2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
As a Premier League team, Manchester United also entered 2015–16 FA Cup in the third round, hosting Sheffield United of League One at Old Trafford on 9 January 2016. Substitute Memphis Depay was fouled in second-half stoppage time by Dean Hammond for a penalty kick, from which Rooney scored the only goal of the match. Manager Louis van Gaal was under pressure for Manchester United's poor form prior to the match. In the fourth round, Manchester United travelled to Pride Park to play Derby County who were in a play-off place in the Championship.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
Rooney scored the first goal in the 16th minute from outside the penalty area, but George Thorne equalised eight minutes before half time. Midway though the second half, Daley Blind restored Manchester United's lead, scoring with a low strike from Jesse Lingard's cross. Juan Mata's 83rd minute goal after a run from Martial secured a 3–1 victory for Manchester United and relieved Van Gaal of further pressure; it was the first time in 15 games that the team won by a margin of more than one goal.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
On 22 February, Manchester United played the fifth round against Shrewsbury Town, who were in 21st position in League One, away at New Meadow. Chris Smalling opened the scoring for Manchester United with his first goal in the FA Cup eight minutes before half-time. Mata doubled their advantage in first-half stoppage time with a direct free kick before Lingard confirmed a 3–0 win just after the hour mark, converting Ander Herrera's pass. Manchester United were forced to play with only ten players for the final fourteen minutes of the match after Will Keane came off injured and no substitutes remained.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
Manchester United hosted their sixth-round match against top-flight opponents West Ham United on 13 March. The visitors took the lead midway through the second half after Dimitri Payet's 30-yard (27 m) free kick beat David de Gea in the Manchester United goal. With seven minutes remaining, the hosts equalised when Martial scored from a cross from Herrera, ending the match 1–1. Due to the draw, a replay was required. This took place the following month at the Boleyn Ground, the final FA Cup match at the ground.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
After a goalless first half, Marcus Rashford gave Manchester United the lead in the 54th minute when he curled a shot past Darren Randolph, the West Ham United goalkeeper, into the top corner of the net. Marouane Fellaini made it 2–0 midway through the second half, scoring from Martial's cross. West Ham halved the deficit in the 79th minute when James Tomkins scored with a header. Although West Ham dominated the closing stages, including having a goal by Cheikhou Kouyaté disallowed, the match ended 2–1 to Manchester United.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
On 23 April, Manchester United faced Everton at Wembley, a neutral venue, in the semi-finals. Fellaini gave Manchester United the lead in the 34th minute when he scored from close range against his former team. After the interval, Timothy Fosu-Mensah fouled Everton's Ross Barkley, but de Gea saved Romelu Lukaku's subsequent penalty kick. With 15 minutes to go, Everton substitute Gerard Deulofeu sent in a cross which was deflected into Manchester United's goal off Smalling for an own goal which levelled the score. Three minutes into stoppage time, Herrera set up Martial who struck the ball past the Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles to secure a 2–1 win for Manchester United and progression to a record-breaking 19th FA Cup final.


2016 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester United
A bomb scare at Old Trafford on the final day of the Premier League meant that Manchester United's final league game, against Bournemouth, was postponed and rearranged for 17 May. This left Manchester United with four days to prepare for the final, two days fewer than Crystal Palace.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
The referee for the final was Mark Clattenburg from Consett, County Durham, who was assisted by John Brooks and Andrew Halliday. The fourth official was Neil Swarbrick while Michael Salisbury acted as the reserve assistant referee. The match was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by both the BBC, providing free-to-air coverage, and BT Sport acting as the pay TV alternative. Each club received an allocation of 28,780 tickets. This was an increase on previous seasons from 71% of available seats for supporters of the two opposing teams to 80%. All ticket prices were also reduced by £5 each.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
An inaugural tournament was held on 7 May in which a fan of each of the 64 teams who reached the third round competed in a knock-out football video game tournament in rooms around Wembley Stadium. The prize was tickets to the actual final. The financial prize for winning the FA Cup Final was £1.8 million while the runners-up  would receive £900,000. Manchester United were considered clear favourites to win the final, both in the media and by bookmakers.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Ahead of kick-off, Tinie Tempah performed alongside The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Choir before the sides were presented to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. The national anthem was sung by Karen Harding. Van Gaal made two changes to his starting line-up from the side that competed in his side's previous match, the last league game against Bournemouth: Marcos Rojo and Fellaini came in for Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and Lingard, the latter dropping to the substitutes' bench.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Crystal Palace's manager Alan Pardew recalled six players to his starting eleven: Zaha, Hennessey, Scott Dann, Bolasie, Cabaye and Wickham returned while Puncheon and Gayle were listed as substitutes. Manchester United lined up in a 4–1–4–1 formation with Michael Carrick playing as a defensive midfielder and Rashford the sole striker. Their opposition adopted a 4–2–3–1 formation, with Wickham playing up front on his own.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
After a slight delay resulting from the overrunning pre-match entertainment, Crystal Palace kicked off around 5:30 p.m. on 21 May 2016 in front of 88,619 spectators. In the third minute, Crystal Palace won the first corner of the match but Cabaye's set piece was easily caught by de Gea. Manchester United won their first corner four minutes later, and Mata's eventual cross was cleared by Mile Jedinak ahead of Fellaini. This was followed by a series of corners for Manchester United, but none could be converted, culminating in Fellaini heading wide from Blind's pass in the tenth minute.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Rooney then struck a shot from distance; the ball took a deflection off Dann but was gathered by Hennessey at the second attempt after he initially fumbled it. In the 17th minute, Crystal Palace counter-attacked and Wickham was brought down by Smalling – Wickham got up and ran on with the ball and scored past de Gea but Clattenburg had declined to play the advantage, disallowed the goal and showed Smalling the first yellow card of the game. De Gea was forced to tip the ball over the crossbar from the resulting free kick from Cabaye.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
In the 22nd minute, Mata received the ball from Fellaini and his low shot from the edge of the Crystal Palace penalty area was saved by Hennessey. Three minutes later, Fellaini's header took a deflection off Jedinak and passed just wide of the Crystal Palace goal. Bolasie's long-range shot was saved by de Gea before Wickham struck the ball wide of Manchester United's goal. Zaha then played in a cross which Wickham was unable to reach.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
With twelve minutes of the first half remaining, Rashford made a run down the right wing and crossed the ball to Martial whose first-time shot was cleared by a diving Ward. Within two minutes, Zaha won the ball from Blind but was tackled by Rooney, and Clattenburg denied Crystal Palace's appeal for a penalty. In the 38th minute, Carrick's shot from 25 yards (23 m) went high over the Crystal Palace bar and two minutes later, Rojo fouled Ward and became the second Manchester United player to be booked. Mata was then shown the yellow card for a high and late tackle on Souaré before Clattenburg brought the half to a close.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Neither side made any changes to their personnel during the interval and Manchester United kicked off the second half. Within two minutes, Dann fouled Rashford and became the first Crystal Palace player to be booked. In the 52nd minute, Rashford flicked the ball to Fellaini whose shot from inside the Crystal Palace penalty area struck the crossbar with Hennessey stationary in the goal. Two minutes later, Cabaye's free kick from the right side of the pitch deflected off Smalling's head and found Jedinak whose shot went high over the Manchester United goal.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Martial's 61st minute header from an Antonio Valencia cross struck the Crystal Palace goalpost before Delaney was booked for a foul on Rojo. The Manchester United player could not continue and was replaced by Matteo Darmian in the 66th minute. Rashford then went down with a knee injury after being involved in a clash with Zaha: unable to play on, he was substituted for Ashley Young, while Crystal Palace made their first change of the afternoon with Puncheon coming on for Cabaye.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
In the 77th minute, Crystal Palace won a corner which was taken by Puncheon. The ball was headed clear by Fellaini and fell to Ward whose high cross-field pass found Puncheon on the left-hand side of the Manchester United penalty area. He controlled the ball before striking it with his left foot past de Gea to give Crystal Palace the lead. Manchester United equalised three minutes later through Mata. Rooney made a 30-yard (27 m) run before sending in a cross which Fellaini passed to Mata.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
His volley took a deflection off Ward and passed Hennessey low into the Crystal Palace goal to level the score at 1–1. With six minutes of regular time remaining, Crystal Palace made their second substitution with Wickham being replaced by Gayle, before Rooney was shown the yellow card for a late tackle on Ward. In the 87th minute, Souaré's cross was volleyed goalbound by Zaha but the ball went out for a corner.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Mata was then replaced by Lingard as the game headed into five minutes of stoppage time, during which Crystal Palace made their final change of the match with the injured Dann being replaced by Adrian Mariappa. Zaha's late shot hit the side netting of the Manchester United goal and regular time ended with the scores level, sending the match into extra time.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Extra time
One minute into the first half of the additional period, Zaha went down while being challenged by Blind but Clattenburg declined the Crystal Palace appeals for a penalty. Chris Waddle, summarising for the BBC, described Crystal Palace's tactics as having become "like a training ground exercise" while Alan Smith in The Guardian conjectured that both sides had settled to play out the rest of extra time and resolve the match in a penalty shootout. In the 97th minute, Rooney's shot from distance was off-target before Hennessey punched away a corner from Blind.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Extra time
Fellaini was then booked for elbowing Jedinak before de Gea was forced to save Bolasie's volley from a Blind clearance. Just before the extra time interval, Smalling was shown a second yellow card for his foul on Bolasie, becoming the fourth player in the history of the FA Cup to be sent off in the final.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Extra time
Early in the second period, Zaha passed to Gayle who struggled to cleanly strike the ball which was cleared by de Gea. From the subsequent corner, Manchester United counter-attacked but Lingard was fouled by James McArthur who became the third Crystal Palace player to be booked. Carrick then headed Lingard's cross wide from 8 yards (7 m). In the 110th minute, Manchester United took the lead:  a low cross from Valencia was partly cleared by Delaney but Lingard struck the ball from around 18 yards (16 m) into the top corner of the Crystal Palace goal to make it 2–1.


2016 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary, Extra time
He was booked in the aftermath for removing his shirt during the celebrations. With eight minutes remaining, Jedinak struck the ball from distance but his shot went wide of Manchester United's goal. Crystal Palace increased the pressure and de Gea had to save at the feet of Zaha to maintain his side's lead. After two minutes of stoppage time, and despite attempts to score from Zaha and Bolasie, the match ended in a 2–1 victory for Manchester United who secured their first FA Cup final win since 2004.


2016 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Rooney was named man of the match and expressed admiration for his opponents: "It was a great advert for the Premier League. Credit to Palace, they’ve had a tough end to the season". His manager van Gaal reflected on the significance for Manchester United and his own success, saying "It is fantastic to win this title for the club, for the fans, and also for me because I now have won the cup in four countries, and not many managers have done that."


2016 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Crystal Palace defender Delaney was gracious in defeat, suggesting Manchester United had deserved their victory: "They were the better side on the day, we didn't do ourselves justice. Fair play to them, no hard feelings from my part." Pardew was less magnanimous, highlighting the officiating that had gone against his side: "My players gave everything. Everything. And they deserved to win but the game is like that. We had a couple of decisions that went against us, big time. Connor was through, Wilfried had a penalty but I'm not going to bleat."


2016 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Former Arsenal player Martin Keown described Clattenburg's decision not to play the advantage for Wickham's first-half opportunity as "a shocking decision" and "a massive let off for Manchester United". Alan Smith, writing in The Guardian, described the decision as "baffling" and "dismal". Clattenburg was later criticised by former players, including Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand, for some of the decisions he made during the match against Crystal Palace. He went on to officiate the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final and was named the Best Referee of the Year at the Globe Soccer Awards in December 2016. The following year, in an interview with the Irish Examiner, Clattenburg admitted that he "made a couple of errors" during the FA Cup match and that he believed he "could have done better".


2016 FA Cup Final, Post-match
As winners, Manchester United qualified for the 2016 FA Community Shield and the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Since they had also qualified for the Europa League group stage based on their league position, Southampton entered the group stage (taking the league spot from Manchester United instead of their original spot in the third qualifying round), while Southampton's spot in the third qualifying round was given to West Ham United as the highest placed Premier League team not already qualified for European competitions.


2016 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Five days after the final, van Gaal was dismissed by Manchester United with his replacement José Mourinho being appointed the following day. In defence of the trophy the following season, Manchester United lost at the quarter-final stage, with a 1–0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Pardew was dismissed in December 2016 with Crystal Palace one point above the relegation positions in the Premier League, and was replaced by Sam Allardyce the following day. Crystal Palace were knocked out in the fourth round, losing 3–0 at home against Manchester City the following month.


2016 FA Trophy Final
The 2015–16 FA Trophy Final was the 47th final of the FA Trophy. The match was contested by FC Halifax Town and Grimsby Town. Grimsby Town were beaten finalists in 2013, but it was FC Halifax Town's first final and their first visit to Wembley Stadium. For the first time the final of the FA Vase was played on the same day at the same venue, contested by Hereford and Morpeth Town. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.


2016 FA Trophy Final
FC Halifax Town defeated Tamworth, Barrow, Chester, Gateshead and Nantwich Town en route to the final.


2016 FA Trophy Final
Grimsby Town defeated Solihull Moors, Weston-super-Mare, Havant & Waterlooville, Woking, and Bognor Regis Town en route to the final.


2016 FA Trophy Final
FC Halifax Town won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal from Scott McManus after 48 minutes.


2016 FA Vase Final
The 2015–16 FA Vase Final was the 42nd final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9–11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Hereford F.C. of the Midland Football League Premier Division (level 9) and Morpeth Town AFC of the Northern Football League Division One (level 9). For the first time ever the final of the FA Trophy was played on the same day at the same venue. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.


2016 FA WSL
The 2016 FA WSL was the sixth edition of the FA WSL since it was formed in 2010. The WSL 1 was expanded to nine teams. The WSL 2 included one team promoted from the FA Women's Premier League for the first time. The season started on 23 March and Chelsea were the defending WSL 1 champions.


2016 FA WSL
Manchester City won their first ever WSL 1 championship on 25 September 2016 with a 2–0 win over Chelsea.


2016 FA WSL, WSL 2
Bristol Academy were relegated from the WSL 1 last season and renamed Bristol City, while Sheffield became the first team to be promoted to the WSL 2 from the FA Women's Premier League.


2016 FA WSL, WSL Cup
The FA WSL Cup format was changed to a true knock-out tournament. With 19 teams, the bottom six teams play a preliminary round. The round of 16 following that is seeded, so that WSL 1 teams meet WSL 2 teams, who have home advantage.


