# 2016–17 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2016–17 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time and 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 | Ivan Necevski |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Jacob Poscoliero |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Harry Ascroft |
| 6 | FW | AUS | Blake Powell |
| 7 | MF | POR | Fábio Ferreira |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Nick Montgomery (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Roy O'Donovan |
| 10 | MF | SEN | Mickaël Tavares |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Connor Pain |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Kwabena Appiah |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Adam Berry |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Liam Rose |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Josh Bingham |
| 19 | DF | SEN | Jacques Faty |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Michael Neill |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Jake Adelson (Youth) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Adam Pearce (Youth) |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 14 | DF | Adam Berry | 19 |
| 23 | DF | Jake Adelson | 20 |
| 30 | GK | Adam Pearce | 20 |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 19 | DF | Jacques Faty | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 April 2016 |
| 10 | MF | Mickaël Tavares | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 April 2016 |
| 1 | GK | Ivan Necevski | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 June 2016 |
| 11 | MF | Connor Pain | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 June 2016 |
| 6 | FW | Blake Powell | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 July 2016 |
| 13 | MF | Kwabena Appiah | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 14 July 2016 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Galloway | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 October 2016 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Luis García | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 5 April 2016 |
| 14 | FW | Daniel Heffernan | Unattached | Free transfer | 11 April 2016 |
| 17 | FW | Francesco Stella | Unattached | Free transfer | 11 April 2016 |
| 23 | DF | Tomislav Uskok | Sydney United 58 | Undisclosed Fee | 11 April 2016 |
| 20 | MF | Anthony Kalik | Hajduk Split | $50,000 | 28 May 2016 |
| 13 | GK | Alastair Bray | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 7 June 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Mitch Austin | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 16 June 2016 |
| 3 | DF | Joshua Rose | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 11 August 2016 |
| 40 | GK | Tom Heward-Belle | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 1 December 2016 |
| 18 | FW | Matthew Fletcher | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 14 January 2017 |
| 15 | DF | Brad McDonald | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 14 January 2017 |

### Contracts extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Adam Berry | Midfielder | 2 years | 2019 |
| Liam Rose | Midfielder | 1 year | 2018 |
| Trent Buhagiar | Striker | 2 years | 2019 |
| Storm Roux | Right back | 2 years | 2019 |
| Josh Bingham | Striker | 1 year | 2018 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Paul Okon |
| Assistant coach | Ivan Jolic |
| Goalkeeping coach | Matthew Nash |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Brice Johnson |
| Physiotherapist | Andrew Nealon |
| Youth football coach | Ben Cahn |
| Head of sports science | Tim Knight |

### Other information

| Majority Owner/Chairman | Michael Charlesworth |
| Executive Vice Chairman | Peter Storrie |
| Chief Executive Officer | Shaun Mielekamp |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Central Coast Stadium (20,059 / 105x68 metres) |
Source: ccmariners.com.au

## 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 | | Ivan Necevski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Jacob Poscoliero | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Harry Ascroft | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | | Blake Powell | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Fábio Ferreira | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Nick Montgomery | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Roy O'Donovan | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Mickaël Tavares | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Connor Pain | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Kwabena Appiah | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Adam Berry | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Liam Rose | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Josh Bingham | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jacques Faty | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Michael Neill | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake McGing | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Jake Adelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Ryan Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Steve Whyte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Lachlan Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Adam Pearce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | | Brad McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Matthew Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Tom Heward-Belle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 14 April 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 | — | 8th | 8 October 2016 | 14 April 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 August 2016 | 2 August 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: 14 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |