2016 Mongolian Premier League

The 2016 Mongolian Premier League (also known as the Khurkhree National Premier League) is the 48th edition of the tournament. Erchim came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season.

Mongolian Premier League

Season	2016
2017 AFC Cup	Erchim
Matches played	90
Goals scored	375 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oyunbaatar Mijiddorj (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Erchim 8–0 Mazaalaynuud Erchim 8–0 Ulaanbaatar
Biggest away win	Mazaalay 0–8 Selenge Press
Highest scoring	Erchim 8–0 Mazaalaynuud Erchim 8–0 Ulaanbaatar Khangarid 6–2 Unaganuud Selenge Press 6–2 Bayangol
Longest winning run	Erchim (14 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Erchim (14 games)
Longest winless run	Mazaalaynuud (18 games)
Longest losing run	Mazaalaynuud (16 games)
← 2015 2017 →

Ulaanbaatar City (formerly Khangarid City) and Bayngol entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015 Mongolian 1st League. The season started on May 7 and ended on October 9, 2016.

Khurkhree National Premier League

The competition is to be known as the Khurkhree National Premier League for sponsorship reasons, after the Mongolian Football Federation signed a MNT 400 million sponsorship deal with Arvain Undes, a Mongolian company that produces the beer, Khurkhree.

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Erchim
Bayangol
Ulaanbaatar
Khoromkhon
Selenge Press
Ulaanbataar City
Ulaanbaataryn Mazaalaynuud
Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud

Khangarid

Deren

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Location of teams in 2016 Mongolian Premier League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Bayangol	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Deren	Deren	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Erchim	Ulaanbaatar	Erchim Stadium	2,000
FC Ulaanbaatar	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Khangarid	Erdenet	Erdenet Stadium	7,000
Ulaanbaatar City	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Khoromkhon	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Selenge Press	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500
Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud	Ulaanbaatar	MFF Football Centre	3,500

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Erchim (C, Q)	18	17	0	1	70	12	+58	51	2017 AFC Cup
2	Khangarid	18	14	1	3	54	23	+31	43
3	Khoromkhon	18	10	2	6	42	25	+17	32
4	Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud	18	10	2	6	40	28	+12	32
5	Deren	18	8	1	9	28	27	+1	25
6	Ulaanbaatar	18	6	5	7	33	41	−8	23
7	Selenge Press	18	6	4	8	43	40	+3	22
8	Ulaanbaatar City (O)	18	6	3	9	32	32	0	21	Play-Off
9	NM Bayangol (R)	18	2	3	13	24	57	−33	9	1st League
10	Ulaanbaataryn Mazaalainuud (R)	18	0	1	17	9	90	−81	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Result table

Home \ Away	DER	ERC	KHA	KHO	NMB	SEL	UBC	UBM	UBU	ULB
Deren		0–3	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–4	4–1
Erchim	2–1		5–1	0–2	1–0	6–1	5–1	8–0	3–1	8–0
Khangarid	2–0	0–4		2–0	5–1	6–2	2–1	7–0	6–2	2–0
Khoromkhon	0–3	0–4	2–3		7–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1
NM Bayangol	1–3	1–5	0–6	1–5		2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1
Selenge Press	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	6–2		1–2	7–0	2–5	3–2
Ulaanbaatar City	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–1		7–1	1–0	1–2
Ulaanbaataryn Mazaalainuud	0–1	1–4	0–2	1–6	0–4	0–8	1–6		1–6	1–3
Ulaanbaataryn Unaganuud	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	7–1		2–2
Ulaanbaatar	2–1	1–6	2–2	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	5–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Oyunbaatar Mijiddorj	Khangarid	29
2	Shuta Ishino		28
3	Nyam-Osor Naranbold	Khoromkhon	13
	Mönkh-Erdene Tuguldur
5	Fante		12
6	Eson-Erdene		10
	Hishida
8	Monkh-Erdene		8
	Navrodski
	Enkhbileg Purevdorj	Anduud City