The 2016 Ligue Haïtienne season was the 53rd season of top-tier football in
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
. It began on 21 February 2016. The league is split into two tournaments—the ''Série d'Ouverture'' and the ''Série de Clôture''—each with identical formats and each contested by the same 18 teams.
In a change from last year, the number of teams in the league has been reduced from 20 to 18.
Teams
At the end of the 2015 season, the bottom 4 teams in the aggregate table;
Valencia
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,
PNH,
US Lajeune, and
Racine FC; were relegated to the Haitian second level leagues. Replacing them were two clubs from the Haitian second level leagues;
Réal du Cap and
Juventus
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.
Série d'Ouverture
The 2016 Série d'Ouverture began on 20 February 2016 and ended on 28 May 2016.
Regular season
Standings
Results
Playoffs
Semifinals
Finals
Série de Clôture
The 2016 Série de Clôture began on 12 August 2016 and ended on 24 December 2016.
Regular season
Standings
Results
Playoffs
Semifinals
Finals
Trophée des Champions
This match is contested between the winner of the Série d'Ouverture and the winner of the Série de Clôture.
Aggregate table
References
External links
RSSSF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ligue Haitienne 2016
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
2016 in Haitian sport