The 2016

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n state of

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. The league is divided into two groups – Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and 4 teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 27 July 2016, and of Group B on 16 July 2016. This will also be the first time in history that a trophy will be awarded to the Group A champions, on the day of the last match of the league. The

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also took a decision to award the

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award to the coach adjudged "Best coach of the league". The association also announced that a monetary award amounting to Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to the champions of Group A.

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were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

Premier Division A

Standings

Results

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were awarded 3 points in the match against

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refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by

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to be 3–0 in favour of

Statistics

Top Scorers

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;6 goals * Daniel Bedemi ( MOH) *

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( MOH) ;5 goals * Joël Sunday ( TOL) * V.P.Suhair (

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) ;4 goals * Do Dong-Hyun ( KEB) * Manvir Singh ( MSC) * Zikahi Leonce Dedoz ( MSC) * Ghanefo Kromah (PRL) * Ashim Biswas ( SOU) * M.Basant Singh ( SOU) ;3 goals * Sanjay Rana (ARM) * Jagannath Sana ( BHA) * Tirthankar Sarkar ( BHA) * Jiten Murmu ( KEB) * Lalrindika Ralte ( KEB) * Bayi Kamo (

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) * Prabir Das ( MOH) * Eric Brown (

) ;2 goals * Anthony Chettri (ARM) * Abhijit Sarkar ( ARN) * Bolane Kazeem Amobi ( ARN) * Pritam Sarkar ( BHA) *

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( KEB) * Azharuddin Mallick ( MOH) * Thangjam Singh ( MOH) * Anil Kisku (PRL) * Arghya Chakraborty (PRL) * Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL) * Monotosh Chakladar (

) * Shankar Oraon (

) ;1 goal * Arjun Tudu (ARM) * E.Alwyn (ARM) * P.Jain (ARM) * Samu Hembram (ARM) * Goutam Thakur ( ARN) * Obasi Moses Louis ( ARN) * Orok Essien ( BHA) * Bijendra Rai ( BHA) * Francis Xavier ( BHA) * Adelaja ( KEB) * Calum Angus ( KEB) * Mohammed Rafique ( KEB) *

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( KEB) * Subha Kumar (

) * Rajib Shaw (

) * Atinder Mani ( MSC) * Dipendu Dowary ( MSC) * Nitesh Chhikara ( MSC) * Parminder Singh ( MSC) * Usman Ashik ( MSC) * Ajay Singh ( MOH) * Sukhwinder Singh (PRL) * Sumit Ghosh (PRL) * Krishna Das Sharma ( SOU) * Suman Hazra ( SOU) *

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( TOL) * Kareem Omolaja ( TOL) * Palsang Lama ( TOL) * Reisangmei Vashum ( TOL) * Surabuddin Mollick ( TOL) *

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(

) * Budhiram Tudu (

) * Md.Rashid (

)

Hat-tricks

⁴ The player scored 4 goals

Premier Division B

Standings

Note: ''After the results of the 10th round, the teams were divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round.''

Results

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References

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