2016–17 A-League

A-League
Season 2016–17
Matches played 44
Goals scored 124 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Bruno Fornaroli
Andy Keogh
(7 goals)
Biggest home win Melbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix
(31 October 2016)
Biggest away win Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Sydney FC
(8 October 2016)
Highest scoring Melbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix
(31 October 2016)
Highest attendance 61,880
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Sydney FC
(8 October 2016)
Lowest attendance 5,076
Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Perth Glory
(24 November 2016)
Average attendance 13,828
2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 4 December 2016.

The 2016–17 A-League will be the 40th season of top-flight Association football (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.[1]

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

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners Australia Tony Walmsley Sacked[2] 8 August 2016 Pre-season Australia Paul Okon[3] 29 August 2016
Newcastle Jets Australia Scott Miller Sacked[4] 7 September 2016 Australia Mark Jones[5] 23 September 2016

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Spain Sergio Cirio Spain Sergi Guardiola Spain Isaías Brazil Henrique1
Italy Iacopo La Rocca1
Brisbane Roar Denmark Thomas Kristensen Germany Thomas Broich Spain Manuel Arana England Jamie Young2
Central Coast Mariners Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Portugal Fábio Ferreira Scotland Nick Montgomery Senegal Jacques Faty Senegal Mickaël Tavares New Zealand Kwabena Appiah2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald2
Melbourne City Argentina Fernando Brandán Argentina Nicolás Colazo Denmark Michael Jakobsen Denmark Thomas Sørensen Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Malta Manny Muscat2
Melbourne Victory Albania Besart Berisha Germany Maximilian Beister New Zealand Marco Rojas Spain Alan Baró Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah Republic of Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Samoa Jai Ingham2
Newcastle Jets China Ma Leilei Croatia Mateo Poljak Denmark Morten Nordstrand England Wayne Brown Finland Aleksandr Kokko Croatia Ivan Vujica2
Perth Glory England Joseph Mills Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Serbia Nebojša Marinković Serbia Milan Smiljanić Spain Diego Castro
Sydney FC Brazil Bobô Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević Serbia Miloš Ninković Slovakia Filip Hološko
Wellington Phoenix Brazil Guilherme Finkler Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Fiji Roy Krishna Italy Marco Rossi Spain Alex Rodriguez
Western Sydney Wanderers Argentina Nicolás Martínez Japan Jumpei Kusukami Spain Aritz Borda Spain Dimas Uruguay 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);[6]
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 Australia Eugene Galekovic[7] Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[7] None Australia Eugene Galekovic[8][9] TBD
Brisbane Roar Australia Matt McKay[10] Germany Thomas Broich[11] None Australia Matt McKay[12] Australia Jade North[13]
Central Coast Mariners None None None Scotland Nick Montgomery[14] TBD
Melbourne City Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[15] Argentina Nicolás Colazo[16] Australia Tim Cahill[17] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[18][19] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Oliver Bozanic[20] Albania Besart Berisha[21] None Australia Carl Valeri[22] Australia Leigh Broxham[22]
Newcastle Jets None None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[23] Croatia Mateo Poljak[24]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[25] None None Australia Rostyn Griffiths[26] Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh[26]
Sydney FC Slovakia Filip Hološko[27][28] Brazil Bobô[29] None Australia Alex Brosque[30] None
Wellington Phoenix New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses[31] Brazil Guilherme Finkler[32][33] None New Zealand Andrew Durante[34] TBD
Western Sydney Wanderers Argentina Nicolás Martínez[35] None None Spain Dimas[36] Australia Mitch Nichols[36]

Regular season

League ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 9 7 2 0 20 3 +17 23 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne City 9 5 2 2 15 10 +5 17 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne Victory 8 4 2 2 17 10 +7 14 Qualification to Finals series
4 Brisbane Roar 9 3 5 1 9 10 −1 14
5 Perth Glory 9 3 3 3 16 17 −1 12
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 2 5 2 13 16 −3 11
7 Central Coast Mariners 9 2 3 4 10 17 −7 9
8 Adelaide United 9 1 3 5 9 13 −4 6
9 Newcastle Jets 9 1 3 5 9 14 −5 6
10 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 8 2 0 6 6 14 −8 6
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home ╲ Away ADE BRI CCMMCYMVCNEWPERSYDWELWSWADEBRICCMMCYMVCNEWPERSYDWELWSW
Adelaide United 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2
Brisbane Roar 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Central Coast Mariners 0–1 a 2–0 0–2 1–4
Melbourne City 2–1 1–1 a 2–1 2–3 2–1
Melbourne Victory 1–4 2–0 1–1 a 6–1 3–0 a
Newcastle Jets 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 a 0–2
Perth Glory 3–1 3–3 2–0 2–2
Sydney FC 0–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 a a a
Wellington Phoenix 0–1 2–0 0–1
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–4

