| Competition: | Bahrain First Division League |
| Winners: | Malkiya (1st title) |
| Relegated: | Bahrain SC Al Hala |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Malkiya |
| Continentalcup2: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Manama |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
The 2016–17 Bahraini First Division League was the 60th top-level football season in Bahrain. Ten teams participated with Al-Hidd as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time.[1]
Malkiya won the title for the first time.[2] [3]
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC Player | Former Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli |  Mehmed Alispahić |  Cleiton Mineiro | Mohamed Lamine |  Sidney Schmeltz |  Komi-Fovi Aguidi | ||
| Al-Hala | Diego Silva | Alexandre Matão  Daniel Tagoe | |||||
| Al-Hidd |  Moussa Narry |  Ifedayo Olusegun | Orok Akarandut | Uche Agba |  Ales Petrovacki |  Mohammad Al-Dawud | |
| Al-Muharraq | Felipinho | Doris Fuakumputu | Gregory Nelson | Ahmad Deeb |  Ahmed Al-Khamri | Vítor Saba Mahmoud Al-Mawas | |
| Al-Najma | Aílton | Edílson | Evans Frimpong |  Édgar Pacheco | |||
| Al-Riffa | Danilo Bueno |  Víctor Montaño | Abdoulaye Coulibaly | Onuoha Ogbonna |  Oussema Boughanmi | Azamat Baymatov | |
| Bahrain Club |  Cristian Toncheff | Bruno Araújo | Vítor Huvos | Hadi Al Masri | |||
| East Riffa | João Luiz |  Mladen Jovancic | Khaled Hmani | Mudir Al-Radaei | |||
| Malkiya | Gege Soriola | Israa Hamwiah | Nawaf Abdullah | ||||
| Manama | Everton | Lázaro | Thiago Augusto | Lee Won-jae | |||