2016 Football Division 3 Tournament Northern Region is the 1st season of the League competition since its establishment in 2016. It is in the fourth tier of the Thai football league system.
Group stage: A total 13 clubs will be divided into four groups of three clubs except group 4 which has four clubs to play round-robin matches at a neutral venue. The best two clubs of each group will qualify to the knock-out stage.
Knock-out stage: A total of 8 clubs which has qualified from the group stage will play single-elimination stage until there are only two finalists of the tournament.