2016 Afghan Premier League

The 2016 Afghan Premier League was the fifth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, established in 2012. De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. were the defending champions of the Premier League. The season started on 25 August 2016 with the 8 teams again in two groups. Shaheen Asmayee F.C. won the final of the Afghan Premier League against De Maiwand Atalan F.C. and qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup, the first time an Afghan team was to compete in the AFC Cup.[1]

Afghan Premier League
Season2016
ChampionsShaheen Asmayee
(3rd title)
AFC CupShaheen Asmayee
2015
2017

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shaheen Asmayee 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Qualification to Semi finals
2 De Maiwand Atalan 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6[a]
3 Toofaan Harirod 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6[a]
4 De Abasin Sape 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b De Maiwand Atalan won head-to-head tiebreaker

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mawjhal Amu 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Qualification to Semi finals
2 Simorgh Alborz 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3 Oqaban Hindukush 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4 De Spin Ghar Bazan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: Soccerway

Playoff Stage edit

Semifinals edit

First legs edit

Shaheen Asmayee8–1Simorgh Alborz
Mawjhal Amu2–3De Maiwand Atalan

Second legs edit

Simorgh Alborz3–2Shaheen Asmayee
De Maiwand Atalan2–0Mawjhal Amu

Third-place match edit

Mawjhal Amu0–1Simorgh Alborz

Final edit

Shaheen Asmayee2–1De Maiwand Atalan

References edit

  1. ^ "The Official website of the Roshan Afghan Premier League". Retrieved 28 August 2014.