 2 teams take part. In addition to last season a quarter-final stage was added to the knock-out stage. The first match was played on 21 July 2015, after the WSL break for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.


2015 FA WSL, WSL Cup, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals
Reading are the only WSL 2 team to progress from the group stages. The quarter-finals were drawn on 1 September 2015.


2015 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2015 FA Women's Cup Final was the 45th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 22nd to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final for sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Chelsea Ladies and Notts County Ladies on 1 August 2015 at Wembley Stadium in London. Chelsea made its second final appearance, after losing the 2012 final. Notts County appeared in its first ever final.


2015 FA Women's Cup Final
The match was the first women's final to be staged at Wembley Stadium. Watched by a record crowd of 30,710 and a BBC television audience of nearly two million, Chelsea won the match 1–0, with a first-half goal from Ji So-yun. Chelsea's Eniola Aluko was named player of the match.


2015 FA Women's Cup Final, Route to the final
As FA WSL 1 clubs, both teams entered the competition at the fifth round stage. Chelsea beat Watford (6–0), holders Arsenal (2–1) and Manchester City (1–0) to reach the final. Notts County faced lower-division opponents in all three games, defeating Tottenham Hotspur (4–0), Aston Villa (5–1) and Everton (3–0).


2015 FA Women's Cup Final, Route to the final
The 2015 final marked the second time Chelsea had reached this stage, after losing in 2012 in a penalty shootout against Birmingham City. Notts County had never previously appeared in the final, since its founding in 2014 or as its predecessor Lincoln Ladies.


2015 FA Women's Cup Final, Match
After a quiet start to the game, Chelsea winger Eniola Aluko applied the first serious pressure of the game with a shot at the 30th minute. A second soon after was deflected by Notts County's goalkeeper Carly Telford. The resulting corner setup Gemma Davison for a shot which went wide. In the 37th minute, Aluko found centre forward Ji So-yun inside the box and set her up for a short range goal. Notts County came back on the attack after the half.


2015 FA Women's Cup Final, Match
A long-range shot from midfielder Desiree Scott was deflected and a header by Leanne Crichton in the resulting corner was narrowly cleared off the line. Chelsea hunted for a second goal but Aluko had another shot deflected while midfielder Drew Spence sent a shot wide. In the end So-yun's lone goal proved enough and Chelsea won 1–0.


2015 FAI Cup
The 2015 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2015 FAI Irish Daily Mail Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 95th season of the national football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015 FAI Cup
A total of 40 teams competed in the 2015 competition, which commenced in March 2015. The teams entered from the 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division received byes into the second round stage. Four non-league clubs also received byes to the second round. The remaining 12 teams entered at the first round stage. These non-league teams are composed of the sixteen clubs, which reached the fourth round of the 2014–15 FAI Intermediate Cup, and the semi-finalists of the FAI Junior Cup in 2014–15.


2015 FAI Cup
Dundalk won the cup after a 1–0 win against Cork City in the final on 8 November.


2015 FAI Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round of the FAI Cup was made on 7 April 2015 at Abbotstown by FAI President Tony Fitzgerald and Brendan Clarke. 20 intermediate and junior clubs were present in the draw.


2015 FAI Cup, Second round
The draw for the Second Round of the FAI Cup was made on 6 May 2015 at the Aviva Stadium by Paul McGrath and FAI President Tony Fitzgerald and contained 32 teams, with the 20 League of Ireland teams entering the competition. Ties played on the weekend ending 31 May 2015.


2015 FAI Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round took place in Sligo on July 17 and was made by Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill and FAI president Tony Fitzgerald. Fixtures were played on the weekend of August 23.


2015 FAI Cup, Quarter Final
The draw for the Quarter Finals of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup were made on August 23 with Irish under 21 manager Noel King and FAI Director of Competitions Fran Gavin overseeing proceedings. Ties were played on Friday September 11. The draw featured 6 League of Ireland Premier Division teams and 2 non-league sides.


2015 FAI Cup, Semi finals
The draw was made by former Republic of Ireland international Keith Fahey, who was a member of the St Patrick’s Athletic team that won the trophy in 2014, and Fran Gavin, Director of Competitions at the Football Association of Ireland. The draw was broadcast live on RTE Radio One’s Morning Ireland programme and also on RTE News Now. On Friday, October 2 Dundalk defeated Longford Town 2 - 0. Cork City defeated Bray Wanderers 1-0 on Sunday, October 4. The match was broadcast live on RTÉ2.


2015 FAI Cup Final
The 2015 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2015 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 8 November 2015 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin,  and was contested between Cork City and Dundalk. Dundalk were looking to achieve the Double, having already won the league title.


2015 FAI Cup Final
The match was broadcast live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide.


2015 FAI Cup Final
The match finished scoreless in normal time, but a goal from Richie Towell in extra-time, from a Daryl Horgan pass, was enough to win the Cup for Dundalk for a tenth time. With the win, Dundalk claimed their third league and cup double.


2015 FAM Women's Football Championship
The 2015 FAM Women's Football Championship, is the third season of the FAM Women's Football Championship. The competition will begin on 24 May 2015.


2015 FAM Women's Football Championship, Participation
The Football Association of Maldives announced the chances to participate in the 2015 Women's Championship on 15 April 2015. The due date to participate in the competition is 14:30 (UTC+05:00), 30 April 2015.


2015 FAMAS Awards
The 63rd Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater inside the Resorts World Manila in Pasay on September 20, 2015 with the theme "Throwback Glam Day, A Look Back At Six Glorious Decades of Philippine Cinema". The awards night was hosted by Sam Concepcion and Coleen Garcia, it was aired on ABS-CBN's "Sunday's Best" at 11:30pm on September 27, 2015.


2015 FBD Insurance League
The 2015 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and colleges Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. As well as the five county teams, three colleges' teams competed: Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). Roscommon won.


2015 FBD Insurance League, Format
The teams are drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners play in the final.


2015 FBD Insurance League, Results, Group A
Roscommon are placed ahead of Mayo as they won the head-to-head game between the teams.


2015 FC Aktobe season
The 2015 FC Aktobe season is the 15th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.


2015 FC Aktobe season, Squad
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2015 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Astana season
The 2015 FC Astana season is the seventh successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League Champions, having been crowned Champions for the first time the previous season. They will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Champions League, entering at the Second Qualifying Stage.


2015 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Atyrau season
The 2015 FC Atyrau season is the 15th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan.


2015 FC Atyrau season, Squad
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2015 FC Atyrau season, Squad, Reserve team
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2015 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC BATE Borisov season
The 2015 FC BATE Borisov season is the club's 28th season of existence and their 18th consecutive season in the Belarusian Premier League. BATE Borisov entered the season as the league's 10-time defending champions. Beyond the Premier League, BATE Borisov is participating in the UEFA Champions League and the Belarusian Cup.


2015 FC BATE Borisov season
The most notable accomplishment by the club this season was their domestic double, and reaching the UEFA Champions League group stage for the second time in their history. It was the also the second time a Belarusian football club reached the group stage of the Champions League. In their domestic league, Borisov went 11 matches before conceding a goal.


2015 FC BATE Borisov season, Competitive, Belarusian Cup, 2014–15
All previous rounds were played during the 2014 FC BATE Borisov season.


