# 2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2015–16 season was Melbourne Victory Football Club (women)'s eighth season in the W-League. Melbourne Victory finished 9th in their W-League season.

## Players

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 | AUS | Cassandra Dimovski |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex Natoli |
| 3 | DF | USA | Brooke Elby |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Melissa Taranto |
| 5 | FW | NZL | Briar Palmer |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Annabel Martin |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Enza Barilla |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jamie Pollock |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Laura Spiranovic |
| 10 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn |
| 11 | MF | AUS | MelindaJ Barbieri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Whitney Knight |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Thea Slatyer |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Selin Kuralay |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adriana Taranto |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Gülcan Koca |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jessica Pitts |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Cindy Lay |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Sky Jensen |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Teresa Morrissey |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Brooke Elby | North Carolina Tar Heels | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 4 | MF | Melissa Taranto | FFV NTC | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 5 | FW | Briar Palmer | Ashburton United | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Annabel Martin | FFV NTC | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Jamie Pollock | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 11 | MF | MelindaJ Barbieri | FFV NTC | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 12 | FW | Whitney Knight | FFV NTC | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 13 | DF | Thea Slatyer | Retirement | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 14 | FW | Selin Kuralay | Retirement | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 15 | MF | Adriana Taranto | FFV NTC | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 18 | DF | Jessica Pitts | Bundoora United | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 20 | GK | Melissa Barbieri | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 4 October 2015 |
| 16 | FW | Hayley Raso | Washington Spirit | Free transfer | 8 October 2015 |
| — | FW | Georgia Cloepfil | Ashburton United | Free transfer | 30 October 2015 |
| 26 | MF | Cindy Lay | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 October 2015 |
| 27 | FW | Natasha Dowie | Liverpool | Loan | 15 November 2015 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Racheal Quigley | Bulleen Lions | Free transfer | 31 March 2015 |
| 11 | FW | Lisa De Vanna | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 10 July 2015 |
| 2 | DF | Hannah Brewer | Valentine Phoenix | Free transfer | 18 August 2015 |
| 1 | GK | Brianna Davey | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 20 August 2015 |
| 16 | MF | Beattie Goad | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 4 September 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | Canberra United | Free transfer | 14 September 2015 |
| 7 | DF | Steph Catley | Portland Thorns | Loan return | 17 September 2015 |
| 13 | DF | Alexandra Gummer | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 26 September 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Amy Jackson | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 30 September 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Gema Simon | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 7 October 2015 |
| 12 | MF | Ella Mastrantonio | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 13 October 2015 |
| — | FW | Jessica Au | Bundoora United | Free transfer | 17 October 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Lauren Barnes | Seattle Reign | Loan return | 17 October 2015 |
| 14 | MF | Tiffany Eliadis | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 17 October 2015 |
| 18 | DF | Elli Reed | Seattle Reign | Free transfer | 17 October 2015 |
| 29 | FW | Caitlin Friend | Bulleen Lions | Free transfer | 17 October 2015 |
| 3 | DF | Brooke Elby | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 October 2015 |
| — | FW | Georgia Cloepfil | Unattached | Free transfer | 26 December 2015 |
| 27 | FW | Natasha Dowie | Unattached | Loan return | 1 January 2016 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 1 | GK | Cassandra Dimovski | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |
| 2 | DF | Alex Natoli | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |
| 7 | DF | Enza Barilla | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Laura Spiranovic | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |
| 10 | MF | Christine Nairn | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |
| 17 | MF | Gülcan Koca | 1 year | 4 October 2015 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| W-League | 17 October 2015 | 10 January 2016 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 016.67 |
Source: 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: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | B | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | B |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | X | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | X |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss