2016–17 A-League

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The 2016–17 A-League will be the 40th season of top-flight football in Australia, and the 12th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004.

Clubs

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
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 56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth nib Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Spotless Stadium 24,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers

Transfers

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Italy Iacopo La Rocca Spain Sergio Cirio Spain Isaías Spain Pablo Sánchez
Brisbane Roar Germany Thomas Broich Germany Jérome Polenz Spain Corona Brazil Henrique1
England Jamie Young2
Central Coast Mariners Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Portugal Fábio Ferreira Scotland Nick Montgomery Senegal Jacques Faty Senegal Mickaël Tavares England Mitch Austin1
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald2
Melbourne City Denmark Thomas Sørensen Martinique Harry Novillo Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Malta Manny Muscat2
Melbourne Victory Albania Besart Berisha Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah Republic of Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Newcastle Jets Croatia Mateo Poljak Denmark Morten Nordstrand
Perth Glory Hungary György Sándor Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Serbia Nebojša Marinković Spain Diego Castro Hungary Krisztián Vadócz
Sydney FC Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević Serbia Miloš Ninković Slovakia Filip Hološko New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Wellington Phoenix Brazil Guilherme Finkler Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Fiji Roy Krishna Spain Albert Riera Spain Alex Rodriguez
Western Sydney Wanderers Spain Dimas

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);[1]
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);
5Signed only to ACL squad

Salary cap exemptions

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[2] None Australia Eugene Galekovic[3] Australia Bruce Djite[4]
Brisbane Roar Australia Matt McKay[5] Germany Thomas Broich[6] Australia Matt McKay[7] TBD
Central Coast Mariners None None Scotland Nick Montgomery[8] TBD
Melbourne City Australia Aaron Mooy[9] None TBD TBD
Melbourne Victory Australia Oliver Bozanic[10] Albania Besart Berisha[11] Australia Carl Valeri[12] Australia Leigh Broxham[12]
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[13] Croatia Mateo Poljak[14]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[15] None Australia Richard Garcia[16] TBD
Sydney FC Slovakia Filip Hološko[17][18] None Australia Alex Brosque[19] None
Wellington Phoenix New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses[20] None New Zealand Andrew Durante[21] TBD
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dario Vidošić[22] None Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[23] Australia Mark Bridge

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 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
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners a
Melbourne City a
Melbourne Victory a a a
Newcastle Jets a
Perth Glory
Sydney FC a a a a
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers a

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
Adelaide United                                                      
Brisbane Roar                                                      
Central Coast Mariners                                                      
Melbourne City                                                      
Melbourne Victory                                                      
Newcastle Jets                                                      
Perth Glory                                                      
Sydney FC                                                      
Wellington Phoenix                                                      
Western Sydney Wanderers                                                      

Source: ultimatealeague.com

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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Adelaide United00000
Brisbane Roar00000
Central Coast Mariners00000
Melbourne City00000
Melbourne Victory00000
Newcastle Jets00000
Perth Glory00000
Sydney FC00000
Wellington Phoenix00000
Western Sydney Wanderers00000
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League total 0 0 0 0 0

By round

2016–17 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 - 5 -
Round 2 - 5 -
Round 3 - 5 -
Round 4 - 5 -
Round 5 - 5 -
Round 6 - 5 -
Round 7 - 5 -
Round 8 - 5 -
Round 9 - 5 -
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 -

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A-League Collective Bargaining Agreement – 2008/9 – 2012/13" (PDF). Australian Professional Footballers' Football Association. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Reds’ Marquee duo confirmed as two of the best in the A-League". Adelaide United. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Galekovic takes over as Reds skipper". A-League (Football Federation Australia). 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Vice captain Bruce Djite says Adelaide United is not short on leadership". News Corp (Adelaide Now). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Roar sign Australian international McKay". Football Federation Australia. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (21 August 2012). "Paartalu blows stack on Broich's uncapped salary at Roar". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "McKay is Roar's new captain". Brisbane Roar. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Montgomery to lead Mariners revival". Football Federation Australia. 19 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Melbourne City FC Re-Signs Aaron Mooy As Marquee". Melbourne City. 11 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Davutovic, David (2 September 2015). "Melbourne Victory sign Socceroos Oliver Bozanic on three-year deal". Herald Sun.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. 1 2 "Carl Valeri to lead Melbourne Victory as captain". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Nigel Boogaard confirmed as Jets captain". Newcastle Jets. 5 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets". A-League Stat Centre. 31 Jan 2016.
  15. ↑ "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". SBS. 6 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Garcia and Kerr lead new look Perth Glory". Perth Glory. 26 September 2015.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ Ormond, Aidan. "Fresh Smeltz eyes starting XI role at Sydney FC". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Brosque to skipper Sydney". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  20. ↑ Hyslop, Liam. "Kosta Barbarouses signs for Wellington Phoenix". Fox Sports. Fair Fax. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  22. ↑ "Dario Vidosic joins Western Sydney Wanderers on two year marquee deal". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Nikolai Topor-Stanley leads by example for A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers in AFC Champions League". smh.com.au. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

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