2015–16 Primera Divisió
# 2015–16 Primera Divisió

The 2015–16 Primera Divisió or Lliga Grup Becier, was the 21st season of top-tier football in Andorra. The season began on 27 September 2015. The defending champions were FC Santa Coloma, who won their ninth championship in the previous season.

## Teams

### Clubs and locations

| Team | Home town |
| - | - |
| Encamp | Encamp |
| Engordany | Escaldes-Engordany |
| FC Santa Coloma | Santa Coloma |
| Lusitanos | Andorra la Vella |
| Ordino | Ordino |
| Penya Encarnada | Andorra la Vella |
| Sant Julià | Sant Julià de Lòria |
| UE Santa Coloma | Santa Coloma |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Kit sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Encamp | Salvador Cervos Pia | Oscar Guerrero Sancho | Kelme | Inmobiliaria Gran Valira |
| Engordany | Gonzalo Donzion Pichel | Josep Mengual | Joma | La Adelita |
| FC Santa Coloma | Alain Molné Kirik | Richard Imbernon Rios | Joma | Don Denis |
| Lusitanos | António da Silva Cerqueira | Raúl Cañete Lozano | Peba/Armatura | Les Barques |
| Ordino | David Urrea Ribera | Miguel Ángel Lozano | Macron/Nike | Assengurances Generals S.A / Ordino |
| Penya Encarnada | José Manuel da Costa | Rubén Olivera Fidalgo | Fly Sport | Bigfoot / JG |
| Sant Julià | Albert Carnicé | Carlos Sànchez Estella | Pentex | Tic Tapa |
| UE Santa Coloma | Joan Antoni Antón Álvarez | Emilio Gomez Gallardo | Luanvi | Seguretat Sepir |

## Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 14 games. The league is then split up in two groups of four teams with each of them playing teams within its group in a home-and-away cycle of games. The top four teams compete for the championship. The bottom four clubs play for one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the first round are taken over to the respective second round.

## Promotion and relegation from 2014–15

Inter Club d'Escaldes were relegated after last season due to finishing in eighth place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió champions Penya Encarnada d'Andorra.

UE Engordany, who finished last season in 7th place, and Segona Divisió runners up Atlètic Club d'Escaldes played a two-legged relegation play-off. UE Engordany won the playoff, 4–2 on aggregate, and remained in the Primera Divisió while Atlètic Club d'Escaldes remained in the Segona Divisió.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Santa Coloma | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 7 | +34 | 37 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Lusitanos | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 30 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | UE Santa Coloma | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 27 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Sant Julià | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 24 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Engordany | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 6 | Encamp | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 7 | Ordino | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 10 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Penya Encarnada | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 36 | −30 | 5 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| Home \ Away | ENC | ENG | SFC | LUS | ORD | PEA | SJU | SUE |
| Encamp | | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 |
| Engordany | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 6–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Lusitanos | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Ordino | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 |
| Penya Encarnada | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 0–5 |
| Sant Julià | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| UE Santa Coloma | 6–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

## Championship and relegation round

Records earned in the regular season are taken over to the Championship round and relegation round.

### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Santa Coloma (C) | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 8 | +36 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Lusitanos | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Sant Julià | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 32 | |
| 4 | UE Santa Coloma | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |

* ↑ UE Santa Coloma qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Copa Constitució.

| Home \ Away | LUS | SJU | SFC | SUE |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lusitanos | | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sant Julià | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| FC Santa Coloma | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| UE Santa Coloma | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Engordany | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 29 | |
| 6 | Ordino | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 26 | |
| 7 | Encamp (O) | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 16 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Penya Encarnada (R) | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 58 | −43 | 3 | Relegation to the Segona Divisió |
| Home \ Away | ENC | ENG | ORD | PEA |
| Encamp | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Engordany | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Ordino | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 3–2 |
| Penya Encarnada | 0–3 | 2–5 | 3–7 | |

## Primera Divisió play-offs

The seventh-placed team (third-placed in the relegation round), Encamp, were originally set to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off against CE Carroi, the runner-up of the 2015–16 Segona Divisió for one spot in 2016–17 Primera Divisió.

However, on 20 May 2016, it was announced that Encamp were awarded the tie against CE Carroi, therefore Encamp will remain in the top flight for next season.

