2016 Ghanaian Premier League

First Capital Plus Premier League
Season	2016
Champions	Wa All Stars
Relegated	Hasaacas ; New Edubiase ; Techiman City ; Dreams FC
Champions League	Wa All Stars
Matches played	240
Goals scored	481 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Latif Blessing (17)
Biggest home win	WAFA 5-0 Hasaacas ; (6 March 2016)
Biggest away win	6 matches Medeama 0-2 Hearts of Oak ; (28 February 2016) ; Hearts of Oak 1-3 Wa All Stars ; (3 April 2016) ; Liberty Professionals 0-2 Asante Kotoko ; (13 August 2016) ; Ebusua Dwarfs 0-2 Bechem United ; (20 August 2016) ; New Edubiase 1-3 Hearts of Oak ; (18 September 2016) ; Dreams 0-2 Ebusua Dwarfs ; (18 September 2016) ;
Highest scoring	Ashanti Gold 5-3 Asante Kotoko ; (14 September 2016)
Longest winning run	Aduana Stars ; Bechem United (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Ashanti Gold (9)
Longest winless run	Ashanti Gold ; Liberty Professionals ; New Edubiase (8)
Longest losing run	New Edubiase (6)
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 18 September 2016.

The 2016 Ghanaian Premier League was the 60th season of top professional association football in Ghana. The domestic league season began on 21 January and concluded on 18 September with Wa All Stars winning their first league title. Only the matches between Asante Kotoko and the Hearts of Oak attracted attendances above 10,000.^[1]

Teams

The Ghanaian Premier League comprises 16 sides, of which the bottom three - Hasaacas, New Edubiase and Techiman City - will be relegated to the Division One. In December 2016, Dreams FC was demoted from the Ghana Premier League due to an anomaly with the registration of a player. The decision was taken by the Ghana Football Association's Disciplinary Committee.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League teams

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wa All Stars (C, Q)	30	15	6	9	31	22	+9	51	Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
2	Aduana Stars	30	14	7	9	42	24	+18	49
3	Hearts of Oak	30	12	12	6	31	26	+5	48
4	Medeama	30	13	7	10	34	31	+3	46^[a]
5	Asante Kotoko	30	12	10	8	33	29	+4	46^[a]
6	Bechem United	30	12	6	12	31	34	−3	42^[b]
6	WAFA	30	11	9	10	31	22	+9	42^[b]
8	Berekum Chelsea	30	12	4	14	26	27	−1	40^[c]
9	Dreams	30	11	7	12	30	34	−4	40^[c]	Relegation to Division One League
10	Ebusua Dwarfs	30	11	7	12	31	31	0	40^[c]
11	Ashanti Gold	30	8	16	6	32	31	+1	40^[c]
12	Inter Allies	30	9	11	10	34	31	+3	38^[d]
13	Liberty Professionals	30	10	8	12	33	30	+3	38^[d]
14	Hasaacas (R)	30	10	6	14	32	43	−11	36	Relegation to Division One League
15	Techiman City (R)	30	9	7	14	28	41	−13	34
16	New Edubiase (R)	30	6	7	17	20	43	−23	25

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 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) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ASA 2-2 MED; MED 1-1 ASA
^ ^a ^b BEC 2-0 WAF; WAF 2-0 BEC
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d BER: 11 points; DRE: 10 points; EBU: 6 points; ASH: 4 points
^ ^a ^b LIB 2-1 INT; INT 1-0 LIB

