A-League 2015/16

A-League 2015/16
master	Adelaide United
Champions League	Adelaide United Western Sydney Wall.
Champions League qualification	Brisbane Roar
Qualifying round championship finals	Adelaide United Western Sydney Wall. Brisbane Roar Melbourne City FC Perth Glory Melbourne Victory
Teams	10
Games	135 + 5 play-off games  (of which 135 played)
Gates	421  (ø 3.12 per game)
spectator	1,661,722  (ø 12,309 per game)
Top scorer	Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC)
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The A-League 2015/16 was the 11th season of the Australian A-League professional football league . Each of the ten teams played each other three times. The regular season began on October 8, 2015 with the game Western Sydney Wanderers against Brisbane Roar and ended on April 10, 2016 with the game between Sydney FC and Perth Glory . The final round began on April 23rd and ended with the Grand Final on May 1st, 2016.

Adelaide United was able to win its first league title. Together with the Western Sydney Wanderers they qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League . Brisbane Roar started as league third in qualifying for the Champions League . Melbourne Victory were reigning Premier League winners and Australian champions.

Participants and their venues

team	city	Years in the league	Home stadium	capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide , South Australia	since 2005	Coopers Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane , Queensland	since 2005	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford , New South Wales	since 2005	Central Coast Stadium	20,059
Melbourne City FC	Melbourne , Victoria	since 2010	AAMI Park	30,500
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne, Victoria	since 2005	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	53,359 30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle , New South Wales	since 2005	Hunter Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory	Perth , Western Australia	since 2005	nib stage	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney , New South Wales	since 2005	Allianz Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington , New Zealand	since 2007	Westpac Stadium	36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney, New South Wales	since 2012	Pirtek Stadium	21,500

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Adelaide United	27	14th	7th	6th	045:280	+17	49
2.	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	14th	6th	7th	044:330	+11	48
3.	Brisbane Roar	27	14th	6th	7th	049:400	+9	48
4th	Melbourne City FC	27	13	5	9	063:440	+19	44
5.	Perth Glory	27	13	4th	10	049:420	+7	43
6th	Melbourne Victory (P, M)	27	11	8th	8th	040:330	+7	41
7th	Sydney FC	27	8th	10	9	036:360	± 0	34
8th.	Newcastle Jets	27	8th	6th	13	028:410	−13	30th
9.	Wellington Phoenix	27	7th	4th	16	034:540	−20	25th
10.	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4th	20th	033:700	−37	13

At the end of the 2015/16 season:
Australian Premiership winner, participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the 2017 AFC Champions League : Adelaide United Participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the AFC Champions League 2017: Western Sydney Wanderers Participation in the quarter-finals of the final round and participation in the play-offs of the AFC Champions League 2017: Brisbane Roar Participation in the quarter finals of the final round: Melbourne City FC, Perth Glory & Melbourne Victory
At the end of the 2014/15 season:
(P)	Reigning Australian Premiership Winner : Melbourne Victory
(M)	Reigning Australian Champion : Melbourne Victory

Final round

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
						2	Western Sydney Wall.	5
	3	Brisbane Roar	2			3	Brisbane Roar	4th
	6th	Melbourne Victory	1								1	Adelaide United	3
											2	Western Sydney Wall.	1
						1	Adelaide United	4th
	4th	Melbourne City FC	2			4th	Melbourne City FC	1
	5	Perth Glory	0

Quarter finals

Fri. April 15, 2016 in Brisbane ( Suncorp Stadium )
Brisbane Roar	-	Melbourne Victory	2: 1 (0: 0)
Sun., April 17, 2016 in Melbourne ( Melbourne Rectangular Stadium )
Melbourne City FC	-	Perth Glory	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

Fri., April 22, 2016 in Adelaide ( Hindmarsh Stadium )
Adelaide United	-	Melbourne City FC	4: 1 (0: 0)
Sun., April 24, 2016 in Sydney ( Parramatta Stadium )
Western Sydney Wall.	-	Brisbane Roar	5: 4 n.V. (4: 4, 2: 3)

Grand Final

Adelaide United		Western Sydney Wanderers
	Grand Final May 1, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. ( ACST ) in Adelaide ( Adelaide Oval ) Result: 3: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 50,119 Referee: Jarred Gillett Match report
	Eugene Galekovic - Craig Goodwin , Dylan McGowan , Michael Marrone (73rd Tarek Elrich ) - Marcelo Carrusca (86th Pablo Sánchez ), Bruce Kamau (90th + 2 ' George Mells ), Iacopo La Rocca , Isaías Sánchez , Stefan Mauk - Sergio Cirio , Bruce Djite Trainer: Guillermo Amor ( Spain )	Andrew Redmayne - Scott Jamieson (86th Shannon Cole ), Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Alberto Aguilar Leiva , Scott Neville - Dimas Delgado , Andreu Guerao (78th Kearyn Baccus ), Mitch Nichols (56th Dario Vidosic ) - Romeo Castelen , Mark Bridge , Brendon Šantalab Coach: Tony Popovic
	1-0 Bruce Kamau (22nd) 2-0 Isaías Sánchez (34th) 3-1 Pablo Sánchez (90th)	2-1 Scott Neville (59th)
		Nikolai Topor-Stanley (33.), Andreu Guerao (42.), Scott Jamieson (50.), Dimas Delgado (81.)

statistics

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games of the regular season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Home / visiting team
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 FC	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

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
01	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City FC	23
02	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar	18th
03	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	17th
04th	Diego Castro	Perth Glory	13
05	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City FC	11
06th	Filip Hološko	Sydney FC	10
	Andy Keogh	Perth Glory	10
	Mitch Nichols	Western Sydney Wanderers	10
	Harry Novillo	Melbourne City FC	10
	Brendon Santalab	Western Sydney Wanderers	10
Status: end of the season

Awards

Award	winner
Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year)	Diego Castro (Perth Glory)
Golden Boot Award (Best Goalscorer)	Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne City FC)
Young Footballer of the Year (U-23 Player of the Year)	Jamie Maclaren (Brisbane Roar)
A-League Coach of the Year	Guillermo Amor (Adelaide United)
Referee of the Year	Jarred Gillett
Joe Marston Medal (Best Player in Grand Final)	Isaías (Adelaide United)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Thomas Sørensen (Melbourne City FC)

Web links

• Official website of the A-League
• 2015/16 season at Soccerway.com
• Season 2015/16 at RSSSF .com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A-League 2015/2016: list of goalscorers . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved April 10, 2016.