The 2016 Liberian First Division League (known as the LFA-Cellcom First Division League for sponsorship reasons) is the 43rd season of the Liberian Premier League, the Liberian professional league for association football clubs, since the league's establishment in 1956.
The season was expected to start on Thursday 10 December 2015 but was postponed because some clubs had not completed the CAF Club Licensing criteria. The season finally commenced on 23 January 2016.
Teams A total of 10 teams are contesting the league, including seven sides from the 2015 season and three promoted from the 2015 Second Division League. On 20 & 27 September 2015, Mighty Dragons FC and ELWA United FC both earned promotion from the 2015 Second Division League after playing each other in a two-legged Second Division Championship Playoff with Mighty Dragons being crowned Second Division Champions after a 3–2 aggregate win. Holder FC also claimed a promotion place, after defeating Mighty Blue Angels in the Promotion Playoff.
The three teams replaced Jubilee FC, Aries FC, and MC Breweries who were relegated to the Second Division.
Two other First Division Clubs: I.E. and NPA Anchor were denied participation for the 2015–16 season due to their failure to meet the statutory requirements in the Club Licensing System.
Stadia and locations
Clubs Location stadium capacity Barrack Young Controllers Monrovia The Blue Field 3,000 ELWA United Monrovia ATS 10,000 FC Fassell Monrovia ATS 10,000 Holder FC Monrovia ATS 10,000 Keitrace FC Monrovia ATS 10,000 LISCR F.C. Monrovia ATS 10,000 LPRC Oilers Monrovia ATS 10,000 Mighty Dragons FC Gbarnga Gbarnga Sports Stadium 2,000 Nimba United Mt. Barclay NorthStar Sports Stadium 1,000 Watanga F.C. Monrovia ATS10,000
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Coach1
League table
Winner of the 2015–16 Liberian FA Cup will qualify for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.
Season statistics Scoring Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Junior BarshallBYC FC2 Justino JacksonHolder FC3 Trokon SaykiamehELWA United1 Adetu EvanonyeNimba United Mark PayneBYC FC Dominic JlatehLISCR FC Chris JacksonLISCR FC Kesselly KamaraFC Fassell Abraham KwatehWatanga FC Kelvin PotisWatanga FC
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Mulbah UreyBYC FC1 Samson GiddingsFC Fassell
Discipline
Player
Most yellow cards: 1 Patrick Jackson (LPRC Oilers) Sholee Quiah (Nimba United) Wilton Ninneh (Nimba United) Saylee Swen (LPRC Oilers) Trokon Zeon (LPRC Oilers)
Most red cards: 1 Trokon Saykiameh (ELWA United)
Club
Most yellow cards: 3 LPRC Oilers
Most red cards: 1 ELWA United
Awards Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceCoachClubPlayerClubJanuary February March April May June
References
External links Official Website