A-League 2016-17

A-League 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Sydney FC (3rd Title)
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Sydney FC Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar
Season statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	409
Top goalscorer	Besart Berisha Jamie Maclaren (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Sydney FC 4–0 Central Coast Mariners (15 October 2016) Newcastle Jets 4–0 Brisbane Roar (16 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Sydney FC (8 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Perth Glory 3–3 Central Coast Mariners (8 October 2016)
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

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 fixtures were announced on 9 June 2016. The season began on 7 October 2016.

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	20,059
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	36,000
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	IGA
Brisbane Roar	John Aloisi	Matt McKay	Umbro	Steadfast
Central Coast Mariners	Paul Okon	Nick Montgomery	Umbro	Masterfoods
Melbourne City	John van 't Schip	Bruno Fornaroli	Nike	Etihad
Melbourne Victory	Kevin Muscat	Carl Valeri	Adidas	Optislim
Newcastle Jets	Mark Jones	Nigel Boogaard	BLK	Ledman
Perth Glory	Kenny Lowe	Rostyn Griffiths	Macron	QBE
Sydney FC	Graham Arnold	Alex Brosque	Puma	Webjet
Wellington Phoenix	Ernie Merrick	Andrew Durante	Adidas	Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers	Tony Popovic	Dimas	Nike	NRMA Insurance

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners	Tony Walmsley	Sacked	8 August 2016	Pre-season	Paul Okon	29 August 2016
Newcastle Jets	Scott Miller	Sacked	7 September 2016		Mark Jones	23 September 2016

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United	Marcelo Carrusca	Iacopo La Rocca	Sergio Cirio	Sergi Guardiola	Isaías	Henrique1 Danny Choi3
Brisbane Roar	Thomas Kristensen	Thomas Broich	Manuel Arana			Jamie Young2
Central Coast Mariners	Roy O'Donovan	Fábio Ferreira	Nick Montgomery	Jacques Faty	Mickaël Tavares	Kwabena Appiah2 Storm Roux2 Brad McDonald2
Melbourne City	Fernando Brandán	Nicolás Colazo	Michael Jakobsen	Thomas Sørensen	Bruno Fornaroli	Manny Muscat2
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	Maximilian Beister	Marco Rojas	Alan Baró	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Daniel Georgievski2 Jai Ingham2
Newcastle Jets	Mateo Poljak	Morten Nordstrand	Wayne Brown	Aleksandr Kokko		Ivan Vujica2
Perth Glory	Joseph Mills	Andy Keogh	Nebojša Marinković	Milan Smiljanić	Diego Castro
Sydney FC	Bobô	Miloš Dimitrijević	Miloš Ninković	Filip Hološko
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); 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

Club	First Marquee	Second Marquee	Guest Marquee	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	Eugene Galekovic	Marcelo Carrusca	None	Eugene Galekovic	TBD
Brisbane Roar	Matt McKay	Thomas Broich	None	Matt McKay	Jade North
Central Coast Mariners	None	None	None	Nick Montgomery	TBD
Melbourne City	Bruno Fornaroli	Nicolás Colazo	Tim Cahill	Bruno Fornaroli	None
Melbourne Victory	Oliver Bozanic	Besart Berisha	None	Carl Valeri	Leigh Broxham
Newcastle Jets	None	None	None	Nigel Boogaard	Mateo Poljak
Perth Glory	Diego Castro	None	None	Rostyn Griffiths	Andy Keogh
Sydney FC	Filip Hološko	Bobô	None	Alex Brosque	None
Wellington Phoenix	Kosta Barbarouses	Guilherme Finkler	None	Andrew Durante	TBD
Western Sydney Wanderers	Nicolás Martínez	None	None	Dimas	Mitch Nichols

Regular season

League ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sydney FC  (C)	27	20	6	1	55	12	+43	66	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	15	4	8	49	31	+18	49
3	Brisbane Roar	27	11	9	7	43	37	+6	42	Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
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	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: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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 games played on 16 April 2017
Source: a-league.com.au
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Sydney FC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Melbourne Victory	5	7	5	3	5	4	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Brisbane Roar	5	9	7	5	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3
Melbourne City	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4
Perth Glory	3	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	6	5	5
Western Sydney Wanderers	10	5	6	7	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Wellington Phoenix	9	10	10	10	9	6	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Central Coast Mariners	3	8	9	8	8	9	9	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8
Adelaide United	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9
Newcastle Jets	5	3	4	6	7	8	8	8	9	7	5	5	7	6	6	8	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10

Last updated: 16 April 2017
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.

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 (6–5 pen)	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
19:50 AEST	Maclaren  55'	Report	Antonis  45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,530 Referee: Jarred Gillett
	Penalties
	Borrello D'Agostino Maclaren DeVere Kristensen Oar		Antonis Dimas N. Martínez Hamill Cornthwaite Kusukami

23 April 2017	Melbourne City	0–2	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:00 AEST		Report	Castro  16' Chianese  30'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,944 Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals

29 April 2017	Sydney FC	3–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:50 AEST	Brillante  21' Buijs  37' Hološko  45+1'	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 (4–2 pen)	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
5.00pm (AEST)	Grant  69'	Report	Berisha  20'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 41,546 Referee: Jarred Gillett
	Penalties
	Brosque Wilkinson Carney O'Neill Ninković		Troisi Broxham Valeri Rojas

Statistics

Attendances

By round

2016–17 A-League Attendance

Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	106,365	5	21,273
Round 2	92,603	5	18,521
Round 3	50,669	5	10,134
Round 4	67,635	5	13,527
Round 5	69,437	5	13,887
Round 6	58,035	5	11,607
Round 7	58,488	5	11,698
Round 8	58,367	5	11,673
Round 9	52,498	5	10,500
Round 10	60,940	5	12,188
Round 11	51,232	5	10,246
Round 12	65,126	5	13,025
Round 13	59,526	5	11,905
Round 14	55,845	5	11,169
Round 15	87,088	5	17,418
Round 16	47,206	5	9,441
Round 17	66,960	5	13,392
Round 18	71,681	5	14,336
Round 19	38,651	5	7,730
Round 20	75,391	5	15,078
Round 21	59,676	5	11,935
Round 22	41,656	5	8,331
Round 23	51,936	5	10,387
Round 24	44,143	5	8,829
Round 25	57,077	5	11,415
Round 26	49,300	5	9,860
Round 27	62,609	5	12,522
Elimination Final	27,474	2	13,737
Semi Final	42,140	2	21,070
Grand Final	41,546	1	41,546

Club membership

2016–17 A-League membership figures

Club	Members
Adelaide United	8,911
Brisbane Roar	4,653
Central Coast Mariners	4,854
Melbourne City	10,184
Melbourne Victory	24,356
Newcastle Jets	7,787
Perth Glory	6,538
Sydney FC	10,752
Wellington Phoenix	3,631
Western Sydney Wanderers	18,673
Total	100,339
Average	10,034

Last updated: 14 October 2016
Source: aleague.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of matches played on 16 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	19
	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar
3	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City	17
4	Bobô	Sydney FC	15
5	Brendon Santalab	Western Sydney Wanderers	14
6	Diego Castro	Perth Glory	12
	Andy Keogh	Perth Glory
	Roy Krishna	Wellington Phoenix
	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory
	Adam Taggart	Perth Glory

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andy Keogh	Perth Glory	Melbourne City	3–2	02016-10-21-21 October 2016
Besart Berisha†	Melbourne Victory	Wellington Phoenix	6–1	02016-10-31-31 October 2016
Besart Berisha†	Melbourne Victory	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–0	02016-12-10-10 December 2016
Brendon Santalab	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne City	3–1	02017-03-24-24 March 2017
Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Mariners	5–1	02017-04-02-2 April 2017

† - 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 Reddy	Perth Glory	Central Coast Mariners	1
Jack Hingert	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle Jets	2
Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC	Perth Glory	6
Neil Kilkenny	Melbourne City	Western Sydney Wanderers	7
Josh Risdon	Perth Glory	Adelaide United	7
Iain Fyfe	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne Victory	8
Jake McGing	Central Coast Mariners	Western Sydney Wanderers	9
Milan Smiljanić	Perth Glory	Newcastle Jets	10
Jack Duncan	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide United	11
Jake McGing	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne Victory	12
Carl Valeri	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle Jets	13
James Donachie	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane Roar	15
Alan Baró	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne City	18
Manny Muscat	Melbourne City	Melbourne Victory	18
Iacopo La Rocca	Adelaide United	Perth Glory	19
Ryan Lowry	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne City	20
Nick Montgomery	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne City	22
Ruon Tongyik	Melbourne City	Central Coast Mariners	22
Jason Hoffman	Newcastle Jets	Wellington Phoenix	24
Lucian Goian	Perth Glory	Sydney FC	24

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 16 April 2017

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
13	Matt Acton	Melbourne Victory	1
	John Hall	Adelaide United
	Daniel Margush	Adelaide United
	Andrew Redmayne	Sydney FC
	Thomas Sørensen	Melbourne City

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 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.

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

2016–17 in Australian football
Domestic leagues
A-League · National Premier Leagues ('16, '17) · FFA Cup ('16, '17) (Preliminary Rounds ('16, '17) * Final ('16, '17)) · Australian Capital Territory ('16, '17) · New South Wales ('16, '17) · Northern NSW ('16, '17) · Queensland ('16, '17) · South Australia ('16, '17) · Tasmania ('16, '17) · Victoria ('16, '17) · Western Australia ('16, '17)
European competitions
Champions League ('16, '17)
Club seasons
Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Central Coast Mariners · Melbourne City · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney FC · Wellington Phoenix · Western Sydney Wanderers
2015–16                                                        2017–18

Template:2016 in Asian Football (AFC)

2017–18 in Asian football (AFC))

Domestic leagues

Afghanistan · Australia ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Bahrain ('16–'17 ·  · '17–'18) Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Chinese Taipei · East Timor · Guam ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Hong Kong ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · India ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Indonesia · Iran ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Iraq ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Japan · Jordan ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Korea DPR · Korea Republic · Kuwait ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Macau · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Northern Mariana Islands ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Oman ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Pakistan ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Palestine ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Philippines · Qatar ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Saudi Arabia ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Singapore · Sri Lanka ('16–'17) · Syria ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkmenistan · UAE ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen ('16–'17 · '17–'18)

Domestic cups

Australia · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Brunei ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Cambodia · China · Guam · Hong Kong ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · India ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Indonesia · Iran ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Iraq ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Japan · Jordan ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Korea DPR · Korea Republic · Kuwait ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Macau · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Oman ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Pakistan · Palestine ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkmenistan · UAE ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen

League cups

Bahrain ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Bangladesh · Hong Kong (Shield ('16–'17 · '17–'18)) · India (Shield · Durand Cup) · Japan · CP Kuwait ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Oman ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Philippines · Qatar · Saudi Arabia ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Singapore · Syria · Thailand · UAE ('16–'17 · '17–'18) · Uzbekistan

Supercups

Bahrain · China · Iran · Iraq · Japan · Malaysia · Oman · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Tajikistan · Thailand · UAE · Uzbekistan · Vietnam

AFC club competitions

AFC Champions League (Qualifying play-offs · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC Cup (Qualifying play-offs · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final)

International competitions

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification · 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification · 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification · 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup · 2017 SAFF Championship · 2017 Gulf Cup of Nations