2016 Barbados Premier Division

{{Infobox football league season

| logo =

| pixels = 150px

| competition = Barbados Premier Division

| season = 2016

| winners = UWI Blackbirds

| promoted =

| relegated = Empire Club
Pinelands United

| continentalcup1 = CFU Club Championship

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = BDF
UWI Blackbirds

| league topscorer = Mario Harte (29)

| biggest home win = UWI Blackbirds 14-0 Rendezvous
(19 June 2016)

| biggest away win = Pinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)

| highest scoring = Pinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)

| matches = 90

| total goals = 377

| longest wins = BDF (7)

| longest unbeaten = BDF (10)

| longest winless = Pinelands United (18)

| longest losses = Pinelands United (7)

| prevseason = 2015

| nextseason = 2017

| updated = 19 June 2016

}}

The 2016 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds won their first league title, holding off defending champions BDF by a single point. Pinelands United were winless and are joined by Empire Club in being relegated to Barbados First Division for the 2017 season.

Changes from 2015

Table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=UWI|name_UWI=UWI Blackbirds

|team2=BDF|name_BDF=BDF

|team3=WEY|name_WEY=Weymouth Wales

|team4=PAR|name_PAR=Paradise

|team5=REN|name_REN=Rendezvous

|team6=NOT|name_NOT=Notre Dame

|team7=BRI|name_BRI=Brittons Hill

|team8=BEL|name_BEL=Belfield

|team9=EMP|name_EMP=Empire Club

|team10=PIN|name_PIN=Pinelands United

|win_UWI=15|draw_UWI=0|loss_UWI=3|gf_UWI=80|ga_UWI=19|status_UWI=C,Q

|win_BDF=14|draw_BDF=2|loss_BDF=2|gf_BDF=59|ga_BDF=13|status_BDF=Q

|win_WEY=10|draw_WEY=4|loss_WEY=4|gf_WEY=34|ga_WEY=19

|win_PAR=10|draw_PAR=4|loss_PAR=4|gf_PAR=37|ga_PAR=25

|win_REN=7|draw_REN=1|loss_REN=10|gf_REN=36|ga_REN=53

|win_NOT=6|draw_NOT=3|loss_NOT=9|gf_NOT=27|ga_NOT=43

|win_BRI=5|draw_BRI=5|loss_BRI=8|gf_BRI=25|ga_BRI=32

|win_BEL=6|draw_BEL=2|loss_BEL=10|gf_BEL=31|ga_BEL=43

|win_EMP=4|draw_EMP=3|loss_EMP=11|gf_EMP=28|ga_EMP=45|status_EMP=R

|win_PIN=0|draw_PIN=2|loss_PIN=16|gf_PIN=20|ga_PIN=85|status_PIN=R

|col_CCC=#D0F0C0|text_CCC=Qualification for 2017 CFU Club Championship

|result1=CCC|result2=CCC

|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division

|result9=R|result10=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=19 June 2016

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070607003615/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=brb/nationalleague/standings.html FIFA]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=BDF|team2=BEL|team3=BRI|team4=EMP|team5=NOT

