2015–16 Syrian Premier League

The 2015–16 Syrian Premier League season is the 45th since its establishment. This seasons league featured two stages. Stage one pitted two groups of ten teams and kicked off on 22 November 2015. The top three of each group advanced to the Championship Playoff to determine the overall league champions. The bottom two of each group relegated to the second division.[1][2][3][4] All matches were played in Damascus and Latakia due to security concerns.

Syrian Premier League
Season2015–16
ChampionsAl-Jaish
Matches played177
Goals scored399 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerRaja Rafe (22)
Highest scoringMusfat Baniyas 1–6 Tishreen Al-Nidal 0–7 Al-Wahda
Longest winning run11 games
Al-Jaish
Longest unbeaten run23 games
Al-Wahda
Longest winless run18 games
Musfat Baniyas
Longest losing run7 games
Musfat Baniyas

First stage

Each team plays each other twice, top three advanced to the championship playoff, bottom two relegate.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Jaish 16 13 2 1 28 9 +19 41 Advance to Championship Playoff
2 Al-Karamah 16 10 2 4 22 12 +10 32
3 Al-Muhafaza 16 5 8 3 10 9 +1 23
4 Al-Majd 16 4 6 6 14 14 0 18
5 Jableh 16 4 6 6 7 10 3 18
6 Hutteen 16 4 5 7 12 17 5 17
7 Al-Taliya 16 3 7 6 10 14 4 16
8 Al-Hurriya 16 3 6 7 10 18 8 15
9 Al-Jazeera 16 1 8 7 9 18 9 11 Relegation
10 Omayya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Wahda 18 15 3 0 47 6 +41 48 Advance to Championship Playoff
2 Al-Ittihad 18 11 5 2 31 10 +21 38
3 Al-Shorta 18 10 7 1 31 11 +20 37
4 Tishreen 18 9 5 4 26 11 +15 32
5 Al-Wathba 18 6 4 8 19 24 5 22
6 Al-Nidal 18 4 6 8 21 34 13 18
7 Al-Nawair 18 4 6 8 20 30 10 18
8 Al-Futowa 18 4 6 8 19 26 7 18
9 Al-Jihad 18 2 6 10 19 34 15 12 Relegation
10 Musfat Baniyas 18 0 2 16 6 53 47 2
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Championship Playoff

Each team plays each other once, the first place teams in the first stage get three points plus, the second place get two points and the third place get one point.

As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Al-Jaish 3, Al-Wahda 3 points, Al-Karamah 2, Al-Ittihad 2, Al-Muhafaza 1 and Al-Shorta 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Jaish 5 4 1 0 12 3 +9 16 2017 AFC Cup and 2016–17 Arab Club Championship Play-off round
2 Al-Wahda 5 3 2 0 10 3 +7 14 2017 AFC Cup
3 Al-Ittihad 5 3 0 2 4 9 5 11
4 Al-Karamah 5 2 0 3 7 8 1 8
5 Al-Shorta 5 1 0 4 4 9 5 4
6 Al-Muhafaza 5 0 1 4 1 4 3 2
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References

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