The 2016–17 season was the seventh in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FFA Cup for the third time.
The club won the FFA Cup, its first ever silverware as a senior men's team. On 3 January 2017, manager John van 't Schip resigned from his position to return to the Netherlands and help care for his terminally-ill father. Michael Valkanis was subsequently appointed manager for the remainder of the season.
Players
Transfers
From youth squad
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 2 Wellington PhoenixFree transfer2 years3 March 2016 11 Adelaide UnitedFree transfer2 years6 May 2016 14 UnattachedFree transfer2 years10 June 2016 26 Loan1 year29 June 2016 21 Adelaide UnitedUndisclosed Fee2 years8 July 2016 8 UnattachedFree transfer2 years19 July 2016 27 Loan2 years26 July 2016 17 UnattachedFree transfer3 years11 August 2016 3 Central Coast MarinersFree transfer1 year12 August 2016 22 Free transfer2 years1 September 2016 29 Free transfer2 years6 September 2016 9 Loan1 year20 September 2016
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 2 Sydney FCFree transfer26 April 2016 3 UnattachedFree transfer26 April 2016 14 UnattachedFree transfer28 April 2016 16 UnattachedFree transfer28 April 2016 17 UnattachedFree transfer28 April 2016 26 UnattachedFree transfer28 April 2016 24 Retired1 May 2016 11 Sydney FCFree transfer12 May 2016 19 Adelaide UnitedFree transfer16 June 2016 9 $500,00022 June 2016 8 Free transfer29 June 2016 22 Western Sydney WanderersFree transfer12 August 2016 25 Western Sydney WanderersFree transfer12 August 2016 34 Undisclosed Fee18 December 2016 4 Undisclosed Fee23 January 2017
Contract extensions Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes Nick Fitzgerald Attacking midfielder 2 years 2018 Anthony Cáceres Central midfielder 1 year 2017 Bruno Fornaroli Central striker 3 years 2019 Dean Bouzanis Goalkeeper 3 years 2020
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
FFA Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Name A-League FFA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 7(1) 0 3 0 11 0 2 DF 12(2) 0 3 0 17 0 3 DF 23 0 3 0 26 0 5 DF 20(1) 1 1(1) 0 23 1 6 MF 15(3) 0 4 0 22 0 8 MF 25 2 4 0 29 2 9 MF 18(4) 4 1(1) 0 24 4 10 MF 16(11) 2 3(1) 1 31 3 11 FW 19(7) 1 4 0 30 1 12 FW 9(14) 4 3(2) 1 28 5 14 FW 0(6) 0 0(1) 0 7 0 17 FW 18(4) 11 3(1) 2 26 13 18 MF 4(7) 0 1(2) 0 14 0 20 GK 21(1) 0 2 0 24 0 21 DF 13(2) 0 0 0 15 0 22 DF 17 0 3 1 20 1 23 FW 27 17 5 3 32 20 26 MF 24(2) 1 5 1 31 2 27 MF 13(6) 3 3(2) 2 24 5 28 MF 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 29 FW 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 34 MF 2(2) 0 0 0 4 0 35 DF 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 36 DF 1 0 0 0 1 0 — DF 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 4 MF 4(1) 0 3(1) 0 9 0 22 DF 0 0 1 0 1 0
Disciplinary record Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total 1 27 MF 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 17 FW 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 GK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 DF 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 5 8 MF 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 6 6 MF 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 7 26 MF 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 8 3 DF 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 23 FW 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 10 10 MF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 22 DF 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 9 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 GK 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 5 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 FW 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 34 MF 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 19 4 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Goalkeeper A-League FFA Cup Total 1 20 2 (1) 2 5 2 1 1 (1) 0 2 Total 5 2 7
References
External links Official Website