2015 FC BATE Borisov season, Competitive, Belarusian Cup, 2015–16
The first match will be played in late November 2015


2015 FC Barcelona presidential election
The 2015 FC Barcelona presidential election was the thirteenth FC Barcelona presidential election, held on Saturday, July 18, 2015. The interim president Josep Maria Bartomeu's candidacy got re-elected by defeating the three other main challengers: Joan Laporta, former President of the club, Toni Freixa, a former executive, and Agustí Benedito, an entrepreneur. The voters of the election were the 109,637 FC Barcelona socis (members) at the Camp Nou, who voted through a universal suffrage system and elected their new president for 6 years. The final turnout was 43,12%, a decrease of a 5% since the last election.


2015 FC Barcelona presidential election, Candidacies
There were 7 pre-candidacies: Josep Maria Bartomeu, Agustí Benedito, Jordi Farré, Toni Freixa, Joan Laporta, Jordi Majó, and Joan Batiste. Even when the club has more than 140,000 members, the only people who could vote were the 109,637 members who had the age to do so. Each candidate had to get 2,534 butlletes de suport (support tickets) before July 4th. As the day arrived, Josep Maria Bartomeu, Joan Laporta, Toni Freixa and Agustí Benedito were able to collect the tickets, effectively making them formal and official candidates to the presidency.


2015 FC Barcelona presidential election, Results
With the final participation of 47,270 socis (43,12% of the census), Josep Maria Bartomeu got 25,823 votes (54,63%) and won the election, Joan Laporta got 15,615 votes (33,03%), and finally Agustí Benedito with 3,386 votes (7,16%) and Toni Freixa with 1,750 votes (3,70%).


2015 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2015 season is Bunyodkors 9th season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan.


2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Players, Squad
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2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Players, Reserve squad
The following players are listed as reserve players to play in 2015 Uzbek Youth League. They are registered for 2015 Uzbek League and are eligible to play for the first team.


2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Players, Reserve squad
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2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter 2014–15
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2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter 2014–15
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2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer 2015
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2015 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer 2015
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2015 FC Dallas season
The 2015 FC Dallas season is the club's 20th season in existence in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. Including the Dallas Tornado soccer franchise of the original NASL, this is the 35th season of professional soccer in Dallas. The season saw the team finish first in the Western Conference in the regular season for just the second time ever.


2015 FC Dallas season, Transfers, Roster
As of July 22, 2015. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Dallas season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
FC Dallas entered the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.


2015 FC Edmonton season
The 2015 FC Edmonton season was the club's fifth season at the professional level in the North American Soccer League.


2015 FC Goa season
The 2015 season was FC Goa's second season in existence in the Indian Super League.


2015 FC Goa season, Background
Brazil's No 10 Zico returned as FC Goa manager for the Indian Super League's second season. Former Brazil skipper and World Cup winner Lucio has signed up as FC Goa's marquee player for the second season. Players retained in the team include- Domestic: Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai, Laxmikant Kattimani, Narayan Das, Debabrata Roy, Bikramjit Singh. International: Gregory Arnolin (FRA). Players from the open market include- Domestic: Pronay Halder, C S Sabeeth, Denson Devadas, Joaquim Abranches, Raju Gaikwad, Keenan Almeida, Nicolau Colaco, Luis Barreto. International: Jofre Mateu González (ESP), Lucio (BRA), Elinton Andrade (BRA), Reinaldo Da Cruz Oliveira (BRA), Victor Simões de Oliveira (BRA), Jonatan Lucca (BRA), Léo Moura (BRA). Players selected from draft include forwards Victorino Fernandes and Thongkhosiem Haokip.


2015 FC Goa season, Background
FC Goa will play its opening match on its home turf on 4 October with the Delhi Dynamos FC.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
4 October: FC Goa rode on two first half goalsscored by Mandar Rao Dessai (3’) andReinaldo da Cruz Oliveira (45+3’) to beat DelhiDynamos FC in their opening fixture of theleague stage that began with three back toback matches at their home fortress. 7 October: FC Goa came back brilliantly tohold Atletico de Kokata to a 1–1 draw asKeenan Almeida (82’) scored a stunner afterArata Izumi (13’) had given Antonio LopesHabas’ side the lead in a fiery tie that saw thesending off of Baljit Sahni (62’). 11 October: A result to forget was the firstdefeat in this season.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
FC Goa went down to4–0 defeat at the hands of Chennaiyin FC inMatch 9 where Elano Blumer, who scored inthe 43rd minute, assisted two of StivenMendoza’s goals in the Colombian’s hat-trick(10’, 63’, 75’). 15 October: The Gaurs got their ISL campaignback on track with an emphatic 3–1 victoryover NorthEast United FC at the Indira GandhiAthletic Stadium in Guwahati. After FrancisDadzie scored the 12th-minute opener,Jonatan Lucca (27’), Reinaldo (30’) andMandar (70’) completed the comeback for FCGoa.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
22 October: FC Goa came from behind onceagain and reclaimed the top spot with a 2–1win over Kerala Blasters FC as Leo Moura(45+1’) cancelled Mohammed Rafi’s 24th-minute lead while Gregory Arnolin sealed thevictory in the 84th minute. 25 October: The winning run came to a haltafter Mumbai City FC registered a 2–0 winover the league leaders in Mumbai. In whatwas FC Goa striker Darryl Duffy’s last match ofthe season where the Scot was ruled out dueto a hairline fracture, Sunil Chhetri’s penalty(33’) and Frederic Piquonne’s header (49’)were enough to give the home team all threepoints.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
30 October: The Virat Kohli co-owned FC Goaremained afloat in the top half with a 1–1draw against FC Pune City in which an owngoal scored by Roger Johnson (46’) wascancelled by Eugeneson Lyngdoh in the 64thminute. 5 November: FC Goa gifted Virat Kohli with a2–0 win over Chennaiyin FC. On his debut,Rafael Coelho Luiz won both the penalties thatwere converted by Leo Moura (64’) andJonatan Lucca (78’) as the Gaurs recordedtheir second away win of the season.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
Harmanjot Khabra was sent off in the 89thminute wherein the Chennaiyin player put hisstuds on Moura’s right leg. 8 November: As it almost looked as a win forthe league leaders, Adrian Mutu (90+4’)handed the Goan franchise with aheartbreaker at the death. In the thrilling roundnine clash, Eugeneson Lyngdoh had baggedthe opener in the 32nd minute. Rafael (34’)and Jonatan Lucca (44’) brought FC Goa backinto the game but for the unthinkable tohappen at the last minute. 17 November: FC Goa hammered Mumbai CityFC 7–0 to record the biggest victory in thehistory of the competition.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
ThongkhosiemHaokip (34’, 52’, 79’) and Dudu Omagbemi(42’, 64’, 67’) scored more than just their firstgoals in FC Goa colours, with former baggingthe 100th goal in the ISL 2015, while Reinaldo(90’) scored his third of the season. 22 November: FC Goa have not only remainedwinless against Atletico de Kolkata but alsolost 4–0 to the ISL 2014 champions. SameehgDoutie (20’, 78’), Borja Fernandez (22’) andIain Hume (68’) were the scorers for thisseason’s semifinalists.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
25 November: It was the last home match ofthe season for FC Goa in the league stagewhere Zico’s troops came from behind to holdNorthEast United FC 1–1 and Leo Mourabagged the “DHL winning pass” award for themost number of assists (6, now 8) providedfor his side in the ISL this year. VictorMendy’s 56th-minute goal was cancelled byReinaldo in the 80th minute. 29 November: FC Goa blasted their way intosemifinals thrashing Kerala Blasters FC 5–1. The Blasters’ second-minute lead scored byVictor Herrero Forcada was annulled by JofreMateu Gonzalez in the 12th minute.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
The Gaursalso had their third hat-trick hero in Reinaldoda Cruz Oliveira (29’, 50’, 61’) while MandarRao Dessai (64’) joined the party to ensure acomfortable win. The home team had to playthe second half with 10 men following thesending off of Josu Carrias. 6 December: Having already made it to thefinal four, FC Goa rallied back from two goalsdown at half-time to beat Delhi Dynamos FC3–2 in an exciting clash and finished on top ofthe standings at the end of the league stage,drawing the same opponents in thesemifinals.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
Serginho Green (31’) and Adil Nabi(40’) gave the Lions a 2–0 lead in the first halfbut the away team scored three goals in thesecond half via a brace scored by RomeoFernandes (68’, 69’) and Jofre MateuGonzalez (90’) to snatch all three points. 11 December: FC Goa succumbed a 1–0 lossto Delhi Dynamos FC in the first leg of thesemifinals in Delhi. Robin Singh’s 42nd-minutegoal made the difference as the two teamsheaded into the second leg of the semifinalsin Goa on 15 December with the Delhifranchise leading 1–0 on aggregate.


