A-League transfers for 2016–17 season
# A-League transfers for 2016–17 season

This is a list of Australian soccer transfers for the 2016–17 A-League. Only moves featuring at least one A-League club are listed.

Clubs were able to sign players at any time, but many transfers will only officially go through on 1 June because the majority of player contracts finish on 31 May.

## Transfers

All players without a flag are Australian. Clubs without a flag are clubs participating in the A-League.

### Pre-season

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 December 2015 | Ben Sigmund | Wellington Phoenix | Retired |
| 3 March 2016 | Manny Muscat | Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne City |
| 8 March 2016 | Kosta Barbarouses | Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix |
| 24 March 2016 | Guilherme Finkler | Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix |
| 11 April 2016 | Jacques Faty | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners |
| 5 April 2016 | Luis García | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 11 April 2016 | Daniel Heffernan | Central Coast Mariners | Goulburn Valley Suns |
| 11 April 2016 | Francesco Stella | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 15 April 2016 | Tomislav Uskok | Central Coast Mariners | Sydney United |
| 16 April 2016 | Leonardo | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 16 April 2016 | Enver Alivodić | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 16 April 2016 | Josh Barresi | Newcastle Jets | Bulleen Lions |
| 16 April 2016 | Brandon Lundy | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 16 April 2016 | Cameron Watson | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 18 April 2016 | Mickaël Tavares | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners |
| 20 April 2016 | Rhys Williams | Middlesbrough | Perth Glory |
| 26 April 2016 | Alex Wilkinson | Melbourne City | Sydney FC |
| 26 April 2016 | Matthieu Delpierre | Melbourne Victory | Retired |
| 28 April 2016 | Devante Clut | Brisbane Roar | Newcastle Jets |
| 28 April 2016 | Aaron Hughes | Melbourne City | Unattached |
| 28 April 2016 | James Brown | Melbourne City | Avondale |
| 28 April 2016 | Jason Trifiro | Melbourne City | Unattached |
| 28 April 2016 | Wade Dekker | Melbourne City | Unattached |
| 28 April 2016 | Chris Herd | Chesterfield | Perth Glory |
| 29 April 2016 | Jean Carlos Solórzano | Brisbane Roar | Unattached |
| 30 April 2016 | Archie Thompson | Melbourne Victory | Unattached |
| 30 April 2016 | Shane Stefanutto | Brisbane Roar | Retired |
| 1 May 2016 | Ali Abbas | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 1 May 2016 | Patrick Kisnorbo | Melbourne City | Retired |
| 3 May 2016 | Javier Hervás | Brisbane Roar | Željezničar Sarajevo |
| 3 May 2016 | Kye Rowles | Palm Beach | Brisbane Roar |
| 3 May 2016 | Connor O'Toole | Adelaide United Youth | Brisbane Roar |
| 4 May 2016 | Jacob Tratt | Sydney FC | Sydney United |
| 5 May 2016 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | Sparta Rotterdam |
| 5 May 2016 | Bruce Kamau | Adelaide United | Melbourne City |
| 5 May 2016 | Eli Babalj | Adelaide United | AZ Alkmaar (end of loan) |
| 5 May 2016 | Alberto | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 5 May 2016 | Andreu | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 5 May 2016 | Romeo Castelen | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 5 May 2016 | Golgol Mebrahtu | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 5 May 2016 | Federico Piovaccari | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 5 May 2016 | Matt Sim | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 7 May 2016 | Pablo Sánchez | Adelaide United | Unattached |
| 8 May 2016 | Ruben Zadkovich | Perth Glory | Retired |
| 8 May 2016 | György Sándor | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 8 May 2016 | Krisztián Vadócz | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 8 May 2016 | Diogo Ferreira | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 8 May 2016 | Hagi Gligor | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 10 May 2016 | James McGarry | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington United |
| 10 May 2016 | Oliver Sail | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington United |
| 10 May 2016 | Justin Gulley | Wellington Phoenix | Wellington United |
| 12 May 2016 | Michael Zullo | Melbourne City | Sydney FC |
| 16 May 2016 | Wayne Brown | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 18 May 2016 | Joseph Mills | Oldham Athletic | Perth Glory |
| 19 May 2016 | Jerrad Tyson | Perth Glory | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 21 May 2016 | Albert Riera | Wellington Phoenix | Retired |
| 23 May 2016 | Steven Lustica | Brisbane Roar | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 23 May 2016 | Ryan Kitto | Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United |
| 23 May 2016 | Marc Marino | Melbourne City | Adelaide United |
| 26 May 2016 | Anthony Bouzanis | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 26 May 2016 | Zac Anderson | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 26 May 2016 | Riley Woodcock | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 26 May 2016 | Robert Stambolziev | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 26 May 2016 | Alex Mullen | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 26 May 2016 | Chris Naumoff | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 27 May 2016 | Mark Bridge | Western Sydney Wanderers | Chiangrai United |
| 27 May 2016 | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Melbourne Victory | Unattached |
| 28 May 2016 | Dylan Murnane | Melbourne Victory | Unattached |
| 28 May 2016 | Anthony Kalik | Central Coast Mariners | Hajduk Split |
