2016 Barbados Premier Division

Barbados Premier Division

Season	2016
Matches played	62
Goals scored	234 (3.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Armando Lashley (16)
Biggest home win	7 matches Rendezvous 4-0 Notre Dame (10 January 2016) Weymouth Wales 4-0 Pinelands United (17 January 2016) UWI Blackbirds 5-1 Pinelands United (31 January 2016) BDF 4-0 Pinelands United (6 February 2016) UWI Blackbirds 4-0 Belfield (20 February 2016) BDF 4-0 Notre Dame (21 February 2016) UWI Blackbirds 4-0 Empire Club (12 March 2016)
Biggest away win	Pinelands United 0-6 BDF (12 March 2016)
Highest scoring	Rendezvous 6-4 Pinelands United (21 January 2016)
Longest winning run	BDF (7)
Longest unbeaten run	BDF (10)
Longest winless run	Pinelands United (11)
Longest losing run	Pinelands United (7)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2016.

The 2016 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. Barbados Defense Force are the defending champions coming off their third consecutive league title and fifth overall.

Changes from 2015

• Pride of Gall Hill and Silver Sands were relegated to the Barbados First Division.
• Belfield and Empire Club were promoted to the Premier Division.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paradise	13	9	3	1	34	15	+19	30	2017 CFU Club Championship
2	UWI Blackbirds	13	10	0	3	32	16	+16	30
3	BDF	13	9	2	2	37	11	+26	29
4	Weymouth Wales	13	7	3	3	23	14	+9	24
5	Brittons Hill	12	4	4	4	16	17	−1	16
6	Rendezvous	12	4	1	7	25	29	−4	13
7	Belfield	13	4	1	8	20	29	−9	13
8	Empire Club	12	3	2	7	18	31	−13	11
9	Notre Dame	11	2	2	7	16	29	−13	8	Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division
10	Pinelands United	12	0	2	10	13	43	−30	2

Updated to games played on 24 April 2016.
Source: FIFA
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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	BDF	BEL	BRI	EMP	NOT	PAR	PIN	REN	UWI	WEY
BDF		4–1	1–0	4–1	4–0		4–0		1–2	1–1
Belfield				0–1	1–2	1–5	3–1	5–2		2–2
Brittons Hill	3–4	1–0				1–1			1–4	1–0
Empire Club		0–1	3–3			0–4	3–3	0–2	0–4
Notre Dame			0–0	3–4			1–1	5–3	2–4
Paradise	2–2	3–1	2–2		2–1		4–1	3–2
Pinelands United	0–6		0–1	1–3		1–3
Rendezvous	0–2	3–2	0–2		4–0	1–2	6–4		0–2	2–2
UWI Blackbirds	0–4	4–0		2–1	3–2	2–1	5–1			0–1
Weymouth Wales	1–0	1–3	2–1	4–2	3–0	0–2	4–0		2–0

Updated to games played on 24 April 2016.
Source: League&page=genz Barbados FA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[1]
1	Armando Lashley	Paradise	16
2	Mario Harte	UWI Blackbirds	12
	Shaquille Stewart	BDF	12
4	Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	10
5	Shaquille Boyce	BDF	9
6	Kemar Headley	Weymouth	8
	Hadan Holligan	Weymouth	8
8	Kyle Gibson	Notre Dame	7
	Jairo Lombardo	UWI Blackbirds	7
10	Elijah Downey	Paradise	6

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Kemar Headley	Weymouth Wales	Pinelands United	4-0[2]	17 January 2016
Mario Harte	UWI Blackbirds	Pinelands United	5-1[3]	31 January 2016
Shaquille Stewart^4	BDF	Pinelands United	4-0[4]	6 February 2016
Armando Lashley^4	Paradise	Belfield	1-5[5]	6 February 2016
Mario Harte	UWI Blackbirds	Brittons Hill	1-4[6]	14 February 2016
Corey Barrow	UWI Blackbirds	Belfield	4-0[7]	20 February 2016
Dwayne Stanford	Rendezvous	Pinelands	6-4[8]	21 February 2016
Shane Welch	Pinelands	Rendezvous	6-4[8]	21 February 2016
Andre Leslie^4	UWI Blackbirds	Empire Club	4-0[9]	12 March 2016
Shaquille Stewart	BDF	Pinelands United	0-6[10]	12 March 2016

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

References

1. "Barbados Football Association - Barbados". Retrieved 6 January 2016.
2. "Blackbirds pip Rendezvous -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
3. "Blackbirds leading -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
4. "Barbados Football Association - Barbados". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
5. "Paradise thrash Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
6. "Goals galore | Barbados Today". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
7. "UWI suck the wind out of Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
8. "Sweet Paradise | Barbados Today". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
9. "Barbados Football Association - Barbados". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
10. "Stewart does trick for BDF -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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