The 2016–17 season of the Niedersachsenliga is the ninth season of the league at tier five (V) in the German football league system and the 27th overall.
2016–17 standings The 2016–17 season saw five new clubs in the league, MTV Gifhorn, Hannoverscher SC, Blau-Weiß Bornreihe and TuS Bersenbrück, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while BV Cloppenburg was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.Niedersachsenliga tables & results kicker.de, accessed: 6 June 2017
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers for the season:2016–17 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers Weltfussball.de, accessed: 6 June 2017 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sascha WaldSC Spelle-Venhaus202 Keven OltmerSSV Jeddeloh193 Emil Gabriel JulaTuS Bersenbrück174 Mehdi MohebiehEintracht Northeim165 Torben PoppeBlau-Weiß Bronreihe15
Promotion play-off Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord. The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the best-placed team applying for a licence, of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spot in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted, however the final two matches were deemed obsolete and played as friendly matches because the two promoted teams had already been determined.
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