| Club: | Zira |
| Season: | 2016-17 |
| Manager: | Adil Shukurov (until 27 December) Aykhan Abbasov (from 27 December) |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Vugar Astanov |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Azerbaijan Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Neftchi Baku |
| League Topscorer: | César Meza Colli (4) |
| Season Topscorer: | César Meza Colli (4) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The Zira FK 2016–17 season is Zira's second Azerbaijan Premier League season, and third season in their history. It is their second season with Adil Shukurov as manager, during which they will participate in the Azerbaijan Cup as well as the League.
On 27 December 2016, Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, with Aykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the season.[1]
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2016. In:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Out:[13] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [13] [13] [13] [13]
See main article: List of Azerbaijan football transfers winter 2016–17. In:[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] Out:[23]
See main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League.
See main article: 2016–17 Azerbaijan Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Zira during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=100 | Azerbaijan Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 20 | César Meza Colli | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF |  | 8 | Milan Đurić | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW |  | 43 | Richard Gadze | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| MF |  | 10 | Elvin Mammadov | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF |  | 7 | Gerhard Progni | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 23 | Jovan Krneta | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | 11 | Victor Igbekoyi | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 28 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 19 | Nurlan Novruzov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | 6 | Vugar Mustafayev | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 5 | Adil Naghiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 92 | Javid Taghiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 29 | 3 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Azerbaijan Cup | Total | ||||
| 1 | | GK | Anar Nazirov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | | DF | Adil Naghiyev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | | MF | Vugar Mustafayev | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 7 | | MF | Gerhard Progni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | | MF | Milan Đurić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | | FW | Nurlan Novruzov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | | MF | Elvin Mammadov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Victor Igbekoyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 16 | DF | Akeem Latifu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 20 | MF | César Meza Colli | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | DF | Jovan Krneta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 28 | | MF | Tamkin Khalilzade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 43 | | FW | Richard Gadze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 44 | DF | Miguel Lourenço | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 85 | | GK | Kamal Bayramov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 92 | | DF | Javid Taghiyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 96 | | FW | Elgun Nəbiyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 69 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 3 | ||||