2016 Ligue Haïtienne season

The 2016 Ligue Haïtienne season was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Haiti. It began on 21 February 2016. The league is split into two tournaments—the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 18 teams.

Season2016

ChampionsOuverture: Racing FC
Clôture: FICA

2017 CFU Club ChampionshipRacing FC
Don Bosco FC

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

Ligue Haïtienne
Season	2016
Champions	Ouverture: Racing FC Clôture: FICA
2017 CFU Club Championship	Racing FC Don Bosco FC
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In a change from last year, the number of teams in the league has been reduced from 20 to 18.

Teams

At the end of the 2015 season, the bottom 4 teams in the aggregate table; Valencia, PNH, US Lajeune, and Racine FC; were relegated to the Haitian second level leagues. Replacing them were two clubs from the Haitian second level leagues; Réal du Cap and Juventus.

More information Club, City ...

Club	City	Stadium
Aigle Noir AC	Port-au-Prince, Ouest	Stade Sylvio Cator
America FC	Les Cayes, Sud	Parc Mister Henry
Baltimore SC	Saint-Marc, Artibonite	Parc Levelt
AS Capoise	Cap-Haïtien, Nord	Parc Saint-Victor
Cavaly AS	Léogâne, Ouest	Parc Julia Vilbon
Don Bosco FC	Pétion-Ville, Ouest	Parc Sainte-Thérèse
FICA	Cap-Haïtien, Nord	Parc Saint-Victor
Inter	Grand-Goâve, Ouest	Parc Ferrus
Juventus	Les Cayes, Sud
AS Mirebalais	Mirebalais, Centre	Centre Sportif Bayas
Ouanaminthe FC	Ouanaminthe, Nord-Est	Parc Notre Dame
Petit-Goâve FC	Petit-Goâve, Ouest	Parc Anglade
Racing Club Haïtien	Port-au-Prince, Ouest	Stade Sylvio Cator
Racing FC	Gonaïves, Artibonite	Parc Stenio Vincent
Réal du Cap	Cap-Haïtien, Nord
Roulado FC	La Gonâve, Ouest	Parc Savil Dessaint
Tempête FC	Saint-Marc, Artibonite	Parc Levelt
Violette AC	Port-au-Prince, Ouest	Stade Sylvio Cator

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Série d'Ouverture

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Ligue Haïtienne Série d'Ouverture
Season	2016
Champions	Racing FC (3rd title)
Matches	153
Goals	245 (1.6 per match)
Biggest home win	FICA 4-0 Violette AC Racing Club Haïtien 4-0 Tempête FC
Biggest away win	Roulado FC 0-3 Racing FC Inter 0-3 Roulado FC
Highest scoring	Racing FC 4-2 Ouanaminthe FC

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The 2016 Série d'Ouverture began on 20 February 2016 and ended on 28 May 2016.

Regular season

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Racing FC	17	10	6	1	25	12	+13	36	Playoffs
2	Don Bosco FC	17	10	5	2	20	6	+14	35
3	FICA	17	8	6	3	19	9	+10	30
4	Cavaly AS	17	9	3	5	17	15	+2	30
5	AS Mirebalais	17	8	3	6	12	9	+3	27
6	Ouanaminthe FC	17	8	2	7	17	14	+3	26
7	AS Capoise	17	6	7	4	14	12	+2	25
8	Petit-Goâve FC	17	6	7	4	14	14	0	25
9	Tempête FC	17	6	6	5	12	14	−2	24
10	Réal du Cap	17	5	8	4	11	10	+1	23
11	Racing Club Haïtien	17	5	6	6	17	17	0	21
12	Baltimore SC	17	5	6	6	11	12	−1	21
13	Juventus	17	5	4	8	17	16	+1	19
14	America FC	17	5	1	11	8	16	−8	16
15	Roulado FC	17	3	6	8	13	22	−9	15
16	Aigle Noir AC	17	2	8	7	10	18	−8	14
17	Inter	17	2	8	7	5	13	−8	14
18	Violette AC	17	0	8	9	3	16	−13	8

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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AIN ...

