2015–16 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Al-Jaish
Matches played 177
Goals scored 399 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Raja Rafe (22)
Highest scoring

Musfat Baniyas 1–6 Tishreen

Al-Nidal 0–7 Al-Wahda
Longest winning run 11 games
Al-Jaish
Longest unbeaten run 23 games
Al-Wahda
Longest winless run 18 games
Musfat Baniyas
Longest losing run 7 games
Musfat Baniyas
2016–17 →

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

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

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

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 or relegation
1 Al-Jaish 5 4 1 0 12 3 +9 16 2017 AFC Cup
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

References

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