2017 Liga de Elite

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Liga de Elite
Season2017
Champions Benfica de Macau
(4th title)
Relegated Kei Lun
Development
AFC Cup Benfica de Macau
Matches played90
Goals scored381 (4.23 per match)
Top goalscorer Carlos Leonel
(21 goals)
Highest scoring Monte Carlo 9-2 Lai Chi
(9 April 2017)
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Benfica de Macau
2016
2018

The 2017 Liga de Elite was the 45th season of the Liga de Elite, the top Macanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1973. The season began on 13 January 2017 and ended on 2 July 2017. [1]

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League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Benfica de Macau (C)181521806+7447Qualification for the 2018 AFC Cup group stage
2 Monte Carlo 1815127223+4946
3 Chao Pak Kei 1814135516+3943
4 Kei Lun (E)188374632+1427Withdrew
5 Cheng Fung 185853442823
6 Tak Chun Ka I 1864831421122
7 Sporting de Macau 18441016493316
8 Polícia 18251116493311
9 Lai Chi 1823131768519
10 Development (R)1823131960419Relegation to the 2ª Divisão de Macau
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated

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References

  1. Macao 2017, RSSSF.com