2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL Draft
In the days leading up to CFL Free Agency, the Roughriders re-signed Spencer Moore and Rob Bagg, and on free agency day, re-signed veteran offensive lineman Chris Best. Veteran linebacker Shea Emry would announce his retirement from the league. The Roughriders would be busy during free agency, signing receivers John Chiles, Jeremy Kelley and Shamawd Chambers, offensive lineman Andrew Jones, linebacker Greg Jones, running back Curtis Steele, returner Kendial Lawrence and defensive lineman Justin Capicciotti. They would also acquire defensive backs Graig Newman, Otha Foster and Ed Gainey. The team would make trades as well, acquiring Bruce Campbell from the Argonauts and Tevaughn Campbell from the Stampeders. There would be releases as well, such as Keenan MacDougall and Jake Doughty.


2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL Draft
On March 23, 2016, the Roughriders released an updated version of their logo that has been used since 1985. That same day, the Roughriders signed former Stampeders national running back Matt Walter.


2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Pre-season
The 2016 season was the Roughriders' final season at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field, where they played for their first 107 years of existence. The new Mosaic Stadium, under construction during the 2016 CFL season, was completed in late 2016. The Roughriders subsequently moved into the stadium in time for the 2017 season. In December 2015, the team launched its "Farewell Season" campaign, which featured tributes leading up to and during the season, and branded merchandise featuring a commemorative logo.


2016 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International player updated 2016-11-08 • 46 Active, 10 Injured, 18 Six-Game Injured,0 Suspended, 7 Practice


2016 Saskatchewan Rush season
The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season is the 11th in franchise history but first in Saskatchewan after playing 10 seasons in Edmonton as the Edmonton Rush. The Rush won the NLL championship in 2015 before relocating.


2016 Saskatchewan Rush season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2016 Saskatchewan Rush season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2016 Saskatchewan Rush season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2016 Saskatchewan Rush season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. The Rush made the following selections:


2016 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Saskatchewan was held January 27 to 31 at the Prince Albert Golf & Curling Club in Prince Albert. The winning Jolene Campbell team represented Saskatchewan at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta.


2016 Saskatchewan general election
The 2016 Saskatchewan general election, was held on April 4, 2016, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Lieutenant Governor dissolved the Legislature on March 8, 2016, setting the election date for April 4. The election resulted in the Saskatchewan Party winning its third majority government. This is the first time in 90 years that a party other than the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) or its predecessor, the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) has won three consecutive majority governments in Saskatchewan. It is also the first time that a centre-right party has won three consecutive elections in the province.


2016 Saskatchewan general election, Date
Under The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), the election "must be held" on the first Monday of November in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be November 2, 2015. However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April. Under the federal fixed-term act, the 42nd general election occurred on October 19, 2015, overlapping election periods by approximately two weeks. Because the federal Conservatives called the election on August 2, 2015 for October 19, the Saskatchewan election was held on April 4, 2016, even though the Lieutenant Governor retained the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly early on the Premier's advice.


2016 Saskatchewan general election, Results
Due to an increase in the number of ridings (from 58 to 61), both parties increased their total number of seats.


2016 Saskatchewan general election, Results
The Saskatchewan Party maintained its sweep of the southern and central rural ridings, and also held on to a majority of seats in Regina and Saskatoon. The NDP seemed to have some momentum after winning federal seats for the first time in a decade at the 2015 federal election. However, it was unable to recover much of the ground it lost in its severe defeat of almost five years earlier.


2016 Saskatchewan general election, Results
The NDP gained one seat each in Regina and Prince Albert but lost one in Saskatoon for an overall net gain of one seat, and for the second consecutive election saw its leader unseated in his own riding; Cam Broten was defeated in the reconfigured riding of Saskatoon Westview by a slim margin of 232 votes. The results reflected the opinion polling done prior to the election, with the popular vote falling within the margins of error, though the Saskatchewan Party won more seats than what was projected.


2016 Saskatchewan general election, Riding-by-riding results
People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbols ** indicates MLAs who are not running again.


2016 Saskatchewan municipal elections
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan held municipal elections on October 26, 2016.


2016 Saskatchewan municipal elections
Listed below are selected municipal mayoral and city councillor races across the province.


2016 Saskatchewan municipal elections, Regina, Regina City Council
*  Hincks had died on October 14, after nominations had closed, and therefore remained on the ballot.


2016 Sasol GTC Championship
The 2016 Sasol GTC Championship was the inaugural season of the Sasol GTC Championship, a South African touring car racing series. The series was scheduled for six rounds, consisting of a total of fourteen races from 9 August until 3 December.


2016 Sasol GTC Championship
Michael Stephen became the series's first champion, taking seven race wins from the first eight races behind the wheel of an Audi A3 GTC. Daniel Rowe took the title in GTC Production, the second class of the series consisting of production racing cars, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTi. BMW took the manufacturer's title in the GTC Class, while Volkswagen secured the GTC Production title.


2016 Sasol GTC Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:


2016 Sasol GTC Championship, Championship standings
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.


2016 Sasol GTC Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Standings
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap1 – 5 Points for Pole2 – 3 Points for P23 – 1 Point for P3


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings
On 4 July 2016, four suicide bombs exploded in three locations in Saudi Arabia. One of these exploded in the parking lot of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, killing at least four people. The second and third suicide bombers targeted a Shia mosque in Qatif, but they failed to harm anyone but themselves. A fourth militant blew himself up after police tried to arrest him near the U.S. consulate in Jeddah. Two Saudi Arabian police officers were injured.


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Background
The Saudi Arabian attacks were the fourth attempt at the mass killing of civilians by suspected ISIS-affiliated militants during Ramadan 2016, following the 28 June attack in Istanbul, Turkey, the 1 July attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the 3 July bombings in Baghdad, Iraq.


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Background
In 2015, Saudi Arabia was hit by a number of attacks claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Attacks included the Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings on 22 and 29 May 2015, in which 26 were killed and 106 injured, and the 2015 Abha mosque bombing on 6 August 2015, killing 15.


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Attacks
According to a press release by the Saudi Press Agency, the official news agency of Saudi Arabia, "Security spokesman of the Interior Ministry said in a statement that before the prayers of Maghrib in Madinah on Monday 09/29/1437 AH, security men suspected a person while he was heading to the Prophet's Mosque through a vacant lot of land used as a parking space for visitors' cars. When they intercepted him, he blew himself by an explosive belt, which resulted in his death, the deaths of four security men, and the injury of five other security men. On the evening of the same day at a mosque near Mias market in Qatif, a suicide bombing occurred. Human remains of three people were found and are currently in the process of being identified. Security agencies are still investigating the two crimes."


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Attacks, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi attack
The bomb that exploded in the parking lot of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi reportedly killed four security officers and injured five others. Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam al-Saya'ari, a Saudi citizen who lived and studied in New Zealand between 2008 and 2013 is thought to have planned the attack. He was killed by Saudi security forces in January 2017.


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Responsibility
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry claimed that a man named Abdullah Gulzar Khan carried out the bombing near the US Consulate located in Jeddah. According to the ministry, Khan had been living in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for 12 years working as an immigrant driver. He was living along with his family and parents in Jeddah. The ministry arrested 19 people, including 12 Saudi nationals, following the attacks. A 26-year-old Saudi man, Naer Moslem Hammad Al Balawi, who had a "history of drug use", was identified as the perpetrator of the Medina attack.


2016 Saudi Arabia bombings, Reactions, Others
The apparent attempt to target the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad and considered the second holiest site in Islam, brought condemnation from both Sunni and Shia religious leaders worldwide, and even other extremist groups such as Hezbollah and the Taliban. Medina was one of the Prophet Muhammad's favorite places, and "harming the people of Medina" is explicitly forbidden under Islamic law. This was the first suicide bombing ever to have taken place in Medina. Furthermore, the Prophet's Mosque is non-denominational by definition, as its foundation predates the schism between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam. An attempted attack against this target, especially taking place just before Eid al-Fitr, was thus seen by commentators to be "an attack against all Muslims".


2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution
On January 2, 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 imprisoned civilians convicted for terrorism in 12 provinces in the country. Forty-three were beheaded and four were executed by firing squads. Among the 47 people killed was Shia Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The execution was the largest carried out in the kingdom since 1980. Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court on 15 October 2014 for "seeking 'foreign meddling' in Saudi Arabia, 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces". His execution was condemned by religious and political figures and human rights groups. The Saudi government said the body would not be handed over to the family. Al-Nimr was very critical of the Saudi Arabian government, and called for free elections in Saudi Arabia.


2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Response
The mass execution sparked mass protests across the Middle East, during which protesters in Tehran and Mashhad burned part of the Saudi diplomatic missions, and the Saudi embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was attacked by protesters and a rocket. The embassies were empty during the attacks. In response, the Saudi state severed ties with Iran. The Iranian government condemned the embassy attack in Iran.


2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution, List of executed people
Out of the total forty-seven people executed, forty-five were Saudis, one was Egyptian, and one was Chadian.


2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm
The 2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm was an extreme weather event in late November 2016, in which parts of the Arabian desert in Saudi Arabia experienced subzero temperatures, snowfall and flooding.


2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm
Snow was first reported in northern parts of Saudi Arabia on 23 November. By 25 November, temperatures as low as −4 °C (25 °F) were reported in Turaif, in Northern Borders Region, and there was snow cover in central and northeastern regions. Normal seasonal temperatures do not fall below 20 °C (68 °F). Many Saudis enjoyed unusual outdoor activities such as building snowmen and sliding; however, the snow was followed by rain and lightning that caused flooding and led to the deaths of at least 7 people.


2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm
As of 22 December 2016, snow had also fallen in Israel, Syria and other parts of the Middle East.


2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm
Snow has occasionally occurred in Saudi Arabia in previous winters. In 2013 a video of a man somersaulting in snow there circulated on social media. In January 2016, snow fell between Mecca and Medina for the first time in 85 years.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
The 2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 41st final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 19 February 2016 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. It was Al-Ahli's 13th Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's 16th final. This was the fifth meeting between these two clubs in the final. Al-Ahli won once in 2015 while Al-Hilal won three times in 2003, 2006, and 2010.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Al-Hilal won the match 2–1 and secured their record-extending 13th Crown Prince Cup title.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue
On 27 January 2015, the King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the 14th Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Venue
The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background
Al-Hilal reached a record 16th final after a 4–0 win against city rivals Al-Shabab. This was Al-Hilal's ninth final in a row. Previously, they won finals in 1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, and lost in 1999, 2014 and 2015.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background
Al-Ahli reached their 13th final, after a 1–0 win against derby rivals Al-Ittihad. They reached their second consecutive final. They won last season's final after defeating Al-Hilal 2–1. Previously, they won finals in 1957, 1970, 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2015, and lost in 1958, 1974, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2010.


2016 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final, Background
This was the fifth meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final. Al-Ahli won once in 2015 while Al-Hilal won three times in 2003, 2006 and 2010. This was the 12th meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup; Al-Hilal won 5 times, Al-Ahli won 3 times and the two teams drew three times. The two teams played each other once in the season prior to the final. The match ended in a 2–1 win for Al-Ahli.


2016 Saudi Super Cup
The 2016 Saudi Super Cup was the fourth edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup competitions.


2016 Saudi Super Cup
The match was played between Al-Ahli the winners of both the 2015–16 Saudi Pro League and the 2016 King Cup, and Al-Hilal, the winners of the 2015–16 Crown Prince Cup. It was held at Craven Cottage in London, England on 8 August 2016. Al-Ahli won the match 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw, winning their first Super Cup title.


2016 Saudi Super Cup, Background
Al-Ahli qualified as champions of the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and winners of the 2016 King Cup. It was their first Saudi Super Cup appearance since the competition was introduced in 2013.


2016 Saudi Super Cup, Background
Al-Hilal qualified as winners of the 2015–16 Crown Prince Cup. They defeated Al-Ahli 2–1 on 19 February 2016 to win their record breaking 13th title. It was their 2nd Super Cup appearance, and were looking to win their 2nd title. They were also the defending champions.


2016 Saudi Super Cup, Background
The previous match between the two sides was a 3–1 win for Al-Ahli at King Abdullah Sports City on 24 April 2016. Al-Hilal opened the scoring through Carlos Eduardo in the 10th minute before Omar Al Somah scored twice for Al-Ahli in the 2nd half, while Housain Al-Mogahwi sealed the victory by adding a third in the 93rd minute and completed a remarkable comeback to win the league title.


2016 Savannah Challenger
The 2016 Savannah Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Savannah, United States between 18 and 24 April 2015.


2016 Savannah Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Savannah Challenger – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2016 Savannah Challenger – Doubles
Brian Baker and Ryan Harrison won the title, defeating Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–8] in the final.


2016 Savannah Challenger – Singles
Chung Hyeon was the defending champion but chose not to participate. He played in Barcelona during this week.


2016 Savannah Challenger – Singles
Bjorn Fratangelo won the title, defeating Jared Donaldson 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Savannah State Tigers football team
The 2016 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They were led by first-year head coach Erik Raeburn and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 3–7, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in a three way tie for seventh place.


2016 Savannah Steam season
The 2016 Savannah Steam season was the third season for the indoor football franchise, and their second in American Indoor Football (AIF).


2016 Savannah Steam season
For 2016, the Steam announced that they would be playing at the Savannah Civic Center. The team would run into severe financial troubles during the season with over $20,000 owed in rent for the use of the Civic Center and several unpaid sponsors. Eventually, the unpaid sponsors took their claims to the local sheriff's department in order to initiate an investigation and obtain the fees they were owed.


2016 Savannah Steam season, Schedule, Playoffs
* — When initially announced, the Tarpons were set to play the Southern Division's third-seeded Myrtle Beach Freedom. On May 30, the Freedom replaced the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Central Penn Capitals against the West Michigan Ironmen. The Freedom's former position was replaced by the Southern Division's fourth-seed, the Savannah Steam.


2016 Savannah Steam season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated May 25, 201622 Active, 0 Inactive


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election
The 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff lost its majority. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted at 24.3%, with every other parliamentary party recording losses, particularly the SPD and The Left.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election
The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the SPD and The Greens, which was dubbed the "Kenya coalition". Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President on 25 April.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Election result
The actual result was significantly different from what prior opinion polling indicated. In comparison to the late-campaign polls, the AfD scored approximately 6% higher, while The Left and SPD each scored around 5% lower. The Left were expected to suffer only small losses, but instead achieved their worst result since 1990. This made AfD the clear second place finisher, in contrast to polling which predicted The Left would remain the second largest party.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Election result
The SPD, who were already projected to achieve their worst ever result in the state, suffered a catastrophic result, losing over half their voteshare and barely reaching 10%. The Greens narrowly returned to the Landtag, while the FDP fell barely 1,600 votes short of the 5% threshold. Minor parties performed better than expected, with 9% of votes going to them, compared to the 5–6% predicted.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Outcome
The CDU won 30% of the votes and remained the largest party, but faced a strong challenge from the AfD. After the election, Haseloff stated: "The rise which AfD saw in the polls has the name of a city: it's Cologne," referring to the New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany. He claimed that "as the Christian Democratic Union here in Saxony-Anhalt, we have done nothing wrong."


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Outcome
According to observers, the only realistic possibility for a coalition government with a majority was one consisting of the CDU, SPD and the Greens, which held a two-seat majority. Other potential majority coalitions were considered unlikely or politically impossible, such as CDU–Left or CDU– AfD. For a broad-based majority, the coalition would have needed to include both the CDU and The Left, which was infeasible.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Outcome
Another possible option was a minority government "tolerated" by another party or parties which were themselves not part of the government. In this situation, these parties would abstain from the vote for Minister-President, allowing the minority government to be formed with a simple plurality, rather than the typical absolute majority. Such a situation had existed in Saxony-Anhalt between 1994 and 2002, with an SPD minority government supported by The Left. The most likely arrangement in 2016 would have been a minority government of the CDU and SPD with the tolerance of the Greens and/or The Left. Similarly, a CDU–Green coalition could have been tolerated by the SPD and/or The Left. An SPD–Left–Green coalition could be tolerated by the CDU, although this possibility was highly unlikely.


2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election, Outcome
Ultimately, the CDU, SPD, and Greens agreed to form a coalition government together, to the exclusion of The Left. This was dubbed the "Kenya coalition", a reference to the colours of the parties and those of the flag of Kenya. This was the first such coalition formed in Germany. On 25 April 2016, Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on the second ballot, in which he won one vote more than the necessary majority.


2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks
In early 2016 there was a series of bombings in the mainly Shi'ite town of Sayyidah Zaynab and attributed to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.


2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks, January
On 31 January 2016, two suicide bombs and a car bomb exploded in the mainly Shi'ite town of Sayyidah Zaynab near Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque. At least 60 people were killed  including 25 Shi'ite fighters and another 110 people were wounded in the explosions. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. This is second time the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque shrine has been targeted; in February 2015 two suicide attacks killed four people and wounded thirteen.


2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks, January
The death toll rose to 71, including 42 Syrian army and Shi'ite fighters as well as 29 civilians.


2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks, February
The February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings occurred on 21 February 2016 after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants detonated a car bomb and later launched two suicide bombings, about 400 meters from Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, a Shia shrine, believed to contain the grave of Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter.


2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attacks, February
134 people were killed, including children. Syrian media said the attack occurred when  pupils were leaving school in the area. Foreign led Syrian Observatory said 68 were killed. At least 60 shops were damaged as well as cars in the area. The attack, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility, was the third attack in one year near the mosque.


2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship was the sixth Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. The season started at Skövde Airport on May 1 and ended at Ring Knutstorp on September 24, after seven rounds.


2016 Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup
The 2016 Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup was a summer football friendly tournament organized by MSV Duisburg and Match IQ. It was hosted by MSV Duisburg at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg, on 17 July 2016. Alongside the hosts, Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), Hertha BSC (Germany), and Nantes (France) also took part. It was sponsored by Schauinsland-Reisen.


2016 Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup, Overview, Matches
All matches lasted for just 45 minutes. If a match was level after normal time then a penalty shoot-out was played to decide who advanced.


2016 Scheldeprijs
The 2016 Scheldeprijs is a one-day semi-classic cycling race that took place in Belgium on 6 April 2016. The race began in Antwerp and finished in Schoten, covering a course of 207.8 kilometres (129.1 mi). It is rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour.


2016 Scheldeprijs
Unlike other spring classics such as Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, the Scheldeprijs is suited particularly for the sprinters, such as the defending champion, Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha). Marcel Kittel (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) had both won the race three times. The finish was changed from previous years, with two extra corners added in the race finale in an attempt to improve safety. The route was flat throughout and finished with three laps of a circuit in Schoten.


2016 Scheldeprijs
The race was won by Kittel in a sprint finish, with Cavendish second and André Greipel (Lotto–Soudal) third.


2016 Scheldeprijs, Teams
There were 22 teams participating in the race. Of these, thirteen were UCI WorldTeams and nine were UCI Professional Continental teams.


2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament
The 2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament was the 32nd annual edition of the National Science Olympiad tournament, a competition in which 120 teams (sixty middle school and sixty high school) from all fifty states compete in around twenty science-themed events, in various fields of science, such as chemistry, physics, biology, and geology.


2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament
Neither of the winners from last year's national competition at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln were able to defend their titles; the defending champions were Solon Middle School from Ohio and Troy High School from California. Solon finished fifth and Troy finished fourth in their respective divisions.


2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament
Both of 2016's winners won for the first time in their history; Daniel Wright Junior High School from Illinois and Mira Loma High School from California.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan
In June 2016, the Scotland rugby union team toured Japan, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since 1989. Scotland went into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Six Nations Championship while Japan entered the series following an eleventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, and a test match against Canada. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach Jamie Joseph not taking over until August 2016, the Sunwolves head coach Mark Hammett acted as caretaker coach for the two-test series.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Japan
On 30 May, caretaker coach Mark Hammett named a 33-man squad for Japan's June tests against Canada and Scotland.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Japan
On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Scotland
On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Scotland
On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Scotland
On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Scotland
On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Squads, Scotland
On 19 June, Gordon Reid was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Matches, First test
Touch judges:Marius Mitrea (Italy)Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)Television match official:Ian Smith (Australia)


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Matches, Second test
Touch judges:Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)Television match official:Ian Smith (Australia)


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Japan warm-up match
On 11 June, Japan played away to Canada in the lead up to the Scottish series.


2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan, Japan warm-up match
Touch judges:Kurt Weaver (United States)Derek Summers (United States)Television match official:David Smortchevsky (Canada)


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held from February 20 to 28 at Revolution Place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The winning team represented Canada at the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
The 2016 Scotties is as notable for who did not qualify for the event as who did. Notably absent is the #1 ranked team in the world, Rachel Homan, who was defeated in the Ontario final by her club-mates, 2005 Hearts runner-up Jenn Hanna, who is representing Ontario. The 2015 runner up Valerie Sweeting rink lost in the Alberta final to the Chelsea Carey rink, the #5 ranked Tracy Fleury lost in the Northern Ontario final to 2010 Scotties bronze medalist Krista McCarville and the #8 ranked Stefanie Lawton rink lost in the Saskatchewan final to Jolene Campbell.


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
The headline team for the 2016 Scotties is the defending Scotties and Olympic champion, Jennifer Jones who is representing Team Canada. Also returning from 2015 is the Suzanne Birt rink from Prince Edward Island, the Sylvie Robichaud rink from New Brunswick and the Kerry Galusha rink from the Northwest Territories. 2004 Canadian Junior champion Jill Brothers is representing Nova Scotia for the second time as skip. 2004 Hearts runner-up Marie-France Larouche is representing Quebec for the 7th time as skip, in her first Scotties since 2012.


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
2007 Canadian Junior champion Stacie Curtis is representing Newfoundland and Labrador for the third time as skip. Skipping the Yukon team was Nicole Baldwin, returning to the Hearts for the first time since 2007. Making their Scotties debut is Kerri Einarson from Manitoba and Karla Thompson from British Columbia, while Nunavut was represented for the first time ever in the Scotties, and was skipped by Geneva Chislett.


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jennifer JonesThird: Kaitlyn LawesSecond: Jill OfficerLead: Dawn McEwen Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Chelsea CareyThird: Amy NixonSecond: Jocelyn PetermanLead: Laine PetersAlternate: Susan O'Connor


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Karla ThompsonThird: Kristen RecksiedlerSecond: Tracey LaveryLead: Trysta VandaleAlternate: Sasha Carter


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kerri EinarsonThird: Selena KaatzSecond: Liz FyfeLead: Kristin MacCuishAlternate: Briane Meilleur


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Sylvie RobichaudThird: Rebecca AtkinsonSecond: Marie RichardLead: Jane BoyleAlternate: Nicole Arsenault Bishop


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Stacie CurtisThird: Erin PorterSecond: Julie DevereauxLead: Carrie VautourAlternate: Lauren Wasylkiw


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Krista McCarvilleThird: Kendra LillySecond: Ashley SippalaLead: Sarah PottsAlternate: Oye-Sem Won Briand


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jill BrothersThird: Sarah MurphySecond: Blisse JoyceLead: Teri UdleAlternate: Jenn Brine


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jenn HannaThird: Brit O'NeillSecond: Stephanie HannaLead: Karen SagleAlternate: Pascale Letendre


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Suzanne BirtThird: Robyn GreenSecond: Meaghan HughesLead: Marie Christianson Alternate: Sinead Dolan


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Marie-France LaroucheThird: Brenda NichollsSecond: Annie LemayLead: Julie Rainville Alternate: Amélie Blais


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jolene CampbellThird: Ashley HowardSecond: Callan HamonLead: Ashley Williamson Alternate: Candace Chisholm


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kerry GalushaThird: Megan CormierSecond: Danielle DerryLead: Shona Barbour Alternate: Sharon Cormier


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Geneva ChislettThird: Denise HutchingsSecond: Robyn MackeyLead: Jenine Bodner Alternate: Sadie Pinksen


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Nicole BaldwinThird: Stephanie Jackson-BaierSecond: Rhonda HorteLead: Ladene ShawAlternate: Sandra Mikkelsen


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Pre-Qualifying Tournament, Results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).


2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Awards
Note: All of the second all-star team members are daughters of former Brier champions. Chelsea Carey's father is Dan Carey, who won the Brier in 1992, Ashley Howard's father is Russ Howard, who won it in 1987 and 1993, Liz Fyfe's father Vic Peters won the Brier in 1992 and the father of Sarah Potts is Rick Lang, who won the Brier in 1975, 1982 and 1985.


2016 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The 2016 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the Petrofac Training Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, is a football match that took place on 10 April 2016 at Hampden Park, between Rangers and Peterhead. Rangers won the match by 4 goals to nil. It was the 25th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League and the third Challenge Cup Final since the SPFL was formed. Both teams progressed through four elimination rounds to reach the final.


2016 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final
The competition is a knock-out tournament and in 2015–16 was contested by 32 teams. Those participating were the 30 clubs that played in the Championship, League One and League Two of the Scottish Professional Football League, while the winners of the Highland League (Brora Rangers) and the Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City) were also invited. For the first and second rounds only, the draw was divided into two geographical regions – north and south. Teams were paired at random and the winner of each match progressed to the next round and the loser was eliminated.


2016 Scottish Cup Final
The 2016 Scottish Cup Final was the 131st final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 21 May 2016 and was contested by Scottish Championship teams Rangers and Hibernian. It was the first final to be contested by two teams from outside the top tier of the Scottish football league system. Hibernian ended a run of 114 years from last winning the competition, beating Rangers 3–2 with a stoppage time goal from club captain David Gray.


2016 Scottish Cup Final
The winners, Hibernian, entered the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Hibernian
Hibernian started the Scottish Cup in the fourth round as one of the top four placed teams in the 2014–15 Scottish Championship. They were drawn away at fellow Championship team Raith Rovers. At Stark's Park, Hibernian won 2–0 with goals from Darren McGregor and Dominique Malonga. In the fifth round, they were drawn away against their Edinburgh derby rivals and Premiership club, Heart of Midlothian. Following a 2–2 draw at Tynecastle Stadium, Hibernian won the replay at their Easter Road 1–0 via a Jason Cummings goal.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Hibernian
In the quarter finals they were drawn at home against the Scottish Cup holders, Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Following a 1–1 draw, Hibernian won the replay at Caledonian Stadium 2–1 due to two goals from Anthony Stokes. In the semi-final at neutral Hampden Park, they were drawn against Premiership Dundee United and progressed to the final after winning 4–2 in a penalty shoot out.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Rangers
Rangers also started the Scottish Cup in the fourth round as one of the top four placed teams in the previous years Scottish Championship. In the fourth round they were drawn against Scottish League One team Cowdenbeath at home. At their Ibrox Stadium, Rangers won 5–1 with goals from Lee Wallace, Barrie McKay and a hat-trick from Martyn Waghorn. In the next round they were drawn with Premiership team Kilmarnock. After a 0–0 draw at Ibrox Stadium, Rangers won 2–1 in the replay at Rugby Park with goals from Waghorn and Nicky Clark.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Rangers
In the quarter finals, Rangers were drawn at home against Premiership Dundee, which they won 4–0 with goals from Harry Forrester, Jason Holt, Andy Halliday and Wallace. In the semi-finals, Rangers were drawn against their Old Firm rivals Celtic in only their second derby since 2015. Rangers progressed to the final winning 5–4 on penalties. Rangers entered the final as Scottish Championship league champions and Scottish Challenge Cup winners.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
This was Hibernian's 1st victory in the Scottish Cup Final in 114 years, having previously won two Scottish Cups (in 1887 and 1902) and lost in ten finals since their last victory. The 2016 final marked their third appearance in the final in the space of five years, having lost to Hearts in 2012 and Celtic in 2013. Rangers appeared in the Scottish Cup final after winning the competition 33 times under their previous guise (coming out of administration in 2012). The most recent appearance and victory for the former club was in 2009, when they defeated Falkirk 1–0.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
This was the first meeting of the clubs in the Scottish Cup since 2008, when Rangers won 1–0 at Ibrox in a replay after a goalless draw at Easter Road. Hibernian and Rangers had previously met in one Scottish Cup Final, in 1979. Rangers won the cup that year by winning a second replay by 3–2, after the first two matches both finished goalless.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Post-match
At the end of the match, thousands of Hibernian fans spilled out onto the pitch in celebration. An element headed to the other end of the ground to goad Rangers fans, who responded by entering the pitch themselves, leading to fights occurring. Some Rangers players and staff were also assaulted by the Hibernian fans as they tried to leave the pitch. The Rangers team received their runners-up medals in the dressing room. The SFA conducted a full investigation into the crowd trouble.


2016 Scottish Cup Final, Post-match
The report was published in August and found that neither club was to blame but that the invasion was caused by the Hibs supporters' exuberance at winning the cup. It was pointed out that Rangers supporters had let off fireworks and sung sectarian songs during the match. The report suggested the possibility of making pitch invasions illegal as they are in England. The aftermath of the final is also notable for the five-minute rendition by Hibs' fans, having returned to the stands, of the club's anthem, the Proclaimers' "Sunshine on Leith".


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March)
The 2015–16 Scottish League Cup Final was the 70th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 13 March 2016 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the final were Hibernian and Ross County, with Ross County winning 2–1 with a last minute goal. The win was Ross County's first major trophy in senior football.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March)
This final was the last to be played in March, as from the 2016–17 season the Scottish League Cup has been played during a single calendar year with the final taking place in November.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final
Hibernian entered the League Cup in the first round, whilst Ross County entered in the second round.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Hibernian
In the first round Hibernian faced a home tie against Scottish League Two side Montrose. Hibs progressed with goals from Scott Martin, Scott Allan and Jason Cummings.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Hibernian
Hibernian drew Scottish League One opposition in the second round in the shape of Stranraer. An own goal from Scott Rumsby saw Hibernian take their place in the third round.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Hibernian
In the third round Hibernian faced Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen. Late goals from Jason Cummings and Dominique Malonga sealed their passage into the quarter-finals.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Hibernian
Hibernian faced Dundee United in the quarter-finals. Goals from David Gray, Jason Cummings and Lewis Stevenson saw the Edinburgh side claim their place in the semi-finals.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Hibernian
Hibernian beat St Johnstone in the semi-final with goals from Jason Cummings and John McGinn. This sent Alan Stubbs' side to their first League Cup Final since 2007.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Ross County
Ross County drew Scottish League One side Ayr United in the second round of the League Cup. Goals from Liam Boyce in the first half and Michael Gardyne in the second were enough to send the Staggies through to the next round.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Ross County
In the third round Ross County faced Scottish Championship side Falkirk in Dingwall. An emphatic 7–0 victory, which included goals from Raffaele De Vita, Jonathan Franks, Brian Graham, Darren Holden and a Liam Boyce hat-trick, saw Ross County ease into the quarter-finals.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Ross County
Ross County were the victors against their Highland neighbours Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Goals from Irvine and Gardyne were enough to see County into their first ever League Cup semi-final.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (March), Route to the final, Ross County
Ross County beat favourites Celtic 3–1, in a match which saw the Bhoys miss a penalty and reduced to 10 players. Goals from Martin Woods, Paul Quinn and Alex Schalk were enough to cancel out Gary Mackay-Steven's first-minute opener and see Ross County into their first ever League Cup final.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November)
The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup Final was the 71st final of the Scottish League Cup and took place on 27 November 2016 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the final were Aberdeen and Celtic, with Celtic winning 3–0. It was their 16th League Cup triumph and the 100th major trophy in their history.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November)
This was the second Scottish League Cup final played in 2016, as the 2015–16 competition was concluded in March and since the 2016–17 season the competition has been completed in the first half of the season.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final
As both clubs participated in European competitions, they both received a bye through the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Aberdeen
Aberdeen were seeded for the second round draw and were drawn to face Group G runners-up Ayr United away from home on 10 August. The away side took an early lead after a Daryll Meggatt own goal. Niall McGinn doubled the lead midway through the first half before Alan Forrest brought Ayr back into the game just before half-time. The Dons survived a late onslaught from the Honest Men to advance with a 2–1 win.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Aberdeen
From the quarter-finals onwards there was no seeding and Aberdeen were drawn at home to fellow Premiership side St Johnstone on 22 September. Another nervy encounter followed as the Dons required a last-minute Adam Rooney goal to win 1–0.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Aberdeen
Aberdeen were drawn to face Championship side Greenock Morton in the semi-finals at Hampden Park on 22 October. The Dons hadn't won a match at the National Stadium for 16 years but goals from Rooney and Kenny McLean in a game Aberdeen dominated saw them into the final.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Celtic
Celtic were seeded for the second round draw and were drawn at home to face Group F runners-up Motherwell on 10 August. The home side dominated the match, with 65% possession and 26 shots, 16 on target to Motherwell's 4 off target shots. Moussa Dembélé and Tom Rogic score twice with Scott Sinclair also scoring as Celtic won 5–0.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Celtic
Celtic were given another home draw to Alloa Athletic in the quarter-finals on 21 September. The League One side proved to be stubborn outfit but late goals from James Forrest and Dembélé saw Celtic through with a 2–0 win.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Route to the final, Celtic
Celtic were drawn to play archrivals Rangers in the semi-final at Hampden Park on 26 October. The last time the two sides met in the League Cup was a 2–0 Celtic win at this stage in 2015. This time, Celtic required a late Dembélé goal to see off their Old Firm rivals despite dominating the match.


