2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2015–16 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time, the FFA Cup for the second time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

Melbourne Victory

2015–16 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Stadium	AAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League	6th
A-League Finals Series	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Champions
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Besart Berisha (17 goals) All: Besart Berisha (27 goals)
Highest home attendance	40,217 vs Melbourne City (17 October 2015)
Lowest home attendance	14,383 vs Newcastle Jets (20 March 2016)
Average home league attendance	23,112
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 7 January 2016.

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 Danny Vukovic 2 DF  AUS Jason Geria 3 DF  AUS Scott Galloway 4 DF  AUS Nick Ansell 5 DF  MKD Daniel Georgievski 6 MF  AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain) 7 MF  BRA Gui Finkler 8 FW  ALB Besart Berisha 9 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses 10 FW  AUS Archie Thompson 11 FW  AUS Connor Pain 13 MF  AUS Oliver Bozanic

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah 15 DF  AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco 16 MF  AUS Rashid Mahazi 17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre 18 DF  AUS Dylan Murnane 19 FW  AUS George Howard 20 GK  AUS Lawrence Thomas 21 MF  AUS Carl Valeri (Captain) 22 MF  AUS Jesse Makarounas 23 FW  AUS Jai Ingham 24 DF  AUS Thomas Deng 30 GK  AUS Lucas Spinella

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
19	FW		George Howard	18	1 year senior contract[1]
24	DF		Thomas Deng	18	2 year senior contract[2]
30	GK		Lucas Spinella	18	2 year senior contract[2]

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Danny Vukovic	30	Perth Glory	Mutual termination	Pre-season	2018	Free	[3]
13	MF		Oliver Bozanic	26	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[4]
15	DF		Giancarlo Gallifuoco	21	Swansea City	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[5]
23	FW		Jai Ingham	22	Hume City	Transfer	Round 14	2017	Free	[6]

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Nathan Coe	30	Free agent	Released	Pre-season		[7]
13	FW		Andrew Nabbout	22	Free agent	Released	Pre-season		[7]
26	MF		Jordan Brown	18	Free agent	Released	Pre-season		[7]
5	MF		Mark Milligan	29	Baniyas SC	Transfer	Pre-season		[8]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Assistant manager	Rado Vidošić
Goalkeeping coach	Dean Anastasiadis
Youth Team Manager	Darren Davies
Youth Team Assistant Manager	Grant Brebner
Youth Team Assistant Manager	Brian Vanega
Youth Team Developmental Manager	Vaughan Coveny
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Anthony Crea
Physiotherapist	Travis Maude

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Danny Vukovic	30	0	0	0	0	23+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Jason Geria	30	1	7	1	0	17+1	0	6	1	0	3+1	1	0	0	0	7+1	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Scott Galloway	16	0	5	0	0	9+2	0	4	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Nick Ansell	14	1	0	0	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	7+0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Daniel Georgievski	34	1	12	0	0	19+4	0	10	0	0	4+0	1	0	0	0	7+0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Leigh Broxham	38	0	5	1	0	25+0	0	3	1	0	5+0	0	1	0	0	8+0	0	1	0	0
7	MF		Gui Finkler	29	5	6	0	0	26+0	4	6	0	0	3+0	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	FW		Besart Berisha	39	27	4	0	1	26+0	18	4	0	1	5+0	5	0	0	0	8+0	4	0	0	0
9	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	36	10	7	0	0	23+1	6	5	0	0	4+0	3	1	0	0	8+0	1	1	0	0
10	FW		Archie Thompson	23	2	1	0	0	2+11	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	8+0	1	1	0	0
11	FW		Connor Pain	19	1	3	0	0	1+11	0	3	0	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Oliver Bozanic	38	5	4	0	0	25+2	4	2	0	0	3+0	1	2	0	0	7+1	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Fahid Ben Khalfallah	31	6	6	0	1	26+0	5	4	0	1	3+2	1	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Giancarlo Gallifuoco	6	0	1	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Rashid Mahazi	31	0	11	0	0	16+7	0	10	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Matthieu Delpierre	38	0	8	0	0	26+0	0	6	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	8+0	0	2	0	0
18	DF		Dylan Murnane	13	0	0	0	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		George Howard	15	2	1	0	0	2+8	1	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	0+3	0	1	0	0
20	GK		Lawrence Thomas	11	0	1	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Carl Valeri	14	0	2	1	0	5+2	0	1	0	0	3+0	0	0	1	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Jesse Makarounas	24	3	5	0	0	2+12	0	4	0	0	3+0	2	0	0	0	1+6	1	1	0	0
23	FW		Jai Ingham	11	1	5	0	0	3+4	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+1	1	3	0	0
23	MF		Kieran Dover	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Thomas Deng	17	0	2	0	0	10+3	0	2	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Lucas Spinella	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Stefan Nigro	3	0	1	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Joey Katebian	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 24 May 2016
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

