The 2016–17 North Superleague was the sixteenth staging of the
North Superleague, the highest tier of league competition in the
North Region of the
Scottish Junior Football Association
The Scottish Junior Football Association (SJFA) is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the junior grade of football in Scotland. The term "junior" refers to the level of football ...
. The season began on 2 August 2016.
Member clubs for the 2016–17 season
Banks O' Dee were the reigning champions and entered the
2016–17 Scottish Cup
The 2016–17 Scottish Cup was the 132nd season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament was sponsored by bookmaker William Hill in what was the sixth season of a nine-year partnership, after contract negotia ...
.
North First Division (West) and (East) champions
Buckie Rovers and
Colony Park replace the automatically relegated
Ellon United and
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.
Bridge of Don Thistle changed their name to
Newburgh Thistle at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season.
In November 2016,
Deveronside relocated to a new stadium at the Myrus Centre in
Macduff from their old Canal Park ground in
Banff.
League table
The relegation play-off format was altered as a result of the
North First Division (West) champions,
Spey Valley United, declining promotion to the North Superleague. Previously, the bottom two Superleague clubs were automatically relegated with the club finishing in third bottom position, tabled to play-off against the winner of a tie between the two runners-up of the North First Division (East) and (West).
In the revised plan, only the bottom club in the North Superleague will be automatically relegated. The runners-up to Spey Valley United,
Montrose Roselea, will play-off at a neutral venue against the club finishing second bottom of the Superleague. The runners-up in the
North First Division (East),
Sunnybank, have played-off against the club finishing third bottom of the North Superleague, with the Superleague club having home advantage in the tie.
Results
Superleague play-offs
References
External links
North Region JFA
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North Superleague
SJFA North Region Superleague seasons