2016 Super League of Malawi

Super League of Malawi

Season	2016
Dates	16 April – 31 December
Champions	Kamuzu Barracks
Relegated	Karonga United CIVO United Max Bullets
Matches played	240
Goals scored	560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard Mbulu (19 goals)
Biggest home win	EPAC United 4-1 Kamuzu Barracks (2 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Max Bullets 3-5 Blue Eagles (1 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Max Bullets 3-5 Blue Eagles (1 May 2016)
Longest winning run	Blue Eagles (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Blue Eagles (4)
Longest winless run	Dwangwa United Kamuzu Barracks (4)
Longest losing run	Kamuzu Barracks (3)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2016 TNM Super League was the 31st season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi since its establishment in 1986. The season played between 16 April and 31 December 2016. Nyasa Big Bullets were the defending champions for the second consecutive year. Kamuzu Barracks won their first league title. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

A total of sixteen teams will contest the league including thirteen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from regional leagues: Dwangwa United (Central Region Football League), Max Bullets (Southern Region Football league) and Karonga United (Northern Region Football league).

Super League of Malawi (SULOM) decided to extend the top level to 16 clubs; the additional place is contested by the three relegated teams in a play-off. ^{[3] [4]}

The relegation play-off was played on 11–13 March between Airborne Rangers and FISD Wizards at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe ^[5] and ended with the victory of the FISD Wizard, who remained in the TNM Super League. ^[6]

Dedza Young Soccer, withdrew from play-off after obtained a court injunction against this play-off after the first match was played, arguing they should have been elected to remain at the top level without any play-off, later, Dedza Young Soccer, decided to withdraw the injunction but maintaining decision to not participate in play-off. ^[7]

Tigers

Wanderers
Big Bullets

Blue Eagles

CIVO

Karonga United

Dwangwa

EPAC
Strikers

Kamuzu

MAFCO

Max Bullets
FISD Wizards

Moyale
Mzuni

Red Lions

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Locations of the 2016 Super League of Malawi teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kamuzu Barracks (C)	30	19	4	7	55	29	+26	61	Qualification to the CAF Champions League
2	Big Bullets	30	16	12	2	43	17	+26	60
3	Silver Strikers	30	16	8	6	45	23	+22	56
4	Blue Eagles	30	16	6	8	41	26	+15	54
5	MAFCO Salima	30	14	8	8	45	33	+12	50
6	Be Forward Wanderers	30	13	10	7	51	33	+18	49
7	Moyale Barracks	30	13	8	9	41	26	+15	47
8	Azam Tigers	30	10	13	7	35	21	+14	43
9	Mzuni	30	10	11	9	31	29	+2	41
10	Red Lions	30	11	7	12	33	36	−3	40
11	EPAC United	30	9	7	14	30	39	−9	34
12	Dwangwa United	30	7	9	14	30	41	−11	30
13	FISD Wizards	30	8	6	16	17	43	−26	30
14	Karonga United (R)	30	7	6	17	28	64	−36	27	Relegation to regional leagues
15	CIVO United (R)	30	5	10	15	20	35	−15	25
16	Max Bullets (R)	30	1	5	24	15	65	−50	8

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AZT	BFW	BIG	BLU	CVU	DWA	EPA	KAM	KAR	MAF	MAX	MOY	MZU	RED	SIL	WIZ
Azam Tigers		0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	7–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0
Be Forward Wanderers	2–1		0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	4–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–1	3–2	2–0
Big Bullets	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–3	2–0	5–1	0–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	1–1
Blue Eagles	0–1	2–1	0–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	6–0
CIVO United	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–1		1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0
Dwangwa United	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1		3–1	1–4	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0
EPAC United	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0		4–1	2–4	1–0	3–0	3–5	3–2	0–1	0–0	2–1
Kamuzu Barracks	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	5–1	1–0		4–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0
Karonga United	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–3		0–5	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
MAFCO Salima	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Max Bullets	0–2	0–2	0–3	3–5	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–2		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–2
Moyale Barracks	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0
Mzuni	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–0
Red Lions	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2		1–2	0–1
Silver Strikers	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	5–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–1		2–1
FISD Wizards	0–5	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [8]
1	Richard Mbulu	MAFCO Salima	19
2	Chiukepo Msowoya	Nyasa Big Bullets	17
3	Peter Wadabwa	Be Forward Wanderers	16
4	Manasseh Chiyesa	Kamuzu Barracks	15
5	Bright Munthali	Azam Tigers	13
6	Binwell Katinji	Silver Strikers	12

References

1. "Summary - Super League - Malawi - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. "Kamuzu Barracks crowned TNM Super league champions". maravipost.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
3. "Super League up to 16 teams next season". The Nation. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
4. "Second Chance: Relegated trio in league play-offs". The Times. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
5. "Malawi: Super League of Malawi Releases Fixture for Play-offs". allafrica.com. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
6. "2016 Super League of Malawi Playoffs". owinna.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
7. "Dedza Young Soccer withdraws injunction over Malawi top league playoffs". Nyasa Times. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
8. "TNM Super League Review". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-04.

External links

• Official Website