2016 Scottish League Cup Final (November), Match, Summary
In the 16th minute of the match Tom Rogic cut in form the right and shot left footed from just inside the penalty area into the left corner of the net to give Celtic the lead. It was 2-0 in the 37th minute when James Forrest picked up the ball in the centre of the pitch and ran at the Aberdeen defence before scoring with a low right footed shot from inside the penalty area. In the 64th minute James Forrest was brought down in the penalty area by Anthony O'Connor, with Moussa Dembélé scoring the resulting penalty with a low shot to the right corner to make it 3-0.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election
There was a Scottish National Party leadership election to choose the new Depute leader of the Scottish National Party at the SNP's conference on 14–15 October 2016. The SNP's Westminster Group Leader Angus Robertson MP won the election.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election
The election followed the resignation of the incumbent Depute Leader Stewart Hosie. Hosie, the partner of Scottish Government cabinet member Shona Robison, announced his intention to step down at the party conference in May 2016 after it emerged he was engaged in an affair with a freelance journalist, who had previously been involved in an affair with the SNP MP Angus MacNeil.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Alyn Smith's campaign focused on the dual issues of strengthening Scotland's relationship with the European Union following the Brexit vote, and the need for a new Yes movement centred around the SNP.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Angus Robertson's campaign also focused on the issues of Brexit and the European Union, and particularly on preserving Scotland's place in Europe.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Chris McEleny's campaign focused on the importance of local government in light of the upcoming 2017 Scottish local elections.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Tommy Sheppard focused his campaign on revamping internal SNP policy making, with the intention of making policy decision making more open to the SNP party membership. Existing policy decisions are largely taken by the leadership, with minimal input from the SNP grassroots membership. He has been described as Robertson's "left-wing challenger".


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Both McEleny and Sheppard are members of the SNP Socialists group, which said it was "challenging for leadership" of the SNP.


2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election, Campaigns
Other individuals suggested as potential candidates included Mhairi Black, Humza Yousaf, and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. Humza Yousaf later ruled out running for the position, instead stating his support for Robertson.


2016 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2016 Coral Scottish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that began on 12 December and ended on 18 December 2016 at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 Scottish Open (snooker)
The Scottish Open returned as a full-ranking event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Northern Ireland Open tournaments. The winner of the Scottish Open is awarded the Stephen Hendry Trophy which is named in honour of Scottish seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry. Ding Junhui was the defending champion but he decided not to compete this year.


2016 Scottish Open (snooker)
Marco Fu captured his third ranking title by beating John Higgins 9–4, having trailed 1–4.


2016 Scottish Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 Scottish Open (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £5,000.


2016 Scottish Open Grand Prix
The 2016 Scottish Open Grand Prix was the 20th grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland 23–27 November 2016 and had a total purse of $55,000.


2016 Scottish Parliament election
The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were eligible to vote, under the provisions of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act. It was also the first time the three largest parties were led by women.


2016 Scottish Parliament election
Parliament went into dissolution on 24 March 2016, allowing the official period of campaigning to get underway. Five parties had MSPs in the previous parliament: Scottish National Party (SNP) led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour led by Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Conservatives led by Ruth Davidson, Scottish Liberal Democrats led by Willie Rennie, Scottish Greens, led by their co-conveners Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman. Of those five parties, four changed their leader since the 2011 election.


2016 Scottish Parliament election
During the campaign, a series of televised debates took place, including party leaders of the elected parties. BBC Scotland held the first leaders’ debate on 24 March, STV broadcast the next on 29 March, and BBC Scotland hosted the final debate on 1 May.


2016 Scottish Parliament election
The election resulted in a hung parliament with the Scottish National Party winning a third term in government, but falling two seats short of securing a second consecutive overall majority. The Conservatives saw a significant increase in support and replaced the Labour Party as the second-largest party and main opposition in the Scottish Parliament. This was the first time that Labour had finished in third place at a Scottish election in 98 years. The Scottish Greens won six seats on the regional list and overtook the Liberal Democrats, who remained on five seats.


2016 Scottish Parliament election
Although the SNP had lost their majority, it was still by far the largest single party in the Scottish Parliament, with more than double the seats of the Conservatives. Accordingly, Sturgeon announced she would form a minority SNP government. She was voted in for a second term as First Minister on 17 May.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
Under the Scotland Act 1998, an ordinary election to the Scottish Parliament would normally have been held on the first Thursday in May four years after the 2011 election, i.e. in May 2015. In May 2010, the new UK Government stated in its coalition agreement that the next United Kingdom general election would also be held in May 2015.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
This proposal was criticised by the Scottish National Party and Labour, as it had been recommended after the 2007 election that elections with different voting systems should be held on separate days: a recommendation which all of the political parties had then accepted. In response to this criticism, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg offered the right to vary the date of the Scottish Parliament election by a year either way. All the main political parties then stated their support for delaying the election by a year. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, a statute of the UK Parliament, moved the date of the Scottish Parliament election to 5 May 2016.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
The date of the poll may be varied by up to one month either way by the monarch, on the proposal of the Presiding Officer.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
If Parliament itself resolves that it should be dissolved, with at least two-thirds of the Members (i.e. 86 Members) voting in favour, the Presiding Officer proposes a date for an extraordinary election and the Parliament is dissolved by the monarch by royal proclamation.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
It does not necessarily require a two-thirds majority to precipitate an extraordinary election, because under the Scotland Act Parliament is also dissolved if it fails to nominate one of its members to be First Minister within certain time limits, irrespective of whether at the beginning or in the middle of a parliamentary term. Therefore, if the First Minister resigned, Parliament would then have 28 days to elect a successor (s46(2)b and s46(3)a). If no new First Minister was elected then the Presiding Officer would ask for Parliament to be dissolved under s3(1)a. This process could also be triggered if the First Minister lost a vote of confidence by a simple majority (i.e. more than 50%), as s/he must then resign (Scotland Act 1998 s45(2)). To date the Parliament has never held a vote of no confidence in a First Minister.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
No extraordinary elections have been held to date. Any extraordinary elections would be in addition to ordinary elections, unless held less than six months before the due date of an ordinary election, in which case they supplant it. The subsequent ordinary election reverts to the first Thursday in May, a multiple of four years after 1999.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Date
It was envisaged that the election would still have taken place as scheduled if Scotland had voted in favour of independence in 2014.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Retiring MSPs, Deselected MSPs
Changes to the SNP's selection procedures the previous year in order to ensure gender balance of candidates meant that any incumbent constituency MSP who chose to retire would  have their replacement selected from an all-woman shortlist. The only ways for a new male candidate to receive a constituency nomination would be to stand in a constituency currently held by an opposition MSP or to run a de-selection campaign against a sitting MSP. For that reason there were far more challenges than normal within the SNP, but only two were successful:


