2016–17 A-League

The 2016–17 A-League was the 40th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 12th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season began on 7 October 2016.[1]

A-League
Season2016–17
ChampionsSydney FC (3rd title)
PremiersSydney FC (2nd title)
Champions LeagueSydney FC
Melbourne Victory
Brisbane Roar
Matches played135
Goals scored409 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerBesart Berisha
Jamie Maclaren
(19 goals)
Best goalkeeperDanny Vukovic
Biggest home winMelbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix
(31 October 2016)
Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Newcastle Jets
(26 March 2017)
Biggest away winAdelaide United 0–5 Perth Glory
(10 February 2017)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 5–4 Melbourne City
(16 April 2017)
Longest winning runMelbourne Victory
Sydney FC
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runSydney FC (19 games)
Longest winless runNewcastle Jets (10 games)
Longest losing runNewcastle Jets (6 games)
Highest attendance61,880
Western Sydney Wanderers vs. Sydney FC
(8 October 2016)
Lowest attendance4,828
Wellington Phoenix vs. Newcastle Jets
(26 March 2017)
Average attendance12,294

Adelaide United were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The 2017 Grand Final took place on 7 May 2017, with Sydney FC claiming their third Championship with a 1–1 (4–2 on penalties) win against Melbourne Victory. Sydney FC also claimed the premiership for the 2016–17 regular season, their second in club history.

Clubs
Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,119
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park		 56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth nib Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney ANZ Stadium
Spotless Stadium		 84,000
24,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United Guillermo Amor Eugene Galekovic Macron[2] IGA
Brisbane Roar John Aloisi Matt McKay Umbro[3] Steadfast
Central Coast Mariners Paul Okon Nick Montgomery Umbro[4] Masterfoods
Melbourne City Michael Valkanis Bruno Fornaroli Nike Etihad
Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Carl Valeri Adidas[5] Optislim
Newcastle Jets Mark Jones Nigel Boogaard BLK Ledman
Perth Glory Kenny Lowe Rostyn Griffiths Macron[6] QBE
Sydney FC Graham Arnold Alex Brosque Puma Webjet
Wellington Phoenix Des Buckingham Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers Tony Popovic Dimas Nike[7] NRMA Insurance

Transfers
Further information: A-League transfers for 2016–17 season

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners Tony Walmsley Sacked[8] 8 August 2016 Pre-season Paul Okon[9] 29 August 2016
Newcastle Jets Scott Miller Sacked[10] 7 September 2016 Mark Jones[11] 23 September 2016
Wellington Phoenix Ernie Merrick Resigned[12] 5 December 2016 10th Des Buckingham[13] 5 December 2016 (interim)
2 January 2017 (permanent)
Melbourne City John van 't Schip Resigned[14] 3 January 2017 4th Michael Valkanis[15] 3 January 2017 (interim)
25 January 2017 (permanent)

Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Marcelo Carrusca Baba Diawara Sergio Cirio Isaías Kim Jae-sung Iacopo La Rocca1 Henrique1
Danny Choi3
Sergi Guardiola
Brisbane Roar Thomas Kristensen Thomas Broich Manuel Arana Jamie Young2
Avraam Papadopoulos2
Dane Ingham2
Central Coast Mariners Roy O'Donovan Fábio Ferreira Jacques Faty Mickaël Tavares Nick Montgomery1
Kwabena Appiah2
Storm Roux2		 Brad McDonald2
Melbourne City Fernando Brandán Nicolás Colazo Michael Jakobsen Thomas Sørensen Bruno Fornaroli Manny Muscat2
Melbourne Victory Besart Berisha Marco Rojas Alan Baró Fahid Ben Khalfallah Daniel Georgievski2
Jai Ingham2		 Maximilian Beister
Newcastle Jets Ma Leilei Mateo Poljak Morten Nordstrand Wayne Brown Aleksandr Kokko Ivan Vujica2
Perth Glory Joseph Mills Andy Keogh Lucian Goian Nebojša Marinković Diego Castro Milan Smiljanić
Sydney FC Bobô Jordy Buijs Miloš Dimitrijević Miloš Ninković Filip Hološko Nicola Kuleski2
Wellington Phoenix Guilherme Finkler Roly Bonevacia Roy Krishna Marco Rossi Alex Rodriguez
Western Sydney Wanderers Nicolás Martínez Jumpei Kusukami Aritz Borda Dimas Bruno Piñatares

