# 2015–16 Sydney FC (women) season

The 2015–16 season was Sydney Football Club (women)'s eighth season in the W-League. Sydney FC finished 3rd in their W-League season, and finished as runners-up in the W-League Finals.

## 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 | USA | Michelle Betos |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Elizabeth Ralston |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ellyse Perry |
| 4 | FW | AUS | Sunny Franco |
| 5 | FW | USA | Jasmyne Spencer |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Teresa Polias |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Nicola Bolger |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Amy Harrison |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Princess Ibini-Isei |
| 10 | DF | AUS | Renee Rollason |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Natalie Tobin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Olivia Price |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Trudy Camilleri |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Teigen Allen |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Hannah Bacon |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kyah Simon |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Leena Khamis |
| 19 | GK | AUS | Sham Khamis |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Lyndsay Glohe |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Alyssa Harris |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Heidi Makrillos |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | FW | Sunny Franco | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Princess Ibini-Isei | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 14 | DF | Alanna Kennedy | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 19 | GK | Sham Khamis | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 1 | GK | Michelle Betos | Portland Thorns | Loan | 24 September 2015 |
| 20 | DF | Lyndsay Glohe | Bankstown City | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Casey Dumont | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 August 2015 |
| 12 | MF | Chloe Logarzo | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 7 October 2015 |
| 4 | DF | Alesha Clifford | Marconi Stallions | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 6 | DF | Servet Uzunlar | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | Manly United | Loan return | 16 October 2015 |
| 18 | FW | Heidi Makrillos | North West Sydney Koalas | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |
| 20 | GK | Alyssa Harris | Chicago Red Stars | Free transfer | 16 October 2015 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 2 | DF | Elizabeth Ralston | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 3 | DF | Ellyse Perry | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 5 | FW | Jasmyne Spencer | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 6 | MF | Teresa Polias | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 7 | MF | Nicola Bolger | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 8 | MF | Amy Harrison | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 10 | DF | Renee Rollason | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 11 | DF | Natalie Tobin | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 12 | MF | Olivia Price | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 13 | MF | Trudy Camilleri | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Teigen Allen | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 17 | FW | Kyah Simon | 1 year | 6 September 2015 |
| 18 | FW | Leena Khamis | 1 year | 6 September 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 | 16 January 2016 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 050.00 |
| W-League Finals | 24 January 2016 | 31 January 2016 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 050.00 |
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 | H | A | A | H | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | X | L | W | D | W | L | W | X | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 September 2015.