2016 Barbados Premier Division

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.

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.

Changes from 2015

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1UWI Blackbirds (C, Q)1815038019+6145Qualification for 2017 CFU Club Championship
2BDF (Q)1814225913+4644
3Weymouth Wales1810443419+1534
4Paradise1810443725+1234
5Rendezvous1871103653−1722
6Notre Dame186392743−1621
7Brittons Hill185582532−720
8Belfield1862103143−1220
9Empire Club (R)1843112845−1715Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division
10Pinelands United (R)1802162085−652
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 \ AwayBDFBELBRIEMPNOTPARPINRENUWIWEY
BDF4–11–04–14–04–04–03–01–21–1
Belfield0–62–10–11–21–53–15–20–42–2
Brittons Hill3–41–02–20–11–12–11–31–41–0
Empire Club1–20–13–31–20–43–30–30–42–4
Notre Dame1–71–10–03–42–01–15–32–41–3
Paradise2–23–12–23–12–14–13–20–30–0
Pinelands United0–62–80–11–32–31–32–50–210–3
Rendezvous0–23–20–20–34–01–26–40–22–2
UWI Blackbirds0–44–06–32–13–22–15–114–00–1
Weymouth Wales1–01–32–14–23–00–24–01–22–0
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

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Mario HarteUWI Blackbirds29
2 Armando LashleyParadise19
3 Shaquille StewartBDF16
4 Shaquille BoyceBDF14
Jairo LombardoUWI Blackbirds14
6 Kyle GibsonNotre Dame12
Shandel SamuelRendezvous12
8 Corey BarrowUWI Blackbirds11
Kemar HeadleyWeymouth11
10 Hadan HolliganWeymouth9
Omando McLeodEmpire Club9

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Kemar HeadleyWeymouth WalesPinelands United4-0[2]17 January 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsPinelands United5-1[3]31 January 2016
Shaquille Stewart4BDFPinelands United4-06 February 2016
Armando Lashley4ParadiseBelfield1-5[4]6 February 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsBrittons Hill1-4[5]14 February 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsBelfield4-0[6]20 February 2016
Dwayne StanfordRendezvousPinelands6-4[7]21 February 2016
Shane WelchPinelandsRendezvous6-4[7]21 February 2016
Andre Leslie4UWI BlackbirdsEmpire Club4-012 March 2016
Shaquille StewartBDFPinelands United0-6[8]12 March 2016
Jamar GrazetteBelfieldPinelands United2-828 May 2016
Henderson RichardsBelfieldPinelands United2-828 May 2016
Tristan ParrisWeymouth WalesEmpire Club2-429 May 2016
Omando McLeodEmpire ClubRendezvous0-31 June 2016
Armando LashleyParadiseEmpire Club3-14 June 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsPinelands United0-21[9]5 June 2016
Mario Harte10UWI BlackbirdsPinelands United0-21[9]5 June 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016
Dario HarewoodUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016

4 Player scored 4 goals.

10 Player scored 10 goals.

References