2015–16 W-League

W-League
Season2015–16
ChampionsMelbourne City (1st title)
PremiersMelbourne City (1st title)
Matches played57
Goals scored163 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerLarissa Crummer (11 goals)
Biggest home winMelbourne City 4–0 Brisbane Roar
(22 November 2015)
Canberra United 4–0 Adelaide United
(12 December 2015)
Melbourne City 4–0 Perth Glory
(20 December 2015)
Melbourne City 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers
(3 January 2016)
Brisbane Roar 4–0 Melbourne Victory
(10 January 2016)
Biggest away winSydney FC 0–6 Melbourne City
(18 October 2015)
Highest scoringSydney FC 0–6 Melbourne City
(18 October 2015)
Canberra United 2–4 Melbourne City
(8 November 2015)
Newcastle Jets 1–5 Adelaide United
(19 December 2015)
Longest winning runMelbourne City (12 games)
Longest unbeaten runMelbourne City (14 games)
Longest winless runWestern Sydney Wanderers (6 games)
Longest losing runBrisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory (5 games)
← 2014
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2016.

The 2015–16 W-League season was the eighth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. On 13 May 2015, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would join the league for the 2015–16 season.[1]

League newcomers Melbourne City claimed both the regular season Premiership and end of season Championship, the latter awarded for their victory in the 2016 W-League grand final.[2][3]

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Coopers Stadium 		1,000
16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Perry Park
Suncorp Stadium 		5,000
52,500
Canberra United Canberra McKellar Park 3,500
Melbourne City Melbourne CB Smith Reserve
AAMI Park 		2,000
30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Epping Stadium
John Ilhan Memorial Reserve
AAMI Park
David Barro Stadium 		10,000
5,000
30,050
3,000
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Magic Park
Hunter Stadium 		3,500
33,000
Perth Glory Perth Ashfield Reserve 2,000
Sydney FC Sydney Lambert Park 7,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Marconi Stadium
Popondetta Park 		11,500
2,500

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Jamie Harnwell Australia Marijana Rajcic
Brisbane Roar Australia Belinda Wilson Australia Clare Polkinghorne Umbro[4]
Canberra United Australia Rae Dower Australia Nicole Begg University of Canberra[5]
Melbourne City Australia Joe Montemurro Australia Lisa De Vanna
Melbourne Victory England Dave Edmondson Australia Melissa Barbieri Adidas[6]
Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans Australia Tara Andrews
Perth Glory Australia Bobby Despotovski Australia Sam Kerr Macron[7]
Sydney FC Australia Daniel Barrett Australia Teresa Polias Beechwood Holmes[8]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Norm Boardman Australia Caitlin Cooper Nike[9]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United New Zealand Elizabeth Milne United States Abby Dahlkemper United States Sarah Killion United States Kaitlyn Savage
Brisbane Roar England Carrie Simpson Sweden Sofie Persson United States Haley Kopmeyer
Canberra United Mexico Verónica Pérez New Zealand Emma Kete United States Kendall Fletcher England Jodie Taylor
Melbourne City Mexico Anisa Guajardo Wales Jess Fishlock Scotland Jen Beattie Scotland Kim Little New Zealand Rebekah StottA
Melbourne Victory New Zealand Briar Palmer United States Christine Nairn United States Jamie Pollock Turkey Gülcan KocaA England Natasha DowieG
United States Georgia Cloepfil
United States Brooke ElbyG
Newcastle Jets New Zealand Hannah Bromley United States Caprice Dydasco United States Megan Oyster
Perth Glory England Katie Holtham United States Vanessa DiBernardo United States Nikki Stanton
Sydney FC United States Michelle Betos United States Jasmyne Spencer
Western Sydney Wanderers Canada Carmelina Moscato England Hannah Beard United States Kendall Johnson United States Keelin Winters

The following do not fill a Visa position:
A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
G Guest Players

