2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup, Broadcasting rights
The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held jointly by BBC Alba, S4C (for matches involving Welsh teams) and subscription channel Premier Sports. Prior to the re-format in the 2016–17 season, BBC Alba had exclusive rights.


2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup, Broadcasting rights
The following matches are to be broadcast live on UK television:


2016–17 Scottish Championship
The 2016–17 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Championship
Hibernian won the league title and promotion after a 3–0 win against Queen of the South on 15 April 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Championship, Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.


2016–17 Scottish Championship, League summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2016–17 Scottish Championship, Results
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.


2016–17 Scottish Championship, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year
The PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year was:


2016–17 Scottish Championship, Championship play-offs
Raith Rovers the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League One; Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians and Brechin City.


2016–17 Scottish Championship, Championship play-offs, Final
The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner competing in the 2017–18 Scottish Championship.


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 negotiations saw the initial five-year contract extended for an additional four years in October 2015.


2016–17 Scottish Cup
The defending champions were Hibernian, who defeated Rangers in the 2016 final, but were eliminated in the semi finals by Aberdeen.


2016–17 Scottish Cup
Celtic beat Aberdeen 2–1 in the final to complete a domestic treble without losing a game in all domestic competitions.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Media coverage
From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay; also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2016–17 Scottish Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by Scottish Football Association.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds
The draw for the preliminary rounds took place at the Coldstream Museum on Monday 18 July 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds
17 clubs were involved in the draw, of which seven received a bye to the second preliminary round, while the other 10 entered the first preliminary round. The teams competing in these rounds were made up of teams from the East of Scotland Football League (3), South of Scotland Football League (5), North Caledonian Football League (1), Scottish Junior Football Association (6) and the Scottish Amateur Football Association (2).


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds
There were three parts to the draw. The first part determined which seven clubs, from the 10 eligible, would receive a bye to the second preliminary round. The three clubs which did not receive a bye into the second preliminary round entered in the first preliminary round. Five ties were drawn in the first preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 13 August 2016. The final part of the draw saw six ties drawn in the second preliminary round to be played on Saturday, 3 September 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Preliminary rounds, Preliminary round 1, Draw
The following teams received a bye to the second preliminary round: Banks O’Dee, Burntisland Shipyard, Coldstream, Girvan, Golspie Sutherland, Linlithgow Rose and Threave Rovers.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, First round
The first round took place on the weekend of 24 September 2016. Along with the six winners from the second preliminary round, there were 30 new entries at this stage, 14 from the Lowland Football League and 16 from the Highland Football League. From the first round, teams were permitted to use an additional fourth substitute in the extra time period should a replayed tie go to extra time.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, First round, Draw
The draw for the first round was made on Monday, 5 September at 2:30pm. The draw took place at Edinburgh College and was made by Hibernian's cup winning captain David Gray. It was streamed live on the Scottish Cup's official Facebook page.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, First round, Draw
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the second round.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Second round
The second round took place on the weekend of 22 October. Along with the 18 winners from the first round, there were 14 new entries at this stage, two from the Lowland Football League, two from the Highland Football League and 10 from Scottish League Two.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Second round, Draw
The draw for the second round was hosted by Highland Football League champions Cove Rangers and took place at the Aberdeen Altens Hotel on Monday, 26 September at 6pm. Scottish Football Association president, Alex McRea oversaw the draw which was made by Nigg Community Council chairperson Alan Strachan.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Second round, Draw
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the third round.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Third round
The third round took place on the weekend of 26 November 2016. Along with the 16 winners from the second round, there were to be 16 new entries, 10 from Scottish League One and six from the Scottish Championship, at this stage.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Third round, Draw
The draw for the third round was made at 6pm on Tuesday, 25 October. The draw took place at Cappielow and was hosted by Greenock Morton. Chief Executive of the Greenock Morton Community Trust, Warren Hawke helped make the draw.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Third round, Draw
Teams in Italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Third round, Matches
A total of nine third round ties were postponed due to frozen pitches. The St Mirren-Spartans, Beith Juniors-Greenock Morton, Clyde-Arbroath, Albion Rovers-Queen of the South and Stirling Albion-Wick Academy matches were postponed on Friday, 25 November, a day before they were due to take place after failing pitch inspections due to the freezing weather. These games were subsequently rearranged for 29 November, 3 and 6 December. The Queen's Park-Montrose match was originally scheduled for 29 November due to the League Cup final taking place at Hampden Park, Queen's Park's home ground, on 27 November.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Third round, Matches
A further three games were postponed after failing early pitch inspections on Saturday, 26 November. These were the East Fife-Edinburgh City, Stranraer-East Kilbride and Brechin City-Ayr United matches. The Formartine United-Annan Athletic match originally passed a pitch inspection at 7am but was postponed after failing a supplementary inspection at 10:30am after temperatures in Pitmedden hadn't risen as expected.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round took place on the weekend of 21 January 2017. Along with the 16 winners from the third round, there were 16 new entries, four from the Scottish Championship and 12 from the Scottish Premiership, at this stage. Ayr United became the first Scottish club to make four substitutions in a single match in their fourth round replay with Queen's Park. The Scottish FA's rule change at the start of the season to allow a fourth substitute to be used if a match went to extra time was used for the first time when Michael Rose replaced Nicky Devlin in the 121st minute of the match on 24 January 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fourth round, Draw
The draw for the fourth round was made at 6:35pm on Monday, 28 November. The draw was made at Rugby Park and hosted by Kilmarnock. It was made by Kilmarnock's 1997 Scottish Cup winning midfielder Gary Holt, alongside the Scottish Football Association President, Alan McRae, and Liz Poole-Adams from competition sponsors William Hill.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fourth round, Draw
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the fifth round.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fifth round
The fifth round took place on the weekend of 11 February 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fifth round, Draw
The draw for the fifth round was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Albion Rovers-Celtic match on 22 January 2017. The draw was made by former Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs and Celtic fan Rod Stewart, who memorably performed his part of the draw in an enthusiastic manner.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Fifth round, Draw
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the quarter-finals.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals took place on the weekend of 4 March 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Quarter-finals, Draw
The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on Sky Sports following the conclusion of the Rangers-Greenock Morton match on 12 February 2017. The draw was conducted by seven-time Scottish Cup winner Alex McLeish.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Quarter-finals, Draw
Teams in italics were not known at the time of the draw. Teams in Bold advanced to the semi-finals.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on the weekend of 22 April 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Semi-finals, Draw
The draw for the semi-finals was made live on Sky Sports News on 5 March 2017. The draw was made by Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld and Aberdeen's 1990 Scottish Cup winning manager Alex Smith.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Broadcasting rights
From round four onwards, selected matches from the Scottish Cup are broadcast live in the UK and the Ireland by BBC Scotland and Sky Sports. BBC Scotland has the option to show one tie per round with Sky Sports showing two ties per round with one replay also, Sky Sports show both semi-finals live with one also on BBC Scotland & both channels screen the final live.


2016–17 Scottish Cup, Broadcasting rights
The following matches are to be broadcast live on television:


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup
The 2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup was the 131st season of the Scottish Junior Cup, the national knockout tournament for member clubs of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The winner of this competition entered the following season's Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Calendar
The provisional dates for each round of the 2016–17 tournament were as follows:


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Calendar
Drawn matches are replayed the following weekend. Replays ending in a draw proceed direct to penalty shootout. Semi-finals are played home and away over two legs, subject to decision by the SJFA management committee.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, First round
The six Junior clubs qualified for this season's Scottish Cup, were not included in the draw for the first round:


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, First round
The first round draw took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 25 August 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Second round
The second round draw took place at Bellsdale Park, Beith, on 1 October 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Second round
1 Tie played at Clachnacuddin F.C. 2 Tie played at Larkhall Thistle F.C.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Third round
The third round draw took place at the offices of The Scottish Sun newspaper, Glasgow, on 1 November 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Third round
3 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.4 Tie played at Hamilton Academical F.C.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth round
The fourth round draw took place at the offices of Evening Times newspaper, Glasgow, on 30 November 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Fourth round
5 Tie played at Benburb F.C.6 Tie played at St Anthony's F.C.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Fifth round
The fifth round draw took place at Glasgow City Chambers, on 31 January 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 28 February 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi finals took place on 28 March 2017.


