2016–17 Primera Divisió


The 2016–17 Primera Divisió or Lliga Grup Becier, was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Andorra. The season began on 18 September 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017; this was followed by the two-legged relegation play-off on 28 and 31 May 2017. The defending champions were FC Santa Coloma, who won their tenth championship in the previous season.

Teams

Clubs and locations

TeamHome town
EncampEncamp
EngordanyEscaldes-Engordany
FC Santa ColomaSanta Coloma
JenlaiEscaldes-Engordany
LusitanosAndorra la Vella
OrdinoOrdino
Sant JuliàSant Julià de Lòria
UE Santa ColomaSanta Coloma

Competition format

The participating teams first played a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once "home" and once "away" for a total of 21 matches. The league then split up in two groups of four teams with each of them playing teams within its group in a home-and-away cycle of matches. The top four teams competed for the championship and qualification spots for European competitions while the bottom four clubs played to avoid one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the regular season are carried over in full to the respective second round.

Promotion and relegation from 2015–16

were relegated after the previous season due to finishing in eighth place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió champions Jenlai.
Encamp, who finished last season in 7th place, were originally set to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off against Carroi, the runner-up of the 2015–16 Segona Divisió for one spot in the 2016–17 Primera Divisió. However, on 20 May 2016, after the first leg, it was announced that Encamp were awarded the tie against Carroi, therefore Encamp remained in the top flight for the 2016–17 season.

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship and relegation round

Records earned in the regular season were taken over to the Championship round and relegation round.

Championship round

Relegation round

Primera Divisió play-offs

The seventh-placed team of the 2016–17 Primera Divisió, Ordino, and the runners-up of the 2016–17 Segona Divisió, Penya Encarnada, played in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2017–18 Primera Divisió.
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''Penya Encarnada won 5–3 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2017–18 Primera Divisió; Ordino were relegated to the 2017–18 Segona Divisió.

Season statistics

Regular season top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Víctor BernatUE Santa Coloma17
2 Juanfer LaínFC Santa Coloma11
3 Jordi RubioUE Santa Coloma10
4 Gabi RieraFC Santa Coloma9
4 José VillanuevaSant Julià9
4 Noah BaffoeSant Julià9

Championship round top goalscorers

Relegation round top goalscorers