2015–16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2015–16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the fourth time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

Western Sydney Wanderers
2015–16 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerTony Popovic
StadiumPirtek Stadium, Parramatta
A-League2nd
A-League Finals SeriesRunners-up
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mitch Nichols,
Brendon Santalab (10 goals)
All: Brendon Santalab (11 goals)
Highest home attendance19,627 vs Sydney FC
16 January 2016
Lowest home attendance9,860 vs Brisbane Roar
5 December 2015
Average home league attendance14,297

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  AUS Shannon Cole
3 DF  AUS Scott Jamieson
4 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (captain)
5 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill
6 MF  AUS Mitch Nichols
7 FW  NED Romeo Castelen
8 MF  ESP Dimas
9 FW  ITA Federico Piovaccari
10 MF  AUS Dario Vidošić
11 FW  AUS Brendon Šantalab
12 DF  AUS Scott Neville
13 MF  AUS Matt Sim
14 FW  AUS Golgol Mebrahtu
15 MF  AUS Kearyn Baccus
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  AUS Jaushua Sotirio
17 MF  ESP Alberto
18 MF  ESP Andreu
19 FW  AUS Mark Bridge (vice-captain)
20 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne
21 MF  AUS Jacob Pepper
22 DF  AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
23 DF  AUS Shayne D'Cunha
30 GK  AUS Liam Reddy
31 MF  AUS Alusine Fofanah
32 DF  AUS Daniel Alessi
33 FW  AUS Josh Macdonald
36 FW  AUS Liam Youlley
— MF  AUS Jackson Bandiera

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes

Transfers in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
3 DF Scott Jamieson 26 Perth Glory Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [1]
12 DF Scott Neville 26 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
21 MF Jacob Pepper 23 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
20 GK Andrew Redmayne 26 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [3]
18 MF Andreu 32 Racing de Santander Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [4]
6 MF Mitch Nichols 26 Cerezo Osaka Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
9 FW Federico Piovaccari 30 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [6]
8 MF Dimas 32 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [7]
17 MF Alberto 31 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [8]
10 MF Dario Vidošić 28 Sion Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [9]
30 GK Liam Reddy 34 Central Coast Mariners Transfer Round 10 2016 Free [10]
MF Jackson Bandiera 17 FFA Centre of Excellence Transfer Round 18 2018 Free [11]
13 MF Matt Sim 27 Central Coast Mariners Transfer Round 18 2016 Free [11]

Transfers out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
15 MF Yianni Perkatis 21 Blacktown City Released Pre-season [12]
1 GK Ante Covic 39 End of contract Pre-season [13]
6 DF Antony Golec 24 End of contract Pre-season [13]
9 FW Tomi Juric 23 End of contract Pre-season [13]
12 FW Nikita Rukavytsya 27 End of contract Pre-season [13]
14 FW Kerem Bulut 23 End of contract Pre-season [13]
18 MF Iacopo La Rocca 30 End of contract Pre-season [13]
22 MF Nick Ward 30 End of contract Pre-season [13]
23 MF Jason Trifiro 26 End of contract Pre-season [13]
33 MF Nick Kalmar 27 End of contract Pre-season [13]
42 DF Adrian Madaschi 32 End of contract Pre-season [13]
3 DF Yūsuke Tanaka 29 End of contract Pre-season [14]
10 FW Yojiro Takahagi 28 End of contract Pre-season [14]
38 FW Steve Kuzmanovski 18 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season Free [15]
13 DF Matthew Spiranovic 27 Hangzhou Greentown Transfer Pre-season $1,000,000 [16]
7 FW Labinot Haliti 29 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [17]
8 MF Mateo Poljak 25 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season Free [17]
25 DF Sam Gallaway 23 Released Pre-season [18]
1 GK Dean Bouzanis 25 Melbourne City Transfer Round 14 Free [19]