2016 FA WSL, WSL Cup, Final
Played on 2 October 2016. Manchester City won their second cup after 2014 and completed the double.


2016 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2016 FA Women's Cup Final was the 46th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 23rd to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final for sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 14 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was the second FA Women's Cup Final to be held at Wembley.


2016 FA Women's Cup Final
Chelsea, managed by Emma Hayes, went into the match as defending champions, having won the 2015 FA Cup, while Arsenal, managed by Pedro Martínez Losa, had won the competition on thirteen previous occasions. But Chelsea were favourites to lift the trophy as Arsenal had enjoyed only moderate success since their victory at the 2014 Cup Final, and had been beaten by Chelsea in a match earlier in the 2016 season of the Women's Super League.


2016 FA Women's Cup Final
Arsenal won the match 1–0, with a first-half goal from Danielle Carter scored in the eighteenth minute, and securing the team their fourteenth FA Cup victory. Carter was also named Player of the Match. The match was attended by a crowd of 32,912, an increase on the 30,710 who attended the 2015 final.


2016 FA Women's Cup Final
The match was refereed by Sarah Garratt of the Birmingham Football Association, whose appointment was announced by the Football Association on 5 May. The match saw Garratt taking charge of her first FA Cup Final.


2016 FAI Cup
The 2016 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2016 FAI Irish Daily Mail Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 96th season of the national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition earned a spot in the First Qualifying Round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.


2016 FAI Cup
A total of 40 teams competed in the 2016 competition, which commenced in April 2016. The teams entered from the 2016 League of IrelandPremier Division and First Division received byes into the Second Round stage. Four non-league teams also received byes to the Second Round. The remaining 12 teams entered at the First Round stage. These non league teams are composed of the sixteen clubs which reached the Fourth Round of the 2015–16 FAI Intermediate Cup, and the Semi-Finalists of the 2015–16 FAI Junior Cup.


2016 FAI Cup
Cork City won the cup with a late extra-time goal for a 1-0 win against Dundalk in the final on 6 November.


2016 FAI Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round was made on 14 March 2016 at Abbotstown. 20 Non-League teams were included in the draw.


2016 FAI Cup, Second round
The draw for the Second Round was made on 26 April 2016 at the Aviva Stadium. The 20 League of Ireland clubs were entered into this round.


2016 FAI Cup, Third round
The draw for the Third Round was made on 29 July 2016 in Clonmel.


2016 FAI Cup, Quarter finals
The draw for the Quarter Finals was made on 24 August 2016. RTÉ 2 HD televised the Shamrock Rovers v Cork City game.


2016 FAI Cup, Semi finals
The draw for the Semi Finals was made on 13 September 2016 on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. RTÉ 2 HD televised both games.


2016 FAI Cup Final
The 2016 FAI Cup Final was the final match of the 2016 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 6 November 2016 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin,  and wascontested between Cork City and Dundalk. The match was a repeat of the 2015 FAI Cup Final. Cork City won the game 1-0 after extra time with a late winning goal.


2016 FAI Cup Final
Cork City won the match with a late goal from Maguire in the last minute of extra-time. Maguire received the ball with his back to goals in the penalty box after a throw-in from the right. Shooting low with his left foot, the ball took a slight deflection before rolling into the far left corner of the net.


2016 FAI Cup Final
The match was broadcast live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide with commentary from George Hamilton.


2016 FAM Youth Championship
The 2016 FAM Youth Championship was the 5th season of the FAM Youth Championship.


2016 FAM Youth Championship, Teams
Under-21 teams of the 8 clubs in 2016 Dhivehi Premier League will be contesting in the championship.


2016 FAM Youth Championship, Format
Eight teams competing will be engaged in a round-robin tournament, each team plays once against the others. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained, then goal difference, then goals scored and then their head-to-head record. The top 4 teams will be qualified for the Play-offs.


2016 FAM Youth Championship, Format
Page playoff system was used in this edition. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.


2016 FAMAS Awards
The 64th FAMAS Awards were presented December 4, 2016 at the Century Park Hotel in Malate, Manila honoring the outstanding achievements in Filipino films of 2015.


2016 FAMAS Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().


2016 FBD Insurance League
The 2016 FBD Insurance League was an inter-county and colleges Gaelic football competition in the province of Connacht. As well as the five county teams, three colleges' teams competed: Institute of Technology, Sligo, NUI Galway and Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). Galway won.


2016 FBD Insurance League, Format
The teams are drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners play in the final.


2016 FC Aktobe season
The 2016 FC Aktobe season is the 16th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.


2016 FC Aktobe season
Prior to the season starting, Aktobe appointed Yuri Utkulbayev as their new manager following the end of Ioan Andone's contract.


2016 FC Aktobe season, Squad
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2016 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Aktobe season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Akzhayik season
The 2016 FC Akzhayik season is the club's 8th season in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and their first since 2010.They will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Akzhayik season, Squad
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2016 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Akzhayik season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Astana season
The 2016 FC Astana season is the eighth successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League Champions, having been crowned Champions for the second time the previous season. They will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Champions League, entering at the Second Qualifying Stage.


2016 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Astana season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Astana season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Atyrau season
The 2016 FC Atyrau season is the 16th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan.


2016 FC Atyrau season, Squad
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2016 FC Atyrau season, Squad, Reserve team
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2016 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Atyrau season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC BATE Borisov season
The 2016-2017 FC BATE Borisov season is the 20th consecutive season in the Belarusian Premier League. The team is not competing in Europe but are participating in the Belarusian Cup.


2016 FC BATE Borisov season, Squad
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2016 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2016 season is Bunyodkors 10th season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan.


2016 FC Bunyodkor season, Squad
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2016 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Bunyodkor season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 FC Cincinnati season
The 2016 FC Cincinnati season was the club's first season of existence, and their first in United Soccer League, the third-tier of the American soccer pyramid. FC Cincinnati play in the Eastern Division of USL. On April 16, the club set the USL's regular season attendance record, with 20,497. They broke this record twice more later in their season, first on May 14 with 23,375 attendees, then again on September 17 with an attendance of 24,376. On July 20, with five games left, the club broke the USL's single season attendance record.


2016 FC Dallas season
The 2016 FC Dallas season was the club's 21st season in existence in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier of the United States soccer league system. The club played its home games at Toyota Stadium for the 12th straight year.


2016 FC Dallas season
The 2016 season was FC Dallas' most successful season ever. They achieved the double by winning both the Supporters' Shield for posting the best regular season record and the U.S. Open Cup, the nation's domestic cup competition. It marked the first time since 2014 where a club earned the double. The Hoops fell short of winning the treble by being eliminated in the conference semifinals of the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, losing 2–4 on aggregate to the Seattle Sounders FC. Individually, head coach Óscar Pareja was named MLS Coach of the Year, Matt Hedges was named Defender of the Year, and Mauro Díaz and Hedges were named to the MLS Best XI.


2016 FC Dallas season
In addition to winning the Shield, winning the Open Cup and participating in the MLS Cup Playoffs, Dallas also played in the group stages of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, where they managed to win their group. This allowed Dallas to qualify for the knockout rounds of a CONCACAF competition for the first time in their club history. The knockout rounds of the competition will be played during the 2017 FC Dallas season.


