# 2015–16 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2015–16 season was Canberra United Football Club's eighth season in the W-League.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Lydia Williams |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Catherine Brown |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Julia De Angelis |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jenna McCormick |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Caitlin Munoz |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ellie Brush |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Meg McLaughlin |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Grace Gill-McGrath |
| 10 | DF | AUS | Grace Maher |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | NZL | Emma Kete |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Nicole Sykes |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Ashleigh Sykes |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Tegan Riding |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Verónica Pérez |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Rebecca Kiting |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Melissa Maizels |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Georgia Boric |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 14 September 2015 |
| 1 | GK | Lydia Williams | Unattached | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Jenna McCormick | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 12 | FW | Emma Kete | Unattached | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 17 | MF | Verónica Pérez | Washington Spirit | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 19 | FW | Nickoletta Flannery | Unattached | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| — | FW | Jodie Taylor | Portland Thorns | Loan | 8 October 2015 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Chantel Jones | Western New York Flash | Free transfer | 9 December 2014 |
| 16 | MF | Lori Lindsey | Retired | Retired | 21 December 2014 |
| 5 | DF | Grace Field | Unattached | Free transfer | 14 September 2015 |
| 12 | DF | Sally Rojahn | Unattached | Free transfer | 14 September 2015 |
| 22 | DF | Stephanie Ochs | Houston Dash | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 17 | DF | Holly Houston | Unattached | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| — | FW | Jodie Taylor | Portland Thorns | Loan return | 5 November 2015 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 11 | FW | Michelle Heyman | 1 year | 23 July 2015 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 18 October 2015 | 15 January 2016 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 066.67 |
| W-League Finals | 24 January 2016 | 24 January 2016 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | +17 | 061.54 |
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 | A | H | B | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | B | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | X | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | X | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 |

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League Finals | W-League Finals |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Lydia Williams | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Melissa Maizels | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Catherine Brown | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jenna McCormick | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ellie Brush | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | AUS | Grace Maher | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Nicole Sykes | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Rebecca Kiting | 13 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Julia De Angelis | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Caitlin Munoz | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Grace Gill-McGrath | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Verónica Pérez | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Meg McLaughlin | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Emma Kete | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Ashleigh Sykes | 13 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Tegan Riding | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League Finals | W-League Finals | W-League Finals | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 1 | 3 | MF | | Julia De Angelis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Caitlin Munoz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Verónica Pérez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | | Lydia Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Kendall Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | FW | | Emma Kete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 13 | DF | | Nicole Sykes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Ashleigh Sykes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | DF | | Rebecca Kiting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | W-League | W-League | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Lydia Williams | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 20 | | Melissa Maizels | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |