2016 Nigeria Professional Football League

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Nigeria Premier League
Glo Nigeria Premier League
Season 2016
Relegated Giwa
Matches played 168
Goals scored 362 (2.15 per match)
Biggest home win Kano Pillars 6-0 Shooting Stars
(24 April 2016)
Biggest away win El Kanemi Warriors 1-3 Akwa United
(30 March 2016)
Highest scoring Kano Pillars 6-0 Shooting Stars
(24 April 2016)
Longest winning run Abia Warriors
Enyimba
Rivers United (3)
Longest unbeaten run Abia Warriors (10)
Longest winless run Ikorodu United (10)
Longest losing run Ikorodu United (5)
← 2015
All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

The 2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (referred to as the Nigerian Glo premier league for sponsorship reasons) is the 45th season of the Nigeria Premier League, the top Nigerian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1972, and the 26th since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League".

Enyimba came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season. MFM, Niger Tornadoes, Plateau United and Ikorodu United entered as the four promoted teams from the Nigeria National League.[1]

Clubs

A total of 20 teams will contest the league including 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League. The four promoted teams replace Bayelsa United, Kwara United, Sharks and Taraba who were all relegated to the National League at the end of the previous season

Locations of the Nigeria Premier League 2015 teams

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Rivers United 18 10 1 7 20 15 +5 31 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Enyimba 16 9 3 4 19 13 +6 30
3 Kano Pillars 18 8 5 5 25 17 +8 29 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederations Cup
4 Enugu Rangers 17 8 5 4 26 19 +7 29
5 Wikki Tourist 17 8 4 5 25 11 +14 28
6 Lobi Stars 18 8 4 6 20 16 +4 28
7 Sunshine Stars 18 7 6 5 23 17 +6 27
8 Akwa United 18 8 3 7 22 17 +5 27
9 Abia Warriors 17 7 6 4 19 15 +4 27
10 MFM 18 7 6 5 19 16 +3 27
11 Ifeanyi Uba 18 8 3 7 17 17 0 27
12 Warri Wolves 18 7 4 7 13 15 −2 25
13 Niger Tornadoes 18 7 1 10 20 24 −4 22
14 Heartland 18 5 6 7 12 16 −4 21
15 Nasarawa United 18 7 0 11 17 24 −7 21
16 Plateau United 18 4 8 6 17 24 −7 20
17 El Kanemi Warriors 17 6 1 10 18 24 −6 19 Relegation to the Nigeria National League
18 Shooting Stars 18 5 2 11 17 31 −14 17
19 Ikorodu United 18 3 4 11 13 31 −18 13
20 Giwa1 (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Standings
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.

1 Giwa was expelled from the league following Week 18 after failing to honor three consecutive home matches. All matches involving Giwa, played and unplayed, were suspended.[2]

Positions by round

Leader
2017 CAF Champions League or 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Nigeria National League
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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Rivers United 4 8 3 9 5 7 12 10 6 5 8 5 7 7 5 1 6 2 1                                      
Kano Pillars 1 4 2 3 2 3 3 5 2 9 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 2                                      
Enugu Rangers 14 14 8 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 1 1 3                                      
Wikki Tourist 4 5 9 4 7 11 6 8 8 3 6 9 6 8 7 9 3 4 4                                      
Lobi Stars 4 2 4 1 4 5 7 3 4 7 9 7 5 5 4 6 5 6 5                                      
Sunshine Stars 8 15 16 18 19 19 19 20 17 18 18 13 17 15 15 12 13 10 6                                      
Akwa United 8 12 15 11 15 10 4 7 7 6 3 6 10 11 9 7 7 7 7                                      
Enyimba 17 18 19 14 18 18 18 17 18 17 17 19 19 18 11 13 10 11 8                                      
Abia Warriors 8 9 6 8 9 8 13 13 9 8 4 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 9                                      
MFM 1 1 5 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 7 4 7 6 8 8 11 12 10                                      
Ifeanyi Uba 4 6 12 7 8 4 5 3 5 1 2 1 3 4 6 4 8 8 11                                      
Warri Wolves 12 10 13 16 6 9 14 14 14 16 15 11 9 10 13 11 9 9 12                                      
Niger Tornadoes 14 7 11 6 12 6 10 6 10 10 13 10 13 9 12 10 16 14 13                                      
Heartland 12 10 14 17 14 15 15 15 12 13 10 14 11 12 10 14 12 15 14                                      
Nasarawa United 14 17 18 20 20 20 20 19 20 19 19 18 15 14 16 15 15 13 15                                      
Plateau United 1 3 1 10 10 12 8 11 13 15 12 15 12 13 14 16 14 16 16                                      
El Kanemi Warriors 17 15 16 19 16 17 16 16 11 14 11 17 14 16 18 17 17 17 17                                      
Shooting Stars 17 18 10 13 11 13 9 12 16 12 16 12 16 17 17 18 18 18 18                                      
Ikorodu United 8 12 7 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19                                      
Giwa 17 20 20 15 17 14 11 9 15 11 14 16 18 19 19 19 19 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Last updated: 29 May 2016
Source: Soccerway

References

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