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 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	56,347
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	AAMI Park	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	34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	ANZ Stadium	84,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Spotless Stadium	24,000

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 ;

²Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

⁴Guest Players

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club

Mature Age Rookie

Adelaide United

Finals series

Elimination-finals

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Semi-finals

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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.

Player stats

Top scorers

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

Hat-tricks

Player

For

Against

Result

Date

Ref

Own goals

Player

Club

Against

Round

Clean sheets

Rank

Player

Club

Clean
sheets

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.

Club
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

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 FCNAB Young Footballer of the Year – Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane RoarNike Golden Boot Award – Besart Berisha, Melbourne Victory & Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane Roar Goalkeeper of the Year – Danny Vukovic, Sydney FCCoach of the Year – Graham Arnold, Sydney FCFair Play Award – Central Coast MarinersReferee of the Year – Jarred GillettGoal of the Year – Tim Cahill, Melbourne City