| Competition: | Premier Division |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Europa (7th title) |
| Relegated: | Europa Point |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Europa |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Lincoln Red Imps St Joseph's |
| League Topscorer: | Kike Gómez (30 goals) [1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | (19 March 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (23 January 2017) |
| Highest Scoring: | (23 January 2017) |
| Matches: | 135 |
| Total Goals: | 443 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Updated: | 22 May 2017 |
The 2016–17 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of the national amateur and semi-professional football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was contested by ten clubs, the top eight clubs from last season and two promoted clubs from 2015–16 Gibraltar Second Division. Lincoln Red Imps were the reigning champions, sealing a record 22nd title last season. The season began on 21 September 2016 and ended on 22 May 2017. Europa won the title, ending Lincoln's 14 title run and winning their first title since 1952.
As with the previous season, each of the ten Premier Division teams played each other three times for a total of 27 matches each.[2] The tenth-placed team was relegated while the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division entered a playoff with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2017–18 Premier Division.[2]
Starting from this season, Gibraltar are granted two spots instead of one in the Europa League.[3] The season also saw the introduction of a Home Grown Player (HGP) rule, forcing clubs in both of Gibraltar's divisions to have at least 3 Gibraltarian players in their matchday squads, with at least one on the field of play at all times.
After the previous season, Angels and Britannia XI were both relegated to the Second Division; Europa Point and Mons Calpe were promoted in their places.
| Club | data-sort-type="number" | Finishing position 2015–16 |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | ||
| 1st in Second division (Promoted) | ||
| 8th | ||
| 7th | ||
| 1st (champions) | ||
| 4th | ||
| 5th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 2nd in Second division (Promoted via play-off) | ||
| 3rd |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Gibraltar | Resigned | 14 September 2016 | Pre-season | 15 September 2016 | ||
| Manchester 62 | Sacked | |||||
| Europa Point | 15 December 2016 | 10th | 15 December 2016 | |||
| St Joseph's | Signed by Beijing Guoan | 19 December 2016 | 3rd | 19 December 2016 | ||
| Mons Calpe | Sacked | 16 January 2017 | 5th | 17 March 2017 | ||
| Manchester 62 | 8 February 2017 | 8th | 8 February 2017 | |||
| Resigned | 17 March 2017 | 8th | 21 March 2017 |
Teams played each other twice.
Teams played each other once.
At the end of the season, the ninth-placed team from the Premier Division will enter a play-off with the second-placed team from the Second Division for a spot in the 2017–18 Premier Division.[2] FCB Magpies finished second in the Second Division after their win on May 8, 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kike Gómez | Europa FC | 30 | |
| 2 |  Joseph Chipolina | Lincoln Red Imps | 17 | |
| 3 | John-Paul Duarte | St. Joseph's | 15 | |
| Guillermo Roldán | Europa FC | |||
| Liam Walker | Europa FC | |||
| 6 | Lee Casciaro | Lincoln Red Imps | 14 | |
| 7 | George Cabrera | Lincoln Red Imps | 13 | |
| 8 | Salvador Carrasco Lopez | Glacis United | 11 | |
 Juan Pablo Pereira Sastrie | Mons Calpe | |||
| 10 | Tulio Etchemaite | Lincoln Red Imps | 10 |