The 2016 SLFA First Division was the 38th season of top-division
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
in
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...
. The
SLFA First Division
The SLFA First Division (previously known as the Gold Division) is the top division of the Saint Lucia Football Association.
Previous winners
*1980 : Dames SC (Vieux Fort)
*1981 : Uptown Rebels (Vieux Fort)
''Unknown champion between 1982 and 19 ...
season began on 22 October 2016, and concluded on 8 December 2016.
Only partial information has been reported from the
Saint Lucia Football Association
The Saint Lucia Football Association is the governing body of football in Saint Lucia. The FA was founded in 1979, the same year the island gained independence, and is headquartered in Castries, the nation's capital. It runs the Saint Lucia men ...
, but from what was reported,
Survivals FC won the league title, accumulating the most points after seven league matches. This gave the club their first Lucian league title.
Teams
A total of eight clubs participated during the 2016 campaign. Apparently, these teams qualified to play in the reformed league through their performances in the 2015
SLFA President's Cup.
Table
Top three:
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Survivals FC
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Big Players FC
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Northern United All Stars
Northern United All Stars is a Saint Lucian football club based in Gros Islet, competing in the Saint Lucia Gold Division, the top tier of Saint Lucian football.
The club participated in the 2011 CFU Club Championship, playing in the first eli ...
It is unknown who finished 4th through 8th during the season.
References
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SLFA First Division
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...
football