Updated to games played on 4 December 2016.
Source: aleague.com.au
1 ^ The 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 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Sydney FC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1                                  
Melbourne City 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2                                    
Melbourne Victory 5 7 5 3 5 4 5 3 3                                    
Brisbane Roar 5 9 7 5 2 3 3 4 4                                    
Perth Glory 3 4 2 4 4 5 4 5 5                                    
Western Sydney Wanderers 10 5 6 7 6 7 6 7 6                                    
Central Coast Mariners 3 8 9 8 8 9 9 6 7                                    
Adelaide United 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 8                                    
Newcastle Jets 5 3 4 6 7 8 8 8 9                                    
Wellington Phoenix 9 10 10 10 9 6 7 9 10                                    

Last updated: 4 December 2016
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Notes:

Finals series

Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                   
       1st/2nd  
 3rd        
 6th        
     
       1st/2nd
 4th        
 5th  

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.

As of 4 December 2016
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory523,81343,18816,017119,065
Western Sydney Wanderers522,54661,88011,201112,728
Brisbane Roar416,68820,19813,42866,753
Sydney FC415,39319,14313,17961,571
Adelaide United511,67114,9088,53958,356
Perth Glory411,00313,2909,50144,011
Newcastle Jets59,81311,8738,33549,064
Melbourne City58,98210,6447,74544,912
Wellington Phoenix37,74410,0345,83223,231
Central Coast Mariners47,18011,0755,07628,721
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League total 44 13,828 61,880 5,076 608,412

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 52,803 4/5 13,201
Round 8 58,367 5 11,673
Round 9 52,498 5 10,500
Round 10 - 5 -
Round 11 - 5 -
Round 12 - 5 -
Round 13 - 5 -
Round 14 - 5 -
Round 15 - 5 -
Round 16 - 5 -
Round 17 - 5 -
Round 18 - 5 -
Round 19 - 5 -
Round 20 - 5 -
Round 21 - 5 -
Round 22 - 5 -
Round 23 - 5 -
Round 24 - 5 -
Round 25 - 5 -
Round 26 - 5 -
Round 27 - 5 -
Elimination Final - 2 -
Semi Final - 2 -
Grand Final - 1 -

Club membership

2016–17 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 9,695
Brisbane Roar 6,502
Central Coast Mariners 6,005
Melbourne City 11,620
Melbourne Victory 25,808
Newcastle Jets 8,397
Perth Glory 7,790
Sydney FC 11,761
Wellington Phoenix 4,593
Western Sydney Wanderers 18,890
Total 111,061
Average 11,106

Last updated: 2 December 2016
Source: aleague.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of matches played on 4 December 2016[37]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Bruno FornaroliMelbourne City 7
Republic of Ireland Andy KeoghPerth Glory
3 Albania Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory 5
Fiji Roy KrishnaWellington Phoenix
Serbia Miloš NinkovićSydney FC
New Zealand Marco RojasMelbourne Victory
Australia Brendon ŠantalabWestern Sydney Wanderers
8 Australia Alex BrosqueSydney FC 4
Australia Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar
Republic of Ireland Roy O'DonovanCentral Coast Mariners

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Perth Glory Melbourne City 3–2 21 October 2016 [38]
Albania Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory Wellington Phoenix 6–1 31 October 2016 [39]

Own goals

As of matches played on 4 December 2016
Player Club Against Round
Australia Liam Reddy Perth Glory Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Jack Hingert Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 2
Australia Rhyan Grant Sydney FC Perth Glory 6
Australia Neil Kilkenny Melbourne City Western Sydney Wanderers 7
Australia Josh Risdon Perth Glory Adelaide United 7
Australia Jake McGing Central Coast Mariners Western Sydney Wanderers 9

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 4 December 2016[40]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Danny Vukovic Sydney FC 6
2 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United 2
Australia Michael Theo Brisbane Roar
4 Australia Matt Acton Melbourne Victory 1
Australia Jack Duncan Newcastle Jets
Australia Lewis Italiano Wellington Phoenix
Australia Paul Izzo Central Coast Mariners
New Zealand Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix
Australia Liam Reddy Perth Glory
Australia Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory


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.[41]

Club FP Pts
Melbourne Victory 15 0 0 15
Central Coast Mariners 14 1 0 16
Newcastle Jets 17 0 0 17
Adelaide United 16 1 0 18
Sydney FC 22 0 0 22
Brisbane Roar 20 1 0 22
Wellington Phoenix 22 1 0 24
Western Sydney Wanderers 21 0 2 27
Perth Glory 29 0 0 29
Melbourne City 26 0 1 29
League total 203 4 3