2015 FC Goa season, Season Summary
15 December: FC Goa scripted their maidenfinal appearance crushing Delhi Dynamos FC3–0 in the second leg of their semifinal. JofreMateu Gonzalez (11’), Rafael Coelho Luiz (27’)and Dudu Omagbemi (84’) were thegoalscoring heroes for the Goan franchisewho were backed by a deafening homesupport. Adil Nabi was given the marchingorders by referee Pranjal Banerjee due to theDelhi player’s indiscipline on the bench afterhe was already substituted.


2015 FC Goa season, Transfers
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2015 FC Goa season, Transfers
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2015 FC Goa season, Players and Staff, Current squad
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2015 FC Goa season, Players and Staff, Injured
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season
The 2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season is the 24th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Irtysh will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Season events
On 8 May, following the club's fifth defeat of the season, manager Dmitri Cheryshev was sacked and Sergey Klimov appointed as caretaker manager. Dimitar Dimitrov was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 1 June.


2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Squad
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Istiklol season
The FC Istiklol 2015 season is Istiklol's seventh Tajik League season. They are the current defending Champions in the Tajik League, Tajik Cup and Tajik Supercup having completed a Domestic Treble during the 2014 season. They will also participate in the AFC Cup for the first time, entering at the group stage.


2015 FC Istiklol season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Kairat season
The 2015 FC Kairat season is the 5th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. As reigning Kazakhstan Cup champions, Kairat participated in the Kazakhstan Super Cup, where they lost to FC Astana on penalties. They will also play in the Europa League.


2015 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kaisar season
The 2015 FC Kaisar season is the club's fifth season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 20th in total. Kaisar will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Kaisar season
In July Dmitriy Ogai resigned, with Fyodor Shcherbachenko appointed as his successor on 6 August.


2015 FC Kaisar season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kaisar season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kaisar season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kaisar season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kaisar season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kansas City season
The 2015 season was FC Kansas City's third season of existence. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.


2015 FC Kansas City season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Kansas City season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper


2015 FC Okzhetpes season
The 2015 FC Okzhetpes season is the club's first season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 19th in total. Okzhetpes will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Okzhetpes season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season
The 2015 FC Ordabasy season is their 13th season in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, following their promotion from to the Kazakhstan First Division in 2003. Ordabasy will also play in the UEFA Europa League and Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Pune City season
The 2015 Season is Pune City's 2nd season in existence in the Indian Super League.


2015 FC Pune City season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Pune City season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Pune City season, Players and staff, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Seoul season
The 2015 season is FC Seoul's 32nd season in the K League Classic


2015 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
※ In : Transferred from other teams in the middle of season. ※ Out : Transferred to other teams in the middle of season. ※ Discharged : Transferred from Sangju Sangmu and Ansan Police for military service in the middle of season. (Registered in 2015 season)※ Conscripted : Transferred to Sangju Sangmu and Ansan Police for military service after end of season.


2015 FC Seoul season, Transfers, In, Rookie Draft & Free Agent
(1) 우선지명 : 각 구단 유소년 클럽 출신 선수들에 대해 4명까지 우선 지명(2) 일반지명 : 1순위에서 6순위까지 추첨순서에서 의해서 지명하며 유소년클럽 출신에 대한000우선지명이 3순위 지명권에 해당되며 구단 사정에 따라 지명권을 행사 안 할 수 있음 (3) 번외지명 : 6순위까지 끝나고 번외로 다시 6순위까지 선수 지명(4) 추가지명 : 드래프트에서 미선발된 선수들에 한하여 2월말까지 구단 자율적으로 지명


2015 FC Seoul season, Technical report, Starting 11 & Formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 3–5–2 formation.


2015 FC Seoul season, Technical report, Starting 11 & Formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2015 FC Seoul season, Technical report, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
The 2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season is the 24th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter Karagandy will also be participating in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Season events
Manager Vladimir Cheburin resigned on 6 May, with Yevgeni Sveshnikov being appointed as caretaker manager. On 5 June Sveshnikov was released from his managerial duties, with Ihor Zakhariak being appointed in his place.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season
The 2015 FC Taraz season is the 7th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 22nd in total. Taraz will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League as well as the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Taraz season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season
The 2015 FC Tobol season is the 17th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Tobol season
Vardan Minasyan was sacked as the club's manager on 16 April 2015, with Sergei Kostanay taking over in a caretaker capacity.


2015 FC Tobol season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season
The 2015 FC Tokyo season was the club's 15th season and the fourth consecutive in the top division of Japanese football. It was Massimo Ficcadenti's second season as manager.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Tokyo season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Zhetysu season
The 2015 FC Zhetysu season is the 9th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 19th in total. Zhetysu will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2015 FC Zhetysu season
Askar Kozhabergenov resigned as the club's manager on 20 April 2015, with Ivan Azovskiy taking over in a caretaker capacity. On 28 May, Azovskiy was appointed as the club's permanent manager.


2015 FC Zhetysu season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 FDJ season
The 2014 season for FDJ began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)
The 2015 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas will held between April 15 to April 19, 2015. It will be the final of the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup series. The finals will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center. For the first time since 2009 Show Jumping and Dressage World Cup Finals will be held in the United States.


2015 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Dressage, Qualification
* qualified on reallocation** received a wild card after Valentina Truppa withdrew


2015 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Show jumping, Qualification
* extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final). * * qualified on reallocation


2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The 2015 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball team represents Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 78th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws are led by their third year coach Nash Racela.


2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The Tamaraws won the UAAP Season 78 finals after defeating the UST Growling Tigers in 3 games, their first title since 2005 and 20th title overall. It is also the final season for 6 players, namely Mike Tolomia, Mike Belo, Roger Pogoy, Russel Escoto, Achie Inigo and Alfrancis Tamsi.


2015 FFA Cup
The 2015 FFA Cup was the second season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams began competition in the competition proper (from the Round of 32), including all 10 A-League teams, the reigning National Premier Leagues Champion (North Eastern MetroStars from South Australia), and 21 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state-based preliminary rounds. 2015 marks the first season in which teams from all nine FFA member federations participate, with the Northern Territory participating for the first time.


2015 FFA Cup
Football Federation Australia announced in February 2015 that most of the games from the Round of 32 onwards would be played on a Tuesday or Wednesday, with the final held on Saturday 7 November.


2015 FFA Cup
The winner of the FFA Cup, Melbourne Victory, received $50,000 as part of a total prize money pool of $131,000. The defending champions, Adelaide United, were knocked out in the Quarter-Final stage of the competition.


2015 FFA Cup, Prize fund
In addition, a further $2,500 was donated from sponsor NAB to Member Federation clubs for each goal scored by them against an A-League opposition. Three clubs received donations – Rockdale City Suns ($5,000), Darwin Olympic ($2,500) and Edgeworth FC ($2,500).


2015 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
FFA member federations teams competed in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 21 places in the competition proper (Round of 32). All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation; however, only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition. All nine FFA member federations took part in the tournament, with the Northern Territory participating for the first time. Player registration numbers in each jurisdiction were used to determine the number of qualifying teams for each member federation:


2015 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
Unlike the previous season, this competition's preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition were staggered in each state or territory, ultimately leading to a seventh and final round, with the winning clubs from that round gaining direct entry into the round of 32. The first matches of the preliminary rounds began on 14 February 2015, and the final matches of the preliminary rounds took place on 28 June 2015.


2015 FFA Cup, Teams
A total of 32 teams participated in the 2015 FFA Cup competition proper, ten of which came from the A-League, one the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion (North Eastern MetroStars from South Australia), and the remaining 21 teams from FFA member federations, as determined by the preliminary rounds. A-League clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas member federation clubs come from Level 2 and below. The current season tier of member federation clubs is shown in parentheses.


2015 FFA Cup, Draw
As with the previous season, teams were allocated into one of three pots for the FFA Cup Round of 32 draw. Pot A included the four A-League teams to reach the semi-finals of the 2014–15 A-League finals series (Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC, Adelaide United and Melbourne City), Pot B included the remaining six A-League teams, and Pot C contained the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion and the 21 member federation teams which qualified via the preliminary rounds. Teams were drawn randomly into pre-determined positions. For the Round of 16, Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, teams were allocated into two pots: The remaining A-League teams  into one pot, and the remaining member federation teams into the other. In each draw, teams were drawn randomly into pre-determined positions.


2015 FFA Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 draw took place on 1 July 2015. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round were the Balmain Tigers. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 draw took place on 12 August 2015. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round were the Queensland Lions. They were the only level 3 team left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-final draw took place on 1 September. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Heidelberg United, Hume City and Oakleigh Cannons. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup, Semi-finals
The Semi-final draw took place on 29 September. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Hume City, who were the only level 2 team left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup, Broadcasting rights
The live television rights for the competition were held by the subscription network Fox Sports, who broadcast 11 games live, with live updates and crosses from a single camera at the concurrent matches for goals and highlights. Games not broadcast on Fox Sports were streamed live via their online services. These matches were televised live by Fox Sports:


2015 FFA Cup Final
The 2015 FFA Cup Final was the 2nd final of the premier association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The match was held on 7 November 2015 at AAMI Park. The final was held on a Saturday night for the first time. Adelaide United were the defending champions, though they were knocked out of the competition at the Quarter-Final stage by rivals Melbourne Victory.


2015 FFA Cup Final
Perth Glory qualified for the FFA Cup Final on 21 October 2015, with a 3–1 victory over Melbourne City at Nib Stadium. Melbourne Victory qualified for the FFA Cup Final on 28 October 2015, with a 3–0 victory over Hume City at AAMI Park.


2015 FFA Cup Final
Melbourne Victory won the match 2–0, with goals from Oliver Bozanic and Besart Berisha.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Venue
On 27 October 2015, Football Federation Australia announced the 2015 FFA Cup Final would be held at either AAMI Park in Melbourne or Perth’s nib Stadium. The choice of venue depended on the result of the second semi-final match between Hume City and Melbourne Victory. If Melbourne Victory defeat Hume City, the 2015 Final would be held at AAMI Park. A Hume City win would see the other successful semi-finalist, Perth Glory, host event at nib Stadium. Melbourne Victory's win confirmed the Final venue to be AAMI Park.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Venue
The home ground of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City since its opening in 2010, AAMI Park holds a capacity crowd of 30,050 which makes it the largest capacity rectangular field venue in Victoria. The stadium was one of five host venues for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Melbourne Victory and Perth Glory were among 648 teams who entered the inaugural FFA Cup competition, and as A-League clubs, both entered the tournament in the Round of 32.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Melbourne Victory's first match was an away win 6–0 over fourth-tier Balmain Tigers at Sydney's Leichhardt Oval. Victory were then pushed to a narrow 3–2 win over Rockdale City Suns. After two consecutive away games, Victory defeated reigning FFA Cup winners Adelaide United 3–1, before a 3–0 win over the last non-A-League club Hume City.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Perth Glory began their FFA Cup campaign with a 4–3 penalty shootout win over the Newcastle Jets at Magic Park, after a 1–1 draw in normal time, 2–2 after extra time. They then achieved a 1–0 extra time victory over the Queensland Lions, and a 4–2 penalty shootout victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers after a 1–1 draw in normal time, and subsequently qualified for the FFA Cup Final on 21 October 2015, with a 3–1 victory over Melbourne City at nib Stadium.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Melbourne Victory were dominant at the beginning of the first half. The home side had the ball in the back of net by the 16th minute courtesy of a strike by New Zealand international Kosta Barbarouses, although the effort was disallowed as Victory defender Matthieu Delpierre was offside. Victory went ahead in the 35th minute, when Oliver Bozanic was on hand after build up on the right from Jason Geria and Barbarouses. Melbourne doubled the advantage seven minutes later with Carl Valeri playing a through-ball into the path of striker Besart Berisha, whose first touch took him past the final defender and then fired the ball across Perth Glory keeper Ante Covic and inside the left post.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Perth started the second half with the majority of possession and almost halved the deficit within four minutes when Diogo Ferreira slammed a shot into the right-hand upright. In the 61st minute, Richard Garcia's first-time effort flew over the crossbar. Perth had most of the scoring chances in the second half without being able to convert any of them. Victory were forced to play the last eight minutes with 10 men after Valeri was sent off for a second bookable offence - a foul on Dino Djulbic.


