The 2016–17 Primera Divisió or Lliga Grup Becier, was the 22nd season of top-tier football in

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. 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 FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran professional football club based in Santa Coloma, parish of Andorra la Vella, that competes in the Primera Divisió. It is the most successful team in both Primera Divisió and Copa Constitució, having won b ...

, who won their tenth championship in the previous season.

Teams

Clubs and locations

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 ("home" and "away" designation is symbolic as all teams except

Encamp Encamp () is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004, it ha ...

, which has its own stadium, play at several venues). 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 (first round) are carried over in full to the respective second round.

Promotion and relegation from 2015–16

Penya Encarnada d'Andorra were relegated after the previous season due to finishing in eighth place. They were replaced by

Segona Divisió The Segona Divisió (Second Division), or Lliga Unida QP for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest level of men's football in Andorra. Stadiums The Andorran Football Federation organizes the matches of Primera Divisió The Primera Divi ...

champions Jenlai.

, 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 The 2015–16 Segona Divisió, or Lliga Biosphere, is the 17th season of second-tier football in Andorra. The season began on 13 September 2015 and will end on 8 May 2016. Personnel and sponsorship Format This season, the league will consist of ...

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

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 (third-placed in the relegation round) of the 2016–17 Primera Divisió,

Ordino Ordino () is the most northerly parishes of Andorra, parish in the Principality of Andorra. It's mostly the main area of Valira del Nord or ''Valira d'Ordino'' river valley. Ordino is also the name of the main town of the parish. Other settlements ...

, and the runners-up of the

2016–17 Segona Divisió The 2016–17 Segona Divisió, also known as the Lliga Biosphere, was the 18th season of second-tier football in Andorra. This season began on 25 September 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017. Format For this season, the league was contested between te ...

, Penya Encarnada, played in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2017–18 Primera Divisió. ---- ''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

Championship round top goalscorers

Relegation round top goalscorers

References

External links

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Visualització de Partits
- Andorran football league tables, records & statistics database.
uefa.com
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