2016–17 Burundi Ligue A Explained

Competition:	Burundi Ligue A
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	LLB Sports 4 Africa
Relegated:	Magara Star Rusizi Muzinga
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	LLB Sports 4 Africa
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Olympic Star Muyinga
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	509
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Burundi Ligue A season, also known as Primus Ligue for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th edition of the top flight football competition in Burundi. The season began on 10 September 2016^[1] and concluded on 21 May 2017.^[2] Vital'O were the defending champion. LLB Sport 4 Africa won its second league title.^[3]

Teams

A total of sixteen clubs participate in this season. Thirteen teams from previous season and three new promoted sides.

Promoted from Ligue B

- Rusizi Les Lierres
Musongati

Relegated from Ligue A

Les Crocos
Les Jeunes Athlétiques
Les Eléphants

Other changes

Olympic Muremera was renamed as Ngozi City FC.

Notes and References

Web site: Burundi : Début du championnat de football 2016-2017 samedi 10 septembre 2016. Burundi: Start of the 2016-2017 football championship Saturday, 10 September 2016. 24 December 2022. burundi-agnews.org. 24 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221224092141/https://burundi-agnews.org/sport/burundi-debut-du-championnat-de-football-2016-2017-samedi-10-septembre-2016/. live.
Web site: Burundi 2016/17. 21 December 2022. 4 December 2022. RSSSF. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204153559/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/buru2017.html. live.
Web site: Primus ligue: LLB Sports 4 Africa champion de la saison 2016-2017. Primus league: LLB Sports 4 Africa champion of the 2016-2017 season. 21 December 2022. akeza.net. 21 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221221211028/https://akeza.net/primus-ligue-llb-sports-4-africa-champion-de-la-saison-2016-2017/. live.