2016 Bhutan National League
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | Thimphu City |
| Relegated | None |
| AFC Cup | Thimphu City |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 104 (3.47 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Ugyen Academy 5–0 Paro United |
| Biggest away win | Bhutan Clearing 0–6 Ugyen Academy |
| Highest scoring | Bhutan Clearing 1–6 Thimphu |
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The 2016 Bhutan National League is the fourth season of national football competition in Bhutan, having replaced the A-Division (Bhutan) in 2013. Again, the Thimphu League provides the qualifiers from Thimphu, with the top three teams in that competition being awarded places in the National League alongside three regional teams.
The Thimphu League is a regional competition for teams from Thimphu. the competition consists of seven teams, each plays the others twice – home and away – for a total of 12 games each, over 14 game weeks. 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The league table is decided firstly on points won, then on goal difference and finally on total goals scored if the previous two are equal. The first three teams automatically qualify for the National league, the bottom two teams compete in relegation playoffs with the top two teams from the B-Division for two places in the next seasons's competition.
The 2016 season of the Thimphu League, previously called the Bhutan A-Division, started on April 3, 2016 and ended on June 19.Terton are defending champions and the competition has been expanded from 7 teams in 2015 with the addition of Tensung and Bhutan U-17s following the relegation of Dzongrig. The 2016 Thimphu league was opened with a friendly match organised by the Bhutan Football Federation between the "Legends", a team of 35–40 ex-national team players, including Nado, a sixty-five year old player who represented Bhutan throughout the eighties and nineties, and the "Young Stars", the national team, with the Young Stars winning 5–4.
Updated to games played on 19 June 2016.
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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.
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