2016 Ghanaian Premier League

First Capital Plus Premier League
Season 2016
Champions Wa All Stars
Relegated Hasaacas
New Edubiase
Techiman City
Champions League Wa All Stars
Matches played 240
Goals scored 481 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer Yahaya Mohammed (11)
Biggest home win WAFA 5-0 Hasaacas
(6 March 2016)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring Ashanti Gold 5-3 Asante Kotoko
(14 September 2016)
Longest winning run Aduana Stars
Bechem United (5)
Longest unbeaten run Ashanti Gold (9)
Longest winless run Ashanti Gold
Liberty Professionals
New Edubiase (8)
Longest losing run New Edubiase (6)
2015
2017 →

All statistics correct as of 18 September 2016.

The 2016 Ghanaian Premier League was the 60th season of top professional association football in Ghana. The season began on 21 January and concluded on 18 September with Wa All Stars winning their first league title.

Teams

The Ghanaian Premier League comprises 16 sides, of which the bottom three - Hasaacas, New Edubiase and Techiman City - will be relegated to the Division One.

Stadia and locations

Techiman
Location of the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League teams
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 (C) (Q) 30 15 6 9 31 22 +9 51 Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Aduana Stars 30 14 7 9 42 24 +18 49
3 Hearts of Oak 30 12 12 6 31 26 +5 48
4 Medeama 30 13 7 10 34 31 +3 46 ASA 2-2 MED
MED 1-1 ASA
5 Asante Kotoko 30 12 10 8 33 29 +4 46
6 Bechem United 30 12 6 12 31 34 3 42 BEC 2-0 WAF
WAF 2-0 BEC
WAFA 30 11 9 10 31 22 +9 42
8 Berekum Chelsea 30 12 4 14 26 27 1 40 BER: 11 points
DRE: 10 points
EBU: 6 points
ASH: 4 points
9 Dreams 30 11 7 12 30 34 4 40
10 Ebusua Dwarfs 30 11 7 12 31 31 0 40
11 Ashanti Gold 30 8 16 6 32 31 +1 40
12 Inter Allies 30 9 11 10 34 31 +3 38 LIB 2-1 INT
INT 1-0 LIB
13 Liberty Professionals 30 10 8 12 33 30 +3 38
14 Hasaacas (R) 30 10 6 14 32 43 11 36 Relegation to Division One
15 Techiman City (R) 30 9 7 14 28 41 13 34
16 New Edubiase (R) 30 6 7 17 20 43 23 25

Updated to games played on 18 September 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 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Wa All Stars 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Aduana Stars 9 13 16 13 12 10 13 9 8 5 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 6 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Hearts of Oak 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 3
Medeama 9 13 13 15 12 9 12 15 16 10 12 13 12 11 6 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 4 4
Asante Kotoko 9 13 14 14 10 16 9 8 9 9 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5
Bechem United 1 5 4 6 7 12 14 12 12 11 10 10 13 12 14 13 14 12 12 13 14 12 15 13 11 7 7 6 6 6
WAFA 1 12 4 6 4 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 6 6
Berekum Chelsea 9 6 8 4 3 6 4 5 4 6 8 8 6 7 8 10 9 10 9 9 8 9 10 12 9 10 10 9 10 8
Dreams 1 1 1 3 6 3 2 3 6 3 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 7 8 9
Ebusua Dwarfs 9 13 15 15 16 14 16 13 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 14 14 11 13 10 9 8 8 9 11 12 11 10
Ashanti Gold 1 9 8 6 8 8 11 10 10 13 13 12 11 12 12 15 12 13 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 10 9 10 9 11
Inter Allies 1 11 10 10 10 15 9 14 15 16 15 15 15 14 13 11 13 15 15 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 14 13 12 12
Liberty Professionals 9 8 7 4 9 4 7 4 3 4 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 9 8 8 9 12 12 12 11 13 13
Hasaacas 9 4 11 11 12 11 8 11 11 14 11 11 10 10 11 12 10 11 13 15 12 15 13 14 14 14 15 14 15 14
Techiman City 1 7 4 6 4 5 5 7 5 7 4 5 9 9 10 9 11 9 11 12 10 13 12 11 13 13 13 15 14 15
New Edubiase 9 9 11 11 12 13 15 16 13 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 18 September 2016
Source: Soccerway (French)

Top scorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Ghana Yahaya Mohammed Aduana 11
2 Ghana Latif Blessing Liberty 10
3 Ghana Sadick Adams Chelsea 8
Ghana Eric Bekoe Hasaacas 8
Ghana Kwesi Donsu Medeama 8
6 Ghana Lawson Bekui Dreams 7
Ghana Dauda Mohammed Asante Kotoko 7
8 Ghana Bright Adjei Aduana 6
Ghana Bernard Arthur Liberty 6
Ghana Richard Arthur Wa 6
Ghana Frederick Boateng Inter Allies 6
Ghana Cosmos Dauda Oak 6

Updated to games played on 10 July 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
Latif Blessing Liberty Professionals Hasaacas 4-0[4] 27 July 2016

References

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