# 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.

## 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. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 26 | Perth Glory | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 12 | DF | Scott Neville | 26 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 21 | MF | Jacob Pepper | 23 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 20 | GK | Andrew Redmayne | 26 | Melbourne City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 18 | MF | Andreu | 32 | Racing de Santander | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Mitch Nichols | 26 | Cerezo Osaka | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Federico Piovaccari | 30 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Dimas | 32 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Alberto | 31 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Dario Vidošić | 28 | Sion | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 30 | GK | Liam Reddy | 34 | Central Coast Mariners | Transfer | Round 10 | 2016 | Free |
| | MF | Jackson Bandiera | 17 | FFA Centre of Excellence | Transfer | Round 18 | 2018 | Free |
| 13 | MF | Matt Sim | 27 | Central Coast Mariners | Transfer | Round 18 | 2016 | Free |

### Transfers out

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

## 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Shannon Cole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Mitch Nichols | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Romeo Castelen | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20+8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Dimas | 28 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Federico Piovaccari | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Dario Vidošić | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17+11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Brendon Šantalab | 24 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5+18 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Scott Neville | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Matt Sim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Golgol Mebrahtu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Kearyn Baccus | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Jaushua Sotirio | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Alberto | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Andreu | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26+1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Mark Bridge | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21+3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Jacob Pepper | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Shayne D'Cunha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Alusine Fofanah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Daniel Alessi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Josh Macdonald | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Mario Shabow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Liam Youlley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Jackson Bandiera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Dean Bouzanis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 1 May 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.

## 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
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 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 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 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 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 13 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |