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.

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

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 56,347AAMI Park30,050 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 84,000Spotless Stadium24,000

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 Michael Valkanis 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 Des Buckingham Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei Western Sydney Wanderers Tony Popovic Dimas Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Central Coast Mariners Sacked 8 August 2016 Pre-season 29 August 2016 Newcastle Jets Sacked 7 September 2016 23 September 2016 Wellington Phoenix Resigned 5 December 2016 10th 5 December 2016 Melbourne City Resigned 3 January 2017 4th 3 January 2017

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 Jack Hingert2 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); 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 Marcelo Carrusca None None Eugene Galekovic Marcelo Carrusca Brisbane Roar Matt McKay Thomas Broich None None Matt McKay Jade North Central Coast Mariners None None None None Nick Montgomery None Melbourne City Bruno Fornaroli Nicolás Colazo Tim Cahill None Bruno Fornaroli None Melbourne Victory Oliver Bozanic Besart Berisha NoneNone Carl Valeri Leigh Broxham Newcastle Jets None None None Joel Allwright Nigel Boogaard Mateo Poljak Perth Glory Diego Castro None None None Rostyn Griffiths Andy Keogh Sydney FC Filip Hološko Bobô None None Alex Brosque Alex Wilkinson Wellington Phoenix Kosta Barbarouses Guilherme Finkler None None Andrew Durante None Western Sydney Wanderers Nicolás Martínez None None None Dimas Mitch Nichols

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Statistics Attendances

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.

By round + 2016–17 A-League Attendance Round TotalGames 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 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 20,022Total117,415Average 11,741

Player stats Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory19 Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar3 Bruno FornaroliMelbourne City174 BobôSydney FC155 Brendon SantalabWestern Sydney Wanderers146 Diego CastroPerth Glory12 Andy KeoghPerth Glory Roy KrishnaWellington Phoenix Marco RojasMelbourne Victory Adam TaggartPerth Glory

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref Andy Keogh Perth Glory Melbourne City 3–2 Besart Berisha† Melbourne Victory Wellington Phoenix 6–1 Besart Berisha† Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers 3–0 Brendon Santalab Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne City 3–1 Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners 5–1 † - On 24 March 2017 Besart Berisha switched nationalities from Albania to Kosovo.

Own goals

PlayerClubAgainstRound 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 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

RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Danny VukovicSydney FC152 Lawrence ThomasMelbourne Victory73 Vedran JanjetovićWestern Sydney Wanderers64 Glen MossWellington Phoenix55 Paul IzzoCentral Coast Mariners4 Michael TheoBrisbane Roar7 Eugene GalekovicAdelaide United3 Lewis ItalianoWellington Phoenix Liam ReddyPerth Glory10 Dean BouzanisMelbourne City2 Jack DuncanNewcastle Jets Jamie YoungBrisbane 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.

ClubCentral Coast Mariners441252Adelaide United522056Brisbane Roar511156Newcastle Jets551057Melbourne Victory561264Sydney FC642068Wellington Phoenix622169Western Sydney Wanderers581472Perth Glory671275Melbourne City731384League total5821315

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. Johnny Warren Medal – Miloš Ninković, Sydney FC NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane Roar Nike Golden Boot Award – Besart Berisha, Melbourne Victory & Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane Roar (19 goals each) Goalkeeper of the Year – Danny Vukovic, Sydney FC Coach of the Year – Graham Arnold, Sydney FC Fair Play Award – Central Coast Mariners Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett Goal of the Year – Tim Cahill, Melbourne City (Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City, 15 October 2016)

2016–17 A-League

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