2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
Season 2015–16
Champions Lae City Dwellers
Top goalscorer Koriak Upaiga
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The 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season was the tenth edition of this competition.

Format

Twelve teams played in the league. For the first stage, the clubs are divided into a Northern and Southern Zone, with each team playing each other in their zone twice, home and away. At the end of the first stage the top two teams from each zone advance to the National Champions League stage, the winners of which qualify for the 2017 OFC Champions League.[1]

First stage

Northern Zone

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lae City Dwellers 10 7 2 1 24 6 +18 23 Qualified to the 2016 National Champions League
2 Welgris Morobe United 10 6 2 2 15 8 +7 20
3 Madang 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18 Qualified to the 2017 OFC Champions League Group Stage
4 Admiralty Palaiau 10 3 4 3 13 7 +6 13
5 Besta United PNG 10 3 1 6 9 17 −8 10
6 Goroka Gosiha 10 0 0 10 7 35 −28 0

Updated to games played on 6 February 2016.
Source: RSSSF
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.

Southern Zone

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hekari United 10 10 0 0 39 12 +27 30 Qualified to the 2016 National Champions League
2 Rapatona 10 4 2 4 12 16 −4 14
3 FC Port Moresby 10 4 1 5 19 13 +6 13
4 Erema 10 3 2 5 15 25 −10 11
5 Gigira Laitepo United 10 2 3 5 13 19 −6 9
6 PS United 10 2 2 6 14 27 −13 8

Updated to games played on 6 February 2016.
Source: RSSSF
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.

National Champions League

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hekari United 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16
2 Lae City Dwellers (C) 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13 Qualified to the 2017 OFC Champions League Group Stage
3 Welgris Morobe United 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3
4 Rapatona 6 1 0 5 2 15 −13 3

Updated to games played on 12 March 2016.
Source: RSSSF
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.

Grand final

References

  1. ↑ "Papua New Guinea 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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