2015–16 A-League

Clubs

Personnel and kits

• Additionally, referee kits are made by Umbro.

Transfers

Managerial changes

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:

1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);

2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;

3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

The following concessions to the salary cap were introduced for this season:{{cite web

• A Loyalty allowance on a sliding scale for players who have played 5 years at the same club. Maximum $200,000 for 10 years.
• A Mature Aged Rookie over the age of 21 who has not played in a fully professional league for the last 18 months and last played football in Australia.
• Each Club can pay three players who started their careers with the club outside the Salary Cap. This season the total has been lifted from $150,000 to $200,000.
• The two Marquee Players (which sit outside the Salary Cap) can be two foreigners.
• Salary Cap Banking will allow clubs to carry over money not spent inside the Salary Cap in the previous two seasons to the following season, up to 105% of the Salary Cap in the relevant contract year.

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

The Grand Final winner (Champion) qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League group stage

| RD1-team1 = Melbourne City | RD1-score1 = 2 | RD1-team2 = Perth Glory | RD1-score2 = 0

| RD1-team3 = Brisbane Roar | RD1-score3 = 2 | RD1-team4 = Melbourne Victory | RD1-score4 = 1

| RD2-team1 = Adelaide United | RD2-score1 = 4 | RD2-team2 = Melbourne City | RD2-score2 = 1

| RD2-team3 = Western Sydney Wanderers | RD2-score3 = 5 | RD2-team4 = Brisbane Roar | RD2-score4 = 4

| RD3-team1 = Adelaide United | RD3-score1 = 3 | RD3-team2 = Western Sydney Wanderers | RD3-score2 = 1

Elimination-finals

• McKay
• Broich Berisha

• Fornaroli

Semi-finals

McGowan
Sánchez

Šantalab
Vidošić Andreu
Maclaren

Grand Final

Isaías
Sánchez

Statistics

Attendances

By club

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

By round

Source:

Club membership

Player stats

Top scorers

;Note 4 Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

Clean sheets

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End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2015–16 Dolan Warren Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 26 April 2016.

• Johnny Warren Medal – Diego Castro, Perth Glory
• NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Jamie Maclaren, Brisbane Roar
• Nike Golden Boot Award – Bruno Fornaroli, Melbourne City (23 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Thomas Sørensen, Melbourne City
• Coach of the Year – Guillermo Amor, Adelaide United
• Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett
• Goal of the Year – Roy O'Donovan, Central Coast Mariners (Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners, 27 March 2016)

References

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