# 2015–16 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season

The 2015–16 Brisbane Roar season was the club's eighth season in the W-League. They were eliminated in the semi-finals by Melbourne City on 5–4 on penalties.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | USA | Haley Kopmeyer |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Brooke Goodrich |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Amy Chapman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Polkinghorne (Captain) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Angela Beard |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Gabe Marzano |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Ayesha Norrie |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Cortnee Vine |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Katrina Gorry |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Kirsty Yallop |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Alisha Foote |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Tameka Butt |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Summer O'Brien |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Ruth Blackburn |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Ashley Spina |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Emily Gielnik |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Maili Forbes |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Sofie Persson |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Carrie Simpson |
| 21 | | AUS | Elise Franco |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Note |

## Managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Belinda Wilson |
| Assistant coach | |
| Team manager | |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Haley Kopmeyer | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Brooke Goodrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | | Amy Chapman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Clare Polkinghorne | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Angela Beard | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Gabe Marzano | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ayesha Norrie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Cortnee Vine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Katrina Gorry | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Kirsty Yallop | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Alisha Foote | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Tameka Butt | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Summer O'Brien | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Ruth Blackburn | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ashley Spina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Emily Gielnik | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Maili Forbes | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Sofie Persson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Carrie Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | | Elise Franco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: au.women.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 19 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 16 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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