# 2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2016–17 Melbourne Victory W-League season was the club's ninth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia.

## Players
### Squad information

Melbourne Victory's women squad for the 2016–17 W-League.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Bianca Henninger |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex Natoli |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alex Cheal |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Melissa Taranto |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Annabel Martin |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Lia Privitelli |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Ayesha Norrie |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Natasha Dowie |
| 10 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn |
| 11 | MF | AUS | MelindaJ Barbieri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Laura Spiranovic |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Selin Kuralay |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adriana Taranto |
| 16 | DF | USA | Samantha Johnson |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Gülcan Koca |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Rachel Alonso |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Bethany Mason-Jones |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Kirsty Yallop |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Kariah White |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Emily Kenshole |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 19 | FW | Rachel Alonso | Calder United | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 3 | DF | Alex Cheal | South Melbourne | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 7 | MF | Lia Privitelli | Bulleen Lions | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 8 | MF | Ayesha Norrie | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |

### Contract extensions

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

## Managerial staff

* Position
* Head coach
* Assistant coach
* Team manager

## Statistics
### 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 | | Bianca Henninger | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alex Natoli | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alex Cheal | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Melissa Taranto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Alexandra Gummer | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Annabel Martin | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Lia Privitelli | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ayesha Norrie | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Natasha Dowie | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Christine Nairn | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | MelindaJ Barbieri | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Laura Spiranovic | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Selin Kuralay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Samantha Johnson | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Gülcan Koca | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Rachel Alonso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Bethany Mason-Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Kirsty Yallop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Kariah White | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Emily Kenshole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 10 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: 1 December 2017. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.