2016–17 W-League

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W-League
Season2016–17
ChampionsMelbourne City (2nd title)
PremiersCanberra United (3rd title)
Matches played57
Goals scored200 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAshleigh Sykes (12 goals)
Biggest home winAdelaide United 10–2 Western Sydney Wanderers (14 January 2017)
Biggest away winMelbourne Victory 0–4 Newcastle Jets (20 November 2016)
Highest scoringAdelaide United 10–2 Western Sydney Wanderers (14 January 2017)
Longest winning runMelbourne City (4 games)
Longest unbeaten runCanberra United
Perth Glory
(6 games)
Longest winless runMelbourne Victory (8 games)
Longest losing runMelbourne Victory (4 games)
Highest attendance4,591
Canberra United vs. Melbourne City
(5 February 2017)
Lowest attendance264
Melbourne Victory vs. Perth Glory
(4 December 2016)
Average attendance1,547

The 2016–17 W-League season was the ninth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition.

Clubs[]

Stadia and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Elite Systems Football Centre
Coopers Stadium
200
17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane A.J. Kelly Park
Suncorp Stadium
1,500
52,500
Canberra United Canberra McKellar Park 3,500
Melbourne City Melbourne CB Smith Reserve
AAMI Park
2,000
30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Lakeside Stadium
Epping Stadium
AAMI Park
12,000
10,000
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth Dorrien Gardens 4,000
Sydney FC Sydney Lambert Park 7,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Marconi Stadium
9,000
2,500

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit sponsors
Adelaide United Australia Australia Stella Rigon Macron[1]
Brisbane Roar Australia Melissa Andreatta Australia Clare Polkinghorne Puma, Umbro[2]
Canberra United Australia Australia Ellie Brush
Australia Michelle Heyman
Nike
University of Canberra[3]
Melbourne City Wales Jess Fishlock Australia Steph Catley Nike
Melbourne Victory Wales Jeff Hopkins United States Christine Nairn Adidas[4]
Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans Australia Gema Simon BLK
Perth Glory Australia Bobby Despotovski Australia Sam Kerr Healthway, National Storage, Goodlife, Macron[5]
Sydney FC Australia Daniel Barrett Australia Teresa Polias Puma
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Richard Byrne Australia Caitlin Cooper Nike[6]

Transfers[]

Foreign players[]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Brazil Mônica Mexico Sofia Huerta United States Danielle Colaprico United States Katie Naughton
Brisbane Roar Denmark Nina Frausing-Pedersen United States Maddy Evans
Canberra United Japan Yukari Kinga United States Celeste Boureille United States Stephanie Ochs United States Jasmyne Spencer
Melbourne City United States Lauren Barnes United States Erika Tymrak United States Beverly Yanez Wales Jess Fishlock New Zealand Rebekah StottA
Melbourne Victory England Natasha Dowie Mexico Bianca Henninger United States Samantha Johnson United States Christine Nairn Turkey Gülcan KocaA
Newcastle Jets United States Arin Gilliland United States Jen Hoy United States Megan Oyster United States Kelsey Wys United States Katelyn RowlandR
Perth Glory Mexico Arianna Romero United States Vanessa DiBernardo United States Alyssa Mautz United States Nikki Stanton
Sydney FC Nigeria Francisca Ordega
Western Sydney Wanderers United States Alex Arlitt United States Kendall Fletcher United States Paige Nielsen United States Katie Stengel

The following do not fill a Visa position:
AAustralian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
RInjury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Canberra United 12 7 2 3 33 21 +12 23 Qualification to Finals series
2 Perth Glory 12 7 2 3 22 18 +4 23
3 Sydney FC 12 7 1 4 22 16 +6 22
4 Melbourne City (C) 12 6 2 4 19 14 +5 20
5 Newcastle Jets 12 4 3 5 18 18 0 15
6 Adelaide United 12 3 5 4 31 26 +5 14
7 Brisbane Roar 12 4 1 7 15 21 −6 13
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 4 1 7 14 29 −15 13
9 Melbourne Victory 12 2 3 7 17 28 −11 9
Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Canberra United68643313233221
Perth Glory12464421322332
Sydney FC75222242111113
Melbourne City31311134444444
Newcastle Jets84156667777655
Adelaide United46888899999986
Brisbane Roar23535556565567
Western Sydney Wanderers99777775656778
Melbourne Victory47999988888899
Leader and qualification to Finals series
Qualification to Finals series
Source: w-league.com.au
Notes: Adelaide United were tied with Melbourne Victory at the end of Round 1.

Home and away season[]

The regular season commenced on 5 November 2016 and concluded on 29 January 2017.

Round 1[]

5 November 2016 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Sydney FC Brisbane
16:00 AEST
  • Toby 55'
  • Gorry 66'
Report Foord 52' Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 3,105
Referee: Casey Reibelt
6 November 2016 Adelaide United 3–3 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
14:00 ACDT
  • Rigon 13'
  • Jones 20'
  • Mônica 74'
Report
  • Dowie 16', 63'
  • Kuralay 81'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Katie Patterson
6 November 2016 Perth Glory 4–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
18:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Kelly Jones

Round 2[]

12 November 2016 Canberra United 1–2 Melbourne City Canberra
15:00 AEDT Brush 90+4' Report
Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 2,595
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
12 November 2016 Perth Glory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Perth
16:00 AWST Report Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 659
Referee: Lara Lee
13 November 2016 Sydney FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
14:30 AEDT L. Khamis 13', 28' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 4,178
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
13 November 2016 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 270
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 3[]

20 November 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report Jones 62' Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 457
Referee: Kelly Jones
20 November 2016 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Canberra United Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Sykes 54' Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
Attendance: 1,613
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
20 November 2016 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Dowie 83' Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 339
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
20 November 2016 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Perth Glory Newcastle
14:30 AEDT Hoy 48' (pen.) Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,650
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 4[]

26 November 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report
  • Polkinghorne 28'
  • Butt 38'
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
26 November 2016 Canberra United 5–2 Newcastle Jets Canberra
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 871
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
27 November 2016 Melbourne City 3–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
14:30 AEDT
  • Fishlock 64', 77'
  • Catley 75'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,943
Referee: Katie Patterson
27 November 2016 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Seymour Shaw Park
Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 5[]

3 December 2016 Adelaide United 2–2 Canberra United Adelaide
19:00 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre
Attendance: 573
Referee: Lara Lee
4 December 2016 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
14:30 AEDT Hoy 46' Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Kelly Jones
4 December 2016 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 264
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
4 December 2016 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
16:00 AEST Gorry 2' Report
Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 6[]

10 December 2016 Melbourne City 1–2 Canberra United Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Yanez 53' Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 605
Referee: Katie Patterson
11 December 2016 Brisbane Roar 3–2 Adelaide United Brisbane
13:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 4,515
Referee: Casey Reibelt
11 December 2016 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 273
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
11 December 2016 Perth Glory 1–0 Sydney FC Perth
16:00 AWST Kerr 18' Report Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 481
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 7[]

16 December 2016 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
17:20 AEDT Hoy 84' Report Dowie 18' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 1,740
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
17 December 2016 Adelaide United 1–4 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Huerta 65' Report
Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre
Attendance: 705
Referee: Katie Patterson
18 December 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Melbourne City Sydney
15:00 AEDT Fletcher 18', 49' (pen.) Report Tabain 3' Stadium:
Attendance: 513
Referee: Maddison Kennedy
18 December 2016 Canberra United 5–1 Brisbane Roar Gosford
14:30 AEDT
Report Gielnik 90+2' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 818
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 8[]

23 December 2016 Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT Ibini 54' Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 714
Referee: Katie Patterson
26 December 2016 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
15:05 AEDT Kingsley 8' Report Stengel 12', 30' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,268
Referee: Lara Lee
27 December 2016 Melbourne City 2–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:20 AEDT
  • Fishlock 60'
  • Luik 72'
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 9[]

28 December 2016 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Canberra United Melbourne
17:20 AEDT Dowie 30' Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,963
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
29 December 2016 Adelaide United 2–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Report Kingsley 22', 52' (pen.) Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre
Attendance: 711
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
30 December 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Sydney FC Sydney
19:00 AEDT Stengel 23' Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 870

Round 10[]

1 January 2017 Brisbane Roar 1–4 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
16:00 AEST Chapman 42' Report
Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
Attendance: 1,805
Referee: Lara Lee
2 January 2017 Perth Glory 1–1 Newcastle Jets Perth
16:00 AWST Kerr 69' Report Kingsley 46' Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 477
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
2 January 2017 Melbourne City 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:15 AEDT Fishlock 26' Report Quigley 70' Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 674
Referee: Kelly Jones
3 January 2017 Sydney FC 6–1 Canberra United Sydney
16:00 AEDT
Report Kinga 65' Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 1,027

