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
Team Home town Encamp Encamp Engordany Escaldes-Engordany FC Santa Coloma Santa Coloma Jenlai Escaldes-Engordany Lusitanos Andorra la Vella Ordino Ordino Sant Julià Sant Julià de Lòria UE Santa Coloma Santa 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 ("home" and "away" designation is symbolic as all teams except Encamp, 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 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 (third-placed in the relegation round) 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.
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
Rank Player Club Goals1 Víctor BernatUE Santa Coloma172 Juanfer LaínFC Santa Coloma113 Jordi RubioUE Santa Coloma104 Gabi RieraFC Santa Coloma9 José VillanuevaSant Julià Noah BaffoeSant Julià
Championship round top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Isaac PadillaSant Julià52 Joan SalomóUE Santa Coloma43 Chus SosaFC Santa Coloma3 Andreu RamosFC Santa Coloma5 Iban ParraFC Santa Coloma2 Cristopher PousaLusitanos Eugenio PeraltaLusitanos Juanfer LaínFC Santa Coloma
Relegation round top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Álex BahamondeOrdino72 Sebas VarelaEncamp63 Rodrigo GuidaEngordany4 Diego NájeraEncamp5 Julien BenhaimEngordany3 Joan ToscanoOrdino Miguel Ángel GarcíaJenlai Críspulo PeñaEngordany Walter GómezOrdino
References
External links
Visualització de Partits - Andorran football league tables, records & statistics database. uefa.com