The #BeautifulGame is back! Check out the all-important ins-and-outs for a blockbuster opening round in the Hyundai A-League for the 2015/16 season.
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Thursday, 8 October 2015
Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Brisbane Roar FC
Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Kick-Off: 8:00 PM (local) (8:00 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: Stephen Lucas
Fourth Official: James Tesoriero
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 702 ABC Sydney & ABC Local Radio NSW, 666 ABC Canberra, 612 ABC Brisbane & ABC Local Radio Queensland, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WSWvBRI
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 1.Dean BOUZANIS (GK), 3.Scott JAMIESON, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (c), 5.Brendan HAMILL, 6.Mitch NICHOLS, 7.Romeo CASTELEN, 8.Dimas, 9.Federico PIOVACCARI, 10.Dario VIDOSIC, 12.Scott NEVILLE, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 18.Andreu, 20.Andrew REDMAYNE (GK), 21.Jacob PEPPER, 22.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 33.Josh MACDONALD
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 2.Shannon COLE (groin – 1 week), 10.Brendon SANTALAB (thigh – 2 weeks), 14.Gol Gol MEHBRATU (hamstring – 2 weeks), 19.Mark BRIDGE (groin – 1 week)
Brisbane Roar FC squad: 1.Michael THEO (gk), 5.Corey BROWN, 6.Jerome POLENZ, 7.CORONA, 8.Steven LUSTICA, 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 13.Jade NORTH (c), 14.Daniel BOWLES, 16.Devante CLUT, 19.Jack HINGERT, 20.Shannon BRADY, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 22.Thomas BROICH, 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 28.Brandon BORRELLO, 32.George LAMBADARIDIS
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 3.Shane STEFANUTTO (calf – 4 weeks), 10.HENRIQUE (knee – 2 months), 11.Jean Carlos SOLORZANO (foot – 2 weeks), 15.James DONACHIE (quad – 3 weeks), 17.Matt McKAY (international duty – 1 week), 33.Luke DE VERE (quad – 2 months)
Friday, 9 October 2015
Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Kick-Off: 7:10 PM (Local) (7:40 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant Referee 1: Paul Cetrangolo
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew Cream
Fourth Official: Jarred Gillett
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT), SBS TWO from 7:30pm AEDT and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 891 ABC Adelaide & ABC Local Radio South Australia, 774 ABC Melbourne & ABC Local Radio Victoria, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live. Crocmedia A-League Live (www.facebook.com/ALeagueLIVERadio)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #ADLvMVC
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Adelaide United squad: 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 5.Osama MALIK, 7.Pablo SANCHEZ, 8.ISAIAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE (c), 12.Mark OCHIENG, 14.George MELLS, 15.Ben WARLAND, 16.Craig GOODWIN, 17.Mate DUGANDZIC, 18.Jimmy JEGGO, 19.Eli BABALJ, 20.John HALL (gk), 28.Antoni TRIMBOLI, 30.John SOLARI (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) (international duty – 1 week), 4.Iacopo LA ROCCA (foot – 5 weeks), 21.Tarek ELRICH (international duty – 1 week), 23.Jordan ELSEY (knee – 3 weeks), 24.Bruce KAMAU (hip – 3 weeks)
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 13.Oliver BOZANIC, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE, 18.Dylan MURNANE, 19.George HOWARD, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 24.Thomas DENG, 32.Stefan NIGRO
**one to be omitted**
Ins: Nil
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 2.Jason GERIA (international duty), 3.Scott GALLOWAY (international duty), 4.Nick ANSELL (injured), 10.Archie THOMPSON (injured), 11.Connor PAIN (international duty), 15.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO (international duty)
Saturday, 10 October 2015
Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 5:15 PM (Local) (5:15 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Assistant Referee 1: Lance Greenshields
Assistant Referee 2: Andrej Giev
Fourth Official: Luke Withell
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 92.5 ABC Central Coast, 720 ABC Perth & ABC Local Radio WA, Grandstand Digital Perth & Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live. Coast FM 96.3 (Gosford)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvPER
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Central Coast Mariners: 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 6.Mitch AUSTIN, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 12.Liam REDDY (gk), 18.Glen TRIFIRO, 19.Josh BINGHAM, 20.Anthony KALIK, 21.Michael NEILL, 22.Jake McGING, 23.Eddy BOSNAR, 30.Adam PEARCE (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 1.Paul IZZO (gk) (international duty), 16.Liam ROSE (international duty)
Perth Glory squad: 1.Ante COVIC (gk), 3.Marc WARREN, 4.Jacob COLLARD, 5.Antony GOLEC, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 7.Gyorgy SANDOR, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC, 11.Richard GARCIA (c), 12.Jerrad TYSON (gk), 13.Diogo FERREIRA, 14.Chris HAROLD, 15.Hagi GLIGOR, 16.Sidnei SCIOLA, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18.Mitch OXBORROW, 19.Josh RISDON, 20.Guyon FERNANDEZ, 23.Michael THWAITE
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 2.Alex GRANT (knee – 4 weeks), 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH (knee -4 weeks)
Saturday, 10 October 2015
Sydney FC v Melbourne City FC
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-Off: 7:30 PM (Local) (7:30 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Ben Williams
Assistant Referee 1: Allyson Flynn
Assistant Referee 2: Owen Goldrick
Fourth Official: Matthew Cropper
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 702 ABC Sydney & ABC Local Radio NSW, 774 ABC Melbourne & ABC Local Radio Victoria, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #SYDvMCY
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Sydney FC squad: 1.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 4.Zac ANDERSON, 5.Matt JURMAN, 6.Rob STAMBOLZIEV, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 13.Brandon O’NEILL, 14.Alex BROSQUE (c), 18.Matt SIMON, 19.Jacques FATY, 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21.Filip HOLOSKO, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.George BLACKWOOD, 25.Aaron CALVER, 27.Mickael TAVARES
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 7.Andrew HOOLE (international duty), 11.Christopher NAUMOFF (international duty), 22.Ali ABBAS (knee – indefinite)
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 4.Connor CHAPMAN, 6.Erik PAARTALU, 8.Aaron MOOY, 10.Robert KOREN, 11.Michael ZULLO, 16.Jason TRIFIRO, 17.Wade DEKKER, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Tando VELAPHI (gk), 22.Jack CLISBY, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI, 24.Patrick KISNORBO (c), 25.Jacob MELLING, 27.Callum RICHARDSON, 28.Steve KUZMANOVSKI, 29.Stefan ZINNI, 30.Hernan ESPINDOLA
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 3.Aaron HUGHES (international duty), 5.Ivan FRANJIC (quad – 5-7 weeks), 7.Corey GAMEIRO (knee – 1-2 weeks), 9.Harry NOVILLO (hamstring – 4-5 weeks), 14.James BROWN (foot – TBC), 19.Ben GARUCCIO (foot – 1-2 weeks), 21.Stefan MAUK (international duty), 26.Marc MARINO (knee – 3 months)
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-Off: 7:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Shaun Evans
Assistant Referee 1: Mark Rule
Assistant Referee 2: George Lakrindis
Fourth Official: Jonathan Barreiro
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 1233 ABC Newcastle & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live.Radio Sport FM (New Zealand)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WELvNEW
To purchase tickets visit www.aleague.com.au/tickets
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Justin GULLEY, 4.Roly BONEVACIA, 7.Jeffrey SARPONG, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 10.Michael MCGLINCHEY, 11.Kwabena APPIAH, 12.Blake POWELL, 13.Albert RIERA, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Vince LIA, 18.Ben SIGMUND, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 21, Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c), 23.Matthew RIDENTON
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: nil
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 2.Daniel MULLEN, 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Cameron WATSON, 7.Enver ALIVODIC, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Milos TRIFUNOVIC (pending New Zealand visa), 10.LEONARDO, 11.Labinot HALITI, 12.Andy BRENNAN, 13.LEE Ki-je, 14.Mitch COOPER, 15.Themba MUATA-MARLOW, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 23.David CARNEY, 25.Brandon LUNDY
**two to be omitted**
Ins: nil
Outs: nil
Unavailable: nil
