2016–17 Fogo Island League
| Season | 2016-17 |
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| Champions | Vulcânicos |
| Promoted | Nova Era |
| Relegated |
Baxada Juventude |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 356 (3.96 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Luzim (26) |
| Biggest home win | Académica do Fogo |
| Biggest away win | Nô Pintcha (Mosteiros) |
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The 2016-17 Fogo Island League season was the competition of the second and third tier football in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde. Its started later on 26 November 2014 and finished on 23 April 2015, a day earlier. The tournament was organized by the Fogo Regional Football Association (Associação Regional do Fogo de Futebol, ARFF).Vulcânicos won the tenth straight and recent title and will compete in the in the Cape Verdean Football Championships in mid-May.
Vulcânicos was the defending team of the title. A total of 18 clubs participated in the competition, 10 in the Premier Division and 8 in the Second Division. Clubs based in the municipalities of São Filipe and Santa Catarina do Fogo were played at Estádio 5 de Julho while clubs based in Mosteiros Municipality were played at Estádio Francisco José Rodrigues, matches in Mosteiros were played each Saturday at 16:00, the 12th round match were played on Friday.
The football (soccer) calendar was competed in October in São Filipe and determined the ordering, the date and time of the matches.
A total of 358 goals were scored, 12 less than last season. The largest win was Académica who scored 14-0 over Baxada on April 23, it was the highest in several years. Vulcânico made an 18 match unbeaten streak at the regional championships, their last loss was on March 22, 2016 where they lost to Spartak 2-3, their next and last was to Nô Pintcha Mosteiros.
Nô Pintcha held the number one spot for the first two rounds, Académica Fogo took it up to the 11th round on February 25, Vulcânicos took it for the rest of the season. In the first part, the club only had a point difference, Vulcânico lost to Nô Pintcha on April 1 and Académica Fogo made a goal draw with ABC Patim, in the last few rounds Vulcânicos and Académcia had the same points but Vulcânicos scored more and finished with Vulcânicos scoring 66 goals, five more than Académica.
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