| Club: | Melbourne City W-League |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Joe Montemurro |
| Stadium: | CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne AAMI Park, Melbourne |
| League: | W-League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | W-League finals series |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| League Topscorer: | Jess Fishlock (6 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Jess Fishlock (8 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 1,943 vs Melbourne Victory |
| Lowest Attendance: | 478 vs Brisbane Roar |
| Average Attendance: | 1,045 |
| Pattern B1: | _melbournecity1617h |
| Leftarm1: | 87CEFA |
| Rightarm1: | 87CEFA |
| Socks1: | 87CEFA |
| Leftarm2: | FF0000 |
| Pattern B2: | _melbourcecity1617a |
| Rightarm2: | FF0000 |
| Shorts2: | FF0000 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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,[1] 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.[2] The club's fixtures for the season were released on 31 August 2016.[3]
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.[4]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Jess Fishlock | |
| Team manager |  Louisa Bisby | |
| Assistant coach | Patrick Kisnorbo[5] |
See main article: 2016–17 W-League.
Finals series