2016 FC Dallas season, Transfers, 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft picks
The first stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 11, 2015. The second stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2015.


2016 FC Dallas season, Transfers, 2016 MLS SuperDraft picks
Rounds 1 and 2 of the draft were held on January 14, 2016. Rounds 3 and 4 of the draft were held on January 19, 2016.


2016 FC Dallas season, Transfers, Roster
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2016 FC Dallas season, Competitions, CONCACAF Champions League
Since FC Dallas were the 2015 MLS Western Conference regular season champions, the club qualified for a group stage spot in the CONCACAF Champions League. It is the second time Dallas qualified for the competition after participating in the group stage of the 2011-12 Champions League where they did not advance out of the group stage. This time, however, they won their group to advance to the knockout stage.


2016 FC Edmonton season
The 2016 FC Edmonton season will be the club's sixth season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2016 FC Edmonton season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Edmonton season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 FC Edmonton season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Goa season
The 2016 FC Goa season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.


2016 FC Goa season, Background
After retaining Brazilian head coach, Zico, as well as the core Indian players from the 2014 season such as Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai, Narayan Das, and Laxmikant Kattimani, Goa began the season in good fashion with a 2–0 victory at home against Delhi Dynamos. Goa went on the finish the regular season in first place, winning seven of their fourteen games, losing only once in the second half of the season. In the finals, Goa took on Delhi Dynamos in the semi-finals. After losing the away leg 1–0, Goa qualified for the final after winning the home leg 3–0. Goals from Jofre, Rafael Coelho, and Dudu Omagbemi, saw Goa win on aggregate 3–1.


2016 FC Goa season, Background
Goa took on Chennaiyin in the final at the Fatorda Stadium. Bruno Pelissari gave Chennaiyin the lead in the 54th minute after missing his penalty before Goa took a 2–1 going into stoppage time through Thongkhosiem Haokip and Jofre. However, an own goal from Kattimani and a strike from Stiven Mendoza saw Chennaiyin win the match 3–2 and win the championship.


2016 FC Goa season, Season overview
FC Goa played their first match on 4 October 2016 against NorthEast United FC and succumbed a 2–0 away defeat in Guwahati. Four days later, Goa lost their first home match of the season against FC Pune City after Momar Ndoye scored at the 90th-minute winner to give them a 1–2 victory.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season
The 2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season is the 25th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Irtysh will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Winter
Trialists:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Istiklol season
The FC Istiklol 2016 season is Istiklol's eighth Tajik League season. They are the current defending Champions in the Tajik League, Tajik Cup and Tajik Supercup having completed a Domestic Treble during the 2015 season. They will also participate in the AFC Cup for the second time, entering at the group stage.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Season events
On 10 July 2016, Istiklol fired their entire coaching staff, including manager Mubin Ergashev, appointing Serbian Nikola Lazarevic as his replacement on 13 July 2016. On 31 October 2016, days after winning their fifth Tajik League title, Istiklol appointed Mukhsin Mukhamadiev as their new manager for the 2017 season.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Istiklol season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kairat season
The 2016 FC Kairat season is the 6th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. As reigning Kazakhstan Cup champions, Kairat will participate in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and the Europa League.


2016 FC Kairat season
Aleksandr Borodyuk replaced Vladimír Weiss as the club's manager at the start of the season, but resigned as manager on 5 April following a poor start to the season. On 7 April, Kakhaber Tskhadadze was announced as the club's new manager.


2016 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Winter
Trialists:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kairat season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Kansas City season
The 2016 season is FC Kansas City's fourth season. The team competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.


2016 FC Kansas City season, First-team squad
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2016 FC Kansas City season, Match results, Preseason
FC Kansas City announced their preseason schedule on February 24, 2016.


2016 FC Kansas City season, Match results, National Women's Soccer League, Postseason playoff
FC Kansas City ended in 6th position on regular season and did not qualify for the 2016 NWSL playoffs.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season
The 2016 FC Okzhetpes season is the club's second season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 20th in total. Okzhetpes will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Okzhetpes season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season
The 2016 FC Ordabasy season is their 14th season in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, following their promotion from to the Kazakhstan First Division in 2003. Ordabasy will also play in the UEFA Europa League and Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Winter
Trialists:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Ordabasy season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Pune City season
The 2016 FC Pune City season will be the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League. This season will also be the first in which the club is coached by Spaniard Antonio López Habas, replacing David Platt who served as head coach the previous season.


2016 FC Pune City season, Background
After the end of the 2014 ISL season, FC Pune City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Franco Colomba. Soon after, David Platt, was named as the new head coach for the 2015 season. The season began for Pune City with a 3–1 victory to the Mumbai City on 5 October. The team ended the season with four wins through fourteen matches and failed to qualify for the finals but were seven points short.


2016 FC Ryukyu season, Squad
As of 29 May 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Seoul season
The 2016 season was FC Seoul's 33rd season in the K League Classic.


2016 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan and military service
※ In: Transferred from other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Out: Transferred to other teams in the middle of the season. ※ Discharged: Transferred from Sanjgu Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service in the middle of the season (registered in 2016 season). ※ Conscripted: Transferred to Sangju Sangmu or Ansan Mugunghwa for military service after the end of the season.


2016 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Tactical analysis
Former manager Choi Yong-soo used a 3–5–2 formation. Hwang Sun-hong used a 4–3–3 formation.


2016 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4–3–3 formation.


2016 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2016 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
The 2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season is the 25th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter Karagandy will also be participating in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
On 3 August, Jozef Vukušič resigned as manager, with Aleksei Yeryomenko being appointed his successor the following day.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
Trialists:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season
The 2016 FC Taraz season is the 8th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 23rd in total. Taraz will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League as well as the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Taraz season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season
The 2016 FC Tobol season is the 18th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season 7th, top of the Relegation group, whilst the wear knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup by Kyzylzhar at the last 16 stage.


2016 FC Tobol season, Season events
Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the Kazakhstan Cup, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent. On 30 April, Oleg Lotov was appointed as interim manager, before Omari Tetradze was appointed as the club's full-time manager on 30 May 2016.


2016 FC Tobol season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Squad, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tokyo season
The 2016 FC Tokyo season was the club's 16th year in existence and fifth consecutive season in the J1 League.


2016 FC Tokyo season, Players, Senior squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Tokyo season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Zhetysu season
The 2016 FC Zhetysu season is the 10th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 20th in total. Zhetysu will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 FC Zhetysu season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 FDJ season
The 2016 season for FDJ began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2016 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The 2016 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball Team represents Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 79th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws are led by their fourth year coach Nash Racela.


2016 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The Tamaraws are looking to defend their crown this season, facing a great challenge with core players like Mac Belo, Mike Tolomia and Russell Escoto leaving the team due to graduation, FEU parades a lineup with half of the team are newcomers.


2016 FFA Cup
The 2016 FFA Cup was the third season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams again took part in the competition proper (from the Round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 21 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state qualifying rounds, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues Champion (Blacktown City from NSW).


2016 FFA Cup
The winner of the FFA Cup, Melbourne City, received $50,000 as part of a total prize money pool of $131,000. The defending champions, Melbourne Victory, were knocked out in the Semi Final stage of the competition.


