# 2016–17 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2016–17 Canberra United W-League season was the club's ninth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at GIO Stadium, McKellar Park and Central Coast Stadium.

## 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 | Trudy Burke |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yukari Kinga |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Hunt |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jenna McCormick |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ellie Brush (Captain) |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso |
| 9 | FW | USA | Jasmyne Spencer |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Grace Maher |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman (Co-captain) |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Hannah Brewer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | USA | Celeste Boureille |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Ashleigh Sykes |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Karly Roestbakken |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Laura Hughes |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Kahlia Hogg |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Georgia Boric |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Georgia Stewart |
| 22 | DF | USA | Stephanie Ochs |
| 32 | FW | AUS | Lisa De Vanna |

### Transfers in

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| Defender/Forward | Stephanie Ochs | Houston Dash | | 1 September 2016 |
| Goalkeeper | Trudy Burke | Melbourne City | | 28 September 2016 |
| Defender/Midfielder | Yukari Kinga | INAC Kobe Leonessa | | 5 October 2016 |
| | Laura Hughes | Woden Valley | | 13 October 2016 |
| | Clare Hunt | Canberra FC | | 13 October 2016 |
| | Karly Roestbakken | Monaro Panthers | | 13 October 2016 |
| Midfielder | Celeste Boureille | Portland Thorns FC | Loan | 19 October 2016 |
| Forward | Jasmyne Spencer | Orlando Pride | Loan | 19 October 2016 |
| Forward | Hayley Raso | Portland Thorns FC | Loan | 20 October 2016 |
| Defender | Hannah Brewer | Melbourne City | | 26 October 2016 |

### Transfers out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| Forward | Caitlin Munoz | Unattached | | 1 September 2016 |
| Defender | Nicole Begg | Unattached | | 4 November 2016 |
| Defender | Catherine Brown | Unattached | | 4 November 2016 |
| Midfielder | Grace Gill | Retired | Retired | 4 November 2016 |
| Forward | Caitlin Munoz | Unattached | | 4 November 2016 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |

## Managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Rae Dower |
| Team manager | |
| Assistant coach | Njegosh Popovich |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Trudy Burke | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Yukari Kinga | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Clare Hunt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jenna McCormick | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Ellie Brush | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Hayley Raso | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jasmyne Spencer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Grace Maher | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Michelle Heyman | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Hannah Brewer | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Celeste Boureille | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Ashleigh Sykes | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Karly Roestbakken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Laura Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Kahlia Hogg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Nickoletta Flannery | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Georgia Boric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Georgia Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Stephanie Ochs | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Lisa De Vanna | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 9 January 2018
* Source:
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 November 2017. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.