Technical staff
Position Name
Head Coach Tony Popovic
Assistant Coach Andrés Carrasco
Assistant Coach Hayden Foxe
Goalkeeping Coach Zeljko Kalac
Strength & Conditioning Coach Scott Smith
Physiotherapist David Hughes

Statistics

Squad statistics
N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Shannon Cole 4 0 0 0 0 0+4000000000
3 DF Scott Jamieson 32 0 5 0 0 29040030100
4 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley 28 0 10 0 0 270100010000
5 DF Brendan Hamill 8 1 2 0 0 4+2010021100
6 MF Mitch Nichols 32 10 6 0 0 291060030000
7 FW Romeo Castelen 30 7 0 0 0 20+870001+10000
8 MF Dimas 28 2 12 0 0 260110022100
9 FW Federico Piovaccari 14 2 2 0 0 10+2210020100
10 MF Dario Vidošić 29 4 3 0 0 17+1143000+10000
11 FW Brendon Šantalab 24 11 8 0 0 5+18118000+10000
12 DF Scott Neville 29 1 7 0 0 28170010000
13 MF Matt Sim 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
14 FW Golgol Mebrahtu 8 1 1 0 0 1+6010011000
15 MF Kearyn Baccus 15 0 1 0 0 2+11010020000
16 FW Jaushua Sotirio 22 1 4 0 0 13+6140030000
17 MF Alberto 25 1 5 0 1 23150120000
18 MF Andreu 29 3 7 0 0 26+137001+10000
19 FW Mark Bridge 26 9 3 0 0 21+3930020000
20 GK Andrew Redmayne 26 0 0 0 0 23000030000
21 MF Jacob Pepper 14 0 1 0 0 5+6010030000
22 DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis 5 0 1 0 1 4+1010100000
23 DF Shayne D'Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
30 GK Liam Reddy 6 0 1 0 0 6010000000
31 MF Alusine Fofanah 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
32 DF Daniel Alessi 1 0 1 0 0 0000010100
33 FW Josh Macdonald 5 0 1 0 0 0+200000+30100
34 FW Mario Shabow 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
36 FW Liam Youlley 3 0 0 0 0 0+100000+20000
MF Jackson Bandiera 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
Players no longer at the club:
1 GK Dean Bouzanis 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000

Pre-season and friendlies
29 July 2015 Mt Druitt Town Rangers 0–3 Western Sydney WanderersSydney, Australia
19:30 Report Bridge  ?'
Castelen  ?'
Ly  ?'		 Stadium: Popondetta Park
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
7 August 2015 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Western Sydney WanderersCoffs Harbour, Australia
19:15 Heffernan  52', 53', 56' Report Castelen  69'
Macdonald  77'		 Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
7 August 2015 Canberra FC 0–3 Western Sydney WanderersCanberra, Australia
19:15 Report Bridge  37'
Piovaccari  40'
Šantalab  65'		 Stadium: Deakin Stadium
13 September 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Wellington PhoenixParramatta, Australia
18:00 AEST Nichols  70' Report Bonevacia  8', 16'
Powell  85'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Referee: Stephen Lucas
22 September 2015 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1–2 Western Sydney WanderersSydney, Australia
19:45 AEST Milgate  81' Report Piovaccari  23'
Castelen  32' (pen.)		 Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — 2nd 8 October 2015 10 April 2016
A-League Finals Semi-finals Runners-up 24 April 2016 1 May 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 11 August 2015 29 September 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 6 7 44 33  +11 48 8 2 3 23 17  +6 6 4 4 21 16  +5