|team6=PAR|team7=PIN|team8=REN|team9=UWI|team10=WEY

|name_BDF=BDF

|match_BDF_BEL=4–1

|match_BDF_BRI=1–0

|match_BDF_EMP=4–1

|match_BDF_NOT=4–0

|match_BDF_PAR=4–0

|match_BDF_PIN=4–0

|match_BDF_REN=3–0

|match_BDF_UWI=1–2

|match_BDF_WEY=1–1

|name_BEL=Belfield

|match_BEL_BDF=0–6

|match_BEL_BRI=2–1

|match_BEL_EMP=0–1

|match_BEL_NOT=1–2

|match_BEL_PAR=1–5

|match_BEL_PIN=3–1

|match_BEL_REN=5–2

|match_BEL_UWI=0–4

|match_BEL_WEY=2–2

|name_BRI=Brittons Hill

|match_BRI_BDF=3–4

|match_BRI_BEL=1–0

|match_BRI_EMP=2–2

|match_BRI_NOT=0–1

|match_BRI_PAR=1–1

|match_BRI_PIN=2–1

|match_BRI_REN=1–3

|match_BRI_UWI=1–4

|match_BRI_WEY=1–0

|name_EMP=Empire Club

|match_EMP_BDF=1–2

|match_EMP_BEL=0–1

|match_EMP_BRI=3–3

|match_EMP_NOT=1–2

|match_EMP_PAR=0–4

|match_EMP_PIN=3–3

|match_EMP_REN=0–3

|match_EMP_UWI=0–4

|match_EMP_WEY=2–4

|name_NOT=Notre Dame

|match_NOT_BDF=1–7

|match_NOT_BEL=1–1

|match_NOT_BRI=0–0

|match_NOT_EMP=3–4

|match_NOT_PAR=2–0

|match_NOT_PIN=1–1

|match_NOT_REN=5–3

|match_NOT_UWI=2–4

|match_NOT_WEY=1–3

|name_PAR=Paradise

|match_PAR_BDF=2–2

|match_PAR_BEL=3–1

|match_PAR_BRI=2–2

|match_PAR_EMP=3–1

|match_PAR_NOT=2–1

|match_PAR_PIN=4–1

|match_PAR_REN=3–2

|match_PAR_UWI=0–3

|match_PAR_WEY=0–0

|name_PIN=Pinelands United

|match_PIN_BDF=0–6

|match_PIN_BEL=2–8

|match_PIN_BRI=0–1

|match_PIN_EMP=1–3

|match_PIN_NOT=2–3

|match_PIN_PAR=1–3

|match_PIN_REN=2–5

|match_PIN_UWI=0–21

|match_PIN_WEY=0–3

|name_REN=Rendezvous

|match_REN_BDF=0–2

|match_REN_BEL=3–2

|match_REN_BRI=0–2

|match_REN_EMP=0–3

|match_REN_NOT=4–0

|match_REN_PAR=1–2

|match_REN_PIN=6–4

|match_REN_UWI=0–2

|match_REN_WEY=2–2

|name_UWI=UWI Blackbirds

|match_UWI_BDF=0–4

|match_UWI_BEL=4–0

|match_UWI_BRI=6–3

|match_UWI_EMP=2–1

|match_UWI_NOT=3–2

|match_UWI_PAR=2–1

|match_UWI_PIN=5–1

|match_UWI_REN=14–0

|match_UWI_WEY=0–1

|name_WEY=Weymouth Wales

|match_WEY_BDF=1–0

|match_WEY_BEL=1–3

|match_WEY_BRI=2–1

|match_WEY_EMP=4–2

|match_WEY_NOT=3–0

|match_WEY_PAR=0–2

|match_WEY_PIN=4–0

|match_WEY_REN=1–2

|match_WEY_UWI=2–0

|update=19 June 2016

|source=[http://www.barbadosfa.com/competitions/?z=Premier League&page=genz Barbados FA]

}}

Statistics

= Top scorers =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals{{cite web|title=Barbados Football Association - Barbados|url=http://www.barbadosfa.com/competitions/?page=teams&z=Premier%20League&RegYr=2016|access-date=6 January 2016}}

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Mario Harte

|align="left"|UWI Blackbirds

|29

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Armando Lashley

|align="left"|Paradise

|19

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Shaquille Stewart

|align="left"|BDF

|16

rowspan=2|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Shaquille Boyce

|align="left"|BDF

|14

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Jairo Lombardo

|align="left"|UWI Blackbirds

|14

rowspan=2|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Kyle Gibson

|align="left"|Notre Dame

|12

align="left"|{{flagicon|SVG}} Shandel Samuel

|align="left"|Rendezvous

|12

rowspan=2|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Corey Barrow

|align="left"|UWI Blackbirds

|11

align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Kemar Headley

|align="left"|Weymouth

|11

rowspan=2|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRB}} Hadan Holligan

|align="left"|Weymouth

|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Omando McLeod

|align="left"|Empire Club

|9

=Hat-tricks=

class="wikitable" align="center"
Player

!width=120|Club

!width=125|Against

!width=50|Result

!Date

Kemar Headley

| Weymouth Wales

| Pinelands United

| 4-0{{cite web|title=Blackbirds pip Rendezvous -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/76823/blackbirds-pip-rendezvous|access-date=1 February 2016}}

| 17 January 2016

Mario Harte

| UWI Blackbirds

| Pinelands United

| 5-1{{cite web|title=Blackbirds leading -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/77373/blackbirds-leading|access-date=10 February 2016}}

| 31 January 2016

Shaquille Stewart4

| BDF

| Pinelands United

| 4-0

| 6 February 2016

Armando Lashley4

| Paradise

| Belfield

| 1-5{{cite web|title=Paradise thrash Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/77587/paradise-thrash-belfield|access-date=10 February 2016}}

| 6 February 2016

Mario Harte

| UWI Blackbirds

| Brittons Hill

| 1-4{{cite web|title=Goals galore | Barbados Today|url=http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/02/16/goals-galore-5/|access-date=25 February 2016}}

| 14 February 2016

Corey Barrow

| UWI Blackbirds

| Belfield

| 4-0{{cite web|title=UWI suck the wind out of Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/78122/uwi-suck-wind-belfield|access-date=25 February 2016}}

| 20 February 2016

Dwayne Stanford

| Rendezvous

| Pinelands

| 6-4{{cite web|title=Sweet Paradise | Barbados Today|url=http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/02/22/sweet-paradise/|access-date=25 February 2016}}

| 21 February 2016

Shane Welch

| Pinelands

| Rendezvous

| 6-4

| 21 February 2016

Andre Leslie4

| UWI Blackbirds

| Empire Club

| 4-0

| 12 March 2016

Shaquille Stewart

| BDF

| Pinelands United

| 0-6{{cite web|title=Stewart does trick for BDF -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/78943/stewart-trick-bdfsp|access-date=15 March 2016}}

| 12 March 2016

Jamar Grazette

| Belfield

| Pinelands United

| 2-8

| 28 May 2016

Henderson Richards

| Belfield

| Pinelands United

| 2-8

| 28 May 2016

Tristan Parris

| Weymouth Wales

| Empire Club

| 2-4

| 29 May 2016

Omando McLeod

| Empire Club

| Rendezvous

| 0-3

| 1 June 2016

Armando Lashley

| Paradise

| Empire Club

| 3-1

| 4 June 2016

Corey Barrow

| UWI Blackbirds

| Pinelands United

| 0-21

| 5 June 2016

Mario Harte10

| UWI Blackbirds

| Pinelands United

| 0-21{{cite web|title=Bloody Sunday | Barbados Today|url=http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2016/06/06/bloody-sunday/|access-date=7 June 2016}}

| 5 June 2016

Corey Barrow

| UWI Blackbirds

| Rendezvous

| 14-0

| 19 June 2016

Dario Harewood

| UWI Blackbirds

| Rendezvous

| 14-0

| 19 June 2016

Mario Harte

| UWI Blackbirds

| Rendezvous

| 14-0

| 19 June 2016

4 Player scored 4 goals.

10 Player scored 10 goals.

References

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