2016 Afghan Premier League
# 2016 Afghan Premier League

The 2016 Afghan Premier League is the fifth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. are the defending champions of the Premier League. The season started on 25 August 2016 with the 8 teams again in two groups. Shaheen Asmayee F.C. won the final of the Afghan Premier League against De Maiwand Atalan F.C. and qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup, the first time an Afghan team compete in the AFC Cup.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shaheen Asmayee | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Qualification to Semi finals |
| 2 | De Maiwand Atalan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Qualification to Semi finals |
| 3 | Toofaan Harirod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | De Abasin Sape | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

* 1 2 De Maiwand Atalan won head-to-head tiebreaker

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mawjhal Amu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Qualification to Semi finals |
| 2 | Simorgh Alborz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | Qualification to Semi finals |
| 3 | Oqaban Hindukush | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | De Spin Ghar Bazan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