20 August 2015	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Southport
19:00 AEST		Report	Geria 71'	Stadium: Fankhauser Reserve

Port Melbourne v Melbourne Victory

25 August 2015	Port Melbourne	0–4	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report	Pain 24', 37' Ben Khalfallah 63' (pen.), 71'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

Hume City v Melbourne Victory

9 September	Hume City	3–4	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Ingham 24' Jackson 62' Msahli 74'	Report	Berisha 27', 90+2' Mahazi 33' Broxham 90'	Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners

14 September	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
14:00 AEST	Georgievski 50' Berisha 58', 60'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	6th	9 October 2015	9 April 2016
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Elimination-finals	15 April 2016	15 April 2016
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Champions	4 August 2015	7 November 2015
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	24 February 2016	24 May 2016

A-League

Main article: 2015–16 A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United (C)	27	14	7	6	45	28	+17	49	Qualification for 2017 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 for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4	Melbourne City	27	13	5	9	63	44	+19	44	Qualification for 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[a]	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	33	70	−37	13

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

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

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
27	11	8	8	40	33	+7	41	7	5	1	21	9	+12	4	3	7	19	24	−5

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D
Position	6	2	6	4	4	3	2	1	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

9 October 2015 1	Adelaide United	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
Friday 19:10 ACDT		Report	Broxham  26'  72'	Stadium: Adelaide Oval Attendance: 19,079 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

17 October 2015 2	Melbourne Victory	3–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Ben Khalfallah 23' Barbarouses 57' Berisha 90'	Report	Fornaroli 69' Mauk 71'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 40,217 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

23 October 2015 3	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:40 AEDT	Carney 75'	Report		Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

2 November 2015 4	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Berisha 10', 61' Durante 55' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 24,934 Referee: Shaun Evans

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

16 December 2015 5	Perth Glory	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Perth
18:00 AWST	Castro 74'	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 5,398 Referee: Chris Beath

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

14 November 2015 6	Sydney FC	2–4	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Hološko 5' Brosque 20'	Report	Berisha 9', 90+2' Finkler 28' Barbarouses 68'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,947 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners

19 November 2015 7	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Finkler 16', 19'	Report	Sim 89'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,669 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

28 November 2015 8	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Berisha 14' (pen.) Bozanic 30'	Report	Carrusca 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 23,415 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

5 December 2015 9	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Auckland
19:15 NZDT	Krishna 18' Bonevacia 44'	Report		Stadium: QBE Stadium Attendance: 10,852 Referee: Alan Milliner

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory

12 December 2015 10	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Parramatta
19:30 AEDT	Bridge 54' Castelen 79'	Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 17,073 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

19 December 2015 11	Melbourne City	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Mauk 20' Retre 30'	Report	Berisha 45'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,572 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory

27 December 2015 12	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Perth Glory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Berisha 25' (pen.)	Report	Castro 74' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,544 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

3 January 2016 13	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Ben Khalfallah 71'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory

8 January 2016 14	Central Coast Mariners	3–3	Melbourne Victory	Geelong
19:40 AEDT	Ascroft 12' Bingham 30' Austin 35'	Report	Berisha 60' (pen.), 90+2' Thompson 66'	Stadium: Simonds Stadium Attendance: 14,268 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar

15 January 2016 15	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:40 AEDT	Ben Khalfallah 5' Barbarouses 11', 30' Berisha 52'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,207 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

26 January 2016 16	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Jurman 79' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 30,493 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

