2016–17 Sydney FC season

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.

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]

Players edit

Squad information edit

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

From youth squad edit

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

Transfers in edit

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

Transfers out edit

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

Contracts Extensions edit

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

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Head coach   Graham Arnold
Assistant coach   Steve Corica
Goalkeeping coach   John Crawley
Strength & conditioning coach   Andrew Clark

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Andrew Redmayne 1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Alex Wilkinson 32 0 4 0 0 29+0 0 3 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
5 DF   Jordy Buijs 12 1 1 0 0 12+0 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   Joshua Brillante 31 2 10 1 0 25+1 2 10 1 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
7 DF   Michael Zullo 32 0 8 0 0 28+0 0 7 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
8 MF   Miloš Dimitrijević 15 1 1 0 0 9+5 0 1 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   Bobô 33 16 1 0 0 28+1 15 1 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
10 MF   Miloš Ninković 32 10 7 0 0 28+0 9 6 0 0 4+0 1 1 0 0
11 MF   Bernie Ibini 21 4 1 0 0 1+19 3 1 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0
12 DF   Aaron Calver 6 0 1 0 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 MF   Brandon O'Neill 32 3 11 0 0 24+3 3 8 0 0 5+0 0 3 0 0
14 FW   Alex Brosque 32 12 6 1 0 24+4 11 6 1 0 2+2 1 0 0 0
16 DF   George Timotheou 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   David Carney 27 5 5 0 0 7+15 3 4 0 0 4+1 2 1 0 0
18 FW   Matt Simon 30 2 6 0 0 0+25 0 5 0 0 2+3 2 1 0 0
19 FW   George Blackwood 3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Danny Vukovic 33 0 1 0 0 28+0 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW   Filip Hološko 32 9 6 0 0 28+0 8 6 0 0 4+0 1 0 0 0
22 DF   Sebastian Ryall 15 1 0 0 0 4+6 0 0 0 0 5+0 1 0 0 0
23 MF   Rhyan Grant 32 3 7 0 0 27+0 3 7 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   Charles Lokolingoy 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
25 DF   Patrick Flottman 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   Nicola Kuleski 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   Bai Antoniou 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Mitch Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   Thomas Manos 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   Vedran Janjetović 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Riley Woodcock 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Matthew Jurman 16 0 2 0 0 10+1 0 2 0 0 3+2 0 0 0 0
40 GK   Chris Oldfield 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Preseason and friendlies edit

20 July 2016 Johnny Warren Community Challenge Sydney FC   12–0   Earlwood Wanderers Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Steve Lucas
26 July 2016 Macarthur Rams   1–0   Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST Versi   48' Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Referee: Ben Abraham
20 August 2016 Brisbane Roar   1–2   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   3–1   Sydney FC Melbourne, Australia
Report O'Neill   19' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
29 September 2016 Sydney FC   1–0   Adelaide United Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Brillante   38' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
24 May 2017 Sydney FC   0–3   Liverpool Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 72,892
Referee: Peter Green

Competitions edit

Overall edit

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 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for 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-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

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
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 edit

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 edit

10 August 2016 Round of 32 Wollongong Wolves   0–3   Sydney FC Wollongong
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 August 2016 Round of 16 Perth Glory   0–2 (a.e.t.)   Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Adam Fielding
21 September 2016 Quarter-final Blacktown City   0–3   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   0–3   Sydney FC Canberra
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Viking Park
Attendance: 5,581
Referee: Chris Beath
30 November 2016 Final Melbourne City   1–0   Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Cahill   52' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,751
Referee: Peter Green

End-of-season awards edit

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 edit

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  3. ^ a b "Sydney FC Promote NPL Duo". Sydney FC. 27 September 2016.
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  13. ^ "Sydney FC and Jacques Faty Agree Termination". Sydney FC. 11 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Sydney FC and Mickael Tavares part ways". Sydney FC. 18 April 2016.
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  17. ^ "Sydney FC And Andrew Hoole Agree Contract Termination". Sydney FC. 20 June 2016.
  18. ^ "All Whites striker Shane Smeltz signs with Malaysian Super League club Kedah". The New Zealand Herald. 12 July 2016.
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  20. ^ "Hyundai Ins & Outs - Round 12". Football Federation Australia. 25 December 2016.
  21. ^ Smithies, Tom (2 January 2017). "Sydney FC confirm Matt Jurman will leave A-League for Samsung Bluewings". Fox Sports.
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  27. ^ "Ninkovic Cleans Up at Sky Blue Ball". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

External links edit