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[16]
2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains
Club First Marquee Second Marquee Guest Marquee Mature Age Rookie Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Eugene Galekovic[17] Marcelo Carrusca[17] None None Eugene Galekovic[18][19] Marcelo Carrusca
Brisbane Roar Matt McKay[20] Thomas Broich[21] None None Matt McKay[22] Jade North[23]
Central Coast Mariners None None None None Nick Montgomery[24] None
Melbourne City Bruno Fornaroli[25] Nicolás Colazo[26] Tim Cahill[27][28] None Bruno Fornaroli[29][30] None
Melbourne Victory Oliver Bozanic[31][note 1] Besart Berisha[33] None None Carl Valeri[34] Leigh Broxham[34]
Newcastle Jets None None None Joel Allwright[35] Nigel Boogaard[36] Mateo Poljak[37]
Perth Glory Diego Castro[38] None None None Rostyn Griffiths[39] Andy Keogh[39]
Sydney FC Filip Hološko[40][41] Bobô[42] None None Alex Brosque[43] Alex Wilkinson[44]
Wellington Phoenix Kosta Barbarouses[45] Guilherme Finkler[46][47] None None Andrew Durante[48] None
Western Sydney Wanderers Nicolás Martínez[49] None None None Dimas[50] Mitch Nichols[50]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results
Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MBC MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW ADE BRI CCM MBC MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW
Adelaide United 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–5 0–4 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2
Brisbane Roar 4–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 2–1
Central Coast Mariners 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–0
Melbourne City 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 3–3
Melbourne Victory 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–2 6–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 4–1 0–3
Newcastle Jets 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–2
Perth Glory 3–1 2–2 3–3 5–4 2–1 1–2 1–4 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 0–3 2–1 2–0
Sydney FC 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Wellington Phoenix 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 3–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–5 5–0 1–1 1–3
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–4 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: a-league.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Sydney FC111111111111111111111111111
Melbourne Victory575354533322222222222222222
Brisbane Roar597523344433344433345444343
Melbourne City223232222244433344434333434
Perth Glory342445455566555555553555655
Western Sydney Wanderers1056767676677678786766666566
Wellington Phoenix9101010967910888887678887777777
Central Coast Mariners3898899679999910109999999101088
Adelaide United5689101010108101010101099101010101010109899
Newcastle Jets53467888975576686767888891010
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to Finals series
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Notes:
  • Central Coast Mariners were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1, as were Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets.
  • Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory had a game in hand between Rounds 7 and 15, with their Round 7 game played before the start of Round 16 on 17 January 2017.[51]

Finals series
Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                   
      Sydney FC 3  
Melbourne City 0     Perth Glory 0  
Perth Glory 2       Sydney FC (p) 1 (4)
    Melbourne Victory 1 (2)
      Melbourne Victory 1
Brisbane Roar (p) 1 (6)     Brisbane Roar 0  
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (5)  

Elimination-finals
21 April 2017 Brisbane Roar 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
19:50 AEST Maclaren 55' Report Antonis 45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,530
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Penalties
23 April 2017 Melbourne City 0–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,944
Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals
29 April 2017 Sydney FC 3–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 21,938
Referee: Peter Green
30 April 2017 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEST Berisha 70' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,202
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Grand Final
See also: 2017 A-League Grand Final
7 May 2017 Sydney FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEST Grant 69' Report Berisha 20' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 41,546
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Penalties

Statistics

By club

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

As of matches played on 16 April 2017.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1422,00843,18814,081308,115
Western Sydney Wanderers1417,74661,8807,828248,442
Sydney FC1316,00140,1438,380208,008
Brisbane Roar1313,89220,1988,113180,601
Melbourne City1310,59324,7067,745137,709
Perth Glory1410,53313,2908,834147,459
Adelaide United149,56514,9086,642133,905
Newcastle Jets138,64511,8735,642112,380
Central Coast Mariners137,39511,3985,07296,141
Wellington Phoenix146,21110,0344,82886,949
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League total 135 12,294 61,880 4,828 1,659,709

By round
2016–17 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 106,365521,273
Round 2 92,603518,521
Round 3 50,669510,134
Round 4 67,635513,527
Round 5 69,437513,887
Round 6 58,035511,607
Round 7 58,488511,698
Round 8 58,367511,673
Round 9 52,498510,500
Round 10 60,940512,188
Round 11 51,232510,246
Round 12 65,126513,025
Round 13 59,526511,905
Round 14 55,845511,169
Round 15 87,088517,418
Round 16 47,20659,441
Round 17 66,960513,392
Round 18 71,681514,336
Round 19 38,65157,730
Round 20 75,391515,078
Round 21 59,676511,935
Round 22 41,65658,331
Round 23 51,936510,387
Round 24 44,14358,829
Round 25 57,077511,415
Round 26 49,30059,860
Round 27 62,609512,522
Elimination Final 27,474213,737
Semi Final 42,140221,070
Grand Final 41,546141,546

