# 2016–17 North Superleague

The 2016–17 North Superleague was the sixteenth staging of the North Superleague, the highest tier of league competition in the North Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The season began on 2 August 2016.

## Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

Banks O' Dee were the reigning champions and entered the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.
North First Division (West) and (East) champions Buckie Rovers and Colony Park replace the automatically relegated Ellon United and F.C. Stoneywood.
Bridge of Don Thistle changed their name to Newburgh Thistle at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season.
In November 2016, Deveronside relocated to a new stadium at the Myrus Centre in Macduff from their old Canal Park ground in Banff.
| Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2015–16 |
| Banchory St. Ternan | Crathes | Milton Park | Neil Findlay | 12th |
| Banks O' Dee | Aberdeen | Spain Park | Tommy Forbes & Sandy McNaughton | Champions |
| Buckie Rovers | Buckie | Merson Park | Dave Findlay & Mike Smith | North First Division (West) 1st |
| Colony Park | Inverurie | Colony Park | Richard Davidson | North First Division (East) 1st |
| Culter | Peterculter | Crombie Park | Duncan Ord | 5th |
| Deveronside | Macduff | Myrus Centre | John McLeay & Wayne Murdo | 10th |
| Dufftown | Dufftown | Westburn Park | Steve Paterson | 8th |
| Dyce Juniors | Dyce | Ian Mair Park | Mike McKenzie & Murray Rattray | 4th |
| Hall Russell United | Bridge of Don | Denmore Park | John Carroll | 7th |
| Hermes | Bridge of Don | Uniconn Park | Neil Dawson | 2nd |
| Inverness City | Inverness | Lister Park | Jordan MacDonald | 6th |
| Maud | Maud | Maud Pleasure Park | Chris Allsop & Mike Cramp | 9th |
| Newburgh Thistle | Newburgh | Gallowshill Park | Lewis Muirhead | 11th |
| Stonehaven | Stonehaven | Glenury Park | Ian Esslemont | 3rd |

## League table

The relegation play-off format was altered as a result of the North First Division (West) champions, Spey Valley United, declining promotion to the North Superleague. Previously, the bottom two Superleague clubs were automatically relegated with the club finishing in third bottom position, tabled to play-off against the winner of a tie between the two runners-up of the North First Division (East) and (West).
In the revised plan, only the bottom club in the North Superleague will be automatically relegated. The runners-up to Spey Valley United, Montrose Roselea, will play-off at a neutral venue against the club finishing second bottom of the Superleague. The runners-up in the North First Division (East), Sunnybank, have played-off against the club finishing third bottom of the North Superleague, with the Superleague club having home advantage in the tie.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Banks O' Dee (C) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 20 | +63 | 68 | Qualification for 2017–18 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Dyce Juniors | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 77 | 24 | +53 | 58 | |
| 3 | Culter | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 56 | |
| 4 | Stonehaven | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 55 | |
| 5 | Hall Russell United | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 44 | |
| 6 | Newburgh Thistle | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 39 | |
| 7 | Colony Park | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 35 | |
| 8 | Hermes | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 33 | |
| 9 | Banchory St. Ternan | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 31 | |
| 10 | Inverness City | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 25 | |
| 11 | Maud | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 24 | |
| 12 | Dufftown (O) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 84 | −37 | 20 | Qualification for North Region League play-off |
| 13 | Buckie Rovers (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 81 | −42 | 19 | Qualification for North Region League play-off |
| 14 | Deveronside (R) | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 11 | Relegation to North First Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BST | BOD | BCK | COL | CUL | DVS | DUF | DYC | HRU | HER | IVC | MAU | NEW | SHV |
| Banchory St. Ternan | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 0–6 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Banks O' Dee | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Buckie Rovers | 2–4 | 0–6 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Colony Park | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Culter | 4–1 | 1–5 | 8–2 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Deveronside | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Dufftown | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 3–4 |
| Dyce Juniors | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 11–0 | 7–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Hall Russell United | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Hermes | 1–2 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 |
| Inverness City | 3–1 | 0–8 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Maud | 1–2 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Newburgh Thistle | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–0 | | 1–3 |
| Stonehaven | 9–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |