2016–17 FA Women's Premier League
The 2016–17 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 25th season of the competition, which began in 1992. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.
Tottenham Hotspur celebrates winning the FA WPL play-off | |
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 2016 – 28 May 2017 |
| Champions | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Promoted | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Relegated | Blackpool Wren Rovers Exeter City Loughborough Students Lowestoft Town Tranmere Rovers |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 72 teams were members of the league before the start of the 2016–17 season, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, respectively the champions of the Northern and Southern Divisions, qualified for a playoff match against each other which Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 thus becoming the overall league champion, and winning them promotion to FA WSL 2.