2016 LINAFOOT (Chad)

LINAFOOT
Season2016
Dates28 July 2016 - October 2016 (interrupted)
ChampionsNo winner (championship interrupted)
Champions LeagueNo representative
Confederation CupNo representative
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
All statistics correct as of 8 July 2017.

The 2016 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle were the defending champions.[1] The season started on 28 July 2016. However, the championship was interrupted due financial difficulties, at the end of October.[2]

Events

In January 2016 the FTFA decided not to organise playoff for the ligue relegation and promotion from lower division, due to lack of time and finances. Instead, new rules were applied: a) the club from N'Djamena which finished 5th in the previous championship will be relegated to lower division, and the champion of Ligue de Football de N’Djamena will replace it; b) the champions of the regional leagues (Abéché – Mongo – Sarh – Moundou – Doba – Bongor – Biltine – Amtiman – Koumra and Pala) will be promoted to the first division, meaning that the first division was supposed to have 16 clubs.[3] However, due financial difficulties, championship was interrupted after only 5 rounds, and no Chadian clubs represented the country in continental competitions.

Teams

The following 6 clubs were competing in the 2016 LINAFOOT season (Zone de N'Djaména):[4]

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Gazelle FC (C) 5 3 2 0 15 8 +7 11
2 Foullah Édifice 5 2 3 0 9 5 +4 9
3 Elect-Sport 5 2 2 1 4 4 0 8
4 AS CotonTchad 5 1 2 2 8 8 0 5
5 Tourbillon FC 5 1 1 3 4 11 −7 4
6 Renaissance FC 5 0 2 3 6 10 −4 2
Source: [2]
(C) Champions

References

  1. ^ "Gazelle Fc reconnu champion du Tchad pour la Saison 2014-2015" (in French). 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Chad 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ Golbe Augustin Calas (6 January 2017). "Redémarrage de la 2ème édition de Linafoot" [Restart of the 2nd edition of Linafoot]. lepaystchad.com (in French). Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Tchad : championnat national de football, résultat de la semaine". 23 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.