Home \ Away	AIN	AME	BAL	CAP	CAV	DBO	FICA	INT	JUV	MIR	OUA	PGO	RCH	RFC	RDC	ROU	TEM	VIO
Aigle Noir AC					0–2	0–0				0–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0		0–1
America FC	1–0		1–0				0–1	0–0	1–0					0–1	0–2	2–0		2–1
Baltimore SC	0–1						1–0	1–0	1–1			1–1		2–2		1–0		1–0
AS Capoise	2–1	2–0	1–1				0–0	1–1	1–0						0–0	1–0		1–0
Cavaly AS		1–0	1–0	1–1				1–0	2–1		0–1				1–0	3–2	1–0
Don Bosco FC		2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0			2–0			1–0					4–1	2–0
Football Inter Club Association	1–1				0–0	1–0				2–0		3–0	3–1	0–0	0–2			4–0
Inter	0–0						0–1		2–0			0–0	0–0	0–0		0–3		1–0
Juventus	1–1					0–1	3–0			3–0		2–0	3–1	2–1				0–0
AS Mirebalais		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		1–0			1–0						2–0
Ouanaminthe FC		1–0	0–0	0–1			0–2	3–0	2–0						0–1	2–0		1–0
Petit-Goâve FC		2–0		0–0	3–1	0–0				1–0	1–0		2–0				1–1
Racing Club Haïtien		1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0				1–0	1–2						4–0
Racing FC				3–2	2–1	1–0				1–0	4–2	3–1	1–0		1–1		1–0
Réal du Cap			0–0			0–1		0–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	1–1			1–1
Roulado FC	4–1						1–1		2–1	0–0		0–1	0–0	0–3				1–0
Tempête FC		1–0	1–0	1–0			0–0	2–0	0–0		2–2				3–1	0–0
Violette AC	0–0				0–0	1–1				0–2		0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–0

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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FICA	4–0	Don Bosco FC	2–0	2–0
Cavaly AS	0–1	Racing FC	0–0	0–1

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Finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FICA	0–1	Racing FC	0–0	0–1

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2016 Série d'Ouverture champions
3rd title

Série de Clôture

Quick facts Season, Matches ...

Ligue Haïtienne Série de Clôture
Season	2016
Matches	153
Goals	258 (1.69 per match)
Biggest home win	Juventus 7-1 Tempête FC
Biggest away win	Petit-Goâve FC 0-3 Aigle Noir AC
Highest scoring	Juventus 7-1 Tempête FC

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The 2016 Série de Clôture began on 12 August 2016 and ended on 24 December 2016.

Regular season

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FICA	17	7	8	2	20	8	+12	29	Playoffs
2	Ouanaminthe FC	17	7	8	2	19	12	+7	29
3	Réal du Cap	17	7	6	4	21	13	+8	27
4	AS Capoise	17	8	3	6	11	11	0	27
5	America FC	17	6	7	4	13	7	+6	25
6	Inter	17	7	3	7	15	17	−2	24
7	Aigle Noir AC	17	4	11	2	14	9	+5	23
8	Violette AC	17	4	9	4	14	12	+2	21
9	Baltimore SC	17	4	9	4	12	12	0	21
10	Racing FC	17	4	9	4	11	13	−2	21
11	Petit-Goâve FC	17	6	3	8	10	17	−7	21
12	AS Mirebalais	17	5	5	7	11	11	0	20
13	Juventus	17	5	5	7	25	27	−2	20
14	Don Bosco FC	17	4	8	5	12	15	−3	20
15	Roulado FC	17	5	5	7	13	17	−4	20
16	Cavaly AS	17	5	4	8	13	19	−6	19
17	Racing Club Haïtien	17	4	6	7	16	18	−2	18
18	Tempête FC	17	3	7	7	8	20	−12	16

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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AIN ...