| 1 June 2016 | Alusine Fofanah | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 1 June 2016 | Shayne D'Cunha | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 1 June 2016 | Daniel Alessi | Western Sydney Wanderers | Newcastle Jets |
| 2 June 2016 | Nick Feely | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 7 June 2016 | Ivan Necevski | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners |
| 10 June 2016 | Daniel Arzani | Unattached | Melbourne City |
| 10 June 2016 | Luke Brattan | Manchester City | Melbourne City (loan) |
| 11 June 2016 | James Donachie | Brisbane Roar | Melbourne Victory |
| 16 June 2016 | Henrique | Brisbane Roar | Negeri Sembilan |
| 16 June 2016 | Ben Garuccio | Melbourne City | Adelaide United |
| 17 June 2016 | Mitch Austin | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory |
| 17 June 2016 | Connor Pain | Melbourne Victory | Central Coast Mariners |
| 21 June 2016 | Andrew Hoole | Sydney FC | Newcastle Jets |
| 22 June 2016 | Harry Novillo | Melbourne City | Manisaspor |
| 22 June 2016 | Troy Danaskos | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
| 23 June 2016 | Dario Vidošić | Western Sydney Wanderers | Liaoning Whowin |
| 24 June 2016 | Liam Reddy | Western Sydney Wanderers | Perth Glory |
| 24 June 2016 | Ante Covic | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 24 June 2016 | Jack Duncan | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 27 June 2016 | Thomas Deng | Melbourne Victory | Jong PSV (loan) |
| 29 June 2016 | Bruno Piñatares | Cerro | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 30 June 2016 | Aaron Mooy | Melbourne City | Manchester City |
| 1 July 2016 | Brandon Wilson | Burnley | Perth Glory |
| 4 July 2016 | Ivan Vujica | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 5 July 2016 | Aritz Borda | Unattached | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 7 July 2016 | Ruon Tongyik | Adelaide United | Melbourne City |
| 9 July 2016 | Jacob Pepper | Western Sydney Wanderers | Brisbane Roar |
| 11 July 2016 | Alan Baró | Unattached | Melbourne Victory |
| 11 July 2016 | Jesse Makarounas | Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United |
| 12 July 2016 | Shane Smeltz | Sydney FC | Kedah FA |
| 12 July 2016 | Joshua Brillante | Fiorentina | Sydney FC |
| 14 July 2016 | Blake Powell | Wellington Phoenix | Central Coast Mariners |
| 14 July 2016 | Kwabena Appiah | Wellington Phoenix | Central Coast Mariners |
| 14 July 2016 | Robert Cornthwaite | Unattached | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 14 July 2016 | Jumpei Kusukami | Sagan Tosu | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 15 July 2016 | Corona | Brisbane Roar | Almería |
| 15 July 2016 | Mark Birighitti | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 19 July 2016 | Neil Kilkenny | Unattached | Melbourne City |
| 19 July 2016 | Andrew Nabbout | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 19 July 2016 | Danny Vukovic | Melbourne Victory | Sydney FC |
| 19 July 2016 | Stefan Mauk | Adelaide United | NEC |
| 21 July 2016 | Bernie Ibini | Club Brugge | Sydney FC (loan) |
| 24 July 2016 | Rostyn Griffiths | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 26 July 2016 | Fernando Brandán | Atlético Temperley | Melbourne City (loan) |
| 26 July 2016 | Bruce Djite | Adelaide United | Suwon FC |
| 27 July 2016 | Thomas Kristensen | ADO Den Haag | Brisbane Roar |
| 27 July 2016 | Chris Herd | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 1 August 2016 | James Troisi | Unattached | Melbourne Victory |
| 5 August 2016 | Joey Katebian | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar |
| 6 August 2016 | Aleksandr Kokko | RoPS | Newcastle Jets |
| 9 August 2016 | Marco Rossi | Perugia | Wellington Phoenix |
| 9 August 2016 | Milan Smiljanić | Maccabi Netanya | Perth Glory |
| 11 August 2016 | Tim Cahill | Unattached | Melbourne City |
| 11 August 2016 | Joshua Rose | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne City |
| 11 August 2016 | Scott Jamieson | Western Sydney Wanderers | IFK Göteborg |
| 12 August 2016 | Jack Clisby | Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 12 August 2016 | Jacob Melling | Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 15 August 2016 | Jérome Polenz | Brisbane Roar | Unattached |
| 19 August 2016 | Adam Parkhouse | Manly United | Wellington Phoenix |
| 22 August 2016 | Bobô | Grêmio | Sydney FC |
| 24 August 2016 | Kerem Bulut | Unattached | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 25 August 2016 | Marco Rojas | Unattached | Melbourne Victory |
| 27 August 2016 | Henrique | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 30 August 2016 | Joel Chianese | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 30 August 2016 | Nikola Mileusnic | Adelaide City | Adelaide United |
| 1 September 2016 | Michael Jakobsen | Esbjerg | Melbourne City |
| 1 September 2016 | Brett Holman | Unattached | Brisbane Roar |
| 5 September 2016 | Nicolás Colazo | Boca Juniors | Melbourne City (loan) |
| 6 September 2016 | Braedyn Crowley | Northcote City | Melbourne City |
| 6 September 2016 | Nicolás Martínez | Olympiacos | Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) |
| 14 September 2016 | Sergi Guardiola | Granada | Adelaide United (loan) |
| 18 September 2016 | Jacob Tratt | Sydney United | Wellington Phoenix |
| 21 September 2016 | James Holland | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 23 September 2016 | Alastair Bray | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory |
| 28 September 2016 | Emilio Martinez | Nike Academy | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 30 September 2016 | Ryan Lowry | ECU Joondalup | Wellington Phoenix |
| 30 September 2016 | Manuel Arana | Unattached | Brisbane Roar |
| 4 October 2016 | Danny Choi | Blacktown City | Adelaide United |
| 4 October 2016 | Riley Woodcock | Cockburn City | Sydney FC |