Regular season

The W-League 2015–16 fixture was released on 8 September 2015.[10] The regular season commenced on 17 October 2015, and concluded on 17 January 2016.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City (C) 12 12 0 0 38 4 +34 36 Qualification to Finals series
2 Canberra United 12 8 2 2 26 8 +18 26
3 Sydney FC 12 6 1 5 15 21 −6 19
4 Brisbane Roar 12 5 1 6 16 17 −1 16
5 Adelaide United 12 3 4 5 18 19 −1 13
6 Newcastle Jets 12 3 4 5 9 12 −3 13
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 3 3 6 15 25 −10 12
8 Perth Glory 12 3 2 7 10 23 −13 11
9 Melbourne Victory 12 2 1 9 10 28 −18 7
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Home and away season

In the 2015–16 season each team played 12 games with 2 bye rounds, kicking off on 17 October 2015, and concluding on 17 January 2016.[10]

Round 1

17 October 2015 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Spiranovic 8' Report Foord 45'
Kerr 69'		 Stadium: ABD Stadium
Referee: Katie Patterson
17 October 2015 Adelaide United 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
15:00 ACDT Killion 41'
Powell 62'		 Report Winters 3'
Cooper 17'		 Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Attendance: 602
Referee: Casey Reibelt
18 October 2015 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Canberra United Brisbane
13:00 AEST Butt 8'
Blackburn 11'		 Report Heyman 39' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
18 October 2015 Sydney FC 0–6 Melbourne City Sydney
17:30 AEDT Report Crummer 11', 45'
De Vanna 39'
Goad 43'
Tabain 61'
Ayres 89'		 Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 960
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 2

24 October 2015 Canberra United 3–0 Sydney FC Canberra
16:00 AEDT Begg 9'
Pérez 58'
Munoz 68'		 Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Rachel Mitchinson
24 October 2015 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
16:00 AWST Report Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Attendance: 714
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
25 October 2015 Melbourne City 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Tabain 48'
Luik 72' (pen.)		 Report Knight 90+2' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,311
Referee: Casey Reibelt
25 October 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Brisbane Roar Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report Gielnik 64', 76' (pen.)
Marzano 90+1'		 Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Referee: Lara Smith

Round 3

31 October 2015 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report Logarzo 45+2' Stadium: John Ilhan Memorial Reserve
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
31 October 2015 Perth Glory 0–4 Melbourne City Perth
16:00 AWST Report Tabain 12'
De Vanna 21'
Crummer 52', 64'		 Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Attendance: 483
Referee: Kelly Jones
1 November 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Sydney FC Sydney
14:00 AEDT Grey 82' Report L. Khamis 3', 35' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 2,448
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
1 November 2015 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Redland City
15:00 AEST Gorry 22' Report Sutton 9'
Condon 51'		 Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds
Attendance: 1,010
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 4

7 November 2015 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
14:00 AEDT Kingsley 3' Report O'Brien 54'
Moscato 90+2'		 Stadium: Magic Park
Referee: Kelly Jones
8 November 2015 Canberra United 2–4 Melbourne City Gosford
14:00 AEDT Sykes 29'
Heyman 60'		 Report Tabain 5'
Crummer 11'
Luik 41'
Little 87'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 1,233
Referee: Lara Lee
8 November 2015 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Adelaide United Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report Sutton 13', 55', 68' (pen.)
Powell 33'		 Stadium: Epping Stadium
Referee: Katie Patterson
8 November 2015 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Sydney
16:00 AEDT K. Simon 14' (pen.) Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 5

14 November 2015 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Canberra United Newcastle
14:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Magic Park
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
14 November 2015 Melbourne City 2–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Crummer 43'
Fishlock 71'		 Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
15 November 2015 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Perth Glory Brisbane
13:00 AEST Report DiBernardo 8', 88' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Katie Patterson
15 November 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
15:00 AEDT Carney 24'
Dimovski 56' (o.g.)
Winters 70' (pen.)		 Report Spiranovic 75' Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 6

22 November 2015 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
13:30 ACDT Powell 60' Report Andrews 83' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Referee: Kelly Jones
22 November 2015 Melbourne City 4–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Little 54', 61'
Crummer 79', 81'		 Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
22 November 2015 Sydney FC 0–1 Canberra United Sydney
17:30 AEDT Report Begg 88' Stadium: Lambert Park (Leichhardt)
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 7

27 November 2015 Adelaide United 0–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Report Spencer 68' Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
28 November 2015 Perth Glory 1–3 Melbourne Victory Perth
16:00 AWST May 84' Report Raso 9'
Nairn 51'
Knight 90'		 Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Casey Reibelt
29 November 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–4 Canberra United Gosford
14:00 AEDT Halloway 77' Report Fletcher 4', 79'
Soutar 53' (o.g.)
Sykes 83'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Kelly Jones
29 November 2015 Brisbane Roar 0–4 Newcastle Jets Kippa-Ring
15:00 AEST Report Jones 22'
Dydasco 55'
Kingsley 75'
Oyster 83'		 Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 8

5 December 2015 Canberra United 2–0 Brisbane Roar Canberra
16:00 AEDT Sykes 45', 60' Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 925
Referee: Casey Reibelt
6 December 2015 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report Beattie 35'
Crummer 52', 72'
Little 79'		 Stadium: David Barro Stadium
Referee: Lara Lee
6 December 2015 Sydney FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
16:00 AEDT Kennedy 9'
K. Simon 74'		 Report H. Beard 19'
Grey 84'		 Stadium: Lambert Park
Referee: Katie Paterson
6 December 2015 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Gummer 75' Report Billam 7' Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 9

12 December 2015 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
15:00 AEDT M.J. Barbieri 52'
Dowie 75'		 Report O'Neill 40'
Moscato 46'		 Stadium: David Barro Stadium
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
12 December 2015 Canberra United 4–0 Adelaide United Canberra
16:00 AEDT Heyman 9', 84'
McCormick 15'
Pérez 90+3' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Referee: Kelly Jones
13 December 2015 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
14:00 AEDT Report Goad 44' Stadium: Hunters Stadium
Attendance: 3,292
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
13 December 2015 Perth Glory 2–4 Sydney FC Perth
16:00 AWST DiBernardo 5', 85' (pen.) Report Spencer 26'
K. Simon 37', 84'
Bolger 48'		 Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Attendance: 458
Referee: Katie Patterson

Round 10

19 December 2015 Newcastle Jets 1–5 Adelaide United Newcastle
15:00 AEDT Andrews 18' (pen.) Report Dahlekemper 13', 90+5'
Toby 25'
Sutton 74'
Condon 90'		 Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 525
Referee: Kelly Jones
19 December 2015 Canberra United 3–0 Melbourne Victory Canberra
17:00 AEDT McCormick 47'
Sykes 56'
Heyman 81'		 Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 667
Referee: Lara Lee
20 December 2015 Sydney FC 0–3 Brisbane Roar Gosford
14:00 AEDT Report Butt 19'
Kennedy 38' (o.g.)
Polkinghorne 63'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
20 December 2015 Melbourne City 4–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Little 63'
Tabain 69'
Crummer 83'
Fishlock 90+3'		 Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 450
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 11

27 December 2015 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT M.J. Barbieri 47' Report L. Khamis 10'
Spencer 22'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
27 December 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report Andrews 40' Stadium: Popondetta Park
Referee: Lara Lee
28 December 2015 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne City Gold Coast
14:30 AEST Report Little 6' Stadium: Pizzey Park
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: Kelly Jones

Round 12

2 January 2016 Perth Glory 0–2 Canberra United Perth
16:00 AWST Report Brush 22'
Sykes 87'		 Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Casey Reibelt
3 January 2016 Melbourne City 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Little 12', 33' (pen.)
Goad 66'
Tabain 70'		 Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
3 January 2016 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
14:00 AEDT Report Dowie 13' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
3 January 2016 Adelaide United 1–3 Brisbane Roar Adelaide
15:00 ACDT Dahlkemper 90+4' Report Gielnik 26'
Yallop 40'
Marzano 41'		 Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 13

