2016–17 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City

2016–17 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	John van 't Schip
Stadium	AAMI Park, Melbourne
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The 2016–17 Melbourne City FC season will be the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2009. The club will compete in the A-League for the seventh time and the FFA Cup for the third time.

Players

Squad information

As of 6 May 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Thomas Sørensen 4 DF Connor Chapman 5 DF Ivan Franjic 7 FW Corey Gameiro 8 MF Aaron Mooy 9 FW Harry Novillo 11 DF Michael Zullo 18 DF Paulo Retre 19 DF Ben Garuccio 20 GK Dean Bouzanis

No. Position Player 22 DF Jack Clisby 23 FW Bruno Fornaroli 25 MF Jacob Melling 27 FW Nick Fitzgerald 28 FW Steve Kuzmanovski 29 MF Anthony Cáceres (On loan from Manchester City) 33 DF Osama Malik DF Manny Muscat MF Bruce Kamau

Transfers in

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
	DF		Manny Muscat	31	Wellington Phoenix	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[2]
	MF		Bruce Kamau	21	Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[3]

Transfers out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		Alex Wilkinson	31	Sydney FC	End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[4]
3	DF		Aaron Hughes	36		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[5]
14	MF		James Brown	26		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[5]
16	MF		Jason Trifiro	27		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[5]
17	FW		Wade Dekker	22		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[5]
26	FW		Marc Marino	19		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	[5]
24	DF		Patrick Kisnorbo	35		Retired	Pre-season	Free	[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

No pre-season or friendly matches scheduled at this point in time.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—		October 2016	April 2017
A-League Finals			TBD	TBD
FFA Cup	Round of 32	TBD	TBD	TBD

A-League

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 summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 July 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: 1 July 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

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FFA Cup

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References

1. "Melbourne City Team". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
2. "City Sign Manny Muscat". Melbourne City. 3 March 2016.
3. "Melbourne City FC Signs Bruce Kamau". Melbourne City. 6 May 2016.
4. "Sydney FC sign Socceroo Alex Wilkinson". A-League. 26 April 2016.
5. "Melbourne City FC Player Update". Melbourne City. 28 April 2016.
6. "Club Captain Kisnorbo Announces Retirement". Melbourne City. 1 May 2016.

External links

• Official Website