A-League 2015-16

The 2015–16 A-League will be the 11th season of the Australian A-League association football competition since its establishment in 2004. Melbourne Victory are both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season schedule was released on 29 June 2015. The season will commence on 8 October 2015 and conclude on 10 April 2016. The finals series will commence on 15 April 2016 and will conclude with the 2016 Grand Final on 1 May 2016.

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 concessions
Introduced by the FFA for this season are the following concessions to the cap:
 * 1) A Loyalty allowance on a sliding scale for players who have played 5 years at the same club. Maximum $200,000 for 10 years.
 * 2) Australian Rookie over the age of 21 who has been amateur for the last 18 months and last played football in Australia.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) The two Marquee Players (which sit outside the Salary Cap) can be two foreigners.
 * 5) 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.

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.