2016 Ligue 1 (Congo)

Ligue 1
Season 2016
Relegated Munisport
Pigeon Vert
Champions League Léopards de Dolisié
Matches played 166
Goals scored 354 (2.13 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Léopards de Dolisié (9)
Longest unbeaten run Léopards de Dolisié (17)
Longest winless run Munisport (16)
Longest losing run Munisport
Pigeon Vert
Tongo FC Jambon (7)
2013

All statistics correct as of 13 April 2016.

The 2016 Ligue 1 is the 49th season of Ligue 1, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Republic of the Congo, since its establishment in 1961.

The league was abandoned in both 2014 and 2015, due to financial problems and club boycotts, respectively. AC Léopards is the defending champion from the 2013 season.

Clubs

A total of 20 teams will contest the league after expanding from 18 teams with the promotion of Jeunes Fauves and Kimbonguila Kinkala from Ligue 2. Pigeon Vert was also promoted to Ligue 1 when FC Bilombé withdrew from the league.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Léopards de Dolisié (Q) 17 14 3 0 35 6 +29 45 Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
2 JS Talangaï 17 12 3 2 31 9 +22 39
3 JS Poto-Poto 17 11 2 4 21 9 +12 35 Qualification for 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Étoile du Congo 15 9 5 1 28 11 +17 32
5 Diables Noirs 16 10 2 4 23 10 +13 32
6 CARA Brazzaville 17 9 5 3 22 11 +11 32
7 La Mancha 16 6 7 3 14 8 +6 25
8 Nico-Nicoyé 17 5 7 5 14 14 0 22
9 Inter Club 18 7 1 10 27 28 1 22
10 Kondzo 17 5 6 6 20 25 5 21
11 Jeunes Fauves 16 4 8 4 14 16 2 20
12 Ponténégrine 16 4 7 5 16 17 1 19
13 Patronage Sainte-Anne 17 4 7 6 12 16 4 19
14 St-Michel Ouenzé 19 4 6 9 17 26 9 18
15 Tongo FC Jambon 17 4 4 9 12 20 8 16 Qualification for Relegation Playoffs
16 Chéminots 17 4 4 9 13 27 14 16
17 V. Club Mokanda 15 3 5 7 10 18 8 14 Relegation to 2017 Ligue 2
18 Kimbonguila Kinkala 14 3 4 7 8 17 9 13
19 Pigeon Vert (R) 18 1 3 14 8 38 30 6
20 Munisport (R) 16 0 5 11 9 28 19 5

Updated to games played on 13 April 2016.
Source:
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.

Positions by round

Leader
2017 CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Ligue 2 or Relegation Playoff
Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819
Léopards de Dolisié 11 13 6 4 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
JS Talangaï 1 7 11 11 6 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 2
Étoile du Congo 5 8 13 8 8 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 3
Diables Noirs 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 4
JS Poto-Poto 17 16 8 5 5 4 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
CARA Brazzaville 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 6
La Mancha 11 3 3 3 4 7 5 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Inter Club 5 17 9 12 16 12 8 8 8 10 8 9 11 9 9 8 8
Kondzo 5 9 15 17 13 9 9 13 12 14 11 11 12 13 14 14 9
Jeunes Fauves 11 13 5 7 9 13 13 9 9 8 9 8 10 11 11 13 10
Ponténégrine 11 13 7 10 10 14 14 10 10 12 13 14 13 12 13 10 11
Nico-Nicoyé 11 18 20 14 14 11 10 11 11 9 10 10 8 8 8 9 12
Patronage Sainte-Anne 17 5 4 6 7 10 12 15 14 11 12 12 9 10 10 11 13
St-Michel Ouenzé 5 9 14 9 12 15 16 17 17 17 16 16 14 14 12 12 14
Chéminots 3 4 10 13 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 17 18 17 16 17 15
V. Club Mokanda 9 12 16 15 11 8 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 15 16
Kimbonguila Kinkala 19 20 18 20 17 17 15 16 16 15 15 13 15 15 15 16 17
Tongo FC Jambon 19 6 12 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18
Munisport 9 9 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 19
Pigeon Vert 11 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 20

Last updated: 13 April 2016
Source: Soccerway (French)

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