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Hyundai A-League Crowds 2016-17 | Australian soccer attendances 2016-2017 season

The Australian A-League concluded recently, with Sydney FC being crowned champions following a victory on penalties over Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final.

Sydney, coached by Graham Arnold (and the only team in the 16/17 A-League to wear Puma), were virtually untouchable during regular round robin play, losing just once in 27 games and finishing a whopping 17 points above their nearest rivals. They also scored the most goals (55) and let in the least (12) during the regular season.

Here is a look at the clubs’ attendances during the 2016/17 A-League season (including finals fixtures). The league started in October and ended in May.

Winners Sydney benefited by hosting the finals- their average attendance went up from 16,001 (round robin) to 18,099- primarily due to the 41,546 who turned up at Allianz Park for the Grand Final.

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Most Penalties conceded by a team in a Premiership season- Hull City 2016/17

With their penalty conceded against Arsenal over the weekend, Hull City now hold the record for most penalties conceded in a single PL season. The Tigers have already conceded 11 this season, breaking the record of 10 held by Blackburn Rovers in 2006/07.

In those eleven penalties, three HCAFC players have been directly sent off- Jake Livermore (v Arsenal), Ahmed Elmohamady (v Liverpool) and Sam Clucas (v Arsenal)

List of Hull City penalties conceded this season

v Leicester at home- August (Hull 2-1 Leicester)

v Arsenal at home- September (Hull 1-4 Arsenal)

v Liverpool away (2 pens)- September (Liverpool 5-1 Hull)

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Cristiano Ronaldo Named Best Men’s Player for 2016- Lloyd is Best Female Player

At the first Best Fifa Football awards in Zurich (following the parting of ways by FIFA and France Football who award the Ballon D’Or), Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Best Men’s Player for 2016. Ronaldo, who won the Champions League in 2016 with Real Madrid and the European Championships with Portugal, beat Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to the award.

Carli Lloyd was named the Best Female Player for 2016 (beating Melanie Behringer and Marta), while Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri was named the best Coach (beating Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos)

Faiz Subri’s goal was named the Best Goal for 2016 (ahead of Daniuska Rodriguez and Marlone)

Silva Neid, who lead Germany’s womens’ team to a Gold in Rio, was named best women’s coach

The fan award went to Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund for their rendition of YNWA ahead of their EL clash at Anfield.

Here is a pic of Ronaldo posing with Sir Alex Ferguson after winning the trophy.

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