Last updated: 4 December 2016
Source: ultimatealeague.com

NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2016–17 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Young Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

Nominees

Month Player Club
October 2016 Australia Brandon O'Neill[42] Sydney FC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hyundai A-League Season 2016/17 fixtures released". www.a-league.com.au. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mariners Part Ways With Tony Walmsley". ccmariners.com.au. Central Coast Mariners. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Paul Okon announced as Central Coast Mariners A-League coach". The Guardian. 29 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Newcastle Jets part ways with Scott Miller". newcastlejets.com.au. Newcastle Jets. 7 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Newcastle Jets appoint Mark Jones as new A-League head coach". The Guardian. 23 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "A-League Collective Bargaining Agreement – 2008/9 – 2012/13" (PDF). Australian Professional Footballers' Football Association. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Reds' Marquee duo confirmed as two of the best in the A-League". Adelaide United. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Galekovic takes over as Reds skipper". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Prichard, Greg (29 July 2016). "Galekovic reveals Adelaide need to sign another 'six good players'". The World Game. SBS.
  10. ↑ "Roar sign Australian international McKay". Football Federation Australia. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (21 August 2012). "Paartalu blows stack on Broich's uncapped salary at Roar". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "McKay is Roar's new captain". Brisbane Roar. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Back-line general Jade North re-signs". Brisbane Roar. 17 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Montgomery to lead Mariners revival". Football Federation Australia. 19 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Bruno Fornaroli A-League deal done, says Melbourne City coach John Van 't Schip". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "City sign Argentine". FourFourTwo. 5 September 2016.
  17. ↑ Wood, Lauren; Davutovic, David (11 August 2016). "Tim Cahill signs three-year deal with A-League club Melbourne City". The Advertiser.
  18. ↑ Lynch, Michael (25 September 2016). "Bruno Fornaroli, Steph Catley get captains' armbands at Melbourne City". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  19. ↑ Windley, Matt (25 September 2016). "Bruno Fornaroli named as Melbourne City's new captain for 2016-17 A-League season". Herald Sun.
  20. ↑ Davutovic, David (2 September 2015). "Melbourne Victory sign Socceroos Oliver Bozanic on three-year deal". Herald Sun.
  21. ↑ "Besart Berisha says money not a reason to leave Roar as Melbourne Victory double his pay". Herald Sun. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  22. 1 2 "Carl Valeri to lead Melbourne Victory as captain". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Nigel Boogaard confirmed as Jets captain". Newcastle Jets. 5 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets". A-League Stat Centre. 31 Jan 2016.
  25. ↑ "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". SBS. 6 August 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Glory name Griffiths skipper". FourFourTwo. 2 October 2016.
  27. ↑ Cohen, Kate. "Sydney FC sign Filip Holosko: What you need to know about the new marquee man at Sydney FC". Fox Sports. News Corporation. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  28. ↑ Ormond, Aidan. "Fresh Smeltz eyes starting XI role at Sydney FC". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  29. ↑ Bossi, Dominic (17 August 2016). "Sydney FC sign Brazilian striker Bobo as new A-League marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  30. ↑ "Brosque to skipper Sydney". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  31. ↑ Hyslop, Liam. "Kosta Barbarouses signs for Wellington Phoenix". stuff.co.nz. Fair Fax. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  32. ↑ Davutovic, David. "Gui Finkler leaves A-League champions Melbourne Victory to sign with Wellington Phoenix". Herald Sun. News Corporation. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  33. ↑ Lynch, Michael. "Gui Finkler the latest in number of Phoenix swoops on Victory stars". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  34. ↑ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  35. ↑ Smithies, Tom (6 September 2016). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Argentine attacker Nicolas Martinez as marquee for upcoming A-League season". The Daily Telegraph.
  36. 1 2 McMurty, Andrew (21 October 2016). "The Western Sydney Wanderers announced midfielder Dimas as the club's new captain". Blacktown Sun.
  37. ↑ "Player stats". A-League. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  38. ↑ Stoll, Nick (21 October 2016). "Keogh hat-trick sees Perth shock City in thriller". The World Game. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  39. ↑ Lynch, Michael (31 October 2016). "Berisha hat trick and Rojas double fire Victory past 10-man Phoenix". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  40. ↑ "Statistics >> Player (Clean Sheets) >> 2016–17". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  41. ↑ Owen, Scott (10 March 2016). "A Fair Play Update". Football Central.
  42. ↑ "Sydney FC midfielder nominated for NAB Award". Football Federation Australia. 3 November 2016.
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