The winners as voted by the players will be announced at the 2016 PFA Players’ Awards on Tuesday, December 6 at the Palladium, Crown, Melbourne.

Having previously been won by the likes of Mark Schwarzer, Mile Jedinak and Robbie Kruse, the 2015/16 nominees, as selected by the PFA Awards Committee, made-up of Socceroos greats and leading figures in the football media, are as follows:

  • Bruno Fornaroli;
  • Aaron Mooy;
  • Jamie Maclaren;
  • Diego Castro;
  • Tim Cahill;
  • Tom Rogic;
  • Mark Milligan;
  • Mat Ryan;
  • Matthieu Delpierre; and
  • Mat Leckie.

Voted on by all of the PFA’s female members, the 2015/16 PFA Women’s Footballer of the Year nominees are:

  • Emily van Egmond;
  • Lydia Williams;
  • Alanna Kennedy;
  • Elise Kellond-Knight; and
  • Caitlin Foord.

Recognising outstanding achievement by an U23 footballer playing in the A-League or Australian based overseas, the nominees are:

  • Jamie Maclaren;
  • Jason Geria;
  • Stefan Mauk;
  • Alex Gersbach;
  • Dimitri Petratos; and
  • Jimmy Jeggo.

PFA President Alex Wilkinson paid tribute to the nominees and said all were worthy of the recognition.

“The nominees list highlights the quality of players we continue to produce, their capacity to play at the highest levels of the sport and the increasingly important role played by our premier domestic competitions in developing our top footballers,” he said.