2016–17 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio

Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
Season	2016–17
Champions	La Fiorita
Champions League	La Fiorita
Europa League	Tre Penne; Folgore
Matches played	164
Goals scored	507 (3.09 per match)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio season was the 32nd since its establishment. It is the only level in San Marino, in which all the country's 15 amateur football clubs play (there is no relegation). The season began on 9 September 2016 and ended with the play-off final on 20 May 2017. Tre Penne were the defending champions. The fixtures and group compositions were announced on 27 August 2016.^[1]

Participating teams

2016–17 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio team distribution

Because there is no promotion or relegation in the league, the same 15 teams who competed in the league last season competed in the league this season.

S.P. Cailungo (Borgo Maggiore)
S.S. Cosmos (Serravalle)
F.C. Domagnano (Domagnano)
S.C. Faetano (Faetano)
F.C. Fiorentino (Fiorentino)
S.S. Folgore Falciano Calcio (Serravalle)
A.C. Juvenes/Dogana (Serravalle)
S.P. La Fiorita (Montegiardino)
A.C. Libertas (Borgo Maggiore)
S.S. Murata (San Marino)
S.S. Pennarossa (Chiesanuova)
S.S. San Giovanni (Borgo Maggiore)
S.P. Tre Fiori (Fiorentino)
S.P. Tre Penne (Serravalle)
S.S. Virtus (Acquaviva)

Regular season

The 15 clubs will be split into two groups; one with eight clubs and another with seven clubs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	La Fiorita	20	14	2	4	51	22	+29	44	Qualification for the championship play–offs
2	Virtus	20	12	5	3	38	19	+19	41
3	Juvenes/Dogana	20	8	7	5	27	22	+5	31
4	Fiorentino	20	7	9	4	22	18	+4	30
5	Cosmos	20	8	4	8	36	36	0	28
6	Tre Fiori	20	6	4	10	31	41	−10	22
7	Faetano	20	4	4	12	16	33	−17	16

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[2]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertas	21	14	5	2	37	13	+24	47	Qualification for the championship play–offs
2	Tre Penne	21	12	7	2	43	15	+28	43	Qualification for the championship play–offs and Europa League first qualifying round
3	Folgore	21	13	4	4	53	15	+38	43	Qualification for the championship play–offs
4	Domagnano	21	11	3	7	44	26	+18	36
5	Murata	21	6	2	13	28	50	−22	20
6	Pennarossa	21	2	4	15	23	61	−38	10
7	Cailungo	21	2	3	16	20	52	−32	9
8	San Giovanni	21	1	5	15	15	61	−46	8

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[3]

Results

All teams played twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group. This meant that the clubs in the eight-club group played 21 matches each while the clubs in the seven-club group played 20 matches each during the regular season.^[4]

Home \ Away	CAI	COS	DOM	FAE	FIO	FOL	J/D	LFI	LIB	MUR	PEN	SGI	TFI	TPE	VIR
Cailungo	—	0–4	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–4	2–3	1–5	0–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	—	0–1	0–3
Cosmos	—	—	1–5	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–3	—	—	—	5–1	3–2	—	3–1
Domagnano	4–1	—	—	—	2–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–1	2–2	5–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–1
Faetano	—	3–1	0–3	—	0–1	—	1–3	1–0	1–2	—	4–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–2
Fiorentino	—	3–1	—	0–0	—	2–2	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	—	0–2
Folgore	7–0	—	4–0	3–0	—	—	0–1	—	1–2	5–0	3–0	6–1	—	0–1	—
Juvenes/Dogana	—	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	—	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	—	3–2	—	1–2
La Fiorita	—	3–3	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	—	0–2	—	—	4–0	3–2	0–2	1–1
Libertas	3–2	3–0	4–1	—	2–0	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–2
Murata	1–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	—	0–3	—	0–4	0–2	—	5–1	5–2	1–3	1–1	—
Pennarossa	1–1	0–5	1–4	—	—	0–1	—	1–4	1–2	2–3	—	2–2	—	1–7	—
San Giovanni	1–1	—	0–0	1–2	—	0–4	1–3	—	2–2	1–2	0–4	—	1–2	0–5	0–4
Tre Fiori	2–1	0–1	—	4–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–6	—	—	4–1	—	—	0–2	1–1
Tre Penne	2–0	5–2	1–4	—	1–1	2–2	0–0	—	0–0	6–0	0–2	4–1	—	—	1–1
Virtus	—	1–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–2	5–1	1–5	—	2–1	2–0	—	4–1	—	—

Source: UEFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The top three teams from each group advanced to a play-off which determined the season's champion and qualifiers for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

The play-offs were played in a double-eliminination format with both group winners earning byes in the first and second round. All matches were decided over one leg with extra time and then penalties used to break ties.

The schedule was announced on 10 April 2017.^[5]