2015–16 A-League

A-League
Season2015–16
Dates8 October 2015 – 1 May 2016
ChampionsAdelaide United (1st title)
PremiersAdelaide United (2nd title)
Champions LeagueAdelaide United
Western Sydney Wanderers
Brisbane Roar
Matches played135
Goals scored421 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerBruno Fornaroli
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeperThomas Sørensen
Biggest home winBrisbane Roar 5–0 Melbourne Victory
(12 March 2016)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 1–6 Perth Glory
(24 January 2016)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 6–3 Brisbane Roar
(20 February 2016)
Longest winning runWestern Sydney Wanderers (7 games)
Longest unbeaten runAdelaide United (14 games)
Longest winless runCentral Coast Mariners
Sydney FC (11 games)
Longest losing runCentral Coast Mariners (6 games)
Highest attendance40,539
Sydney FC vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(24 October 2015)
Lowest attendance4,514
Central Coast Mariners vs. Melbourne City
(3 December 2015)
Average attendance12,309 ( 205)

The 2015–16 A-League was the 39th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 11th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. Melbourne Victory were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season schedule was released on 29 June 2015. The season commenced on 8 October 2015 and concluded on 10 April 2016. The finals series commenced on 15 April 2016 and concluded with the 2016 Grand Final, held on 1 May 2016.

The 2016 Grand Final took place on 1 May 2016, with Adelaide United claiming their first Championship with a 3–1 win against Western Sydney Wanderers.

Clubs


Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,119
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park 		56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth nib Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Pirtek Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United Spain Guillermo Amor Australia Eugene Galekovic Kappa Veolia
Brisbane Roar Australia John Aloisi Australia Matt McKay Umbro[1] Steadfast
Central Coast Mariners England Tony Walmsley Scotland Nick Montgomery Kappa Masterfoods
Melbourne City Netherlands John van 't Schip Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Nike Etihad
Melbourne Victory Australia Kevin Muscat Australia Carl Valeri Adidas[2] Community Training Initiatives (h)
Oliana Foods (a)
Newcastle Jets Australia Scott Miller Australia Nigel Boogaard BLK Beechwood Homes (h)
Inspirations Paints (a)
Perth Glory England Kenny Lowe Australia Richard Garcia Macron[3] QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Australia Graham Arnold Australia Alex Brosque Puma The Star
Wellington Phoenix Scotland Ernie Merrick New Zealand Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Tony Popovic Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley Nike[4] NRMA Insurance
  • Additionally, referee kits are made by Umbro.

Transfers

Further information: A-League transfers for 2015–16 season

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar Netherlands Frans Thijssen Resigned[5] 26 May 2015 Pre-season Australia John Aloisi 26 May 2015[6][7]
Newcastle Jets Australia Phil Stubbins Sacked[8][9] 26 May 2015 Australia Scott Miller 18 June 2015[10][11]
Adelaide United Spain Josep Gombau Resigned[12] 24 July 2015 Spain Guillermo Amor 24 July 2015[13]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Italy Iacopo La Rocca Spain Sergio Cirio Spain Isaías Spain Pablo Sánchez
Brisbane Roar Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano Germany Thomas Broich Germany Jérome Polenz Spain Corona Spain Javier Hervás Brazil Henrique1
England Jamie Young2
Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners England Daniel Heffernan Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Portugal Fábio Ferreira Scotland Nick Montgomery Spain Luis García England Mitch Austin1
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald2
Melbourne City Denmark Thomas Sørensen Martinique Harry Novillo Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Sri Lanka Wade Dekker2 Slovenia Robert Koren
Melbourne Victory Albania Besart Berisha Brazil Guilherme Finkler France Matthieu Delpierre New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Newcastle Jets Brazil Leonardo Croatia Mateo Poljak Denmark Morten Nordstrand Serbia Enver Alivodić Serbia Miloš Trifunović
South Korea Lee Ki-je
Perth Glory Hungary György Sándor Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Serbia Nebojša Marinković Spain Diego Castro Hungary Krisztián Vadócz3 Brazil Sidnei
Netherlands Guyon Fernandez
Sydney FC Senegal Jacques Faty Senegal Mickaël Tavares Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević Serbia Miloš Ninković Slovakia Filip Hološko Croatia Vedran Janjetović1
Iraq Ali Abbas1
New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Wellington Phoenix Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Fiji Roy Krishna Spain Albert Riera Spain Alex Rodriguez Malta Manny Muscat2
Netherlands Jeffrey Sarpong
Western Sydney Wanderers Italy Federico Piovaccari Netherlands Romeo Castelen Spain Alberto Spain Andreu Spain Dimas

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[14]
2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Mature Age Rookie Loyalty Players Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Australia Eugene Galekovic[15] Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[15] None None Australia Eugene Galekovic[16] Australia Bruce Djite[17]
Brisbane Roar Australia Matt McKay[18] Germany Thomas Broich[19] None None Australia Matt McKay[20] Australia Shane Stefanutto[21]
Central Coast Mariners Spain Luis García[22] None None None Scotland Nick Montgomery[23] None
Melbourne City Australia Aaron Mooy[24] None Australia Wade Dekker[25] None Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[26] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Oliver Bozanic[27] Albania Besart Berisha[28] Australia Jai Ingham[25] Australia Archie Thompson[29] Australia Carl Valeri[30] Australia Leigh Broxham[30]
Newcastle Jets None None None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[31] Croatia Mateo Poljak[32]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[33] Australia Michael Thwaite[34][35] None None Australia Richard Garcia[36] None
Sydney FC Australia Alex Brosque[37] Slovakia Filip Hološko[38][39] Australia Alex Mullen[40] None Australia Alex Brosque[41] New Zealand Shane Smeltz
Senegal Jacques Faty[42]
Wellington Phoenix None None Australia Troy Danaskos[25] None New Zealand Andrew Durante[43] New Zealand Ben Sigmund
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dario Vidošić[44] Italy Federico Piovaccari[45][46] None None Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[47] Australia Mark Bridge

The following concessions to the salary cap were introduced for this season:[48]

  • A Loyalty allowance on a sliding scale for players who have played 5 years at the same club. Maximum $200,000 for 10 years.
  • A Mature Aged Rookie over the age of 21 who has not played in a fully professional league for the last 18 months and last played football in Australia.
  • Each Club can pay three players who started their careers with the club outside the Salary Cap. This season the total has been lifted from $150,000 to $200,000.
  • The two Marquee Players (which sit outside the Salary Cap) can be two foreigners.
  • Salary Cap Banking will allow clubs to carry over money not spent inside the Salary Cap in the previous two seasons to the following season, up to 105% of the Salary Cap in the relevant contract year.

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 −13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 7 4 16 34 54 −20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 −37 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MBC MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW ADE BRI CCM MBC MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW
Adelaide United 3–0 3–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–2
Brisbane Roar 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Central Coast Mariners 2–3 0–1 1–5 3–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–2
Melbourne City 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 5–1 2–2 3–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–2
Melbourne Victory 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
Newcastle Jets 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–6 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1
Perth Glory 3–1 6–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 4–0 3–2 3–2
Sydney FC 0–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 1–3 1–1
Wellington Phoenix 4–2 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–0 1–4 1–2
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 1–3 4–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–5
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: aleague.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

The Grand Final winner (Champion) qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
Adelaide United 4
Melbourne City 2 Melbourne City 1
Perth Glory 0 Adelaide United 3
Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Western Sydney Wanderers (a.e.t.) 5
Brisbane Roar 2 Brisbane Roar 4
Melbourne Victory 1

Elimination-finals

15 April 2016 Brisbane Roar 2–1Melbourne VictoryBrisbane
19:30 AEST
  • McKay 88'
  • Broich 90+3'
 Report Berisha 86' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,157
Referee: Jarred Gillett
17 April 2016 Melbourne City 2–0Perth GloryMelbourne
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals

22 April 2016 Adelaide United 4–1Melbourne CityAdelaide
19:00 ACST Djite 48', 60' (pen.)
McGowan 88'
Sánchez 90+4'		 Report Fitzgerald 72' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 15,489
Referee: Strebre Delovski
24 April 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–4 (a.e.t.)Brisbane RoarParramatta
16:30 AEST Castelen 26', 53', 59'
Šantalab 39'
Vidošić 102'		 Report D. Petratos 16' (pen.)
Andreu 20' (o.g.)
Maclaren 23', 81'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 20,084
Referee: Peter Green

Grand Final

See also: 2016 A-League Grand Final
1 May 2016 Adelaide United 3–1Western Sydney WanderersAdelaide
15:30 ACST Kamau 21'
Isaías 32'
Sánchez 89'		 Report Neville 58' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 50,119
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Man of the Match: Isaías

Statistics

Attendances

By club

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

As of matches played on 10 April 2016.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 13 23,112 40,217 14,383 300,452
Sydney FC 14 16,071 40,539 8,717 224,999
Western Sydney Wanderers 13 14,297 19,627 9,860 185,866
Brisbane Roar 14 12,850 17,696 5,162 179,895
Adelaide United 13 11,287 19,079 6,205 146,736
Melbourne City 14 11,047 25,738 5,953 154,657
Newcastle Jets 14 9,586 14,886 7,210 134,202
Perth Glory 13 8,986 14,504 5,398 116,824
Central Coast Mariners 14 8,111 14,268 4,514 113,560
Wellington Phoenix 13 8,042 13,654 5,103 104,551
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 135 12,309 40,539 4,514 1,661,742

