2016–17 was the 32nd season of Sri Lanka Football Premier League.
The defending champions Colombo Football Club regained the title for the second time by defeating Renown SC 3–1 in the championship round.
Teams Allocation
If this season is playing according to the previous season. The competition was played with 18 teams. The teams were divided into two groups of nine. The teams played round robin matches and the four group best teams of each group qualified for the Final Stage. In that stage all the eight teams will play round robin matches and the team that take first place in the group will be the Champions.Pelicans SC, Highlanders SC, Kalutara Park SC and Don Bosco were relegated in the previous tournament.
Clubs
Club NameLocationStadiumCapacity Air Force Sports Club Ekala Ekala Football Ground 1,000 Blue Star SC Kalutara Kalutara Stadium 15,000 Civil Security Force SC Colombo City Football Complex 1,000 Colombo FC Colombo Sugathadasa Stadium 28,000 Crystal Palace SC Gampola Jayathilake Stadium 5,000 Java Lane SC Colombo City Football Complex 1,000 Matara City SC Matara Matara Football Complex 2,000 Negambo Youth Negombo Maristella Ground 1,000 New Young's SC Wennappuwa Sir Albert F. Peiries Stadium 5,000 Renown Sports Club Colombo CR & FC Grounds 2,500 Saunders SC Colombo Kelaniya Football Complex 1,000 SL Navy SC Welisara Navy Ground 1,000 Solid SC Anuradhapura Prison Ground 2,000 Sri Lanka Army SC Homagama Homagama Ground 5,000 Sri Lanka Police SC Colombo Police Ground 1,000 Super Sun SC Dharga Town Zahira College Ground 1,000 Thihariya Youth SC Gampaha Sugathadasa Stadium 28,000 Up Country Lions SC Nawalapitiya Jayathilake Stadium 5,000
League table Group A
Group B
Result table Group A
Group B
Championship Round
Result table
Awards The winners of the competition were given a cash award of Rs. 700000. Award Player ClubMost Valuable Player Afis Oleymi ColomboTop goal scorer Job Michael and M.N.M. IzzadeenRenown SC & ArmyBest Goalkeeper M.N.M. Imran Colombo FC
Controversies
This edition of the league was highly criticized by the clubs due to the poor management of the tournament. This has occurred in the Super 8 Stage when the Round has to postponed in number of occasions. Many clubs have make their dissatisfaction in this incident. The fixtures of Championship Round was again postponed to mid of January due to the monsoon rain.
References
External links http://www.thepapare.com/football https://web.archive.org/web/20150218082614/http://www.football.lk/