2016 Ghanaian Premier League

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First Capital Plus Premier League
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Season 2016
Matches played 118
Goals scored 250 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer Yahaya Mohammed (11)
Biggest home win WAFA 5-0 Hasaacas
(6 March 2016)
Biggest away win
2 matches
Highest scoring
4 matches
Longest winning run Aduana Stars (5)
Longest unbeaten run Wa All Stars (7)
Longest winless run Ashanti Gold (7)
Longest losing run New Edubiase (5)
2015
2017
All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

The 2016 Ghanaian Premier League was the 60th season of top professional association football in Ghana. The season began on 21 January.

Teams

This season the Ghanaian Premier League comprises with sixteen sides, which the bottom three will be relegated to the Ghana Football Leagues.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Location Capacity
Aduana Stars Agyeman Badu Stadium Dormaa Ahenkro 5,000
All Stars Wa Sports Stadium Wa 5,000
Asante Kotoko Baba Yara Stadium Kumasi 40,528
AshantiGold Len Clay Stadium Obuasi 20,000
Bechem United Nana Gyeabour's Park Bechem 5,000
Berekum Chelsea Berekum Sports Stadium Berekum 10,000
Dreams Dawu Sports Stadium Accra 10,000
Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Sports Stadium Cape Coast 15,000
Hearts of Oak Accra Sports Stadium Accra 40,000
Inter Allies Tema Sports Stadium Tema 10,000
Liberty Professionals Dansoman Park Dansoman 2,000
Medeama TNA Park Tarkwa 12,000
New Edubiase United Len Clay Stadium Obuasi 20,000
Sekondi Hasaacas Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium Sekondi-Takoradi 20,000
Techiman City Ohene Ameyaw Park Techiman 2,000
WAFA Sogakope Stadium Goma Fetteh 1,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Wa All Stars 15 8 4 3 17 9 +8 28 Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Aduana Stars 15 8 2 5 24 13 +11 26 ADU: 4 points
ASA: 3 points
HOO: 1 point
3 Asante Kotoko 15 8 2 5 17 12 +5 26
4 Hearts of Oak 15 7 5 3 17 12 +5 26
5 Liberty Professionals 14 7 3 4 21 15 +6 24
6 Dreams 15 6 5 4 15 18 −3 23
7 Berekum Chelsea 15 6 2 7 13 13 0 20 BER: 6 points
MED: 3 points
WAF: 0 points
8 Medeama 13 6 2 5 16 17 −1 20
9 WAFA 15 5 5 5 16 11 +5 20
10 Techiman City 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 19
11 Hasaacas 15 5 3 7 17 25 −8 18
12 Ashanti Gold 15 2 10 3 11 15 −4 16
13 Inter Allies 15 3 6 6 18 18 0 15 INT 4-0 BEC
14 Bechem United 15 4 3 8 11 20 −9 15 Relegation to Division One
15 Ebusua Dwarfs 15 3 5 7 11 17 −6 14
16 New Edubiase 15 3 3 9 9 18 −9 12

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) head-to-head away goals; 6) playoff
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to Ghana Football Leagues
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Wa All Stars 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1
Aduana Stars 9 13 16 13 12 10 13 9 8 5 3 2 2 3 2
Asante Kotoko 9 13 14 14 10 16 9 8 9 9 5 4 3 4 3
Hearts of Oak 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4
Liberty Professionals 9 8 7 4 9 4 7 4 3 4 7 7 5 5 5
Dreams 1 1 1 3 6 3 2 3 6 3 6 6 7 6 6
Berekum Chelsea 9 6 8 4 3 6 4 5 4 6 8 8 6 7 7
Medeama 9 13 13 15 12 9 12 15 16 10 12 13 12 11 8
WAFA 1 12 4 6 4 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 8 9
Techiman City 1 7 4 6 4 5 5 7 5 7 4 5 9 9 10
Hasaacas 9 4 11 11 12 11 8 11 11 14 11 11 10 10 11
Ashanti Gold 1 9 8 6 8 8 11 10 10 13 13 12 11 12 12
Inter Allies 1 11 10 10 10 15 9 14 15 16 15 15 15 14 13
Bechem United 1 5 4 6 7 12 14 12 12 11 10 10 13 12 14
Ebusua Dwarfs 9 13 15 15 16 14 16 13 14 15 16 16 16 15 15
New Edubiase 9 9 11 11 12 13 15 16 13 12 14 14 14 16 16

Last updated: 29 May 2016
Source: Soccerway (French)

Top scorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Ghana Yahaya Mohammed Aduana 11
2 Ghana Latif Blessing Liberty 9
3 Ghana Sadick Adams Chelsea 7
Ghana Eric Bekoe Hasaacas 7
Ghana Lawson Bekui Dreams 7
Ghana Dauda Mohammed Asante Kotoko 7
7 Ghana Richard Arthur Wa 6
8 Ghana Bright Adjei Aduana 5
Ghana Ebenezer Agyapong Techiman City 5
Ghana Bernard Arthur Liberty 5
Ghana Cosmos Dauda Oak 5
Ghana Samuel Tetteh WAFA 5

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Samuel Tetteh WAFA Hasaacas 5-0[1] 6 March 2016
Yahaya Mohammed Aduana Stars Hasaacas 4-0[2] 20 April 2016
Dauda Mohammed Asante Kotoko Techiman City 4-2[3] 29 May 2016

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