Club membership
2016–17 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 10,099
Brisbane Roar 7,050
Central Coast Mariners 6,265
Melbourne City 13,078
Melbourne Victory 26,251
Newcastle Jets 8,703
Perth Glory 8,644
Sydney FC 12,512
Wellington Phoenix 4,791
Western Sydney Wanderers 20,022
Total 117,415
Average 11,741

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: a-league.com.au

Top scorers
As of matches played on 16 April 2017[52]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory 19
Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar
3 Bruno FornaroliMelbourne City 17
4 BobôSydney FC 15
5 Brendon SantalabWestern Sydney Wanderers 14
6 Diego CastroPerth Glory 12
Andy KeoghPerth Glory
Roy KrishnaWellington Phoenix
Marco RojasMelbourne Victory
Adam TaggartPerth Glory

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Andy KeoghPerth GloryMelbourne City3–221 October 2016[53]
Besart Berisha†Melbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix6–131 October 2016[54]
Besart Berisha†Melbourne VictoryWestern Sydney Wanderers3–010 December 2016[55]
Brendon SantalabWestern Sydney WanderersMelbourne City3–124 March 2017[56]
Jamie MaclarenBrisbane RoarCentral Coast Mariners5–12 April 2017[57]

† - On 24 March 2017 Besart Berisha switched nationalities from Albania to Kosovo.

Own goals
As of matches played on 16 April 2017
Player Club Against Round
Liam ReddyPerth GloryCentral Coast Mariners1
Jack HingertBrisbane RoarNewcastle Jets2
Rhyan GrantSydney FCPerth Glory6
Neil KilkennyMelbourne CityWestern Sydney Wanderers7
Josh RisdonPerth GloryAdelaide United7
Iain FyfeNewcastle JetsMelbourne Victory8
Jake McGingCentral Coast MarinersWestern Sydney Wanderers9
Milan SmiljanićPerth GloryNewcastle Jets10
Jake McGingCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne Victory12
Carl ValeriMelbourne VictoryNewcastle Jets13
James DonachieMelbourne VictoryBrisbane Roar15
Alan BaróMelbourne VictoryMelbourne City18
Manny MuscatMelbourne CityMelbourne Victory18
Iacopo La RoccaAdelaide UnitedPerth Glory19
Ryan LowryWellington PhoenixMelbourne City20
Nick MontgomeryCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne City22
Ruon TongyikMelbourne CityCentral Coast Mariners22
Jason HoffmanNewcastle JetsWellington Phoenix24
Lucian GoianPerth GlorySydney FC24

Clean sheets
As of matches played on 16 April 2017[58]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Danny Vukovic Sydney FC 15
2 Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory 7
3 Vedran Janjetović Western Sydney Wanderers 6
4 Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix 5
5 Paul Izzo Central Coast Mariners 4
Michael Theo Brisbane Roar
7 Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United 3
Lewis Italiano Wellington Phoenix
Liam Reddy Perth Glory
10 Dean Bouzanis Melbourne City 2
Jack Duncan Newcastle Jets
Jamie Young Brisbane Roar

NB - An additional clean sheet was kept by Melbourne City, however this is not listed due to a goalkeeper substitution.

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.[59]

Club FP Pts
Central Coast Mariners 44 1 2 52
Adelaide United 52 2 0 56
Brisbane Roar 51 1 1 56
Newcastle Jets 55 1 0 57
Melbourne Victory 56 1 2 64
Sydney FC 64 2 0 68
Wellington Phoenix 62 2 1 69
Western Sydney Wanderers 58 1 4 72
Perth Glory 67 1 2 75
Melbourne City 73 1 3 84
League total 582 13 15

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Awards

NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest U-23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2016–17 competition, based on a monthly nomination.

MonthNomineeClubRef.
October 2016 Brandon O'NeillSydney FC[60]
November 2016 Joshua BrillanteSydney FC[61]
December 2016 Jonathan AspropotamitisWestern Sydney Wanderers[62]
January 2017 Brandon BorrelloBrisbane Roar[63]
February 2017 Paul IzzoCentral Coast Mariners[64]
March 2017 Riley McGreeAdelaide United[65]
April 2017 Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar[66]

End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2016–17 Dolan Warren Awards night held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney on 1 May 2017.[67]

See also

Notes
  1. Bozanic transferred out of Melbourne Victory and his marquee deal part-way through on 16 March 2017.[32]

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