2015–16 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season	2015–16
Men's soccer
A-League Premiership	Adelaide United
A-League Championship	Adelaide United
National Premier Leagues	Blacktown City
W-League Premiership	Melbourne City
W-League Championship	Melbourne City
FFA Cup	Melbourne Victory

The 2015–16 season was the eleventh season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.

Domestic competitions

A-League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United (C)	27	14	7	6	45	28	+17	49	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	14	6	7	44	33	+11	48
3	Brisbane Roar	27	14	6	7	49	40	+9	48	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4	Melbourne City	27	13	5	9	63	44	+19	44	Qualification to Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	49	42	+7	43
6	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	40	33	+7	41
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	33	70	−37	13

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

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals series

Elimination-finals		Semi-finals		Grand Final

		Adelaide United	4
Melbourne City	2	Melbourne City	1
Perth Glory	0			Adelaide United	3
				Western Sydney Wanderers	1
		Western Sydney Wanderers (a.e.t.)	5
Brisbane Roar	2	Brisbane Roar	4
Melbourne Victory	1

W-League

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.

Finals series

Semi-finals			Grand Final


1	Melbourne City (p)	0(5)

4	Brisbane Roar	0(4)
			Melbourne City	4

			Sydney FC	1
2	Canberra United	0

3	Sydney FC	1

National Premier Leagues

The 2015 National Premier Leagues Finals Series began on 19 September 2015 and ended with the Grand Final on 3 October 2015. Blacktown City won the title for the first time.

Quarter Finals 19–20 September		Semi Finals 26–27 September		Grand Final 3 October


West Adelaide	1

Bayswater City	2
		Bayswater City	6

		Olympia	0
South Melbourne	1

Olympia	2
				Bayswater City	1

				Blacktown City	3
Blacktown City	4

Canberra FC	1
		Blacktown City	2

		Moreton Bay United	1
Moreton Bay United	3

Edgeworth Eagles	1

National Youth League

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Conference A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United Youth	8	6	0	2	17	18	−1	18	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	8	5	0	3	28	10	+18	15
3	Melbourne City Youth	8	3	1	4	18	23	−5	10
4	Melbourne Victory Youth	8	3	0	5	17	22	−5	9
5	Perth Glory Youth	8	2	1	5	8	15	−7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2016. Source: Foxtel National Youth League

Conference B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	8	6	0	2	21	11	+10	18	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Newcastle Jets Youth	8	5	1	2	17	12	+5	16
3	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	8	4	1	3	20	25	−5	13
4	Central Coast Mariners Youth	8	3	0	5	24	22	+2	9
5	FFA Centre of Excellence	8	1	0	7	13	25	−12	3

Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2016. Source: Foxtel National Youth League
(C) Champion.

Grand Final

23 January 2016	Adelaide United Youth	2 – 5	Sydney FC Youth	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Tratt 32' (o.g.) Altundag 61'	Report	A. Mullen 12', 49' Zuvela 23' Burgess 40' C. Gonzalez 56'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Domestic cups

The 2015 FFA Cup began on 29 July and ended on 7 November. It was the first season in which teams from all nine FFA member federations participated, with the Northern Territory participating for the first time.^[1]

Round of 32 29 July–11 August		Round of 16 26 August–1 September		Quarter-finals 22–29 September		Semi-finals 21–28 October		Final 7 November

