2016–17 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season

The 2016–17 Liga Panameña de Fútbol season (also known as the Liga Cable Onda) was the 27th season of top-flight football in Panama. The season began on 2016 and was scheduled to end in May 2017. Ten teams competed throughout the entire season.

Teams
Atlético Chiriquí finished in 10th place in the overall table last season and were relegated to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Taking their place for this season are the overall champions of last season's Liga Nacional de Ascenso Santa Gema.

Chepo suffered financial trouble and sold their spot to Atletico Veraguense.

Semifinals

 * First legs


 * Second legs

Arabe Unido won 5–3 on aggregate.

Plaza Amador won 1–0 on aggregate.

Finals

 * Grand Final

Semifinals

 * First legs


 * Second legs

Arabe Unido won 2–1 on aggregate.

Tauro won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

 * Grand Final

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players for the 2016-2017. The following players:
 * 1) have played at least one game for the respective club.
 * 2) have not been capped for the Panama national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

Alianza 
 * 🇦🇷 Facundo Kroeck
 * 🇨🇴 Robyn Pertuz
 * 🇨🇴 Gerardo Negrete
 * 🇨🇴 Mauricio Castaño

Arabe Unido
 * 🇩🇴 Miguel Lloyd

Atletico Nacional
 * 🇨🇴 Manuel Murillo
 * 🇨🇴 Andrés Santamaría

Atlético Veraguense 
 * 🇨🇴 Damaso Pichón
 * 🇨🇴 Alexis Mendoza
 * 🇨🇴 Walter Franco
 * 🇨🇴 Arlinto Murillo

Chorillo
 * 🇧🇷 Fabio Da Silva
 * 🇨🇴 David Agudelo


 * 🇨🇴 Jorge Henriquez
 * 🇨🇴 Justin Arboleda

Plaza Amador
 * 🇻🇪 Frank Piedrahita
 * 🇻🇪 Daniel Blanco

Santa Gema
 * 🇨🇴 Miguel Duque

San Francisco FC
 * 🇨🇴 Wanegre Delgado de Armas
 * 🇨🇴 Varcan Sterling

Sporting San Miguelito
 * None

Tauro FC
 * 🇻🇪 Jose Peraza
 * 🇨🇴 Carlos Sierra
 * 🇨🇴 Ariel Bonilla

(player released mid season)