2016 A-League Grand Final
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Event | 2015–16 A-League | ||||||
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Date | 1 May 2016 | ||||||
Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | ||||||
Man of the Match | Isaías | ||||||
Referee | Jarred Gillett | ||||||
Attendance | 50,119 | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F)[1] | ||||||
The 2016 A-League Grand Final was the eleventh A-League Grand Final, and was played on 1 May 2016, at Adelaide Oval to determine the 2015–16 A-League Champion. The match was contested by the two winning finals series semi-finalists, Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers who finished the 2015–16 A-League season in first and second position respectively.
The match was won by Adelaide United, who defeated Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 in front of a crowd of 50,119.
The Grand Final was both teams' third, with both never having won. Adelaide losing the 2007 and 2009 grand finals against Melbourne Victory 6–0 and 1–0 respectively. Wanderers lost consecutive grand finals in 2013 and 2014, against Central Coast Mariners 2–0 and Brisbane Roar 2–1 in extra time.
As Grand Final winners, Adelaide United earned a spot in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League, but had already qualified for the Asian competition prior to the match via their league position.
Teams
In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.
Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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Adelaide United | 2 (2007, 2009) |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 (2013, 2014) |
Route to the final
Pos | Team | Pts |
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1 | Adelaide United | 49 |
2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 48 |
3 | Brisbane Roar | 48 |
4 | Melbourne City | 44 |
5 | Perth Glory | 43 |
6 | Melbourne Victory | 41 |
After the completion of the 2015–16 A-League regular season, the top six teams qualified for the finals series. Teams finishing 3rd-6th placed (Brisbane Roar, Melbourne City, Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory) began the series in the elimination-finals, with the top two teams (Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers) receiving byes into the semi-finals.
The first match of the elimination-finals between Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory. The opening goal of the game came at the 86th minute, with Besart Berisha putting Melbourne in front. Brisbane immediately responded with a goal by Matt McKay in the 88th minute. In the third minute of added-time Thomas Broich netted in the match winner ensuring e progress to the semi-finals with a 2–1 win.[2] The second elimination-final match between Melbourne City and Perth Glory was played in front of a crowd of 11,273 at AAMI Park. A brace from Bruno Fornaroli at either side of the break saw Melbourne progress to face Adelaide in the semi-finals.[3]
The first match of the semi-finals was played at
In the second semi-final match Western Sydney Wanderers hosted Brisbane Roar at
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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 |
Pre-match
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2015–16
By 26 April, more than 43,000 tickets had been sold for the Grand Final match, with between 5,000 and 8,000 fans travelling from interstate, similar to the number of supporters that travelled north for the 2014 Grand Final in Brisbane.[8] Owing to the high number of travelling Wanderers fans, extra flights from Sydney to Adelaide were arranged by various airlines. The increased demand saw some Qantas flights from Sydney to Adelaide almost tripling in price, with non-stop flights at $900 one-way. Virgin Australia had put on four extra flights, with the cheapest economy ticket from Sydney to Adelaide on the Saturday before the Grand Final costing $445 one-way. Tigerair Australia had also added an extra weekend flight, with tickets at $469 one-way.[9]
Owing to the demand for tickets, FFA organised for The Hill at the Adelaide Oval to be opened for use. This added a further 1,500 tickets for the general public.[10]
Match
Summary
Bruce Kamau opened the scoring for Adelaide in the 22nd minute after finishing a cross from Marcelo Carrusca. Isaías doubled the lead for the home side 12 minutes later when he curled a free kick into the top corner past Wanderers keeper Andrew Redmayne.
Adelaide came close to adding a third early in the second half. Later,
Isaías was named man of the match, and as such was the recipient of the Joe Marston Medal.[13]
Details
Adelaide United | 3–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics
Adelaide United | Western Sydney Wanderers | |
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Goals scored | 3 | 1 |
Total shots | 15 | 10 |
Shots on target | 7 | 3 |
Ball possession | 35.7% | 64.3% |
Corner kicks | 5 | 6 |
Fouls Conceded | 18 | 14 |
Offsides | 1 | 3 |
Yellow cards | 0 | 4 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Broadcasting
As with the previous season, the 2016 A-League Grand Final was broadcast in Australia on Foxtel and on free-to-air TV, with SBS showing the game on a one-hour delay. The Grand Final was also broadcast live on ABC NewsRadio. In New Zealand the match was broadcast live on Sky Sport.
See also
- 2015–16 A-League
- List of A-League honours
References
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- ^ "Adelaide United into Hyundai A-League grand final". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Wanderers win sensational semi final in extra time". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Adelaide Oval to host Hyundai A-League GF". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Referees for 2016 Hyundai A-League Grand Final named". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Wandereres make us really proud to be Westies". Liverpool City Champion. Fairfax Regional Media. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "A-League grand final: Airline tickets to Adelaide surge ahead of decider angering Wanderers fans". ABC News. abc.net.au. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Final 1500 tix released for Hyundai A-League Grand Final". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "A-League grand final live: Adelaide United beats Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in thrilling decider". ABC News. abc.net.au. May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "A-League Grand Final: Adelaide United beat Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in thriller to take first title". ABC News. abc.net.au. May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Live coverage of 2015-16 A-League grand final, Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers". foxsports.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "A-Leagues". KEEPUP. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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