The 2016–17 W-League season was the ninth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

competition.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Transfers

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:
^AAustralian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
^RInjury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

Regular season

The regular season commenced on 5 November 2016 and concluded on 29 January 2017.

League table

Fixtures

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand final

Regular-season statistics

Top scorers

Own goals

Attendances

End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2016–17 Dolan Warren Awards night held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney on 1 May 2017. *

Julie Dolan Medal The Julie Dolan Medal is awarded annually to the player voted to be the best player in the highest women's soccer league in Australia. The medal has been presented for players in the W-League and previously the Women's National Soccer League (WN ...

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Sam Kerr Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team (the ''Matildas''), which she has captained s ...

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Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

) * Penny Tanner Media MVP Award –

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) * Young Player of the Year – Remy Siemsen (

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was ...

) * Golden Boot Award – Ashleigh Sykes ( Canberra United) (12 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year –

Lydia Williams Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Australia national team. Williams previously played for Mel ...

( Melbourne City) * Coach of the Year –

Bobby Despotovski Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski (born 14 July 1971) is an Australian soccer player who played 12 seasons in the top tier of Australian soccer. He played in National Soccer League (NSL) for Heidelberg United and Morwell Falcons before moving to P ...

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) * Fair Play Award –

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

* Referee of the Year –

Kate Jacewicz Katherine Margaret Jacewicz (born 6 April 1985) is an Australian soccer referee. She was first FIFA listed in 2011. Refereeing career Jacewicz began refereeing at the age of 13 when her brother's team needed a referee. After being appointed to ...

* Goal of the Year –

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, 11 December 2016)

References

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