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2016–17 Melbourne City W League season

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Manager
  
Joe Montemurro

W-League Finals Series
  
Champions

W-League
  
4th

Stadium
  
CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne AAMI Park, Melbourne

Top goalscorer
  
League: Jess Fishlock (6 goals) All: Jess Fishlock (8 goals)

The 2016–17 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's second season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team is based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and plays home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. The club was again by coached by manager Joe Montemurro, though in January 2017 Montemurro was promoted to assistant manager of the senior men's team and his role as manager was replaced by playing captain Jess Fishlock, who acted as captain/coach for the remainder of the season. The club's fixtures for the season were released on 31 August 2016.

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Melbourne City finished fourth in the league, qualifying for the finals series. They defeated Perth Glory in the 2017 W-League Grand Final to claim their second consecutive W-League championship.

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Results summary

Last updated: 27 January 2017.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Last updated: 29 January 2017.
Source: Competitive Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye

References

2016–17 Melbourne City W-League season Wikipedia