Ghana Premier League 2016

The Ghana Premier League 2016 is the 56th season of the highest Ghanaian league in men's football . It opened on February 20, 2016 with the game West African Football Academy SC against Asante Kotoko SC (2-0) and is expected to end on September 18, 2016 with the 30th matchday. After the Capital Bank (until the renaming in December 2015 under the name "First Capital Plus Bank") had terminated its sponsorship contract with the Ghana Football Association and contracts with Vodafone and Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) had not been concluded, the season was without Named sponsor.

statistics

society	Venue	Previous year's placement
AshantiGold SC	Obuasi (Ashanti)	master
Asante Kotoko SC	Kumasi (Ashanti)	2.
Aduana Stars FC	Dormaa Ahenkro (Brong-Ahafo)	3.
Berekum Chelsea FC	Berekum (Brong-Ahafo)	4th
Liberty Professionals FC	Dansoman (Accra)	5.
Inter Allies FC	Tema (Accra)	6th
New Edubiase United FC	Obuasi (Ashanti)	7th
Sekondi Hasaacas FC	Sekondi (Western)	8th.
Wa All Stars FC	Wa (Upper West)	9.
Bechem United FC	Bechem (Brong-Ahafo)	10.
Medeama SC	Tarkwa (Western)	11.
West African Football Academy SC	Sogakope (Volta)	12.
Hearts of Oak SC	Accra	13.
Techiman City FC	Techiman (Brong-Ahafo)	Newcomers (Zone 1)
Ebusua Dwarfs FC	Cape Coast (Central)	Newcomers (Zone 2)
Dreams FC	Dawu (Accra)	Newcomers (Zone 3)

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Wa All Stars FC	30th	15th	6th	9	031:220	+9	51
2.	Aduana Stars FC	30th	14th	7th	9	042:240	+18	49
3.	Hearts of Oak SC	30th	12	12	6th	031:260	+5	48
4th	Medeama SC	30th	13	7th	10	034:310	+3	46
5.	Asante Kotoko SC	30th	12	10	8th	033:290	+4	46
6th	West African Football Academy SC	30th	11	9	10	031:220	+9	42
7th	Bechem United FC	30th	12	6th	12	031:340	−3	42
8th.	Berekum Chelsea FC	30th	12	4th	14th	026:270	−1	40
9.	Dreams FC (N)	30th	11	7th	12	030:340	−4	40
10.	Ebusua Dwarfs FC (N)	30th	11	7th	12	031:310	± 0	40
11.	AshantiGold SC (M)	30th	8th	16	6th	032:310	+1	40
12.	Inter Allies FC (M)	30th	9	11	10	034:310	+3	38
13.	Liberty Professionals FC	30th	10	8th	12	033:300	+3	38
14th	Techiman City FC (N)	30th	10	7th	13	030:390	−9	37
15th	Sekondi Hasaacas FC	30th	10	6th	14th	032:430	−11	36
16.	New Edubiase United FC	30th	5	7th	18th	018:450	−27	22nd
As of September 30, 2016

	Ghanaian champions and participation in the 2017 CAF Champions League
	Relegation to the second-rate division One League
(M)	Reigning champion of the previous 2015 season
(N)	Promoted from the One League division of the preseason

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Ghana Latif Blessing	Liberty Professionals FC	17th
2.	Ghana Yahaya Mohammed	Aduana Stars FC	15th
2.	Ghana Kwasi Donsu	Medeama SC	15th
4th	Ghana Cosmos Dauda	Hearts of Oak SC	11
4th	Ghana Bright Agyei	Aduana Stars FC	11
6th	Ghana Abednego Tetteh	Bechem United FC	10
7th	Ghana Frederick Boateng	Inter Allies FC	9
8th.	Ghana Saddick Adams	Berekum Chelsea FC	8th
	Ghana Eric Bekoe	Sekondi Hasaacas FC
	Ghana Amos Kwasi Frimpong	Asante Kotoko SC
	Ghana Dauda Mohammed	Asante Kotoko SC
	Ghana Richard Arthur	Wa All Stars FC
	Ghana Komlan Agbegiadan	West African Football Academy SC
As of September 30, 2016

Ghana Football Association : Premier League. In: ghanafa.org , accessed on June 18, 2016 (English).
José Batalha: Ghana 2016. In: rsssf.com (June 2, 2016), accessed June 18, 2016 (English).

↑ ^a ^b Ghana Football Association: Fixtures for 2nd Round of Ghana Premier League. In: ghanafa.org (June 13, 2016), accessed on June 18, 2016 (English).
↑ First Capital Plus rebrands to Capital Bank. In: ghanaweb.com (3 December 2015), accessed on 18 June 2016 (English).
↑ Vodafone set to sponsor Ghana Premier League? In: ghanaweb.com (February 23, 2016), accessed June 18, 2016 (English).
↑ MTN ready to sponsor Ghana Premier League. In: ghanaweb.com (March 17, 2016), accessed June 18, 2016 (English).
^ Ghana Football Association: Premier League: Top Scorers. ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: ghanafa.org , accessed on January 15, 2017.