# 2017 A-League Grand Final

The 2017 A-League Grand Final was the twelfth A-League Grand Final, and was played on 7 May 2017, at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. The match was contested between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory who finished the 2016–17 season first and second respectively. This was the third time the teams met in a final, previously playing each other in 2010 and 2015. Both clubs qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League due to their league position and participation in the Grand Final.
Sydney FC won the match, defeating Melbourne Victory 4–2 on penalties after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. This marked the third occasion Sydney FC had won an A-League Championship.

## Teams

In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Sydney FC | 3 (2006, 2010, 2015) |
| Melbourne Victory | 4 (2007, 2009, 2010, 2015) |

## Route to the final

| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 66 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 49 |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 42 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 39 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 39 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 36 |
| Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | Sydney FC | 3 | | |
| Melbourne City | 0 | Perth Glory | 0 | | |
| Perth Glory | 2 | | | Sydney FC (p) | 1 (4) |
| | | | | Melbourne Victory | 1 (2) |
| | | Melbourne Victory | 1 | | |
| Brisbane Roar (p) | 1 (6) | Brisbane Roar | 0 | | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 (5) | | | | |

## Match
### Details

| Sydney FC | Melbourne Victory |
| GK | 20 | Danny Vukovic |
| RB | 23 | Rhyan Grant |
| CB | 4 | Alex Wilkinson |
| CB | 5 | Jordy Buijs | | 116' |
| LB | 7 | Michael Zullo | 105+3' |
| CDM | 6 | Josh Brillante | 44' |
| CDM | 13 | Brandon O'Neill |
| CAM | 21 | Filip Hološko | 36' | 59' |
| CAM | 10 | Miloš Ninković | 35' |
| CAM | 14 | Alex Brosque |
| CF | 9 | Bobô | | 81' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Andrew Redmayne |
| DF | 22 | Sebastian Ryall | | 116' |
| MF | 8 | Miloš Dimitrijević |
| MF | 17 | David Carney | 82' | 59' |
| FW | 18 | Matt Simon | | 81' |
| Manager: Graham Arnold ||
| GK | 20 | Lawrence Thomas |
| RB | 2 | Jason Geria | 77' |
| CB | 15 | Alan Baró | 62' |
| CB | 17 | James Donachie |
| LB | 5 | Daniel Georgievski |
| CM | 6 | Leigh Broxham |
| CM | 21 | Carl Valeri | 54' |
| CM | 10 | James Troisi | 35' |
| RW | 7 | Marco Rojas |
| CF | 8 | Besart Berisha |
| LW | 14 | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 22' 101' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 40 | Matt Acton |
| DF | 4 | Nick Ansell |
| MF | 11 | Mitch Austin |
| MF | 16 | Rashid Mahazi |
| MF | 23 | Jai Ingham | 108' 101' |
| Manager: Kevin Muscat ||
| Joe Marston Medal: Daniel Georgievski Assistant referees: David Walsh Matthew Cream Fourth official: Peter Green | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |
* A-League 2017 Champions
* Sydney FC Third Title

### Statistics

Overall statistics :
| | Sydney FC | Melbourne Victory |
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 10 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 3 |
| Ball possession | 55% | 45% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 5 |
| Fouls Conceded | 28 | 32 |
| Offsides | 2 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 5 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

## Broadcasting

As with the previous season, the 2017 A-League Grand Final was broadcast in Australia on Foxtel and on free-to-air TV, with SBS showing the game on a one-hour delay. The 2017 Grand Final was the most watched A-League match on Fox Sports ever, with an average of 367,000 viewers and a peak of 553,000. This number was a 10% increase on the previous highest A-League match, the 2014 Grand Final between Brisbane Roar and Western Sydney Wanderers.