# 2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the second time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 January 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Daniel Georgievski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Gui Finkler |
| 8 | FW | ALB | Besart Berisha |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Archie Thompson |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Connor Pain |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Giancarlo Gallifuoco |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Rashid Mahazi |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Dylan Murnane |
| 19 | FW | AUS | George Howard |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Carl Valeri (Captain) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jesse Makarounas |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Jai Ingham |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Thomas Deng |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Lucas Spinella |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 19 | FW | George Howard | 18 | 1 year senior contract |
| 24 | DF | Thomas Deng | 18 | 2 year senior contract |
| 30 | GK | Lucas Spinella | 18 | 2 year senior contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Danny Vukovic | 30 | Perth Glory | Mutual termination | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 13 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | 26 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 21 | Swansea City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 23 | FW | Jai Ingham | 22 | Hume City | Transfer | Round 14 | 2017 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 1 | GK | Nathan Coe | 30 | Free agent | Released | Pre-season |
| 13 | FW | Andrew Nabbout | 22 | Free agent | Released | Pre-season |
| 26 | MF | Jordan Brown | 18 | Free agent | Released | Pre-season |
| 5 | MF | Mark Milligan | 29 | Baniyas SC | Transfer | Pre-season |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Kevin Muscat |
| Assistant manager | Rado Vidošić |
| Goalkeeping coach | Dean Anastasiadis |
| Youth Team Manager | Darren Davies |
| Youth Team Assistant Manager | Grant Brebner |
| Youth Team Assistant Manager | Brian Vanega |
| Youth Team Developmental Manager | Vaughan Coveny |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Anthony Crea |
| Physiotherapist | Travis Maude |

## 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 | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Danny Vukovic | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Georgievski | 34 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Gui Finkler | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Besart Berisha | 39 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26+0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5+0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 36 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Archie Thompson | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Connor Pain | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26+0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Rashid Mahazi | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Matthieu Delpierre | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Dylan Murnane | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | George Howard | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Carl Valeri | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jesse Makarounas | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Jai Ingham | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Kieran Dover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Thomas Deng | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Lucas Spinella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Stefan Nigro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Joey Katebian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 24 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 | — | 6th | 9 October 2015 | 9 April 2016 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 15 April 2016 | 15 April 2016 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Champions | 4 August 2015 | 7 November 2015 |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 24 February 2016 | 24 May 2016 |

### 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: 9 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | |