2016 Moçambola

Moçambola

Season	2016
Matches played	96
Goals scored	175 (1.82 per match)
Biggest home win	4 matches HCB Songo 4-0 1º de Maio (3 April 2016) Chibuto 4-0 Desportivo Niassa (8 May 2016) LD Maputo 4-0 Chingale de Tete (14 May 2016) Desportivo Nacala 4-0 1º de Maio (21 May 2016)
Biggest away win	6 matches Ferroviário Nacala 0-2 Ferroviário Maputo (3 April 2016) 1º de Maio 0-2 LD Maputo (10 April 2016) Ferroviário Maputo 0-2 Maxaquene (23 April 2016) Costa do Sol 1-3 Ferroviário Maputo (30 April 2016) Chingale de Tete 0-2 HCB Songo (8 May 2016) Maxaquene 0-2 HCB Songo (29 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Costa do Sol 3-3 1º de Maio (13 March 2016)
Longest winning run	LD Maputo (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Chibuto (10)
Longest winless run	Ferroviário Nacala (10)
Longest losing run	Chingale de Tete (5)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

The 2016 Moçambola is the 39th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 12 March 2016. Ferroviário Maputo are the defending champions coming off their 10th overall title and first since 2009.

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

1º de Maio

Chibuto

Chingale

Costa

D. Nacala
F. Nampula

D. Maputo

D. Niassa

Estrela

F. Beira

F. Maputo
Maxaquene

F. Nacala

Songo

LD Maputo

Vilankulo

Locations of the 2015 Moçambola teams

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	HCB Songo	12	7	3	2	14	3	+11	24	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Ferroviário Maputo	12	7	2	3	15	7	+8	23
3	LD Maputo	12	6	4	2	17	7	+10	22
4	Vilankulo	12	5	5	2	11	8	+3	20		VIL 2-1 FBE
5	Ferroviário Beira	12	5	5	2	15	9	+6	20
6	Chibuto	12	4	7	1	10	4	+6	19		FNM 0-0 CHI
7	Ferroviário Nampula	12	5	4	3	12	8	+4	19
8	Desportivo Nacala	12	4	5	3	15	11	+4	17
9	Maxaquene	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
10	Costa do Sol	12	3	4	5	16	19	−3	13		CDS 2-1 EVM
11	Estrela Vermelha Maputo	12	2	7	3	12	14	−2	13
12	Chingale de Tete	12	3	2	7	10	22	−12	11
13	1º de Maio	12	2	4	6	8	17	−9	10		1DM 1-0 FNC
14	Ferroviário Nacala	12	1	7	4	4	8	−4	10	Relegation to regional groups
15	Desportivo Niassa	12	1	5	6	2	15	−13	8
16	Desportivo Maputo	12	1	4	7	7	16	−9	7

Updated to games played on 29 May 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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
HCB Songo	2	1	1	4	2	2	4	1	2	2	1	1
Ferroviário Maputo	12	14	4	3	3	5	2	5	6	4	6	2
LD Maputo	12	14	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3
Vilankulo	4	1	3	2	4	3	5	3	3	5	2	4
Ferroviário Beira	2	1	2	5	8	5	2	6	5	6	4	5
Chibuto	4	7	10	9	6	8	7	4	4	1	5	6
Ferroviário Nampula	4	13	9	10	7	10	10	9	8	8	8	7
Desportivo Nacala	14	5	5	7	10	11	12	11	11	11	9	8
Maxaquene	1	5	7	6	5	4	6	8	7	6	7	9
Costa do Sol	4	1	8	8	9	7	9	10	10	10	11	10
Estrela Vermelha Maputo	4	7	10	10	11	8	8	7	8	9	10	11
Chingale de Tete	4	10	14	14	12	13	15	15	16	12	15	12
1º de Maio	4	9	12	16	16	14	13	14	14	15	13	13
Ferroviário Nacala	4	10	13	13	15	16	16	16	15	16	14	14
Desportivo Niassa	14	12	15	15	13	11	11	12	12	13	12	15
Desportivo Maputo	16	16	16	12	14	15	14	13	13	14	16	16

Last updated: 29 May 2016
Source: Soccerway