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.

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

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 Dekker	21	[2]
30	FW		Hernan Espindola	20	[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	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Thomas Sørensen	30	0	3	0	0	27+0	0	3	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Alex Wilkinson	10	0	0	0	0	8+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Aaron Hughes	6	1	0	0	0	5+1	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Connor Chapman	16	1	2	0	0	12+0	1	2	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ivan Franjic	18	0	5	0	0	17+1	0	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Corey Gameiro	5	0	2	0	0	2+3	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Aaron Mooy	30	17	3	0	0	23+1	11	1	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	4+0	6	1	0	0
9	FW		Harry Novillo	23	11	6	0	0	20+1	10	6	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
11	DF		Michael Zullo	17	0	5	0	0	11+4	0	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		James Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Jason Trifiro	8	0	2	0	0	1+6	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Wade Dekker	9	2	2	0	0	2+3	1	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+1	1	0	0	0
18	MF		Paulo Retre	27	1	7	0	0	14+8	1	6	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Ben Garuccio	22	1	6	0	0	14+5	1	5	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Philip Petreski	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Dean Bouzanis	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Jack Clisby	24	0	7	0	0	12+6	0	7	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Bruno Fornaroli	32	28	4	0	0	27+0	23	4	0	0	2+0	2	0	0	0	3+0	3	0	0	0
24	DF		Patrick Kisnorbo	30	2	7	0	0	24+0	2	5	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
25	MF		Jacob Melling	23	0	3	0	1	16+4	0	2	0	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
26	FW		Marc Marino	4	1	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	13	2	1	0	0	8+3	2	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Steve Kuzmanovski	7	0	1	0	0	3+3	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Anthony Cáceres	11	1	1	2	0	7+2	1	0	2	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Osama Malik	14	0	5	0	0	11+1	0	5	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Stefan Zinni	6	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Ali Eyigun	2	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
50	GK		Alex Pavlidis	0	0	0	0	0	0+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		Erik Paartalu	17	4	5	0	0	14+0	4	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Robert Koren	8	1	0	0	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Jonatan Germano	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
15	FW		David Williams	11	0	1	0	0	2+8	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Tando Velaphi	4	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Stefan Mauk	16	4	0	0	0	9+3	4	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Callum Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Hernan Espindola	5	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Matt Millar	5	1	3	0	0	2+2	0	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0

• Last updated: 22 April 2016
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

Melbourne City v Manchester City

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

Melbourne City v Young Socceroos

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)

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

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)

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

22 August 2015 Friendly	Adelaide United	4–3	Melbourne City	Darwin, Australia
19:00 (ACST)	Sánchez  18' Dugandzic  52' Jeggo  80' Goodwin  86'	Report	Espindola  16' Germano  29' Mauk  37'	Stadium: Larrakia Park Attendance: 1,600

Melbourne City v North Geelong Warriors

4 September 2015 Friendly	Melbourne City	5–0	North Geelong Warriors	Port Melbourne, Australia
19:30 (AEST)	Marino  15' Chapman  50' Cristaldo  77' Dekker  79' Mauk  80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: JL Murphy Reserve

Oakleigh Cannons v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

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)

Hume City v Melbourne City

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

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 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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
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

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

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

17 October 2015 2	Melbourne Victory	3–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Ben Khalfallah  23' Barbarouses  57' Berisha  90'	Report	Fornaroli  69' Mauk  71'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 40,217 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

25 October 2015 3	Melbourne City	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Kisnorbo  11' Fornaroli  53', 72'	Report	Fitzgerald  13'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,408 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

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

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

13 November 2015 6	Melbourne City	0–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:40 AEST (UTC+11:00)		Report	Nichols  47' Piovaccari  61' Bridge  84'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,910 Referee: Peter Green

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

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

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City

3 December 2015 9	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Melbourne City	Gosford
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Austin  86'	Report	Novillo  26', 57' Fornaroli  45' Mauk  75' Mooy  90+5'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 4,514 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

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

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

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

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

9 January 2016 14	Melbourne City	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Novillo  7', 85' Fornaroli  24'	Report	Nichols  29' Hughes  60' (o.g.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,776 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

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

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

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

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

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

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

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

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

26 February 2016 21	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:30 NZDT (UTC+13:00)	Fenton  12' Ridenton  15'	Report	Mooy  19'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,591 Referee: Matthew Conger

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

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

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

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

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

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

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

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

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

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

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

22 April 2016 Semi-finals	Adelaide United	4–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:15 ACST (UTC+9:30)	Djite  48', 60' (pen.) McGowan  88' Sánchez  90+4'	Report	Fitzgerald  72'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 15,489 Referee: Strebre Delovski

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

Edgeworth Eagles v Melbourne City

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

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

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

Heidelberg United v Melbourne City

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

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

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

References

1. "Melbourne City Team". Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. "Melbourne City FC sign youth team graduate Wade Dekker". Melbourne City FC. 3 August 2015.
3. "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. "City Release Velaphi, Sign Bouzanis". Melbourne City FC. 6 January 2016.
13. "City Signs Caceras On Loan". Melbourne City FC. 19 January 2016.
14. "City Signs Malik and Fitzgerald, Releases Mauk". Melbourne City FC. 23 January 2016.
15. "City Signs Alex Wilkinson". Melbourne City FC. 5 February 2016.
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17. "Archibald lands Dusseldorf deal". FourFourTwo. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 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.
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28. "SOUTH SIGN MILLAR AND M'BAKA ON DEADLINE DAY". South Melbourne. 17 February 2016.
29. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 32)
30. Attendance (FFA Cup Round of 16)

External links

• Official Website