2016 Super League of Malawi

Super League of Malawi
Season2016
Dates16 April – 31 December
ChampionsKamuzu Barracks
RelegatedKaronga United
CIVO United
Max Bullets
Matches played240
Goals scored560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerRichard Mbulu
(19 goals)
Biggest home winEPAC United 4-1 Kamuzu Barracks
(2 May 2016)
Biggest away winMax Bullets 3-5 Blue Eagles
(1 May 2016)
Highest scoringMax Bullets 3-5 Blue Eagles
(1 May 2016)
Longest winning runBlue Eagles (4)
Longest unbeaten runBlue Eagles (4)
Longest winless runDwangwa United
Kamuzu Barracks (4)
Longest losing runKamuzu Barracks (3)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2016 TNM Super League was the 31st season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi since its establishment in 1986. The season played between 16 April and 31 December 2016. Nyasa Big Bullets were the defending champions for the second consecutive year. Kamuzu Barracks won their first league title.[1][2]

Teams

A total of sixteen teams will contest the league including thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from regional leagues: Dwangwa United (Central Region Football League), Max Bullets (Southern Region Football league) and Karonga United (Northern Region Football league).

Super League of Malawi (SULOM) decided to extend the top level to 16 clubs; the additional place is contested by the three relegated teams in a play-off.[3][4]

The relegation play-off was played on 11–13 March between Airborne Rangers and FISD Wizards at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe[5] and ended with the victory of the FISD Wizard, who remained in the TNM Super League.[6]

Dedza Young Soccer, withdrew from play-off after obtained a court injunction against this play-off after the first match was played, arguing they should have been elected to remain at the top level without any play-off, later, Dedza Young Soccer, decided to withdraw the injunction but maintaining decision to not participate in play-off.[7]

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Locations of the 2016 Super League of Malawi teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kamuzu Barracks (C) 30 19 4 7 55 29 +26 61 Qualification to the CAF Champions League
2 Big Bullets 30 16 12 2 43 17 +26 60
3 Silver Strikers 30 16 8 6 45 23 +22 56
4 Blue Eagles 30 16 6 8 41 26 +15 54
5 MAFCO Salima 30 14 8 8 45 33 +12 50
6 Be Forward Wanderers 30 13 10 7 51 33 +18 49
7 Moyale Barracks 30 13 8 9 41 26 +15 47
8 Azam Tigers 30 10 13 7 35 21 +14 43
9 Mzuni 30 10 11 9 31 29 +2 41
10 Red Lions 30 11 7 12 33 36 −3 40
11 EPAC United 30 9 7 14 30 39 −9 34
12 Dwangwa United 30 7 9 14 30 41 −11 30
13 FISD Wizards 30 8 6 16 17 43 −26 30
14 Karonga United (R) 30 7 6 17 28 64 −36 27 Relegation to regional leagues
15 CIVO United (R) 30 5 10 15 20 35 −15 25
16 Max Bullets (R) 30 1 5 24 15 65 −50 8
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AZT BFW BIG BLU CVU DWA EPA KAM KAR MAF MAX MOY MZU RED SIL WIZ
Azam Tigers 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 7–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0
Be Forward Wanderers 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–4 3–1 3–2 2–0
Big Bullets 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–3 2–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–1
Blue Eagles 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 6–0
CIVO United 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Dwangwa United 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0
EPAC United 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–1 2–4 1–0 3–0 3–5 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–1
Kamuzu Barracks 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–0
Karonga United 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–3 0–5 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1
MAFCO Salima 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Max Bullets 0–2 0–2 0–3 3–5 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2
Moyale Barracks 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Mzuni 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Red Lions 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1
Silver Strikers 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
FISD Wizards 0–5 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Malawi Richard Mbulu MAFCO Salima 19
2 Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya Nyasa Big Bullets 17
3 Malawi Peter Wadabwa Be Forward Wanderers 16
4 Malawi Manasseh Chiyesa Kamuzu Barracks 15
5 Malawi Bright Munthali Azam Tigers 13
6 Malawi Binwell Katinji Silver Strikers 12

References

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