title: 2016–17 in Senegalese football
text: # 2016–17 in Senegalese football
  
  The 2016–17 season was the season of competitive football (soccer) in Senegal.
  
  ## Diary of the season
  
  * US Gorée won the 2015-16 Senegalese Super Cup
  * US Gorée won the 2015-16 Champion's Trophy
  * November 5: Both Tenugueth and Jaraaf started off with first place and had three points each, also Tenugueth played their first Ligue 1 match
  * November 6: Gorée defeated Stade de Mbour 0-1 and is Gorée's only win to date
  * November 13:
     * Génération Foot defeated La Linguère 3-4 and became the highest scoring match, it is now second
     * Diambars made a draw with Mbour Pétite-Côté with a goal and started Diambar's twelve match unbeaten streak
  * November 14: Casa Sports took the lead with six points
  * November 22:
     * Jaraaf retook the lead and had seven points
     * Niarry Tally defeated Casa Sport 4–0 and was the biggest home win until December 29
  * November 26: Jaraaf defeated ASEC Ndjambour 5-2 and became the highest scoring match for nearly six months
  * November 27 - Douanes defeated Guédiawaye 1–4 and is currently the biggest away win
  * December 14: Match between Casa Sports and Guédiawaye was delayed
  * December 15: Stade de Mbour took the lead and had ten points
  * December 23: Génération Foot took the lead and had 14 points
  * mid-January: All sports competitions including football took a break due to the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar
  * February 19: 2016-17 Ligue 1 season continues
  * March 18: Diambars' 12 match unbeaten streak went to an end after a loss to Jaraaf 2-1
  * April 1: Ouakam defeated Djambars 2-1 and escaped the relegation zone
  * April 2: Ndiambour lost to Linguère 2-1 and put inside the relegation zone
  * May 3: The rescheduled match between Casa Sport and Guédiawaye was to be played, the match was forbidden by local authorities, the match was awarded 0-3 to Guédiawaye
  * May 7: Génération Foot of Sangalkam reached the 40th point and currently has an eight-point difference over second placed Casa Sport
  * May 20: Diaraf defeated Casa Sports 6-0 and made became the highest scoring match of the season
  * late-May: Génération Foot became football champions just a few weeks before the end of the season
  * June 25: Génération Foot, a club based in Sangalkam located east of Dakar won their only national football championship title
  * mid-July: Stade de Mbour won their only League Cup title
  