2015 Barbados Premier Division

The 2015 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premiere League for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. Barbados Defense Force won their final six matches to hold off Rendezvous FC for their third consecutive league title and fifth overall. With BDF having already completed their schedule, Rendezvous FC needed to make up 11 goals in goal differential with a win on the final day of the season to pull even with BDF, but managed only a 2-1 victory over Weymouth Wales.^[1] The season began on February 8 and concluded on July 23.

Barbados Premier Division

Season	2015
Champions	BDF
Relegated	Pride of Gall Hill Silver Sands
Matches played	90
Goals scored	312 (3.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dwayne Stanford (15)
Biggest home win	Brittons Hill 9-0 Pinelands United (4 June 2015)
Biggest away win	2 matches Pinelands United 0-8 Paradise (22 May 2015) Notre Dame 0-8 BDF (28 May 2015)
Highest scoring	Brittons Hill 9-0 Pinelands United (4 June 2015)
Longest winning run	BDF (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Weymouth Wales (13)
Longest winless run	Pinelands United Silver Sands (7)
Longest losing run	Silver Sands (7)
← 2014 2016 →

Changes from 2014

• Cosmos and Dayrells Road FC were relegated to the Barbados First Division.
• Rendezvous FC and U.W.I. BlackBirds were promoted to the Premier Division.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BDF (C)	18	12	2	4	48	15	+33	38	Qualification for 2016 CFU Club Championship
2	Rendezvous	18	12	2	4	43	20	+23	38
3	UWI BlackBirds	18	10	4	4	38	17	+21	34
4	Weymouth Wales	18	8	7	3	36	17	+19	31
5	Brittons Hill	18	9	3	6	33	30	+3	30
6	Paradise	18	7	2	9	29	31	−2	23
7	Notre Dame	18	6	1	11	24	38	−14	19
8	Pinelands United	18	5	3	10	27	63	−36	18
9	Pride of Gall Hill (R)	18	4	1	13	17	34	−17	13	Relegation to 2016 Barbados First Division
10	Silver Sands (R)	18	3	3	12	17	47	−30	12

Updated to match(es) played on 23 July 2015. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BDF	BRI	NOT	PAR	PIN	PGH	REN	SIL	UWI	WEY
BDF		1–2	1–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–3	6–0	0–2	2–2
Brittons Hill	0–1		2–1	2–0	9–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–1
Notre Dame	0–8	0–1		0–1	1–3	3–0	4–0	3–2	0–3	2–0
Paradise	0–5	6–0	3–1		3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–4
Pinelands United	0–6	1–5	3–3	0–8		2–0	0–5	2–2	3–3	0–4
Pride of Gall Hill	0–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–2		2–3	1–2	0–3	0–3
Rendezvous	0–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	5–0		5–3	1–0	2–1
Silver Sands	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–4	1–0	0–4		0–3	0–3
UWI BlackBirds	1–1	4–1	5–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	4–0		1–1
Weymouth Wales	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 July 2015. Source: League&page=genz Barbados FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[2]
1	Dwayne Stanford	Brittons Hill	15
2	Romario Harewood	BDF	14
3	Jabarry Chandler	Paradise	12
	Mario Harte	UWI BlackBirds	12
	Myron Samuel	Rendezvous	12
6	Kemar Headley	Weymouth Wales	11
	Arantees Lawrence	Pinelands	11
8	Kyle Gibson	BDF	10
	Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	10
10	Rashad Jules	BDF	7
	Armando Lashley	Paradise	7

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	Pinelands United	0—5[3]	15 February 2015
Romario Harewood	BDF	Silver Sands	6—0[4]	14 May 2015
Jabarry Chandler	Paradise	Pinelands United	0—8[5]	21 May 2015
Armando Lashley	Paradise	Pinelands United	0—8[5]	21 May 2015
Romario Harewood	BDF	Notre Dame	0—8[6]	28 May 2015
Curtis Odle	Brittons Hill	Pinelands United	9—0[7]	4 June 2015
Dwayne Stanford	Brittons Hill	Pinelands United	9—0[7]	4 June 2015
Jabarry Chandler	Paradise	Brittons Hill	6—0[8]	21 May 2015

References

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