2016 W-League Grand Final

2016 W-League Grand Final
Event 2015–16 W-League
Melbourne City Sydney FC
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Date 31 January 2016
Venue AAMI Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Player of the Match Kim Little
Referee Kate Jacewicz
Attendance 4,206

The 2016 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2015–16 W-League season and decided the champions of women's football in Australia for the season.

The match took place at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia on 31 January 2016 and was played between league premiers Melbourne City and two-time premiers of the league Sydney FC. The match was won by Melbourne City 4–1 who competed the perfect season, failing to lose a match all season.[1] It was also Melbourne City's first championship of any kind in Australian football and ensured the club won all available silverware in women's football in their inaugural season.[2] Kim Little, playing for Melbourne City for the season on loan from Seattle Reign FC, was named the player of the match.[3]

Match details

31 January 2016
14:00 AEDT
Melbourne City 4 – 1 Sydney FC
Beattie  32'
Little  54'
Goad  80'
De Vanna  90+5'		 Report K. Simon  69' (pen.)
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
Melbourne City
Sydney FC
MELBOURNE CITY:
GK 1 Australia Brianna Davey
DF 4 Scotland Jennifer Beattie  64'
DF 5Australia Laura Alleway
DF 7 Australia Steph Catley
DF 13New Zealand Rebekah Stott
MF 6Australia Aivi Luik
MF 8 Scotland Kim Little
MF 10 Wales Jessica Fishlock  89'
MF 16Australia Beattie Goad  86'
FW 9 Australia Larissa Crummer  67'
FW 11Australia Lisa De Vanna (c)
Substitutes:
FW 17Australia Marianna Tabain  67'
MF 15Australia Amy Jackson  86'
MF 3Australia Alex Chidiac  89'
GK 20Australia Trudy Burke
FW 18Mexico Anisa Guajardo
Manager:
Australia Joe Montemurro
SYDNEY FC:
GK 1 United States Michelle Betos
DF 2 Australia Elizabeth Ralston
DF 11 Australia Natalie Tobin  26'  73'
DF 14 Australia Alanna Kennedy
DF 15 Australia Teigen Allen
MF 6 Australia Teresa Polias (c)
MF 7 Australia Nicola Bolger  83'
MF 5 United States Jasmyne Spencer
FW 9 Australia Princess Ibini-Isei  63'
FW 17 Australia Kyah Simon  53'
FW 19 Australia Leena Khamis
Substitutes:
MF 4Australia Sunny Franco  63'
MF 10Australia Renee Rollason  73'
DF 12Australia Olivia Price  83'
MF 16Australia Hannah Bacon
GK 18Australia Sham Khamis
Manager:
Australia Daniel Barrett

Match statistics

The following are the match statistics for the 2016 W-League Grand Final:[4]

Melbourne City Sydney FC
Ball possession 58% 42%
Passes 458 323
Passing accuracy 80.3% 76.8%
Corners 8 4
Shots on goal 13 9
On target shots 9 2
Aerial duels won 75% 25%
Interceptions 16 18
Fouls 7 13
Yellow cards 1 2
Red cards 0 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Melbourne City crown perfect season with W-League grand final win over Sydney FC". The Age. 31 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "W-League grand final: Melbourne City beat Sydney FC". ABC News. 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Michael (31 January 2016). "Melbourne City star Kim Little wins player of grand final award". The Age.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne City v. Sydney FC - Statistics". W-League. 31 January 2016.

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