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2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season

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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

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.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 7 January 2016.

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

From youth squad

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
19 FW Australia George Howard 18 1 year senior contract[1]
24 DF Australia Thomas Deng 18 2 year senior contract[2]
30 GK Australia Lucas Spinella 18 2 year senior contract[2]

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Technical staff

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

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 30 0 0 0 0 23+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Jason Geria 30 1 7 1 0 17+1 0 6 1 0 3+1 1 0 0 0 7+1 0 1 0 0
3 DF Australia Scott Galloway 16 0 5 0 0 9+2 0 4 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 14 1 0 0 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 7+0 1 0 0 0
5 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 34 1 12 0 0 19+4 0 10 0 0 4+0 1 0 0 0 7+0 0 2 0 0
6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 38 0 5 1 0 25+0 0 3 1 0 5+0 0 1 0 0 8+0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Brazil Gui Finkler 29 5 6 0 0 26+0 4 6 0 0 3+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Albania Besart Berisha 39 27 4 0 1 26+0 18 4 0 1 5+0 5 0 0 0 8+0 4 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 36 10 7 0 0 23+1 6 5 0 0 4+0 3 1 0 0 8+0 1 1 0 0
10 FW Australia Archie Thompson 23 2 1 0 0 2+11 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 8+0 1 1 0 0
11 FW Australia Connor Pain 19 1 3 0 0 1+11 0 3 0 0 2+1 1 0 0 0 0+4 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 38 5 4 0 0 25+2 4 2 0 0 3+0 1 2 0 0 7+1 0 0 0 0
14 FW Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah 31 6 6 0 1 26+0 5 4 0 1 3+2 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco 6 0 1 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Rashid Mahazi 31 0 11 0 0 16+7 0 10 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 1 0 0
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre 38 0 8 0 0 26+0 0 6 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0 8+0 0 2 0 0
18 DF Australia Dylan Murnane 13 0 0 0 0 8+3 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia George Howard 15 2 1 0 0 2+8 1 0 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 11 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Australia Carl Valeri 14 0 2 1 0 5+2 0 1 0 0 3+0 0 0 1 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
22 MF Australia Jesse Makarounas 24 3 5 0 0 2+12 0 4 0 0 3+0 2 0 0 0 1+6 1 1 0 0
23 FW Australia Jai Ingham 11 1 5 0 0 3+4 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+1 1 3 0 0
23 MF Australia Kieran Dover 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Thomas Deng 17 0 2 0 0 10+3 0 2 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Lucas Spinella 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Stefan Nigro 3 0 1 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Australia Joey Katebian 2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Overall

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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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for 2017 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 for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification for 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[a] 27 7 4 16 34 54 −20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 −37 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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

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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

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9 October 2015 1 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:10 ACDT Report Broxham Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 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 Red card 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 Yellow card 7' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 5' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 55'
Bonevacia 82'
Report Berisha 8' Red card 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

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FFA Cup

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4 August 2015 Round of 32 Balmain Tigers New South Wales 0–6 Victoria (state) 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 New South Wales 2–3 Victoria (state) 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 Victoria (state) 0–3 Victoria (state) 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 Victoria (state) 2–0 Western Australia Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Bozanic 35'
Berisha 42'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,098
Referee: Ben Williams

AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 China Shanghai SIPG 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9[a]
3 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9[a]
4 Japan Gamba Osaka 6 0 2 4 4 9 −5 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Melbourne Victory 2, Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2. Head-to-head away goal: Melbourne Victory 1, Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0
24 February 2016 1 Melbourne Victory Australia 2–1 China Shanghai SIPG Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEDT Ingham 31'
Berisha 73' (pen.)
Report Wu Lei 52' Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 9,701
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
19 April 2016 5 Shanghai SIPG China 3–1 Australia 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Victory signs teenage forward George Howard". Melbourne Victory. 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Victory signs youth team duo". A-League. 6 July 2015.
  3. ^ #WelcomeVuka: MVFC signs Danny Vukovic[permanent dead link] Melbourne Victory Official Website
  4. ^ Davutovic, David (2 September 2015). "Melbourne Victory sign Socceroos Oliver Bozanic on three-year deal". Herald Sun.
  5. ^ "Victory signs Giancarlo Gallifuoco". Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Victory signs Hume City winger Jai Ingham". Melbourne Victory. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b c MVFC bids farewell to three players Archived 26 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Melbourne Victory Official Website
  8. ^ "Mark Milligan set to join Arabian Gulf League club Baniyas FC". Melbourne Victory. 24 June 2015.
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