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The total number of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) elected to the Parliament is 129.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The First Periodical Review of the Scottish Parliament's constituencies and regions by the Boundary Commission for Scotland, was announced on 3 July 2007. The Commission published its provisional proposals for the regional boundaries in 2009.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The Scottish Parliament uses an Additional Members System, designed to produce approximate proportional representation for each region. There are 8 regions, each sub-divided into smaller constituencies. There are a total of 73 constituencies. Each constituency elects one MSP by the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Each region elects 7 additional MSPs using an additional member system. A modified D'Hondt method, using the constituency results, is used to elect these additional MSPs.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Election system, seats, and regions
The Scottish Parliament constituencies have not been coterminous with Scottish Westminster constituencies since the 2005 general election, when the 72 former UK Parliament constituencies were replaced with a new set of 59, generally larger, constituencies (see Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004). The boundaries used for the Scottish Parliament elections were then revised for the 2011 election. The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament, which were also implemented in 2011.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
On 29 February 2016, BBC Scotland's Scotland 2016 current affairs programme held a debate focusing on education featuring the Education Minister Angela Constance and three party leaders: Kezia Dugdale, Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
On 24 March 2016, BBC Scotland held a debate in Glasgow which was televised that featured Dugdale, Davidson, Rennie, Nicola Sturgeon, Patrick Harvie and David Coburn.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
On 29 March 2016, STV hosted a televised leaders’ debate, featuring the five leaders of the parties which held seats in the last Parliament.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Campaign
From 5–26 April 2016, Scotland 2016 also held a series of weekly subject debates on Tuesday nights. The subjects were Tax, Health, Energy & Environment, and Housing. Of these, six parties (SNP, Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the Scottish Greens and UKIP) were invited to the Tax debate.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Parties contesting the election
The official nomination period closed on 1 April 2016, lists of candidates were then published by local councils once the applications had been processed.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Parties contesting the election
In March 2015, the Scottish Greens balloted their members to select candidates for their regional lists. The SNP released their regional candidate list in October 2015. The Conservative regional candidate list followed in December. In January 2016, RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance announced list candidates for all regions except the North East. Labour had announced a new selection process for regional candidates in November 2013, then revealed their full list of regional candidates in February 2016. UKIP's regional candidates were picked by their executive committee, prompting one prospective candidate to resign his party membership.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Parties contesting the election, Contesting constituency and regional ballot
The Scottish National Party, the Scottish Labour Party, the Scottish Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in all 73 constituencies.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Opinion polling
The chart shows the relative state of the parties since polling began from 2012, until the date of the election. The constituency vote is shown as semi-transparent lines, while the regional vote is shown in full lines.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Result, Lothian
Margo MacDonald had been elected on the Lothian regional list in 2011, as an Independent; she died in 2014.


2016 Scottish Parliament election, Target seats
Below are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 5% from the 2011 result to change hands.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship
The 2016 season begins in the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 20 February, with the season finale taking place around Castle Douglas on 10 September. Driver Jock Armstrong and regular co-driver Paula Swinscoe will start the season as defending champions having won the 2015 Championship.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship
Aberdeen based haulage company ARR Craib will sponsor the series for the fourth year in a row.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship
Alongside the main championship, 2016 will see a number of initiatives run over the course of the year including the following:


2016 Scottish Rally Championship, 2016 calendar
For season 2016 there is to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship, 2016 calendar, Calendar changes
On 24 May, the Jim Clark Reivers Forest Rally Rally management team announced via a press release that the 2016 event – usually round 4 of the championship and held in June, would not take place. Insufficient entries was cited as the reason.


2016 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers' championship standings
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered drivers on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the season, competitors nominate their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as their final overall Championship score.


2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
The 2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship will be contested from July - August 2016. The tournament is run by the Scottish Rugby Union and will be competed for by the 4 regional teams from the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy.


2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
The U-20 Championship is three rounds of the regional round-robin with conclusion on 21 August.


2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship, Teams
The following teams take part in the 2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:


2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship, Standings
The round robin standings for the 2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship were:


2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship, Fixtures and results
The following matches were played in the 2016 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:


2016 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2016 SWF Scottish Cup is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. All teams in the Scottish Women's Football League and SWPL 1 & 2 are eligible to enter.


2016 Scottish Women's Cup
Hibernian won the final after penalties against Glasgow City, who had won the cup in the last five years.


2016 Scottish Women's Cup, Format
Teams are either drawn into the first round or receive a bye, so that there are 16 matches to play in the Second round. The winners of the first round then are joined by the 16 SWPL 1 & 2 teams in the second round.


2016 Scottish Women's Cup, First round
30 of 32 teams were drawn into this round. Edinburgh Caledonia & Dumbarton United received a bye to the second round.


2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division
The 2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division, commonly known as SWFL 1, is the first season of the Scottish Women's Football League First Division, the third tier of women's football in Scotland since its reconstruction at the end of the 2015 season.


2016 Scottish Women's Football League First Division
From this season the SWFL was split into two regional divisions of 12 teams each, North and South. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league.


2016 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League season is the 15th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.


2016 Scottish Women's Premier League
The Premier League was split into two divisions of eight teams each, reducing the number of top-level teams from 12 to 8. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league. The divisions are named SWPL 1 and SWPL 2.


2016 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 1, Format
In the first season after the reduction to eight teams a new format is played. Teams will play each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The split into a championship and relegation group is discontinued.


2016 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 2, Format
In the first season after the reduction to eight teams a new format is played. Teams will play each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The split into a championship and relegation group is discontinued.


2016 Sealect Tuna Women's Volleyball Championship
The 2016 Sealect Tuna Women's Volleyball Championship (Thai: วอลเลย์บอลซีเล็คทูน่า ประชาชนหญิง ถ้วย ก. 2559) officially known as the 2016 Annual H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup Volleyball Tournament was a national volleyball competition. It was organized by the Thailand Volleyball Association or the TVA. The tournament was held at Weesommai Gymnasium in Sisaket.


2016 Seattle Mariners season
The 2016 Seattle Mariners season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 17th full season (18th overall) at Safeco Field. Despite finishing with a winning record of 86–76, they failed to make the playoffs, finishing second place in the American League West Division.


2016 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2016 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2016 Seattle Reign FC season
The 2016 Seattle Reign FC season is the club's fourth season of play and their fourth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The club enters the season as the two-time defending winner of the NWSL Shield.


2016 Seattle Reign FC season, Club, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Seattle Reign FC season, Competitions, Regular season, Regular-season standings
Last updated: September 26, 2016Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Seattle Reign FC season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed, and amateur call-ups are not considered official signings either. For transfers out, dates listed are when the Reign FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, her new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the Reign FC roster.


2016 Seattle Reign FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2016 NWSL College Draft on January 15, 2016, will be listed in the notes.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2016 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 41st in the National Football League and their seventh under head coach Pete Carroll. On October 23, the team played the Arizona Cardinals in a game that ended in a 6–6 tie, the Seahawks' first tie in franchise history. With their win against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 15, the Seahawks claimed their third NFC West title in the last four years. The Seahawks defeated the Detroit Lions in the Wild Card Round, but lost to the eventual NFC champion Atlanta Falcons in the Divisional Round. Another highlight from this season includes head coach Pete Carroll's first return to Gillette Stadium on November 13 for the first time in 17 years. Carroll served as Patriots head coach from 1997–1999, the last before Bill Belichick's hiring in 2000.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season
For the first time since trading for him in 2010, Marshawn Lynch did not play for the Seahawks as he retired in the offseason. Lynch would later come out of retirement to play for his hometown team Oakland Raiders before their relocation to Las Vegas before rejoining the Seahawks in December 2019.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Roster changes, Undrafted free agents
All undrafted free agents were signed after the 2016 NFL draft concluded on April 30, unless noted otherwise.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Preseason
The Seahawks' preliminary preseason schedule was announced on April 7. Exact dates and times were finalized on April 14, when the regular season schedule was announced.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Arizona Cardinals
Chandler Catanzaro and Steven Hauschka both missed chip-shot field goals in overtime as the Seahawks and Cardinals played to a 6–6 draw, the first tie in Seattle Seahawks history.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Buffalo Bills
With the win, the Seahawks have now recorded at least one victory at CenturyLink Field against each of the 31 other franchises.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at New England Patriots
Over one and half year after Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks were trying to get their revenge against the Patriots after the heartbreaking interception. They successfully got their revenge by stopping the Patriots from getting into the end zone, and won the game 31-24. The Seahawks were the only team to defeat the Patriots under Tom Brady during this season (their one other loss, against the Buffalo Bills in Week 4, happened during Brady's suspension for the Deflategate scandal). This also marked Pete Carroll's first game in New England in 17 years after he got fired from the Patriots organization.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Carolina Panthers
Sunday Night Football featured a Divisional Playoff rematch from 2015 as the Seattle Seahawks faced the Carolina Panthers in CenturyLink field. Russell Wilson threw for 277 yards with one touchdown and one interception while Cam Newton was held to 182 yards and one touchdown. This was the first time that Seattle had scored 40 points in a regular season game since the 2013 season. Seattle improved their record to 8-3-1 of season. The win was not without cost, however, as star safety Earl Thomas broke his leg early in the second quarter, knocking him out for the rest of the season.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Green Bay Packers
Russell Wilson had his worst game of his career, throwing only one touchdown and a career-high five picks against a red-hot Packers team, causing the Seahawks to fall to their worst loss in the last six years. Seattle's defense was without safety Earl Thomas, who was out for the year with a broken leg. They only managed one sack on the final play in the third quarter, ending a streak of 10 consecutive quarters without a sack. Aaron Rodgers, with a 3:0 TD-INT ratio, posted a 150.8 passer rating in this game, the highest allowed by the Seattle defense since Pete Carroll became head coach in 2010.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Rams
With their 24–3 victory over the Rams, the Seahawks moved to 9–4–1 and clinched the NFC West title.


2016 Seattle Seahawks season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (2) Atlanta Falcons
This was the final game in Seattle for longtime Seahawks Jermaine Kearse and Steven Hauschka.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season
The 2016 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season is the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this is the 36th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC 2 season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of June 16, 2016.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2016 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's eighth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The Sounders won their first MLS Cup at the end of the season, after the mid-season replacement of head coach Sigi Schmid with Brian Schmetzer in July.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC season, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of July 28, 2016.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.


2016 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2016 Seattle Storm season
The 2016 WNBA season was the 17th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season began on May 14 and ended on September 18.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Sefton is divided into 22 wards, each electing 3 councillors, totalling up to 66 seats. Note, only 22 seats were up for election.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Labour retained their majority control of the council despite seeing it reduced, achieving 38 seats in total and 12 seats that were up for election. They won 48% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats swept the board in Southport winning every seat up for election.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018
Councillor Tony Dawson (Dukes ward) was suspended from the Liberal Democrats in July 2017 but rejoined in January 2018.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018
Husband and wife councillors Bill Welsh and Marianne Welsh (both Norwood) left the Liberal Democrats in August 2017 and joined the Labour Party in September.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018
Conservative councillor Pat Ball (Dukes) resigned in September 2017 due to ill health. In the by-election on 2 November the Liberal Democrats gained the seat. New councillor John Pugh's term ends 2019.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018
Labour councillor Andy Dams (Blundellsands) resigned his seat in December 2017. The seat will be filled in the election due on 3 May 2018.


2016 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018
Conservative councillor Kevin Cluskey (Ford) resigned his seat in March 2018. The seat's term ends in 2019, and will be filled along with the one ending on 3 May 2018 in a double vacancy election.


2016 Segunda División B playoffs
The 2016 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final playoffs for promotion from 2015–16 Segunda División B to the 2016–17 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four qualify for the promotion playoffs and the four last placed teams in Segunda División are relegated to Segunda División B. It also decides the teams which placed 16th to be relegated to the 2016–17 Tercera División.


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Format
The four group winners have the opportunity to promote directly and become the overall Segunda División B champion. The four group winners will be drawn into a two-legged series where the two winners will be promoted to the Segunda División and will enter into the final for the Segunda División B champion. The two losing semifinalists will enter the playoff round for the last two promotion spots.


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Format
The four group runners-up will be drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams will be drawn against each other in a two-legged series. The six winners will advance with the two losing semifinalists to determine the four teams that will enter the last two-legged series for the last two promotion spots. In all the playoff series, the lower-ranked club will play at home first. Whenever there is a tie in position (e.g. like the group winners in the Semifinal Round and Final or the third-placed teams in the first round), a draw will determine the club to play at home first.


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Group Winners Promotion Play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, First round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Second round, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Non-champions Promotion Play-off, Third round, Qualified teams
As there were only two third qualified teams and two four qualified teams from the same groups, there was no need to make a draw for the two finals.


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Relegation play-off, Qualified teams
The draw was held in the RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas (Madrid).


2016 Segunda División B playoffs, Relegation play-off, Matches
The losers of this tournament will be relegated to the 2016-17 Tercera División.


2016 Segunda División play-offs
The 2016 Segunda División play-offs will take place in June 2016 and will determine the third team which will be promoted to the top division. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position (excluding reserve teams) will take part in the promotion play-offs.


2016 Segunda División play-offs
The regulations are the same as the previous season: in the semifinals the fifth placed team faces the fourth, while the sixth placed team faces the third. Each tie is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played.


2016 Segunda División play-offs
The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the winner will be the best positioned team in the regular season.


2016 Segunda División play-offs, Promotion play-offs
The first leg of the semi-finals will be played on 8 and 9 June and the second leg on 11 and 12 June at home of the best positioned team. The final will also be two-legged, with the first leg on 15 June and the second leg on 18 June, with the best positioned team also playing the second leg at home.


2016 Segundona
The 2016 Segundona is the 22nd season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 10 July to  October 2016.


2016 Segundona
The league comprises 2 series of 5 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2017 Girabola while the runners-up of each group will contest for the third spot. At the end of the regular season, the three series winners will play a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion.


2016 Selangor FA season
The 2016 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 11th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.


2016 Selangor FA season
Selangor FA began the season on 7 February 2016. They will also compete in three domestic cups: the FA Cup Malaysia, Malaysia Cup; the Malaysia Charity Shield; and an international cup, the AFC Cup.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
On 18 December 2015, Selangor made announcement with signing of four new local players from Pahang, Hafiz Kamal, R. Gopinathan, Khairul Azhan and Razman Roslan. Selangor also bring in a new goalkeeper from AirAsia, Zarif Irfan Hashimuddin.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
On 31 December 2015, Selangor announced that Mehmet Durakovic would step down at the end of the season after successfully led the Red Giants to win the Malaysia Cup last season. He was then replaced by Zainal Abidin Hassan from Pahang on 1 January 2016.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
New coach Selangor, Zainal Abidin then bring in new foreign players from Argentina and Liberia, Mauro Olivi and Patrick Wleh, to replace Brazilian duo Guilherme de Paula and Leandro Dos Santos, after both their contracts were not renewed by the club. Selangor signs Patrick Wleh from PKNS on loan, while Mauro Olivi brought in as a free agent after the expiration of the contract with the football club Peru, León de Huánuco.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
The contracts of import Indonesian player Andik Vermansyah were renewed for another two years and are set to expire at the end of 2017. Robert Cornthwaite extended his contract until the end of 2016.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
On 18 December 2015, The Red Giants release some of the players who will move to another team to face the new challenges of the 2016 season. On that day, Hamsani Ahmad retired from professional football. On the same day after the announcement of the Selangor's new coach, Afiq Azmi, Shazlan Alias and Syamim Othman left to join Malaysian Premier League club (second division), Negeri Sembilan. K. Gurusamy and K. Thanaraj confirmed that they was set to join Sarawak, while Thamil Arasu decides to join Kuala Lumpur for next season.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season
Before the first transfer window closed, Selangor quickly signs Adam Nor Azlin from Malaysia youth's team, Harimau Muda A.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Mid-season
On 5 July 2016, Selangor and Australian centre-back Robert Cornthwaite reached an agreement to terminate his contract after a year and half with the team. Selangor had to release Cornthwaite for reasons his poor form and constant injuries throughout the first half of the Malaysia Super League (MSL) campaign. He then signed with Australian club Western Sydney Wanderers.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Mid-season
On 9 July, Selangor announced the signing of the new import player from Nigeria Ugo Ukah. Ukah will replace the position left by Cornthwaite and signed a contract until the end of 2016.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Mid-season
Before the second transfer window closed, Selangor and the Super League club champions, Johor Darul Ta'zim have reached an agreement for the transfer of defender Azrif Nasrulhaq for a reported fee of £130,450. Azrif made the shock decision to join JDT though his contract with the Red Giants still remaining one and a half years and will expire at the end of 2017.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season and friendly matches
On 19 January 2016, Selangor kicked off the preseason with a 2–0 victory over Sarawak. Goals from Patrick Wleh and Hafiz Kamal secured the win  at their interim home in Selayang. On 26 January, Selangor continued their winning streak at home after successfully beating Kuala Lumpur 2–1, thanks to goals from new foreign players, Patrick Wleh and Mauro Olivi. Two days later, the team travelled north to George Town, Penang, to play against Penang FA at Penang City Stadium. Selangor lost the match 1–0 with a goal from local player Jafri Firdaus, at 83th-minute.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, Pre-season and friendly matches
Selangor then flew to Thailand for a match against two club Thailand from Thai Division 1 League, Nakhon Pathom and Samut Songkhram R-Airlines. On 31 January, in the first tour match, Selangor been defeated by Nakhon Pathom 2–0. Next day, Selangor once again failed to win in a friendly match tour when they lost 4–2 to Samut Songkhram. As a whole, Selangor ended the pre-season and friendly matches with 2 wins and 3 defeats.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, February
As Malaysia Cup champions, Selangor began the season against the holders of the Super League, Johor Darul Ta'zim in the 2016 Charity Shield. That match was also the first game in the league for both teams. The match was played at Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, in Larkin, Johor on 13 February 2016. The game finished 1–1 after 90 minutes, Selangor lost the match with 7–6 penalty shoot-out.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, February
Despite losing in the Charity Shield match, Selangor managed to bring back 1 point for league games. JDT opened the scoring with a goals from Hariss Harun, before Selangor equalized with a free kick from Hafiz Kamal.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, February
On 16 February, Selangor won 1–0 at Perak by goal from Patrick Wleh. Three days later, Selangor faced AirAsia in the FA Cup match, came away with a 2–0 victory, thanks to goals from Patrick Wleh and Hadi Yahya. The victory brought Red Giants qualified to the third round.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, February
On 23 February, Selangor started the 2016 AFC Cup season with visited the Philippines club, Ceres FC. The game ended eventually in a 2–2 draw. Stephan Schröck opened the scoring for Ceres at 18th minute, before Mauro Olivi equalized before half-time. Hafiz Kamal give an advantage to the visitors by scoring the second goal from a free kick, however, the home team finally managed to equalize 2–2 with goals from Adrián Gallardo Valdés at 87th minute.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, February
Back to the league campaign, Selangor then beat Pahang 1–3 away through goal from Winger R. Gopinathan and a brace from Patrick Wleh.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, March
On 1 March, Selangor opened the new month with a 4–2 victory against Sarawak at home with goals from Gopinathan, Azrif and a brace from Patrick Wleh. With their first win at home, this was the team's third-consecutive win in the league and they've been on top of the table after four matches.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, March
Three days later, despite goal from Patrick Wleh, Selangor fell to PDRM 2–1 in the FA Cup third round, causing the Red Giants were eliminated again in this competition.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, March
On 8 March, in its second match in the AFC Cup, Selangor lost 0–1 at home to Tampines Rovers; the only goal scored from the away team came from Fazrul Nawaz.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, March
Three days later in Kuala Terengganu in Terengganu, The Red Giants were soundly defeated 3–1 by Terengganu to suffer their first league defeat and drop out of first place in the table. The loss also meant that Selangor suffered with the third-straight defeat after three games (FA Cup, AFC Cup and Super League).


