The 2012 Afghan Premier League is the first season of the

Afghan Premier League The Afghan Premier League (APL), also known as Rahmani Foundation Afghan Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's soccer league run by the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF). It is the country's primary competition for t ...

, the Afghan league for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

clubs, since its establishment in 2012.

Teams

Eight teams competed in the league – four of which selected in a different group. All 8 teams are spread out across

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, but all the matches would be played at the Afghanistan Football Federation stadium in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

. :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Clubs and locations

Group 1

League table

Matches

Group 2

League table

Matches

Finals series

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Own goals

References

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