2015 FFA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Luke BrennanBrad HobsonFourth official:Nathan MacDonaldAdditional assistant referees:Jarred GillettAdam Fielding


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
The 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were a qualifying competition to decide 21 of the 32 teams which will take part in the 2015 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion (North Eastern MetroStars SC). The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition was staggered in each state/territory, with the winning clubs from Round 7 of the preliminary rounds in each member federation gaining direct entry into the Round of 32. All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition. Teams from the Northern Territory competed in this competition for the first time.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Schedule
The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, are as follows.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Format
The preliminary rounds structure were as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system :


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Format
Note: North Eastern MetroStars SC also participated in some of the South Australian qualifying rounds, which were also part of the FFSA Federation Cup competition. MetroStars are not counted as a qualifier, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2014 National Premier Leagues champions.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Fourth Round
295 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including approximately 200 qualifiers from the previous round and 100 entering at this stage from the NPL ACT (2), NPL NSW 1 (2), NPL VIC (2), NPL WA (2), NPL NSW 2 (3), NPL TAS (2) and the NPL VIC 1 West and East (3). The Northern Tasmanian champions (3) and Southern Tasmanian champions (3) also entered this round. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Central Sydney Wolves and Werrington FC. They were the only level 9 teams left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Fifth Round
164 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including 148 qualifiers from the previous round and 16 entering at this stage (11 from the NPL QLD (2), 4 from the Football in Central Australia League (2) and the 2014 ACT Federation Cup champion (2)). The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was North Epping Rangers, the only level 7 team left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Sixth Round
A total of 84 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 42 victorious teams in this round qualified for the Seventh Round. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Caulfield United Cobras, Kenthurst and District, Wollongong United and Yagoona Lions. They were the only level 6 teams left in the competition.


2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Seventh Round
A total of 42 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 21 victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2015 FFA Cup Round of 32. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Gwelup Croatia and Prospect United. They were the only level 5 teams left in the competition.


2015 FFAS Senior League
The 2015 season of the FFAS Senior League Division 1 was the thirty-fifth season of association football competition in American Samoa.


2015 FFAS Senior League, Format
Six teams competed in the league. The top team became the champion.


2015 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2015 season was the third season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of two divisions across the State of South Australia. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2015.


2015 FFSA season, League tables, 2015 National Premier Leagues SA
The National Premier League South Australia 2015 season was played over 26 rounds, from February to August 2015.


2015 FFSA season, League tables, 2015 NPL State League
The 2015 NPL State League was the third edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 16 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 30 rounds, with the league and playoff winners at the end of the year promoted to the 2016 National Premier Leagues South Australia.


2015 FFSA season, League tables, 2015 Women's Premier League
This was the last season of the Premier League format before the introduction of the NPL. The 9 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 16 games.


2015 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2015 Federation Cup
South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1 and State League 2.


2015 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2015 Federation Cup
The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2015 FFA Cup. In addition to the Croydon Kings, North Eastern MetroStars (as the 2014 National Premier Leagues Champion), and the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2015 FG415
2015 FG415 is a trans-Neptunian object from the scattered disc, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 17 March 2015, by American astronomer Scott Sheppard at the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, and received the provisional designation 2015 FG415. As of 2021, it is the 9th-most-distant object from the Sun at 87.2 AU and measures approximately 280 kilometers (170 miles) in diameter.


2015 FG415, Orbit and classification
2015 FG415 orbits the Sun at a distance of 36.0–91.9 AU once every 511 years and 7 months (186,866 days; semi-major axis of 63.97 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.44 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.


2015 FG415, Orbit and classification
It is classified as a scattered disc object, or "near-scattered" in the classification of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, that still interacts gravitationally with Neptune (30.1 AU) due to its relatively low perihelion of 36.0 AU, contrary to the extended-scattered/detached objects and sednoids which never approach Neptune as close.


2015 FG415, Orbit and classification, Most distant objects from the Sun
2015 FG415 will come to perihelion in 2209, moving towards the Sun, currently located at a distance of 87.2 AU, which makes it the 9th-most-distant known minor planet in the Solar System, after 2018 AG37, 2018 VG18, 2020 FY30, 2020 FA31, Eris, 2015 TH367, 2014 UZ224, and Gonggong, (also see List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun § Known distant objects).


2015 FG415, Physical characteristics
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2015 FG415 measures approximately 280 kilometers (170 miles) in diameter, for an assumed albedo of 0.9 with an absolute magnitude of 6.0. Mike Brown considers this object to be a weak dwarf planet candidate ("possibly") estimating a mean-diameter of 277 km (170 mi). As of 2021, no rotational lightcurve for this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2015 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2015 FIA Alternative Energies Cup is the ninth season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.


2015 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
For the final classifications of the Cup the sum of up to three best results for each Category or amalgamated Category of vehicles will be taken into account.


2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
The 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 23rd season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.


2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2015 season features ten rallies. Some of the rallies are also part of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.


2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four events are worth 60 points for the winner.


2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Championship standings
In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally/baja entered.


2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Any driver is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.


2015 FIA European Rallycross Championship
The 2015 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the thirty-ninth season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consisted of five rounds, commencing on 16 May with the Belgian round at Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, and culminating on 18 October, in Italy at Franciacorta.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that was held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship .


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Esteban Ocon was the reigning drivers' champion, but he did not defend his title as he moved across to the GP3 Series. His team, Prema Powerteam, was the defending winners of the teams' championship.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Drivers and teams
The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete during the 2015 season:


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Calendar
A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 4 December 2014. The series will return to Zandvoort (replacing the Hungaroring) after a one-year absence, while the Italian round has been moved from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari to Monza, still supporting the Italian GT Championship. On 3 May 2015, was announced that round at Moscow Raceway will be changed to Algarve International Circuit.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
The second and third races at Monza (both for safety car incidents) and the third race at Spielberg (rain) were red-flagged after three laps were completed, but before 75% of the scheduled distance in laps, the necessary distance required for a race to pay full points. All three races paid half points to all classified finishers.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
At Monza, the second race was red-flagged on Lap 14 of 19, with 2:20 remaining in the 35-minute race, as the Safety Car would have resulted in the race ending under caution because of multiple Safety Car periods caused by incidents. The excessive number of incidents during the race resulted in a warning by officials during the drivers' meeting of proper driver conduct before the start of the third race. A start crash involving Ryan Tveter and Fabian Schiller resulted in officials imposing an ultimatum that drivers be on their best behaviour or the race would be abandoned.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
On lap six Lance Stroll and Mikkel Jensen collided causing the race to be red-flagged three laps later. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points. Rosenqvist won all three of the Monza races, but expressed frustration with the driving standards on display.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
At Spielberg, the third race ended due to early torrential rain.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.


2015 FIA GT World Cup
The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time overall that Grand Touring (GT) sports car machinery competed in the autonomous territory of Macau. It was held in the streets of the city on 22 November and was contested as a non-championship race as part of the GT Asia Series in GT3-specification cars. The event promoter, the Automobile General Association Macau-China, appointed the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to help bring a grid together. The race itself was made up of two races: a 12-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the 14-lap main race.


