2015–16 A-League

A-League
Season 2015–16
Matches played 95
Goals scored 290 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer Bruno Fornaroli (17 goals)
Biggest home win Melbourne City 5–1 Perth Glory
(27 November 2015)
Melbourne Victory 4–0 Brisbane Roar
(15 January 2016)
Brisbane Roar 4–0 Central Coast Mariners
(16 February 2016)
Biggest away win Newcastle Jets 1–6 Perth Glory
(24 January 2016)
Highest scoring Newcastle Jets 1–6 Perth Glory
(24 January 2016)
Western Sydney Wanderers 4–3 Melbourne City
(29 January 2016)
Western Sydney Wanderers 2–5 Wellington Phoenix
(14 February 2016)
Highest attendance 40,539
Sydney FC 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers
(24 October 2015)
Lowest attendance 4,514
Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Melbourne City
(3 December 2015)
Average attendance 12,408

All statistics correct as of 14 February 2016.

The 2015–16 A-League is the 39th season of top-flight football in Australia, and the 11th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. Melbourne Victory are 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 will conclude on 10 April 2016. The finals series will commence on 15 April 2016 and will conclude with the 2016 Grand Final on 1 May 2016.

Clubs

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium
Adelaide Oval		 17,000
53,500
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 36,000
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 Steadfast
Central Coast Mariners Australia 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 Community Training Initiatives (home)
Oliana Foods (away)
Newcastle Jets Australia Scott Miller Australia Nigel Boogaard BLK Beechwood Homes (home)
Inspirations Paints (away)
Perth Glory England Kenny Lowe Australia Richard Garcia Macron QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Australia Graham Arnold Australia Alex Brosque Puma Webjet
Wellington Phoenix Scotland Ernie Merrick New Zealand Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Tony Popovic Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar FC Netherlands Frans Thijssen Resigned[1] May 2015 Pre-season Australia John Aloisi 26 May 2015[2][3]
Newcastle Jets Australia Phil Stubbins Sacked[4][5] 26 May 2015 Pre-season Australia Scott Miller 18 June 2015[6][7]
Adelaide United Spain Josep Gombau Resigned[8] 24 July 2015 Pre-season Spain Guillermo Amor 24 July 2015[9]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
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
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
Melbourne Victory Albania Besart Berisha Brazil Guilherme Finkler France Matthieu Delpierre New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah Republic of Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Newcastle Jets Brazil Leonardo Croatia Mateo Poljak Denmark Morten Nordstrand Serbia Enver Alivodić Serbia Miloš Trifunović
Perth Glory Hungary György Sándor Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Serbia Nebojša Marinković Spain Diego Castro Hungary Krisztián Vadócz3
Sydney FC Senegal Jacques Faty Senegal Mickaël Tavares Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević Serbia Miloš Ninković Slovakia Filip Hološko Iraq Ali Abbas1
New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Wellington Phoenix Curaçao Roly Bonevacia England Alex Jones Fiji Roy Krishna Spain Albert Riera Spain Alex Rodriguez Malta Manny Muscat2
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);[10]
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);
5Signed only to ACL squad

Marquee players

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Junior Marquee player Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Australia Eugene Galekovic[11] Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[11] None Australia Eugene Galekovic[12] Australia Bruce Djite[13]
Brisbane Roar Australia Matt McKay[14] Germany Thomas Broich[15] None Australia Matt McKay[16] Australia Shane Stefanutto[17]
Central Coast Mariners Spain Luis García[18] None None Scotland Nick Montgomery[19] TBD
Melbourne City Australia Aaron Mooy[20] None None Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[21] TBD
Melbourne Victory Australia Oliver Bozanic[22] Albania Besart Berisha[23] None Australia Carl Valeri[24] Australia Leigh Broxham[24]
Newcastle Jets None None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[25] TBD
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[26] None None Australia Richard Garcia[27] TBD
Sydney FC Australia Alex Brosque[28] Slovakia Filip Hološko[29][30] None Australia Alex Brosque[31] New Zealand Shane Smeltz
Senegal Jacques Faty[32]
Wellington Phoenix None None None New Zealand Andrew Durante[33] New Zealand Ben Sigmund
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dario Vidošić[34] Italy Federico Piovaccari[35][36] None Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[37] TBD

Salary cap concessions

Introduced by the FFA for this season are the following concessions to the cap:[38]

