2016–17 Welsh Premier League
Season | 2016–17 |
---|---|
Dates | 12 August 2016 – 22 April 2017 |
Champions | The New Saints (11th title) |
Relegated | Rhyl Airbus UK Broughton |
Champions League | The New Saints |
Europa League | Connah's Quay Nomads Bala Town Bangor City |
Matches played | 192 |
Goals scored | 587 (3.06 per match) |
Biggest home win | The New Saints 10–0 Rhyl (28 August 2016) |
Biggest away win | Airbus UK Broughton 0–7 Newtown (14 April 2017) |
Highest scoring | The New Saints 10–0 Rhyl (28 August 2016) Bala Town 4–6 The New Saints (22 April 2017) |
← 2015–16 → |
The 2016–17 Welsh Premier League (known as the Dafabet Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the
Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups at the end of January 2017 – the top six and the bottom six.
On 30 December 2016, The New Saints broke Ajax's 44-year-old world record for the longest winning streak in top-flight football with their 27th consecutive win in all competitions.[2] Their record run of 27 wins came to an end with a 3–3 draw on 14 January 2017.[3]
On 4 March 2017, The New Saints defeated Bangor 4–0 to clinch their sixth straight Welsh Premier League title and eleventh Welsh league title overall.[4]
This was the final season the league was sponsored by Dafabet.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Aberystwyth Town | Aberystwyth | Park Avenue
|
5,000 |
Airbus UK Broughton | Broughton | The Airfield | 1,600 |
Bala Town | Bala | Maes Tegid | 3,000 |
Bangor City | Bangor | Nantporth | 3,000 |
Cardiff Metropolitan University | Cardiff | Cyncoed Campus | 1,620 |
Carmarthen Town | Carmarthen | Richmond Park
|
3,000 |
Cefn Druids | Wrexham | The Rock
|
3,000 |
Connah's Quay Nomads | Connah's Quay | Deeside Stadium | 1,500 |
Llandudno | Llandudno | Park MBi Maesdu | 1,013 |
Newtown | Newtown | Latham Park | 5,000 |
Rhyl | Rhyl | The Corbett Sports Stadium
|
3,000 |
The New Saints | Oswestry | Park Hall
|
2,000 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The New Saints (C) | 32 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 26 | +75 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b] |
3 | Bala Town | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 | |
4 | Bangor City (O) | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs[c] |
5 | Carmarthen Town | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 39 | |
6 | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 36 | |
7 | Newtown | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs[c] |
8 | Cefn Druids | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 39 | |
9 | Llandudno | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 35 | |
10 | Aberystwyth Town | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 34 | |
11 | Rhyl (R) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 30 | Relegation to the Cymru Alliance |
12 | Airbus UK Broughton (R) | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 78 | −41 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.
- ^ Bala Town qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Welsh Cup.
- ^ a b Teams played for one spot in the Europa League first qualifying round.
Results
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–32
Top six |
Bottom six
|
UEFA Europa League play-offs
Teams who finished in positions fourth to seventh at the end of the regular season participated in play-offs to determine the third participant for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, who qualified for the first qualifying round.
Semi-finals
Bangor City | 3–2 | Newtown |
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Taylor-Fletcher 5' Nardiello 12' Roberts 75' |
BBC Sport Soccerway |
Boundford 19' Mitchell 26' |
Carmarthen Town | 1–2 | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
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Griffiths 48' | BBC Sport Soccerway |
Roscrow 60' Corsby 90+3' |
Final
Bangor City | 1–0 | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
---|---|---|
Rittenberg 31' | BBC Sport Soccerway |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jason Oswell | Newtown | 22 |
2 | Greg Draper | The New Saints | 15 |
Alex Darlington | The New Saints | ||
4 | Mike Haynes | Bala Town | 14 |
5 | Daniel Nardiello | Bangor City | 13 |
6 | Adrian Cieslewicz | The New Saints | 12 |
7 | Nick Rushton | Connah's Quay Nomads/Newtown | 11 |
Liam Thomas | Carmarthen Town
| ||
9 | Tony Gray | Airbus UK Broughton
|
10 |
Ashley Ruane | Cefn Druids
| ||
Henry Jones | Bangor City |
References
The league's rules are contained as a section of the Handbook of the Football Association of Wales.[6]
- ^ "2016/17 Dafabet WPL Fixtures Unveiled". www.welshpremier.co.uk. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Premier League: Champions New Saints break Ajax world record - BBC Sport". BBC Online. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "New Saints' world-record run of victories is ended by 3-3 draw with Newtown - BBC Sport". BBC Online. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Welsh Premier League: The New Saints seal an 11th Welsh title - BBC Sport". BBC Online. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Premier League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- Welsh Premier League. Archived from the original(PDF) on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.