2015 FIA GT World Cup
The main race was won by Mercedes AMG Driving Academy driver Maro Engel from pole position, having won the Qualification Race the previous afternoon after the on the road victor Edoardo Mortara was penalised ten seconds for brake testing him. Mortara accelerated faster than Engel at the rolling start before he lost the lead back to the former soon later. Engel then led for the rest of the race which ended two laps early due to a multi-car accident behind the safety car and the result was counted back two laps. Second place went to the highest-placed Audi R8 LMS of René Rast, while the podium was completed by Stefan Mücke in the Craft-Bamboo Racing entered Aston Martin Vantage V12.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Entry list and rules
In order to compete in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, drivers had to compete in a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship based on GT3 regulations. On 11 September 2015, Audi, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren and Porsche were announced as the five manufacturers that had been accepted to partake in the event and was open to any model of car meeting GT3 rules.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Entry list and rules
Manufacturers were permitted to enter up to three drivers through privateer teams, and the teams that represented the manufacturers were allowed to field both gold and platinum ranked drivers; bronze and silver rated entrants were eligible on a case by case basis at the discretion of the FIA GT World Cup Committee. The entry list for the FIA GT World Cup was released on 7 October 2015.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Entry list and rules
A total of 22 drivers were featured in the initial list of entries which included 2014 Macau GT Cup race winner Maro Engel, two-time Macau Grand Prix victor Edoardo Mortara and the 24 Hours of Le Mans co-winner Earl Bamber. World Endurance Championship competitor René Rast was called up to drive for Audi as a late replacement for Laurens Vanthoor who withdrew from the race on doctor's orders after injuring his hip at the Blancpain Sprint Series round at the Misano World Circuit.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Background
The 2015 FIA GT World Cup was the inaugural running of the event and the eighth time that Grand Touring (GT) cars had competed in Macau. It took place at the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 22 November 2015 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Background
The motorsport promoter Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) chose not to renew its contract with the FIA two years prior to the 2015 FIA GT World Cup and the idea for the creation of a race for the best teams and drivers participating was proposed by the founder of the SRO Stéphane Ratel in early 2013. These plans laid dormant for some time until an FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Doha saw the idea reemerge and was later confirmed by the sport's governing body on 20 March 2015.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Background
It was the first collaboration between Ratel and the FIA since the FIA GT1 World Championship disbanded. The FIA GT World Cup was granted its status after the World Touring Car Championship confirmed that it would stop travelling to Macau, and it replaced the Baku World Challenge which was discontinued that year when Formula One announced it would hold a race in the city from 2016. The promoter of the race, the Automobile General Association Macao-China, appointed the SRO to help in the formation of a grid.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Two 30-minute practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday afternoon and one on Friday morning. Renger van der Zande set the fastest lap for the Mercedes AMG Driving Academy SLS GT3 in the opening practice session with a time of 2 minutes, 20.796 seconds, two-tenths of a second faster than any one else. His closest challenger was his teammate Engel in second. Mortara in the sole Audi Sport Team Phoenix R8 LMS entry was third. The highest placed Aston Martin V12 Vantage of Darryl O'Young was fourth. Bamber was the fastest Porsche competitor in fifth.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Stefan Mücke, André Couto, Keita Sawa, Rast and Richard Lyons occupied positions six to ten. In the second practice session, Engel led the time sheets for most of the session until Mücke eclipsed him with a time of 2 minutes, 20.082 seconds, the fastest lap of the weekend at that point. Van Der Zande was 0.021 seconds slower in second position with Adderly Fong third. Engel ended the session in fourth place and Bamber repeated his first practice session result in fifth. O'Young, Mortara, Álvaro Parente and his teammate Kévin Estre and Rast made up positions six to ten.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Friday afternoon's half-hour qualifying session determined the starting order for the qualification race through each driver's fastest lap times. Engel was the early pace setter before he hit an inside kerbstone at Mandarin corner, which rendered him unable to control his car and drifted into a barrier, prompting the first of three stoppages in qualifying. Engel later admitted he was at fault for the crash and apologised to his team. The session later restarted before it was red-flagged for a second time when Van Der Zande crashed into a wall at Paiol turn. The barriers were repaired during the stoppage.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
With less than 12 minutes left. Audi implemented a strategy to allow Mortara to drive in clear air for an attempt at pole position. This plan was halted when Cuoto experienced oversteer and heavily damaged his car in an impact at Mandarin corner and ricocheted between the barriers. Cuoto was unhurt and his crash caused the session's third and final stoppage. Mortara began setting quick sector times when qualifying restarted with six minutes to go to claim provisional pole before Mücke took the position with a lap of 2 minutes, 18.032 seconds.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Mücke was joined on the grid's front row by Mortara. Engel's accident left him in third. Rast was fourth, Van Der Zande fifth and O'Young sixth. O'Young's teammate Lyons was seventh. Bamber, Fong and Parente took eighth to tenth positions. Estre was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten from teammate Cuoto, Sawa, Marchy Lee, the Thai duo of Pasin Lathouras and Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak, Dylan Derdaele, Jeffrey Lee, Weng Sun Mok and Philip Ma. John Shen and Jacky Yeung completed the 22 qualifiers.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying race
The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started at 12:15 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00). The weather at the start was dry and cloudy with the air temperature 26 °C (79 °F) and the track temperature 27 °C (81 °F). At the start, Mücke blocked an overtake from Mortara to maintain the lead into Mandarin turn before Engel used his straightline speed to pass Mortara for second position towards Lisboa corner. Rast fell to fifth as his brandmate Marchy Lee gained a further position before steering into Lisboa corner.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying race
Despite matching his pace earlier in the race, Engel could not challenge Mücke as the leader controlled how fast he was going; both men pulled clear from the trailing Mortara and Van Der Zande, Fong lost control of his Bentley Continental GT and crashed heavily at the Solitude Esses on the third lap. The safety car was deployed on the following lap to neutralise the order since his car was stranded in the centre of the track.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying race
Mücke got away cleanly to lead the field back up to speed at the lap eight restart with Engel and Mortara following close behind. At the same time, fourth-placed Van Der Zande unsuccessfully attempted to move up the order. Engel had to take avoiding action when Mücke accelerated and then braked sharply. Engel later expressed his surprise at Mücke's action after the race. The leaders could not make any more manoeuvres thereon and the gaps at the front steadily increased until the conclusion of the qualifying race.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying race
Mücke maintained the lead for the rest of the race and was the first driver to finish. However, he was later deemed to have brake tested Engel per the regulations and incurred a ten-second time penalty. Engel was promoted to the victory and took pole position for the main race. He was joined on the grid's front row by Mortara. Mücke's penalty put him third. Behind the two, Van Der Zande followed in fourth, Rast fifth and Lyons sixth. Behind the trio a close group consisting of Bamber, O'Young, Parente and Estre rounded out the top ten. Outside the top ten, Sawa, Marchy Lee, Lathouras, Inthraphuvasak, Derdaele, Jeffrey Lee, Sun Mok, Sheng, Yeng, Cuoto and Ma completed the 21 classified finishers.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
The race began at 12:55 local time. The weather at the start was dry and sunny with an air temperature of 28 °C (82 °F) and a track temperature at 28 °C (82 °F). Fong withdrew from the race because his chassis was too damaged from his qualifying race crash the previous day. When the race began from its rolling start, Mortara made a fast getaway and blocked an initial pass from Engel to move into the lea before the Mandarin Oriental bend.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
On the approach to the Reservoir Kink corner Engel steered onto the inside and retook the lead from Mortara. His teammate van der Zande took second place moments later after making a brisk start. Mücke then took third from Mortara before Lisboa corner. At the corner, Estre went into the rear of Lyon and both drivers retired. Bamber joined the list of retirees on the lap after he clattered a barrier at San Francisco Bend. At the end of the first lap, Engel led teammate Van der Zande, with the duo followed in turn by, Mortara, Mücke, Parente, O'Young, Sawa, Marchy Lee and Lathouras. The first five were covered by five seconds with the rest of the field 18 seconds behind them.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
It's unbelievable, I’m overjoyed as the best GT drivers were up against each other in this race, so I’m proud to be the first winner of the FIA GT World Cup! But I’m especially proud of my team. I made a big mistake in qualifying on Friday and I thought right there, standing in the wall, that my weekend might be over and I blew the opportunity we had here. To win this race is amazing because I just love this place, I love this track.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
I had to make a really good start and I knew I had to hold the inside line and stay in front or try to get ahead in the Mandarin corner, otherwise it would be difficult. I just managed to pass Edoardo Mortara on the left-hand side, so that was the key to retaking the lead. From there I really put my head down; I just focused on my driving, trying to keep cool and open up the gap.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
Maro Engel, on winning the inaugural FIA GT World Cup.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
At midpoint, Derdaele's car sustained a punctured tyre and went straight on at Lisboa corner to retire while Parente lost sixth place to O'Young who passed him by getting a better exit leaving a turn. Meanwhile, Engel opened up a significant lead over the second-placed Van Der Zande when the complexion of the event changed on lap 12. Van Der Zande was delayed by traffic and this allowed Mücke to challenge him for second position going into Lisboa corner.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
The resulting manoeuvre saw Mücke ram into the rear of Van der Zande's car and debris from the latter's car lodged onto Mücke's left-rear wheel. On the next lap, Mücke drew alongside on the inside of Van Der Zande driving towards Lisboa corner and the two made contact. Both drivers ran wide under braking and allowed the Audi duo of Rast and Mortara to take second and third places. At this point, Engel led Mortara by eight seconds until that was reduced to nothing when the safety car was deployed to close up the field for an accident on lap 14. Inthraphuvasak crashed at Paiol corner and his vehicle was stranded at the centre of the track.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
As everyone circulated behind the safety car with the anticipation of getting more laps at racing speed, a multi-car accident occurred at Moorish Hill with 2½ laps to go. The lapped Shen went into the tyre barrier and every driver behind him all ran into each other since he blocked the track. The race was immediately red flagged; race control elected not to restart and counted back the result by two laps, Engel this won the inaugural FIA GT World Cup and a second successive victory in Macau after winning the 2014 GT event.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, Main race
Mortara was second before a 20-second time penalty was imposed on him per the International Sporting Code because he was deemed to have jumped the start, promoting Rast and Mucke to second and third in the final results. Off the podium, Van Der Zande, O'Young, Mortara, Parente, Marchy Lee, Sawa and Lathouras, Couto, Jeffrey Lee, Sun, Shen, Ma, Yueng and Inthraphuvasak were the final finishers.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers
The award for the FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers was presented to the manufacturer supplying the cars with a manufacturer entry with the highest number of points after addition of the points of its two best cars awarded according to the result of the Main Race.