  1. A Loyalty allowance on a sliding scale for players who have played 5 years at the same club. Maximum $200,000 for 10 years.
  2. Australian Rookie over the age of 21 who has been amateur for the last 18 months and last played football in Australia.
  3. 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.
  4. The two Marquee Players (which sit outside the Salary Cap) can be two foreigners.
  5. 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 Brisbane Roar 19 10 5 4 32 23 +9 35 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 19 10 4 5 32 25 +7 34 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
3 Adelaide United 19 8 6 5 29 25 +4 30 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne City 19 8 5 6 46 35 +11 29
5 Melbourne Victory 19 8 5 6 30 24 +6 29
6 Sydney FC 19 7 7 5 25 21 +4 28
7 Perth Glory 19 7 4 8 29 29 0 25
8 Newcastle Jets 19 5 5 9 17 29 −12 20
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 19 5 4 10 25 34 −9 19
10 Central Coast Mariners 19 3 3 13 25 45 −20 12
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home ╲ Away ADE BRI CCMMCYMVCNEWPERSYDWELWSWADEBRICCMMCYMVCNEWPERSYDWELWSW
Adelaide United 3–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2
Brisbane Roar 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–4 4–0 3–1 2–1
Central Coast Mariners 2–3 0–1 1–5 3–3 a 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 a 3–1 1–2
Melbourne City 3–1 2–1 2–3 5–1 2–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 3–2
Melbourne Victory 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 a
Newcastle Jets 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–6 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1
Perth Glory 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–2
Sydney FC 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 a
Wellington Phoenix 4–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 1–3 4–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–5

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: aleague.com.au
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Brisbane Roar 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1                
Western Sydney Wanderers 10 9 10 7 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2                
Adelaide United 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 3                
Melbourne City 4 8 5 6 5 7 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4                
Melbourne Victory 6 2 6 4 4 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5                
Sydney FC 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 6                
Perth Glory 8 10 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7                
Newcastle Jets 3 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8                
Wellington Phoenix 9 5 3 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9                
Central Coast Mariners 2 4 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10            

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Notes:

Finals series

Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                   
       1st/2nd  
 3rd        
 6th        
     
       1st/2nd
 4th        
 5th  

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

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 14 February 2016.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory825,86540,21716,669206,923
Sydney FC1015,66840,5399,155156,684
Western Sydney Wanderers1014,31619,6279,860143,164
Brisbane Roar1012,11217,6965,162121,124
Melbourne City1011,96125,7385,953119,608
Adelaide United1010,94719,0796,205109,471
Newcastle Jets109,77214,8867,26697,723
Wellington Phoenix88,79313,6546,10370,345
Central Coast Mariners108,72614,2684,51487,262
Perth Glory97,38010,5015,39866,417
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League total 95 12,408 40,539 4,514 1,178,721

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 - 5 -
Round 21 - 5 -
Round 22 - 5 -
Round 23 - 5 -
Round 24 - 5 -
Round 25 - 5 -
Round 26 - 5 -
Round 27 - 5 -
Elimination Final - 2 -
Semi Final - 2 -
Grand Final - 1 -

Source:[39]

Club membership

2015–16 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 8,285
Brisbane Roar 5,316
Central Coast Mariners 6,043
Melbourne City 9,195
Melbourne Victory 27,054
Newcastle Jets 9,025
Perth Glory 6,331
Sydney FC 12,712
Wellington Phoenix 5,018
Western Sydney Wanderers 18,239
Total 107,218
Average 10,722

Last updated: 4 February 2016
Source: aleague.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of matches played on 14 February 2016[40]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Bruno FornaroliMelbourne City17
2 Albania Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory14
3 Australia Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar11
4 Martinique Harry NovilloMelbourne City9
Serbia Miloš TrifunovićNewcastle Jets
Spain Diego CastroPerth Glory
Australia Mark BridgeWestern Sydney Wanderers
Australia Mitch NicholsWestern Sydney Wanderers
9 Australia Aaron MooyMelbourne City7
Australia Blake PowellWellington Phoenix

Own goals

As of matches played on 14 February 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

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 14 February 2016[40]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Vedran Janjetović Sydney FC 7
2 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United 6
Australia Andrew Redmayne Western Sydney Wanderers
4 England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar 5
Australia Danny Vukovic Melbourne Victory
6 Australia Ante Covic Perth Glory 3
New Zealand Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix
8 Australia Mark Birighitti Newcastle Jets 2
9 Australia John Hall Adelaide United 1
Australia Michael Theo Brisbane Roar
Denmark Thomas Sørensen Melbourne City
Australia Ben Kennedy Newcastle Jets

