2016–17 Melbourne City FC season

The 2016–17 Melbourne City FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2009. The club competed in the A-League for the seventh time and competed in the FFA Cup for the third time.

Melbourne City
2016–17 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerJohn van 't Schip
(to 3 January 2017)
Michael Valkanis
(from 3 January 2017)
StadiumAAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League4th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruno Fornaroli (17 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (20 goals)
Highest home attendance24,706 vs. Melbourne Victory
(17 December 2016)
Lowest home attendance7,745 vs. Newcastle Jets
(10 November 2016)
Average home league attendance10,593

The club won the FFA Cup, its first ever silverware as a senior men's team.

On 3 January 2017, manager John van 't Schip resigned from his position to return to the Netherlands and help care for his terminally-ill father.[1] Michael Valkanis was subsequently appointed manager for the remainder of the season.[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 23 January 2017[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  DEN Thomas Sørensen
2 DF  MLT Manny Muscat
3 DF  AUS Joshua Rose
5 DF  AUS Ivan Franjic
6 DF  AUS Osama Malik
7 FW  AUS Corey Gameiro
8 MF  AUS Neil Kilkenny
9 MF  ARG Nicolás Colazo (On loan from Boca Juniors)
10 MF  AUS Anthony Cáceres (On loan from Manchester City)
11 MF  AUS Bruce Kamau
12 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald
14 FW  AUS Daniel Arzani
17 FW  AUS Tim Cahill
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  AUS Paulo Retre
20 GK  AUS Dean Bouzanis
21 DF  AUS Ruon Tongyik
22 DF  DEN Michael Jakobsen
23 FW  URU Bruno Fornaroli (Captain)
26 MF  AUS Luke Brattan (On loan from Manchester City)
27 MF  ARG Fernando Brandán (on loan from Temperley)
28 FW  AUS Steve Kuzmanovski
29 FW  AUS Braedyn Crowley
34 MF  AUS Denis Genreau
36 DF  AUS Dylan Pierias
42 GK  AUS James Delianov

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
34 MF Denis Genreau17 [4]
36 DF Dylan Pierias17 [4]
42 GK James Delianov17 [4]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2DF Manny Muscat Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 2 years 3 March 2016 [5]
11MF Bruce Kamau Adelaide United Free transfer 2 years 6 May 2016 [6]
14FW Daniel Arzani Unattached Free transfer 2 years 10 June 2016 [7]
26MF Luke Brattan Manchester City Loan 1 year 29 June 2016 [8]
21DF Ruon Tongyik Adelaide United Undisclosed Fee 2 years 8 July 2016 [9]
8MF Neil Kilkenny Unattached Free transfer 2 years 19 July 2016 [10]
27MF Fernando Brandán Temperley Loan 2 years 26 July 2016 [11]
17FW Tim Cahill Unattached Free transfer 3 years 11 August 2016 [12]
3DF Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 12 August 2016 [13]
22DF Michael Jakobsen Esbjerg fB Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2016 [14]
29FW Braedyn Crowley Northcote City Free transfer 2 years 6 September 2016 [15]
9MF Nicolás Colazo Boca Juniors Loan 1 year 20 September 2016 [16][17]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2DF Alex Wilkinson Sydney FC Free transfer 26 April 2016 [18]
3DF Aaron Hughes Unattached Free transfer 26 April 2016 [19]
14MF James Brown Unattached Free transfer 28 April 2016 [19]
16MF Jason Trifiro Unattached Free transfer 28 April 2016 [19]
17FW Wade Dekker Unattached Free transfer 28 April 2016 [19]
26FW Marc Marino Unattached Free transfer 28 April 2016 [19]
24DF Patrick Kisnorbo Retired 1 May 2016 [20]
11DF Michael Zullo Sydney FC Free transfer 12 May 2016 [21]
19DF Ben Garuccio Adelaide United Free transfer 16 June 2016 [22]
9FW Harry Novillo Manisaspor $500,000 22 June 2016 [23]
8MF Aaron Mooy Manchester City Free transfer 29 June 2016 [8]
22DF Jack Clisby Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 12 August 2016 [24]
25MF Jacob Melling Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 12 August 2016 [24]
34FW Stefan Zinni South Melbourne Undisclosed Fee 18 December 2016 [25]
4DF Connor Chapman Incheon United Undisclosed Fee 23 January 2017 [26]

