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2015–16 East Superleague

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Season
  
2015–16

Goals scored
  
835 (3.48 per match)

Matches played
  
240

Champions
  
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

Relegated
  
Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United Tayport

Biggest home win
  
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 7–0 St Andrews United 12 March 2016

The 2015–16 East Superleague was the fourteenth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 8 August 2015. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.

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Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic secured the title on 18 May 2016, their third East Superleague championship.

Member clubs for the 2015–16 season

Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions.

Ballingry Rovers folded in November 2014. The sole automatic relegation place was filled by Lochee United with Tayport and St Andrews United promoted from the East Premier League as replacements.

Broughty Athletic were also promoted from the East Premier League after defeating Armadale Thistle on penalties after a 5–5 aggregate draw in the East Region Super/Premier League Play Off.

League table

Updated to games played on 4 June 2016.
Source: East Region SJFA
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.

Results

Updated to games played on 4 June 2016.
Source: East Region SJFA
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

East Region Super/Premier League play-off

Lochee United, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Sauchie Juniors 10–0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off. Lochee will replace Sauchie in the 2016–17 East Superleague.

References

2015–16 East Superleague Wikipedia