Discipline

Club
Melbourne City 53 2 1
Central Coast Mariners 43 2 3
Melbourne Victory 50 1 1
Newcastle Jets 45 3 0
Wellington Phoenix 49 1 0
Western Sydney Wanderers 44 0 2
Perth Glory 39 3 1
Adelaide United 46 0 0
Sydney FC 42 0 1
Brisbane Roar 28 0 0
League total 438 12 9

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: ultimatealeague.com

NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2015–16 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Young Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

Nominees

Month Player Club
October 2015 Australia Brandon Borrello[41] Brisbane Roar
November 2015 Australia Alex Gersbach[42] Sydney FC
December 2015 Australia Jamie Maclaren[43] Brisbane Roar
January 2016 Australia Dimitri Petratos[44] Brisbane Roar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Thijssen says farewell to Roar". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "John Aloisi Brisbane Roar: former Melbourne Heart boss to take reins of A-League club". Fox Sports. News Corporation. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Aloisi takes over as Roar boss". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Newcastle Jets A-League coach Phil Stubbins axed by Football Federation Australia". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Newcastle Jets Phil Stubbins: A-League club on look out for new coach after letting go Stubbins". Fox Sports. News Corporation. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Cox, Dan. "Newcastle Jets confirm Scott Miller as new head coach as A-League club looks to make recovery". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Scott Miller appointed to lead Newcastle Jets". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Shock resignation: Gombau exits Adelaide". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Amor to replace Gombau". Adelaideunited.com.au. Adelaide United FC. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "A-League Collective Bargaining Agreement – 2008/9 – 2012/13" (PDF). Australian Professional Footballers' Football Association. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Reds’ Marquee duo confirmed as two of the best in the A-League". Adelaide United. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Galekovic takes over as Reds skipper". A-League (Football Federation Australia). 28 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Vice captain Bruce Djite says Adelaide United is not short on leadership". News Corp (Adelaide Now). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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  16. ↑ "McKay is Roar's new captain". Brisbane Roar. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Matt Smith to replace Matt McKay as Brisbane Roar skipper". The Courier-Mail. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  18. ↑ "Mariners Land Marquee Man - Luis Garcia". Central Coast Mariners. 16 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Montgomery to lead Mariners revival". Football Federation Australia. 19 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Melbourne City FC Re-Signs Aaron Mooy As Marquee". Melbourne City. 11 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "ANNOUNCEMENT: Patrick Kisnorbo Appointed Captain". Melbourne City. 4 October 2014.
  22. ↑ Davutovic, David (2 September 2015). "Melbourne Victory sign Socceroos Oliver Bozanic on three-year deal". Herald Sun.
  23. ↑ "Besart Berisha says money not a reason to leave Roar as Melbourne Victory double his pay". Herald Sun. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  24. 1 2 "Carl Valeri to lead Melbourne Victory as captain". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Nigel Boogaard confirmed as Jets captain". Newcastle Jets. 5 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". SBS. 6 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Garcia and Kerr lead new look Perth Glory". Perth Glory. 26 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  29. ↑ Cohen, Kate. "Sydney FC sign Filip Holosko: What you need to know about the new marquee man at Sydney FC". Fox Sports. News Corporation. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  30. ↑ Ormond, Aidan. "Fresh Smeltz eyes starting XI role at Sydney FC". a-league.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  31. ↑ "Brosque to skipper Sydney". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  32. ↑ "A-League: Jacques Faty and Shane Smeltz named Sydney FC vice-captains". Fox Sports. 8 October 2015.
  33. ↑ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  34. ↑ "Dario Vidosic joins Western Sydney Wanderers on two year marquee deal". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  35. ↑ Hassett, Sebastian. "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Italian striker Federico Piovaccari as new marquee". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  36. ↑ "Wanderers sign marquee striker Piovaccari". SBS The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  37. ↑ "Nikolai Topor-Stanley leads by example for A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers in AFC Champions League". smh.com.au. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  38. ↑ "FFA makes changes to A-League Salary Cap regulations". Football Federation Australia. 11 August 2015.
  39. ↑ "Statistics >> Attendance :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  40. 1 2 "A-League – Player Stats". Football Federation Australia.
  41. ↑ "October nominee for NAB Young Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 5 November 2015.
  42. ↑ "November nominee for NAB Young Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 3 December 2015.
  43. ↑ "December nominee for NAB Young Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 12 January 2016.
  44. ↑ "January nominee for NAB Young Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 5 February 2016.
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