2015 FIA GT World Cup, FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers, Scoring system
Entries were required to complete 90 per cent of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were no points awarded for the Pole Position.


2015 FIA R-GT Cup
The 2015 FIA R-GT Cup was the first edition of the FIA rally cup for GT cars in Group R-GT. The cup was contested over 5 tarmac rounds from the World and European rally championships.


2015 FIA R-GT Cup
The championship was won by François Delecour in a Tuthill-prepared Porsche 997, winning two rallies – in Monte Carlo and Corsica – and finishing in second place in Ypres and Germany. With 86 points, Delecour scored exactly double the tally of second-placed driver Romain Dumas, who won in Germany and finished second to Delecour in Monte Carlo. Third place in the championship went to Marc Duez, who finished third on both events he contested – Monte Carlo and Ypres – while Patrick Snijers won his only event, in Ypres.


2015 FIA R-GT Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2015 season featured five tarmac rallies: the three tarmac rounds from the WRC and two selected rounds from the ERC.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina was the opening round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Argentina. It was held on 8 March 2015 at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC with race one won by José María López and race two won by Sébastien Loeb.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
A total of eighteen cars were entered for the first round of the season, all built to the TC1 regulations introduced the previous year. With this the Yokohama Trophy rules were changed to reward the best placed driver from an independent team. Unlike previous seasons, certain drivers were not eliminated from this trophy based on previous career accomplishments.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
Sébastien Loeb set the pace in testing on Friday in damp conditions. Mehdi Bennani was the fastest independent driver in fifth.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
First free practice on Saturday morning saw reigning champion José María López set the fastest time. The session was interrupted by a red flag when Tom Chilton's ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet suffered a left–front puncture.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
López topped the times once again in free practice two with Ma Qing Hua and Yvan Muller making it a Citroën 1–2–3. Hugo Valente suffered brake failure and damaged his engine by downshifting in an attempt to stop; the car subsequently caught fire.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
Prior to the first session starting, it was confirmed that the Campos Racing car of Valente would miss qualifying following his practice shunt; the car required a substantial rebuild, due to the damage suffered.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
In the first part of qualifying, Lada Sport Rosneft's Robert Huff was the quickest driver ahead of the privateer Citroën of Bennani. Norbert Michelisz lost his front-right wheel on his first attempt at a flying lap, suffering damage that put him out of the rest of the session and he would line up on the back row for both races.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
Ma topped the times in the second part of qualifying and along with López, Muller, Tiago Monteiro and Sébastien Loeb would continue to the Q3 segment. James Thompson was tenth and would line up on pole for race two.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
Q3 saw López claim pole position by 1.2 seconds over Muller with Loeb, Ma and Monteiro completing the top five.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
Muller jumped ahead of López briefly at the start while Ma failed to get going off the line and Chilton dived around him. Muller ran out wide on the exit of turn one and López retook first place. Thompson and Campos' John Filippi were out on the first lap with broken suspension on both of their cars after making contact. On lap three Chilton was under attack from Bennani until the Moroccan driver slid and gave Huff a chance to move up to seventh place.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
Later on in the lap Bennani was attempting to pass Huff up the inside and collided with the rear of the Lada, breaking the right–rear suspension. On lap four Valente went off and crashed into the barriers which brought his race to an end. Bennani was held up by Chilton until lap six when the defensive driving of Chilton had reduced the grip his tyres, following Bennani through were Michelisz and the recovering Ma. Lap eight saw Bennani given a drive–through penalty for his earlier collision with Huff, moving Michelisz up to sixth and Rickard Rydell into the top ten. López won the race by 3.1 seconds from Muller with Loeb completing a Citroën 1–2–3, Michelisz was the winning Yokohama independent driver.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
After their collisions in the first race, neither Huff nor Valente made the start of the race. Thompson dropped down the order at the start as Tom Coronel moved into the lead from second, followed by the two factory Hondas and Stefano D'Aste who followed Gabriele Tarquini in running off the track onto the grass. By the end of the back straight Ma was up to third behind Monteiro and at the end of the lap both Ma and Loeb led Coronel.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
The second lap saw Loeb take the lead of the race after a mistake by Ma as López picked off Monteiro and closed in on the back of Coronel. Thompson pulled into the pits at the end of the first lap while Coronel went off the circuit dropping him further down the order and collecting grass in his radiator grill. The safety car came out on lap three due to spilt oil on the exit of turn two as the stranded car of D'Aste was towed off the circuit.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
During the safety car period Ma pitted due to overheating and to have his radiator cleaned out, dropping him to the back of the field. The race resumed on lap six and López used his straight line speed advantage to pick off Tarquini on the back straight and leaving Tarquini to deal with Muller behind. The start of lap seven saw Chilton take Dušan Borković for eighth with Rydell following him through, Borković then dropped a wheel off the track and ripped the front bumper of his Proteam Racing Honda off on the kerbing.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
Lap ten saw Muller run into the right–rear end of Bennani as both pursued Tarquini; Bennani dropped from fourth to seventh as a result. Muller continued to have problems when he drifted wide and lost a place to Monteiro, Muller went into the pits on lap twelve for repairs. Loeb comfortably beat López to win the race, Monteiro took the final podium place and Bennani in fifth was the Yokohama Trophy winner.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
After the race, Muller was given a five–place grid drop for the next race in Morocco for causing the collision with Bennani. Michelisz was dropped a place in the results for a collision with Ma near the end of the race.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
