2015–16 A-League

A-League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Adelaide United !Adelaide United (1st Title)
Premiers	Adelaide United !Adelaide United (2nd Title)
Champions League	Adelaide United !Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar !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 !Brisbane Roar 5–0 Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (12 March 2016)
Biggest away win	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets 1–6 Perth Glory !Perth Glory (24 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Perth Glory !Perth Glory 6–3 Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (20 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Adelaide United !Adelaide United (14 games)
Longest winless run	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC !Sydney FC (11 games)
Longest losing run	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (6 games)
Highest attendance	40,539 Sydney FC !Sydney FC 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers (24 October 2015)
Lowest attendance	4,514 Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Melbourne City !Melbourne City (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

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western Sydney Wanderers

Further information: A-League § Clubs

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Central Coast Stadium	20,119
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	56,347 30,050
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Hunter Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Perth	nib Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Sydney	Allianz Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Pirtek Stadium	21,487

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit partner
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

Further information: A-League transfers for 2015–16 season

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
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

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United	Marcelo Carrusca	Iacopo La Rocca	Sergio Cirio	Isaías	Pablo Sánchez
Brisbane Roar	Jean Carlos Solórzano	Thomas Broich	Jérome Polenz	Corona	Javier Hervás	Henrique¹ Jamie Young²
Central Coast Mariners	Daniel Heffernan	Roy O'Donovan	Fábio Ferreira	Nick Montgomery	Luis García	Mitch Austin¹ Storm Roux² Brad McDonald²
Melbourne City	Thomas Sørensen	Harry Novillo	Aaron Hughes	Bruno Fornaroli
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	Guilherme Finkler	Matthieu Delpierre	Kosta Barbarouses	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Daniel Georgievski²
Newcastle Jets	Leonardo	Mateo Poljak	Morten Nordstrand	Enver Alivodić
Perth Glory	György Sándor	Andy Keogh	Nebojša Marinković	Diego Castro		Krisztián Vadócz³
Sydney FC	Jacques Faty	Mickaël Tavares	Miloš Dimitrijević	Miloš Ninković	Filip Hološko	Vedran Janjetović¹ Ali Abbas¹ Shane Smeltz²
Wellington Phoenix	Roly Bonevacia	Roy Krishna	Albert Riera	Alex Rodriguez		Manny Muscat²
Western Sydney Wanderers	Federico Piovaccari	Romeo Castelen	Alberto	Andreu	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);
⁵Signed only to ACL squad

Salary cap exemptions

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

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
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 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:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Adelaide United !ADE	Brisbane Roar !BRI	Central Coast Mariners !CCM	Melbourne City !MCY	Melbourne Victory !MVC	Newcastle Jets !NEW	Perth Glory !PER	Sydney FC !SYD	Wellington Phoenix !WEL	Western Sydney Wanderers !WSW	Adelaide United !ADE	Brisbane Roar !BRI	Central Coast Mariners !CCM	Melbourne City !MCY	Melbourne Victory !MVC	Newcastle Jets !NEW	Perth Glory !PER	Sydney FC !SYD	Wellington Phoenix !WEL	Western Sydney Wanderers !WSW
Adelaide United !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 !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 !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 !Melbourne City	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Adelaide United !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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:

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

		Adelaide United !Adelaide United	4
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0			Adelaide United !Adelaide United	3
				Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	1
		Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers (a.e.t.)	5
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	4
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	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
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	13	23,112	40,217	14,383	300,452
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	14	16,071	40,539	8,717	224,999
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	13	14,297	19,627	9,860	185,866
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	14	12,850	17,696	5,162	179,895
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	13	11,287	19,079	6,205	146,736
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	14	11,047	25,738	5,953	154,657
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	14	9,586	14,886	7,210	134,202
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	13	8,986	14,504	5,398	116,824
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	14	8,111	14,268	4,514	113,560
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	13	8,042	13,654	5,103	104,551
{{ALeague {{{T11}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{ALeague {{{T12}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
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 !Adelaide United	8,750
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	5,347
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	6,059
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	9,548
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	27,054
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	9,266
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	7,109
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	13,154
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	5,062
Western Sydney Wanderers !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	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	23
2	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	18
3	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	17
4	Diego Castro	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	13
5	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	11
6	Filip Hološko	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	10
	Andy Keogh	Perth Glory !Perth Glory
	Mitch Nichols	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers
	Harry Novillo	Melbourne City !Melbourne City
	Brendon Šantalab	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Blake Powell⁴	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	5–2	14 February 2016	^[45]
Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	3–0	5 March 2016	^[46]
Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	5–0	12 March 2016	^[47]
Romeo Castelen	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane Roar !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
Lee Ki-je	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	1
Andreu	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2
Diogo Ferreira	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	3
Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	4
Manny Muscat	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	12
Jake McGing	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	12
Patrick Kisnorbo	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	12
Aaron Hughes	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	14
Tarek Elrich	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	14
Corey Brown	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	16
Daniel Mullen	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	16
Matthew Jurman	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	16
Corona	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	17
Enver Alivodić	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	19
Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	20
Scott Jamieson	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	20

