Season 2016–17 Goals scored 274 (2.45 per match) | Matches played 112 | |
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Biggest home win Matlama 8-0 Butha-Buthe Warriors
(29 January 2017) Biggest away win Butha-Buthe Warriors 1–6 Bantu
(21 January 2017) Highest scoring Matlama 8-0 Butha-Buthe Warriors
(29 January 2017) | ||
The 2016–17 Lesotho Premier League is the 49th season of top-tier football in Lesotho. The season began on 27 August 2016. Lioli are the defending champions, coming off their second straight title and fifth overall.
Contents
The league is comprised 14 teams, the bottom two of which will be relegated to the 2017-18 A Division.
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 A Division, Butha-Buthe Warriors and Sky Battalion. On the other hand, Likila United and Mphatlalatsane were the last two teams of the 2015–16 season and will play in A Division for the 2016-17 season. Lioli are the defending champions from the 2015–16 season.
League table
Updated to games played on 29 January 2017.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
1 LDF and Matlama were each docked 3 points for causing the abandonment of their matches against Bantu and Lioli, respectively.
Positions by round
Last updated: 29 January 2017
Source: Soccerway