| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Dates: | 13 August 2016 – 19 June 2017 |
| Winners: | Ahrobiznes Volochysk |
| Promoted: | 6 – |
| Relegated: | 7 teams |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 21st since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 13 August 2016.[1]
There were two groups with 12 teams in Group A and 12 teams in Group B. The last season winner FC Balkany Zorya has participated in professional Second League.
On 29 August 2016, SC Tavriya Simferopol was admitted to the competition.[2]
List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in the 2016–17 season.
The top goalscorers are:[3]
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mykola Temnyuk | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 17 | 15 |
| 2 | Vitaliy Bryksa | FC Malynsk | 15 | 8 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Apanchuk | ODEK Orzhiv | 19 | 7 (2) |
| 4 | Ostap Mishchuk | FC Lviv | 15 | 6 |
| Pavlo Dmytriv | Oskar Pidhiria | 15 | 6 |
The top goalscorers are:[4]
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denys Skotarenko | Kvadro / Metalist 1925 | 18 | 14 | |
| 2 | Serhiy Zhyhalov | Tavria-Skif Rozdol | 15 | 9 | |
| 3 | Serhiy Davydov | Metalist 1925 | 20 | 8 | |
| 4 | Yevhen Sokolan | Tavriya Simferopol | 16 | 7 | |
| 5 | Oleh Synytsia | Metalist 1925 | 19 | 7 (3) |
Winners of groups have qualified for the championship final. According to the regulations, in case if the winner refuse to participate or was excluded, it will be replaced with a team that placed the next in the final standings tournament table.[5]
Conditions to participate in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League:
On 18 November 2016, a representative of the FFU Executive Committee confirmed receiving applications from SC Tavriya Simferopol,[7] FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv,[8] FC Hirnyk Sosnivka, FC Nyva Ternopil, FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk, FC Lviv, and MFC Zhytomyr.[9]
On 21 June 2017, six teams have been promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League,[10] including all abovementioned besides renamed FC Rochyn Sosnivka which have decided to play again in the Amateur League in the next season.[11]