# 2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2016–17 Melbourne Victory 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 third 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Daniel Georgievski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Marco Rojas |
| 8 | FW | KOS | Besart Berisha |
| 10 | FW | AUS | James Troisi |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Mitch Austin |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Alan Baró |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Rashid Mahazi |
| 17 | DF | AUS | James Donachie |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Carl Valeri (Captain) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Stefan Nigro |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Jai Ingham |
| 27 | GK | AUS | Alastair Bray |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Lucas Spinella |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Christian Theoharous (Scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Matt Acton (Injury replacement) |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 22 | MF | | Stefan Nigro | 19 | 2 year senior contact |
| 31 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 17 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 17 | DF | James Donachie | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 June 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Mitch Austin | Central Coast Mariners | Undisclosed Fee | 1 year | 17 June 2016 |
| 15 | DF | Alan Baró | Ponferradina | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 July 2016 |
| 10 | FW | James Troisi | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 August 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Marco Rojas | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 25 August 2016 |
| 27 | GK | Alastair Bray | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 23 September 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Maximilian Beister | Mainz 05 | Loan | 1 year | 18 October 2016 |
| 40 | GK | Matt Acton | Unattached | Injury replacement loan | 1 year | 25 November 2016 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Kosta Barbarouses | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 8 March 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Guilherme Finkler | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 24 March 2016 |
| 17 | DF | Matthieu Delpierre | Retired | Retired | 26 April 2016 |
| 10 | FW | Archie Thompson | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2016 |
| 15 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Unattached | Free transfer | 28 May 2016 |
| 18 | DF | Dylan Murnane | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 28 May 2016 |
| 22 | MF | Jesse Makarounas | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 28 May 2016 |
| 33 | FW | Joey Katebian | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 31 May 2016 |
| 11 | MF | Connor Pain | Central Coast Mariners | Undisclosed Fee | 17 June 2016 |
| 24 | DF | Thomas Deng | Jong PSV | Loan | 28 June 2016 |
| 1 | GK | Danny Vukovic | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 18 July 2016 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Galloway | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 19 October 2016 |
| 25 | MF | Sebastian Pasquali | Jong Ajax | Undisclosed Fee | 26 November 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Maximilian Beister | Mainz 05 | Loan return | 2 February 2017 |
| 13 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Ventforet Kofu | $3,250,000 | 16 March 2017 |

### Contact extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Jason Geria | Right back | 3 years | 2020 |
| Lawrence Thomas | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 2018 |
| Jai Ingham | Winger | 2 years | 2019 |
| Carl Valeri | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 2018 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Kevin Muscat |
| Assistant manager | Jean-Paul de Marigny |
| Goalkeeping coach | Dean Anastasiadis |
| Youth Team Manager | Gareth Naven |
| Youth Team Assistant Manager | Vaughan Coveny |
| Youth Team Developmental Manager | Grant Brebner |
| Youth Goalkeeping Coach | Vacant |
| Strength & conditioning Coach | Anthony Crea |
| Physiotherapist | Travis Maude |

## 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 | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Georgievski | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25+4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Marco Rojas | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24+1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Besart Berisha | 32 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28+0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | James Troisi | 28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Mitch Austin | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20+3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Alan Baró | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Rashid Mahazi | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | James Donachie | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | George Howard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Carl Valeri | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Stefan Nigro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Jai Ingham | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | | Alastair Bray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Lucas Spinella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Cameron McGilp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Josh Hope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Matt Acton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Maximilian Beister | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Sebastian Pasquali | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 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 | — | 2nd | 7 October 2016 | 14 April 2017 |
| A-League Finals | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 30 April 2017 | 7 May 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 3 August 2016 | 25 October 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |