2016 Moçambola

Moçambola
Season 2016
Champions Ferroviário Beira
Relegated Desportivo Maputo
Desportivo Niassa
Estrela Vermelha Maputo
2017 CAF Champions League Ferroviário Beira
Matches played 240
Goals scored 453 (1.89 per match)
Biggest home win Desportivo Nacala 6-1 Desportivo Niassa
(11 September 2016)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring Desportivo Nacala 6-1 Desportivo Niassa
(11 September 2016)
Longest winning run Ferroviário Beira (6)
Longest unbeaten run Ferroviário Nampula (16)
Longest winless run Desportivo Maputo (23)
Longest losing run Desportivo Niassa (7)
2015
2017 →

All statistics correct as of 1 November 2016.

The 2016 Moçambola is the 39th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 12 March 2016. Ferroviário Beira won their final six matches to pass Songo in the standings and clinch their first league title (they had won two colonial championships prior to independence).

Teams

The league expanded to 16 teams for the 2016 season with Chingale de Tete, Desportivo de Niassa and Estrela Vermelha Beira being promoted from regional groups and only Ferroviário Quelimane relegated following their last place finish in 2015.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2016 season
1º de Maio de Quelimane Quelimane Estádio 1º de Maio 8,000 12th in Moçambola
FC Chibuto Chibuto Campo do Chibuto 2,000 9th in Moçambola
CD Chingale Tete Estádio do Chingale 6,000 Regional groups
CD Costa do Sol Maputo Estádio do Costa do Sol 10,000 2nd in Moçambola
Desportivo Maputo Maputo Estádio 1º de Maio 18,000 11th in Moçambola
Desportivo de Nacala Nampula Estadio 25 de Junho 5,000 13th in Moçambola
Clube Desportivo de Niassa Niassa Regional groups
Estrela Vermelha Beira Beira Campo do Afrin 5,000 Regional groups
Clube Ferroviário da Beira Beira Estádio do Ferroviário 7,000 4th in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo Maputo Estádio da Machava 45,000 Moçambola Champions
Clube Ferroviário de Nacala Velha Nacala Estádio do Nacala Velha 15,000 8th in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de Nampula Nampula Estadio 25 de Junho 5,000 6th in Moçambola
GD HCB Songo Songo Estádio 27 de Novembro 2,000 5th in Moçambola
Liga Muçulmana de Maputo Matola Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana 5,000 3rd in Moçambola
C.D. Maxaquene Matola Campo do Matchedje 15,000 7th in Moçambola
Vilankulo F.C. Vilankulo Estádio Municipal de Vilankulo 5,000 10th in Moçambola

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ferroviário Beira (C) (Q) 30 18 7 5 40 21 +19 61 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Songo 30 16 7 7 32 14 +18 55
3 Chibuto 30 13 11 6 35 19 +16 50 CHI: 8 points
LDM: 4 points
FNM: 3 points
4 LD Maputo 30 15 5 10 37 21 +16 50
5 Ferroviário Nampula 30 13 11 6 37 21 +16 50
6 Ferroviário Maputo 30 13 10 7 27 18 +9 49
7 Maxaquene 30 11 10 9 28 26 +2 43
8 Ferroviário Nacala 30 10 12 8 22 24 2 42
9 Desportivo Nacala 30 10 10 10 39 34 +5 40
10 Costa do Sol 30 10 8 12 34 33 +1 38
11 Vilankulo 30 9 10 11 22 28 6 37
12 Chingale de Tete 30 9 6 15 19 41 22 33
13 1º de Maio 30 7 11 12 30 36 6 32
14 Estrela Vermelha Maputo (R) 30 6 12 12 28 36 8 30 Relegation to regional groups
15 Desportivo Maputo (R) 30 2 13 15 15 34 19 19
16 Desportivo Niassa (R) 30 3 7 20 11 50 39 16

Updated to games played on 1 November 2016.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to regional groups
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Ferroviário Beira 2 1 2 5 8 5 2 6 5 6 4 5 7 6 3 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Songo 2 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
Chibuto 4 7 10 9 6 8 7 4 4 1 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 6 5 5 6 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
LD Maputo 12 14 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 8 8 6 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 3 3 4 4
Ferroviário Nampula 4 13 9 10 7 10 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 6 6 6 5 5
Ferroviário Maputo 12 14 4 3 3 5 2 5 6 4 6 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6
Maxaquene 1 5 7 6 5 4 6 8 7 6 7 9 8 7 5 3 5 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ferroviário Nacala 4 10 13 13 15 16 16 16 15 16 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 11 8 8 8 8 8 8
Desportivo Nacala 14 5 5 7 10 11 12 11 11 11 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 9 11 9 10 9 10 9
Costa do Sol 4 1 8 8 9 7 9 10 10 10 11 10 12 14 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 10
Vilankulo 4 1 3 2 4 3 5 3 3 5 2 4 3 4 7 7 6 5 8 9 9 7 8 8 9 10 9 10 9 11
Chingale de Tete 4 10 14 14 12 13 15 15 16 12 15 12 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
1º de Maio 4 9 12 16 16 14 13 14 14 15 13 13 13 10 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Estrela Vermelha Maputo 4 7 10 10 11 8 8 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Desportivo Maputo 16 16 16 12 14 15 14 13 13 14 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Desportivo Niassa 14 12 15 15 13 11 11 12 12 13 12 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 1 November 2016
Source: Soccerway

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