2016–17 Essex Senior Football League

The 2016–17 Essex Senior Football League season was the 46th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

Essex Senior League
The league consists of 22 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left the league –
 * Bowers & Pitsea – promoted to Isthmian League Division One North
 * Newham – resigned from league, joined Essex Olympian League Division One (as London APSA)

The following 3 clubs joined the league –
 * Barkingside – relegated from Isthmian League Division One North
 * Redbridge – relegated from Isthmian League Division One North
 * West Essex – promoted from Middlesex County League Premier Division

Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
 * 1) Have applied to be considered for promotion by end November
 * 2) Pass a ground grading examination by end March
 * 3) Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
 * 4) Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following five teams achieved criterion one:
 * Barking
 * Clapton
 * FC Romania
 * Ilford
 * Waltham Forest