### Mid-season

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 October 2016 | Taylor Regan | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 13 October 2016 | Ben Litfin | Gold Coast City | Wellington Phoenix |
| 13 October 2016 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Western Sydney Wanderers | Hatta Club |
| 18 October 2016 | Maximilian Beister | Mainz 05 | Melbourne Victory (loan) |
| 19 October 2016 | Scott Galloway | Melbourne Victory | Central Coast Mariners |
| 22 October 2016 | Johnny Koutroumbis | Adelaide United | Newcastle Jets |
| 26 October 2016 | Ma Leilei | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 5 November 2016 | Jim Fogarty | Edgeworth FC | Newcastle Jets |
| 8 November 2016 | Danny Choi | Adelaide United | Unattached |
| 17 November 2016 | Jim Fogarty | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 18 November 2016 | Iain Fyfe | Campbelltown City | Newcastle Jets |
| 25 November 2016 | Matt Acton | Unattached | Melbourne Victory |
| 26 November 2016 | Chris Oldfield | Avondale | Sydney FC |
| 26 November 2016 | Sebastian Pasquali | Melbourne Victory | Jong Ajax |
| 1 December 2016 | Tom Heward-Belle | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 8 December 2016 | Iain Fyfe | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 12 December 2016 | Radovan Pavicevic | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 19 December 2016 | Shane Smeltz | Unattached | Wellington Phoenix |
| 20 December 2016 | Vedran Janjetović | Sydney FC | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 20 December 2016 | Chris Oldfield | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 28 December 2016 | Kerem Bulut | Western Sydney Wanderers | Unattached |
| 30 December 2016 | Terry Antonis | PAOK | Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) |
| 2 January 2017 | Andrew Redmayne | Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney FC |
| 2 January 2017 | Matt Jurman | Sydney FC | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| 4 January 2017 | Mitch Cooper | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 12 January 2017 | James Holland | Adelaide United | Unattached |
| 13 January 2017 | Jordy Buijs | Unattached | Sydney FC |
| 14 January 2017 | Matthew Fletcher | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 14 January 2017 | Brad McDonald | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 14 January 2017 | Tomislav Arčaba | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 15 January 2017 | Ben Litfin | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
| 19 January 2017 | Andy Brennan | Newcastle Jets | Unattached |
| 20 January 2017 | Joel Allwright | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 23 January 2017 | Connor Chapman | Melbourne City | Incheon United |
| 25 January 2017 | Sergi Guardiola | Adelaide United | Granada (end of loan) |
| 27 January 2017 | Ryan Griffiths | South China | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 31 January 2017 | Henrique | Adelaide United | Chiangrai United |
| 1 February 2017 | Stefan Zinni | South Melbourne | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 2 February 2017 | Maximilian Beister | Melbourne Victory | Mainz 05 (end of loan) |
| 6 February 2017 | Dimitri Petratos | Brisbane Roar | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 7 February 2017 | Kim Jae-sung | Seoul E-Land | Adelaide United |
| 7 February 2017 | Eli Babalj | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 7 February 2017 | Baba Diawara | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 14 February 2017 | Avraam Papadopoulos | Unattached | Brisbane Roar |
| 16 February 2017 | Milan Smiljanić | Perth Glory | Unattached |
| 22 February 2017 | Riley Woodcock | Sydney FC | Unattached |
| 16 March 2017 | Oliver Bozanic | Melbourne Victory | Ventforet Kofu |
| 21 March 2017 | Lucian Goian | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 9 April 2017 | Shane Smeltz | Wellington Phoenix | Pusamania Borneo |
| 11 April 2017 | Jacob Tratt | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
