2017–18 Primera Divisió

The 2017–18 Primera Divisió, also known as Lliga Multisegur Assegurances, was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Andorra. The season began on 17 September 2017 and ended on 20 May 2018.^[1] The defending champions are FC Santa Coloma having won their eleventh championship the previous season.^[2]

Primera Divisió

Season	2017–18
Dates	17 September 2017 – 20 May 2018
Champions	FC Santa Coloma
Relegated	Penya Encarnada
Champions League	FC Santa Coloma
Europa League	Engordany
Matches played	104
Goals scored	382 (3.67 per match)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 13 May 2018.

The winner of the league this season will earn a place in the preliminary round of the 2018–19 Champions League, and the second-placed club will earn a place in the preliminary round of the 2018–19 Europa League.^[3]

Teams

Inter Club d'Escaldes earned a place in the Primera Divisió this season by winning the 2016–17 Segona Divisió.^[4] Penya Encarnada will join them after defeating Ordino in a play-off.^[5]

Clubs and locations

Main article: Primera Divisió § Stadiums

Team	Home town
Encamp	Encamp
Engordany	Escaldes-Engordany
FC Santa Coloma	Santa Coloma
Inter Club d'Escaldes	Escaldes-Engordany
Lusitanos	Andorra la Vella
Penya Encarnada	Andorra la Vella
Sant Julià	Sant Julià de Lòria
UE Santa Coloma	Santa Coloma

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Santa Coloma	21	15	3	3	55	16	+39	48	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Engordany	21	14	5	2	45	11	+34	47
3	Sant Julià	21	12	6	3	58	15	+43	42
4	Lusitanos	21	10	4	7	49	26	+23	34
5	UE Santa Coloma	21	8	5	8	35	25	+10	29	Qualification for the Relegation round
6	Inter Club d'Escaldes	21	7	4	10	33	29	+4	25
7	Encamp	21	3	1	17	26	76	−50	10
8	Penya Encarnada	21	0	2	19	10	113	−103	2

Source: FAF Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[6]

Results

The eight clubs will play each other three times for twenty–one matches each during the regular season.^[6]

First and second round Home \ Away ENC ENG INT LUS PEN SJU SFC SUE Encamp — 0–2 1–3 0–6 6–0 0–1 1–7 3–6 Engordany 2–0 — 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 Inter Club d'Escaldes 4–1 1–0 — 0–2 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–2 Lusitanos 2–0 0–3 1–1 — 12–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 Penya Encarnada 2–8 0–6 0–8 2–2 — 0–4 0–6 0–4 Sant Julià 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 18–0 — 1–1 2–3 FC Santa Coloma 2–0 2–3 3–0 5–3 7–0 1–0 — 1–0 UE Santa Coloma 5–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 7–1 1–1 0–2 — Source: soccerway.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round Home \ Away ENC ENG INT LUS PEN SJU SFC SUE Encamp — 0–2 2–1 0–5 1–2 Engordany 11–1 — 1–0 3–0 1–1 Inter Club d'Escaldes — 1–2 3–0 1–3 Lusitanos 3–0 — 6–1 1–1 2–0 Penya Encarnada 0–2 — 0–3 1–1 Sant Julià 9–1 0–0 5–1 — 3–1 FC Santa Coloma 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 UE Santa Coloma 0–2 2–1 0–2 — Source: soccerway.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship and relegation round

Records earned in the regular season were taken over to the Championship round and relegation round.^[6]

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Santa Coloma (C)	27	18	4	5	62	20	+42	58	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Engordany	27	16	7	4	50	17	+33	55	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
3	Sant Julià	27	14	6	7	64	24	+40	48
4	Lusitanos	27	13	5	9	59	35	+24	44

Source: Soccerway FAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[6]
(C) Champions

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	UE Santa Coloma	27	12	5	10	53	29	+24	41
6	Inter Club d'Escaldes	27	10	5	12	45	43	+2	35
7	Encamp (O)	27	4	2	21	34	88	−54	14	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8	Penya Encarnada (R)	27	3	2	22	15	126	−111	11	Relegation to the Segona Divisió

Source: Soccerway FAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.^[6]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Primera Divisió play-offs

The seventh-placed club (third-placed in the relegation round), Encamp, from the 2017–18 Primera Divisió and the runners-up from the 2017–18 Segona Divisió, Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, played in a two-legged relegation play-off for one place in the 2018–19 Primera Divisió.^[6]

Encamp v Atlètic Club d'Escaldes

17 May 2018 (2018-05-17)	Encamp	2–0	Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
20:30 CEST

Atlètic Club d'Escaldes v Encamp

24 May 2018 (2018-05-24)	Atlètic Club d'Escaldes	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Encamp
20:30 CEST

Season statistics

Regular season top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chus Sosa	FC Santa Coloma	9
	Luigi San Nicolás	Engordany
3	Vincent Ramaël	Lusitanos	8
	José Aguilar	Inter Club d'Escaldes
	Walter Fernández	Sant Julià
	Juanma Torres	FC Santa Coloma
	Sebas Gómez	Engordany

Regular season top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	Jesús Coca	Engordany	11	19	0.58
2	Nico Ratti	Sant Julià	14	18	0.78
3	Eloy Casals	FC Santa Coloma	13	15	0.87

Championship round top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chus Sosa	FC Santa Coloma	5
	Vincent Ramaël	Lusitanos
3	Joel Méndez	Sant Julià	3
4	Nicolás Alonso	Engordany	2
	Carlos Gomes	Lusitanos

Relegation round top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arturo Riestra	UE Santa Coloma	4
2	Sergio Crespo	UE Santa Coloma	3
	Xavier Gallart	Inter Club d'Escaldes
4	Albert Virgili	Inter Club d'Escaldes	2
	Andrés Briñez	Encamp
	Óscar Reyes	Inter Club d'Escaldes
	Enric Triquell	Penya Encarnada
	Christopher Pousa	UE Santa Coloma
	Eugenio Peralta	Inter Club d'Escaldes
	Joan Salomó	UE Santa Coloma
	Andreu Matos	Encamp
	Jonathan Ferreira	Encamp
	David Maneiro	UE Santa Coloma