2016–17 Melbourne City FC (W-League) season

For the A-League team's 2016–17 season, see 2016–17 Melbourne City FC season.

The 2016–17 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's second season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team is based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and plays home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. The club was again by coached by manager Joe Montemurro,^[1] though in January 2017 Montemurro was promoted to assistant manager of the senior men's team and his role as manager was replaced by playing captain Jess Fishlock, who acted as captain/coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] The club's fixtures for the season were released on 31 August 2016.^[3]

Melbourne City W-League

2016–17 season
Manager	Joe Montemurro
Stadium	CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne AAMI Park, Melbourne
W-League	4th
W-League finals series	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Jess Fishlock (6 goals) All: Jess Fishlock (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	1,943 vs Melbourne Victory
Lowest home attendance	478 vs Brisbane Roar
Average home league attendance	1,045
Home colours Away colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Melbourne City finished fourth in the league, qualifying for the finals series. They defeated Perth Glory in the 2017 W-League grand final to claim their second consecutive W-League championship.^[4]

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   AUS Lydia Williams (on loan from Houston Dash) 2 DF   AUS Teigen Allen 3 DF   USA Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) 4 DF   AUS Rachel Binning 5 DF   AUS Laura Alleway 6 MF   AUS Aivi Luik 7 DF   AUS Steph Catley (Captain) 9 FW   AUS Larissa Crummer 10 MF   WAL Jess Fishlock (Player-coach, on loan from Seattle Reign FC) 11 MF   USA Erika Tymrak (on loan from FC Kansas City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF   AUS Olivia Ellis 13 DF   NZL Rebekah Stott 14 FW   AUS Melina Ayres 15 MF   AUS Amy Jackson 16 FW   USA Beverly Yanez (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) 17 FW   AUS Marianna Tabain 18 FW   AUS Jacynta Galabadaarachchi 19 DF   AUS Tyla-Jay Vlajnic 20 GK   AUS Emily Shields 30 GK   AUS Kelsey Quinn

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		Teigen Allen	22	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[5]
18	FW		Jacinta Galabadaarachchi	15		Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
1	GK		Lydia Williams	28	Houston Dash	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[7]
3	DF		Lauren Barnes	27	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[8]
11	MF		Erika Tymrak	25	FC Kansas City	Loan	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[9]
4	DF		Rachel Binning				Pre-season		Free	^[10]
16	FW		Beverly Yanez	28	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Mid-season	2017	Free	^[11]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Brianna Davey	21	Carlton (AFLW)		Pre-season	Free	^[12]
2	MF		Monique Iannella	20	Texas Longhorns		Pre-season	Free	^[13]^[14]
3	MF		Alex Chidiac	17	Adelaide United		Pre-season	Free	^[15]
4	DF		Jen Beattie	25	Manchester City	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
8	MF		Kim Little	26	Seattle Reign FC	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[17]
11	FW		Lisa De Vanna	31	Orlando Pride		Pre-season	Free	^[18]
16	MF		Beattie Goad	18	Stanford University		Pre-season	Free	^[19]
18	FW		Anisa Guajardo	25			Pre-season	Free	^[20]
20	GK		Trudy Burke	25	Canberra United		Pre-season	Free	^[21]

Managerial staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jess Fishlock
Team manager	Louisa Bisby
Assistant coach	Patrick Kisnorbo^[22]

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					Finals series
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lydia Williams	14	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Teigen Allen	13	0	0	0	0	9+2	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Lauren Barnes	12	0	2	1	0	10+0	0	1	1	0	2+0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Rachel Binning	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Laura Alleway	14	1	0	0	0	12+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Aivi Luik	14	1	3	0	0	11+1	1	3	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Steph Catley	14	1	0	0	0	12+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Larissa Crummer	3	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Jess Fishlock	14	8	0	0	0	12+0	6	0	0	0	2+0	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Erika Tymrak	14	2	0	0	0	8+4	2	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Olivia Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Rebekah Stott	14	2	0	0	0	12+0	2	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Melina Ayres	12	1	0	0	0	4+6	1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Amy Jackson	12	1	0	0	0	8+2	1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Beverly Yanez	10	2	1	0	0	7+1	1	1	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Marianna Tabain	13	3	1	0	0	9+2	3	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0
18	FW		Jacynta Galabadaarachchi	5	0	0	0	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	9	0	0	0	0	2+6	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Emily Shields	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Kelsey Quinn	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 12 February 2017
• Source: ^{[citation needed]}
•   = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;   = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

Main article: 2016–17 W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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
12	6	2	4	19	14	+5	20	3	1	2	11	7	+4	3	1	2	8	7	+1

Last updated: 27 January 2017.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	B	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	✖	W	W	L	L	L	✖	D	D	L	W	W
Position	3	1	3	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2017. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

6 November 2016 1	Melbourne City	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Tabain   8'	Report		Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 633 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Canberra United v Melbourne City

12 November 2016 2	Canberra United	1–2	Melbourne City	Canberra
15:00 AEDT	Brush   90+4'	Report	Alleway   18' Ayres   80'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

27 November 2016 4	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

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

4 December 2016 5	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
16:00 AEST	Gorry   2'	Report	Fishlock   6' Tymrak   25'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,327 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne City v Canberra United

10 December 2016 6	Melbourne City	1–2	Canberra United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Yanez   53'	Report	McCormick   49' Roestbakken   82'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 605 Referee: Katie Patterson

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

18 December 2016 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Fletcher   18', 49' (pen.)	Report	Tabain   3'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 513 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

27 December 2016 8	Melbourne City	2–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Fishlock   60' Luik   72'	Report	Sutton   47' Kerr   77', 84'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

2 January 2017 10	Melbourne City	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:15 AEDT	Fishlock   26'	Report	Quigley   70'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 674 Referee: Kelly Jones

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

8 January 2017 11	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
14:30 AEDT	Foord   67'	Report	Fishlock   75'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 857 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

15 January 2017 12	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Dowie   1' Nairn   31'	Report		Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Katie Patterson

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

22 January 2017 13	Melbourne City	3–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Tabain   18' Stott   61', 90+2'	Report	Gorry   67'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 478 Referee: Lara Lee

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

27 January 2017 14	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Melbourne City	Coffs Harbour
17:20 AEDT		Report	Tymrak   56' Jackson   90+3'	Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium Attendance: 3,570 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Finals series

Canberra United v Melbourne City

5 February 2017 Semi-finals	Canberra United	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne City	Canberra
19:30 AEDT		Report	Fishlock   107'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 5,072 Referee: Rebecca Durca

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

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

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External links

• Official Website