2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Season	2016
Champions	CAPS United
Relegated	Border Strikers Chapungu United Mutare City Tsholotsho
2017 CAF Champions League	CAPS United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	450 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leonard Tsipa (11)
Biggest home win	12 matches Chicken Inn 3−0 Dynamos (2 April 2016) CAPS United 3−0 Chapungu United (3 April 2016) Harare City 4−1 Mutare City (8 April 2016) Harare City 4−1 Hwange (30 April 2016) Platinum 3−0 Border Strikers (21 May 2016) Tsholotsho 3-0 Hwange (16 July 2016) CAPS United 4-1 Mutare City (27 August 2016) Chapungu United 3-0 Border Strikers (27 August 2016) Mutare City 3-0 Border Strikers (15 October 2016) Ngezi Platinum 3-0 Hwange (29 October 2016) Platinum 3−0 Highlanders (20 November 2016) Highlanders 3-0 Hwange (26 November 2016)
Biggest away win	4 matches Mutare City 0−3 Ngezi Platinum (2 April 2016) Hwange 0−3 Highlanders (3 April 2016) Ngezi Platinum 1−4 Highlanders (14 May 2016) Tsholotsho 0-3 Platinum (26 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Hwange 5-3 Triangle United (28 August 2016)
Longest winning run	Highlanders (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Platinum (12)
Longest winless run	Border Strikers (10)
Longest losing run	Border Strikers (7)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 26 November 2016.

	Leader
	Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1

The 2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 37th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season began on 1 April 2016 when How Mine took on newly promoted Bulawayo City at White City Stadium. CAPS United won their fifth league championship and first in 11 years.

A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season and four promoted from the 2015 Zimbabwe Division 1, Border Strikers, Bulawayo City, Mutare City Rovers and Ngezi Platinum. On the other hand, Buffaloes, Dongo Sawmills, Flame Lilly and Wha Wha were the last four teams of the 2015 season and will play in the Zimbabwe Division 1 for the 2016 season.Chicken Inn are the defending champions from the 2015 season.

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) head-to-head away goals
(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 Mutare City were docked 3 points for playing ineligible player Kudakwashe Gurure.

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