2015–16 W League

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Season 2015–16 Premiers Melbourne City Goals scored 163 (2.86 per match)		Champions Melbourne City Matches played 57
Top goalscorer Larissa Crummer (11 goals)

The 2015–16 W-League season was the eighth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. On 13 May 2015, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would join the league for the 2015–16 season.

League newcomers Melbourne City claimed both the regular season Premiership and end of season Championship, the latter awarded for their victory in the 2016 W-League Grand Final.

Regular season

The W-League 2015–16 fixture was released on 8 September 2015. The regular season commenced on 17 October 2015, and concluded on 17 January 2016.

Positions by round

Last updated: 17 January 2016
Source: w-league.com.au

Notes:

Brisbane Roar were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1, as were Canberra United and Melbourne Victory along with Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers.

Home and away season

In the 2015–16 season each team played 12 games with 2 bye rounds, kicking off on 17 October 2015, and concluding on 17 January 2016.

Top scorers

Final at end of regular season 17 January 2016

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.

Julie Dolan Medal – Ashleigh Sykes (Canberra United)

Players’ Player of the Year – Kim Little (Melbourne City)

Young Player of the Year – Larissa Crummer (Melbourne City)

Golden Boot Award – Larissa Crummer (Melbourne City) (11 goals)

Goalkeeper of the Year – Kaitlyn Savage (Adelaide United)

Coach of the Year – Craig Deans (Newcastle Jets)

Fair Play Award – Melbourne City

Referee of the Year – Kate Jacewicz

Goal of the Year – Vanessa DiBernardo (Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory, 15 November 2015)

References

2015–16 W-League Wikipedia

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