2015–16 A-League

A-League
Season 2015–16
Champions Adelaide United (1st Title)
Premiers Adelaide United (2nd Title)
Champions League Adelaide United
Western Sydney Wanderers
Brisbane Roar
Matches played 135
Goals scored 421 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer Bruno Fornaroli
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen
Biggest home win Brisbane Roar 50 Melbourne Victory
(12 March 2016)
Biggest away win Newcastle Jets 16 Perth Glory
(24 January 2016)
Highest scoring Perth Glory 63 Brisbane Roar
(20 February 2016)
Longest winning run Western Sydney Wanderers (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run Adelaide United (14 games)
Longest winless run Central Coast Mariners
Sydney FC (11 games)
Longest losing run Central Coast Mariners (6 games)
Highest attendance 40,539
Sydney FC 10 Western Sydney Wanderers
(24 October 2015)
Lowest attendance 4,514
Central Coast Mariners 15 Melbourne City
(3 December 2015)
Average attendance 12,309

All statistics correct as of 10 April 2016.

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 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 (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 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 Netherlands Frans Thijssen Resigned[1] 26 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
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 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
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)

Salary cap exemptions

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Junior Marquee player Mature Age Rookie Loyalty Players Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Australia Eugene Galekovic[11] Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[11] None None None Australia Eugene Galekovic[12] Australia Bruce Djite[13]
Brisbane Roar Australia Matt McKay[14] Germany Thomas Broich[15] None None None Australia Matt McKay[16] Australia Shane Stefanutto[17]
Central Coast Mariners Spain Luis García[18] None None None None Scotland Nick Montgomery[19] None
Melbourne City Australia Aaron Mooy[20] None None Australia Wade Dekker[21] None Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[22] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Oliver Bozanic[23] Albania Besart Berisha[24] None Australia Jai Ingham[21] Australia Archie Thompson[25] Australia Carl Valeri[26] Australia Leigh Broxham[26]
Newcastle Jets None None None None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[27] Croatia Mateo Poljak[28]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[29] None None None None Australia Richard Garcia[30] None
Sydney FC Australia Alex Brosque[31] Slovakia Filip Hološko[32][33] None Australia Alex Mullen[34] None Australia Alex Brosque[35] New Zealand Shane Smeltz
Senegal Jacques Faty[36]
Wellington Phoenix None None None Australia Troy Danaskos[21] None New Zealand Andrew Durante[37] New Zealand Ben Sigmund
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dario Vidošić[38] Italy Federico Piovaccari[39][40] None None None Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[41] Australia Mark Bridge

Salary cap concessions

Introduced by the FFA for this season are the following concessions to the cap:[42]

  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. 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.
  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 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification to 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 to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to 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[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 37 13
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
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 30 31 24 00 00 10 21 30 11 42 01 10 22
Brisbane Roar 30 21 11 50 22 10 32 21 32 14 40 31 21 21
Central Coast Mariners 23 01 15 33 01 32 13 11 02 02 24 22 31 12
Melbourne City 02 31 31 21 23 51 22 31 03 41 22 30 30 32
Melbourne Victory 21 40 21 32 11 11 10 30 11 01 00 11 20
Newcastle Jets 00 11 11 04 10 16 01 31 12 21 01 12 32 01
Perth Glory 31 63 21 22 10 20 00 12 22 13 40 32 32
Sydney FC 02 00 41 11 24 10 12 00 10 13 20 40 13 11
Wellington Phoenix 42 32 13 21 20 12 01 11 02 04 00 14 12
Western Sydney Wanderers 00 13 41 43 20 20 10 12 21 00 21 21 25

Updated to games played on 10 April 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
Adelaide United 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 1
Western Sydney Wanderers 10 9 10 7 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 3 2
Brisbane Roar 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 3
Melbourne City 4 8 5 6 5 7 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 4
Perth Glory 8 10 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
Melbourne Victory 6 2 6 4 4 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Sydney FC 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 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 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Wellington Phoenix 9 5 3 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 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 10 10 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 10 April 2016
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Notes:

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

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 10 April 2016.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1323,11240,21714,383300,452
Sydney FC1416,07140,5398,717224,999
Western Sydney Wanderers1314,29719,6279,860185,866
Brisbane Roar1412,85017,6965,162179,895
Adelaide United1311,28719,0796,205146,736
Melbourne City1411,04725,7385,953154,657
Newcastle Jets149,58614,8867,210134,202
Perth Glory138,98614,5045,398116,824
Central Coast Mariners148,11114,2684,514113,560
Wellington Phoenix138,04213,6545,103104,551
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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:[43]

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[44]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Bruno FornaroliMelbourne City23
2 Australia Jamie MaclarenBrisbane Roar18
3 Albania Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory17
4 Spain Diego CastroPerth Glory13
5 Australia Aaron MooyMelbourne City11
6 Slovakia Filip HološkoSydney FC10
Republic of Ireland Andy KeoghPerth Glory
Australia Mitch NicholsWestern Sydney Wanderers
Martinique Harry NovilloMelbourne City
Australia Brendon ŠantalabWestern Sydney Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Australia Blake Powell4 Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 14 February 2016 [45]
Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City Sydney FC 3–0 5 March 2016 [46]
Australia Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory 5–0 12 March 2016 [47]
Netherlands Romeo Castelen Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar 5–4 24 April 2016 [48]
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[44]
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
11 Australia John Hall Adelaide United 1
Australia Ben Kennedy Newcastle Jets
Australia Michael Theo Brisbane Roar
Australia Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the amount 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 least amount of points wins the Fair Play Award.[49]

Club 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

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[50] Brisbane Roar
November 2015 Australia Alex Gersbach[51] Sydney FC
December 2015 Australia Jamie Maclaren[52] Brisbane Roar
January 2016 Australia Dimitri Petratos[53] Brisbane Roar
February 2016 Australia Stefan Mauk[54] Adelaide United
March 2016 Australia Jason Geria[55] Melbourne Victory

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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