2015–16 Rwanda National Football League

Football league season

Rwanda National Football League
Season	2015–16
Champions	APR
Relegated	Muhanga Rwamagana City
2017 CAF Champions League	APR
2017 CAF Confederation Cup	Rayon Sports
Matches played	240
Goals scored	502 (2.09 per match)
Biggest home win	Rayon Sports 6-0 Amagaju (15 June 2016)
Biggest away win	3 matches Muhanga 1-5 Police (4 November 2015) APR 0-4 Rayon Sports (3 May 2016) Bugesera 0-4 Rayon Sports (11 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Kiyovu Sports 4-3 Gicumbi (2 March 2016)
Longest winning run	Kiyovu Sports Mukura (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Rayon Sports (24)
Longest winless run	Muhanga Rwamagana City (16)
Longest losing run	Etincelles Muhanga (5)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 17 July 2016.

The 2015–16 Rwanda National Football League, known as the Azam Rwanda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th season of top-tier football in Rwanda. The season started on 18 September 2015 and concluded on 17 July 2016 with APR winning their third consecutive title and 16th overall, all in a span of 22 years.

Rayon Sports finished second to qualify for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup while Rwamagana City and Muhanga finished 15th and 16th, respectively, and will be relegated to the Rwandan Second Division for the 2016-17 season.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league after it expanded from 14 teams in 2014-15. Isonga were relegated to the Second Division after finishing 14th. Bugesera, Muhanga and Rwamagana City are all new additions to the competition this year.

Stadiums and locations

APR
Kigali
Rayon

Rwamagana
Sunriseclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2015-16 Rwanda National Football League teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Amagaju F.C.	Gikongoro	Stade ya Nyamagabe	1,000
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise F.C.	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
AS Kigali	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
Bugesera FC	Nyamata	ETO Nyamata Ground	1,000
Espoir F.C.	Cyangugu	Cyangugu Regional Stadium	3,000
Etincelles F.C.	Gisenyi	Stade Umuganda	5,000
Gicumbi F.C.	Byumba	Gicumbi Stadium	6,000
S.C. Kiyovu Sports	Kigali	Stade Mumena	1,200
Marines F.C.	Gisenyi	Stade Umuganda	5,000
AS Muhanga	Gitarama	Muhanga Regional Stadium	5,000
Mukura Victory Sports F.C.	Butare	Kamena Stadium	2,000
Musanze F.C.	Musanze	Ubworoherane Football Stadium	4,000
Police F.C.	Kigali	Stade Kicukiro	1,000
Rayon Sports F.C.	Kigali	Stade Régional de Nyamirambo	22,000
Rwamagana City FC	Rwamagana	Rwamagana Playground	1,000
Sunrise FC Rwamagana	Rwamagana	Rwamagana Playground	1,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	APR (C, Q)	30	21	4	5	43	18	+25	67	2017 CAF Champions League
2	Rayon Sports (Q)	30	17	10	3	50	12	+38	61	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
3	Mukura	30	19	3	8	44	25	+19	60
4	AS Kigali	30	16	8	6	44	20	+24	56
5	Police	30	14	10	6	47	26	+21	52
6	Kiyovu Sports	30	14	6	10	37	32	+5	48
7	Bugesera	30	10	7	13	23	35	−12	37
8	Sunrise	30	8	10	12	28	34	−6	34
9	Gicumbi	30	8	10	12	26	38	−12	34
10	Marines	30	7	12	11	19	28	−9	33
11	Espoir	30	7	12	11	20	33	−13	33
12	Etincelles	30	8	8	14	29	41	−12	32
13	Amagaju	30	6	12	12	20	38	−18	30
14	Musanze	30	7	8	15	28	40	−12	29
15	Rwamagana City (R)	30	6	7	17	20	32	−12	25	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division
16	Muhanga (R)	30	5	7	18	24	50	−26	22	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2016. Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) total goals; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) playoff
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away	AMA	APR	ASK	BUG	ESP	ETI	GIC	KIY	MAR	MUH	MUK	MUS	POL	RAY	RWA	SUN
Amagaju		0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0
APR	2–1		1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	1–0
AS Kigali	2–0	1–3		4–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1
Bugesera	0–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–0	2–1
Espoir	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Etincelles	2–0	0–1	2–4	3–0	1–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Gicumbi	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0		0–3	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–1
Kiyovu Sports	2–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	4–3		2–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	3–2
Marines	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2		0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0
Muhanga	4–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–2		1–3	0–2	1–5	1–0	1–1	1–1
Mukura	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–1		3–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1
Musanze	1–2	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1		2–2	2–0	0–0	0–1
Police	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	0–1
Rayon Sports	6–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		4–1	2–0
Rwamagana City	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1		1–0
Sunrise	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Amagaju	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D
APR	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L
AS Kigali	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W
Bugesera	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L
Espoir	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	W
Etincelles	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L
Gicumbi	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L
Kiyovu Sports	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D
Marines	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W
Muhanga	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D
Mukura	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Musanze	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	W
Police	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W
Rayon Sports	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L
Rwamagana City	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L
Sunrise	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2016. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
APR	5	10	10	5	3	3	2	5	3	4	5	4	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Rayon Sports	1	6	6	3	6	7	6	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Mukura	12	6	3	8	5	6	5	3	5	3	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
AS Kigali	6	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Police	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	5
Kiyovu Sports	6	12	5	7	4	5	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	6
Bugesera	6	14	10	14	11	15	13	15	11	12	11	9	8	9	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	2	8	14	13	13	12	14	11	12	10	10	8	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	8
Gicumbi	6	13	8	9	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9
Marines	16	10	13	12	14	14	12	13	14	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	10
Espoir	2	3	9	11	10	9	10	10	9	11	13	12	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Etincelles	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	10	10	11	10	12
Amagaju	6	5	12	6	8	4	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	12	13
Musanze	12	9	4	4	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Rwamagana City	6	2	6	10	12	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Muhanga	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and 2017 CAF Champions League
	2017 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Rwandan Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2016. Source: Soccerway

References

"Azam TV to broadcast Rwanda's top tier league". Kawowo Sports. 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

v t e Rwanda National Football League
2023–24 clubs	APR AS Kigali Bugesera Espoir Etincelles Étoile de l'Est Gasogi United Gicumbi Gorilla Kiyovu Sports Marines Mukura Victory Musanze Police Rayon Sports Rutsiro
Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021−22 2022−23 2023−24 2024−25

Football in Rwanda

Rwandese Association Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Premier League Second Division
Women	Women's Football League

Domestic cups

Men	Rwandan Cup Rwandan Super Cup

Awards

Lists

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Benin 14–15 Botswana 14–15 15–16 Burkina Faso 14–15 15–16 Burundi 14–15 15–16 Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 15–16 Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 14–15 15–16 Djibouti 14–15 15–16 Egypt 14–15 15–16 Equatorial Guinea 15 15–16 Eritrea Ethiopia 14–15 15–16 Gabon Gambia 14–15 15–16 Ghana Guinea 14–15 15–16 Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast 14–15 15–16 Kenya Lesotho 14–15 15–16 Liberia ~~Libya~~ Madagascar Malawi Mali 14–15 Mauritania 14–15 15–16 Mauritius 14–15 15–16 Morocco 14–15 15–16 Mozambique Namibia 14–15 15–16 Niger 14–15 15–16 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 14–15 15–16 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal 14–15 15–16 Seychelles ~~Sierra Leone~~ Somalia 14–15 15–16 South Africa 14–15 15–16 South Sudan Sudan Swaziland 14–15 15–16 Tanzania 14–15 15–16 ~~Togo~~ Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16 Zambia Zanzibar 14–15 15–16 Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Egypt 14–15 15–16 Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16
Supercups	Algeria Angola Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritania Mali
Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

v t e 2016 in African football (CAF)
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Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 15–16 16 16–17 Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Equatorial Guinea 15–16 Eritrea Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon 15–16 16–17 Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana Guinea 15–16 16–17 Guinea-Bissau 16 16–17 Ivory Coast 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia 16 16–17 Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania 15–16 16–17 Mauritius 15–16 16–17 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Niger 15–16 16–17 Nigeria men women Réunion 16–17 Rwanda 15–16 16–17 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal 15–16 16–17 Seychelles ~~Sierra Leone~~ Somalia 15–16 16–17 South Africa 15–16 16–17 ~~South Sudan~~ Sudan Swaziland 15–16 16–17 Tanzania 15–16 16–17 Togo 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zanzibar 15–16 16–17 Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Egypt 15–16 16–17 Morocco South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17
Supercups	Algeria Angola Egypt Kenya Mali
Regional cups	Arab Club Championship
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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