2016 FFA Cup, Prize fund
In addition, a further $2,500 was donated from sponsor NAB to Member Federation clubs for each goal scored by them against an A-League opposition. Clubs to receive donations were: Green Gully ($5,000), Redlands United ($5,000), Brisbane Strikers ($2,500), Edgeworth FC ($2,500) and Floreat Athena ($2,500).


2016 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
FFA member federations teams competed in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 21 places in the competition proper (Round of 32). All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition. All nine FFA member federations participated. The number of qualification spots per member federation was unchanged from the 2015 tournament.


2016 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, ultimately leading to round 7 with the winning clubs from that round gaining direct entry into the round of 32. The first matches of the preliminary rounds began in February 2016, and the final matches of the preliminary rounds in June 2016.


2016 FFA Cup, Teams
A total of 32 teams participated in the 2016 FFA Cup competition proper, ten of which came from the A-League, one the 2015 National Premier Leagues Champion (Blacktown City), and the remaining 21 teams from FFA member federations, as determined by the qualifying rounds. A-League clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas member federation clubs come from Level 2 and below. The current season tier of member federation clubs is shown in parentheses.


2016 FFA Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 draw took place on 30 June 2016, with match information confirmed on 5 July.


2016 FFA Cup, Round of 32
The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Marconi Stallions and Surfers Paradise Apollo. They were the only level 3 teams left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 draw took place on 10 August 2016, immediately following Matchday 4 of the Round of 32, with match information confirmed on 12 August.


2016 FFA Cup, Round of 16
The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Bentleigh Greens, Blacktown City, Bonnyrigg White Eagles, Brisbane Strikers, Canberra Olympic, Devonport City, Edgeworth FC, Green Gully, Hume City, Melbourne Knights and Redlands United. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-finals draw took place on 30 August 2016, immediately following the final matchday of the Round of 16, with match information confirmed on 2 September.


2016 FFA Cup, Quarter-finals
The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Bentleigh Greens, Blacktown City, Canberra Olympic and Green Gully. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup, Semi-finals
The Semi-finals draw took place on 27 September 2016, immediately following the final matchday of the Quarter-finals, with the match details announced on 29 September.


2016 FFA Cup, Semi-finals
The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Canberra Olympic, who were the only level 2 team left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup, Final
The Final was played on 30 November 2016. All times listed below are at AEDT


2016 FFA Cup, Broadcasting rights
The live television rights for the competition were held by the subscription network Fox Sports, who broadcast 11 games live, with live updates and crosses from a single camera at the concurrent matches for goals and highlights. Games not broadcast on Fox Sports were streamed live via their online services. These matches were televised live by Fox Sports:


2016 FFA Cup Final
The 2016 FFA Cup Final was the 3rd final of the premier association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The match was held on 30 November 2016 at AAMI Park. Melbourne Victory were the defending champions, but were defeated 2–0 by Melbourne City in the semi-finals. The other team to qualify for the Final was Sydney FC, who defeated Canberra Olympic 3–0.


2016 FFA Cup Final
The Final was the first to feature either Melbourne City or Sydney FC.


2016 FFA Cup Final
Melbourne City won the match 1–0, Tim Cahill scoring the only goal via a header.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Venue
The FFA announced that AAMI Park would host the 2016 final. AAMI Park also hosted the 2015 FFA Cup Final and the 2015 A-League Grand Final. In outlining the reason for the decision, FFA CEO David Gallop argued AAMI Park would succeed in "maximising attendance and broadcast numbers while ensuring the Cup Final is played in a venue that embodies the unique spirit of the competition". The decision to play the Final at AAMI Park was controversial.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Venue
Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow labelled the decision "a slap in the face" to the club, who did not have a single home game throughout the tournament and had the best record of the two finalists. Barlow also hit out at the fact AAMI Park would host the Final for the second consecutive year and said the "decision was made by the FFA purely for commercial reasons, it is an unfair decision to our club and it is Sydney FC fans who are the ones that will miss out".


2016 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Melbourne City and Sydney FC were among 704 teams who entered the FFA Cup competition, and as A-League clubs, both entered the tournament in the Round of 32.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Melbourne City travelled to Perth for the opening Round of 32 clash against second tier side Floreat Athena and narrowly won 2–1. In the Round of 16, City were pitted against second tier club Brisbane Strikers. Playing away from home, City went down a goal before coming from behind to win 2–1 again. City then put in arguably the most impressive performance of their cup campaign, defeating A-League opponent Western Sydney Wanderers 4–1 at home. In a spiteful derby semi-final, City defeated rivals Melbourne Victory 2–0 at AAMI Park.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Sydney FC began their FFA Cup journey with a 3–0 win over the Wollongong Wolves at WIN Stadium. They then defeated fellow A-League side Perth Glory 2–0, away from home at Dorrien Gardens in Perth. Sydney FC were drawn to face in-form second division side Blacktown City at the Sydney United Sports Centre, though were again clinical in a 3–0 victory. Their semi-final opponents, Canberra Olympic were competitive though unable to match the Sky Blues' firing power, Sydney winning the match 3–0.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
A minute's silence was held moments before the start of the match out of respect for the players of the Chapecoense club from Brazil, many of whom were killed in a plane crash in Colombia two days earlier. The match was a mostly cagey affair with neither side being able to grab the ascendancy and dominate proceedings. A feisty tackle by City midfielder Luke Brattan on Michael Zullo inside the opening 10 minutes resulted in a yellow card and set the tone for aggressive hostilities between the two teams. The best chance of the first half fell to the eventual goalscorer Tim Cahill, who headed fractionally wide from a set piece in the 35th minute. Both teams had good spells of possession and entered threatening areas, though both lacked the finishing class to put their team in front.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the second half, Sydney's Alex Brosque missed an early chance and was immediately punished following a perfect cross by Ivan Franjic, which found Cahill unmarked and resulted in a header into the free opposite corner of the goal. Sydney's best chance to equalise came in the 70th minute, when Bobô headed from a Matt Simon cross into an unmarked goal; however, desperate defending on the line from defender Michael Jakobsen kept City's clean sheet intact.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The match reached fever pitch in the final five minutes, with Brosque being denied a clear shot on goal due to controversial defending by City defender Osama Malik and winger Fernando Brandán squandering a golden opportunity to double the home side's lead. It mattered not however, as City hung on to claim its first ever trophy of any kind as a senior team.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Melbourne City captain Bruno Fornaroli was named man of the match. In his post-match address, Fornaroli uttered a loud profanity into the microphone, which resulted in him and the club being issued a formal warning by the FFA. The crowd of 18,751 was the highest ever for any match in the FFA Cup to that point in time.


2016 FFA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Paul CetrangoloNathan MacDonaldFourth official:Luke BrennanAdditional assistant referees:Alan MillinerRebecca Durcau


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
The 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition to decide 21 of the 32 teams which took part in the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32, along with the 10 A-League clubs and reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Blacktown City FC). The preliminary rounds operated within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition was staggered in each state/territory, with the winning clubs from Round 7 of the preliminary rounds in each member federation gaining entry into the Round of 32. All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club was permitted entry in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Schedule
The number of fixtures for each round, and the match dates for each Federation, were as follows.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Format
The preliminary rounds structures are as follows, and refer to the different levels in the unofficial Australian association football league system :


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Format
Note: Blacktown City FC did not participate in the New South Wales qualifying rounds, as they had already qualified into the FFA Cup as 2015 National Premier Leagues champions.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Format
Note: A-League Youth teams playing in their respective state leagues are specifically excluded from the preliminary rounds as their respective Senior A-League clubs are already part of the competition.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Fifth Round
164 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including 153 qualifiers from the previous round and 16 entering at this stage (11 from the NPL QLD (2)). The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Endeavour Hills Fire, the only level 7 team left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Sixth Round
A total of 84 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 42 victorious teams in this round qualified for the Seventh Round. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Killarney Districts. They were the only level 6 team left in the competition.


