2015–16 Melbourne City FC season

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.

Melbourne City
2015–16 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerJohn van 't Schip
StadiumAAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League4th
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupSemi Finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruno Fornaroli (23 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (28 goals)
Highest home attendance25,738 vs. Melbourne Victory
(13 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance5,953 vs. Perth Glory
(27 November 2015)
Average home league attendance11,047

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

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
17 FW Wade Dekker21 [2]
30 FW Hernan Espindola20 [3]

Transfers in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
5 DF Ivan Franjic 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
28 FW Steve Kuzmanovski 18 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
7 FW Corey Gameiro 22 Sydney FC Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
3 MF Aaron Hughes 35 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [7]
11 DF Michael Zullo 26 Utrecht Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [8]
23 FW Bruno Fornaroli 27 Danubio Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [9]
1 GK Thomas Sørensen 39 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [10]
16 MF Jason Trifiro 27 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [11]
27 DF Callum Richardson 19 Burnley Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [3]
20 GK Dean Bouzanis 20 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [12]
29 MF Anthony Cáceres 23 Manchester City Loan Mid-season 2016 Free [13]
33 MF Osama Malik 25 Adelaide United Transfer Mid-season 2018 Free [14]
27 MF Nick Fitzgerald 23 Free agent Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [14]
2 DF Alex Wilkinson 31 Free agent Transfer Mid-season 2016 Free [15]

Transfers out

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

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Thomas Sørensen 30 0 3 0 0 27+003002+000000+10000
2 DF Alex Wilkinson 10 0 0 0 0 8+000002+000000+00000
3 DF Aaron Hughes 6 1 0 0 0 5+110000+000000+00000
4 DF Connor Chapman 16 1 2 0 0 12+012000+200002+00000
5 DF Ivan Franjic 18 0 5 0 0 17+105000+000000+00000
7 FW Corey Gameiro 5 0 2 0 0 2+302000+000000+00000
8 MF Aaron Mooy 30 17 3 0 0 23+1111002+001004+06100
9 FW Harry Novillo 23 11 6 0 0 20+1106000+000002+01000
11 DF Michael Zullo 17 0 5 0 0 11+405000+000002+00000
14 FW James Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
16 MF Jason Trifiro 8 0 2 0 0 1+602000+000000+10000
17 FW Wade Dekker 9 2 2 0 0 2+312000+000003+11000
18 MF Paulo Retre 27 1 7 0 0 14+816002+001003+00000
19 MF Ben Garuccio 22 1 6 0 0 14+515002+001001+00000
19 DF Philip Petreski 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
20 GK Dean Bouzanis 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
22 DF Jack Clisby 24 0 7 0 0 12+607002+000003+10000
23 FW Bruno Fornaroli 32 28 4 0 0 27+0234002+020003+03000
24 DF Patrick Kisnorbo 30 2 7 0 0 24+025002+001003+10100
25 MF Jacob Melling 23 0 3 0 1 16+402010+200001+00100
26 FW Marc Marino 4 1 0 0 0 0+210000+200000+00000
27 FW Nick Fitzgerald 13 2 1 0 0 8+321002+000000+00000
28 FW Steve Kuzmanovski 7 0 1 0 0 3+301000+000001+00000
29 MF Anthony Cáceres 11 1 1 2 0 7+210202+001000+00000
33 DF Osama Malik 14 0 5 0 0 11+105002+000000+00000
34 FW Stefan Zinni 6 0 0 0 0 1+200000+000002+10000
39 MF Ali Eyigun 2 0 0 0 0 1+000000+000000+10000
50 GK Alex Pavlidis 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
6 MF Erik Paartalu 17 4 5 0 0 14+044000+000003+00100
10 MF Robert Koren 8 1 0 0 0 3+300000+000002+01000
13 MF Jonatan Germano 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
15 FW David Williams 11 0 1 0 0 2+801000+000000+10000
20 GK Tando Velaphi 4 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000004+00000
21 MF Stefan Mauk 16 4 0 0 0 9+340000+000002+20000
27 DF Callum Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
30 FW Hernan Espindola 5 0 0 0 0 1+300000+000001+00000
36 DF Matt Millar 5 1 3 0 0 2+203000+000001+01000

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2015 Friendly Melbourne City 0–1 Manchester City Robina, Australia
8:20 GMT+1 Report Nasri 86' Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Referee: Strebre Delovski
28 July 2015 Friendly Melbourne City 5–1 Young Socceroos Melbourne, Australia
Goalscorers not recorded Report Goalscorers not recorded Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
16 August 2015 Friendly Melbourne City 1–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne, Australia
Goalscorers not recorded Goalscorers not recorded Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
9 September 2015 Friendly Oakleigh Cannons 0–8 Melbourne City Oakleigh, Australia
19:30 (AEST) Report Paartalu 4'
Koren 7', 42'
Mauk 33'
Dekker 65', 78'
Cristaldo 71'
Espindola 84'
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
Attendance: 1,907
16 September 2015 Friendly Melbourne City 1–3 Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
13:00 (AEST) Dekker 90' Report Jeggo 16'
Carrusca 21'
Cirio 58'
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
15 October 2015 Friendly Hume City 2–0 Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
Clark 4'
Msahli 11'
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium

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

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 Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
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 Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
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
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 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
ResultDLWLWLDWWWWLDWDWLLDWLWWWWLL
Position485657765333334233444442144
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Source: Melbourne City FC 2015–16 season fixtures

10 October 2015 1 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Hološko 45+3' Report Dekker 16' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 17,051
Referee: Ben Williams
30 October 2015 4 Melbourne City 2–3 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:40 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Mooy 12'
Mauk 22'
Report Kantarovski 58'
Trifunović 74' (pen.), 79'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,209
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 November 2015 5 Adelaide United 2–4 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30 ACDT (UTC+10:30) Cirio 66'
Sánchez 85' (pen.)
Report Paartalu 8'
Mooy 35'
Fornaroli 56', 71'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
20 November 2015 7 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Melbourne City Brisbane
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Henrique 70' Report Novillo 47' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Chris Beath
27 November 2015 8 Melbourne City 5–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:40 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Paartalu 6'
Chapman 19'
Fornaroli 35'
Novillo 53'
Mooy 82' (pen.)
Report Sidnei 45+2'
A. Williams  75'  82'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 December 2015 10 Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Report Mooy 43', 59'
Fornaroli 56', 62'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,087
Referee: Chris Beath
19 December 2015 11 Melbourne City 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Mauk 20'
Retre 30'
Report Berisha 45' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,572
Referee: Ben Williams
27 December 2015 12 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Kisnorbo 31' (o.g.)
Borrello 40'
Henrique 90+4'
Report Fornaroli 49' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 16,435
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 January 2016 13 Melbourne City 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Hughes 37'
Fornaroli 60'
Report Ninković 53', 78' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,140
Referee: Strebre Delovski
16 January 2016 15 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne City Perth
19:40 AWST (UTC+08:00) Castro 45+2'
Harold 60'
Collard  30'  63'
Report Paartalu 31'
Mooy 47'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Ben Williams
25 January 2016 16 Melbourne City 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Fornaroli 12'
Novillo 31', 49'
Report Bonevacia 66' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,825
Referee: Peter Green
29 January 2016 17 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:40 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Nichols 32'
Bridge 60', 66'
Šantalab 89'
Report Novillo 76'
Fornaroli 78'
Cáceres  65'  85'
Paartalu 90+3'
Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,820
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 February 2016 18 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Trifunović 47' (pen.), 72' Report Melling  63'
Fornaroli 80'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 7,266
Referee: Adam Fielding
13 February 2016 19 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Fornaroli 22', 31'
Cáceres  12'  79'
Report Khalfallah 28'
Finkler 47'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,738
Referee: Chris Beath
21 February 2016 20 Melbourne City 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Kisnorbo 48'
Mooy 66' (pen.), 90+10'
Garuccio 69'
Report Austin 34'
Ferreira  55'  85'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,535
Referee: Stephen Lucas
5 March 2016 22 Melbourne City 3–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Fornaroli 41', 71', 82' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,584
Referee: Jarred Gillett
11 March 2016 23 Adelaide United 0–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:10 ACDT (UTC+10:30) Report Fitzgerald 71' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,274
Referee: Chris Beath
18 March 2016 24 Melbourne City 3–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:40 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Mooy 54' (pen.)
Cáceres 81'
Fitzgerald 84'
Report Petratos 22'
Hingert  45+1'  53'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,658
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
28 March 2016 25 Melbourne City 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Novillo 43'
Fornaroli 66', 80'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,895
Referee: Chris Beath
3 April 2016 26 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne City Perth
17:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Keogh 55'
Sándor 67'
Castro 71'
Report Fornaroli 73'
Marino 90+2'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 14,504
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 April 2016 27 Melbourne City 0–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:40 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Isaías 4'
Djite 45+2' (pen.)
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,454
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series

17 April 2016 Elimination-finals Melbourne City 2–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Fornaroli 40', 76' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

4 August 2015 Round of 32 Edgeworth Eagles 1–2 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:30 AEST Hammel 26' (pen.) Report Mooy 35', 90+3' Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 2,430[29]
Referee: Kris Griffiths Jones
26 August 2015 Round of 16 Melbourne City 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 AEST Mooy 18' (pen.)
Novillo 21'
Fornaroli 32' (pen.)
Koren 40'
Dekker 49'
Report Krishna 34' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,027[30]
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
29 September 2015 Quarter Finals Heidelberg United 0–5 Melbourne City Melbourne
20:00 AEST Report Fornaroli 2', 90+2'
Mooy 65', 69', 84'
Stadium: Olympic Village
Attendance: 11,372
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 October 2015 Semi Finals Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne City Perth
18:30 AWST Sándor 24'
Garuccio 45+3' (o.g.)
Harold 72'
Report Millar 43' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 4,165
Referee: Shaun Evans

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  29. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 32)
  30. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 16)
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