2015–16 A-League
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Template:ALeague AU (1st Title) |
Premiers | Template:ALeague AU (2nd Title) |
Champions League | Template:ALeague AU Template:ALeague WSW Template:ALeague BR |
Matches played | 135 |
Goals scored | 421 (3.12 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bruno Fornaroli (25 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Thomas Sørensen |
Biggest home win | Template:ALeague BR 5–0 Template:ALeague MV (12 March 2016) |
Biggest away win | Template:ALeague NUJ 1–6 Template:ALeague PG (24 January 2016) |
Highest scoring | Template:ALeague PG 6–3 Template:ALeague BR (20 February 2016) |
Longest winning run | Template:ALeague WSW (7 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Template:ALeague AU (14 games) |
Longest winless run | Template:ALeague CCM Template:ALeague SFC (11 games) |
Longest losing run | Template:ALeague CCM (6 games) |
Highest attendance | 40,539 Template:ALeague SFC 1–0 Template:ALeague WSW (24 October 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 4,514 Template:ALeague CCM 1–5 Template:ALeague MC (3 December 2015) |
Average attendance | 12,309 |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
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 |
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Template:ALeague AU | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium | 17,000 |
Template:ALeague BR | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 |
Template:ALeague CCM | Gosford | Central Coast Stadium | 20,119 |
Template:ALeague MC | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Template:ALeague MV | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium AAMI Park |
56,347 30,050 |
Template:ALeague NUJ | Newcastle | Hunter Stadium | 33,000 |
Template:ALeague PG | Perth | nib Stadium | 20,500 |
Template:ALeague SFC | Sydney | Allianz Stadium | 45,500 |
Template:ALeague WP | Wellington | Westpac Stadium | 36,000 |
Template:ALeague WSW | Sydney | Pirtek Stadium | 21,487 |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit partner |
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Adelaide United | Guillermo Amor | Eugene Galekovic | Kappa | Veolia |
Brisbane Roar | John Aloisi | Matt McKay | Umbro | Steadfast |
Central Coast Mariners | Tony Walmsley | Nick Montgomery | Kappa | Masterfoods |
Melbourne City | John van 't Schip | Patrick Kisnorbo | Nike | Etihad |
Melbourne Victory | Kevin Muscat | Carl Valeri | Adidas | Community Training Initiatives (h) Oliana Foods (a) |
Newcastle Jets | Scott Miller | Nigel Boogaard | BLK | Beechwood Homes (h) Inspirations Paints (a) |
Perth Glory | Kenny Lowe | Richard Garcia | Macron | QBE Insurance |
Sydney FC | Graham Arnold | Alex Brosque | Puma | Webjet |
Wellington Phoenix | Ernie Merrick | Andrew Durante | Adidas | Huawei |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Tony Popovic | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Nike | NRMA Insurance |
- Additionally, referee kits are made by Umbro.
Transfers
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Brisbane Roar | Frans Thijssen | Resigned[1] | 26 May 2015 | Pre-season | John Aloisi | 26 May 2015[2][3] |
Newcastle Jets | Phil Stubbins | Sacked[4][5] | 26 May 2015 | Pre-season | Scott Miller | 18 June 2015[6][7] |
Adelaide United | Josep Gombau | Resigned[8] | 24 July 2015 | Pre-season | Guillermo Amor | 24 July 2015[9] |
Foreign players
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
Salary cap exemptions
Salary cap concessions
Introduced by the FFA for this season are the following concessions to the cap:[42]
- 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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Results
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Notes:
- Melbourne City were tied with Sydney FC at the end of Round 1, as were Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory.
- Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory had a game in hand between Rounds 5 and 10, with their Round 5 game played before the start of Round 11 on 16 December.
Finals series
The Grand Final winner (Champion) qualifies for the AFC Champions League group stage
Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Template:ALeague AU | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Template:ALeague MC | 2 | Template:ALeague MC | 1 | ||||||||||
5 | Template:ALeague PG | 0 | Template:ALeague AU | 3 | ||||||||||
Template:ALeague WSW | 1 | |||||||||||||
2 | Template:ALeague WSW (a.e.t.) | 5 | ||||||||||||
3 | Template:ALeague BR | 2 | Template:ALeague BR | 4 | ||||||||||
6 | Template:ALeague MV | 1 |
Elimination-finals
15 April 2016 | Brisbane Roar | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane |
Friday 19:30 AEST | McKay 88' Broich 90+3' |
Report | Geria 78' 83' Berisha 86' |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Jarred Gillett |
17 April 2016 | Melbourne City | 2–0 | Perth Glory | Melbourne |
Sunday 17:00 AEST | Fornaroli 40', 76' | Report | Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Chris Beath |
Semi-finals
22 April 2016 | Adelaide United | 4–1 | Melbourne City | Adelaide |
Friday 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 Roar | Parramatta |
Sunday 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
1 May 2016 | Adelaide United | 3–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Adelaide |
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 |
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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 |
League total | 135 | 12,309 | 40,539 | 4,514 | 1,661,742 |
By round
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
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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 |
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