The 2016 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League is the 37th season of top-tier football in Zimbabwe. The season began on 1 April 2016 when How Mine took on newly promoted Bulawayo City at White City Stadium. CAPS United won their fifth league championship and first in 11 years.
Attendances
Highlanders F.C. drew the highest average home attendance in the league in 2016, with an average attendance of 5,614. The previous year, they drew an average home attendance of 7,276 for domestic league games. The league's average attendance in 2016 was 920 (441,608 total attendance).
Teams A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season and four promoted from the 2015 Zimbabwe Division 1, Border Strikers, Bulawayo City, Mutare City Rovers and Ngezi Platinum. On the other hand, Buffaloes, Dongo Sawmills, Flame Lilly and Wha Wha were the last four teams of the 2015 season and will play in the Zimbabwe Division 1 for the 2016 season. Chicken Inn are the defending champions from the 2015 season.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2015 season Border Strikers Beitbridge Dulivhadzimu Stadium 32,000 Zimbabwe Division 1 Bulawayo City Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium Zimbabwe Division 1 CAPS United Harare National Sports Stadium 60,000 5th in Premier League Chapungu United Gweru Ascot Stadium 5,000 9th in Premier League Chicken Inn Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8,000 Premier League Champions Dynamos Harare Rufaro Stadium 35,000 2nd in Premier League Harare City Harare Rufaro Stadium 35,000 7th in Premier League Highlanders Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium 32,000 6th in Premier League How Mine Bulawayo White City Stadium 20,000 11th in Premier League Hwange Colliery Hwange Colliery Stadium 15,000 8th in Premier League ZPC Kariba Harare Gwanzura 10,000 10th in Premier League Mutare City Rovers Mutare Sakubva Stadium 20,000 Zimbabwe Division 1 Ngezi Platinum Ngezi Baobab Stadium 10,000 Zimbabwe Division 1 Platinum Zvishavane Mandava Stadium 3,000 3rd in Premier League Triangle United Chiredzi Gibbo Stadium 3,000 4th in Premier League Tsholotsho Beitbridge Dulivhadzimu Stadium 32,000 12th in Premier League
Results League table
Result table All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).
Positions by round
Season statistics
Goals
Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Leonard TsipaCAPS United112 Gift MbwetiHwange9 Walter MusonaPlatinum94 Obadiah TarumbwaChicken Inn85 Kuda GurureMutare City7 Bruce KangwaHighlanders7 Agrippa MurimbaMutare City7 Simba NhiviCAPS United79 Masimba MambareDynamos610 Rodwell ChinyengeterePlatinum5 Dominic ChungwaCAPS United5 Prince DubeHighlanders5 William ManondoHarare City5 Raphael ManuvireHarare City5 Marvelous MukumbaTriangle United5 Simon MunawaHighlanders5 James NguluveNgezi Platinum5 Donald TegureNgezi Platinum5 Gilbert ZuluHwange5
Scoring First goal of the season: Pascal Manhanga for How Mine against Bulawayo City (3 April 2016)
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