Contract extensions

NamePositionDurationContract ExpiryNotes
Nick FitzgeraldAttacking midfielder2 years2018[7]
Anthony CáceresCentral midfielder1 year2017[8]
Bruno FornaroliCentral striker3 years2019[27]
Dean BouzanisGoalkeeper3 years2020[28]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Thomas Sørensen 11 0 0 0 1 7+100010+000003+00000
2 DF Manny Muscat 17 0 6 1 0 12+206100+000003+00000
3 DF Joshua Rose 26 0 5 0 0 22+004001+001003+00000
5 DF Ivan Franjic 23 1 1 0 0 19+111001+000001+10000
6 DF Osama Malik 22 0 9 0 0 14+308001+000004+00100
7 FW Corey Gameiro 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
8 MF Neil Kilkenny 29 2 10 0 0 24+0210001+000004+00000
9 MF Nicolás Colazo 24 4 3 0 0 17+443001+000001+10000
10 MF Anthony Cáceres 31 3 4 0 0 16+1024000+100003+11000
11 MF Bruce Kamau 30 1 1 0 0 18+711001+000004+00000
12 FW Nick Fitzgerald 28 5 1 0 0 9+1340000+100003+21100
14 FW Daniel Arzani 7 0 0 0 0 0+600000+000000+10000
17 FW Tim Cahill 26 13 4 0 1 17+4113011+001003+12000
18 MF Paulo Retre 13 0 3 0 0 4+603000+000001+20000
20 GK Dean Bouzanis 24 0 3 0 0 20+103001+000002+00000
21 DF Ruon Tongyik 15 0 3 0 0 12+203001+000000+00000
22 DF Michael Jakobsen 20 1 4 0 0 16+003001+000003+01100
23 FW Bruno Fornaroli 32 20 5 0 0 26+0175001+000005+03000
26 MF Luke Brattan 31 2 8 0 0 24+117000+100005+01100
27 MF Fernando Brandán 24 5 6 0 1 13+635010+000003+22100
28 FW Steve Kuzmanovski 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
29 FW Braedyn Crowley 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
34 MF Denis Genreau 4 0 1 0 0 2+201000+000000+00000
35 DF Christian Cavallo 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
35 DF Bradley Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
36 DF Dylan Pierias 1 0 0 0 0 1+000000+000000+00000
40 GK Yaren Sozer 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
41 FW Yusuf Ahmed 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
42 GK James Delianov 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
4 DF Connor Chapman 9 0 1 0 0 4+101000+000003+10000
22 DF Jack Clisby 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+00000
25 MF Jacob Melling 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000

† = NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

20 July 2016 Port Melbourne 0–5 Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
19:15 AEST Report
Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
17 August 2016 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
Fornaroli  15' (pen.) Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
7 September 2016 Northern Fury 1–4 Melbourne City Townsville, Australia
19:00 AEST Waples  71' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Jarred Gillett
11 September 2016 Melbourne City 1–4 Wellington Phoenix Townsville, Australia
15:00 AEST Cahill  15' Report
Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve
Attendance: 3,856
18 September 2016 Melbourne City 0–4 Newcastle Jets Ballarat, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Morshead Park
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 4th 8 October 2016 16 April 2017
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 23 April 2017 23 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Champions 2 August 2016 30 November 2016

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 8 6 13 41 46 5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 25 22
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 11 6 10 49 44  +5 39 7 3 3 24 18  +6 4 3 7 25 26  −1

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWLWLWDWDDLDDWLWLLDWLWWLLWL
Position223232222244433344434333434
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Melbourne City Wellington
19:35 NZDT Report Cáceres  31' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 10,034
Referee: Peter Green
15 October 2016 2 Melbourne Victory 1–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Rojas  62' Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 43,188
Referee: Chris Beath
21 October 2016 3 Melbourne City 2–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Alan Milliner
28 October 2016 4 Melbourne City 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Fornaroli  11', 56' (pen.) Report Guardiola  64' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,053
Referee: Chris Beath
4 November 2016 5 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:50 AEST Maclaren  11' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,198
Referee: Peter Green
10 November 2016 6 Melbourne City 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Fornaroli  14', 26' Report Nabbout  36' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,745
Referee: Adam Fielding
18 November 2016 7 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Kilkenny  90+2' (o.g.) Report Cahill  55' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 14,232
Referee: Chris Beath
27 November 2016 8 Melbourne City 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Krishna  60' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,644
Referee: Kurt Ams
3 December 2016 9 Melbourne City 1–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Colazo  54' Report Maclaren  38' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,394
Referee: Shaun Evans
9 December 2016 10 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Bobô  80' (pen.) Report Brandán  32' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 14,668
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
17 December 2016 11 Melbourne City 1–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Cahill  16' Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,706
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 December 2016 12 Melbourne City 3–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,269
Referee: Shaun Evans
31 December 2016 13 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Melbourne City Gosford
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 11,184
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
6 January 2017 14 Melbourne City 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Franjic  19' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,731
Referee: Alan Milliner
12 January 2017 15 Adelaide United 2–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Report Fornaroli  4' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,607
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
19 January 2017 16 Melbourne City 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Cahill  3', 39' Report O'Donovan  9' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,784
Referee: Daniel Elder
27 January 2017 17 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Coffs Harbour
19:50 AEDT Nabbout  14', 52' Report Fornaroli  69' (pen.) Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 7,891
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 February 2017 18 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Baró  70' (o.g.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 35,426
Referee: Chris Beath
11 February 2017 19 Melbourne City 2–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Maclaren  34' (pen.), 45+1' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,414
Referee: Alan Milliner
18 February 2017 20 Wellington Phoenix 1–5 Melbourne City Wellington
19:35 NZDT Barbarouses  70' Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,131
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
24 February 2017 21 Melbourne City 1–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Fitzgerald  25' Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,706
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 March 2017 22 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Melbourne City Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,974
Referee: Adam Fielding
18 March 2017 23 Melbourne City 4–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Chris Beath
24 March 2017 24 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Santalab  22', 64', 68' Report Kilkenny  3' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 10,204
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 April 2017 25 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,266
Referee: Peter Green
7 April 2017 26 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEST Cahill  36' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
16 April 2017 27 Perth Glory 5–4 Melbourne City Perth
17:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,261
Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

23 April 2017 Elimination-final Melbourne City 0–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,944
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

2 August 2016 Round of 32 Floreat Athena 1–2 Melbourne City Perth
18:30 AWST Gate  59' Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 1,408
Referee: Adam Fielding
24 August 2016 Round of 16 Brisbane Strikers 1–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30 AEST Henslee  34' Report Fornaroli  37' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,571
Referee: Peter Green
25 October 2016 Semi-final Melbourne Victory 0–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,791
Referee: Shaun Evans
30 November 2016 Final Melbourne City 1–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Cahill  53' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,751
Referee: Peter Green

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