2015–16 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

Western Sydney Wanderers (women)
2015–16 season
Owner	Paul Lederer
Chairman	Paul Lederer
Head Coach	Norm Boardman
Stadium	Marconi Stadium
W-League	7th
W-League Finals	DNQ
Top goalscorer	5 players (2 each)
Highest home attendance	2,432; vs. Sydney FC; (1 November 2015); W-League
Lowest home attendance	583; vs. Perth Glory; (17 January 2016); W-League
Biggest win	3–1; vs. Melbourne Victory (H); (15 November 2015); W-League; 2–0; vs. Perth Glory (H); (17 January 2016); W-League
Biggest defeat	0–4; vs. Melbourne City (A); (3 January 2016); W-League
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014 2016–17 →

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	Ref.
20	GK	Jada Mathyssen-Whyman	Macarthur Rams	Free transfer	2 September 2015	^[1]
15	DF	Ellie Carpenter	NSW Institute		23 September 2015	^[2]^[3]
1	GK	Teagan Micah	Brisbane Roar		25 September 2015	^[4]
3	DF	Carmelina Moscato	Seattle Reign			^[5]
8	FW	Erica Halloway	Illawarra Stingrays			^[6]
9	FW	Liz Grey	Sydney University			^[7]
13	MF	Eliza Ammendolia	Macarthur Rams			^[8]
17	FW	Alix Roberts	Blacktown Spartans			^[9]
18	FW	Tara Pender	Blacktown Spartans			^[10]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
18	FW	Tia Gavin	Washington State Cougars	Free transfer	28 January 2015	^[11]^[12]
20	GK	Sham Khamis	Sydney FC		12 August 2015	^[13]
1	GK	Trudy Burke	Melbourne City		17 September 2015	^[14]
9	FW	Jenna Kingsley	Newcastle Jets		7 October 2015	^[15]
3	DF	Jessica Seaman	North West Sydney Koalas		16 October 2015	^[16]
4	MF	Caitlin Jarvie	Marconi Stallions			^[16]
8	DF	Grace Henry	Sydney University			^[16]
11	MF	Lorena Bugden	Unattached			^[16]
15	MF	Rhianna Pollicina	North West Sydney Koalas			^[16]
22	DF	Victoria Guzman	Sydney University			^[16]

Contract extensions

No.	Position	Player	Duration	Date	Ref.
2	DF	Caitlin Cooper	1 year	25 September 2015	^[17]
4	MF	Chloe O'Brien	1 year		^[17]
5	DF	Kendall Johnson	1 year		^[17]
6	DF	Rachael Soutar	1 year		^[17]
7	FW	Helen Petinos	1 year		^[17]
10	FW	Michelle Carney	1 year		^[17]
12	FW	Hannah Beard	1 year		^[17]
14	DF	Demi Koulizakis	1 year		^[17]
16	MF	Linda O'Neill	1 year		^[17]
19	FW	Jordan Baker	1 year		^[17]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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					12	3	3	6	15	25	−10	025.00

Source: Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	3	3	6	15	25	−10	12	2	0	4	7	11	−4	1	3	2	8	14	−6

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

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 September 2015.^[18]

Win Draw Loss

17 October 2015 1	Adelaide United	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
15:00 ACDT	Woldmoe 41' Powell 62'	Report	Winters 3' Cooper 17'	Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre Referee: Casey Reibelt

25 October 2015 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–3	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Gielnik 63', 75' (pen.) Marzano 90+1'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Referee: Lara Smith

1 November 2015 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Sydney FC	Sydney
14:00 AEDT	Grey 82'	Report	Khamis 2', 37'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 2,432 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

7 November 2015 4	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
14:00 AEDT	Kingsley 3'	Report	O'Brien 57' Moscato 90+2'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Kelly Jones

15 November 2015 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Carney 24' Dimovski 55' (o.g.) Winters 70' (pen.)	Report	Spiranovic 75'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Referee: Lara Lee

29 November 2015 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–4	Canberra United	Gosford
14:00 AEDT	Halloway 77'	Report	Fletcher 14', 79' Soutar 53' (o.g.) Sykes 83'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Kelly Jones

6 December 2015 8	Sydney FC	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Kennedy 9' Simon 74'	Report	Beard 19' Grey 84'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 891 Referee: Katie Petterson

12 December 2015 9	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Barbieri 51' Dowie 74'	Report	O'Neill 40' Moscato 47'	Stadium: David Barro Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz

27 December 2015 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Andrews 41'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 923 Referee: Lara Lee

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: Rachael Mitchenson

10 January 2016 13	Canberra United	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Munoz 6' Kiting 11' Pérez 58'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

17 January 2016 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Halloway 87' Beard 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 583 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Notes

^ Hannah Beard, Liz Grey, Erica Holloway, Carmelina Moscato and Keelin Winters each scored two goals.

References

^ Fist, Rebecca (2 September 2015). "Dreams become reality for Jada". The Riverina Leader. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ Brown, Andrew (23 September 2015). "Ellie Carpenter signs with Western Sydney Wanderers' W-League squad". Parramatta Sun. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
^ "Ellie Carpenter". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Teagan Micah". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Carmelina Moscato". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Eliza Halloway". Western Sydney Wanderers. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Liz Grey". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Eliza Ammendolia". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Alix Roberts". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Tara Pender". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "2015 Soccer Signing Day". Washington State Cougars. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "2015 Signing Period Recap". College Matildas. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Sydney FC announce Season 8 squad members". The Women's Game. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Sydney FC announce Season 8 squad members". The Women's Game. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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^ Layland, Christian (8 September 2015). "Sydney Derby at Pirtek Stadium headlines W-League draw". Western Sydney Wanderers.

External links

Western Sydney Wanderers official website

[1] Hannah Beard, Liz Grey, Erica Holloway, Carmelina Moscato and Keelin Winters each scored two goals.

[2] Fist, Rebecca (2 September 2015). "Dreams become reality for Jada". The Riverina Leader. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[3] Brown, Andrew (23 September 2015). "Ellie Carpenter signs with Western Sydney Wanderers' W-League squad". Parramatta Sun. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.

[4] "Ellie Carpenter". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[5] "Teagan Micah". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[6] "Carmelina Moscato". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[7] "Eliza Halloway". Western Sydney Wanderers. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[8] "Liz Grey". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[9] "Eliza Ammendolia". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[10] "Alix Roberts". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[11] "Tara Pender". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[12] "2015 Soccer Signing Day". Washington State Cougars. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[13] "2015 Signing Period Recap". College Matildas. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[14] "Sydney FC announce Season 8 squad members". The Women's Game. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[15] "Sydney FC announce Season 8 squad members". The Women's Game. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[16] "Deans Boosts Squad With Mix Of Youth And Experience". Northern NSW Football. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[SMHseasonpreview-17] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "W-League 2015-16 season preview: Canberra aiming to keep championship rivals at bay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[25SepWSWsquad-18] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "US superstar returns to Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[19] Layland, Christian (8 September 2015). "Sydney Derby at Pirtek Stadium headlines W-League draw". Western Sydney Wanderers.

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