A-League 2016-17

The 2016–17 A-League will be the 40th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 12th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016. The season began on 7 October 2016.

Foreign players
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); 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)

Positions by round
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.

Club membership
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! Club ! Members ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | !Total !'''100,339 !Average !'''10,034
 * + 2016–17 A-League membership figures
 * 8,911
 * 4,653
 * 4,854
 * 10,184
 * 24,356
 * 7,787
 * 6,538
 * 10,752
 * 3,631
 * 18,673

Discipline
During the season each club is given fair play points based on the amount 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 least amount of points wins the Fair Play Award.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Club ! ! ! !FP Pts
 * align="left"|
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * align="left"|
 * 2
 * 0
 * 0
 * 2
 * align="left"|
 * 3
 * 0
 * 0
 * 3
 * align="left"|
 * 4
 * 0
 * 0
 * 4
 * align="left"|
 * 5
 * 0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|
 * 6
 * 0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|
 * 4
 * 1
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|
 * 5
 * 0
 * 1
 * 8
 * align="left"|
 * 8
 * 0
 * 1
 * 11
 * align="left"|
 * 12
 * 0
 * 0
 * 12
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background:#eeeeee;"
 * align="left"|League total
 * 44
 * 1
 * 2
 * align="left"|
 * 12
 * 0
 * 0
 * 12
 * - class="sortbottom" style="background:#eeeeee;"
 * align="left"|League total
 * 44
 * 1
 * 2