2016 Ligue 1 (Congo)

Ligue 1
Season 2016
Matches played 272
Goals scored 576 (2.12 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Léopards de Dolisié (11)
Longest unbeaten run Léopards de Dolisié (19)
Longest winless run Munisport (17)
Longest losing run Pigeon Vert
Tongo FC Jambon (7)
2013

All statistics correct as of 17 August 2016.

The 2016 Ligue 1 is the 49th season of Ligue 1, the top professional league for association football clubs in the Republic of the Congo, since its establishment in 1961.

The league was abandoned in both 2014 and 2015, due to financial problems and club boycotts, respectively. AC Léopards is the defending champion from the 2013 season.

Clubs

A total of 20 teams will contest the league after expanding from 18 teams with the promotion of Jeunes Fauves and Kimbonguila Kinkala from Ligue 2. Pigeon Vert was also promoted to Ligue 1 when FC Bilombé withdrew from the league.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Léopards de Dolisié 27 21 5 1 50 11 +39 68 Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
2 JS Poto-Poto 29 17 6 6 35 15 +20 57
3 JS Talangaï 25 16 6 3 44 19 +25 54 Qualification for 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4 CARA Brazzaville 26 15 6 5 40 16 +24 51
5 Diables Noirs 25 15 4 6 41 19 +22 49
6 Étoile du Congo 27 13 9 5 45 21 +24 48
7 La Mancha 29 10 10 9 26 19 +7 40
8 Inter Club 28 11 3 14 36 35 +1 36
9 Nico-Nicoyé 27 9 9 9 21 22 1 36
10 Kondzo 26 9 8 9 29 33 4 35
11 Tongo FC Jambon 29 9 7 13 25 28 3 34
12 Ponténégrine 28 7 12 9 25 31 6 33
13 Chéminots 27 8 8 11 24 36 12 32
14 St-Michel Ouenzé 29 7 9 13 25 38 13 30
15 V. Club Mokanda 27 6 11 10 20 29 9 29 Qualification for Relegation Playoffs
16 Kimbonguila Kinkala 25 7 8 10 18 27 9 29
17 Patronage Sainte-Anne 28 7 7 14 20 36 16 28 Relegation to 2017 Ligue 2
18 Jeunes Fauves 29 6 10 13 20 38 18 28
19 Munisport 27 2 8 17 21 50 29 14
20 Pigeon Vert 26 2 4 20 11 53 42 10

Updated to games played on 17 August 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

References

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