2016 Barbados Premier Division

Barbados Premier Division
Season2016
ChampionsUWI Blackbirds
RelegatedEmpire Club
Pinelands United
CFU Club ChampionshipBDF
UWI Blackbirds
Matches played90
Goals scored377 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Harte (29)
Biggest home winUWI Blackbirds 14-0 Rendezvous
(19 June 2016)
Biggest away winPinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)
Highest scoringPinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)
Longest winning runBDF (7)
Longest unbeaten runBDF (10)
Longest winless runPinelands United (18)
Longest losing runPinelands United (7)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 19 June 2016.

The 2016 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds won their first league title, holding off defending champions BDF by a single point. Pinelands United were winless and are joined by Empire Club in being relegated to Barbados First Division for the 2017 season.

Changes from 2015

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 UWI Blackbirds (C, Q) 18 15 0 3 80 19 +61 45 Qualification for 2017 CFU Club Championship
2 BDF (Q) 18 14 2 2 59 13 +46 44
3 Weymouth Wales 18 10 4 4 34 19 +15 34
4 Paradise 18 10 4 4 37 25 +12 34
5 Rendezvous 18 7 1 10 36 53 −17 22
6 Notre Dame 18 6 3 9 27 43 −16 21
7 Brittons Hill 18 5 5 8 25 32 −7 20
8 Belfield 18 6 2 10 31 43 −12 20
9 Empire Club (R) 18 4 3 11 28 45 −17 15 Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division
10 Pinelands United (R) 18 0 2 16 20 85 −65 2
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BDF BEL BRI EMP NOT PAR PIN REN UWI WEY
BDF 4–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 1–1
Belfield 0–6 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–5 3–1 5–2 0–4 2–2
Brittons Hill 3–4 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–4 1–0
Empire Club 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–2 0–4 3–3 0–3 0–4 2–4
Notre Dame 1–7 1–1 0–0 3–4 2–0 1–1 5–3 2–4 1–3
Paradise 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–3 0–0
Pinelands United 0–6 2–8 0–1 1–3 2–3 1–3 2–5 0–21 0–3
Rendezvous 0–2 3–2 0–2 0–3 4–0 1–2 6–4 0–2 2–2
UWI Blackbirds 0–4 4–0 6–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 14–0 0–1
Weymouth Wales 1–0 1–3 2–1 4–2 3–0 0–2 4–0 1–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2016. Source: League&page=genz Barbados FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals[1]
1 Barbados Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds 29
2 Barbados Armando Lashley Paradise 19
3 Barbados Shaquille Stewart BDF 16
4 Barbados Shaquille Boyce BDF 14
Barbados Jairo Lombardo UWI Blackbirds 14
6 Barbados Kyle Gibson Notre Dame 12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shandel Samuel Rendezvous 12
8 Barbados Corey Barrow UWI Blackbirds 11
Barbados Kemar Headley Weymouth 11
10 Barbados Hadan Holligan Weymouth 9
Jamaica Omando McLeod Empire Club 9

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Kemar Headley Weymouth Wales Pinelands United 4-0[2] 17 January 2016
Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds Pinelands United 5-1[3] 31 January 2016
Shaquille Stewart4 BDF Pinelands United 4-0 6 February 2016
Armando Lashley4 Paradise Belfield 1-5[4] 6 February 2016
Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds Brittons Hill 1-4[5] 14 February 2016
Corey Barrow UWI Blackbirds Belfield 4-0[6] 20 February 2016
Dwayne Stanford Rendezvous Pinelands 6-4[7] 21 February 2016
Shane Welch Pinelands Rendezvous 6-4[7] 21 February 2016
Andre Leslie4 UWI Blackbirds Empire Club 4-0 12 March 2016
Shaquille Stewart BDF Pinelands United 0-6[8] 12 March 2016
Jamar Grazette Belfield Pinelands United 2-8 28 May 2016
Henderson Richards Belfield Pinelands United 2-8 28 May 2016
Tristan Parris Weymouth Wales Empire Club 2-4 29 May 2016
Omando McLeod Empire Club Rendezvous 0-3 1 June 2016
Armando Lashley Paradise Empire Club 3-1 4 June 2016
Corey Barrow UWI Blackbirds Pinelands United 0-21[9] 5 June 2016
Mario Harte10 UWI Blackbirds Pinelands United 0-21[9] 5 June 2016
Corey Barrow UWI Blackbirds Rendezvous 14-0 19 June 2016
Dario Harewood UWI Blackbirds Rendezvous 14-0 19 June 2016
Mario Harte UWI Blackbirds Rendezvous 14-0 19 June 2016

4 Player scored 4 goals.

10 Player scored 10 goals.

References

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  4. ^ "Paradise thrash Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com". Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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