2016–17 Sydney FC season

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Sydney FC
2016–17 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerGraham Arnold
StadiumAllianz Stadium, Sydney
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League Finals SeriesChampions
FFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Bobô (15 goals)
All: Bobô (16 goals)
Highest home attendance40,143 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(14 January 2017)
Lowest home attendance8,380 vs Wellington Phoenix
(9 February 2017)
Average home league attendance16,001[1]

The 2016–17 Sydney FC season was the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time, the FFA Cup for the 3rd time.

Players[]

Squad information[]

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 Australia AUS Andrew Redmayne
4 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson
5 DF Netherlands NED Jordy Buijs
6 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante
7 DF Australia AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Dimitrijević
9 FW Brazil BRA Bobô
10 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Ninković
11 MF Australia AUS Bernie Ibini (On loan from Club Brugge)
12 DF Australia AUS Aaron Calver
13 MF Australia AUS Brandon O'Neill
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Australia AUS Alex Brosque (Captain)
16 DF Australia AUS George Timotheou (Youth)
17 MF Australia AUS David Carney
18 FW Australia AUS Matt Simon
19 FW Australia AUS George Blackwood
20 GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic
21 FW Slovakia SVK Filip Hološko
22 DF Australia AUS Sebastian Ryall (Vice-captain)
23 MF Australia AUS Rhyan Grant
24 FW Australia AUS Charles Lokolingoy (Youth)
29 FW Australia AUS Bai Antoniou (Youth)

From youth squad[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
16 DF Australia George Timotheou 19 [2]
24 FW Australia Charles Lokolingoy 19 [3]
29 FW Australia Bai Antoniou 19 [3]

Transfers in[]

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 31 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
7 DF Australia Michael Zullo 27 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [5]
6 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 23 Fiorentina Italy Transfer Pre-season 2019 Free [6]
20 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 31 Melbourne Victory Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [7]
11 MF Australia Bernie Ibini 23 Club Brugge Belgium Loan Pre-season 2017 Free [8]
9 FW Brazil Bobô 31 Grêmio Brazil Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
3 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 21 Cockburn City Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [9]
40 GK England 25 Avondale Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [10]
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 27 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [11]
5 DF Netherlands Jordy Buijs 28 Transfer Mid-season 2017 Free [12]

Transfers out[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
19 DF Senegal Jacques Faty 32 Mutual Termination Pre-season [13]
27 MF Senegal Mickaël Tavares 33 Mutual Termination Pre-season [14]
22 MF Iraq Ali Abbas 29 Mutual Termination Pre-season [15]
4 DF Australia Zac Anderson 25 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
6 MF Australia Robert Stambolziev 25 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
11 MF Australia Chris Naumoff 20 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
12 DF Australia Jacob Tratt 21 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
16 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 21 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
20 GK Australia Ivan Necevski 36 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
29 MF Australia Alex Mullen 23 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
30 GK Australia 20 End of Contract Pre-season [16]
7 MF Australia Andrew Hoole 22 Released Pre-season [17]
9 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 34 Kedah Malaysia Transfer Pre-season [18]
1 GK Australia Vedran Janjetović 29 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Mid-season [19]
40 GK England 25 End of contract Mid-season [20]
5 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 27 Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea Transfer Mid-season [21]
3 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 21 Released Mid-season [22]

Contracts Extensions[]

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Australia Matt Simon Striker 1 year 2017 [23]
Australia Alex Brosque Striker 1 year 2017 [24]
Australia Brandon O'Neill Central midfielder 2 years 2019 [25]
Australia Rhyan Grant Right back 2 years 2019 [26]
Australia Sebastian Ryall Centre back 2 years 2019 [26]

Technical staff[]

Position Name
Head Coach Australia Graham Arnold
Assistant Coach Australia Steve Corica
Goalkeeping Coach Australia John Crawley
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Andrew Clark

Statistics[]

Squad statistics[]

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 32 0 4 0 0 29+0 0 3 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
5 DF Netherlands Jordy Buijs 12 1 1 0 0 12+0 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 31 2 10 1 0 25+1 2 10 1 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
7 DF Australia Michael Zullo 32 0 8 0 0 28+0 0 7 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević 15 1 1 0 0 9+5 0 1 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Brazil Bobô 33 16 1 0 0 28+1 15 1 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 32 10 7 0 0 28+0 9 6 0 0 4+0 1 1 0 0
11 MF Australia Bernie Ibini 21 4 1 0 0 1+19 3 1 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0
12 DF Australia Aaron Calver 6 0 1 0 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Brandon O'Neill 32 3 11 0 0 24+3 3 8 0 0 5+0 0 3 0 0
14 FW Australia Alex Brosque 32 12 6 1 0 24+4 11 6 1 0 2+2 1 0 0 0
16 DF Australia George Timotheou 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia David Carney 27 5 5 0 0 7+15 3 4 0 0 4+1 2 1 0 0
18 FW Australia Matt Simon 30 2 6 0 0 0+25 0 5 0 0 2+3 2 1 0 0
19 FW Australia George Blackwood 3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 33 0 1 0 0 28+0 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Slovakia Filip Hološko 32 9 6 0 0 28+0 8 6 0 0 4+0 1 0 0 0
22 DF Australia Sebastian Ryall 15 1 0 0 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 0 0 0
23 MF Australia Rhyan Grant 32 3 7 0 0 27+0 3 7 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
24 FW Australia Charles Lokolingoy 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 MF North Macedonia Nicola Kuleski 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Australia Bai Antoniou 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
1 GK Australia Vedran Janjetović 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 16 0 2 0 0 10+1 0 2 0 0 3+2 0 0 0 0
40 GK England 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: 7 May 2017
  • Source: au.soccerway.com
  • Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Preseason and friendlies[]

