2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

8th season in existence of Melbourne Victory FC (women)

Melbourne Victory (women) 2015–16 football season

Melbourne Victory (women)

2015–16 season

Chairman

Head Coach

DNQ

Top goalscorer

Natasha Dowie (3)

Biggest win

3–1
vs. Perth Glory (A)
(28 November 2015)
W-League

Biggest defeat

0–4
vs. Adelaide United (H)
(8 November 2015)
W-League
vs. Melbourne City (H)
(6 December 2015)
W-League
vs. Brisbane Roar (A)
(10 January 2016)
W-League

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Melbourne Victory Football Club (women)'s eighth season in the W-League. Melbourne Victory finished 9th in their W-League season.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Cassandra Dimovski
2	DF	AUS	Alex Natoli
3	DF	USA	Brooke Elby
4	MF	AUS	Melissa Taranto
5	FW	NZL	Briar Palmer
6	DF	AUS	Annabel Martin
7	DF	AUS	Enza Barilla
8	MF	USA	Jamie Pollock
9	FW	AUS	Laura Spiranovic
10	MF	USA	Christine Nairn
11	MF	AUS	MelindaJ Barbieri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	AUS	Whitney Knight
13	DF	AUS	Thea Slatyer
14	FW	AUS	Selin Kuralay
15	MF	AUS	Adriana Taranto
16	FW	AUS	Hayley Raso
17	MF	TUR	Gülcan Koca
18	DF	AUS	Jessica Pitts
20	GK	AUS	Melissa Barbieri
26	MF	AUS	Cindy Lay
28	DF	AUS	Sky Jensen
30	GK	AUS	Teresa Morrissey

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Date
3	DF	Brooke Elby	North Carolina Tar Heels	Free transfer	4 October 2015
4	MF	Melissa Taranto	FFV NTC
5	FW	Briar Palmer	Ashburton United
6	DF	Annabel Martin	FFV NTC
8	MF	Jamie Pollock	South Melbourne
11	MF	MelindaJ Barbieri	FFV NTC
12	FW	Whitney Knight	FFV NTC
13	DF	Thea Slatyer	Retirement
14	FW	Selin Kuralay	Retirement
15	MF	Adriana Taranto	FFV NTC
18	DF	Jessica Pitts	Bundoora United
20	GK	Melissa Barbieri	Adelaide United
16	FW	Hayley Raso	Washington Spirit		8 October 2015
—	FW	Georgia Cloepfil	Ashburton United		30 October 2015
26	MF	Cindy Lay	Unattached		30 October 2015
27	FW	Natasha Dowie	Liverpool	Loan	15 November 2015

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date
9	FW	Racheal Quigley	Bulleen Lions	Free transfer	31 March 2015
11	FW	Lisa De Vanna	Melbourne City		10 July 2015
2	DF	Hannah Brewer	Valentine Phoenix		18 August 2015
1	GK	Brianna Davey	Melbourne City		20 August 2015
16	MF	Beattie Goad	Melbourne City		4 September 2015
15	DF	Emma Checker	Canberra United		14 September 2015
7	DF	Steph Catley	Portland Thorns	Loan return	17 September 2015
13	DF	Alexandra Gummer	Adelaide United	Free transfer	26 September 2015
8	MF	Amy Jackson	Melbourne City		30 September 2015
6	DF	Gema Simon	Newcastle Jets		7 October 2015
12	MF	Ella Mastrantonio	Perth Glory		13 October 2015
—	FW	Jessica Au	Bundoora United		17 October 2015
5	DF	Lauren Barnes	Seattle Reign	Loan return
14	MF	Tiffany Eliadis	South Melbourne	Free transfer
18	DF	Elli Reed	Seattle Reign
29	FW	Caitlin Friend	Bulleen Lions
3	DF	Brooke Elby	Unattached		30 October 2015
—	FW	Georgia Cloepfil	Unattached		26 December 2015
27	FW	Natasha Dowie	Unattached	Loan return	1 January 2016

Contract extensions

No.	Position	Player	Duration	Date
1	GK	Cassandra Dimovski	1 year	4 October 2015
2	DF	Alex Natoli	1 year
7	DF	Enza Barilla	1 year
9	FW	Laura Spiranovic	1 year
10	MF	Christine Nairn	1 year
17	MF	Gülcan Koca	1 year

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
W-League	17 October 2015	10 January 2016	Matchday 1	9th	12	2	1	9	10	28	−18	016.67
Total					12	2	1	9	10	28	−18	016.67

Source: Competitions

W-League

Main article: 2015–16 W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	2	1	9	10	28	−18	7	0	1	5	4	15	−11	2	0	4	6	13	−7

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	B	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	B
Result	L	L	L	L	L	X	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	X
Position	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Points	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	4	7	7	7

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory

17 October 2015 1	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Perth Glory	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Spiranovic 8'	Report	Friend 45' Kerr 69'	Stadium: Hume City Stadium Referee: Katie Petterson

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

25 October 2015 2	Melbourne City	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Tabain 49' Luik 72' (pen.)	Report	Knight 90+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

31 October 2015 3	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT		Report	Logarzo 47'	Stadium: Hume City Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

8 November 2015 4	Melbourne Victory	0–4	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT		Report	Sutton 14', 55', 68' Powell 33'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Referee: Katie Petterson

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory

15 November 2015 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Carney 24' Dimovski 55' (o.g.) Winters 70' (pen.)	Report	Spiranovic 75'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Referee: Lara Lee

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

28 November 2015 7	Perth Glory	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Perth
16:00 AWST	Bennett 84'	Report	Raso 9' Nairn 52' Dowie 90'	Stadium: Ashfield Arena Referee: Casey Reibelt

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

6 December 2015 8	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

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

12 December 2015 9	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Barbieri 51' Dowie 74'	Report	O'Neill 40' Moscato 47'	Stadium: David Barro Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Canberra United v Melbourne Victory

19 December 2015 10	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

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

27 December 2015 11	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Barbieri 46'	Report	Khamis 10' Spencer 22'	Stadium: AAMI Park Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

3 January 2016 12	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
14:00 AEDT		Report	Dowie 13'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

10 January 2016 13	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Melbourne Victory	Gold Coast
14:30 AEST	Polkinghorne 18' Gorry 22' Yallop 29' Beard 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Nikiforides Family Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

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External links

Melbourne Victory official website

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2015–16 in Australian soccer

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National competitions	A-League National Premier Leagues (2015, 2016) FFA Cup (2015, 2016) (preliminary rounds (2015, 2016) * final (2015, 2016)) National Youth League (grand final) W-League
National Premier Leagues	Australian Capital Territory (2015, 2016) New South Wales (2015, 2016) Northern NSW (2015, 2016) Queensland (2015, 2016) South Australia (2015, 2016) Tasmania (2015, 2016) Victoria (2015, 2016) Western Australia (2015, 2016)

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League (2015, 2016)

National teams

Men's	Asian Cup Results (2015, 2016)
Women's	FIFA Women's World Cup Results

Club seasons
A-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
W-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers

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