Home \ Away	AIN	AME	BAL	CAP	CAV	DBO	FICA	INT	JUV	MIR	OUA	PGO	RCH	RFC	RDC	ROU	TEM	VIO
Aigle Noir AC		0–0	0–0	0–0			1–1	2–0	1–1							1–0		0–0
America FC				3–0	0–1	0–0				1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1				1–0
Baltimore SC		0–0		1–0	2–0	3–2				0–0	1–1		0–0		1–0		0–1
AS Capoise					2–1	1–0				1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1			1–0
Cavaly AS	1–1					1–1	0–0			1–0		2–0	2–0	0–1				2–0
Don Bosco FC	1–2						0–0		2–1	0–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0			0–0
Football Inter Club Association		0–0	3–1	0–1				4–0	4–2		0–0					3–0	0–0
Inter		0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0				3–1	3–0				2–1		1–0
Juventus		2–3	2–1	1–0	1–1			1–0			1–1				2–3	1–0	7–1
AS Mirebalais	1–1						0–1		2–0			0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0		2–1
Ouanaminthe FC	1–1				2–1	2–0				1–0		1–0	2–0	1–0			4–1
Petit-Goâve FC	0–3		1–0				1–0	1–0	2–0					0–1	1–0	1–1		0–0
Racing Club Haïtien	1–0						0–1	2–0	4–1			0–1		1–1	2–3	3–0		1–1
Racing FC	1–0	0–0	1–1				1–1	0–0	1–1							1–0		0–0
Réal du Cap	0–0	1–0		0–1	4–0		0–0				1–1			4–1			0–0	2–1
Roulado FC		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		3–0			1–1				1–1		3–0
Tempête FC	1–1				1–0	0–0				0–1		2–0	0–0	0–0				1–1
Violette AC		1–0	0–0	1–0			1–2	2–0	1–1		1–1					3–0

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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Capoise	0–1	FICA	0–0	0–1 (aet)
Réal du Cap	6–2	Ouanaminthe FC	3–1	3–1

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Finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Réal du Cap	0–2	FICA	0–0	0–2

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2016 Série de Clôture Champions
8th title

Trophée des Champions

This match is contested between the winner of the Série d'Ouverture and the winner of the Série de Clôture.

More information Team 1, Score ...

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing FC	1–0	FICA

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Aggregate table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FICA	34	15	14	5	39	17	+22	59
2	Racing FC	34	14	15	5	36	25	+11	57	Qualification for 2017 Caribbean Club Championship
3	Don Bosco FC	34	14	13	7	32	21	+11	55	Qualification for 2017 Caribbean Club Championship^[a]
4	Ouanaminthe FC	34	15	10	9	36	26	+10	55
5	AS Capoise	34	14	10	10	25	23	+2	52
6	Réal du Cap	34	12	14	8	33	24	+9	50
7	Cavaly AS	34	14	7	13	30	34	−4	49
8	AS Mirebalais	34	13	8	13	23	20	+3	47
9	Petit-Goâve FC	34	12	10	12	24	31	−7	46
10	Baltimore SC	34	9	15	10	23	24	−1	42
11	America FC	34	11	8	15	21	23	−2	41
12	Tempête FC	34	9	13	12	20	34	−14	40
13	Juventus	34	10	9	15	42	43	−1	39
14	Racing Club Haïtien	34	9	12	13	34	36	−2	39
15	Aigle Noir AC	34	6	19	9	24	27	−3	37	Relegation to 2017 Championnat National D2
16	Roulado FC	34	9	10	15	28	38	−10	37
17	Inter	34	9	10	15	19	32	−13	37
18	Violette AC	34	4	17	13	17	28	−11	29

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Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

[a]
FICA declined participation in the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship, so their spot was awarded to 2015 Série d'Ouverture champion Don Dosco FC.

References

External links

RSSSF

2016 Ligue Haïtienne season

Teams

Série d'Ouverture

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

Série de Clôture

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

Trophée des Champions

Aggregate table

References

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