9 January 2016 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
14:00 AEDT K. Simon 33' (pen.)
L. Khamis 57'		 Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
10 January 2016 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Melbourne Victory Gold Coast
15:00 AEDT Polkinghorne 17'
Gorry 22'
Yallop 29'
A. Beard 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Pizzey Park
Attendance: 1,148
Referee: Casey Reibelt
10 January 2016 Canberra United 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Canberra
16:00 AEDT Munoz 6'
Kiting 11'
Sykes 58'		 Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,281
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
10 January 2016 Perth Glory 2–1 Adelaide United Perth
16:00 AWST DiBernardo 64', 78' Report Dahlkemper 84' Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 14

15 January 2016 Adelaide United 1–1 Canberra United Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Dahlkemper 43' Report Pérez 23' (pen.) Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre
Referee: Casey Reibelt
16 January 2016 Melbourne City 2–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Kennedy 52' (o.g.)
Tabain 85'		 Report Ibini 71' Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 602
Referee: Katie Patterson
17 January 2016 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
14:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Referee: Kelly Jones
17 January 2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEDT Halloway 87'
H. Beard 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Popondetta Park
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Finals series

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Melbourne City (p) 0 (5)
4 Brisbane Roar 0 (4)
1 Melbourne City 4
3 Sydney FC 1
2 Canberra United 0
3 Sydney FC 1

Semi-finals

24 January 2016 Canberra United 0–1 Sydney FC Canberra
14:00 AEDT Report Spencer 60' Stadium: McKellar Park
Referee: Casey Reibelt
25 January 2016 Melbourne City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:30 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,941
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
Penalties
Beattie soccer ball with check mark
Alleway soccer ball with check mark
Little soccer ball with check mark
Catley soccer ball with check mark
De Vanna soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Polkinghorne
soccer ball with check mark Butt
soccer ball with check mark Gielnik
soccer ball with check mark Chapman
soccer ball with red X A. Beard

Grand final

Main article: 2016 W-League grand final
31 January 2016 Melbourne City 4–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Beattie 32'
Little 54'
Goad 80'
De Vanna 90+5'		 Report K. Simon 69' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Season statistics

Top scorers

Final at end of regular season 17 January 2016
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Larissa Crummer Melbourne City 11
2 Scotland Kim Little Melbourne City 8
3 Australia Ashleigh Sykes Canberra United 7
Australia Marianna Tabain Melbourne City
5 United States Vanessa DiBernardo Perth Glory 6
6 United States Abby Dahlkemper Adelaide United 5
Australia Michelle Heyman Canberra United
Australia Kyah Simon Sydney FC
Australia Rosie Sutton Adelaide United
10 Australia Leena Khamis Sydney FC 4

Own goals

Player Team Against Round
Australia Cassandra Dimovski Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers 5
Australia Rachael Soutar Western Sydney Wanderers Canberra United 7
Australia Alanna Kennedy Sydney FC Brisbane Roar 10
Australia Alanna Kennedy Sydney FC Melbourne City 14

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.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hytner, Mike (13 May 2015). "Melbourne City FC to field a W-League side next season". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "W-League: City secures Premiers' Plate in stellar inaugural season". Melbourne City FC. 28 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City crown perfect season with W-League grand final win over Sydney FC". The Age. 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Brisbane Roar and Umbro announce long-term partnership". Brisbane Roar. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ McPherson, Ian (24 July 2014). "Canberra sign major sponsor ahead of new season". SportsPro.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Victory extends partnership with adidas". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Macron sign on for four more years". Perth Glory. 30 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Westfield W-League Squad Bolstered As New Shirt Sponsor Gained". Sydney FC. 29 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Wanderers launch jersey, announce Nike partnership extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 August 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Westfield W-League 2015/16 Season Draw released". W-League.com.au. 8 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Glory star Castro wins Johnny Warren medal". Football Federation Australia. 26 April 2016.