| Competition: | Kuwaiti Premier League |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Kuwait SC |
| Continentalcup1: | 2018 AFC Champions League 2018 AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Kuwait SC Qadsia SC |
| Continentalcup2: | Arab Club Championship GCC Champions League Gulf Cup Winners Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Al-Nasr Al-Arabi SC Al-Salmiya SC |
| Matches: | 210 |
| Total Goals: | 648 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The season started with 2 new teams Burgan SC and Al-Tadhamon SC.
Kuwait SC narrowly won the title by edging out rivals Al Qadsia with a 2-1 win over Al Salmiya clinched in injury time, just moments after Al Qadsia's final league match.[1]
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Arabi | Jamal Al-Kazmi | Fawzi Ibrahim | Ali Maqseed | Macron | Ahli Bank of Kuwait | |
| Kuwait | Marzouq Al-Ghanim | Laurent Banide | Jarah Al Ateeqi | HH | BMW | |
| Qadsia | Shiekh Khaled Al-Fahad | Dalibor Starčević | Saleh Al Sheikh | Givova | Samsung | |
| Kazma | Asaad Al-Banwan | Unrevealed | Yousef Nasser | Erreà | Viva | |
| Al-Salmiya | Shiekh Turki Al-Yousef | Hutam Dhelies | Brahima Keita | Adidas | The Sultan Center | |
| Al-Tadhamon | Mohammed Ibrahim | |||||
| Al-Jahra | D'Ham AL-Shammari | Da Silva | Nino Santos | Givova | Viva | |
| Al-Fahaheel | Mohammed Hammad | Andrey Chernyshov | Abdullah Al Enazi | Givova | none | |
| Khaitan SC | Aleksandar Dixon Jovanovski | Zeus | Samsung | |||
| Al-Nasr | Givova | Viva | ||||
| Sahel | Zeus | Viva | ||||
| Al-Sulaibikhat | Mohammad Al Dabous | Erreà | LG | |||
| Al-Shabab | Uhlsport | None | ||||
| Al-Yarmouk SC | Adidas | Samsung | ||||
| Burgan SC | Hamlan Al-Hamlan | Hamad Al Harbi | Tarik Lugman | Givova | none |
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Asian Player | Former Players | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Arabi |  Amine Chermiti |  Nino Santos |  Ibrahima Keita |  Ali Hosni | Elias Joël Damahou | |
| Al-Fahaheel | Atir Thomas | Abdullah Coulibaly | Habib Meïté |  Abdou Kader Fall | ||
| Al-Jahra |  Guy Toindouba | Rogerinho |  Jovica Stokić | |||
| Al-Nasr SC |  Eric Epuko |  Ayrinsku Barifu |  Mahmoud Al Baher | |||
| Al-Salmiya SC | Ygor |  Saleh Rateb | Odai Al-Saify | Mahmoud Za'tara | ||
| Al Tadhamon | Cristian Lucca | Ânderson Grafite | Hamid Mido | Mauricio Nunes | ||
| Al Yarmouk | Samuel | Prince Abedi | ||||
| Kuwait SC | Juma Saeed |  Jairo Palomino |  Abdul Sallam Amur |  Medo | ||
| Qadsia SC | David da Silva |  Ricardo Blanco | Sharif Al-Nawaisheh | Ahmed Al-Reyahi | ||
| Kazma SC | Alex Lima | Jaja | Chaker Rguiî |  Patrick Fabiano | Diego Guerra | |
| Burgan SC | Wesam Idrees |  Emile Damey |