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, March
On 15 March, Selangor flew to the Bangabandhu National Stadium to play the third match of the AFC Cup group stage against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi. Selangor won the match 4–3 as Olivi scored double and Gopinathan and Patrick Wleh each scored once. This was the Red Giant's first victory in an international club competition after two matches.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, April
On 5 April after international break, Selangor played against Kedah at home. The teams drew 2–2, with goals from Gopinathan and Patrick Wleh.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, April
On 8 April, Selangor lost to FELDA United away at the Tun Abdul Razak Stadium by a score of 3–1. The lone Selangor goal was scored by Patrick Wleh.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, April
Four days later, Selangor continued secure a win in the AFC Cup match, defeated Sheikh Jamal Dhamondi 2–1 at home, in their fourth group match; with a goals from Hazwan Bakri and a late goal from Patrick Wleh.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, April
On 20 April, Selangor defeated Penang 1–0 at home with the only goal came from Mauro Olivi. Three days later, Selangor drop their points again after a goalless draw with PDRM at Hang Jebat Stadium. On the league table, that result saw Selangor fell to fourth placed again.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, April
On 26 April, Selangor failed to seize the opportunity to clinch a spot in knockout rounds of the AFC Cup, after the match against Ceres FC ended with a goalless draw at home.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, May
On 4 May, Selangor faced T–Team with comeback to original home, Shah Alam Stadium. The Red Giants defeated the visitors 2–1 with a goals from Olivi and a late goal from Adam Nor Azlin to reach the next victory in league.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, May
On 10 May, Selangor loss 1–0 against Tampines Rovers in the last match of group stage at National Stadium, Singapore. The loss meant that Selangor failed to progress past the group stage of the AFC Cup for the second time in 3 years after last time qualified for the knockout rounds in 2013.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, May
Back into the league campaign, Selangor once again ended with a goalless draw, this time against Kelantan at home. That match was the last match of the first round in the league, with Selangor recording the record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, May
On 21 May, Selangor started the second round of the league, faced Kelantan again, as a visitor. Selangor went on to win the match 5–2, with a five lone goals from Hafiz Kamal, Gopinathan, Nazmi Faiz, Razman Roslan and Hazwan Bakri. The victory was the first biggest away win for Selangor, and also the team's last game in this month, before the league will take a long break to celebrate Ramadan.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, May
On 23 May, as defending champions, Selangor were drawn into Group B of the Malaysia Cup alongside Kelantan, Pahang, and Kuala Lumpur.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
On 12 July after a long break for a month, Selangor start the Malaysia Cup campaign as the defending champions, with the first match against Kuala Lumpur in the group stage. The supersub Adam Nor Azlin came to Selangor's rescue with a late goal at 88th minute as they won the first Klang Valley Derby in four years, to give the defending Malaysia Cup champions a winning start.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
In Super League on 16 July, Selangor won the match after defeating PDRM at home 2–1. PDRM advance ahead through a goal from de Paula, followed by equalizer from Hazwan Bakri after the break, before late goals from Ugo Ukah brought victory for Selangor to strengthen position league in the third place.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
In its second match in the Malaysia Cup, Selangor tied with Kelantan 3–3 at home, with Selangor's goals scored by Mauro Olivi and Patrick Wleh's brace, and Kelantan's goals scored by Wander Luiz, Wan Zack Haikal, with substitute Abdul Manaf Mamat scoring the late equaliser for the visitor.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
In the fourteen round of league, on 23 July, Selangor meet Penang at away. Penang's import player from Korea Jeong Seok-Min put his team in the lead, but Patrick Wleh levelled for Red Giants, with the match finishing in a 1–1 draw.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
Three days later, Selangor hosted FELDA United at Shah Alam Stadium. The visitors took the lead in the 3rd minute through Francis Forkey Doe, but Selangor equalized with Patrick Wleh goal at the 63rd minute. However, FELDA United hit back immediately, with Forkey Doe scores again to grabbing the winner for visitors, as Zainal Abidin' side slipped to their first home defeat in the league.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, July
At the end of the month, Selangor played its third match in the Malaysia Cup group stage, against Pahang at the Darul Makmur Stadium. Selangor's losing streak continued as they experienced their first defeat in this competition; a single goal from Matthew Davies decided the outcome of the match. With the loss, Selangor stay in the second position of the group stage behind Kelantan with 3 points difference.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 3 August, Selangor suffered its second loss in the league at the hands of T–Team, with a goal by Makan Konate deciding the match.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
Three days later, Selangor once again failed to reach the victory after losing 1–0 to Kedah in the 17th league match at Darul Aman Stadium. The only goal scored from the home team came from Bang Seung-Hwan. With the loss, this is the team's third defeat in the league and gather fourth straight defeat overall, including a 1–0 loss to Pahang in the Malaysia Cup, 30 July.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
The next day, Selangor officially made the decision to terminate the contract coach Zainal Abidin Hassan, following the team's dismal performance fallen four times in a row in the last four games. Assistant coach K. Gunalan will serve as interim coach until Selangor find a permanent replacement.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 9 August after the dismissal of Zainal Abidin, The Red Giants continued their Malaysia Cup campaign in the fourth match of the group stage, and finally clinched victory after beating Pahang 3–0 at home. Patrick Wleh scored a hat-trick to ensure the victory for the Red Giants, and become the first player to score a hat-trick for the team this season.