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wa All Stars	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Aduana Stars	9	13	16	13	12	10	13	9	8	5	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	6	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Hearts of Oak	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3
Medeama	9	13	13	15	12	9	12	15	16	10	12	13	12	11	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	5	4	4
Asante Kotoko	9	13	14	14	10	16	9	8	9	9	5	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Bechem United	1	5	4	6	7	12	14	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	14	13	14	12	12	13	14	12	15	13	11	7	7	6	6	6
WAFA	1	12	4	6	4	7	6	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	5	7	6	6
Berekum Chelsea	9	6	8	4	3	6	4	5	4	6	8	8	6	7	8	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	12	9	10	10	9	10	8
Dreams	1	1	1	3	6	3	2	3	6	3	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	4	5	5	6	5	5	7	8	9
Ebusua Dwarfs	9	13	15	15	16	14	16	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	11	13	10	9	8	8	9	11	12	11	10
Ashanti Gold	1	9	8	6	8	8	11	10	10	13	13	12	11	12	12	15	12	13	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	10	9	11
Inter Allies	1	11	10	10	10	15	9	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	11	13	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	12
Liberty Professionals	9	8	7	4	9	4	7	4	3	4	7	7	5	5	5	6	7	6	8	8	9	8	8	9	12	12	12	11	13	13
Hasaacas	9	4	11	11	12	11	8	11	11	14	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	11	13	15	12	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	14
Techiman City	1	7	4	6	4	5	5	7	5	7	4	5	9	9	10	9	11	9	11	12	10	13	12	11	13	13	13	15	14	15
New Edubiase	9	9	11	11	12	13	15	16	13	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: Soccerway (in French)
= Leader; = Relegation to Ghana Football Leagues

Top scorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Latif Blessing	Liberty Professionals	17
2	Kwesi Donsu	Medeama	15
2	Yahaya Mohammed	Aduana Stars	15
3	Abednego Tetteh	Bechem United	13
4	Bright Adjei	Aduana Stars	12
5	Cosmos Dauda	Hearts of Oak	11
6	Shafiu Mumuni	Ashanti Gold	10
7	Frederick Boateng	Inter Allies	9
7	Sadick Adams	Berekum Chelsea	9
8	Bright Luqman	Ebusua Dwarfs	8

Updated to games played on 18 September 2016
Source: Global Sports Archive

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Samuel Tetteh	WAFA	Hasaacas	5-0^[5]	6 March 2016
Yahaya Mohammed	Aduana Stars	Hasaacas	4-0^[6]	20 April 2016
Dauda Mohammed	Asante Kotoko	Techiman City	4-2^[7]	29 May 2016
Latif Blessing	Liberty Professionals	Hasaacas	4-0^[8]	27 July 2016

References

^ "Low Stadium Attendance in Ghana because of European Leagues". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
^ "Dreams FC demoted to Division One, Tema Youth promoted over". GhanaSoccernet. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ "Dreams FC accepts Division One demotion". Graphic Online. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Dreams FC demoted to Division One, Tema Youth promoted over". GhanaWeb. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
^ "WAFA destory [sic] Hasaacas - SuperSport - Football". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. 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.
^ "Kotoko 4-2 Techiman City - Dauda nets hat trick in Porcupines win | Soccer News 2016-05-29". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Liberty Professionals defeats Sekondi Hasaacas | Other Sports 2016-07-27". Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[table_hth_ASA0.19977877670889-5] ASA 2-2 MED; MED 1-1 ASA

[table_hth_BEC0.19977877670889-6] BEC 2-0 WAF; WAF 2-0 BEC

[table_hth_BER0.19977877670889-7] BER: 11 points; DRE: 10 points; EBU: 6 points; ASH: 4 points

[table_hth_LIB0.19977877670889-8] LIB 2-1 INT; INT 1-0 LIB

[1] "Low Stadium Attendance in Ghana because of European Leagues". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

[2] "Dreams FC demoted to Division One, Tema Youth promoted over". GhanaSoccernet. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

[3] "Dreams FC accepts Division One demotion". Graphic Online. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[4] "Dreams FC demoted to Division One, Tema Youth promoted over". GhanaWeb. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

[9] "WAFA destory [sic] Hasaacas - SuperSport - Football". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[10] "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.

[11] "Kotoko 4-2 Techiman City - Dauda nets hat trick in Porcupines win | Soccer News 2016-05-29". Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[12] "Liberty Professionals defeats Sekondi Hasaacas | Other Sports 2016-07-27". Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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