2015–16 Melbourne City FC season

For the W-League team's 2015–16 season, see 2015–16 Melbourne City W-League season.
Melbourne City
2015–16 season
Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager John van 't Schip
Stadium AAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League 4th
A-League Finals Series Semi-finals
FFA Cup Semi Finals
Top goalscorer League: Bruno Fornaroli (23 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (28 goals)
Highest home attendance 25,738 vs. Melbourne Victory
(13 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance 5,953 vs. Perth Glory
(27 November 2015)
Average home league attendance 11,047
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 Melbourne City FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the sixth time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

Players

Squad information

As of 5 February 2016[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Denmark GK Thomas Sørensen
2 Australia DF Alex Wilkinson
3 Northern Ireland DF Aaron Hughes
4 Australia DF Connor Chapman
5 Australia DF Ivan Franjic
7 Australia FW Corey Gameiro
8 Australia MF Aaron Mooy
9 Martinique FW Harry Novillo
11 Australia DF Michael Zullo
14 Australia MF James Brown
16 Australia MF Jason Trifiro
17 Australia FW Wade Dekker
No. Position Player
18 Australia MF Paulo Retre
19 Australia MF Ben Garuccio
20 Australia GK Dean Bouzanis
22 Australia DF Jack Clisby
23 Uruguay FW Bruno Fornaroli
24 Australia DF Patrick Kisnorbo (Captain)
25 Australia MF Jacob Melling
26 Australia FW Marc Marino
27 Australia MF Nick Fitzgerald
28 Australia FW Steve Kuzmanovski
29 Australia MF Anthony Cáceres (On Loan from Manchester City)
33 Australia MF Osama Malik

From youth squad

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
17 FW Australia Wade Dekker 21 [2]
30 FW Australia Hernan Espindola 20 [3]

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
5 DF Australia Ivan Franjic 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
28 FW Australia Steve Kuzmanovski 18 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
7 FW Australia Corey Gameiro 22 Sydney FC Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
3 MF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 35 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [7]
11 DF Australia Michael Zullo 26 Utrecht Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [8]
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli 27 Danubio Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [9]
1 GK Denmark Thomas Sørensen 39 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [10]
16 MF Australia Jason Trifiro 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [11]
27 DF Australia Callum Richardson 19 Burnley Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
20 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 20 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [12]
29 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 23 Manchester City Loan Mid-season 2016 Free [13]
33 MF Australia Osama Malik 25 Adelaide United Transfer Mid-season 2018 Free [14]
27 MF Australia Nick Fitzgerald 23 Free agent Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [14]
2 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 31 Free agent Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [15]

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
3 DF Netherlands Rob Wielaert 36 End of contract Pre-season Free [16]
7 MF Australia Iain Ramsay 27 End of contract Pre-season Free [16]
11 MF Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 36 End of contract Pre-season Free [16]
23 FW Australia Mate Dugandzic 25 End of contract Pre-season Free [16]
27 DF Netherlands Kew Jaliens 36 End of contract Pre-season Free [16]
27 DF Australia Ross Archibald 20 Fortuna Düsseldorf II End of contract Pre-season Free [17]
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 26 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season Free [18][19]
16 FW Australia Joshua Kennedy 32 Retired Pre-season [20]
8 MF Australia Massimo Murdocca 30 Avondale FC End of contract Pre-season Free [21]
17 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 26 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [22]
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 27 End of Contract Pre-season Free [23]
20 GK Australia Tando Velaphi 28 Released Mid-season Free [12]
15 FW Australia David Williams 27 Released Mid-season Free [24]
10 MF Slovenia Robert Koren 35 Released Mid-season Free [25]
21 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 20 Adelaide United Transfer Mid-season Free [14]
27 DF Australia Callum Richardson 20 End of contract Mid-season Free
6 MF Australia Erik Paartalu 29 Released Mid-season Free [26]
30 FW Australia Hernan Espindola 21 Hume City Transfer Mid-season Free [27]
36 DF Australia Matt Millar 19 South Melbourne Transfer Mid-season Free [28]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Netherlands John van 't Schip
Senior Assistant Coach Australia Luciano Trani
Assistant Coaches Croatia Joey Didulica
Croatia Ivan Jolic
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Clint Bolton
Physiotherapist Australia Belinda Pacella
Youth Team Coach Australia Joe Palatsides

