2016–17 Canberra United FC (women) season explained

Club:	Canberra United W-League
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Rae Dower
Stadium:	McKellar Park, Canberra
League:	W-League
League Result:	Premiers
Cup1:	W-League finals series
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Ashleigh Sykes (12 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Ashleigh Sykes (12 goals)
Highest Attendance:	2,595 vs Melbourne City (12 November 2016)
Lowest Attendance:	818 vs Brisbane Roar (18 December 2016)
Average Attendance:	1,285
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Canberra United W-League season was the club's ninth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at GIO Stadium, McKellar Park and Central Coast Stadium.

Players

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
	Defender/Forward					1 September 2016	^[1]
	Goalkeeper		Melbourne City			28 September 2016	^[2]
	Defender/Midfielder					5 October 2016	^[3]
		Laura Hughes				13 October 2016	^[4]
						13 October 2016
						13 October 2016
	Midfielder			Loan		19 October 2016	^[5]
	Forward			Loan		19 October 2016
	Forward			Loan		20 October 2016	^[6]
	Defender		Melbourne City			26 October 2016	^[7]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
	Forward		Unattached		1 September 2016
	Defender		Unattached		4 November 2016
	Defender	Catherine Brown	Unattached		4 November 2016
	Midfielder		Retired		4 November 2016
	Forward		Unattached		4 November 2016

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes

Managerial staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Rae Dower
Team manager
Assistant coach	Njegosh Popovich

Competitions

W-League

See main article: 2016–17 W-League.

Fixtures

• Click here for season fixtures.

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. News: Caitlin Munoz will miss upcoming W-League season after rupturing ACL. Hall. James. 1 September 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald.
2. News: Canberra United sign Trudy Burke to replace star shot-stopper Lydia Williams. 28 September 2016. The Canberra Times.
3. News: Canberra United Japan soccer great Yukari Kinga to boost W-League title hopes. Dutton. Chris. 5 October 2016. The Canberra Times.
4. Web site: Trio of Youngsters Join United Roster. Gibbs. Russ. 13 October 2016. Canberra United.
5. News: Canberra United recruits two American stars to bolster W-League bid. Dutton. Chris. 19 October 2016. The Canberra Times.
6. Web site: Hayley Raso heads back to Canberra United. 10 October 2016. The Women's Game.
7. News: W-League: Hannah Brewer and Georgia Boric join Canberra United. Helmers. Caden. 26 October 2016. The Canberra Times.