2015–16 Rwanda National Football League

Rwanda National Football League
Season	2015–16
Matches played	136
Goals scored	265 (1.95 per match)
Biggest home win	7 matches Police 3-0 Bugesera (22 September 2015) AS Kigali 4-1 Sunrise (27 September 2015) Sunrise 3-0 Muhanga (19 February 2016) Gicumbi 4-1 Muhanga (22 February 2016) Rayon Sports 3-0 Musanze (13 March 2016) Rayon Sports 3-0 Marines (17 April 2016) Muhanga 4-1 Amagaju (19 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Muhanga 1-5 Police (4 November 2015)
Highest scoring	Kiyovu Sports 4-3 Gicumbi (2 March 2016)
Longest winning run	APR Mukura (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Rayon Sports (15)
Longest winless run	Muhanga (16)
Longest losing run	Etincelles Muhanga (5)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 20 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Rwanda National Football League, known as the Azam Rwanda Premier League for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is the 39th season of top-tier football in Rwanda. The season started on 18 September 2015. APR F.C. are the defending champions, having won their second consecutive title and 15th overall, all in a span of 21 years.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league after it expanded from 14 teams in 2014-15. Isonga were relegated to the Second Division after finishing 14th. Bugesera, Muhanga and Rwamagana City are all new additions to the competition this year.

Stadiums and locations

APR
Kigali
Rayon

Bugesera

Rwamagana
Sunrise

Locations of the 2015-16 Rwanda National Football League teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Amagaju F.C.	Gikongoro	Stade ya Nyamagabe	1,000
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise F.C.	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
AS Kigali	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
Bugesera FC	Nyamata	ETO Nyamata Ground	1,000
Espoir F.C.	Cyangugu	Cyangugu Regional Stadium	3,000
Etincelles F.C.	Gisenyi	Stade Umuganda	5,000
Gicumbi F.C.	Byumba	Gicumbi Stadium	6,000
S.C. Kiyovu Sports	Kigali	Stade Mumena	1,200
Marines F.C.	Gisenyi	Stade Umuganda	5,000
AS Muhanga	Gitarama	Muhanga Regional Stadium	5,000
Mukura Victory Sports F.C.	Butare	Kamena Stadium	2,000
Musanze F.C.	Musanze	Ubworoherane Football Stadium	4,000
Police F.C.	Kigali	Stade Kicukiro	1,000
Rayon Sports F.C.	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
Rwamagana City FC	Rwamagana	Rwamagana Playground	1,000
Sunrise FC Rwamagana	Rwamagana	Rwamagana Playground	1,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APR	17	11	4	2	23	8	+15	37	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Rayon Sports	17	10	6	1	24	5	+19	36	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
3	Mukura	17	10	2	5	23	15	+8	32
4	Police	17	8	7	2	26	15	+11	31
5	AS Kigali	17	8	6	3	23	12	+11	30
6	Kiyovu Sports	17	8	5	4	20	16	+4	29
7	Bugesera	17	6	6	5	14	15	−1	24
8	Gicumbi	17	5	8	4	18	15	+3	23
9	Sunrise	17	6	5	6	18	20	−2	23
10	Amagaju	17	4	7	6	13	19	−6	19
11	Marines	17	4	6	7	7	14	−7	18
12	Musanze	17	4	4	9	13	19	−6	16
13	Espoir	17	3	7	7	11	20	−9	16
14	Etincelles	17	3	4	10	12	24	−12	13
15	Rwamagana City	17	2	4	11	9	18	−9	10	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division
16	Muhanga	17	1	5	11	11	30	−19	8	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division

Updated to games played on 20 April 2016.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) total goals; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) 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.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away^[1]	AMA	APR	ASK	BUG	ESP	ETI	GIC	KIY	MAR	MUH	MUK	MUS	POL	RAY	RWA	SUN
Amagaju					2–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–0			1–1	0–2
APR	2–1			2–0	2–0	0–1			0–0	3–1	0–2				1–0	1–0
AS Kigali	2–0	1–3					1–1	0–0	1–0		0–2			1–1	0–0	4–1
Bugesera	0–0		1–1		2–0	2–1		0–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	2–0
Espoir			0–3					1–1		0–0	0–0	1–0			0–0	2–1
Etincelles		0–1	2–4		1–1		0–2			1–0		0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0
Gicumbi	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–1				1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1		0–2
Kiyovu Sports	2–0	0–2		3–2	1–0	3–1	4–3		2–0					0–2
Marines					0–0	1–0				0–0		0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Muhanga	4–1		0–2	0–0	1–2			1–2				0–2	1–5		1–1
Mukura	3–2	1–2				1–0		2–0	2–1	3–1			1–2		2–1	2–1
Musanze	1–2	0–3	0–1				1–0	0–0			0–1					0–1
Police		1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1		1–1	1–1			1–0	2–1		1–1
Rayon Sports		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1				3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0				2–0
Rwamagana City	0–2		0–0	2–0		2–0	0–1	0–1				1–2	0–1	0–1
Sunrise	1–1			1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0		2–1	1–1		2–1

Updated to games played on 20 April 2016.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by Round

As of 20 April 2016

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
W/O	Withdrew

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Amagaju	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L
APR	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W
AS Kigali	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D
Bugesera	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Espoir	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L
Etincelles	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W
Gicumbi	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D
Kiyovu Sports	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
Marines	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D
Muhanga	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W
Mukura	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L
Musanze	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D
Police	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
Rayon Sports	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D
Rwamagana City	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L
Sunrise	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	D

Source: Soccerway

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
APR	5	10	10	5	3	3	2	5	3	4	5	4	4	3	1	2	1
Rayon Sports	1	6	6	3	6	7	6	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	1	2
Mukura	12	6	3	8	5	6	5	3	5	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3
Police	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
AS Kigali	6	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5
Kiyovu Sports	6	12	5	7	4	5	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6
Bugesera	6	14	10	14	11	15	13	15	11	12	11	9	8	9	8	9	7
Gicumbi	6	13	8	9	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8
Sunrise	2	8	14	13	13	12	14	11	12	10	10	8	9	8	9	8	9
Amagaju	6	5	12	6	8	4	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Marines	16	10	13	12	14	14	12	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	11
Musanze	12	9	4	4	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	12
Espoir	2	3	9	11	10	9	10	10	9	11	13	12	13	12	12	11	13
Etincelles	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Rwamagana City	6	2	6	10	12	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Muhanga	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 20 April 2016
Source: Soccerway

	Leader and 2017 CAF Champions League
	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division

References

↑ "Azam TV to broadcast Rwanda’s top tier league". Kawowo Sports. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

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Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Egypt Kenya South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

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