2016–17 Aruban Division di Honor

The 2016–17 Aruban Division di Honor was the 56th season of the Aruban Division di Honor, the top tier of football in Aruba. The regular season began on 7 October 2016, with Dakota taking a 3–0 win over Racing Club Aruba (RCA). The final game of the regular season was on 23 April 2017 with Britannia taking a 1–0 home victory over La Fama.

Aruban Division di Honor
Season2016–17
ChampionsNacional
RelegatedLa Fama
Jong Aruba
CFU Club ChampionshipRacing Club Aruba
Nacional
Matches played81
Goals scored277 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerDevis Oliveros (17)
Biggest home winDakota 12–0 Jong Aruba
(3 Dec. 2016)
Biggest away winLa Fama 1–7 Estrella
(15 Feb. 2017)
Highest scoringDakota 12–0 Jong Aruba
(3 Dec. 2016)
Longest winning run4: Britannia
(8–22 Oct. 2016)
Longest unbeaten run8: Britannia
(8 Oct.–12 Dec. 2016)
Longest winless run12: Estrella
(12 Nov. 2016–23 Apr. 2017)
Longest losing run7: Jong Aruba
(21 Oct.–9 Dec. 2016)
All statistics correct as of 30 April 2017.

The Division di Honor's second stage is the "Calle 4" tournament, where the top two teams qualify for the final and the 2018 CFU Club Championship. The competition began on 12 May and concluded on 9 June 2017. RCA, Britannia, Dakota and Nacional participated in the tournament with RCA and Nacional taking the top two spots after a forfeit by Nacional in their final match was later overturned.

The final uses a modified two-out-of-three format and will begin on 27 June 2017 and conclude in July 2017.

Racing Club Aruba entered the season as the defending champions.[1]

Teams

There were 10 clubs that competed during the season.

Team Home city Home ground
Britannia Piedra Plat Piedra Plat Entertainment Center
Bubali Noord Veld Sports Complex
Caraval Angochi Angochi Stadium
Dakota Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium
Estrella Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium
Jong Aruba Noord Compleho Deportivo Frans Figaroa
La Fama Savaneta Savaneta Turf Field
Nacional Noord Veld Sports Complex
Racing Club Aruba Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium
River Plate Oranjestad Trinidad Stadium

Regular season

The ten teams were to play each other in a double round robin, for a total of 18 matches, with a mid-season break in December and January. Jong Aruba withdrew from the league during the mid-season break, after 9 out of 18 matches were played. All of their results were annulled, and their remaining fixtures were cancelled.

Table and results
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation RCA BRI DAK DPN RVP EST BUB INC LAF SJA
1 Racing Club Aruba 16 12 1 3 36 21 +15 37 Qualification to the Calle 4 — 1–0 0–3 0–4 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 7–1 8–0
2 Britannia 16 10 2 4 43 13 +30 32 0–0 — 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 8–0 3–0 1–0 3–1
3 Dakota 16 8 4 4 35 23 +12 28 3–0 1–0 — 0–2 3–0 2–2 6–0 2–1 1–0 12–0
4 Nacional 16 8 3 5 40 28 +12 27 0–1 1–6 5–2 — 1–0 0–2 6–2 2–1 4–1 w/o
5 River Plate 16 6 3 7 22 27 −5 21 1–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 — 3–0 3–5 1–2 0–0 4–0
6 Estrella 16 4 6 6 33 32 +1 18 2–3 3–3 3–1 2–2 1–2 — 2–2 1–1 3–3 w/o
7 Bubali 16 4 4 8 29 50 −21 16 1–4 2–5 2–2 4–4 0–1 4–1 — 1–3 3–2 w/o
8 Independiente Caraval[lower-alpha 1] 16 2 5 9 15 32 −17 10 Qualification to the Relegation playoffs 0–4 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 — 1–2 w/o
9 La Fama 16 2 4 10 19 46 −27 10 2–3 1–0 2–6 1–5 1–3 1–7 1–1 1–1 — 5–1
10 Jong Aruba (R) 9 0 1 8 5 44 −39 1 Withdrew, relegation to 2017–18 Aruban Division Uno w/o w/o w/o 1–6 w/o 1–4 1–1 0–1 w/o —
Source: RSSSF FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Caraval were deducted one point after their home match against Bubali was abandoned in the 80th minute. Bubali were up 2–1 at the time, and the result held.

Postseason

Calle 4

The Calle 4 tournament began on 12 May and concluded on 9 June 2017. The top four teams played six additional games, a home-and-away double round-robin against their three opponents.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation RCA DPN BRI DAK
1 Racing Club Aruba 6 3 0 3 5 5 0 9 Championship — 0–1 1–0 1–2
2 Nacional 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 8 1–2 — 1–2 1–1[lower-alpha 1]
3 Britannia 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 0–1 3–3 — 4–2
4 Dakota 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8 1–0 0–4 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF FIFA
Notes:
  1. Match was originally a 1–1 draw, but Nacional later forfeited 0–2 to Dakota for using an ineligible player who had immigrated illegally. However, that decision was later reversed on appeal.

Championship

The top two finishers of the Calle 4 tournament will play in the Championship, which is a best two-out-of-three series. However unlike a typical two-out-of-three series, if a team wins one of the first two matches and the other match is a draw, that team wins the series without playing the third game. This is despite the fact that their opponent could potentially tie the series if a third game were played. The winner also qualifies for the Caribbean Club Shield, the second tier club competition for the Caribbean region for associations without a professional league.

The tournament will be held in June and July 2017.

Racing Club Aruba1–3Nacional
Report
Nacional2–6Racing Club Aruba
Report
Racing Club Aruba1–3Nacional

Nacional won the Championship 2 matches to 1. Qualified for the Caribbean Club Shield

Relegation playoffs

The eighth and ninth place finishers played against the second and third place finishers of the second division in a double round-robin to decide who would play in the top tier. First and second place finishers would compete in the 2017–18 Division di Honor, while the third and fourth place finishers would compete in the 2017–18 Division Uno. Before the start of the 2017–18 Division di Honor, Caraval withdrew from the league due to financial reasons and 2016–17 Division Uno champions Real Piedra Plat folded. As a result, La Fama were reprieved of relegation, and Juventud TL were awarded promotion.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation INC CAQ LAF JTL
1 Caraval 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 Club folded after relegation playoffs — 0–1 1–0 3–1
2 Caiquetio 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 2017–18 Aruban Division di Honor 1–1 — 1–0 1–2
3 La Fama (R) 6 2 1 3 7 4 +3 7 1–0 0–2 — 0–0
4 Juventud TL (P) 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 0–1 3–1 0–6 —
Source: RSSSF FIFA
(P) Promoted;
(R) Club reprieved of relegation.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Devis Oliveros Nacional 17
2 Kenroy Ranger Nacional 13
3 Bruno Malta Britannia 12
4 Pheadrick Baromeo Estrella 11
5 Jesus Peñate Dakota 9
John Silva Bubali
Davidson Kaarsbaan La Fama
8 Jean-Luc Bergen Racing Club Aruba 8
9 Nickelson Paul Dakota 8
10 Peterson Guerrier River Plate 7

As of 21 May 2017[2]

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel (22 September 2016). "Aruba 2015/16". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. "Aruban Honor Division - Statistics - Goals". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
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