2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the second time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

Melbourne Victory
2015–16 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerKevin Muscat
StadiumAAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League6th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Besart Berisha (17 goals)
All: Besart Berisha (27 goals)
Highest home attendance40,217 vs Melbourne City
(17 October 2015)
Lowest home attendance14,383 vs Newcastle Jets
(20 March 2016)
Average home league attendance23,112

Players

First team squad

As of 7 January 2016.

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  AUS Danny Vukovic
2 DF  AUS Jason Geria
3 DF  AUS Scott Galloway
4 DF  AUS Nick Ansell
5 DF  MKD Daniel Georgievski
6 MF  AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7 MF  BRA Gui Finkler
8 FW  ALB Besart Berisha
9 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses
10 FW  AUS Archie Thompson
11 FW  AUS Connor Pain
13 MF  AUS Oliver Bozanic
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah
15 DF  AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco
16 MF  AUS Rashid Mahazi
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 DF  AUS Dylan Murnane
19 FW  AUS George Howard
20 GK  AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 MF  AUS Carl Valeri (Captain)
23 FW  AUS Jai Ingham
22 MF  AUS Jesse Makarounas
24 DF  AUS Thomas Deng
30 GK  AUS Lucas Spinella

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
19 FW George Howard18 1 year senior contract[1]
24 DF Thomas Deng18 2 year senior contract[2]
30 GK Lucas Spinella18 2 year senior contract[2]

Transfers in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Danny Vukovic 30 Perth Glory Mutual termination Pre-season 2018 Free [3]
13 MF Oliver Bozanic 26 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
15 DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco 21 Swansea City Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
23 FW Jai Ingham 22 Hume City Transfer Round 14 2017 Free [6]

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Nathan Coe 30 Free agent Released Pre-season [7]
13 FW Andrew Nabbout 22 Free agent Released Pre-season [7]
26 MF Jordan Brown 18 Free agent Released Pre-season [7]
5 MF Mark Milligan 29 Baniyas SC Transfer Pre-season [8]

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Kevin Muscat
Assistant Manager Rado Vidošić
Goalkeeping Coach Dean Anastasiadis
Youth Team Manager Darren Davies
Youth Team Assistant Manager Grant Brebner
Youth Team Assistant Manager Brian Vanega
Youth Team Developmental Manager Vaughan Coveny
Strength & Conditioning Coach Anthony Crea
Physiotherapist Travis Maude

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Danny Vukovic 30 0 0 0 0 23+000004+000003+00000
2 DF Jason Geria 30 1 7 1 0 17+106103+110007+10100
3 DF Scott Galloway 16 0 5 0 0 9+204002+000002+10100
4 DF Nick Ansell 14 1 0 0 0 4+300000+000007+01000
5 DF Daniel Georgievski 34 1 12 0 0 19+4010004+010007+00200
6 MF Leigh Broxham 38 0 5 1 0 25+003105+001008+00100
7 MF Gui Finkler 29 5 6 0 0 26+046003+010000+00000
8 FW Besart Berisha 39 27 4 0 1 26+0184015+050008+04000
9 FW Kosta Barbarouses 36 10 7 0 0 23+165004+031008+01100
10 FW Archie Thompson 23 2 1 0 0 2+1110001+100008+01100
11 FW Connor Pain 19 1 3 0 0 1+1103002+110000+40000
13 MF Oliver Bozanic 38 5 4 0 0 25+242003+012007+10000
14 FW Fahid Ben Khalfallah 31 6 6 0 1 26+054013+212000+00000
15 DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco 6 0 1 0 0 2+100001+001000+20000
16 MF Rashid Mahazi 31 0 11 0 0 16+7010001+300002+20100
17 DF Matthieu Delpierre 38 0 8 0 0 26+006004+000008+00200
18 DF Dylan Murnane 13 0 0 0 0 8+300002+000000+00000
19 FW George Howard 15 2 1 0 0 2+810000+210000+30100
20 GK Lawrence Thomas 11 0 1 0 0 5+001001+000005+00000
21 MF Carl Valeri 14 0 2 1 0 5+201003+000104+00100
22 MF Jesse Makarounas 24 3 5 0 0 2+1204003+020001+61100
23 FW Jai Ingham 11 1 5 0 0 3+402000+000003+11300
23 MF Kieran Dover 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+100000+00000
24 DF Thomas Deng 17 0 2 0 0 10+302002+100000+10000
30 GK Lucas Spinella 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
32 MF Stefan Nigro 3 0 1 0 0 3+001000+000000+00000
33 FW Joey Katebian 2 0 0 0 0 0+100000+100000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

20 August 2015 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Southport
19:00 AEST Report Geria 71' Stadium: Fankhauser Reserve
9 September Hume City 3–4 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEST Ingham 24'
Jackson 62'
Msahli 74'
Report Berisha 27', 90+2'
Mahazi 33'
Broxham 90'
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
14 September Melbourne Victory 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
14:00 AEST Georgievski 50'
Berisha 58', 60'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 6th 9 October 2015 9 April 2016
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 15 April 2016 15 April 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Champions 4 August 2015 7 November 2015
AFC Champions League Group stage Round of 16 24 February 2016 24 May 2016

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 11 8 8 40 33  +7 41 7 5 1 21 9  +12 4 3 7 19 24  −5

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAAHHAAAHAAHHAHAHHAAHHAH
ResultDWLWLWWWLLLDWDWWLDDLDWLDWWD
Position626443212455555444555566666
Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 October 2015 1 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:10 ACDT Report Broxham  26'  72' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 19,079
Referee: Peter Green
23 October 2015 3 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:40 AEDT Carney 75' Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,087
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 November 2015 4 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Berisha 10', 61'
Durante 55' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 24,934
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 December 2015 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:00 AWST Castro 74' Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,398
Referee: Chris Beath
14 November 2015 6 Sydney FC 2–4 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:30 AEDT Hološko 5'
Brosque 20'
Report Berisha 9', 90+2'
Finkler 28'
Barbarouses 68'
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,947
Referee: Chris Beath
19 November 2015 7 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
20:00 AEDT Finkler 16', 19' Report Sim 89' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,669
Referee: Ben Williams
28 November 2015 8 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Berisha 14' (pen.)
Bozanic 30'
Report Carrusca 87' (pen.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,415
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 December 2015 9 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Melbourne Victory Auckland
19:15 NZDT Krishna 18'
Bonevacia 44'
Report Stadium: QBE Stadium
Attendance: 10,852
Referee: Alan Milliner
12 December 2015 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Melbourne Victory Parramatta
19:30 AEDT Bridge 54'
Castelen 79'
Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 17,073
Referee: Shaun Evans
19 December 2015 11 Melbourne City 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Mauk 20'
Retre 30'
Report Berisha 45' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,572
Referee: Ben Williams
27 December 2015 12 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Berisha 25' (pen.) Report Castro 74' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,544
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 January 2016 14 Central Coast Mariners 3–3 Melbourne Victory Geelong
19:40 AEDT Ascroft 12'
Bingham 30'
Austin 35'
Report Berisha 60' (pen.), 90+2'
Thompson 66'
Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Peter Green
15 January 2016 15 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:40 AEDT Ben Khalfallah 5'
Barbarouses 11', 30'
Berisha 52'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,207
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 January 2016 16 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Jurman 79' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,493
Referee: Strebre Delovski
30 January 2016 17 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:40 AWST Keogh 27'
Castro 29', 82' (pen.)
Report Berisha 44', 69'
Ben Khalfallah  57'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,501
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 February 2016 19 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Fornaroli 22', 31'
Cáceres  12'  79'
Report Khalfallah 28'
Finkler 47'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,738
Referee: Chris Beath
19 February 2016 20 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:40 AEDT Report Kamau 90' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,924
Referee: Ben Williams
27 February 2016 21 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Barbarouses 46' Report Faty  64'
Carney 76'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,112
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 March 2016 22 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Melbourne Victory Gosford
17:00 AEDT Neill  7'  48' Report Berisha 12'
Ben Khalfallah 90'
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 March 2016 23 Brisbane Roar 5–0 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:30 AEST Maclaren 18', 22', 87'
Brown 55'
Corona 76'
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,892
Referee: Jarred Gillett
20 March 2016 24 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Berisha 57' Report Kitto 37'
D. Mullen  5'  39'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: Chris Beath
2 April 2016 26 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Melbourne Victory Wellington
19:15 NZDT Riera  45+2'  55'
Bonevacia 82'
Report Berisha 8'  35'
Bozanic 19'
Barbarouses 56'
Howard 90+3'
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,103
Referee: Ben Williams
9 April 2016 27 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,012
Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

FFA Cup

4 August 2015 Round of 32 Balmain Tigers 0–6 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:30 AEST Report Berisha 11'
Pain 41'
Barbarouses 56'
Georgievski 58'
Howard 70'
Ben Khalfallah 84'
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,849
Referee: Steve Lucas
1 September 2015 Round of 16 Rockdale City Suns 2–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:30 AEST Ješić 53' (pen.)
Broxham 86' (o.g.)
Report Makarounas 29', 65'
Berisha 50'
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 4,165
Referee: Katie Patterson
28 October 2015 Semi-finals Hume City 0–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report Berisha 41' (pen.)
Barbarouses 89'
Geria 90+4'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,575
Referee: Ben Williams
7 November 2015 Final Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Bozanic 35'
Berisha 42'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,098
Referee: Ben Williams

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shanghai SIPG 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Melbourne Victory 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9
3 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9
4 Gamba Osaka 6 0 2 4 4 9 5 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
24 February 2016 1 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Shanghai SIPG Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEDT Ingham 31'
Berisha 73' (pen.)
Report Wu 52' Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 9,701
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
19 April 2016 5 Shanghai SIPG 3–1 Melbourne Victory Shanghai, China
19:30 CST Yu 38'
Elkeson 40'
Conca 65' (pen.)
Report Makarounas 81' Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 32,355
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

Round of 16

References

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