2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season | 2016 |
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Champions | CAPS United |
Relegated | Border Strikers Chapungu United Mutare City Tsholotsho |
2017 CAF Champions League | CAPS United |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 450 (1.88 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Leonard Tsipa (11) |
Biggest home win | 12 matches
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Biggest away win | 4 matches
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Highest scoring | Hwange 5-3 Triangle United (28 August 2016) |
Longest winning run | Highlanders (7) |
Longest unbeaten run | Platinum (12) |
Longest winless run | Border Strikers (10) |
Longest losing run | Border Strikers (7) |
Average attendance | 920[1] (441,608 total attendance) |
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 26 November 2016. |
The 2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 37th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season began on 1 April 2016 when How Mine took on newly promoted Bulawayo City at White City Stadium. CAPS United won their fifth league championship and first in 11 years.[2]
Attendances
Highlanders F.C. drew the highest average home attendance in the league in 2016, with an average attendance of 5,614. The previous year, they drew an average home attendance of 7,276 for domestic league games. The league's average attendance in 2016 was 920[1] (441,608 total attendance).
Teams
A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season and four promoted from the 2015 Zimbabwe Division 1, Border Strikers, Bulawayo City, Mutare City Rovers and Ngezi Platinum. On the other hand, Buffaloes, Dongo Sawmills, Flame Lilly and Wha Wha were the last four teams of the 2015 season and will play in the Zimbabwe Division 1 for the 2016 season.[3] Chicken Inn are the defending champions from the 2015 season.
Stadiums and locations
![2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is located in Zimbabwe](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Zimbabwe_adm_location_map.svg/450px-Zimbabwe_adm_location_map.svg.png)
![Mutare](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Results
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CAPS United (C, Q) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 63 | 2017 CAF Champions League |
2 | Platinum | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 61 | |
3 | Highlanders | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 56 | |
4 | Chicken Inn | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 47 | |
5 | Dynamos | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 46 | |
6 | Kariba | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 45 | |
7 | Ngezi Platinum | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 41 | |
8 | Bulawayo City | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 41 | |
9 | Harare City | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 39 | |
10 | How Mine | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 39 | |
11 | Triangle United | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 38 | |
12 | Hwange | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 36 | |
13 | Chapungu United (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 32 | Relegation to 2017 Zimbabwe Division 1 |
14 | Tsholotsho (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 26 | |
15 | Mutare City (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 26[a] | |
16 | Border Strikers (R) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 41 | −31 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) head-to-head away goals
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Mutare City were docked 3 points for playing ineligible player Kudakwashe Gurure.[4]
Result table
All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).
Home \ Away | BOR | BUL | CAP | CHA | CHI | DYN | HAR | HIG | HOW | HWA | KAR | MUT | NGE | PLA | TRI | TSH |
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Border Strikers | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Bulawayo City | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
CAPS United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Chapungu United | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Chicken Inn | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
Dynamos | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Harare City | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
Highlanders | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
How Mine | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Hwange | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | |
Kariba | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Mutare City | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |
Ngezi Platinum | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Platinum | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
Triangle United | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
Tsholotsho | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Season statistics
Goals
Top scorers
- As of 26 November 2016
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | CAPS United | 11 |
2 | ![]() | Hwange | 9 |
![]() | Platinum | 9 | |
4 | ![]() | Chicken Inn | 8 |
5 | ![]() | Mutare City | 7 |
![]() | Highlanders | 7 | |
![]() | Mutare City | 7 | |
![]() | CAPS United | 7 | |
9 | ![]() | Dynamos | 6 |
10 | ![]() | Platinum | 5 |
![]() | CAPS United | 5 | |
![]() | Highlanders | 5 | |
![]() | Harare City | 5 | |
![]() | Harare City | 5 | |
![]() | Triangle United | 5 | |
![]() | Highlanders | 5 | |
![]() | Ngezi Platinum | 5 | |
![]() | Ngezi Platinum | 5 | |
![]() | Hwange | 5 |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Pascal Manhanga for How Mine against Bulawayo City[5] (3 April 2016)
References
- ^ a b "Fans shun PSL matches - The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw.
- ^ "Glory, Glory CAPS Utd! - The Standard". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Summary - Premier Soccer League - Zimbabwe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Survival blow for Mutare City - NewsDay Zimbabwe". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Four-goal thriller in season opener - NewsDay Zimbabwe". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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