2016–17 A-League

Clubs

Personnel and kits

Transfers

Managerial changes

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 (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

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

| RD1-team1 = Melbourne City | RD1-score1 = 0 | RD1-team2 = Perth Glory | RD1-score2 =2

| RD1-team3 = Brisbane Roar | RD1-score3 = 1 (6) | RD1-team4 = Western Sydney Wanderers | RD1-score4 = 1 (5)

| RD2-team1 = Sydney FC | RD2-score1 = 3 | RD2-team2 = Perth Glory | RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-team3 = Melbourne Victory | RD2-score3 = 1 | RD2-team4 = Brisbane Roar | RD2-score4 = 0

| RD3-team1 = Sydney FC | RD3-score1 = 1 (4) | RD3-team2 = Melbourne Victory | RD3-score2 = 1 (2)

Elimination-finals

• Borrello
• D'Agostino
• Maclaren
• DeVere
• Kristensen
• Oar
• Antonis
• Dimas
• N. Martínez
• Hamill
• Cornthwaite
• Kusukami

• Castro
• Chianese

Semi-finals

• Brillante
• Buijs
• Hološko

Grand Final

• Brosque
• Wilkinson
• Carney
• O'Neill
• Ninković
• Troisi
• Broxham
• Valeri
• Rojas

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

Club membership

Player stats

Top scorers

† - On 24 March 2017 Besart Berisha switched nationalities from Albania to Kosovo.

Own goals

Clean sheets

! ! !FP Pts |- |44 |1 |2

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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)

Notes

References

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