The 2016–17 season of the

Niedersachsenliga The Oberliga Niedersachsen ( en, Upper League Lower Saxony), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (ge ...

is the ninth season of the league at tier five (V) in the German football league system and the 27th overall.

2016–17 standings

The 2016–17 season saw five new clubs in the league, MTV Gifhorn, Hannoverscher SC, Blau-Weiß Bornreihe and TuS Bersenbrück, all four promoted from the

Landesliga The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...

s, while BV Cloppenburg was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.Niedersachsenliga tables & results
'' kicker.de'', accessed: 6 June 2017

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:2016–17 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers
Weltfussball.de, accessed: 6 June 2017

Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord. The runners-up of the

and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the best-placed team applying for a licence, of the Bremen-Liga,

Oberliga Hamburg The Oberliga Hamburg, sometimes referred to as ''Hamburg-Liga'', is the highest league in the German state of Hamburg, incorporating some of its surrounding districts. It is one of fourteen Oberligen in German football, the fifth tier of the Germa ...

and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spot in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted, however the final two matches were deemed obsolete and played as friendly matches because the two promoted teams had already been determined.

References

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Niedersachsen Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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