# 2016 Barbados Premier Division

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

* Pride of Gall Hill and Silver Sands were relegated to the Barbados First Division.
* Belfield and Empire Club were promoted to the Premier Division.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | UWI Blackbirds (C, Q) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 19 | +61 | 45 | Qualification for 2017 CFU Club Championship |
| 2 | BDF (Q) | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 13 | +46 | 44 | Qualification for 2017 CFU Club Championship |
| 3 | Weymouth Wales | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 34 | |
| 4 | Paradise | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 34 | |
| 5 | Rendezvous | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 22 | |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 21 | |
| 7 | Brittons Hill | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Belfield | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Empire Club (R) | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 15 | Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division |
| 10 | Pinelands United (R) | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 85 | −65 | 2 | Relegation to 2017 Barbados First Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BDF | BEL | BRI | EMP | NOT | PAR | PIN | REN | UWI | WEY |
| BDF | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Belfield | 0–6 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Brittons Hill | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Empire Club | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 |
| Notre Dame | 1–7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Paradise | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Pinelands United | 0–6 | 2–8 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 2–5 | 0–21 | 0–3 |
| Rendezvous | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 6–4 | | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| UWI Blackbirds | 0–4 | 4–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 14–0 | | 0–1 |
| Weymouth Wales | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mario Harte | UWI Blackbirds | 29 |
| 2 | Armando Lashley | Paradise | 19 |
| 3 | Shaquille Stewart | BDF | 16 |
| 4 | Shaquille Boyce | BDF | 14 |
| 4 | Jairo Lombardo | UWI Blackbirds | 14 |
| 6 | Kyle Gibson | Notre Dame | 12 |
| 6 | Shandel Samuel | Rendezvous | 12 |
| 8 | Corey Barrow | UWI Blackbirds | 11 |
| 8 | Kemar Headley | Weymouth | 11 |
| 10 | Hadan Holligan | Weymouth | 9 |
| 10 | Omando McLeod | Empire Club | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Kemar Headley | Weymouth Wales | Pinelands United | 4-0 | 17 January 2016 |
| Mario Harte | UWI Blackbirds | Pinelands United | 5-1 | 31 January 2016 |
| Shaquille Stewart$^4$ | BDF | Pinelands United | 4-0 | 6 February 2016 |
| Armando Lashley$^4$ | Paradise | Belfield | 1-5 | 6 February 2016 |
| Mario Harte | UWI Blackbirds | Brittons Hill | 1-4 | 14 February 2016 |
| Corey Barrow | UWI Blackbirds | Belfield | 4-0 | 20 February 2016 |
| Dwayne Stanford | Rendezvous | Pinelands | 6-4 | 21 February 2016 |
| Shane Welch | Pinelands | Rendezvous | 6-4 | 21 February 2016 |
| Andre Leslie$^4$ | UWI Blackbirds | Empire Club | 4-0 | 12 March 2016 |
| Shaquille Stewart | BDF | Pinelands United | 0-6 | 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 Harte$^{10}$ | UWI Blackbirds | Pinelands United | 0-21 | 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.