2016-17 Santiago Island League (South)
| Season | 2016-17 |
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| Promoted | Sporting Praia |
| Relegated |
Os Garridos Vitória FC Praia |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 352 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Ro (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Tchadense 4-0 Garridos (November 18) |
| Biggest away win | Travadores 2-3 Tchadense (December 3) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Sporting Clube da Praia (November 4, 2016-April 7, 2017) |
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The 2016-17 Santiago South Premier Division season was the 15th second tier football competition in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, from 4 November 2016 to 30 April 2017. The tournament was organized by the Santiago South Regional Football Association (Associação Regional de Futebol de Santiago Sul, ARFSS). All the matches were played at Estádio da Várzea. Sporting Praia won their next title in three years which was their 10th title and participated in the 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships and played in Group C that includes Sporting Brava, Sporting Praia had 55 points and made it a club record, overall of any regional tier 2 championship competitions, it was third behind of the clubs of the island's North Zone, GD Varandinha with 63 and Scorpion Vermelho with 61. Also Sporting Praia will qualify in the upcoming 2017 Santiago South Super Cup.
As Sporting Praia also won the national championship on August 27, for the 2017-18 season, a second place club will participate in the 2018 national football championships.
The season is the second that featured a total of 12 clubs, Tchadense returned to the Premier Division and Benfica participated for the first time.
A total of 352 goals were scored and this was another championship record, 19 more and partly more goals were scored per capita numbering 2.67, overall fewer than Fogo's 412 goals scored in the 2014-15 season and the capita 4.58 per match and Santiago North's 500+ goals scored in the 2015-16 season, of any island league, it is fifth/sixth overall and the third of the season to the north of the island and Fogo (2015-2017 seasons). Boavista Praia scored the most goals (48), second were Desportivo with 44, third the champion Sporting with 43 and fourth Travadores with 34. On the opposites, the most goals conceded were Travadores, unusual for a top five club to concede the most, it numbered 48 of which 19 were in three matches. Second was Os Garridos with 45 and Vitória with 44. Ro of Desportivo Praia scored the most by player numbering 16 and was a club record, overall unsurpassed from the previous season's total per player.
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