The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. Dinamo București were the defending champions.
| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Petrea Reșița | Sala Polivalentă Reșița | 1,669 | |
| 1,500 | |||
| CSM Făgăraș | 150 | ||
| 1,400 | |||
| 500 | |||
| 2,538 | |||
| Sala Sporturilor Constanța | 2,100 | ||
| 1,500 | |||
| 1,250 | |||
| 1,500 | |||
| 3,000 | |||
| 1,540 | |||
| 600 | |||
| 600 |
| Team | Qualification or relegation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo București (C, Q) | ||
| 2 | CSM București (Q) | ||
| 3 | Potaissa Turda (Q) | ||
| 4 | Dobrogea Constanța (Q) | 2017–18 EHF Cup |
| Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara | |
| 7 | Dunărea Călărași | |
| 8 | HC Vaslui |
| Pos. | County (județ) | No. of teams | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bucharest (capital) | 3 | CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua | |
| 2 | Brașov | 1 | CSM Făgăraș | |
| Caraș-Severin | 1 | Adrian Petrea Reșița | ||
| Călărași | 1 | Dunărea Călăraşi | ||
| Cluj | 1 | Potaissa Turda | ||
| Constanța | 1 | HC Dobrogea Sud | ||
| Harghita | 1 | HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | ||
| Satu Mare | 1 | CSM Satu Mare | ||
| Suceava | 1 | CSU Suceava | ||
| Timiș | 1 | SCM Politehnica Timişoara | ||
| Vaslui | 1 | HC Vaslui | ||
| Vrancea | 1 | CSM Focșani | ||
As of 30 November 2016:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gabriel Bujor | HC Vaslui | 94 | |
| 2 | Andrei Mihalcea | HC Odorhei | 78 | |
| 2 |  Dalibor Čutura | HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța | 78 | |
| 2 | Filip Marjanović | Poli Timișoara | 78 | |
| 5 |  Guillaume Saurina | CSM București | 74 | |
| 6 |  Vitaly Komogorov | HC Odorhei | 71 | |
| 7 | Ionuț Georgescu | CSA Steaua | 70 | |
| 8 |  Irakli Chikovani | AHC Dunărea Călărași | 69 |