2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League

Season	2015–16
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The 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season was the tenth edition of this competition.

Format

Twelve teams played in the league. For the first stage, the clubs are divided into a Northern and Southern Zone, with each team playing each other in their zone twice, home and away. At the end of the first stage the top two teams from each zone advance to the National Champions League stage, the winners of which qualify for the 2017 OFC Champions League.

First Stage

Northern Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lae City	10	7	2	1	24	6	+18	23	Qualified to the National Champions League
2	Welgris Morobe United	10	6	2	2	15	8	+7	20
3	Madang Fox	10	5	3	2	14	9	+5	18
4	Admiralty Palaiau	10	3	4	3	13	7	+6	13
5	Besta United PNG	10	3	1	6	9	17	−8	10
6	Goroka Gosiha	10	0	0	10	7	35	−28	0

Updated to games played on 6 February 2016.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Southern Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hekari United	10	10	0	0	39	12	+27	30	Qualified to the National Champions League
2	Rapatona FC	10	4	2	4	12	16	−4	14
3	FC Port Moresby	10	4	1	5	19	13	+6	13
4	Erema FC	10	3	2	5	15	25	−10	11
5	Gigira Laitepo United	10	2	3	5	13	19	−6	9
6	Huawei PS United	10	2	2	6	14	27	−13	8

Updated to games played on 6 February 2016.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Final Stage

National Champions League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hekari United	6	5	1	0	15	1	+14	16	Qualified to the 2017 OFC Champions League Group Stage
2	Lae City (C)	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13	Qualified to the Grand Final
3	Welgris Morobe United	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3
4	Rapatona FC	6	1	0	5	2	15	−13	3

Updated to games played on 12 March 2016.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Grand Final

Hekari United v Lae City

19 March 2016

Hekari United	0 – 2	Lae City

Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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