2016–17 Gibraltar Second Division
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Champions | Gibraltar Phoenix (1st title) |
| Promoted | Gibraltar Phoenix |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Goals scored | 316 (4.39 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Luis Casas Dominguez (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Gibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels (16 November 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Leo 0–9 Bruno's Magpies (2 May 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Gibraltar Phoenix 20–1 Angels (16 November 2016) |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2017.
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This was the fourth season of the Gibraltar Second Division since the Gibraltar Football Association joined UEFA. This season the league was contested by 9 clubs.
Clubs play each other twice for a total of 16 matches each. The Second Division winner was promoted while the second-placed team entered a playoff with the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division. This season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HPG) rule, requiring clubs to name 3 home grown players in their matchday squads with at least one of them on the field of play at all times. Gibraltar Phoenix were forced to forfeit their first two games after being found in breach of this new rule, with their 4-1 win over Hound Dogs on the opening week being overturned.
Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted from the Second Division last season. After the 2015–16 Premier Division season, Angels and Britannia XI were relegated. Britannia XI decided to not register for this season. With Pegasus and Red Imps also not competing, the league consisted of nine clubs this season.
Source: GFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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