The 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany was the fourth round of the 2015 World Touring Car Championship season and the eighth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Germany. It was held on 16 May 2015 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (24-hour combined layout) in Nürburg, Germany. It was the first time the event had been held since 2011 and the first time the race had been held at the Nordschleife, having previously only been had at Oschersleben.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC with José María López winning race one and Yvan Muller winning race two.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Background
After three rounds López led the drivers' championship by 33 points over teammate Sébastien Loeb. Norbert Michelisz led the Yokohama Trophy.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Background
Jaap van Lagen replaced James Thompson at Lada Sport Rosneft as the British driver recovered from surgery. A test at the Hungaroring following the Race of Hungary saw one chassis damaged and the team was reduced to running two cars; Mikhail Kozlovskiy was sidelined for the German round. Nika International and driver Rickard Rydell missed their third race weekend in a row as Rydell continued his recovery from thyroiditis. Sabine Schmitz joined ALL–INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport to race a Chevrolet Cruze for her home race.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Background
There were no revisions to the compensation weights after Hungary; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs retained maximum ballast to weigh 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs, Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s and Lada Vesta WTCCs remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Background
Tom Coronel and John Filippi upgraded to the latest RML engine in their Chevrolet Cruzes and would be sent to the back of the grid for race one. Mehdi Bennani also received a new engine in his Citroën C-Elysée after the old unit overheated in Hungary.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Testing and free practice
López led Loeb and Muller in the test session on Thursday. López stopped on track in the middle of the session with technical problems before being able to restart and continue while Schmitz set the slowest time. She suffered a vibration problem and it limited her running time on the circuit.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Testing and free practice
Van Lagen and Robert Huff finished 1–2 for Lada in the first free practice session on Friday which took place in wet and foggy conditions, Tom Chilton was third and Tiago Monteiro fourth. Loeb in ninth was the highest placed Citroën driver. Both Ma Qing Hua and Mehdi Bennani had minor offs during the session.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Testing and free practice
The second free practice was dry and López set the pace ahead of Hugo Valente. Schmitz damaged her front–left corner and the subsequent repairs limited her running time and she posted the 16th fastest lap.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Qualifying
The usual three-part qualifying was replaced by a single one-hour session owing to the length of the circuit. López was the first driver to set a lap time, Michelisz put in two flying laps and went second. Valente then went second, only for Michelisz to take the place briefly before Valente was back ahead. The yellow flags came out when Ma crashed into the barriers between Flugplatz and Adenauer which foiled any attempts by other drivers to topple López who took pole. Monteiro finished tenth and took pole for race two with Coronel lining up alongside him. Both Ladas of Huff and van Lagen suffered electrical problems during the session with van Lagen lining up last for both races.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Lada Sport changed the engines in both of their cars and they would start at the back of the grid for race one.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Warm–up
Tom Chilton set the fastest in time in morning warm-up, pole sitter López was tenth and neither Lada set a lap time as the team remedied their electrical problems.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race One
The GP-Strecke was used to complete the warm up lap before the race got underway, Valente got a slow start and jinked to the right defend from Michelisz and the two made contact. Loeb coming from third place was running alongside Michelisz into the first corner and Loeb took second. Behind them Ma, Muller, Monteiro, Gabriele Tarquini and Valente all got very close together into the second corner resulting in some pushing and shoving while at the back Coronel and Grégoire Demoustier made contact leaving Coronel with damage.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race One
López led Loeb and Muller as they completed the grand prix section, further behind Valente went up the inside of Schmitz to take tenth place; Chilton followed him before Valente moved over and tapped the front right corner of Chilton's car. Coronel headed straight to the pits after his contact at the start and retired and he was joined there by Huff. Van Lagen was on the tail of Demoustier and after a struggle trying to make a move on the Frenchman he made a pass just before the Carousel.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race One
Valente was able to get a slipstream behind Monteiro and take seventh place before the places were reversed at the Dunlop Curve. Moments later Valente took too much kerb on the inside of the Schumacher S and spun off into the barriers. It was starting to rain out on the Nordschleife on the second lap but this didn't deter van Lagen from taking another place from Filippi. His next target was Schmitz and after a few corners to two were nose to tail as Schmitz struggled with rear grip in her Chevrolet.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race One
At the end of the second lap Schmitz was still in front of van Lagen as Monteiro headed into the pits with the front left puncture. López led Loeb and Muller across the line with Michelisz fourth. Ma passed Tarquini just before the end to take fifth, after them Bennani, Stefano D'Aste and Chilton crossed the line while Schmitz held off van Lagen for tenth to take a point on here WTCC debut.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race Two
Chilton was unable to start race two due to a damaged radiator resulting from the contact with Valente in race one. Valente was also unable to start the race as a result of his crash on the second lap of the first race. At the start of the race Tarquini got into the second corner ahead of Coronel to take second place before Muller took the position himself.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race Two
At the end of the grand prix loop Huff tried going up the inside of Loeb for eighth which resulted in mild contact, further back Michelisz limped back to the pits with broken suspension. The top three of Monteiro, Muller and Tarquini were breaking away from the rest of the field and running in close formation. Muller used the slipstream at Döttinger Höhe to pass Monteiro and take the lead while Bennani and Ma moved up to fourth and fifth at the expense of Coronel.


2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, Report, Race Two
On lap two D'Aste had sustained damage to his front bumper which left it partially hanging off and dragging along the ground while up ahead both Loeb and López had also passed Coronel. Ma lost the back end of his Citroën at Schwedenkreuz and cut across the grass but recovered without losing places, later on in the lap at Döttinger Höhe he moved up to fourth after slipstreaming Bennani. At the start of the third lap all the cars in second to sixth place were running close together and López followed Ma in passing Bennani to take fifth.