2016 Lao Premier League

Lao League
Season 2016
Champions Lanexang United
Matches played 26
Goals scored 726 (27.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Liberia Abu Kamara
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Lanexang United 9–1 Ezra
(3 April 2016)[1]
Biggest away win Saythany City F.C.
(30 April 2016)[1]
Highest scoring Lanexang United 9–1 Ezra
(3 April 2016)[1]
Saythany City F.C.
(7 May 2016)[1]
Longest winning run 19 matches[1]
Lanexang United
Longest unbeaten run 8 matches[1]
CSC Champa
Longest winless run 9 matches[1]
Champasak United
Longest losing run 6 matches[1]
Saythany City F.C.
Highest attendance 2,000
Lao Toyota 0–1 Lanexang United
(26 June 2016)
← 2015
2017 →

All statistics correct as of 12 June 2016.

The 2016 Lao League is the 27th season of the Lao League, the top Laotian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1990. The season began on 26 March 2016, and is scheduled to conclude in late 2016.[1]

Lao Toyota came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season. Lao Army, National University of Laos, VSV United and Saythany City were promoted from the lower leagues.[2]

Teams

A total of 14 teams will participate in the 2016 Lao League season, ten from the previous season and four promoted teams. No teams were relegated after the 2015 season due to league expansion as Lao Army, National University of Laos, Saythany City and VSV United were promoted from the lower leagues. Hoang Anh Attapeu, who finished 5th in 2015, withdrew from the league while SHB Vientiane were renamed as CSC Champa and Savan were renamed as Savan United.[2][3]

Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Stadium Capacity
Champasak United Champasak Stadium[4] 12,000
CSC Champa Champasak Stadium[4] 12,000
Eastern Star New Laos National Stadium[5] 25,000
Electricite du Laos Lanexang Stadium[6] 4,000
Ezra Lanexang Stadium[6] 4,000
Lanexang United Lanexang Stadium[6] 4,000
Lao Army Army Stadium KM5[7] 1,000
Lao Police New Laos National Stadium[5] 25,000
Lao Toyota Laos National Stadium[8] 15,000
National University of Laos National University of Laos Stadium[9] 5,000
Savan United Savannakhet Stadium[10] 15,000
Saythany City New Laos National Stadium[5] 25,000
VSV United Lanexang Stadium[6] 4,000
Young Elephant New Laos National Stadium[5] 25,000

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lanexang United 26 24 1 1 92 14 +78 73 2017 AFC Cup Group stage
2 Lao Toyota 26 22 1 3 85 11 +74 67 2017 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off
3 CSC Champa 26 16 6 4 57 24 +33 54
4 Electricite du Laos 26 14 4 8 78 44 +34 46
5 NUOL F.C. 26 14 2 10 43 36 +7 44
6 VSV United 26 12 7 7 52 46 +6 43
7 Savan United 26 11 8 7 59 36 +23 41
8 Lao Police 26 8 3 15 45 54 −9 27
9 Lao Army 26 6 8 12 41 57 −16 26
10 Ezra 26 7 4 15 37 61 −24 25
11 Young Elephant 26 3 12 11 17 45 −28 21
12 Saythany City 26 4 4 18 36 106 −70 16
13 Champasak United 26 2 8 16 60 83 −23 14
14 Eastern Star 26 4 2 20 24 91 −67 14

Updated to games played on 23 August 2016.
Source: Soccerway
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.

Results

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

  1. ↑ Originally scheduled for 10 April 2016 at Savannakhet Stadium in Savannakhet before being postponed until 4 May 2016 at New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane, kick-off was moved from 10:00 to 11:00.

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

Matchday 9

Note: Remaining four matches from Matchday 9 were postponed due to international call-ups, namely with Laos for their friendly match against Nepal and then their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers versus India. New dates not yet announced.

Matchday 10

Note: Remaining four matches from Matchday 10 were postponed due to international call-ups, namely with Laos for their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers versus India. New dates not yet announced.

Matchday 11

External links

References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lao League matches". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 "Lao League". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    3. ↑ "Ten clubs confirm their places in Lao League 2016". www.asianews.network/. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    4. 1 2 "CSC Champa vs. Eastern Star". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 "Eastern Star vs. Electricite du Laos". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    6. 1 2 3 4 "Electricite du Laos vs. Lao Army". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    7. ↑ "Lao Army vs. Lanexang United". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    8. ↑ "Lao Toyota vs. Electricite du Laos". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    9. ↑ "National University of Laos vs. VSV United". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
    10. ↑ "Savan (sic) vs. Ezra". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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