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 10 April 2016^[44]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	12
2	Vedran Janjetović	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	8
3	Andrew Redmayne	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	7
	Danny Vukovic	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory
	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
6	Ante Covic	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	5
7	Thomas Sørensen	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	4
8	Mark Birighitti	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	3
8	Glen Moss	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	3
10	Liam Reddy	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	2
11	John Hall	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1
	Ben Kennedy	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets
	Michael Theo	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
	Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory !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 !Brisbane Roar	45	1	0	47
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	56	4	1	67
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	70	0	0	70
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	57	5	1	70
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	64	1	2	72
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	68	3	0	74
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	69	0	2	75
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	72	2	1	79
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	58	6	3	80
Melbourne Victory !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	Brandon Borrello^[50]	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
November 2015	Alex Gersbach^[51]	Sydney FC !Sydney FC
December 2015	Jamie Maclaren^[52]	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
January 2016	Dimitri Petratos^[53]	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
February 2016	Stefan Mauk^[54]	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
March 2016	Jason Geria^[55]	Melbourne Victory !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]

Johnny Warren Medal – Diego Castro, Perth Glory !Perth Glory
NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
Nike Golden Boot Award – Bruno Fornaroli, Melbourne City !Melbourne City (23 goals)
Goalkeeper of the Year – Thomas Sørensen, Melbourne City !Melbourne City
Coach of the Year – Guillermo Amor, Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett
Goal of the Year – Roy O'Donovan, Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (Adelaide United !Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners, 27 March 2016)

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A-League

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Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury

Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian

Rivalries	The Big Blue F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby

Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Coach of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion

Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game

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National teams

Men's	Asian Cup Results ('15, '16)

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2015 in Asian Football (AFC)

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Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '14–'15 '15–'16 Bahrain '14–'15 '15–'16 Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei '15–'16 East Timor Guam '14–'15 '15–'16 Hong Kong '14–'15 '15–'16 India '14–'15 '15 ISL '15–'16 Indonesia Iran '14–'15 '15–'16 Iraq '14–'15 '15–'16 Japan Jordan '14–'15 '15–'16 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '14–'15 '15–'16 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '14–'15 '15–'16 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands '14–'15 '15–'16 Oman '14–'15 '15–'16 Pakistan '14–15 '15–16 Palestine '14–'15 '15–'16 Philippines Qatar '14–'15 '15–'16 Saudi Arabia '14–'15 '15–'16 Singapore Sri Lanka '14–'15 '15–'16 Syria '14–'15 '15–'16 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '14–'15 '15–'16 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '14–'15 '15–'16

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Fed Cup Independance Cup Brunei '14–'15 Cambodia China Hong Kong Shield '14–'15 FA Cup '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 Season Play-off India Fed Cup'14–'15 Shield Durand Cup Indoneisa Piala Cup Iran '14–'15 Iraq '15–'16 Japan League Cup Emperor's Cup Jordan Shield FA Cup '14–'15 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Fed Cup Emir Cup '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Elite Cup FA Cup '14–'15 Laos Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives ~~FA Cup~~ President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman League Cup '14–'15 Sultan Qaboos Cup '14–'15 Pakistan Palestine '14–'15 Philippines PFF Championship '14–'15 UFL Cup PFF Championship '15 Qatar Qatar Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '14–'15 Saudi Arabia King Cup CP Cup '14–'15 '15–'16 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE League Cup '14–'15 President's Cup '14–'15 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam Yemen

Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2015 GCC Champions League 2015 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

2016 in Asian football (AFC)

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Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Independence Cup Federation Cup Brunei '15–'16 '16–'17 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Pakistan Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

League cups	Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong Shield '15–'16 '16–'17 League Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 India Shield Durand Cup Japan Kuwait KF Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 CP Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Thailand UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan

Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2016 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab World Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2016 AFF Championship 2016 King's Cup 2016 Kirin Cup 2016 AYA Bank Cup

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