| Club: | Sarajevo |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Owner: | Vincent Tan |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Edis Kusturica Valentin Ilievski |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Manager: | Almir Hurtić (until 29 August) Mehmed Janjoš (from 29 August) |
| Stadium: | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium |
| League: | Premier League BiH |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Cup of BiH |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners–up |
| League Topscorer: | Mersudin Ahmetović (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mersudin Ahmetović (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 12,500 vs Željezničar (16 October 2016) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 vs Kozara (19 October 2016) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,190 |
| Largest Win: | Kozara 0–5 Sarajevo (26 October 2016) |
| Largest Loss: | Sloboda 3–0 Sarajevo (18 March 2017) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Sarajevo season was the club's 68th season in existence, and their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team also competed in the National Cup.
See main article: FK Sarajevo Academy. FK Sarajevo Academy players that received a first-team squad call-up.
| Date | Player | From | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2016 | FW |  Mersudin Ahmetović | Sloboda Tuzla | Free transfer | [1] | |
| 7 June 2016 | DF |  Saša Balić |  Târgu Mureș | [2] | ||
| DF | Dušan Hodžić | Radnik Bijeljina | [3] | |||
| 8 June 2016 | MF | Elvis Sarić | Sloboda Tuzla | [4] | ||
| 13 June 2016 | MF | Marko Ćetković |  Laçi | [5] | ||
| 16 June 2016 | MF | Nemanja Anđušić | Olimpik | [6] | ||
| 17 June 2016 | MF | Said Husejinović | Dinamo Zagreb | €50,000 | [7] | |
| 18 June 2016 | GK | Adi Adilović | Čelik Zenica | Free transfer | [8] | |
| 25 June 2016 | MF | Nermin Crnkić |  Slovan Bratislava | [9] | ||
| 28 June 2016 | DF | Saša Novaković | Voluntari | [10] | ||
| 18 August 2016 | DF | Perica Ivetić | Sloboda Tuzla | [11] | ||
| 19 January 2017 | MF | Sanjin Lelić | Olimpik | €25,000 | [12] | |
| 20 February 2017 | MF |  Frank Liivak | Free agent | Free transfer | [13] | |
| Total | €75,000 | |||||
| Date | Player | To | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2016 | DF | Tomislav Barbarić |  Kortrijk | €350,000 | [14] | |
| MF | Deni Simeunović | Radnik Bijeljina | End of contract | [15] | ||
| MF | Dario Purić | Tekstilac Derventa | [16] | |||
| FW | Ildar Klarić | Branitelj | ||||
| 14 June 2016 | FW | Ševko Okić | Radnik Bijeljina | Contract termination | [17] | |
| 15 June 2016 | DF |  Denis Kramar |  Víkingur Ólafsvík | [18] | ||
| 23 June 2016 | MF |  Emerson | Free agent | [19] | ||
| FW | Cezar Augusto | |||||
| 25 June 2016 | FW | Tarik Handžić | Olimpik | [20] | ||
| 29 June 2016 | DF |  Ahmad Kalasi | Al-Ittihad | [21] | ||
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Džemal Berberović | Retired | [22] | ||
| 21 July 2016 | FW | Adnan Osmanović | Olimpik | Contract termination | [23] | |
| 2 August 2016 | MF |  Damjan Krajišnik | Podrinje Janja | |||
| 5 August 2016 | FW | Leon Benko | Olimpija Ljubljana | [24] | ||
| 10 January 2017 | MF | Marko Ćetković | Partizani Tirana | [25] | ||
| Total | €350,000 | |||||
| Start date | End date | Player | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2016 | 31 December 2016 | GK | Emir Plakalo | Metalleghe-BSI | [26] [27] |
| 19 January 2017 | End of season | DF | Edvin Rastoder | Bosna Visoko | [28] |
| MF | Vedad Gljiva | ||||
| 25 January 2017 | FW | Hamza Čataković | Trenčín | [29] |
See main article: 2016–17 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
See main article: 2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup.
|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"|Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players transferred out during the season|}Number after the "+" sign represents the number of games player started the game on the bench and was substituted on.
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=160 | Player | width=110 | Premier League | width=80 | Cup of BiH | width=80 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | FW | | Mersudin Ahmetović | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Nermin Crnkić | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Anel Hebibović | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| 4 | 33 | FW | | Amer Bekić | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Elvis Sarić | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | DF | Saša Novaković | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 | MF | | Said Husejinović | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Haris Duljević | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Dušan Hodžić | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Advan Kadušić | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | | Edin Rustemović | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Adnan Kovačević | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 | DF | | Saša Balić | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | MF | | Samir Radovac | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 16 | DF | | Marko Mihojević | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 19 | DF | | Almir Bekić | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 | MF | | Marko Ćetković | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 41 | 19 | 60 | ||||||||||||