Hume City (a.e.t.)	4
Brisbane Strikers	3	Hume City	3
Gungahlin United	0	Sydney Olympic	1
Sydney Olympic	1			Hume City (a.e.t.)	3
Blacktown City	1			Oakleigh Cannons	2
North Eastern MetroStars	2	North Eastern MetroStars	0
Oakleigh Cannons (p)	1 (5)	Oakleigh Cannons	1
Far North Queensland	1 (4)					Hume City	0
Rockdale City Suns	3					Melbourne Victory	3
Perth SC	1	Rockdale City Suns	2
Balmain Tigers	0	Melbourne Victory	3
Melbourne Victory	6			Melbourne Victory	3
Darwin Olympic	1			Adelaide United	1
Adelaide United	6	Adelaide United (a.e.t.)	2
Sorrento FC	0	Sydney FC	1
Sydney FC	2							Melbourne Victory	2
Croydon Kings	1							Perth Glory	0
Queensland Lions	2	Queensland Lions	0
Newcastle Jets	2 (3)	Perth Glory (a.e.t.)	1
Perth Glory (p)	2 (4)			Perth Glory (p)	1 (4)
Palm Beach (p)	1 (8)			Western Sydney Wanderers	1 (2)
South Melbourne	1 (7)	Palm Beach	0
Western Sydney Wanderers	1	Western Sydney Wanderers	2
Brisbane Roar	0					Perth Glory	3
Broadmeadow Magic	1					Melbourne City	1
Heidelberg United	3	Heidelberg United	2
Sydney United 58 (p)	3 (3)	Sydney United 58	0
South Hobart	3 (1)			Heidelberg United	0
Edgeworth FC	1			Melbourne City	5
Melbourne City	2	Melbourne City	5
Central Coast Mariners	0	Wellington Phoenix	1
Wellington Phoenix	1

National teams

Men's senior

Friendlies

27 May 2016	England	2 – 1	Australia	Sunderland, England
20:00 BST	Rashford 3' Rooney 55'	Report	Dier 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,595 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

4 June 2016 Dodoni Series	Australia	1 – 0	Greece	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST	Leckie 90+3'	Source		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 38,682 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

7 June 2016 Dodoni Series	Australia	1 – 2	Greece	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST	Sainsbury 58'	Report	Mantalos 8' Maniatis 20'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 33,622 Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

FIFA World Cup qualification

2018 World Cup qualification matches also act as 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches, following a change to the qualifying formats of both tournaments.^[2]

3 September 2015 Second Round	Australia	5–0	Bangladesh	Perth, Australia
19:00 UTC+8	Leckie 6' Rogić 8', 20' Burns 29' Mooy 61'	Report Summary		Stadium: Perth Oval Attendance: 19,495 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

8 September 2015 Second Round	Tajikistan	0–3	Australia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 UTC+5		Report	Milligan 57' Cahill 73', 90+1'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

8 October 2015 Second Round	Jordan	2–0	Australia	Amman, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3	Abdel-Fattah 47' (pen.) Al-Dardour 84'	Report		Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

12 November 2015 Second Round	Australia	3–0	Kyrgyzstan	Canberra, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Jedinak 40' (pen.) Cahill 50' Amirov 69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 19,412 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

17 November 2015 Second Round	Bangladesh	0–4	Australia	Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:30 UTC+6		Report	Cahill 6', 32', 37' Jedinak 43'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Attendance: 19,730 Referee: Wang Di (China)

24 March 2016 Second Round	Australia	7–0	Tajikistan	Adelaide, Australia
19:30 UTC+10:30	Luongo 2' Jedinak 13' (pen.) Milligan 57' (pen.) Burns 67', 87' Rogic 70', 72'	Report		Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 35,439 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

29 March 2016 Second Round	Australia	5–1	Jordan	Sydney, Australia
20:00 UTC+11	Cahill 24', 44' Mooy 39' Rogic 53' Luongo 69'	Report	Deeb 90'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Men's under 23

Friendlies

4 September 2015 Friendship Cup	Turkey	0–1	Australia	Istanbul, Turkey
20:30 (UTC+3)		Report	Maclaren 13'	Stadium: Kasımpaşa Stadium

7 September 2015	Macedonia	3–1	Australia	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
	Imeri 3' Angelov 47' Petkovski 60'	Report	Taggart 14'	Stadium: Football Federation of Macedonia Training Centre

9 October 2015	South Korea	2–0	Australia	Hwaseong, South Korea
17:40 (UTC+9)	Ji 7' Yeon 27'	Report		Stadium: Hwaseong Stadium Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

12 October 2015	South Korea	2–1	Australia	Incheon, South Korea
19:00 (UTC+9)	Ryu 49' Lennox 82' (o.g.)	Report	Hoole 88'	Stadium: Incheon Munhak Stadium

12 November 2015	Qatar	3–1	Australia	Doha, Qatar
19:30 (UTC+3)	Afif 21' Alaa 35' Moein 52'		Amini 64'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium

16 November 2015	Iran	1–1	Australia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)			Maclaren	Stadium: Iranian Club

AFC U-23 Championship

14 January 2016 Group Stage	Australia	0–1	United Arab Emirates	Doha, Qatar
19:30 (UTC+3)		Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Gallifuoco 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 307 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

17 January 2016 Group Stage	Vietnam	0–2	Australia	Doha, Qatar
16:30 (UTC+3)		Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Donachie 2' Maclaren 61'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 539 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

20 January 2016 Group Stage	Jordan	0–0	Australia	Doha, Qatar
19:30 (UTC+3)		Report (FFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Men's under-20

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

Australia was scheduled to compete in the 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship tournament but withdrew before its commencement, citing a different strategy to preparations for 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.^[3]

AFC U-19 Championship qualification

2 October 2015	Australia	6–0	Philippines	Vientiane, Laos
16:00 (UTC+7)	D'Agostino 8' Kuzmanovski 14', 39' Mells 28' Fofanah 78' Pandurevic 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Laos National Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

4 October 2015	Laos	0–2	Australia	Vientiane, Laos
19:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Kuzmanovski 43' Shabow 46'	Stadium: Laos National Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

6 October 2015	Japan	3–0	Australia	Vientiane, Laos
16:00 (UTC+7)	Takagi 45+1' Sakai 45+2' (pen.) Ogawa 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Laos National Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Men's under-17

Friendlies

29 August 2015	Limoges youth	0–8	Australia	Limoges, France
		Report		Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

2 September 2015 Lafarge Foot Avenir	United States	1–1	Australia	Limoges, France
15:00 (UTC+2)	Gallardo 88'	Report	Derrick 64'	Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

4 September 2015 Lafarge Foot Avenir	Stade Rennais U19	1–2	Australia	Limoges, France
	Touffiqui 10'	Report	D'Agostino 8' Mendez 54'	Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

6 September 2015 Lafarge Foot Avenir	France	6–0	Australia	Limoges, France
19:00 (UTC+2)	Fomba 7' Maouassa 13' Reine-Adelaïde 20' Boutobba 37' Edouard 71' Cognat 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Beaublanc

5 October 2015	Australia	1–2	Sydney FC Youth	Canberra, Australia
15:00 (UTC+11)	Bandiera	Source	Lokoli-Ngoy	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

11 October 2015	Australia	1–1	Costa Rica	Rancagua, Chile
	Brimmer 67'	Report	Ramírez 16'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

30 July 2015 Group stage	Cambodia	0–4	Australia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 (UTC+7)		Report	Brook 2', 45+1' Italiano 31' Sweedan 90+2'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

1 August 2015 Group stage	Australia	8–2	Singapore	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 (UTC+7)	Najjarine 22' Moric 23', 42', 70', 87' Pierias 54', 90+2' Akbari 77'	Report	Rezky 18' Kweh 64'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Lim Bunthoeun (Cambodia)

3 August 2015 Group stage	Australia	4–0	Myanmar	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 (UTC+7)	Najjarine 7' Pierias 16' Valenti 19' Moric 90+3'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

5 August 2015 Group stage	Australia	8–2	Philippines	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
15:30 (UTC+7)	Roberts 5', 22', 28', 44' Ryan 31' Castaneda 70' Moric 79' Brook 87'	Report	Wilson 14' Tacardon 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hasrin Haji Samat (Brunei)

7 August 2015 Semi Final	Australia	2−3	Thailand	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 (UTC+7)	Roberts 73' (pen.) Pierias 78'	Report	Jinnawat 48' Hassawat 52' Korawich 71'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Nguyễn Hiền Triệt (Vietnam)

9 August 2015 3rd Place	Laos	2−10	Australia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
15:30 (UTC+7)	Sengsavang 41', 44'	Report	Roberts 16' (pen.), 55', 78' Brook 22' Sweedan 43' Akbari 45+2', 79', 90+2' Moric 70', 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

AFC U-16 Championship qualification

16 September 2015	Australia	14–0	Guam	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Naputi 5' (o.g.) Akbari 15', 46' Martis 39' Muratovic 43', 53', 59' Selden 45+1', 80' Sweedan 65' (pen.), 79', 90' Visciglio 70' Yates 77'	Report		Stadium: Vietnam YFT Center Attendance: 60 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

18 September 2015	Myanmar	1–3	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Hein Htet Aung 25'	Report	Brook 2' Moric 27' Najjarine 37'	Stadium: Vietnam YFT Center Attendance: 100 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

20 September 2015	Australia	1–0	Vietnam	Hanoi, Vietnam
15:30 (UTC+7)	Memeti 30'	Report		Stadium: Vietnam YFT Center Attendance: 500 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

FIFA U-17 World Cup

18 October 2015 Group stage	Australia	1–4	Germany	Chillán, Chile
16:00 (UTC-3)	Waring 54'	Report (FFA) Report (FIFA)	Passlack 14' Eggestein 25', 39' Janelt 65'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Attendance: 7,366 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

21 October 2015 Group stage	Australia	0–0	Mexico	Chillán, Chile
17:00 (UTC-3)		Report (FFA) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Attendance: 8,469 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

24 October 2015 Group stage	Argentina	1–2	Australia	Chillán, Chile
19:00 (UTC-3)	Conechny 67' (pen.)	Report (FFA) Report (FIFA)	Panetta 25', 52'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

28 October 2015 Round of 16	Nigeria	6–0	Australia	Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 (UTC-3)	Osimhen 22', 73', 79' Nwakali 25' (pen.) Essien 86' Chukwueze 88'	Report (FFA) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Attendance: 4,265 Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Women's senior

Friendlies

17 September 2015	United States	Cancelled	Australia	Detroit, United States
19:30 (UTC-4)		Report		Stadium: Ford Field

20 September 2015	United States	Cancelled	Australia	Birmingham, United States
14:00 (UTC-4)		Report		Stadium: Legion Field

25 October 2015 Dewellbon Cup	China PR	1–1	Australia	Chongqing, China
	Li D. 41' (pen.)	Report	Butt 12'

27 October 2015 Dewellbon Cup	England	1–0	Australia	Chongqing, China
	Christiansen 51'	Report (FFA) Report (FA)		Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Liang Qin (China)

29 November 2015	South Korea	0–1	Australia	Incheon, South Korea
14:15 (UTC+9)		Report	Simon 68'	Stadium: Incheon Sungui Stadium

4 June 2016	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Ballarat, Australia
15:00 (UTC+10)	Foord 5', 51'	Report		Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium Attendance: 4,371 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

7 June 2016	Australia	1–1	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
17:00 (UTC+10)	De Vanna 73'	Report	Bowen 64'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium

AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

29 February 2016	Australia	3–1	Japan	Osaka, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)	De Vanna 25' Heyman 41' Gorry 78'	Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Ōgimi 45+2'	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 4,988 Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

2 March 2016	Australia	9–0	Vietnam	Osaka, Japan
16:35 (UTC+9)	Gielnik 10' Simon 17', 38', 43' Kennedy 19' Sykes 64' van Egmond 68' Heyman 77' Polkinghorne 85'	Report (FFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 129 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

4 March 2016	South Korea	0–2	Australia	Osaka, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)		Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Simon 1' van Egmond 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

7 March 2016	North Korea	1–2	Australia	Osaka, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)	Kim 78'	Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Heyman 18' Gorry 84'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

9 March 2016	Australia	1–1	China PR	Osaka, Japan
19:35 (UTC+9)	van Egmond 85'	Report (FFA) Report (AFC)	Ma 16'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 4,766 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Women's under-20

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

18 August 2015 Group stage	Japan	2–0	Australia	Nanjing, China
16:00 (UTC+8)	Kobayashi 10', 28'	Report		Stadium: Jiangsu Training Base Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ri Hyang Ok (North Korea)

20 August 2015 Group stage	China PR	2–1	Australia	Nanjing, China
19:00 (UTC+8)	Qin Manman 38' Liu Yan 55'	Report	Harrison 67'	Stadium: Jiangning Sports Center Attendance: 450 Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

22 August 2015 Group stage	Australia	2–0	Uzbekistan	Nanjing, China
16:00 (UTC+8)	Kirby 36' O'Brien 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Jiangsu Training Base Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Retirements

7 July 2015: Matthew Nash, 34, former Sydney FC, Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper.^[4]
24 July 2015: Zenon Caravella, 32, former Sydney Olympic, New Zealand Knights, Gold Coast United, Adelaide United and Newcastle Jets midfielder.^[5]
31 August 2015: Michael Turnbull, 34, former Marconi Staillions and New Zealand Knights goalkeeper.^[6]
1 September 2015: Nadine Angerer, 36, former Germany and Brisbane Roar goalkeeper.^[7]
13 October 2015: Alessandro Del Piero, 40, former Italy and Sydney FC forward.^[8]
21 December 2015: Damien Duff, 36, former Republic of Ireland and Melbourne City winger.^[9]
4 January 2016: Heather Garriock, 33, former Australia, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers midfielder.^[10]
10 April 2016: Ben Sigmund, 35, former New Zealand, Football Kingz and Wellington Phoenix defender.^[11]
30 April 2016: Shane Stefanutto, 36, former Australia, Brisbane Strikers, North Queensland Fury and Brisbane Roar defender.^[12]
1 May 2016: Patrick Kisnorbo, 35, former Australia, South Melbourne and Melbourne City defender.^[13]
8 May 2016: Ruben Zadkovich, 29, former Australia, Sydney FC, Newcastle Jets and Perth Glory midfielder.^[14]
21 May 2016: Albert Riera, 32, former Auckland City and Wellington Phoenix midfielder.^[15]

References

↑ "NT to enter the fray in 2015". Football Federation Australia. 26 November 2014.
↑ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
↑ "Australia pulls out of youth tournament". Goal.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
↑ "News: Crawley departs - Nash steps up". Central Coast Mariners. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
↑ "Zenon Caravella retires from football to focus on next generation". A-League. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
↑ "Michael Turnbull". Instagram. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
↑ Anne M. Peterson (1 September 2015). "Portland sends off Angerer and Van Hollebeke with sellout". KATU. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
↑ "Del Piero 'ready' to coach". A-League. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ "Damien Duff: Former Republic of Ireland winger retires". BBC Sport. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ "Heather Garriock slips silently into retirement". The Women's Game. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
↑ Kris Shannon (10 April 2016). "Football: Sigmund and Muscat bow out with defeat". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
↑ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2016). "Brisbane Roar veteran Shane Stefanutto retires from top-flight football". The Courier-Mail.
↑ Lynch, Michael (1 May 2016). "Patrick Kisnorbo retires after 16 years, will stay with City as youth coach". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ Houghton, Nick (8 May 2016). "Zadkovich retirement headlines Perth Glory roster clear out". SBS.
↑ "Wellington Phoenix linchpin retires". The New Zealand Herald. 21 May 2016.

External links

Football Federation Australia official website

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[table_note_WEL0.5159549370948-1] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[2] "NT to enter the fray in 2015". Football Federation Australia. 26 November 2014.

[3] "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". AFC. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

[4] "Australia pulls out of youth tournament". Goal.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[5] "News: Crawley departs - Nash steps up". Central Coast Mariners. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[6] "Zenon Caravella retires from football to focus on next generation". A-League. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[7] "Michael Turnbull". Instagram. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[8] Anne M. Peterson (1 September 2015). "Portland sends off Angerer and Van Hollebeke with sellout". KATU. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[9] "Del Piero 'ready' to coach". A-League. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[10] "Damien Duff: Former Republic of Ireland winger retires". BBC Sport. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[11] "Heather Garriock slips silently into retirement". The Women's Game. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[12] Kris Shannon (10 April 2016). "Football: Sigmund and Muscat bow out with defeat". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[13] Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2016). "Brisbane Roar veteran Shane Stefanutto retires from top-flight football". The Courier-Mail.

[14] Lynch, Michael (1 May 2016). "Patrick Kisnorbo retires after 16 years, will stay with City as youth coach". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[15] Houghton, Nick (8 May 2016). "Zadkovich retirement headlines Perth Glory roster clear out". SBS.

[16] "Wellington Phoenix linchpin retires". The New Zealand Herald. 21 May 2016.