2015–16 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League

Season	2015–16
Matches played	162
Goals scored	361 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raja Rafe (16)
Highest scoring	Musfat Baniyas 1–6 Tishreen Al-Nidal 0–7 Al-Wahda
Longest winning run	11 games Al-Jaish
Longest unbeaten run	18 games Al-Wahda
Longest winless run	18 games Musfat Baniyas
Longest losing run	7 games Musfat Baniyas
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The 2015–16 Syrian Premier League season is the 45th since its establishment. This seasons league will feature two stages. Stage one will pit two groups of ten teams and kicked off on the 22th of November 2015. The top three of each group would advance to the Championship Playoff to determine the overall league champions. The bottom two of each group would relegate to the second division. All matches will be played in Damascus, Latakia due to security concerns.

First Stage

Each team plays each other twice, top three advanced to the championship playoff, bottom two relegate.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Jaish	16	13	2	1	28	9	+19	41	Advance to Championship Playoff
2	Al-Karamah	16	10	2	4	22	12	+10	32
3	Al-Muhafaza	16	5	8	3	10	9	+1	23
4	Al-Majd	16	4	6	6	14	14	0	18
5	Jableh	16	4	6	6	7	10	−3	18
6	Hutteen	16	4	5	7	12	17	−5	17
7	Al-Taliya	16	3	7	6	10	14	−4	16
8	Al-Hurriya	16	3	6	7	10	18	−8	15
9	Al-Jazeera	16	1	8	7	9	18	−9	11	Relegation
10	Omayya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Wahda	18	15	3	0	47	6	+41	48	Advance to Championship Playoff
2	Al-Ittihad	18	11	5	2	31	10	+21	38
3	Al-Shorta	18	10	7	1	31	11	+20	37
4	Tishreen	18	9	5	4	26	11	+15	32
5	Al-Wathba	18	6	4	8	19	24	−5	22
6	Al-Nidal	18	4	6	8	21	34	−13	18
7	Al-Nawair	18	4	6	8	20	30	−10	18
8	Al-Futowa	18	4	6	8	19	26	−7	18
9	Al-Jihad	18	2	6	10	19	34	−15	12	Relegation
10	Musfat Baniyas	18	0	2	16	6	53	−47	2

Championship Playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ittihad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2017 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2	Al-Muhafaza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2017 AFC Cup
3	Al-Wahda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Al-Jaish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Al-Karamah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Al-Shorta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Soccerway.com
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.