| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Dates: | 19 August 2016 – 6 May 2017 |
| Competition: | Maltese Premier League |
| Winners: | Hibernians (12th title) |
| Relegated: | Pembroke Athleta |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Hibernians |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Balzan Valletta Floriana |
| League Topscorer: | Bojan Kaljević (23 goals)[1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | Tarxien Rainbows 7–1 Pembroke Athleta [2] Balzan 7–1 Mosta [3] St. Andrews 6–0 Pembroke Athleta [4] |
| Biggest Away Win: | Gżira United 1–7 Birkirkara [5] |
| Highest Scoring: | Gżira United 1–7 Birkirkara Tarxien Rainbows 7–1 Pembroke Athleta Balzan 7–1 Mosta |
| Matches: | 198 |
| Total Goals: | 570 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Maltese Premier League was the 102nd season of the Maltese Premier League. The season began on 19 August 2016 and concluded on 6 May 2017; the relegation play-off took place on 12 May 2017. Valletta were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title the previous season.
On 30 April 2017, Hibernians defeated St. Andrews 3–1 to clinch their 12th Maltese league title.[6]
For this season, in a change from recent previous seasons, points earned in the first 22 matches were no longer halved. Each team therefore played 33 matches, home-and-away against each other team (22 matches), and then one more match (either home or away) against each other team.
| Ta' Qali | Ta' Qali | Paola | Hamrun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ta' Qali National Stadium | Centenary Stadium | Tony Bezzina Stadium | Victor Tedesco Stadium | |
| Capacity: 16,997 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 2,968 | Capacity: 1,962 | |
Naxxar Lions and Qormi were relegated to the 2016–17 Maltese First Division after they finished eleventh and twelfth, respectively, the previous season. They were replaced by Gżira United and Ħamrun Spartans, champions and runners-up respectively of the 2015–16 Maltese First Division.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,000 | ||||
| 17,797 | ||||
| Independence Arena | 3,000 | |||
| 17,797 | ||||
| 6,000 | ||||
| 2,968 | ||||
| 600 | ||||
| 1,500 | ||||
| Tigne Sports Complex | 1,000 | |||
| Luxol Sports Ground | 800 | |||
| Tony Cassar Sports Ground | 1,000 | |||
| Centenary Stadium | 2,000 |
A play-off match took place between the eleventh-placed team from the Premier League, Mosta, and the fourth-placed team from the First Division, Qormi, for a place in the 2017–18 Maltese Premier League. Mosta retained their spot in the Maltese Premier League, while Qormi remained in the Maltese First Division.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bojan Kaljević | Balzan | 23 | |
| 2 |  Jurgen Degabriele | Hibernians | 16 | |
| 3 |  Mario Fontanella | Floriana | 14 | |
| 4 |  Vito Plut | Birkirkara | 13 | |
| 5 | Jake Grech | Ħamrun Spartans | 12 | |
| 6 |  Srđan Dimitrov | Ħamrun Spartans | 11 | |
 Alexander Nilsson | Tarxien Rainbows | |||
| Jean Paul Farrugia | Sliema Wanderers | |||
| 9 |  Jorginho | Hibernians | 10 |