The 2016–17 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the seventh season of the Netherlands women's professional football league.
[1] Defending champions FC Twente[2] finished second behind Ajax, who won their first Dutch championship.
[5][6][7] Source: Soccerway[8] The league adopted a new split-season format, which was used through the 2020–21 season.
In the regular season, the eight teams played each other three times, for a total of 21 matches each.
[9] At the time, KNVB women's football manager Minke Booij said the new format would strengthen competition and create more top matches.