30 January 2016 17	Perth Glory	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Perth
18:40 AWST	Keogh 27' Castro 29', 82' (pen.)	Report	Berisha 44', 69' Ben Khalfallah  57'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,501 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

6 February 2016 18	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Berisha 16'	Report	Šantalab 89' Alberto  90+3'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 25,445 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

13 February 2016 19	Melbourne City	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Fornaroli 22', 31' Cáceres  12'  79'	Report	Khalfallah 28' Finkler 47'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 25,738 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

19 February 2016 20	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:40 AEDT		Report	Kamau 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,924 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

27 February 2016 21	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Barbarouses 46'	Report	Faty  64' Carney 76'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,112 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory

6 March 2016 22	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
17:00 AEDT	Neill  7'  48'	Report	Berisha 12' Ben Khalfallah 90'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,032 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

12 March 2016 23	Brisbane Roar	5–0	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
18:30 AEST	Maclaren 18', 22', 87' Brown 55' Corona 76'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,892 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

20 March 2016 24	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Berisha 57'	Report	Kitto 37' D. Mullen  5'  39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,383 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

25 March 2016 25	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:40 AEDT	Bozanic 3', 66'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,097 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

2 April 2016 26	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
19:15 NZDT	Riera  45+2'  55' Bonevacia 82'	Report	Berisha 8'  35' Bozanic 19' Barbarouses 56' Howard 90+3'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar

9 April 2016 27	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,012 Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

15 April 2016 Elimination-finals	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
19:30 AEST	McKay 88' Broich 90+3'	Report	Geria  83' Berisha 86'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

Balmain Tigers v Melbourne Victory

4 August 2015 Round of 32	Balmain Tigers	0–6	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:30 AEST		Report	Berisha 11' Pain 41' Barbarouses 56' Georgievski 58' Howard 70' Ben Khalfallah 84'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Steve Lucas

Rockdale City Suns v Melbourne Victory

1 September 2015 Round of 16	Rockdale City Suns	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Ješić 53' (pen.) Broxham 86' (o.g.)	Report	Makarounas 29', 65' Berisha 50'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Katie Patterson

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

22 September 2015 Quarter-finals	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Finkler 10' Barbarouses 45+1' Berisha 82' (pen.)	Report	Carrusca 78' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,521 Referee: Peter Green

Hume City v Melbourne Victory

28 October 2015 Semi-finals	Hume City	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Berisha 41' (pen.) Barbarouses 89' Geria 90+4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,575 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory

7 November 2015 Final	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Bozanic 35' Berisha 42'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,098 Referee: Ben Williams

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League group stage § Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shanghai SIPG	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Melbourne Victory	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9[a]
3	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9[a]
4	Gamba Osaka	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Melbourne Victory 2, Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2. Head-to-head away goal: Melbourne Victory 1, Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0

Melbourne Victory v Shanghai SIPG

24 February 2016 1	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Shanghai SIPG	Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEDT	Ingham 31' Berisha 73' (pen.)	Report	Wu Lei 52'	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Gamba Osaka v Melbourne Victory

2 March 2016 2	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Suita, Japan
19:00 JST	Endō 57'	Report	Ansell 3'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 14,270 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Melbourne Victory v Suwon Samsung Bluewings

15 March 2016 3	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings v Melbourne Victory

6 April 2016 4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Suwon, South Korea
19:30 KST	Kwon 58'	Report	Barbarouses 60'	Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Shanghai SIPG v Melbourne Victory

19 April 2016 5	Shanghai SIPG	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Shanghai, China
19:30 CST	Yu 38' Elkeson 40' Conca 65' (pen.)	Report	Makarounas 81'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 32,355 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

Melbourne Victory v Gamba Osaka

3 May 2016 6	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST	Berisha 13' (pen.) Thompson 16'	Report	Ademilson 84'	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 10,147 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

Melbourne Victory v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

17 May 2016 First leg	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEST	Berisha 5'	Report	Leonardo 14'	Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 11,542 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Melbourne Victory

24 May 2016 Second leg	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Melbourne Victory	Jeonju, South Korea
19:00 KST	Leonardo 29', 71'	Report	Berisha 84'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,811 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)