Season 2016 Goals scored 453 (1.89 per match) | Matches played 240 | |
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Relegated Desportivo MaputoDesportivo NiassaEstrela Vermelha Maputo | ||
The 2016 Moçambola is the 39th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 12 March 2016. Ferroviário Beira won their final six matches to pass Songo in the standings and clinch their first league title (they had won two colonial championships prior to independence).
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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.
League table
Updated to games played on 1 November 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
Last updated: 1 November 2016
Source: Soccerway