20 July 2016 Johnny Warren Community Challenge Sydney FC Australia 12–0 Australia Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
  • Hološko 5' (pen.), 14', 15', 19'
  • Dimitrijevic 25'
  • 49', 60', 75'
  • 53'
  • 62'
  • 68'
  • Kuleski 75'
 Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Steve Lucas
26 July 2016 Macarthur Rams Australia 1–0 Australia Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST 48' Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Referee: Ben Abraham
20 August 2016 Brisbane Roar Australia 1–2 Australia Sydney FC Gold Coast, Australia
15:00 AEST Maclaren 45' Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Peter Green
7 September 2016 Melbourne Victory Australia 3–1 Australia Sydney FC Melbourne, Australia
 Report O'Neill 19' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
29 September 2016 Sydney FC Australia 1–0 Australia Adelaide United Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Brillante 38' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
24 May 2017 Sydney FC Australia 0–3 England Liverpool Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report
  • Sturridge 7'
  • Moreno 17'
  • Firmino 38'
 Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 72,892
Referee: Peter Green

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — Premiers 8 October 2016 15 April 2017
A-League Finals Semi-finals Champions 29 April 2017 7 May 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Runners-up 10 August 2016 30 November 2016

A-League[]

Main article: 2016–17 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[a] 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[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 20 6 1 55 12  +43 66 10 3 0 25 4  +21 10 3 1 30 8  +22

Last updated: 15 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round[]

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ResultWWWWWWDDWDWWWWDWWDWLWWWWWDW
Position111111111111111111111111111
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

8 October 2016 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 61,880
Referee: Jarred Gillett
15 October 2016 2 Sydney FC 4–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,082
Referee: Stephen Lucas
23 October 2016 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Sydney FC Wellington
19:00 NZDT Report Ninković 90+2' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,365
Referee: Kurt Ams
29 October 2016 4 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,873
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 November 2016 5 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Carney 63', 78' Report Austin 41' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 19,143
Referee: Chris Beath
13 November 2016 6 Sydney FC 4–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report R. Grant 62' (o.g.) Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,167
Referee: Peter Green
19 November 2016 7 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:50 AEST Kristensen 40' Report Brillante 14' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,322
Referee: Alan Milliner
26 November 2016 8 Sydney FC 0–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
4 December 2016 9 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,473
Referee: Adam Fielding
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 Perth Glory 1–4 Sydney FC Perth
19:00 AWST Taggart 20' Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,119
Referee: Alan Milliner
26 December 2016 12 Adelaide United 0–4 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,805
Referee: Chris Beath
30 December 2016 13 Sydney FC 2–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,510
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 January 2017 14 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Sydney FC Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 11,398
Referee: Chris Beath
14 January 2017 15 Sydney FC 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,143
Referee: Peter Green
20 January 2017 16 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,225
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 January 2017 17 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Troisi 18' Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,262
Referee: Jarred Gillett
3 February 2017 18 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,095
Referee: Peter Green
9 February 2017 19 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Rodriguez 32' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,380
Referee: Kurt Ams
18 February 2017 20 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT Santalab 26' Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 44,843
Referee: Chris Beath
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
3 March 2017 22 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Bobô 50' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Peter Green
10 March 2017 23 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:50 AEDT Hološko 8' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,148
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 March 2017 24 Perth Glory 0–3 Sydney FC Perth
16:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 April 2017 25 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,266
Referee: Peter Green
8 April 2017 26 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Wellington
19:45 NZST McGlinchey 90+3' Report Bobô 72' (pen.) Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,610
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 April 2017 27 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,787
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series[]

29 April 2017 Semi-final Sydney FC 3–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 21,938
Referee: Peter Green
7 May 2017 Grand Final Sydney FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEST Grant 69' Report Berisha 20' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 41,546
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Penalties

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup
10 August 2016 Round of 32 Wollongong Wolves New South Wales 0–3 New South Wales Sydney FC Wollongong
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 August 2016 Round of 16 Perth Glory Western Australia 0–2 (a.e.t.) New South Wales Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Adam Fielding
21 September 2016 Quarter-final Blacktown City New South Wales 0–3 New South Wales Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Peter Green
19 October 2016 Semi-final Canberra Olympic Australian Capital Territory 0–3 New South Wales Sydney FC Canberra
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Viking Park
Attendance: 5,581
Referee: Chris Beath
30 November 2016 Final Melbourne City Victoria (Australia) 1–0 New South Wales Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Cahill 52' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,751
Referee: Peter Green

End-of-season awards[]

On May 13, 2017, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.[27]

Award Men's Women's Youth
Player of the Year Milos Ninkovic Remy Siemsen Andreas Agamemnonos
Player's Player of the Year N/A
Member's Player of the Year N/A
Golden Boot Bobô Remy Siemsen N/A
Chairman's Award Andrew Clark (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)

References[]

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