# 2016–17 First League of the Republika Srpska

The 2016–17 First League of the Republika Srpska was the twenty-second season of the First League of the Republika Srpska, the second tier football league of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since its original establishment and the fifteenth as a second-tier league.

## Clubs

* FK Borac Banja Luka
* FK Borac Šamac
* FK Drina Zvornik
* FK Kozara Gradiška
* FK Podrinje Janja
* FK Rudar Prijedor
* FK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo
* FK Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad
* FK Sloga Doboj
* FK Sutjeska Foča
* FK Tekstilac Derventa
* FK Zvijezda 09 Etno Selo Stanišići

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Borac Banja Luka | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Rudar Prijedor | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Podrinje Janja | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Drina Zvornik | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Tekstilac Derventa | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Kozara | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Zvijezda 09 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Sloga Doboj | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Slavija | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Sutjeska Foča | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Borac Šamac | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

## Promotion round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Borac Banja Luka (C, P) | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 12 | +49 | 81 | Promotion to the Premijer Liga BiH |
| 2 | Podrinje Janja | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 59 | |
| 3 | Rudar Prijedor | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 52 | |
| 4 | Drina Zvornik | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 52 | |
| 5 | Kozara | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Tekstilac Derventa | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 36 | |

## Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Sloga Doboj | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 47 | |
| 8 | Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 46 | |
| 9 | Slavija | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 42 | |
| 10 | Zvijezda 09 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 42 | |
| 11 | Sutjeska Foča | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 33 | |
| 12 | Borac Šamac (R) | 32 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 81 | −57 | 11 | Relegation to the Second League RS |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Selmir Mahmutović | Sloga Doboj | 21 |
| 2 | Draško Lolić | Rudar Prijedor | 15 |
| 3 | Ognjen Jaćimović | Rudar Prijedor | 14 |
| 4 | Ivan Delić | Borac Banja Luka | 12 |
| 5 | Filip Vujić | Podrinje | 11 |
| 6 | Dejan Vučić | Podrinje | 10 |