2016–17 Zanzibar Premier League Explained

Competition:Zanzibar Premier League
Season:2016–17
Winners:JKU SC
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 Zanzibar Premier League season is the top level of football competition in Zanzibar.[1]

Qualifying stage

The qualifying stage was divided into two leagues, one for teams in Unguja Island and one for teams in Pemba Island. In both leagues, the top four teams qualify for the championship playoff (8 Bora).

Kanda ya Unguja

Reported Final Table (Apr 26):

1.JKU SC 34 23 6 5 55-18 75 Qualified 2.Jang'ombe Boys FC 34 18 12 4 44-25 66 Qualified 3.Zimamoto SC 34 17 10 7 56-30 61 Qualified 4.Taifa ya Jang'ombe 34 17 10 7 47-23 61 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Polisi SC 34 16 12 6 40-16 60 6.KMKM SC 34 16 9 9 51-23 57 7.Mafunzo SC 34 17 5 12 54-25 56 8.KVZ SC 34 14 11 9 48-26 53 9.Black Sailors FC 34 13 12 9 45-29 48 [51?] 10.Chuoni FT 34 11 14 9 38-27 47 11.Kilimani City FC 34 14 5 15 41-47 47 [*] 12.Kipanga SC 34 12 6 16 39-35 42 ------------------------------------------------ 13.Malindi SC 34 12 6 16 27-34 42 Relegated 14.Kijichi FC 34 8 12 14 26-32 36 Relegated 15.Mundu FC 34 10 4 20 32-68 34 Relegated 16.Miembeni SC 34 7 6 21 19-55 27 Relegated 17.Chwaka Stars FC 34 6 6 22 24-59 24 Relegated 18.Kimbunga FC 34 1 2 31 22-132 5 Relegated

[*] Mtende Rangers were renamed Kilimani City

NB: total goal difference +4

Kanda ya Pemba

Table (Mar 30):

1.Jamhuri 29 17 8 4 43-19 59 2.Okapi (Msuka) 29 16 8 5 37-18 56 3.Mwenge (Wete) 29 16 7 6 36-22 55 4.Kizimbani 29 15 9 5 36-17 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Chipukizi 29 13 12 4 39-24 51 6.Dogo Moro 29 11 12 6 37-28 45 7.New Star 29 12 8 9 32-27 44 8.Shaba 29 9 13 7 32-29 40 9.Fufuni SC 29 10 8 11 30-31 38 10.Maji Maji 29 10 7 12 37-31 37 11.Al Jazira 29 10 6 13 36-36 36 12.Young Islanders 29 9 7 13 24-33 34 13. Wawi Star 29 7 11 11 25-29 32 14.Sharp Victor 29 8 8 13 29-41 32 15.Danger Boys 29 5 13 11 27-32 28 16. Hard Rock 29 4 13 12 20-38 25 17.African Kivumbi 29 6 5 18 29-58 23 18.Madungu 29 1 9 19 14-51 12

Top of Table (Apr 26):

1.Jamhuri Qualified 2.Mwenge (Wete) Qualified 3.Kizimbani Qualified 4.Okapi (Msuka) Qualified

Championship playoff

1.JKU SC 14 10 3 1 26- 9 33 [Unguja] Champions 2.Zimamoto SC 14 8 4 2 31-10 28 [Unguja] 3.Jang'ombe Boys FC 14 8 3 3 20- 8 27 [Unguja] 4.Jamhuri 14 7 3 4 27-18 24 [Pemba] 5.Kizimbani 14 5 1 8 15-38 16 [Pemba] 6.Taifa ya Jang'ombe 14 3 3 8 15-24 12 [Unguja] 7.Okapi (Msuka) 14 2 4 8 15-32 10 [Pemba] 8.Mwenge (Wete) 14 2 1 11 21-31 7 [Pemba]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zanz2017.html Zanzibar 2016/17