2015–16 Melbourne City W-League season

The 2015–16 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's inaugural season in the W-League, following the announcement of the team's formation on 13 May 2015.[1] The team is based at the City Football Academy, training on the Academy Pitches at La Trobe University and playing home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve.[2]

Melbourne City W-League

2015–16 season
Manager	Joe Montemurro
Stadium	CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne AAMI Park, Melbourne
W-League	Premiers
W-League Finals Series	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Larissa Crummer (11 goals) All: Larissa Crummer (11 goals)
Home colours Away colours

The club had a remarkably successful season, winning all 12 of its regular season games and achieving success in the 2016 W-League Grand Final, completing a perfect season, to claim both a maiden regular season premiership and an end of season championship.[3]

Players

Squad information

Correct as of 30 October 2015

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 Brianna Davey 2 MF  AUS Monique Iannella 3 MF  AUS Alex Chidiac 4 DF  SCO Jennifer Beattie (on loan from Manchester City) 5 DF  AUS Laura Alleway 6 MF  AUS Aivi Luik 7 DF  AUS Steph Catley 8 MF  SCO Kim Little (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) 9 FW  AUS Larissa Crummer 10 MF  WAL Jess Fishlock (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) 11 FW  AUS Lisa De Vanna (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  AUS Olivia Ellis 13 DF  NZL Rebekah Stott 14 FW  AUS Melina Ayres 15 MF  AUS Amy Jackson 16 MF  AUS Beattie Goad 17 FW  AUS Marianna Tabain 18 FW  MEX Anisa Guajardo 20 GK  AUS Trudy Burke 30 GK  AUS Kelsey Quinn 36 GK  AUS Erin Herd

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW		Lisa De Vanna	30	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[4]
5	DF		Laura Alleway	25	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[5]
1	GK		Brianna Davey	20	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[6]
3	FW		Alex Chidiac	16	Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[7]
9	FW		Larissa Crummer	19	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[7]
16	FW		Beattie Goad	18	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[7]
2	FW		Monique Iannella	19	Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[7]
13	DF		Rebekah Stott	22	SC Sand	Transfer	Pre-season			[8]
17	FW		Marianna Tabain	22	Perth Glory	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[8]
20	GK		Trudy Burke	24	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[8]
7	DF		Steph Catley	21	Portland Thorns	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[9]
15	MF		Amy Jackson	28	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[10]
6	MF		Aivi Luik	30	Fylkir	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[11]
10	MF		Jess Fishlock	28	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season		Free	[12]
8	MF		Kim Little	25	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season		Free	[12]
14	FW		Melina Ayres	16	Ashburton United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[13]
12	DF		Olivia Ellis	16	Boroondara Eagles	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[13]
18	FW		Anisa Guajardo	24	Heidelberg United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	[13]
25	MF		Tessa Sernio		Bulleen Lions	Transfer	Pre-season		Free
22	DF		Hannah Brewer	22	Valentine Phoenix	Transfer	Round 2		Free
23	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic		Bundoora United	Transfer	Round 2		Free
24	FW		Racheal Quigley	24	Bulleen Lions	Transfer	Round 2		Free
30	GK		Kelsey Quinn		South Melbourne	Transfer	Round 2		Free
4	DF		Jennifer Beattie	24	Manchester City	Loan	Round 3		Free	[14]
36	GK		Erin Herd			Transfer	Round 3		Free	[15]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
22	DF		Hannah Brewer	22		End of contract	Round 3	Free	[15]
23	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic			End of contract	Round 3	Free	[15]
24	FW		Racheal Quigley	24		End of contract	Round 3	Free	[15]
25	MF		Tessa Sernio			End of contract	Round 3	Free	[15]

Managerial staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Joe Montemurro
Assistant Coach	Jess Fishlock
Team Manager	Louisa Bisby

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					Finals series
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Brianna Davey	7	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Monique Iannella	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
3	MF		Alex Chidiac	10	0	0	0	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Jennifer Beattie	12	2	1	0	0	9+1	1	0	0	0	2+0	1	1	0	0
5	DF		Laura Alleway	11	0	0	0	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Aivi Luik	14	2	1	0	0	12+0	2	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Steph Catley	13	0	1	0	0	11+0	0	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Kim Little	12	9	0	0	0	9+1	8	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Larissa Crummer	12	11	0	0	0	10+0	11	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Jess Fishlock	11	2	1	0	0	9+0	2	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Lisa De Vanna	9	3	0	0	1	7+0	2	0	0	1	1+1	1	0	0	0
12	DF		Olivia Ellis	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Rebekah Stott	13	0	0	0	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Melina Ayres	4	1	0	0	0	0+4	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Amy Jackson	14	0	0	0	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Beattie Goad	14	4	0	0	0	8+4	3	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Marianna Tabain	14	7	0	0	0	9+3	7	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Anisa Guajardo	7	0	2	0	0	2+5	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Trudy Burke	7	0	0	0	0	7+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Kelsey Quinn	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Erin Herd	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
22	DF		Hannah Brewer	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Racheal Quigley	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Tessa Sernio	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 31 January 2016
• Source:
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team	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
3	Sydney FC	12	6	1	5	15	21	−6	19
4	Brisbane Roar	12	5	1	6	16	17	−1	16
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

Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	12	0	0	38	4	+34	36	6	0	0	18	2	+16	6	0	0	20	2	+18

Last updated: 16 January 2016.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	B	A	A	H	A	H	B	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	✖	W	W	W	W	W	✖	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2016. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

18 October 2015 1	Sydney FC	0–6	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:30 AEDT		Report	Crummer  11', 45' De Vanna  39' Goad  43' Tabain  61' Ayres  89'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 960 Referee: Katie Patterson

25 October 2015 2	Melbourne City	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Tabain  48' Luik  72' (pen.)	Report	Knight  90+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Casey Reibelt

31 October 2015 3	Perth Glory	0–4	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AEDT		Report	Tabain  12' De Vanna  21' Crummer  52', 64'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve Attendance: 483 Referee: Kelly Jones

8 November 2015 4	Canberra United	2–4	Melbourne City	Gosford
14:00 AEDT	Sykes  29' Heyman  60'	Report	Tabain  5' Crummer  11' Luik  41' De Vanna  57' Little  87'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 1,233 Referee: Lara Lee

14 November 2015 5	Melbourne City	2–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Crummer  43' Fishlock  71'	Report		Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Referee: Rebecca Durcau

22 November 2015 6	Melbourne City	4–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Little  54', 61' Crummer  79', 81'	Report	Blackburn  50'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Referee: Kate Jacewicz

6 December 2015 8	Melbourne Victory	0–4	Melbourne City	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT		Report	Beattie  35' Crummer  52', 72' Little  79'	Stadium: David Barro Stadium Referee: Lara Lee

13 December 2015 9	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
14:00 AEDT		Report	Goad  44'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

20 December 2015 10	Melbourne City	4–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Little  63' Tabain  68' Crummer  83' Fishlock  90+3'	Report		Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 453 Referee: Casey Reibelt

28 December 2015 11	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne City	Gold Coast
16:00 AEDT		Report	Little  6'	Stadium: Pizzey Park Attendance: 1,672 Referee: Kelly Jones

3 January 2016 12	Melbourne City	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Little  12', 33' (pen.) Goad  67' Tabain  70'	Report		Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

16 January 2016 14	Melbourne City	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Kennedy  52' (o.g.) Tabain  85'	Report	Ibini  71'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 602 Referee: Katie Patterson

Finals series

25 January 2016 Semi-final	Melbourne City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,941 Referee: Rebecca Durcau
	Penalties
	Beattie Alleway Little Catley De Vanna		Polkinghorne Butt Gielnik Chapman A. Beard

31 January 2016 Grand Final	Melbourne City	4–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Beattie  32' Little  54' Goad  80' De Vanna  90+5'	Report	K. Simon  69' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Non-competitive

Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy Challenge

17 February 2016 Friendly	Manchester City	3–0	Melbourne City	Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST	Houghton  34', 75' Christiansen  50'	Report		Stadium: New York University Abu Dhabi Attendance: 500

References

1. "Melbourne City FC set to field W-League team in 2015". melbournecityfc.com.au. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
2. "Melbourne City to join W-League next season". The World Game (SBS). 14 May 2015.
3. "W-League grand final: Melbourne City beat Sydney FC". ABC News. 31 January 2016.
4. "Melbourne City FC Signs Inaugural W-League Player". melbournecityfc.com.au. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
5. "Melbourne City FC Signs Matildas Defender Laura Alleway". melbournecityfc.com.au. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
6. "Melbourne City FC Signs Goalkeeper Brianna Davey". melbournecityfc.com.au. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
7. "City Announces Four New W-League Signings". melbournecityfc.com.au. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
8. "W-League team commences training". Melbourne City. 16 September 2015.
9. "Melbourne City FC Sign Matilda Steph Catley". Melbourne City. 17 September 2015.
10. "Melbourne City FC Sign Amy Jackson". Melbourne City. 30 September 2015.
11. "Melbourne City FC and Moreland City Council Develop Relationship For Westfield W-League and Foxtel National Youth League Seasons". Melbourne City. 8 October 2015.
12. "Melbourne City FC Sign W-League Internationals Kim Little and Jess Fishlock". Melbourne City. 12 October 2015.
13. "City Announces New Westfield W-League Signings". Melbourne City. 16 October 2015.
14. "W-League sign Jennifer Beattie on loan from sister club Manchester City Women". Melbourne City. 30 October 2015.
15. Lim, Jordan (30 October 2015). "Preview: Seven's heaven for returning City superstars". The Corner Flag.

External links

• Official Website