2016–17 Scottish Junior Cup, Final
The Final of The ETHX Energy Junior Cup was played at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on Sunday 4 June with a 4.15pm kick off. The game was televised live by BBC ALBA.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup
The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup  (also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup
The format for the 2016–17 competition changed from the previously used knockout-rounds. Instead, it began with eight groups of five teams which included all 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs, excluding those competing in Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, as well as the winners of the 2015–16 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2015–16 Lowland Football League (Edinburgh City).


2016–17 Scottish League Cup
Celtic won the final 3–0 against Aberdeen on 27 November 2016.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Format
The competition began with eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams competing in the group stage consisted of the other nine teams that competed in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, nine from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship and all of the teams that competed in the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2015–16 Highland Football League and the 2015–16 Lowland Football League champions.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Format
The winners of each of the 8 groups, as well as the 4 best runners-up have progressed to the second round (last 16), which will include the four UEFA qualifying clubs. At this stage, the competition reverts to the traditional knock-out format. The four group winners with the highest points total and the clubs entering at this stage were seeded, with the four group winners with the lowest points unseeded along with the four best runners-up.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Format, Bonus point system
In December 2015, the SPFL announced that alongside the new group stage format, a bonus point system would be introduced to provide greater excitement  and increase the number of meaningful games at this stage. The traditional point system of awarding 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw was used, however, for each group stage match that finished in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Group stage
The group stage was made up of nine teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, nine teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship and 10 teams from each of the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the winners of the 2015–16 Highland Football League and 2015–16 Lowland Football League. The 40 teams were divided into two sections: North and South; with each section containing four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams. Each section was drawn into four groups with each group being made up of 1 top seed, 1 second seed and 3 unseeded sides.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stages took place on Friday 27 May 2016 at 7:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport Europe.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Second round, Draw and seeding
The following teams qualified and will compete in the second round of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian entered the competition at this stage, after receiving a bye for the group stage due to their participation in UEFA club competitions.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Second round, Draw and seeding
The draw for the second round took place at Tannadice Park following the conclusion of the Dundee United–Dunfermline Athletic match on 31 July, and was shown live on BT Sport. The four UEFA-qualifying clubs and the four group winners with the best record were seeded for the draw.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Draw and seeding
The quarter-final draw took place at Celtic Park following the conclusion of the Celtic–Motherwell match on 10 August, and was shown live on BT Sport. The draw was unseeded and ties scheduled for the midweek of 20/21 September.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup, Knockout phase, Semi-finals, Draw and seeding
The semi-final draw took place at Pittodrie Stadium following the conclusion of the Aberdeen–St Johnstone match on 22 September and was shown live on BT Sport. The draw was unseeded and ties are scheduled for the weekend of 22 October.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage
The 2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage was played from 15 July to 31 July 2016. A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the 8 groups, as well as the 4 best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Format
The group stage is made up of 9 teams from the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership, 9 from the 2015–16 Scottish Championship, 10 from each of the 2015–16 Scottish League One and 2015–16 Scottish League Two, as well as the winners of the 2015–16 Highland Football League and 2015–16 Lowland Football League, and will see these 40 teams divided into two sections: 4 groups of 20 teams from the North section and 4 groups of 20 teams from the South sections.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Format
Each section comprises four top seeded teams, four second seeded teams and 12 unseeded teams, with each group being made up of 1 top seed, 1 second seed and 3 unseeded sides. The draw for the group stages took place on 27 May 2016 at 7:30pm BST at the BT Sport Studio in London and was shown live on BT Sport Europe.


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, Seeding, North
17. Dunfermline Athletic18. Alloa Athletic19. Peterhead20. Brechin City21. East Fife22. Cowdenbeath


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, Seeding, North
23. Forfar Athletic24. Elgin City25. Stirling Albion26. Arbroath27. Montrose28. Cove Rangers


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, Seeding, South
13. Rangers14. Greenock Morton15. St Mirren16. Queen of the South


2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage, Teams, Seeding, South
35. Queen's Park36. Clyde37. Annan Athletic38. Berwick Rangers39. Edinburgh City40. East Stirlingshire


2016–17 Scottish League One
The 2016–17 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.


2016–17 Scottish League One
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, East Fife, Livingston, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.


2016–17 Scottish League One, League summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2016–17 Scottish League One, Results
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.


2016–17 Scottish League One, League One play-offs
Peterhead the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League Two; Annan Athletic, Forfar Athletic and Montrose.


2016–17 Scottish League One, League One play-offs, Final
The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner competing in the 2017–18 Scottish League One.


2016–17 Scottish League Two
The 2016–17 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team (Cowdenbeath) entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL (East Kilbride), to determine which team entered League Two in the 2017–18 season. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.


2016–17 Scottish League Two
Ten teams contested the league: Annan Athletic, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Montrose and Stirling Albion. Arbroath won the league and were promoted, while Forfar were also promoted via the League One play-offs.


2016–17 Scottish League Two, League summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2016–17 Scottish League Two, Results
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.


2016–17 Scottish League Two, Awards, Annual awards, PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year
The PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year was:


2016–17 Scottish League Two, League Two play-offs
The semi-final was contested between the winners of the 2016–17 Highland Football League (Buckie Thistle) and the 2016–17 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride). The winners then played off against the bottom club in League Two (Cowdenbeath).


2016–17 Scottish Premiership
The 2016–17 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016. The season began on 6 August 2016. Celtic were the defending champions. This season marked the return of Rangers to the top division of Scottish football, four years after their liquidation process.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership
Twelve teams contested the league: Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Rangers, Ross County and St Johnstone.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership
On 2 April 2017, Celtic won their sixth consecutive title and 48th overall after a 5-0 win away to Hearts, with eight matches still to play.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Format
In the initial phase of the season, each of the twelve teams play the other eleven teams three times. After 33 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top six and a bottom six, with each team playing all the other teams in their section once. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section have played each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. A total of 228 matches will be played, with 38 matches played by each team.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, League summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 23–33
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Results, Matches 34–38
After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams i.e. the top six and the bottom six, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.


2016–17 Scottish Premiership, Premiership play-offs
The quarter-final was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams (Dundee United and Greenock Morton) in the Scottish Championship. After defeating Greenock Morton 5–1 over two legs, Dundee United advanced to the semi-finals to face the 2nd placed team (Falkirk) in the Championship. Dundee United progressed to the play-off final following a 4–3 aggregate victory, but then lost 1–0 on aggregate to Hamilton Academical in the final. Hamilton therefore retained their place in the Premiership for the 2017–18 season.


2016–17 Scottish Professional Football League
Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League in season 2016–17.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season
The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up and coming rugby stars a dedicated focused routeway for development into the professional game. Entry is restricted to Scottish qualified students and both male and female entrants are accepted into 4 regional academies. The 2016–17 season sees the second year of the academy.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Season overview
This was the second year of the Scottish Rugby Academy


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Regional Academies
The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:- Glasgow and the West, Borders and East Lothian, Edinburgh and Caledonia. These roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages
Players are selected in three stages:- Stage 1 - Regionally selected and regionally supported players; Stage 2 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players; and Stage 3 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players
Stage 3 players are assigned to a professional team. Nominally, for the men, Glasgow Warriors receive the Stage 3 players of Glasgow and the West and Caledonia regions, while Edinburgh Rugby receive the Stage 3 players of the Edinburgh and Borders and East Lothian regions. The women are integrated into the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team and the Scotland women's national rugby union team.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players
This season some of the Stage 3 players were additionally loaned out to London Scottish for their development.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players, Borders and East Lothian
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players, Edinburgh
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players, Glasgow and the West
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players, London Scottish
London Scottish is a SRU member and a professional club playing in the 2016–17 RFU Championship. The SRU has a partnership agreement with London Scottish for a player development pathway. Although these Stage 3 players are nominally assigned to Glasgow Warriors or Edinburgh Rugby these academy players have then been loaned out to the Exiles side for development.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 3 players, London Scottish
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.


2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season, Players and Stages, Stage 1 and 2 players
The inductees into the 2016–17 season are split into their regional academies.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup
The 2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup was the 34th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, the national knockout tournament at youth level organised by the Scottish Football Association for its full and associate member clubs. The tournament was for the under-20 age group, to complement current youth development strategies, having formerly been an under-19 competition. Players born after 1 January 1997 are eligible to play.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup
Motherwell were the defending champions after they beat Heart of Midlothian 5–2 in the 2016 final.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, Format
The sixteen clubs who reached the fourth round of the 2015–16 competition receive a bye to the third round of this season's tournament. The remaining thirty-nine clubs enter the first round and are initially divided into three regional groups to reduce travelling. The tournament becomes an all-in national competition from the third round onwards.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round
The draw for the first and second rounds took place on 3 August 2016. The following clubs were involved in the first round draw:


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round
01. Aberdeen02 . Banks O' Dee03. Buckie Thistle04. Clachnacuddin05. Deveronvale06. Forfar Athletic07. Formartine United08. Fraserburgh09. Inverurie Loco Works10. Keith11. Lossiemouth12. Montrose13. Turriff United


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round
01. Albion Rovers02. Alloa Athletic03. Berwick Rangers04. BSC Glasgow05. Clyde06 . Cowdenbeath07. Dunfermline Athletic08. East Kilbride09. Edinburgh City10. Edusport Academy11. Falkirk12. Hamilton Academical


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round
13. Heriot-Watt University14. Hibernian15. Livingston16. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale17. Partick Thistle18. Preston Athletic19. Queen's Park20. Raith Rovers21. Spartans22. Stirling Albion23. Tynecastle24. Whitehill Welfare


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round
01. Annan Athletic02. StranraerBoth teams in the South Section received a bye to the Second Round


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, North Section
Three ties was drawn in this group with the following clubs receiving a bye to the second round:


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, North Section
The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, Central Section
Four ties were drawn in this group with all the following clubs receiving byes to the second round:


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, First round, Central Section
The dates for the first round ties were announced on 26 August 2016.


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, Third round
The following sixteen clubs entered at this stage by virtue of having reached the fourth round of last season's competition:


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, Third round
01. Airdrieonians02. Ayr United03. Celtic04. Cumbernauld Colts05. Dundee06 . Dundee United07. Heart of Midlothian08. Inverness CT


2016–17 Scottish Youth Cup, Third round
09. Kilmarnock10. Morton11. Motherwell12. Queen of the South13. Rangers14. Ross County15. St Johnstone16. St Mirren


2016–17 Scunthorpe United F.C. season
The 2016–17 season is Scunthorpe United's 118th season in their existence and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.


2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team represented Seattle University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by eighth-year head coach Cameron Dollar, played their home games at KeyArena and six games at the Connolly Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 5–9 WAC play to finish in fifth place. Due to Grand Canyon's postseason ineligibility, they received the No. 4 seed in the WAC Tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Utah Valley.


2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team
On March 13, 2017, the school fired head coach Cameron Dollar. His eight-year record at the school was 107–138. On March 29, the school hired Jim Hayford from in-state rival Eastern Washington as their new head coach.


2016–17 Seattle Redhawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Redhawks finished the 2015–16 season 15–17, 7–7 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing to Cal State Bakersfield in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Idaho in the first round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Vermont.


2016–17 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
The 2016–17 Second League was the 62nd season of the Bulgarian Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.


2016–17 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
A total of 16 teams contested the league in a similar format to the B Group: 7 of which returning from the 2015–16 season, 7 of which promoted from third division and the reserves teams of Ludogorets Razgrad and CSKA Sofia.


2016–17 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Personnel and sponsorship
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Personnel and sponsorship
Note: Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising. However, only one sponsorship is permitted per jersey for official tournaments organised by UEFA in addition to that of the kit manufacturer (exceptions are made for non-profit organisations). Clubs in the domestic league can have more than one sponsorship per jersey which can feature on the front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor or in place of it; or on the back, either below the squad number or on the collar area. Shorts also have space available for advertisement.


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.


2016–17 Segona Divisió, Format
For this season, the league was contested between ten clubs. The clubs played each other twice totaling 18 matches each. The leaders at this point were to be promoted to the Primera Divisió next season with the second placed club to participate in a play-off match for a place in next season's Primera Divisió. The four "B" teams cannot be promoted. After the regular season a play-off round between the non-B clubs began. Each club will play the others once with the regular season records being carried over.


2016–17 Segunda División
The 2016–17 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga 1|2|3 for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 15 July 2016.


2016–17 Segunda División, Name
Previously named Liga Adelante, the competition was renamed LaLiga 1|2|3 ahead of the 2016–17 season, as a result of a three-year sponsorship agreement between the Liga de Fútbol Profesional and the banking group Banco Santander.


2016–17 Segunda División, Promotion play-offs
Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position (excluding reserve teams) took part in the promotion play-offs. The first leg of the semi-finals was played on 14 and 15 June and the second leg on 17 and 18 June at home of the best positioned team. The final was also two-legged, with the first leg on 21 June and the second leg on 24 June, with the best positioned team also playing the second leg at home.


2016–17 Segunda División, Season statistics, Zamora Trophy
The Zamora Trophy is awarded by newspaper Marca to the goalkeeper with least goals-to-games ratio. Keepers must play at least 28 games of 60 or more minutes to be eligible for the trophy.


2016–17 Segunda División, Attendances
Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in La Liga.2: Team played last season in Segunda División B.


2016–17 Segunda División (women)
The 2016–17 Segunda División Femenina de Fútbol was the 2016–17 edition of the Spanish women's football second-tier league.


2016–17 Segunda División (women), Competition format
The Segunda División was divided into seven regional groups. Each group played their season as home and away round-robin format. At the end of the season, the lowest three teams from each regional group (except Group 6) were relegated to regional leagues. The seven group champions (for group 6, the winner of the Canarian final) qualified for the promotion playoffs.


2016–17 Segunda División (women), Competition format
In the promotion playoffs, the seven teams were be divided by draw into two groups: one of four teams and other one of three. The group of four teams played a double-leg knockout format, while the group of three teams played with a double-legged round-robin format. The two group winners, Madrid CFF and Sevilla FC, were promoted to the Primera División.


2016–17 Segunda División (women), Group 6, Canarian final
The winner of the Canarian final qualified to the promotion stage.


2016–17 Segunda División (women), Promotion playoffs
The groups will be drawn on 8 May 2017, at the headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.


2016–17 Segunda División B
The 2016–17 Segunda División B season was the 40th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played in August 2016, and the season ended in June 2017 with the promotion play-off finals.


2016–17 Segunda División B, Overview before the season
80 teams will join the league, including four relegated from the 2015–16 Segunda División and 18 promoted from the 2015–16 Tercera División. The composition of the groups is a proposal of the Royal Spanish Football Federation that was confirmed on 15 July 2016.


2016–17 Segunda División B, Attendance data
This is a list of attendance data of the teams that give an official number. They include playoffs games:


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
The 2016–17 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
Teams promoted to 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño  - Apertura 2016


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons
New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Team information
A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including  sides from the 2015–16 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division.


2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Relegation table
The three teams that finished last in their respective group would normally be relegated . However, all three teams  will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season. Platense finished top and survived relegation. While Vendaval and Leones de Occidente were relegated.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League
The 2016–17 Ligue 1 was the 52nd season of top-tier football in Senegal and the ninth professional season. The season began on 4 November 2016. Gorée are the defending champions.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League
Génération Foot, a club based in Sangalkam in the east of Metropolitan Dakar (aka the Dakar Urban Area) won their only national championship title for the season and set a new club record of 52 goals and 57 points and will be appearing in the 2018 CAF Champions League in the following season. Overall it is unbeatable to ASC Diaraf's 54 goals scored in a season and their 72 points made in 2003–04 season, Génération Foot's records are one of the highest in Senegalese top flight football competition, but the highest in the professional Ligue 1.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League
Niane was the best scorer for the season scoring a record number of 19 goals. Last two positions were ASC Linguère and US Gorée who was last year's champion, Gorée was relegated. Due to the Demba Diop stadium crush which occurred on 15 June which was not in the Premier League, US Ouakam was demoted from Ligue 1 and ASC Linguère was relieved from their relegation.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League
The league comprised 14 teams, with the bottom two relegated to the 2018 Ligue 2.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League, Teams
A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 Ligue 2, Génération Foot and Teungueth.


2016–17 Senegal Premier League, Teams
On the other hand, ASC Suneor and Olympique Ngor were the last two teams of the 2015–16 season and are playing in Ligue 2 for the 2016-17 season. Gorée are the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.


2016–17 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
The 2016–17 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the seventh edition of the women's List-A tournament in India. It was played from 22 October to 25 October 2016. It was played in a round robin format, with a final between the top two teams. India Red won the tournament, beating India Blue in the final by 7 wickets.


2016–17 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy, Overview
The Mithali Raj-led India Blue had won both their league matches to book a place in the finals while India Red had only beaten India Green in the run up to the finals. With a seven-wicket win against India Blue in the final, India Red lifted the Women's Challenger Trophy 2016–17. Smriti Mandhana led the 130-run chase in the one-day game with an unbeaten 62-run knock after the Jhulan Goswami-led attack had restricted the opposition to a sub-par score.


2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game
The 2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game was the third season of India's Inter Zonal women's first-class competition. The tournament took place from 1 to 19 March 2017. Five zonal teams participated in the tournament, facing each other in a round-robin format in three-day matches. All matches took place in Chhattisgarh. Central Zone won the tournament, their third title in three years.


2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format
The five teams played in a round-robin league, therefore playing four matches. Matches were played using a three-day format.


2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format
The league worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format
Win: 6 points. Tie: 3 points. Loss: 0 points. Drawn (lead after first innings): 3 points Drawn (trail after first innings): 1 point Drawn (no decision on first innings): 1 point Abandoned without a ball bowled: 1 point


2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game, Competition format
If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then net run rate.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League
The 2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League was the 11th edition of the women's List A cricket competition in India. It took place in October 2016, with 27 teams divided into an Elite Group and a Plate Group. Railways won the tournament by topping the Elite Group Super League, whilst Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were promoted from the Plate Group.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format
The 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into the Elite Group and the Plate Group, with the 10 teams in the Elite Group further divided into Groups A and B and the 17 teams in the Plate Group into Groups A, B and C. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each Elite Group progressed to the Elite Group Super League, which was a further round-robin group, with the winner of the group being crowned Champions.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format
The bottom side from each Elite Group was relegated to the Plate Group for the following season. Meanwhile, the top two from each Plate Group progressed to a knockout stage, with the two teams that reached the final being promoted for the following season, as well as playing off for the Plate Group title. Matches were played using a 50 over format.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format
The groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Competition format
If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then Net Run Rate.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group A
The Elite Group A comprised Maharashtra, Delhi, Baroda, Hyderabad and Goa. While Maharashtra won all four games of the league phase to qualify for the Super League, Delhi qualified on the basis of Net Run Rate after winning two of their four matches.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group B
The Elite Group B comprised Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Andhra, Punjab and Mumbai. Madhya Pradesh finished at the top of the table with two wins from four games, while Railways finished in second position. They won one match, with their other three matches ending in no result.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Elite Group, Elite Group Super League
Railways emerged as champions of the 2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League. The Mithali Raj-led team won all their three matches in the Super League phase to finish at the top of the table and claim the title, while Maharashtra finished as runners-up.


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Plate Group, Plate Group A
Advanced to Plate Group Semi-finals  Advanced to Plate Group Quarter-finals


2016–17 Senior Women's One Day League, Plate Group, Plate Group C
Advanced to Plate Group Semi-finals  Advanced to Plate Group Quarter-finals


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League
The 2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League was the 9th edition of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was held from 2 January to 15 January 2017. Railways won the tournament, their eighth in a row, by topping the Elite Group Super League.


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format
The 27 teams competing in the tournament were divided into the Elite Group and the Plate Group, with the 10 teams in the Elite Group further divided into Groups A and B and the 17 teams in the Plate Group into Groups A, B and C. The tournament operated on a round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in their group once. The top two sides from each Elite Group progressed to the Elite Group Super League, which was a further round-robin group, with the winner of the group being crowned Champions.


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format
The bottom side from each Elite Group was relegated to the Plate Group for the following season. Meanwhile, the top two from each Plate Group progressed to a knockout stage, with the two teams that reached the final being promoted for the following season, as well as playing off for the Plate Group title. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format
The groups worked on a points system with positions with the groups being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Competition format
If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then head-to-head record, then Net Run Rate.


2016–17 Senior Women's T20 League, Participants
27 teams participated in the tournament. The teams were divided in 2 tiers, Elite and Plate, with the Elite level divided into Groups A and B and the Plate level divided into Groups A, B and C.


2016–17 Sepahan F.C. season
The 2016–17 season was Sepahan's 16th season in the Pro League, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football and 63rd year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Hazfi Cup. Sepahan was captained by Hossein Papi.


2016–17 Sepahan F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 Serbian Cup
The 2016–17 Serbian Cup season was the eleventh season of the Serbian national football tournament.


2016–17 Serbian Cup
The competition started in September 2016, and ended in May 2017.


2016–17 Serbian Cup
The winner of the competition qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Preliminary round
A preliminary round was held in order to reduce the number of teams competing in the first round to 32. It consisted of 3 single-legged ties, with a penalty shoot-out as the decider if the score was tied after 90 minutes. This round featured the bottom 5 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League, as well as 5 regional cup winners. The draw was held on 3 September 2016, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams.


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Preliminary round
The bottom 5 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League (Dinamo Vranje, Sloboda Užice, Donji Srem, Loznica and Radnički 1923) were set as unseeded teams, with the 5 regional cup winners (Žarkovo, Radan Lebane, Polet Ljubić, Mladost Bački Jarak and Trepča) being set as seeded teams. The draw was conducted with the idea of minimizing expenses for the participating clubs. The matches were played on 7 September 2016. Donji Srem was dissolved after the end of 2015–16 season, so Mladost Bački Jarak, which was drawn against Donji Srem, received an automatic bye to the first round.


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Preliminary round
Furthermore, Sloga PM, which earned a place in the first round via last season's final position in the First League, was also dissolved. Thus, both teams from the proposed tie Radan Lebane - Dinamo Vranje received an automatic bye to the first round. In total, around 1050 spectators attended the games (avg. 350 per game).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Round of 32
In this round, six teams that advanced from the previous round were joined by all 16 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga, as well as the top 11 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League, with the exception of the dissolved Sloga PM. The draw was held on 12 September 2016, and it contained seeded(16 teams from 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga) and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach Vladimir Petrović.


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Round of 32
Teams that played below Serbian First League in the previous season (Žarkovo, Radan Lebane, Polet Ljubić and Mladost Bački Jarak) were automatically named as hosts. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2016. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 16800 spectators attended the games (avg. 1050 per game).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Round of 16
The 16 winners from first round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 14 October 2016, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by the former national team player Mitar Mrkela. The seeds were determined by last season's final standings in the Serbian top divisions. Seeded teams: Red Star Belgrade, Partizan, Čukarički, Vojvodina, Borac Čačak, Voždovac, Radnik Surdulica and Mladost Lučani. Unseeded teams: Spartak Subotica, Rad, Javor Ivanjica, Novi Pazar, Jagodina (II), BSK Borča (II), Sloboda Užice (II) and Žarkovo (III).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Round of 16
Žarkovo, having played in the league level below the Serbian First League in the previous season, was automatically named as host. The matches were played on 25 and 26 October 2016. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 8700 spectators attended the games (avg. 1087 per game).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Quarter-finals
The 8 winners from the second round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 23 November 2016 and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by the current head coach of U21 national team, Tomislav Sivić. The seeds were determined by the following key: Last season's cup semifinalists were automatically set as seeded teams, while the remaining seeds were determined by last season's final standings in top Serbian divisions. Seeded teams: Partizan, Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade and Čukarički. Unseeded teams: Vojvodina, Voždovac, Mladost Lučani and Sloboda Užice (II). The matches were played on 5 April 2017. In total, around 5200 spectators attended the games (avg. 1300 per game).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Semi-finals
The 4 winners from the Quarter finals (Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Čukarički and Vojvodina) took part in the semi-finals. The draw was held on 11 April 2017, and there were no seedings in the draw. The drawing of the lots was conducted by the former national team player Goran Bunjevčević. Semi-finals were contested over two legs. First legs were played on 26 April 2017, and second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017. In total, around 35400 spectators attended the games (avg. 8850 per game).


2016–17 Serbian Cup, Final
Winners from the Semi-finals took part in the single-legged final. The match was played on 27 May 2017. Host of the game, and the venue of the finals were decided by drawing of the lots. The draw was conducted, once again, by the former national team player Goran Bunjevčević.


2016–17 Serbian First League
The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva Liga Srbija) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams competed in the league for the 2016–17 season. Two teams were promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. Four teams were relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system. Due to extreme financial difficulties, Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi application for 2016–17 season was rejected. On an emergency meeting in the Serbian FA, on 18 July 2016, it was announced that Sloboda Užice would, as a consequence of Sloga's relegation, stay in the league for 2016–17 season. The season begun in August 2016 and ended in May 2017.


2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League
The 2016–17 Merkur osiguranje Handball Superleague is the 11th season of the Handball League of Serbia, Serbian's top-tier handball league. A total of twelve teams contest this season's league. RK Vojvodina are the defending champions.


2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League, Format
The competition format for the 2016–17 season consists of a home-and-away double round-robin system. The first six teams qualifies for play-offs, while the last six plays for relegation. The last two teams of this relegation round are relegated.


2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League, Teams
The following 12 clubs compete in the Serbian SuperLiga during the 2016–17 season.


2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League, Championship Round
Teams begin this round with points acquired against the five other teams of this round during the regular season :


2016–17 Serbian Handball Super League, Relegation round
Teams begin this round with points acquired against the five other teams of this round during the regular season :


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga
The 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga was the eleventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. Red Star are the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 15 June 2016. Red Star Belgrade drew the highest average home attendance of the league (9,056).


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Teams
The league consisted of 16 teams: fourteen teams from the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga and two new teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League. Napredak Kruševac, the 2015–16 First League champion, joined the top level two years after being relegated. Runners-up Bačka joined SuperLiga for the first time in history.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Teams, Personnel and kits
Nike, Inc. is the official ball supplier for Serbian SuperLiga.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Transfers
For the list of transfers involving SuperLiga clubs during 2016–17 season, please see: List of Serbian football transfers summer 2016 and List of Serbian football transfers winter 2016–17.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Regular season, Results
Each of the 16 competitors in the SuperLiga hosts every other team once in the regular season, for a total of 30 matches.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Play-offs, Championship round
The top eight teams advance from the regular season. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.


2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Play-offs, Relegation round
The bottom eight teams from the regular season play in the relegation round. Points from the regular season are halved with half points rounded up. Teams play each other once.


2016–17 Serie A
The 2016–17 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of top-tier Italian football, the 85th in a round-robin tournament, and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The season ran from 20 August 2016 to 28 May 2017.


2016–17 Serie A
On 21 May, Juventus won a record sixth consecutive title and 33rd title overall with a game in hand following their 3–0 win over Crotone.


2016–17 Serie A, Events
On 14 April 2016, it was announced that Serie A was selected by the International Football Association Board to test video assistant refereeing, which were initially private for the 2016–17 season, before allowing them to become a live pilot phase with replay assistance in the 2017–18 season at the latest. On the decision, FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio said, "We were among the first supporters of using technology on the pitch and we believe we have everything required to offer our contribution to this important experiment."


2016–17 Serie A, Events
On 29 April 2016, Crotone earned their first ever promotion to Serie A. One week later, Cagliari was also promoted after just one year in Serie B. On 9 June 2016, Pescara won the Serie B play-off to return to Serie A after a 3-year absence.


2016–17 Serie A, Events
On 13 April 2017, historical Milan president Silvio Berlusconi sold the ownership of the club to Chinese-born, Luxembourg-based Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux, with Li Yonghong as representing acting chairman. The former Prime Minister left the club after 31 years and 29 trophies.


2016–17 Serie A, League table, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.


2016–17 Serie A, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home  (A) – Away


2016–17 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 2016–17 Serie A season was the 83rd, and final season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. 16 teams participated in the league, and Ritten Sport won the championship. Hockey Milano Rossoblu won the League Cup. After this season the Serie A was folded, and merged into multi-nation league called the Alps Hockey League.


2016–17 Serie A (women)
The 2016–17 Serie A was the 50th season of the women's football top level league in Italy. ACF Brescia were the defending champions.


2016–17 Serie A (women), Relegation play-offs
Scheduled as 7th vs 10th, and 8th vs 9th place unless one team trails the other by more than seven points. Thus Cuneo remained in Serie A without the play-off and Chieti was relegated. The other match was won by Zaccaria 3–0 over Como.


2016–17 Serie A Elite
The 2016–17 season of the Serie A Elite is played by 17 Italian women's futsal  teams.


2016–17 Serie A1 (men's water polo)
The 2016–17 Serie A1 is the 98th season of the Serie A1, Italy's premier Water polo league.


2016–17 Serie A1 (men's water polo), Team information
The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2016–17 season:


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket
The 2016–17 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Citroën, is the 43rd season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on October 2, 2016 and will end on June 2017 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Rules
The season is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team plays the others in its subgroup twice, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East #1 against West #8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Coppa Italia
At the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table play the LNP Cup, known as Turkish Airlines Cup for sponsorship reasons, at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, from 3 to 5 March 2017.


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Playout
The league play-out are played between the 14th and 15th placed teams of each group in two elimination rounds. The series will be played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth game will be played at home of the team that got the better ranking at the end of the regular season, the third and the eventual fourth will be played at home the lower ranked team.


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Playout
All matches will be played between 30 April and 24 May 2017 (eventual Game 5).


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Playoffs
The league's playoffs are played between the first and the eighth of each group in four rounds: eightfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. All series are played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth match will be played at home of the best-placed team, the second, the third and the fourth, at the end of the regular season.


2016–17 Serie A2 Basket, Playoffs
All matches are played between 30 April and 21 June 2017 (eventual Game 5).


2016–17 Serie B
The 2016–17 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams were contesting the league: 15 returning from the 2015–16 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 3 relegated from Serie A.


2016–17 Serie B, Promotion play-offs
According to the regulations, third-placed Frosinone would have avoided the play-offs if they had ended the regular season 10 points clear of fourth place. However, in the last round, Perugia and Benevento won their matches to leave the gap at nine points.


2016–17 Serie B, Promotion play-offs
Six teams contested the promotion playoffs. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams played against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semi-finals. The higher placed team played the second leg of the promotion playoff at home.


2016–17 Serie B, Attendance data
Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in Serie A.2: Team played last season in Lega Pro.


2016–17 Serie D
The 2016–17 Serie D was the sixty-ninth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 162 teams, divided on geographical grounds into 9 groups of 18 teams each, competed. Compared to the previous season there were nine teams less, as no team was admitted "supernumerary".


2016–17 Serie D, Girone B, Teams
15 teams from Lombardy and 3 teams from Trentino-Alto Adige


2016–17 Serie D, Girone C, Teams
15 teams from Veneto and 3 teams from Friuli-Venezia Giulia


2016–17 Serie D, Girone D, Teams
9 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 7 teams from Tuscany and 2 teams from Veneto


2016–17 Serie D, Girone F, Teams
8 teams from Marche, 4 teams from Abruzzo, 3 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 2 teams from Molise and 1 team from San Marino


2016–17 Serie D, Girone G, Teams
7 teams from Sardinia, 5 teams from Lazio, 3 teams from Umbria, 2 teams from Abruzzo and 1 team from Tuscany


2016–17 Serie D, Girone H, Teams
6 teams from Apulia, 4 teams from Basilicata, 4 teams from Campania and 4 teams from Lazio


2016–17 Serie D, Girone I, Teams
8 teams from Campania, 5 teams from Calabria and 5 teams from Sicily


2016–17 Serie D, Scudetto Serie D
The nine group winners enter a tournament which determines the overall Serie D champions and the winner is awarded the Scudetto Serie D.


2016–17 Serie D, Promotions
The nine group winners are automatically promoted to Serie C.


2016–17 Serie D, Honorific play-off
Teams placed between second and fifth in each group enter a playoff tournament after the regular season. The tournament provides a priority list for entry into the next year Lega Pro in the case any of the professional teams fail to meet the minimum criteria to participate.


2016–17 Serie D, Relegations
The bottom three teams of each group are relegated into next year's Eccellenza (the highest tier in regional football in Italy), while teams placed 14th and 15th face each other in a single leg play-out (team places 14th playing home), the loser of the tie is relegated.


2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates played home games in Newark, New Jersey at the Prudential Center, with one exhibition and one regular season game at Walsh Gymnasium in South Orange, New Jersey. They were coached, for the seventh year, by Kevin Willard. They were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in Big East play to finish in a four-way tie for third place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big East Tournament, they defeated Marquette before losing to Villanova in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed in the South region where they lost to Arkansas in the First Round.


2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Previous season
The Pirates finished the 2015–16 season 25–9, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in third place. They defeated Creighton, Xavier, and Villanova to win the Big East Tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.


2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team, Preseason
Prior to the season, Seton Hall was picked to finish in a tie for fourth place in a poll of Big East coaches. Khadeen Carrington and Angel Delgado were named to the preseason All-Big East second team.


2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team
The 2016–17 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fourth head coach Anthony Bozzella, played their home games in South Orange, New Jersey at the Walsh Gymnasium and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to DePaul.


2016–17 Sevilla FC season
The 2016–17 Season was the 110th season in Sevilla Fútbol Club's history, and 16th consecutive season in La Liga. The team competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.


2016–17 Sevilla FC season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016–17 Sevilla FC season, Competitions, UEFA Super Cup
Sevilla secured their spot by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 Sheffield Shield season
The 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season was the 115th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 25 October 2016 and finished on 30 March 2017. There was a break between December and January for the Big Bash League. The first round of matches were played as day/night games in preparation for Australia's day/night Test match against Pakistan on 15 December 2016. A second day/night round of fixtures took place in round five of the tournament.


2016–17 Sheffield Shield season
Victoria qualified for the final after their 8 wicket win against Western Australia in round 9 of the competition. Victoria secured a home tie in the final, with an innings victory against Queensland in round 10. However, the Melbourne Cricket Ground was unavailable for the fixture, so it took place at Traeger Park in Alice Springs. They faced South Australia in the final, for the second consecutive year. Victoria won the competition with a first-innings lead in the final, after the match finished as a draw. It was their 31st tournament win and their third consecutive title.


2016–17 Sheffield United F.C. season
The 2016–17 season was Sheffield United's 128th season in their history and their sixth consecutive season in League One. It was manager and boyhood Blade Chris Wilder’s first season in charge, with the Blades accumulating 100 points, promoting them as champions to the Championship. Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
The 2016–17 season is Sheffield Wednesday's fifth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, August
Sheffield Wednesday started the 2016–17 season with a 1–0 win at home against recently relegated Aston Villa, thanks to a late Fernando Forestieri goal. The Owls' run in the League Cup did not last long as they lost 2–1 at Cambridge United after extra time, with Lucas João scoring for Sheffield Wednesday. In the next four league games The Owls managed just two points, with a 0–0 draw away to Norwich followed by a 3–1 away loss at Burton Albion, a 2–0 home loss to Leeds United and a 1–1 draw away to Brentford.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, September
The Owls got off to a winning start in September with a 2–1 win over Wigan Athletic at Hillsborough. Steven Fletcher equalised for Sheffield Wednesday, scoring his first competitive goal for the club, whilst Fernando Forestieri scored the winning goal. Another home win followed with a 3–2 win over Bristol City thanks to Kieran Lee's 96th minute winning goal. The Owls' only loss in September came against Birmingham City losing 2–1 at St Andrews. This was followed by two successive victories, 2–1 at home against Nottingham Forest and 1–0 away against Blackburn Rovers.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, October
The Owls lost their first game of October, a 2–1 loss at home against Brighton & Hove Albion. After the international break, Sheffield Wednesday got their first win of the month against Huddersfield Town thanks to Fernando Forestieri's 68th-minute penalty which was the only goal of the game. In the next game, a mid-week fixture, The Owls left the Cardiff City Stadium with a point after a 1–1 draw, with Daniel Pudil scoring the equalising goal. A few days later, Gary Hooper's 40th-minute goal was enough for Sheffield Wednesday to get all three points in their home game against Queens Park Rangers.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, November
With only three games in November, The Owls managed four points out of a possible nine. Despite managing to equalise after just four minutes of going 1–0 down against Ipswich Town at home, Sheffield Wednesday eventually lost 2–1. The Owls drew 1–1 away against Fulham in their next game, despite leading for most of the game thanks to a goal from Fernando Forestieri after just 10 minutes. In their final game of November, Sheffield Wednesday beat Wolves 2–0 at Hillsborough, with Fernando Forestieri scoring a penalty and Kieran Lee scoring The Owls' second goal.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, December
In a game which saw three players dismissed (Forestieri for The Owls and Beckford and Doyle for Preston North End), Sheffield Wednesday managed to take all three points with a 2–1 victory, with Fernando Forestieri and Steven Fletcher on the score sheet, the latter scoring from a penalty kick after on-loan winger Will Buckley was fouled in the penalty area by opposition goalkeeper Chris Maxwell.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, December
After a 2–1 away to Reading, Sheffield Wednesday won all of their next three games, with a 2–0 home win against local rivals Barnsley, a 1–0 home win against local rivals Rotherham United and a 1–0 away win against league table leaders Newcastle United, with team captain Glenn Loovens scoring the winning goal, his first for the club. In The Owls' final game of 2016, Adam Reach scored a late equaliser against Preston North End, his first goal for the club.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, January
In Sheffield Wednesday's first match of 2017, the result was a 0–0 draw at Hillsborough against Wolves. This was followed by a 3–0 away defeat to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, entering and exiting the tournament in the 3rd Round. In Sheffield Wednesday's next EFL Championship match, a goal each from Ross Wallace and Fernando Forestieri (both in the second half) gave The Owls a 2–0 victory against local rivals Huddersfield Town, extending Wednesday's unbeaten run in the league to six games. This run was ended after a 2–1 away loss to Brighton & Hove Albion, which was followed by a 2–2 draw away to Bristol City.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, February
The Owls got February off to a winning start, with a 1–0 win at the DW Stadium against Wigan Athletic, thanks to a Ross Wallace goal. Two home games followed, with a 3–0 win over Birmingham City followed by a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers. In the following game, away to Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday extended their winning run to four games after a 2–1 win, with goals from Almen Abdi (his first for the club) and Fernando Forestieri for The Owls.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, February
Wednesday would then end February with back-to-back losses, 2–1 against Brentford and 1–0 at play-off rivals Leeds United, ending the Owls four match unbeaten run in acrimonious fashion. The Owls were in sixth place with twelve games to go at the end of this month, two points behind fifth placed Reading and five ahead of seventh placed Fulham, albeit a game ahead.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, March
Sheffield Wednesday got March off to a winning start in style, with a 5– home win against Norwich City, with goals from Fernando Forestieri, Morgan Fox, Ross Wallace and a brace from January signing Jordan Rhodes. It was also the club's biggest win of the season, beating the previous month's 3–0 home win against Birmingham City. A 1–1 draw at home to Burton Albion was followed by two successive 2–0 defeats, one at home to Reading and another away to Aston Villa, giving The Owls just four points out of twelve in March and losing their five-point advantage over seventh placed Fulham.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, April
A 1–1 draw away at Barnsley saw The Owls drop into seventh place for the first time in ten matches, although amends were quickly made with a 2–0 victory over already relegated local rivals Rotherham United, thanks to a brace from Steven Fletcher.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, April
This result was followed by four further victories for Sheffield Wednesday, 2–1 at home against Newcastle United, 1–0 at home against Cardiff City thanks to a late Fernando Forestieri header and two successive 2–1 victories, one away to Queens Park Rangers and another at home to Derby County, with Steven Fletcher scoring his fourth goal in as many games in the latter. Following the game against Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday were in fourth place in the league table, their highest position in the whole of the 2016–17 season. The Owls remained unbeaten in April, ending the month with a 1–0 away win at Ipswich Town, with the game's solitary goal coming from Owls midfielder Kieran Lee.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Overview, May
With The Owls' play off place confirmed, after the Ipswich game, a much changed starting line up was fielded in the 2–1 home loss to Fulham. At the end of the league season, Sheffield Wednesday finished in fourth place.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Players, Débuts
Players making their first team Sheffield Wednesday début in a competitive match.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
Sheffield Wednesday played five friendly games as part of their pre-season.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, Championship
Sheffield Wednesday will compete in the Football League Championship for the 2016–17 season.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Play-offs
As a result of The Owls finishing in fourth place, they qualified for the play-offs for the second consecutive season. In the play-off semi finals, Sheffield Wednesday played against fifth-placed local rivals Huddersfield Town.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Sheffield Wednesday competed in the 2016–17 EFL Cup for one round. They were eliminated 2–1 by Cambridge United.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Sheffield Wednesday entered the FA Cup in the third round, where they lost to Middlesbrough.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Awards, EFL Team of the Week
Two Sheffield Wednesday players have been in the EFL Team of the Week during the 2016–17 season.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Awards, EFL Team of 2016
One Sheffield Wednesday player was in the EFL Team of 2016.


2016–17 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season, Awards, League Managers Association Performance of the Week
Sheffield Wednesday won this award once during the 2016–17 season.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season
The 2016–17 season was Shrewsbury Town's 131st year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One after finishing in 20th place the previous season.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season
After a poor start to the season, winning only two of the opening ten league matches, manager Micky Mellon and his assistant Mike Jackson left the club, and four subsequent successive defeats under the caretaker management of goalkeeping coach Danny Coyne saw Shrewsbury rooted to the bottom of the league table. Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst was appointed alongside assistant Chris Doig on 24 October 2016, eventually steering the club to an 18th-placed finish, three league places and two points clear of local rivals Port Vale who occupied the final relegation place.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season
The club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Football League Trophy. A team consisting of fringe and youth team players contested the Shropshire Senior Cup final, losing to AFC Telford United.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Shrewsbury Town entered the FA Cup at the first round stage. The draw was made on 17 October 2016, Shrewsbury will host Barnet at New Meadow. The draw for the second round will be made on 7 November.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
Shrewsbury Town entered the League Cup at the first round stage. The draw was made on 22 June 2016, Huddersfield Town visited New Meadow. The draw for the second round was made on 10 August, Shrewsbury will travel to Sunderland.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy, Group Stage
Fixtures for the group stages were released on 27 July 2016. Shrewsbury were allocated a place in Northern Group G.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Competitions, Shropshire Senior Cup
Shrewsbury Town received a bye to the final. They will host AFC Telford United at New Meadow. The fixture was originally scheduled for 1 November 2016, but was postponed due to Shrewsbury Town's participation in the FA Youth Cup. The tie was later rescheduled for 4 April 2017, but then moved forward to the 14 March, to prevent a clash with Shrewsbury's rearranged league match with Millwall.


2016–17 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season, Player statistics, Disciplinary record
Note: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.


2016–17 Siena Saints men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Siena Saints men's basketball team represented Siena College during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Saints, led by fourth year head coach Jimmy Patsos, played their home games at the Times Union Center, with one exhibition game at Alumni Recreation Center, as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17–17, 12–8 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Fairfield and Monmouth before losing in the championship game of the MAAC Tournament to Iona.


2016–17 Sint Maarten Senior League
The 2016–17 Sint Maarten Soccer Association (SMSA) Senior League was the 41st season of top division football in Sint Maarten. The season begin on 2 October 2016 and ended on 10 April 2017.


2016–17 Sint Maarten Senior League
Defending champions Flames United were the defending champions, but finished runners-up to Reggae Lions. Both teams earned a berth in the 2018 Caribbean Club Championship, should they elect to participate in the tournament.


2016–17 Sint Maarten Senior League, Clubs
A total of nine clubs participated during the season. Each team played every other team twice: once home and once away, for a 16-match season. Below is the table based on reported results.


2016–17 Skeleton World Cup
The 2016–17 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started on 2 December 2016 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 17 March 2017 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW.


2016–17 Sloboda Užice season
The 2016–17 season will be Sloboda Užice's 3rd consecutive season in the Serbian First League. Originally the club was meant to be playing in the Serbian League West with finishing 13th the previous season, but due to the exclusion of Sloga PM the club kept their First League status. The pre-season started on 11 July.


2016–17 Sloboda Užice season, Fixtures, League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2016–17 Slovak Basketball League
The 2016–17 Slovak Basketball League season, for sponsorships reasons the Eurovia SBL, was the 25th season of this competition. Inter Bratislava won its fourth SBL championship after defeating Rieker Com Therm Komárno in the finals of the play-offs.


