The season was played between 1 April 2017,[1] and 14 October 2017. The defending Champions were Pärnu JK, who successfully defended their title for the seventh year running. It is their 13th league title overall and gave them qualification to the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League.
The 8 teams play each other twice, for a total of 14 matches, with the top four teams qualifying for a championship round and the bottom four teams playing a relegation round.