2016–17 in Senegalese football

The 2016–17 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Senegal.

Football in Senegal

Season	2016–17
Men's football
2016–17 Ligue 1	Génération Foot
Cup	Mbour Petite-Côte
League Cup	Stade de Mbour
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Diary of the season

• US Gorée won the 2015-16 Senegalese Super Cup
• US Gorée won the 2015-16 Champion's Trophy
• November 5: Both Tenugueth and Jaraaf started off with first place and had three points each, also Tenugueth played their first Ligue 1 match[1]
• November 6: Gorée defeated Stade de Mbour 0-1 and is Gorée's only win to date
• November 13:
  • Génération Foot defeated La Linguère 3-4 and became the highest scoring match, it is now second[1]
  • Diambars made a draw with Mbour Pétite-Côté with a goal and started Diambar's twelve match unbeaten streak
• November 14: Casa Sports took the lead with six points[1]
• November 22:
  • Jaraaf retook the lead and had seven points[1]
  • Niarry Tally defeated Casa Sport 4–0 and was the biggest home win until December 29
• November 26: Jaraaf defeated ASEC Ndjambour 5-2 and became the highest scoring match for nearly six months
• November 27 - Douanes defeated Guédiawaye 1–4 and is currently the biggest away win
• December 14: Match between Casa Sports and Guédiawaye was delayed
• December 15: Stade de Mbour took the lead and had ten points[1]
• December 23: Génération Foot took the lead and had 14 points[1]
• mid-January: All sports competitions including football took a break due to the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar
• February 19: 2016-17 Ligue 1 season continues
• March 18: Diambars' 12 match unbeaten streak went to an end after a loss to Jaraaf 2-1
• April 1: Ouakam defeated Djambars 2-1 and escaped the relegation zone
• April 2: Ndiambour lost to Linguère 2-1 and put inside the relegation zone
• May 3: The rescheduled match between Casa Sport and Guédiawaye was to be played, the match was forbidden by local authorities, the match was awarded 0-3 to Guédiawaye
• May 7: Génération Foot of Sangalkam reached the 40th point and currently has an eight-point difference over second placed Casa Sport
• May 20: Diaraf defeated Casa Sports 6-0 and made became the highest scoring match of the season
• late-May: Génération Foot became football champions just a few weeks before the end of the season
• June 25: Génération Foot, a club based in Sangalkam located east of Dakar won their only national football championship title
• mid-July: Stade de Mbour won their only League Cup title

See also

• 2016 in Senegal
• 2017 in Senegal

References

1. "2016-17 Senegalese Ligue 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2017.