2016–17 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City

2016–17 season

Chairman

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Manager

Stadium

2nd

Top goalscorer

League: Bruno Fornaroli (7 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (10 goals)

Highest home attendance

10,644 vs. Wellington Phoenix
(27 November 2016)

Lowest home attendance

7,745 vs. Newcastle Jets
(10 November 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

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

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

Players

Squad information

As of 6 September 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
2	DF	Manny Muscat
3	DF	Joshua Rose
4	DF	Connor Chapman
5	DF	Ivan Franjic
6	DF	Osama Malik
7	FW	Corey Gameiro
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny
9	MF	Nicolás Colazo (On loan from Boca Juniors)
10	MF	Anthony Cáceres (On loan from Manchester City)
11	MF	Bruce Kamau
12	FW	Nick Fitzgerald

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Daniel Arzani
17	FW	Tim Cahill
18	DF	Paulo Retre
20	GK	Dean Bouzanis
21	DF	Ruon Tongyik
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen
23	FW	Bruno Fornaroli (Captain)
26	MF	Luke Brattan (On loan from Manchester City)
27	MF	Fernando Brandán
28	FW	Steve Kuzmanovski
29	FW	Braedyn Crowley

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
2	DF	Manny Muscat	31	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[2]
11	MF	Bruce Kamau	21	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[3]
14	FW	Daniel Arzani	17		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[4]
26	MF	Luke Brattan	26	Manchester City !Manchester City	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[5]
21	DF	Ruon Tongyik	19	Adelaide United Youth !Adelaide United Youth	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[6]
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny	30		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[7]
27	MF	Fernando Brandán	26	Temperley !Temperley	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Not Disclosed	^[8]
17	FW	Tim Cahill	36		Transfer	Pre-season	2019	Free	^[9]
3	DF	Joshua Rose	34	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[10]
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen	30	Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg fB	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Not Disclosed	^[11]
9	MF	Nicolás Colazo	26	Boca Juniors	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[12]^[13]
29	FW	Braedyn Crowley	19	Northcote City !Northcote City	Transfer	Pre-season	2018		^[14]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Alex Wilkinson	31	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[15]
3	DF	Aaron Hughes	36		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
14	MF	James Brown	26		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
16	MF	Jason Trifiro	27		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
17	FW	Wade Dekker	22		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
26	FW	Marc Marino	19		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
24	DF	Patrick Kisnorbo	35		Retired	Pre-season	Free	^[17]
11	DF	Michael Zullo	27	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[18]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	21	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[19]
9	FW	Harry Novillo	24	Manisaspor !Manisaspor	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed	^[20]
8	MF	Aaron Mooy	25	Manchester City !Manchester City	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed	^[5]
22	DF	Jack Clisby	24	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[21]
25	MF	Jacob Melling	21	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[21]

Contracts extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Nick Fitzgerald	Attacking midfielder	2 years	2018	^[4]
Anthony Cáceres	Central midfielder	1 year	2017	^[5]
Bruno Fornaroli	Central striker	3 years	2019	^[22]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Thomas Sørensen	5	0	0	0	1	1+1	0	0	0	1	3+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Manny Muscat	11	0	3	0	0	7+1	0	3	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Joshua Rose	10	0	2	0	0	7+0	0	2	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Connor Chapman	9	0	1	0	0	4+1	0	1	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ivan Franjic	6	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Osama Malik	9	0	3	0	0	3+2	0	2	0	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Corey Gameiro	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	12	0	5	0	0	8+0	0	5	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Nicolás Colazo	6	1	1	0	0	3+1	1	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Anthony Cáceres	13	2	0	0	0	6+3	1	0	0	0	3+1	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Bruce Kamau	13	0	0	0	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	13	2	1	0	0	2+6	1	0	0	0	3+2	1	1	0	0
14	FW		Daniel Arzani	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Tim Cahill	11	4	0	0	0	5+2	2	0	0	0	3+1	2	0	0	0
18	MF		Paulo Retre	7	0	1	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Dean Bouzanis	11	0	2	0	0	8+1	0	2	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Ruon Tongyik	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	11	1	1	0	0	8+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	1	1	0	0
23	FW		Bruno Fornaroli	14	10	3	0	0	9+0	7	3	0	0	5+0	3	0	0	0
26	MF		Luke Brattan	13	2	3	0	0	7+1	1	2	0	0	5+0	1	1	0	0
27	MF		Fernando Brandán	14	4	5	0	0	8+1	2	4	0	0	3+2	2	1	0	0
28	FW		Steve Kuzmanovski	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Braedyn Crowley	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Christian Cavallo†	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Bradley Clarke†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Yaren Sozer†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
22	DF		Jack Clisby	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Jacob Melling	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

† = NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

20 July 2016	Port Melbourne	0–5	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
19:15 AEST		Report	Fornaroli 28', 45+1' (pen.) Retre 67' Melling 85' Wong 86'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

26 July 2016	Melbourne Knights	0–4	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Fornaroli 21', 47', 63' Muscat 26'	Stadium: Knights Stadium

16 August 2016	Hume City	1–0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
	Markelis 87'	Report		Stadium: ABD Stadium

17 August 2016	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–0	Adelaide United !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 !Melbourne City	Townsville, Australia
19:00 AEST	Waples 71' (pen.)	Report	Kamau 5' Brattan 18' Crowley 48' Ahmed 87'	Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Jarred Gillett

11 September 2016	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–4	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Townsville, Australia
15:00 AEST	Cahill 15'	Report	Krishna 19', 45+1' Finkler 40', 56'	Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Attendance: 3,856

18 September 2016	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	0–4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Ballarat, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Nabbout 16' Nordstrand 44', 71' Brymora 79'	Stadium: Morshead Park Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

25 September 2016 Family Day	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2–0	Auckland City	Melbourne, Australia
10:00 AEST	Colazo 77' Cahill 90'	Report		Stadium: City Football Academy

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	2nd		8 October 2016	16 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Champions	2 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	9	7	2	0	20	3	+17	23	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne City	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne Victory	8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	Qualification to Finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	9	3	5	1	9	10	−1	14
5	Perth Glory	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	12
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	9	2	5	2	13	16	−3	11
7	Central Coast Mariners	9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9
8	Adelaide United	9	1	3	5	9	13	−4	6
9	Newcastle Jets	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
10	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	0	6	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ 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
9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	3	1	1	9	7	+2	2	1	1	6	3	+3

Last updated: 3 December 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	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D
Position	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report	Cáceres 31'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Peter Green

15 October 2016 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–4	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Rojas 62'	Report	Cahill 27' Fornaroli 31' Brattan 52' Brandán 63'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 43,188 Referee: Chris Beath

21 October 2016 3	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2–3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Fornaroli 44' (pen.) Brandán 60'	Report	Keogh 7', 49', 85'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Alan Milliner

28 October 2016 4	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2–1	Adelaide United !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 !Brisbane Roar	1–0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Maclaren 11'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,198 Referee: Peter Green

10 November 2016 6	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2–1	Newcastle Jets !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 !Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Melbourne City !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 !Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Fitzgerald 44' Fornaroli 71' (pen.)	Report	Krishna 60'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,644 Referee: Kurt Ams

3 December 2016 9	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–1	Brisbane Roar !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 !Sydney FC	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

17 December 2016 11	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

27 December 2016 12	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

31 December 2016 13	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Gosford
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

6 January 2017 14	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

12 January 2017 15	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

19 January 2017 16	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

27 January 2017 17	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Coffs Harbour
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

4 February 2017 18	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

11 February 2017 19	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

18 February 2017 20	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

24 February 2017 21	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

5 March 2017 22	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Gosford
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

18 March 2017 23	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

24 March 2017 24	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Spotless Stadium

1 April 2017 25	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

7 April 2017 26	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

16 April 2017 27	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Perth
17:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

2 August 2016 Round of 32	Floreat Athena	1–2	Melbourne City	Perth
18:30 AWST	Gate 59'	Report	Fitzgerald 32' Cáceres 65'	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

21 September 2016 Quarter-final	Melbourne City	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Jakobsen 2' Fornaroli 32' Cahill 45' (pen.) Brandán 65'	Report	Dimas 73'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,401 Referee: Jarred Gillett

25 October 2016 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Brattan 9' Brandán 77'	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

References

↑ "Melbourne City Team". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "City Sign Manny Muscat". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 3 March 2016.
↑ "Melbourne City FC Signs Bruce Kamau". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 6 May 2016.
1 2 "Melbourne City FC Re-Sign Fitzgerald, Sign Arzani". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 10 June 2016.
1 2 3 "Melbourne City FC Player Update". Melbourne City FC. 29 June 2016.
↑ "City signs 19-year-old defender". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 8 July 2016.
↑ "Melbourne City signs Neil Kilkenny". The World Game. SBS. 19 July 2016.
↑ "Melbourne City FC Signs Argentinian Fernando Brandan". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 26 July 2016.
↑ Lerner, Ronny (11 August 2016). "A-League soccer: Tim Cahill signs with Melbourne City". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ "Melbourne City FC Signs Josh Rose". Melbourne City FC. 12 August 2016.
↑ Lynch, Michael (1 September 2016). "Melbourne City sign Danish international defender Michael Jakobsen". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ "City sign Argentine". FourFourTwo. 5 September 2016.
↑ "City Signs Colazo". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 20 September 2016.
↑ "City signs 19-year-old striker". Melbourne City. 6 September 2016.
↑ "Sydney FC sign Socceroo Alex Wilkinson". A-League. 26 April 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 "Melbourne City FC Player Update". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 28 April 2016.
↑ "Club Captain Kisnorbo Announces Retirement". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 1 May 2016.
↑ "Transfer news: Sydney FC sign Socceroos defender". A-League. 12 May 2016.
↑ "Ben Garuccio Departs To Pursue A-League Opportunity". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 16 June 2016.
↑ "Melbourne City FC agrees Novillo transfer". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 22 June 2016.
1 2 "Wanderers sign departing City duo Melling and Clisby". The World Game. SBS. 12 August 2016.
↑ "Fornaroli recommits to City with new three-year deal". Melbourne City FC. 8 August 2016.

External links

Official Website

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Home grounds	AAMI Park CB Smith Reserve (Women/NPL/Youth)

Reserve grounds	Epping Stadium John Cain Memorial Reserve La Trobe University

Training grounds	La Trobe University City Football Academy

Rivalries	League record by opponent Melbourne Derby

Schools	John Fawkner College Trinity Grammar School Rowville Sports Academy Eltham College Overnewton College

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