2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
The 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as JB Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since establishment of the league in 2007. A total of 12 teams competed in the league. The league began on 24 July 2016.
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 July - 31 December 2016 |
| Champions | Dhaka Abahani (5th titles) |
| Relegated | Uttar Baridhara Club Feni SC |
| AFC Cup | Dhaka Abahani |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 342 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 19 goals Sunday Chizoba |
| Biggest home win | Chittagong Abahani 6–1 Uttar Baridhara (14 Aug 2016) |
| Biggest away win | Feni Soccer Club 1–5 Arambagh (1 October 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Brothers Union 4–5 Sheikh Jamal (25 September 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 06 matches Dhaka Abahani |
| Longest unbeaten run | 22 matches Dhaka Abahani |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches Feni Soccer Club |
| Longest losing run | 09 matches Uttar Baridhara |
← 2014–15 2017–18 → | |
Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's ninth edition and they will accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016.
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.
BFF has agreed to provide a purse of Taka thirty lacs as appearance money to each of the 12 participant teams for their accommodation and transportation outside the capital.
A total of 24 matches out of 132 matches were to be played in Dhaka and rest of the matches played outside Dhaka.