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Denmark Thomas Sørensen 30 0 3 0 0 29+0 0 3 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 10 0 0 0 0 10+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 6 1 0 0 0 5+1 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Connor Chapman 16 1 2 0 0 12+2 1 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Ivan Franjic 18 0 5 0 0 17+1 0 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Australia Corey Gameiro 5 0 2 0 0 2+3 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Australia Aaron Mooy 30 17 3 0 0 25+1 11 2 0 0 4+0 6 1 0 0
9 FW Martinique Harry Novillo 23 11 6 0 0 20+1 10 6 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
11 DF Australia Michael Zullo 17 0 5 0 0 11+4 0 5 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Australia James Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Jason Trifiro 8 0 2 0 0 1+6 0 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Wade Dekker 9 2 2 0 0 2+3 1 2 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Paulo Retre 27 1 7 0 0 16+8 1 7 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Australia Ben Garuccio 22 1 6 0 0 16+5 1 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Republic of Macedonia Philip Petreski 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Australia Jack Clisby 24 0 7 0 0 14+6 0 7 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli 32 28 4 0 0 29+0 25 4 0 0 3+0 3 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Patrick Kisnorbo 30 2 7 0 0 26+0 2 6 0 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
25 MF Australia Jacob Melling 23 0 3 0 1 16+6 0 2 0 1 1+0 0 1 0 0
26 FW Australia Marc Marino 4 1 0 0 0 0+4 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Australia Nick Fitzgerald 13 3 1 0 0 10+3 3 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Australia Steve Kuzmanovski 7 0 1 0 0 3+3 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 11 1 1 2 0 9+2 1 1 2 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Australia Osama Malik 14 0 5 0 0 13+1 0 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Australia Stefan Zinni 6 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
39 MF Australia Ali Eyigun 2 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
50 GK Australia Alex Pavlidis 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
6 MF Australia Erik Paartalu 17 4 5 0 0 14+0 4 4 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Slovenia Robert Koren 8 1 0 0 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
15 FW Australia David Williams 11 0 1 0 0 2+8 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Tando Velaphi 4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 16 4 0 0 0 9+3 4 0 0 0 2+2 0 0 0 0
27 DF Australia Callum Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 FW Australia Hernan Espindola 5 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Australia Matt Millar 5 1 3 0 0 2+2 0 3 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 4th 10 October 2015 8 April 2016
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 17 April 2016 22 April 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Semi Finals 4 August 2015 21 October 2015

A-League

Main article: 2015–16 A-League

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 qualifying play-off 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:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 13 5 9 63 44  +19 44 9 2 3 35 20  +15 4 3 6 28 24  +4

Last updated: 8 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAH
Result D L W L W L D W W W W L D W D W L L D W L W W W W L L
Position 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

Last updated: 8 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

Source: Melbourne City FC 2015–16 season fixtures

Finals series

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

References

  1. "Melbourne City Team". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Melbourne City FC sign youth team graduate Wade Dekker". Melbourne City FC. 3 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "City Signs Espindola and Richardson on Short-Term Contracts". Melbourne City. 27 September 2015.
  4. "Melbourne City FC Signs Ivan Franjic". Melbourne City FC. 4 June 2015.
  5. "Melbourne City FC Signs Steve Kuzmanovski". Melbourne City FC. 7 June 2015.
  6. "Melbourne City FC Signs Corey Gameiro". Melbourne City FC. 21 June 2015.
  7. "Melbourne City FC Signs Aaron Hughes". Melbourne City FC. 13 July 2015.
  8. "Melbourne City sign Socceroos defender Michael Zullo". Football Federation Australia. 14 July 2015.
  9. "Melbourne City FC Signs Bruno Fornaroli". Melbourne City FC. 10 August 2015.
  10. "Melbourne City sign goalkeeper Thomas Sorenson". Melbourne City FC. 31 August 2015.
  11. "Melbourne City FC Sign Jason Trifiro". Melbourne City FC. 17 September 2015.
  12. 1 2 "City Release Velaphi, Sign Bouzanis". Melbourne City FC. 6 January 2016.
  13. "City Signs Caceras On Loan". Melbourne City FC. 19 January 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 "City Signs Malik and Fitzgerald, Releases Mauk". Melbourne City FC. 23 January 2016.
  15. "City Signs Alex Wilkinson". Melbourne City FC. 5 February 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "Melbourne City FC Player Update". Melbourne City. 13 May 2015.
  17. "Archibald lands Dusseldorf deal". FourFourTwo. 3 June 2015.
  18. "Melbourne City FC release Andrew Redmayne". Melbourne City FC. 17 June 2015.
  19. "Redmayne joins the Red & Black". A-League. 18 June 2015.
  20. "Josh Kennedy retires from professional football". Melbourne City FC. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  21. Jordan Lim (25 May 2015). "Avondale sign former A-League players Murdocca and Stella". CornerFlag.com.au.
  22. "Confirmed: Jason Hoffman re-joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2015.
  23. "Thomas Sørensen completes A-League move with Melbourne City". The Guardian. 31 August 2015.
  24. "Williams to Pursue Overseas Opportunity". Melbourne City FC. 19 January 2016.
  25. "Melbourne City FC Release Robert Koren". Melbourne City FC. 21 January 2016.
  26. "City Release Erik Paartalu". Melbourne City FC. 2 February 2016.
  27. "Hume pick up Espindola". MFootball. 5 February 2016.
  28. "SOUTH SIGN MILLAR AND M’BAKA ON DEADLINE DAY". South Melbourne. 17 February 2016.
  29. Attendance (A-League Round 5)
  30. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 32)
  31. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 16)

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