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]

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.

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

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Stadia and locations

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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

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

Foreign players

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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

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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

Round 13

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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

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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

Finals series

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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

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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  
Alleway  
Little  
Catley  
De Vanna  
  Polkinghorne
  Butt
  Gielnik
  Chapman
  A. Beard

Grand final

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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

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Top scorers

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

Own goals

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

End-of-season awards

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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

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References

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  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.