2016–17 Slovak Basketball League, Playoffs
Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.


2016–17 Slovak Cup
The 2016–17 Slovak Cup (also known as the 2016–17 Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 48th edition of the competition. The winners of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, First round
The matches were played from 23 July to 2 August 2016.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Second round
The matches were played from 31 July to 23 August 2016.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Third round
The matches were played from 24 August to 21 September 2016.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Fourth round
The matches were played from 27 September to 5 October 2016.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Fifth Round
The matches were played from 18 October to 30 November 2016.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Quarter-finals
The matches were played on 7 and 8 March 2017.


2016–17 Slovak Cup, Semi-finals
The matches were played from 4 to 12 April 2017.


2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season
The 2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season was the 24th season of the Slovak Extraliga, the highest level of ice hockey in Slovakia.


2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season, Teams
The following teams are participating in the 2016–17 season. The HK Orange 20 is a project for preparation of the Slovakia junior ice hockey team for the IIHF World U20 Championship. The team do not play complete regular season and cannot promote to the playoffs or get relegated. First 8 teams in table after the regular season (50 games) will promote to the playoffs.


2016–17 Slovak First Football League
The 2016–17 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín are the defending champions, after winning their 2nd Slovak championship. The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2016. The season began on 16 July 2016 and will be finished on 27 May 2017.


2016–17 Slovak First Football League, Teams
A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season and one that was promoted from the 2. liga.


2016–17 Slovak First Football League, Teams
Relegation for MFK Skalica to the 2016–17 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 21 May 2016. The relegated team was replaced by DOXXbet liga champion 1. FC Tatran Prešov.


2016–17 Slovak First Football League, Teams, Stadiums and locations
1Some matches were played at NTC Senec in Senec while DAC Aréna was under renovation. 2Some matches are played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Tatran Stadium is under renovation. 3Some matches were played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation. 4Some matches are played at Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League
The 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League
Helios Suns were the defending champions. KK Union Olimpija won their 16th national title, defeating KK Rogaška 3–1 in the final.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, Format
The 12 teams of the league play a double-legged round-robin competition where the six first qualified teams will join the playoffs for the title. The four last qualified teams will join the relegation group where the three worst qualified teams will be relegated.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, Teams
Sixt Primorska was created after the merge of KOŠ Koper and KK Lastovka and occupied the place of this team in the league.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, Second stage, Relegation group
Results of the first stage between teams involved counted for this stage.


2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, Playoffs
The Playoffs began on Saturday, May 5, 2017 and concluded at May 24, 2017.


2016–17 Slovenian First League (men's handball)
The 2016–17 Slovenian First League (known as the Liga NLB for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the 1. A liga, Slovenia's premier handball league.


2016–17 Slovenian First League (men's handball), Team information
The following 14 clubs competed in the 1. A liga during the 2016–17 season:


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup
The 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup was the 26th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. Maribor were the defending champions, having won their ninth cup title in the 2015–16 edition.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
Teams that have qualified from the same regional cup could not be drawn against each other.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
The twelve winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
The eight winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
The four winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
The two winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Competition format
The winners have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, First round
Domžale, Gorica, Maribor and Olimpija joined the competition in the Second round (Round of 16).


2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup, Round of 16
The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 19 August 2016 at the Football Association of Slovenia headquarters in Kranj. In this phase of the competition the 12 clubs who advanced from the first round were joined by Domžale, Gorica, Maribor and Olimpija.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup
The 2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup was the 22nd edition of Slovenia's futsal knockout competition. Brezje Maribor were the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2015–16 edition. They successfully defended their title by defeating Bronx Škofije 6–2 in the final.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup, Competition format
Teams from the same regional cup could not have been drawn against each other.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup, Competition format
Winners were decided over one leg. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, hosting was determined by the draw.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup, Competition format
Winners were decided over two legs on home and away matches.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal Cup, Final four
Bronx Škofije, Brezje Maribor, Sevnica and Gorica have qualified for the final tournament, which was held in Podčetrtek.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League
The 2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League season (also known as the 1. SFL) was the 22nd edition of the Futsal League since its establishment in 1995. The regular season started on 23 September 2016 and concluded on 10 March 2017. The championship play-offs were played after the end of the regular season.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League
Brezje Maribor were the defending champions by defeating Litija in the finals of the 2015–16 season, winning its first title. They successfully defended the title, again defeating Litija 3–1 in the finals, to win their second consecutive title.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League, Competition format
Each team played a total of 18 matches (9 home and 9 away) in the regular season. Teams played two matches against each other (1 home and 1 away).


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League, Teams
A total of 10 teams contested the league, including eight from the previous season and two promoted from the Second League. Tomaž won direct promotion as the winners of the 2015–16 Second League. The play-off for the final spot in the top division was played between Ajdovščina and Zavas Siliko. Zavas won the play-off fixture with the score 5–3 on aggregate and promoted to the First League for the 2016–17 season.


2016–17 Slovenian Futsal League, Championship play-offs, Bracket
Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series, while the semi-finals and the final were played in a best-of-five series.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
The 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th edition of the Slovenian PrvaLiga since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 16 July 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017. The official fixture schedule was released on 24 June 2016.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Competition format
Each team played 36 matches (18 home and 18 away). Teams played four matches against each other (2 home and 2 away).


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of ten teams contested the league, including eight from the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga and two promoted from the 2015–16 Slovenian Second League. Radomlje won direct promotion as winners of the 2015–16 Slovenian Second League. They replaced Krka in the top division, who placed at the bottom of the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga table. This was the second season for Radomlje in top flight, having previously been a member during the 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga season.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
The PrvaLiga play-off for the final spot in the top division was played between Zavrč and Aluminij. Zavrč won the play-off fixture with the score 4–3 on aggregate, but the club was unsuccessful in obtaining a licence to play in the top division for the next season, due to financial reasons. The Football Association of Slovenia then invited Aluminij to take their spot and the side from Kidričevo accepted. Aluminij had previously played in the PrvaLiga during the 2012–13 season.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Teams, Stadiums and locations
1Seating capacity only. Some stadiums also have standing areas. 2Radomlje played its home games in Domžale, because their home venue does not meet PrvaLiga stadium criteria.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, PrvaLiga play-off
The two-legged play-off between Aluminij, the ninth-placed team in PrvaLiga and Ankaran Hrvatini, the third-placed team in the 2. SNL, should have been played in June 2017. However, on 1 June 2017, the Football Association of Slovenia announced that FC Koper did not obtain a competition licence for PrvaLiga. Therefore, the play-offs were not held and both Aluminij and Ankaran Hrvatini secured a place in the 2017–18 PrvaLiga season.


2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga, Season statistics, Attendances
Note1: Team played the previous season in the Slovenian Second League.


2016–17 Slovenian Second League
The 2016–17 Slovenian Second League season was the 26th edition of the Slovenian Second League. The season began on 7 August 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017.


2016–17 Slovenian Second League, Season statistics, Attendances
Note 1:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Note 2:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian Third League.


2016–17 Slovenian Third League
The 2016–17 Slovenian Third League began on 20 August 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.


2016–17 Slovenian Third League, Competition format and rules
The 2016–17 Slovenian Third League was divided into four regional groups with a total of 52 participating clubs. Three groups (i.e. North, Centre, East) were composed of 14 clubs, while the West group had only 10 clubs participating in the competition.


2016–17 Slovenian Third League, Competition format and rules
On 29 June 2016, the Football Association of Slovenia decided to expand the Slovenian Second League in the 2017–18 season from 10 teams to 16 teams, meaning that in the 2016–17 Slovenian Third League season the top two teams from each group got promoted to the Second League. Also, unlike previous seasons, reserve teams were now able to earn a promotion to the Second League.