Round 11[]

7 January 2017 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
13:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: Kelly Jones
7 January 2017 Canberra United 2–2 Adelaide United Canberra
16:00 AEDT Sykes 20', 79' Report Huerta 65' (pen.), 81' Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,152
Referee: Casey Reibelt
8 January 2017 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
  • Romero 52' (o.g.)
  • Mautz 59' (o.g.)
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 578
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
8 January 2017 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
14:30 AEDT Foord 67' Report Fishlock 75' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 857
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 12[]

14 January 2017 Canberra United 7–2 Perth Glory Canberra
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,153
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
14 January 2017 Adelaide United 10–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre
Attendance: 876
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
15 January 2017 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 467
Referee: Katie Patterson
15 January 2017 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
14:30 AEDT
Report
  • Butt 45' (pen.)
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,146
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 13[]

21 January 2017 Sydney FC 1–3 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:00 AEDT K. Simon 90+3' Report Gilliland 57', 74', 78' Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 1,029
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
22 January 2017 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Canberra United Sydney
14:30 AEDT Stengel 43' Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,455
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 January 2017 Melbourne City 3–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Gorry 67' Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 478
Referee: Lara Lee
22 January 2017 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Perth
16:00 AWST Sutton 10' Report Colaprico 15', 84' Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 637
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 14[]

27 January 2017 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Melbourne City Coffs Harbour
17:20 AEDT Report
Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 3,570
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
28 January 2017 Canberra United 5–1 Melbourne Victory Canberra
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,254
Referee: Lara Lee
29 January 2017 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report Doeglas 90+2' Stadium:
Attendance: 332
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
29 January 2017 Adelaide United 5–2 Sydney FC Adelaide
14:00 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Finals series[]

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Canberra United 0
4 Melbourne City (a.e.t.) 1
2 Perth Glory 0
4 Melbourne City 2
2 Perth Glory 5
3 Sydney FC 1

Semi-finals[]

4 February 2017 Perth Glory 5–1 Sydney FC Perth
15:30 AWST
Report Simon 23' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: Casey Reibelt
5 February 2017 Canberra United 0–1 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Canberra
20:00 AEDT Report Fishlock 107' Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 5,072
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Grand Final[]

12 February 2017 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne City Perth
16:30 AWST Report
  • Fishlock 45+1'
  • Yanez 72'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 4,591
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Regular-season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 29 January 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Ashleigh Sykes Canberra United 12
2 Australia Sam Kerr Perth Glory 10
3 England Natasha Dowie Melbourne Victory 9
Australia Adriana Jones Adelaide United
5 Mexico Sofia Huerta Adelaide United 8
6 Wales Jess Fishlock Melbourne City 6
Australia Remy Siemsen Sydney FC
United States Katie Stengel Western Sydney Wanderers
Australia Rosie Sutton Perth Glory
10 Australia Tameka Butt Brisbane Roar 5
United States Jen Hoy Newcastle Jets
Australia Jenna Kingsley Newcastle Jets

Own goals[]

Player Team Against Round
Australia Emily Hodgson Adelaide United Sydney FC 4
Australia Ellie Brush Canberra United Adelaide United 5
Australia Angelique Hristodoulou Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne Victory 6
Australia Jada Mathyssen-Whyman Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar 11
United States Alyssa Mautz Perth Glory Melbourne Victory 11
Mexico Arianna Romero Perth Glory Melbourne Victory 11
Australia Summer O'Brien Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 12

Attendances[]

Team Home average[7]
Newcastle Jets 2,650
Brisbane Roar 2,478
Sydney FC 1,557
Adelaide United 1,410
Canberra United 1,285
Melbourne City 1,045
Western Sydney Wanderers 996
Perth Glory 807
Melbourne Victory 596

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.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adelaide United announces Macron partnership". Adelaide United. 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Brisbane Roar and Umbro announce long-term partnership". Brisbane Roar. 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ "University of Canberra Sign New Shirt Sponsorship Deal". Canberra United. 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Victory extends partnership with adidas". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Macron sign on for four more years". Perth Glory. 30 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Wanderers launch jersey, announce Nike partnership extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Women W-League 2016/2017 – Attendance".
  8. ^ "Milos Ninkovic wins Johnny Warren Medal". The World Game. SBS. 1 May 2017.
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