# 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.

## 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 | 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

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 16 | DF | George Timotheou | 19 |
| 24 | FW | Charles Lokolingoy | 19 |
| 29 | FW | Bai Antoniou | 19 |

### Transfers in

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

### Transfers out

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

### Contracts Extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Matt Simon | Striker | 1 year | 2017 |
| Alex Brosque | Striker | 1 year | 2017 |
| Brandon O'Neill | Central midfielder | 2 years | 2019 |
| Rhyan Grant | Right back | 2 years | 2019 |
| Sebastian Ryall | Centre back | 2 years | 2019 |

## Technical staff

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

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 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 |
* Last updated: 7 May 2017
* 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.

## 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
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 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 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 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 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 April 2017. 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
## End-of-season awards

On May 13, 2017, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.
| Award | Men's | Women's | Youth |
| Player of the Year | Milos Ninkovic | Remy Siemsen | Andreas Agamemnonos |
| Player's Player of the Year | Milos Ninkovic | N/A | N/A |
| Member's Player of the Year | Milos Ninkovic | N/A | N/A |
| Golden Boot | Bobô | Remy Siemsen | N/A |
| Chairman's Award | Andrew Clark (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach) | Andrew Clark (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach) | Andrew Clark (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach) |