# 2015–16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2015–16 season was Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (women)'s fourth season in the W-League. Western Sydney Wanderers finished 7th 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 | Teagan Micah |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Caitlin Cooper |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Carmelina Moscato |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Chloe O'Brien |
| 5 | DF | USA | Kendall Johnson |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Rachael Soutar |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Helen Petinos |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Erica Halloway |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Liz Grey |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Michelle Carney |
| 11 | MF | USA | Keelin Winters |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Hannah Beard |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Eliza Ammendolia |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Demi Koulizakis |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Ellie Carpenter |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Linda O'Neill |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Alix Roberts |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Tara Pender |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Jordan Baker |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Jada Mathyssen-Whyman |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Lisa Farrington |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 20 | GK | Jada Mathyssen-Whyman | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 2 September 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Ellie Carpenter | NSW Institute | Free transfer | 23 September 2015 |
| 1 | GK | Teagan Micah | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 3 | DF | Carmelina Moscato | Seattle Reign | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 8 | FW | Erica Halloway | Illawarra Stingrays | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Liz Grey | Sydney University | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 13 | MF | Eliza Ammendolia | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Alix Roberts | Blacktown Spartans | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |
| 18 | FW | Tara Pender | Blacktown Spartans | Free transfer | 25 September 2015 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 18 | FW | Tia Gavin | Washington State Cougars | Free transfer | 28 January 2015 |
| 20 | GK | Sham Khamis | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 1 | GK | Trudy Burke | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 17 September 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Jenna Kingsley | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 7 October 2015 |
| 3 | DF | Jessica Seaman | North West Sydney Koalas | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 4 | MF | Caitlin Jarvie | Marconi Stallions | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 8 | DF | Grace Henry | Sydney University | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 11 | MF | Lorena Bugden | Unattached | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 15 | MF | Rhianna Pollicina | North West Sydney Koalas | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 22 | DF | Victoria Guzman | Sydney University | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 2 | DF | Caitlin Cooper | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 4 | MF | Chloe O'Brien | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 5 | DF | Kendall Johnson | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Rachael Soutar | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 7 | FW | Helen Petinos | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 10 | FW | Michelle Carney | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 12 | FW | Hannah Beard | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 14 | DF | Demi Koulizakis | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 16 | MF | Linda O'Neill | 1 year | 25 September 2015 |
| 19 | FW | Jordan Baker | 1 year | 25 September 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 | 17 January 2016 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 025.00 |
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 | H | A | H | B | H | A | A | B | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | X | L | D | D | X | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 September 2015.
Win  Draw  Loss