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2015–16 Welsh Premier League

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Season
  
2015–16

Top goalscorer
  
Chris Venables (20)

Champion
  
The New Saints F.C.

Goals scored
  
529

Champions League
  
The New Saints

Dates
  
21 Aug 2015 – 14 May 2016

Location
  
Wales, United Kingdom

Matches played
  
180

2015–16 Welsh Premier League

Champions
  
The New Saints (10th title)

Europa League
  
Bala Town Llandudno Connah's Quay Nomads

Biggest home win
  
Connah's Quay Nomads 5–0 Port Talbot Town (12 December 2015) The New Saints 5–0 Airbus UK Broughton (27 February 2016) Rhyl 5–0 Port Talbot Town (9 April 2016)

Relegated
  
Port Talbot Town F.C., Haverfordwest County A.F.C.

Similar
  
2015–16 Maltese Premier L, 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga, 2015 Úrvalsdeild, 2015–16 Danish Superliga

The 2015–16 Welsh Premier League (known as the Dafabet Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The New Saints were the defending champions.

Contents

Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league was split into two groups at the end of January 2016 – the top six and the bottom six.

Teams

Cefn Druids and Prestatyn Town were relegated out of the Welsh Premier League the previous season, while Llandudno were promoted as winners of the Cymru Alliance and Haverfordwest County were promoted as winners of Welsh Football League Division One. It will be Llandudno's debut campaign in the league.

Results

Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.

Matches 1–22

Source: Welsh Premier League
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Europa League play-offs

Teams who finished in positions fourth to seventh at the end of the regular season participated in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, who will qualify for the first qualifying round.

References

2015–16 Welsh Premier League Wikipedia