2016 Zambia Super League

The 2016 Zambia Super League is the 55th season of the Zambian Top League. The season began on 12 March 2016. ZESCO United are the defending champions, coming off their second consecutive title and fifth overall, all in the last nine years.

Zambia Super League

Season	2016
Champions	Zanaco
Relegated	Lusaka Tigers Mufulira Blackpool Nakambala Leopards
Champions League	Zanaco
Matches played	302
Goals scored	597 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Walter Bwalya (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Zanaco 6-0 Mufulira Blackpool (25 June 2016)
Biggest away win	Lusaka Dynamos 1-6 Zanaco (13 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Nkana 6-3 Nakambala Leopards (22 October 2016)
Longest winning run	Zanaco (8)
Longest unbeaten run	ZESCO United (15)
Longest winless run	Mufulira Blackpool (33)
Longest losing run	Mufulira Blackpool (9)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 10 December 2016.

Teams locations

F. Rangers

Buffaloes
Stars

Eagles

Warriors

Radiants

L. Dynamos
Tigers

Blackpool

Wanderers

Leopards

N. Rangers

Nkana

Nkwazi

P. Dynamos

Arrows

Zanaco

ZESCO

Locations of the 2016 Zambian Premier League teams

Zambian Premier League expanded from 16 to 18 teams for the 2016 season with two clubs relegated to Division One and four promoted. Konkola Blades and National Assembly were both relegated to Division One after finishing 15th and 16th, respectively, in the 2015 season. Kabwe Warriors, Lumwana Radiants, Lusaka Tigers and Mufulira Blackpool were each promoted from Division One.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zanaco (C, Q)	34	25	6	3	71	16	+55	81	Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League
2	ZESCO United	34	21	9	4	57	19	+38	72	Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
3	Nkana	34	21	7	6	58	31	+27	70
4	Power Dynamos	33	18	7	8	47	26	+21	61
5	Green Buffaloes	34	15	8	11	38	32	+6	53
6	Kabwe Warriors	34	13	11	10	33	28	+5	50
7	Red Arrows	34	11	13	10	27	30	−3	46
8	Nkwazi	34	10	15	9	40	39	+1	45
9	Forest Rangers	34	12	7	15	26	33	−7	43
10	NAPSA Stars	34	10	12	12	28	30	−2	42
11	Nchanga Rangers	34	10	9	15	28	36	−8	39
12	Lumwana Radiants	34	9	11	14	23	31	−8	38
13	Mufulira Wanderers	33	6	18	9	23	33	−10	36
14	Lusaka Dynamos	34	9	9	16	28	50	−22	36
15	Green Eagles	33	8	11	14	23	30	−7	35	Relegation to Elite Two
16	Nakambala Leopards (R)	34	8	11	15	24	39	−15	35
17	Lusaka Tigers (R)	34	5	10	19	18	49	−31	25
18	Mufulira Blackpool (R)	33	0	12	21	9	49	−40	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

	Leader
	Relegation to Elite Two

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
Zanaco	8	4	2	3	5	10	12	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ZESCO United	8	14	8	12	15	9	6	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	6	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	2
Nkana	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Power Dynamos	1	6	9	13	7	6	4	7	6	5	5	6	4	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Green Buffaloes	3	5	6	6	10	11	8	6	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Kabwe Warriors	8	12	12	15	9	13	9	10	11	12	7	10	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Red Arrows	8	10	11	14	16	11	13	10	9	8	9	8	12	11	13	11	10	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	7
Nkwazi	14	17	16	9	4	5	3	3	5	6	6	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	9	8
Forest Rangers	6	9	14	8	11	14	16	16	17	11	13	7	9	8	6	6	7	8	10	11	11	12	9	10	11	12	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	9
NAPSA Stars	14	15	15	16	18	17	17	14	15	13	12	16	15	16	15	13	13	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	10	8	10	11	9	9	10	10	10	10
Nchanga Rangers	16	7	10	5	2	4	5	9	7	9	10	11	10	12	10	9	9	7	7	8	9	9	10	9	8	10	11	14	12	12	13	11	11	11
Lumwana Radiants	8	10	5	11	14	8	11	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	12
Mufulira Wanderers	6	2	4	4	8	7	10	12	12	14	15	13	8	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13
Green Eagles	16	18	17	18	13	16	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	11	13	14
Nakambala Leopards	8	12	12	7	6	2	2	5	8	7	8	9	11	9	9	10	11	12	12	10	8	8	7	7	9	11	12	10	11	11	12	14	15
Lusaka Dynamos	3	3	7	10	12	14	14	17	16	17	14	12	14	15	17	17	17	13	14	14	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Lusaka Tigers	3	8	3	2	3	3	7	8	10	10	11	14	13	14	12	13	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Mufulira Blackpool	16	16	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2016. Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Walter Bwalya	Nkana	24
2	Jesse Were	ZESCO United	16
3	Felix Nyaende	Forest Rangers	11
4	Patson Daka	Power Dynamos	10
	Roderick Kabwe	Zanaco	10
	Idris Mbombo	ZESCO United	10
	Fashion Sakala	Zanaco	10
8	Aubrey Funga	Zanaco	9
	Saith Sakala	Zanaco	11
10	Isaac Chansa	Zanaco	8
	Stewart Chikandiwa	Nkwazi	8
	Jacob Phiri	Kabwe Warriors	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Stewart Chikandiwa	Nkwazi	Lumwana Radiants	0-4[2]	7 April 2016
Jesse Were4	ZESCO United	Mufulira Blackpool	5-0[3]	30 April 2016
Justin Shonga4	Nkwazi	Kabwe Warriors	4-1[4]	21 May 2016
Aubrey Funga	Zanaco	Mufulira Blackpool	6-0[5]	25 June 2016
Saith Sakala	Zanaco	Lusaka Tigers	0-4[6]	24 July 2016
Walter Bwalya	Nkana	Nkana	6-3[7]	22 October 2016

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

References

1. "Summary - Super League - Zambia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Retrieved 25 March 2016.
2. "Nkana open five-point lead - SuperSport - Football". Retrieved 7 April 2016.
3. "Five star Zesco thrash Blackpool - SuperSport - Football". Retrieved 19 May 2016.
4. "The Post". Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
5. "Zanaco thrash Blackpool - SuperSport - Football". Retrieved 4 July 2016.
6. "Zambia : Zanaco punish toothless Tigers to extend lead". 24 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
7. "Zambia : Nkana rout Nakambala to move 5 points behind Zanaco". 22 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.