| Club: | Canberra Cosmos |
| Season: | 1995–96 |
| Manager: | Mick Lyons |
| Stadium: | Bruce Stadium |
| League: | National Soccer League |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | NSL Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Paul Wade (9) |
| Season Topscorer: | Paul Wade (11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 5,490 vs. Sydney United (14 October 1995) National Soccer League |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,145 vs. Wollongong City (16 March 1996) National Soccer League |
| Average Attendance: | 2,933 |
| Largest Win: | 5–0 vs. Morwell Falcons (H) (13 December 1995) National Soccer League |
| Largest Loss: | 0–6 vs. Adelaide City (A) (10 March 1996) National Soccer League |
| Nextseason: | 1996–97 |
The 1995–96 season was the first in the history of Canberra Cosmos. It was also the first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Canberra Cosmos finished 9th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup semi-finals by South Melbourne.
Players with no appearances not included in the list.[1] [2]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2 | MF | 29(1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 3 | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | 23(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 3 | |||
| 6 | MF | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | |||
| 7 | MF | 9(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 9 | MF | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |||
| 10 | FW | 26(2) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 8 | |||
| 11 | DF | 17(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 12 | MF | 3(6) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 13 | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MF | 4(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 15 | MF | 15(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 16 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | MF | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 19 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | GK | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 21 | DF | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 22 | FW | 23(3) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 23 | DF | 8(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 24 | FW | 14(9) | 5 | 1(1) | 1 | 25 | 6 | |||
| 25 | GK | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 26 | MF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 27 | DF | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 29 | MF | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 30 | GK | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| — | MF | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | National Soccer League | width=120 | NSL Cup | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | GK |  | Anthony Giannasca | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 25 | GK | | Steve Mautone | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Danny Milosevic | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | GK | | Ben Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||