By round

2015–16 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 64,580 5 12,916
Round 2 84,448 5 16,890
Round 3 72,865 5 14,573
Round 4 67,074 5 13,415
Round 5 48,233 5 9,647
Round 6 58,681 5 11,736
Round 7 58,931 5 11,786
Round 8 59,295 5 11,859
Round 9 40,586 5 8,117
Round 10 46,988 5 9,398
Round 11 53,104 5 10,621
Round 12 73,423 5 14,685
Round 13 63,085 5 12,617
Round 14 55,954 5 11,191
Round 15 68,565 5 13,713
Round 16 76,749 5 15,350
Round 17 58,838 5 11,768
Round 18 63,419 5 12,684
Round 19 64,364 5 12,873
Round 20 86,207 5 17,241
Round 21 59,582 5 11,916
Round 22 44,628 5 8,926
Round 23 63,679 5 12,736
Round 24 49,476 5 9,895
Round 25 62,727 5 12,545
Round 26 58,268 5 11,654
Round 27 57,681 5 11,536
Elimination Final 31,430 2 15,715
Semi Final 35,573 2 17,787
Grand Final 50,119 1 50,119

Source:[49]

Club membership

2015–16 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 8,750
Brisbane Roar 5,347
Central Coast Mariners 6,059
Melbourne City 9,548
Melbourne Victory 27,054
Newcastle Jets 9,266
Perth Glory 7,109
Sydney FC 13,154
Wellington Phoenix 5,062
Western Sydney Wanderers 18,361
Total 109,710
Average 10,971

Last updated: 10 April 2016.
Source: aleague.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of matches played on 10 April 2016[50]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City 23
2 Australia Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar 18
3 Albania Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory 17
4 Spain Diego Castro Perth Glory 13
5 Australia Aaron Mooy Melbourne City 11
6 Slovakia Filip Hološko Sydney FC 10
Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Perth Glory
Australia Mitch Nichols Western Sydney Wanderers
Martinique Harry Novillo Melbourne City
Australia Brendon Šantalab Western Sydney Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Australia Blake Powell4 Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 14 February 2016 [51]
Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City Sydney FC 3–0 5 March 2016 [52]
Australia Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory 5–0 12 March 2016 [53]
Netherlands Romeo Castelen Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar 5–4 24 April 2016 [54]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

As of matches played on 10 April 2016
Player Club Against Round
South Korea Lee Ki-je Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix 1
Spain Andreu Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide United 2
Australia Diogo Ferreira Perth Glory Adelaide United 3
New Zealand Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory 4
Malta Manny Muscat Wellington Phoenix Adelaide United 12
Australia Jake McGing Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 12
Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 12
Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes Melbourne City Western Sydney Wanderers 14
Australia Tarek Elrich Adelaide United Perth Glory 14
Australia Corey Brown Brisbane Roar Adelaide United 16
Australia Daniel Mullen Newcastle Jets Perth Glory 16
Australia Matthew Jurman Sydney FC Melbourne Victory 16
Spain Corona Brisbane Roar Sydney FC 17
Serbia Enver Alivodić Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar 19
New Zealand Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix Newcastle Jets 20
Australia Scott Jamieson Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney FC 20

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 10 April 2016[50]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United 12
2 Australia Vedran Janjetović Sydney FC 8
3 Australia Andrew Redmayne Western Sydney Wanderers 7
Australia Danny Vukovic Melbourne Victory
England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar
6 Australia Ante Covic Perth Glory 5
7 Denmark Thomas Sørensen Melbourne City 4
8 Australia Mark Birighitti Newcastle Jets 3
New Zealand Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix
10 Australia Liam Reddy Western Sydney Wanderers 2

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.[55]

Club Yellow card Second yellow card Red card FP Pts
Brisbane Roar 45 1 0 47
Perth Glory 56 4 1 67
Adelaide United 70 0 0 70
Newcastle Jets 57 5 1 70
Sydney FC 64 1 2 72
Wellington Phoenix 68 3 0 74
Western Sydney Wanderers 69 0 2 75
Melbourne City 72 2 1 79
Central Coast Mariners 58 6 3 80
Melbourne Victory 73 1 2 81
League total 632 23 12

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2015–16 Dolan Warren Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 26 April 2016.[56]

See also

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