2016 Lao Premier League
# 2016 Lao Premier League

The 2016 Lao League is the 27th season of the Lao League, the top Laotian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1990. The season began on 26 March 2016, and is scheduled to conclude in late 2016.

Lao Toyota came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season. Lao Army, National University of Laos, VSV United and Saythany City were promoted from the lower leagues.

## Teams

A total of 14 teams will participate in the 2016 Lao League season, ten from the previous season and four promoted teams. No teams were relegated after the 2015 season due to league expansion as Lao Army, National University of Laos, Saythany City and VSV United were promoted from the lower leagues. Hoang Anh Attapeu, who finished 5th in 2015, withdrew from the league while SHB Vientiane were renamed as CSC Champa and Savan were renamed as Savan United.

### Stadia

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Champasak United | Champasak Stadium | 12,000 |
| CSC Champa | Champasak Stadium | 12,000 |
| Eastern Star | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Electricite du Laos | Lanexang Stadium | 4,000 |
| Ezra | Lanexang Stadium | 4,000 |
| Lanexang United | Lanexang Stadium | 4,000 |
| Lao Army | Army Stadium KM5 | 1,000 |
| Lao Police | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Lao Toyota | Laos National Stadium | 15,000 |
| National University of Laos | National University of Laos Stadium | 5,000 |
| Savan United | Savannakhet Stadium | 15,000 |
| Saythany City | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| VSV United | Lanexang Stadium | 4,000 |
| Young Elephant | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lanexang United | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 14 | +78 | 73 | Qualification to Mekong Club Championship AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Lao Toyota | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 85 | 11 | +74 | 67 | Qualification to AFC Cup play-off round |
| 3 | CSC Champa | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 54 | |
| 4 | Electricite du Laos | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 46 | |
| 5 | National University of Laos | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 44 | |
| 6 | VSV United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 43 | |
| 7 | Savan United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 41 | |
| 8 | Lao Police | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 27 | |
| 9 | Lao Army | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 26 | |
| 10 | Ezra | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 25 | |
| 11 | Young Elephant | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 45 | −28 | 21 | |
| 12 | Saythany City | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 106 | −70 | 16 | |
| 13 | Champasak United | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 14 | |
| 14 | Eastern Star | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 91 | −67 | 14 | |

## Results

### Matchday 9

Note: Remaining four matches from Matchday 9 were postponed due to international call-ups, namely with Laos for their friendly match against Nepal and then their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers versus India. New dates not yet announced.

### Matchday 10

Note: Remaining four matches from Matchday 10 were postponed due to international call-ups, namely with Laos for their 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers versus India. New dates not yet announced.

