| Club: | AZAL |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Tarlan Ahmadov |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Zaur Akhundov |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | AZAL Arena |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Gabala |
| League Topscorer: | David Janelidze Nugzar Kvirtia (3) |
| Season Topscorer: | David Janelidze (5) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The AZAL PFK 2016–17 season was AZAL's twelfth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and thirteenth season in their history. It was their third full season with Tarlan Ahmadov as manager, during which they finished bottom of the league, with just 10 points, and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup by Gabala at the Quarterfinal stage.
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2016. In:[1] [2] [2] Out:[3] [2] [2] [2] [4] [2] [5] [2]
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2016–17. In:[6] [7] Out:[8] [8] [8] [8] [8] [8] Trialists:[9]
See main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who left AZAL during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=170 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=100 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 21 | David Janelidze | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Nugzar Kvirtia | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF |  | 27 | Rashad Abdullayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 18 | Ruslan Amirjanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 88 | Mirzaga Huseynpur | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 14 | Ilgar Alakbarov | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | | 70 | Vagif Javadov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW |  | 11 | Franck Madou | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 95 | Shirmammad Mammadov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 13 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Elshad Manafov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | | DF | Tural Hümbatov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | DF | Qvanzav Məhəmmədov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | | DF | Kamil Huseynov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | | MF | Tagim Novruzov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | | MF | Kamal Mirzayev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | MF | Sadio Tounkara | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 9 | | FW | Royal Najafov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | | MF | Nugzar Kvirtia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | | FW | Ruslan Nasirli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | | MF | Ilgar Alakbarov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 |  | DF | Brian Fok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | | DF | Eltun Hüseynov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | | DF | Ruslan Amirjanov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 19 | | MF | Elnur Suleymanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | | FW | David Janelidze | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 | | GK | Agil Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24 | | DF | Emin Jafarguliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 27 | | MF | Rashad Abdullayev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44 |  | DF | Omega Roberts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 55 | | MF | Geyrat Aliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 |  | MF | Adan Coronado | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 88 | | MF | Mirzaga Huseynpur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 91 |  | MF | Mehdi Taouil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 95 | | MF | Shirmammad Mammadov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 60 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 67 | 5 | ||||