2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Seventh Round
A total of 42 teams competed in this round of the competition. The 21 victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2016 FFA Cup Round of 32. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Wagga City Wanderers. They were the only level 5 team left in the competition.


2016 FFAS Senior League
The 2016 season of the FFAS Senior League Division 1 was the thirty-sixth season of association football competition in American Samoa. The league is contested by 10 teams.


2016 FFSA season
The 2016 Football Federation South Australia season was the fourth season under the National Premier Leagues competition format in South Australia. The league was restructured, moving from a 2 tiered system to a 3 tiered system with the introduction of a new 3rd division.


2016 FFSA season
The 3 leagues comprised a 12-team National Premier League, a 12-team NPL State League 1, and a 9-team NPL State League 2, which will include SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.


2016 FFSA season, League tables, 2016 National Premier Leagues SA
The National Premier League South Australia 2016 season was played over 22 rounds, with the number of teams in the competition reduced to 12 teams.


2016 FFSA season, League tables, 2016 NPL State League 1
The 2016 NPL State League 1 was the fourth edition of the NPL State League 1, the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 12 teams competed, playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.


2016 FFSA season, League tables, 2016 NPL State League 2
The 2016 NPL State League 2 was the first edition of the new NPL State League 2 as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and fourth level within Australia overall). 9 teams took part, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches. New teams included SAASL teams Fulham United and Adelaide Vipers and also Collegiate Soccer League team Mount Barker United.


2016 FFSA season, League tables, 2016 Women's NPL
The highest tier domestic football competition in South Australia for women was known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the inaugural season of a new NPL format. The 8 teams played a triple round-robin for a total of 21 games.


2016 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2016 Federation Cup
South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2016 for the Federation Cup. Clubs entered from the NPL SA, the State League 1, State League 2, South Australian Amateur Soccer League and South Australian Collegiate Soccer League.


2016 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2016 Federation Cup
The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the MetroStars, the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
The 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 24th season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2016 season features nine rallies. Some of the rallies are also part of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four events are worth 60 points for the winner.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Championship standings
In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally/baja entered.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Any driver is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.


2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Any team is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.


2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship
The 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 41st season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consisted of nine rounds, commencing on 16 April with the Portuguese round at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, and culminating on 16 October in Germany at the Estering.


2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship, Championship Standings, Supercar
1 #147 -10 Championship points penalty Stewards decision No.4. 2 #87 -10 Championship points penalty Stewards decision No.2. 3 #69 -10 Championship points penalty Stewards decision No.4. 4 #12 -30 Championship points penalty Stewards decision.


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that is held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It is the fifth edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Felix Rosenqvist was the defending drivers' champion, but was unable to defend his title, because of a new rule which determined that drivers could spend no more than three years in the category. His team, Prema Powerteam, were the defending winners of the teams' championship.


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
2016 was the final season that the Dallara F312 chassis package, which débuted in the 2012 season, was used in competition, as a brand new chassis package was introduced for 2017.


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2016 season:


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 2 December 2015.


2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.


2016 FIA GT World Cup
The 2016 FIA GT World Cup (formally the SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held in the autonomous territory of Macau on the streets of the city on 20 November. It was the second annual edition of the event and the ninth time overall that GT3-specification machinery had competed in Macau. In contrast to the 2015 race, it was not contested as a non-championship GT Asia Series race. The event promoter, the Automobile General Association Macau-China, appointed motorsports organiser Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to help bring a grid together. The race itself was made up of two races: a twelve-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the four-lap main race.


2016 FIA GT World Cup
The main race was won by Audi Sport Team WRT driver Laurens Vanthoor in a R8 LMS from pole position, having won the event's Qualification Race the previous afternoon. Vanthoor passed his teammate Edoardo Mortara on the rolling start and kept the lead for the rest of the qualifying race to win. Vanthoor led the first four laps of the main race until Earl Bamber in a Manthey Racing-entered Porsche 911 GT3 R passed him at the start of lap five.


2016 FIA GT World Cup
Soon after, Vanthoor caused the race to end prematurely when he went airborne and landed on the roof of his car after hitting a barrier. Race organisers counted back the results to the end of lap four and Vanthoor was declared the winner, Kévin Estre of Manthey Racing was second and Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy driver Maro Engel completed the podium in third.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Background and entry list
The 2016 FIA GT World Cup was confirmed as being held at a FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting on 4 March 2016 and the FIA subsequently opened the tender for an official tyre and fuel supplier for the race. It was the second running of the event and the ninth annual edition of Grand Touring cars in Macau. The FIA GT World Cup occurred at the 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 22-turn Guia Circuit on 20 November with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Background and entry list
For the 2016 event, the FIA changed the regulations as to how manufacturers could win the FIA GT World Cup for Manufacturers Championship. It discarded the points system used in the 2015 race and chose to award the accolade to the first-placed overall manufacturer at the conclusion of the main race. Stéphane Ratel, the founder of the motorsports organisation Stéphane Ratel Organisation, stated that the changes were made to simplify the race, "It doesn't make sense to have points for a one-off event. The manufacturer that wins gets both titles." Pirelli was later confirmed as the race's official tyre supplier.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Background and entry list
In order to enter the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, drivers had to compete in a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship race based on GT3 regulations in the previous two seasons or had a vast amount of experience in Grand Touring cars. Manufacturers were permitted to enter up to two drivers through themselves and were limited to platinum ranked drivers; gold rated entrants could only compete with privateers. Bronze and silver rated entrants were eligible on a case by case basis at the FIA GT World Cup Committee's digression. The race's entry list was released on 6 October.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Background and entry list
There were 23 drivers from categories such as the Blancpain Endurance Series, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the GT Asia Series, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), Super GT and the Porsche Carrera Cup featured in the final entry list. It included drivers such as the 2015 winner Maro Engel, 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans co-winner Earl Bamber, DTM driver Edoardo Mortara, 2000 Macau Grand Prix victor André Couto and 2013 FIA GT Series champion Laurens Vanthoor.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Two half an hour practice sessions were held before the race on Sunday: one on Thursday afternoon and one on Friday morning. Bamber set the fastest time of the first practice session in the No. 911 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R with a lap of 2 minutes, 19.253 seconds, more than 1⁄5 of a second faster than any one else. His closest challenger was Mortara's No. 7 Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS in second and his teammate Vanthoor in the sister No. 8 vehicle was third.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Fourth was Kévin Estre's No. 912 Manthey Porsche and fifth was the No. 991 Craft-Bamboo Racing car of Richard Lyons, the highest-placed privateer. Rounding out the top ten were Engel, Darryl O'Young, Nico Müller, Renger van der Zande and Adderly Fong. The session was red flagged when Fong made an error and crashed his Bentley Continental GT at Police bend. His car was removed from the track by crane because it created a multi-car traffic jam.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
In the second practice session, Engel's No. 1 Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy car set a new GT3 track lap record of 2 minutes, 17.153 seconds in the final five minutes. Mortara was a second slower in second, with Bamber third and Vanthoor fourth. Estre was fifth with Müller the highest-ranked privateer in sixth. Cheng Congfu, Van der Zande, Fong and Nick Catsburg completed the top ten. On 20 minutes, Lyons was caught out by his car's anti-lock braking system and hit the barrier on the hill between Paiol and Police corners. The impact broke his front-right suspension, stopping the session and his team had to rebuild the car for qualifying.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Friday afternoon's half-hour qualifying session determined the starting order for the qualification race using the competitor's fastest lap times. Vanthoor led after everyone set their first timed laps before two stoppages curtailed on circuit driving. Going through Mandarin Oriental Bend, Pasin Lathouras lost control of the No. 50 Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 and hit the outside barrier with the rear of his vehicle and stopped on the circuit. Lyons ran over the inside kerbs approaching the same turn and spun violently into the wall with the rear of his car twice.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Mortara used a new set of tyres to better the GT3 track record and earn pole position with a 2 minutes,16.862 seconds lap in his last race as an Audi works driver. He was joined on the grid's front row by Vanthoor and Bamber was the best-placed Porsche driver in third. Fourth-placed Engel glanced the barriers and his car sustained minor rear-end damage, knocking it out of alignment. Müller, Estre, Van der Zande, Catsburg, Fong, Cheng rounded out the top ten.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Practice and qualifying
Fabian Plentz was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten and was ahead of Mirko Bortolotti in the faster of the two FFF Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3s. The Ferraris of Hiroki Yoshimoto and Lathouras were 13th and 15th; Marchy Lee separated them in 14th. Couto led Lyons, Ricky Capo, Philip Ma, Kuo Hsin Kuo, John Shen and Tommy Tulpe as the last drivers to set a lap time. O'Young set no qualifying lap because his team could not repair his car due to a heavy structural damage to it in an accident during the second practice session that broke the top mounting and cracked the chassis.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started in cloudy and dry weather at 12:10 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00) on 19 November. Craft-Bamboo Racing withdrew Lyons because it could not repair his car before the event because of heavy damage sustained to its roll cage from his accident in qualifying. When the race began from its rolling start, Vanthoor accelerated faster than his teammate Mortara and passed him into Reservoir Bend. Then, Mortara lost control of his car and spun violently into the corner's left-hand side wall.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
He damaged his car's spoiler and rear panel as the rest of the field scrambled for space to avoid piling into him. In the meantime, Vanthoor blocked Bamber and his teammate Estre from passing him with the Mercedes pair of Engel and Van der Zande behind them. On lap two, Müller (who spun from contact with Van der Zande at Lisboa corner and hit a barrier) lost control of his vehicle leaving Mandarin Oriental Bend and struck a wall heavily, necessitating the deployment of the safety car.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
During the safety car period, Mortara made two pit stops: the first was to correct aerodynamic deficiencies from his shattered rear wing and to repair the damage to his rear panel. The second was to have new tyres installed on his car. He emerged in 13th as the safety car negated much of the potential loss of time he would have had because of the long amount of time spent extricating Müller's car due to the narrow track and the lack of quick recovery.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
"To be honest, in past years we saw that we lost the race at the start, so we put a lot of preparation into the start and that worked out, I had a slightly better start than Edo, so I was in front. I left him as much room as I could. That gave me first position to control the race. Then, it was more difficult than I expected, I had to push hard in the second sector as the Porsches are faster in the first and third sector, but I managed to keep them at bay. For tomorrow, it is obviously easier to control the start when you have both cars on the front row, but I am not particularly worried. I know that we have the potential to do well and I will try to make the best of it.”


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
Laurens Vanthoor on winning the qualification race and starting the main race from pole position.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
Racing resumed at the start of lap five and Vanthoor led. Action lasted no more than a lap because the safety car was called back into service after Ma and Chen made contact and crashed at Reservoir Bend turn. On lap nine, the safety car was withdrawn. Bamber heavily pressured Vanthoor and slipstreamed him into Mandarin Oriental Bend corner. Bamber then lost momentum through the following turn and provided Vanthoor with a small advantage that increased progressively. Vanthoor maintained his lead through the circuit's mountain portion.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Qualifying Race
Mortara returned to the lead lap before a mistimed overtake on the final lap put O'Young into the Maternity Bend wall. Vanthoor crossed the start/finish line first after 12 laps to take pole position for the main race. Bamber was 0.786 seconds behind in second on the road and his teammate Estre was third. Engel finished fourth with his teammate Van der Zande fifth. Fong, Catsburg, Plentz, Yoshimoto and Bortolotti rounded out the top ten finishers. The final classified finishers were Cheng, Lee, Mortara, Couto, Lathouras, Capo, Kuo, Ma, Tulpe and O'Young. There were seven of the twelve racing laps held under green flag racing conditions as the two safety cars created an untidy race for all competitors.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
The main race commenced in cloudy and dry weather at 12:55 local time on 20 November. The stewards led by Tim Mayer, chairman of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States, imposed three-place grid penalties on Van der Zande and Mortara for their respective collisions with Müller and O'Young in the previous day's qualification race. Because of their accidents in the qualification race, Müller and O'Young were withdrawn because the structural damage to their cars was so great that they could not be repaired in Macau.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
Vanthoor maintained the lead driving into Mandarin Oriental Bend corner as Bamber held off a challenge from his teammate Estre for second. Bamber's block on Estre caused Engel to make contact with a barrier at Reservoir Bend turn in the process, and he was issued a five-second time penalty for the incident. Engel recovered from the contact to pass Fong into Lisboa corner to return to fourth place. At the conclusion of the first lap, Vanthoor led Bamber, Estre, Engel, Fong and Van der Zande who gained two positions from the start to run in the sixth position.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
As the leaders were midway through the second lap, the race initially went under the safety car due to a crash for Capo exiting Fisherman's Bend on his first lap, as his BMW Z4 GT3 clattered the tyre barrier at considerable speed necessitating repairs, resulting in a red flag to be waved at the end of lap three for 3⁄4 of an hour, which designated under FIA Code an official race, resulting in a delay. Every driver drove behind the safety car and were required to enter the pit lane.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
During the repairs to the barrier and the recovery of Capo's car, a marshal was injured and an ambulance was dispatched to the scene. The official timing clock continued to run during the stoppage and 18 minutes were left once all cars returned to the track. The event restarted behind the safety car on the fifth lap. One lap later, the safety car was withdrawn with 15 minutes to go and racing resumed. Having been informed of his five-second time penalty for his collision with Engel on the initial start, Bamber used his vehicle's higher amount of torque to pass Vanthoor for the lead into Mandarin Oriental Bend and build up a large enough gap to negate the penalty's effect.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
"Physically, I am okay. Everything is fine. It is just one of the nastiest corners to have a crash and then doing the whole straight on the roof and seeing the other cars coming is not really describable. A scary memory in my mind, but as I said, everything is okay. I think if you go back two laps before the crash, I would have deserved the win. I am not saying that I was going to win, but I had the potential for it.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
Now, officially, I have won it, but the way it happened is very strange and I don't really know if I have deserved in a way. I crashed and I have made a mistake, but I am still the winner. That is very awkward. It would have been a better show without the crash for everybody. It is a victory, but I don't know where to put it in my head."


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
Laurens Vanthoor about his accident and on winning his first race at Macau.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
Vanthoor followed Bamber closely with the aim of slipstreaming him down to the braking zone for Lisboa corner. In doing so, Vanthoor was caught in an aerodynamic push, miscalculated the entry to the next corner and slid wide by going over the inside kerbing. He was sent into the outside exit barrier at 250 km/h (160 mph) removing his car's rear wing. That and the force of the impact caused him to strike the lower catchfence. Then the floor of Vanthoor's car caught air at its front, lifted airborne and overturned onto its roof.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
His car briefly had a bay fire as it slid on its roof for more than 200 m (660 ft) into Lisboa corner. Vanthoor was slowed by the friction of the roof before stopping as other drivers scrambled to avoid hitting his car. He was unhurt and exited the car unaided.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
The race was stopped for a second time and was not restarted since only four minutes were left to run and clearing the debris left from the accident would have been time-consuming. Race officials decided to take the results from the running order at the end of the fourth lap. Although regulations stated a driver who caused a red flag had to be penalised with sanctions including disqualification, the stewards elected to take no action. Thus, Vanthoor was declared the winner of the race, his first in Macau, and Audi won the FIA GT World Cup Manufacturers' Trophy.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race
Estre was 31⁄2 seconds behind in second and Engel completed the podium in third. Off the podium, Bamber's five-second time penalty demoted him from second to fourth. Fong, Van der Zande, Catsburg, Plentz, Bortolotti, Cheng, Yoshimoto, Couto, Mortara, Lathouras, Kuo, Ma, Shen, Tulpe and Lee were the final classified finishers. Less than two laps were run at racing speeds and Vanthoor led once for four laps, more than any other driver.


2016 FIA GT World Cup, Main Race, Post-race
Following Vanthoor's accident and the constraints to the Macau timetable stopping all the scheduled laps from being completed, the FIA responded by moving the first race of the 2017 Guia Race of Macau from Sunday morning to Saturday afternoon to allow for the increased possibility the 2017 edition would run for 18 laps. It was restricted to manufacturer-supported teams with professional drivers rated platinum or bronze allowed to compete as part of the race organiser's objective to avoid multiple crashes from occurring and safety and trackside recovery procedures were enhanced.


2016 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship
The 2016 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship was the fourth season of the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship. It began at Circuit Zolder on 9 April and ended at Circuito del Jarama on 16 October.


2016 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship
The class champions were Michael Lyons (pre-1978) and Nick Padmore (post-1978).


2016 FIA R-GT Cup
The 2016 FIA R-GT Cup was the second edition of the FIA rally cup for GT cars in Group R-GT. The cup was contested over 5 tarmac rounds from the WRC, the ERC and the Rallye International du Valais.


2016 FIA R-GT Cup
The championship was won by Marc Valliccioni in a Porsche 997, winning the Rallye International du Valais as he was the only driver contesting the championship.


2016 FIA R-GT Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2016 season featured five tarmac rallies: two selected tarmac rounds from the WRC, two selected rounds from the ERC and the 57. Rallye International du Valais. .


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the fifth edition of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style racing cars meeting four ACO categories. The season began at the Silverstone Circuit in April and ended at the Bahrain International Circuit in November, and included the 84th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This season was also the last WEC season for Audi Sport Team Joest as they decided not to race in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship Season.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Schedule
The ACO announced a provisional calendar during the 2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in September 2015. The calendar retains the eight rounds from 2015, but adds the 6 Hours of Mexico City at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The World Sportscar Championship previously visited Mexico City in 1991. The Nürburgring round has been moved a month forward to July to close the gap after Le Mans.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Schedule
A test session was held prior to the start of the season at Circuit Paul Ricard in March, while the mandatory test for the 24 Hours of Le Mans was held in the first week of June.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries
The FIA unveiled an entry of 32 cars for the 2016 season on 5 February, divided into four categories: Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) and 2 (LMP2), and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Amateur (LMGTE Am).


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Technical changes
The FIA have introduced a number of changes to the LMP1 cars for 2016 to reduce their speed. This is due to the 2015 cars being significantly faster than 2014 with most track records broken in 2015. The pace of development of the hybrid powertrains has resulted in cars racing with more than 1000 hp.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Entries were required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point was awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car for each category in qualifying. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race result points allocation was doubled. Furthermore, a race must complete three laps under green flag conditions in order for championship points to be awarded.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Driver championships
Five titles were offered to drivers in the 2016 season. The World Championship was reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers, while the World Cup for GT Drivers was available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. Further, three FIA Endurance Trophies were also awarded to drivers in the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories, and privateers in the LMP1 category.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturer championships
Two manufacturers' titles were contested, one for LMPs and one for LMGTEs. The World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers is only open to manufacturer entries in the LMP1 category, while the World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers allows all entries from registered manufacturers in LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am to participate. The top two finishing cars from each manufacturer earn points toward their total.


2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Team championships
All categories award a team trophy for each individual entry, although LMP1 is limited to entries not from a manufacturer.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Calendar
On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia. On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events. The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Calendar
¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Teams and drivers, Supercar
* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Teams and drivers, Supercar
1 = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.


2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Teams and drivers, Supercar
2 = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).


2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asian Championships
The 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Asian Championships for Boys and Girls is the second edition of the FIBA Asia's 3x3 championship for boys and girls under the age of 18. The games were held at the Gem In Mall in Cyberjaya, Malaysia from 22-24 July. Qatar and Japan won the boys and girls tournaments respectively.


2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships
The 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championship was an international 3x3 basketball event hosted in Kazakhstan. It featured separate competitions for men's and women's under-18 national teams. The tournament was held in Astana in front of the Astana Opera. It was co-organized by the FIBA.


2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, Participating teams
The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations. The winners of both the men's and women's tournaments of the 2014 edition, New Zealand and France respectively automatically qualifies.


2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships – Men's tournament
The Men's Tournament of the 2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships hosted in Kazakhstan was contested by 20 teams.


2016 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships – Men's tournament, Participating teams
All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships
The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, hosted by China, was an international 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. The tournament was run between 11 and 15 October 2016, in Guangzhou outside the Tianhe Sport Complex. It was co-organized by the FIBA.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, Host selection
On May 10, 2015, FIBA announced the Guangzhou as host city of the 2016 tournament.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, Participating teams
The FIBA 3x3 Federation Ranking was used as basis to determine the participating FIBA member associations. China as hosts automatically qualifies in both men's and women's tournament while the Qatar and the United States winners of the 2014 edition in the men's and women's tournaments respectively.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships, Participating teams
The pools for the tournaments were unveiled on 20 September 2016.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of the 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships hosted in China was participated in by 24 teams.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament, Participating teams
All five FIBA zones were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Men's tournament, Participating teams
The pools for the tournament were unveiled on 20 September 2016.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament
The women's tournament of the 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships hosted in China was contested by 20 teams.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament, Participating teams
Every FIBA zone except FIBA Africa were represented. The top 20 teams, including the hosts, based on the FIBA National Federation ranking qualified for the tournament.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships – Women's tournament, Participating teams
The pools for the tournament were unveiled on 20 September 2016.


2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Tour is the 5th season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour, the highest professional 3x3 basketball competition in the World. The tournament is organized by FIBA.