Last updated: 10 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLDLWWWWWWWDWDLLWWDLDWLWDLWW
Position10910764321111222111211221432
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
8 October 2015 1Western Sydney Wanderers1–3Brisbane RoarParramatta
20:00 AEDT Nichols  13' Report Maclaren  9', 34'
Bowles  23'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,122
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 October 2015 2Adelaide United1–1Western Sydney WanderersAdelaide
19:10 ACDT Andreu  21' (o.g.) Report Andreu  83' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Chris Beath
24 October 2015 3Sydney FC1–0Western Sydney WanderersSydney
19:30 AEDT Ninković  88' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,539
Referee: Ben Williams
1 November 2015 4Western Sydney Wanderers1–0Perth GloryParramatta
17:30 AEDT Vidošić  45' Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,194
Referee: Matthew Conger
7 November 2015 5Newcastle Jets1–2Western Sydney WanderersNewcastle
17:15 AEDT Alivodić  73' Report Andreu  79' (pen.)
Nichols  86'		 Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 14,886
Referee: Stephen Lucas
13 November 2015 6Melbourne City0–3Western Sydney WanderersMelbourne
19:40 AEDT Report Nichols  47'
Piovaccari  61'
Bridge  84'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,910
Referee: Peter Green
21 November 2015 7Western Sydney Wanderers2–1Wellington PhoenixParramatta
17:15 AEDT Piovaccari  9'
Bridge  85'		 Report Muscat  18' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,426
Referee: Strebre Delovski
29 November 2015 8Central Coast Mariners0–2Western Sydney WanderersGosford
17:00 AEDT Report Šantalab  66'
Nichols  90+2'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,519
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 December 2015 9Western Sydney Wanderers2–1Brisbane RoarParramatta
19:30 AEDT Bridge  29'
Nichols  79'		 Report Maclaren  36' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 9,860
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
12 December 2015 10Western Sydney Wanderers2–0Melbourne VictoryParramatta
19:30 AEDT Bridge  54'
Castelen  79'		 Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 17,073
Referee: Shaun Evans
19 December 2015 11Perth Glory2–2Western Sydney WanderersPerth
18:40 AWST Castro  2' (pen.)
Oxborrow  60'		 Report Šantalab  20'
Nichols  81'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,409
Referee: Jarred Gillett
24 December 2015 12Western Sydney Wanderers2–0Newcastle JetsParramatta
19:00 AEDT Alberto  45+1'
Bridge  70'		 Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Stephen Lucas
1 January 2016 13Western Sydney Wanderers0–0Adelaide UnitedParramatta
19:40 AEDT Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Ben Williams
9 January 2016 14Melbourne City3–2Western Sydney WanderersMelbourne
19:30 AEDT Novillo  7', 85'
Fornaroli  24'		 Report Nichols  29'
Hughes  60' (o.g.)		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,776
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 January 2016 15Western Sydney Wanderers1–2Sydney FCParramatta
19:30 AEDT Vidošić  58' Report Faty  22'
Smeltz  90'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 19,627
Referee: Strebre Delovski
23 January 2016 16Central Coast Mariners1–2Western Sydney WanderersGosford
19:30 AEDT F. Ferreira  67'
Montgomery  79'		 Report Bridge  11'
Šantalab  87'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Ben Williams
29 January 2016 17Western Sydney Wanderers4–3Melbourne CityParramatta
19:40 AEDT 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
6 February 2016 18Melbourne Victory1–1Western Sydney WanderersMelbourne
19:30 AEDT Berisha  16' Report Šantalab  89'
Alberto  90+3'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,445
Referee: Ben Williams
14 February 2016 19Western Sydney Wanderers2–5Wellington PhoenixParramatta
17:00 AEDT Nichols  75'
Bridge  84'
Aspropotamitis  89'		 Report Powell  4', 20', 33', 71'
McGlinchey  90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 12,589
Referee: Peter Green
20 February 2016 20Sydney FC1–1Western Sydney WanderersSydney
19:30 AEDT Jamieson  36' (o.g.) Report Vidošić  13' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,382
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 February 2016 21Western Sydney Wanderers2–1Perth GloryParramatta
19:40 AEDT Castelen  62'
Šantalab  85'		 Report Keogh  64' (pen.) Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 12,639
Referee: Strebre Delovski
4 March 2016 22Brisbane Roar3–2Western Sydney WanderersBrisbane
19:00 AEST Maclaren  5', 81'
D. Petratos  84'		 Report Andreu  74' (pen.)
Castelen  78'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,157
Referee: Ben Williams
13 March 2016 23Newcastle Jets0–1Western Sydney WanderersNewcastle
17:00 AEDT Report Sotirio  17' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,153
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima (Japan)
19 March 2016 24Western Sydney Wanderers0–0Adelaide UnitedParramatta
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 15,208
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
25 March 2016 25Melbourne Victory2–0Western Sydney WanderersMelbourne
19:40 AEDT Bozanic  3', 66' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,097
Referee: Strebre Delovski
1 April 2016 26Western Sydney Wanderers4–1Central Coast MarinersParramatta
19:30 AEDT Castelen  8'
Šantalab  36', 52'
Nichols  83'		 Report L. García  21' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Chris Beath
10 April 2016 27Wellington Phoenix0–2Western Sydney WanderersWellington
17:00 NZST Report Šantalab  31', 44' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 10,143
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series
24 April 2016 Semi-finalsWestern Sydney Wanderers5–4Brisbane RoarParramatta
16:30 AEST Castelen  26', 53', 59'
Šantalab  39'
Vidošić  102'		 Report D. Petratos  16' (pen.)
Andreu  20' (o.g.)
Maclaren  23', 81'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 20,084
Referee: Peter Green
1 May 2016 Grand FinalAdelaide United3–1Western Sydney WanderersAdelaide
15:30 ACST Kamau  21'
Isaías  32'
Sánchez  89'		 Report Neville  58' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 50,119
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup
Main article: 2015 FFA Cup
11 August 2015 Round of 32Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Brisbane RoarSydney
19:30 AEST Mebrahtu  69' Report Stadium: Pepper Stadium
Attendance: 6,028
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 September 2015 Round of 16Palm Beach 0–2 Western Sydney WanderersGold Coast
19:30 AEST Report Dimas  45'
Hamill  86'		 Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 1,794
Referee: Alan Milliner
29 September 2015 Quarter-finalsPerth Glory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Western Sydney WanderersPerth
18:30 AWST Marinković  60' Report Dimas  42' Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Penalties
Marinković
Golec
Sidnei
R. Garcia 		Vidošić
Piovaccarli
Andreu
Jamieson
gollark: Modern computers can easily manage trillions of errors a second.
gollark: > I think we went wrong at allopathic medicine
gollark: It's at least "true" in that it's definitely between 0 and 100%.
gollark: It would be like if I just wrote `x is not equal to infinity` instead of actually solving an equation.
gollark: While technically true, it's useless.

References
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  2. "Double signing spices up Wanderers squad". Football Federation Australia. 9 June 2015.
  3. "Redmayne joins the Red & Black". Football Federation Australia. 18 June 2015.
  4. "Spanish midfielder joins Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 July 2015.
  5. "Nichols Inks Deal with Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2015.
  6. "Wanderers Sign Piovaccari". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 July 2015.
  7. "Wanderers sign second Spaniard". Western Sydney Wanderers. 3 August 2015.
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  9. "Wanderers sign second marquee". Western Sydney Wanderers. 21 September 2015.
  10. "Western Sydney Wanderers sign former Mariners goalkeeper". Football Federation Australia. 13 December 2015.
  11. "Wanderers boost left hand side with two signings". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 February 2016.
  12. "Yianni Perkatis departs the Wanderers". Football Federation Australia. 13 May 2015.
  13. "Wanderers Announce Player Departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 May 2015.
  14. "Japanese duo depart Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 June 2015.
  15. "Melbourne City FC Signs Steve Kuzmanovski". Melbourne City. 8 June 2015.
  16. Hassett, Sebastian (17 July 2015). "Socceroo Matthew Spiranovic seals move to Chinese side Hangzhou Greentown". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. "Jets swoop for former Wanderers duo". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2015.
  18. Cohen, Kate (24 July 2015). "Western Sydney Wanderers team news: Popovic's mass exodus suggests a risky rebuild". Fox Sports.
  19. "Wanderers and Dean Bouzanis agree termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 January 2016.
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