2016 Ghanaian Premier League

First Capital Plus Premier League

Season	2016
Matches played	80
Goals scored	169 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Latif Blessing (8)
Biggest home win	WAFA 5-0 Hasaacas (6 March 2016)
Biggest away win	2 matches Medeama 0-2 Hearts of Oak (28 February 2016) Hearts of Oak 1-3 Wa All Stars (3 April 2016)
Highest scoring	2 matches Hasaacas 4-2 Techiman City (27 February 2016) Liberty Professionals 5-1 Ashanti Gold (3 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Aduana Stars Wa All Stars (3)
Longest unbeaten run	Wa All Stars (7)
Longest winless run	Ashanti Gold New Edubiase (6)
Longest losing run	Aduana Stars Hasaacas (3)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 2 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

Techiman

Location of the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League teams

Team	Stadium	Location	Capacity
Aduana Stars	Agyeman Badu Stadium	Dormaa Ahenkro	7003500000000000000♠5,000
All Stars	Wa Sports Stadium	Wa	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Asante Kotoko	Baba Yara Stadium	Kumasi	7004405280000000000♠40,528
AshantiGold	Len Clay Stadium	Obuasi	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Bechem United	Nana Gyeabour's Park	Bechem	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Berekum Chelsea	Berekum Sports Stadium	Berekum	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Dreams	Dawu Sports Stadium	Accra	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Ebusua Dwarfs	Cape Coast Sports Stadium	Cape Coast	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Hearts of Oak	Accra Sports Stadium	Accra	7004400000000000000♠40,000
Inter Allies	Tema Sports Stadium	Tema	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Liberty Professionals	Dansoman Park	Dansoman	7003200000000000000♠2,000
Medeama	TNA Park	Tarkwa	7004120000000000000♠12,000
New Edubiase United	Len Clay Stadium	Obuasi	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Sekondi Hasaacas	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium	Sekondi-Takoradi	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Techiman City	Ohene Ameyaw Park	Techiman	7003200000000000000♠2,000
WAFA	Sogakope Stadium	Goma Fetteh	7003100000000000000♠1,000

League table


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

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

Last updated: 2 May 2016
Source: Soccerway (French)

Top scorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Latif Blessing	Liberty	8
2	Yahaya Mohammed	Aduana	7
3	Sadick Adams	Chelsea	6
4	Eric Bekoe	Hasaacas	5
4	Samuel Tetteh	WAFA	5
6	Richard Arthur	Wa	4
	Charles Boateng	WAFA	4
	Cosmos Dauda	Oak	4
9	Gockel Ahortor	Inter Allies	3
	Bernard Arthur	Liberty	3
	Lawson Bekui	Dreams	3
	Musah Ibrahim	Oak	3
	Kofi Yeboah	Wa	3

Updated to games played on 2 May 2016
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Samuel Tetteh	WAFA	Hasaacas	5-0^[1]	000000002016-03-06-00006 March 2016
Yahaya Mohammed	Aduana Stars	Hasaacas	4-0^[2]	000000002016-04-20-000020 April 2016

References

↑ "WAFA destory Hasaacas - SuperSport - Football". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
↑ "Match Report: Aduana Stars 4-0 Sekondi Hasaacas- Yahaya Mohammed bags hat-trick in stroll in the park win - GHANAsoccernet.com". Retrieved 21 April 2016.

Football in Ghana

Ghana Football Association

National teams

League system

Men	Ghana Premier League Ghana Football Leagues Division 1 League Division 2 League Division 3 League GAFCOA

Women	Ghana Women's Football League

Domestic cups

Men	Ghanaian FA Cup Ghana Super Cup

Awards

Ghana Player of the year

List of clubs
Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Venues
Champions
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Records

First Capital Plus Bank Premier League · 2014–15

Aduana Stars All Stars Asante Kotoko Ashanti Gold Bechem United Berekum Chelsea Heart of Lions Hearts of Oak Inter Allies Liberty Professionals Medeama SC New Edubiase United Sekondi Hasaacas

2015 in African Football (CAF)

« 2014 2016 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola 14–15 15–16 Benin 14-15 15-16 Botswana 14–15 15–16 Burkina Faso 14–15 15–16 Burundi 14–15 15–16 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 14–15 15–16 Democratic Republic of Congo 14–15 15–16 Djibouti 14–15 15–16 Egypt 14–15 15–16 Ethiopia 14–15 15–16 Gabon Gambia 14–15 15–16 Ghana 15 15–16 Guinea 14–15 15–16 Kenya Lesotho 14–15 15–16 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 14–15 15–16 Mauritania 14–15 Mauritius 14–15 Morocco 14–15 15–16 Mozambique Namibia 14–15 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 14–15 15–16 Senegal 14–15 Somalia 14–15 South Africa 14–15 15–16 Sudan Swaziland 14–15 Tanzania 14–15 Togo Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16 Zambia Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola 14–15 15–16 Egypt Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16

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

International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

2016 in African Football (CAF)

« 2015 2017 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin 15–16 16–17 Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 15–16 16–17 Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana Guinea 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 15–16 16–17 Mauritania 15–16 Mauritius 15–16 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 15–16 16–17 Senegal 15–16 Somalia 15–16 South Africa 15–16 16–17 Sudan Swaziland 15–16 Tanzania 15–16 Togo Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zimbabwe

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

International competitions	CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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