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| highest scoring = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] 6–2 [[Newcastle Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]]<br>{{small|(21 December 2019)}}
| highest scoring = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] 6–2 [[Newcastle Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]]<br>{{small|(21 December 2019)}}
| longest wins = 6 matches<br>[[Sydney FC]]
| longest wins = 6 matches<br>[[Sydney FC]]
| longest unbeaten = 7 matches<br>[[Sydney FC]]
| longest unbeaten = 8 matches<br>[[Sydney FC]]
| longest winless = 6 matches<br>[[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]
| longest winless = 6 matches<br>[[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]
| longest losses = 5 matches<br>[[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]
| longest losses = 5 matches<br>[[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]

Revision as of 00:53, 31 December 2019

A-League
Season2019–20
Dates11 October 2019 – 16 or 17 May 2020
Matches played58
Goals scored169 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Le Fondre (12 goals)
Biggest home winSydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar
(7 December 2019)
Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Biggest away winMelbourne City 0–3 Perth Glory
(6 December 2019)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Sydney FC
Longest winless run6 matches
Western Sydney Wanderers
Longest losing run5 matches
Western Sydney Wanderers
Highest attendance33,523
Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City
(12 October 2019)
Lowest attendance4,187
Western United vs. Sydney FC
(1 December 2019)
Average attendance10,339
All statistics correct as of 29 December 2019.

The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and is scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, with 29 rounds where each team will play 26 matches and have 3 byes to account for the odd number of teams. The play-offs are scheduled to begin on 1 May 2020 and will end with the Grand Final on 16–17 May 2020.[1]

Clubs

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[2]

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
Dolphin Stadium 		52,500
10,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Marvel Stadium
AAMI Park 		56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
Auckland 		Westpac Stadium
Eden Park 		34,500
50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium 30,000
Western United Geelong
 GMHBA Stadium
Mars Stadium 		36,000
11,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Denmark Michael Jakobsen Macron Flinders University[3]
Brisbane Roar England Robbie Fowler Scotland Tom Aldred Umbro Actron Air[4]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Alen Stajcic Australia Matt Simon Umbro Masterfoods[5]
MATE1[6]
Melbourne City France Erick Mombaerts Australia Scott Jamieson Puma Etihad Airways[7]
Melbourne Victory Germany Marco Kurz Sweden Ola Toivonen Adidas Metricon[8]
Newcastle Jets Scotland Ernie Merrick Australia Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports Inspirations Paint1[9]
Perth Glory Australia Tony Popovic Spain Diego Castro Macron BHP[10]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour The Star[11]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay England Steven Taylor Paladin Sports Huawei[12]
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Markus Babbel Australia Mitchell Duke Nike Centuria[13]
JD Sports1[14]
Western United Australia Mark Rudan Italy Alessandro Diamanti Kappa Probuild[15]
1. ^ Away kit.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar Wales Darren Davies (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 25 April 2019 Pre-season England Robbie Fowler[16] 23 April 2019
Wellington Phoenix Australia Mark Rudan Resigned[17] 4 May 2019 Australia Ufuk Talay[18] 4 May 2019
Melbourne City England Warren Joyce End of contract[19] 8 May 2019 France Erick Mombaerts[20] 27 June 2019
Adelaide United Germany Marco Kurz End of contract[21] 10 May 2019 Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek[22] 23 May 2019
Melbourne Victory Australia Kevin Muscat Resigned[23] 23 May 2019 Germany Marco Kurz[24] 28 June 2019
Western United Inaugural holder Australia Mark Rudan[25] 23 May 2019

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreigner
Adelaide United China Chen Yongbin Curaçao Michaël Maria Denmark Michael Jakobsen Germany Mirko Boland Norway Kristian Opseth
Brisbane Roar England Macaulay Gillesphey Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway England Jamie Young2
New Zealand Max Crocombe2
New Zealand Jai Ingham2
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Jair New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Scotland Ziggy Gordon Serbia Milan Đurić South Korea Kim Eun-sun New Zealand Gianni Stensness2
Melbourne City Austria Richard Windbichler England Craig Noone France Florin Berenguer Uruguay Javier Cabrera Uruguay Adrián Luna
Melbourne Victory Albania Migjen Basha Austria Kristijan Dobras Denmark Jakob Poulsen Germany Tim Hoogland Sweden Ola Toivonen Burundi Elvis Kamsoba2
Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
New Zealand Storm Roux2
South Sudan Kenny Athiu2
Newcastle Jets Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Northern Ireland Bobby Burns Panama Abdiel Arroyo England Kaine Sheppard1
New Zealand Glen Moss2
Perth Glory South Korea Kim Soo-beom Spain Diego Castro Spain Juande Switzerland Gregory Wüthrich Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Sydney FC England Adam le Fondre Germany Alexander Baumjohann New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Serbia Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix England David Ball England Gary Hooper England Steven Taylor Germany Matti Steinmann Mexico Ulises Dávila
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Alexander Meier Germany Patrick Ziegler Poland Radosław Majewski Switzerland Daniel Lopar Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler Germany Nicolai Müller3
North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Western United Croatia Dario Jertec Greece Panagiotis Kone Italy Alessandro Diamanti Poland Filip Kurto Kosovo Besart Berisha1
New Zealand Andrew Durante2
Turkey Ersan Gülüm2

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (or New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[26]
2Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club First Designated Second Designated Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None Denmark Michael Jakobsen[27] None
Brisbane Roar None None Scotland Tom Aldred[28] Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan[28]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Daniel De Silva[29][30] None Australia Matt Simon[31] None
Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[32] None Australia Scott Jamieson[33] None
Melbourne Victory Sweden Ola Toivonen[34] Australia Robbie Kruse[35] Sweden Ola Toivonen[36] None
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[37] Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[38]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[39][40] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[41] Spain Diego Castro[42] None
Sydney FC England Adam le Fondre[43] None Australia Alex Wilkinson[44] None
Wellington Phoenix England Gary Hooper[45] None England Steven Taylor[46] New Zealand Alex Rufer[47]
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Alexander Meier[48] None Australia Mitchell Duke[49] Australia Dylan McGowan[49]
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone[50] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[51] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[52] None

Transfers

Further information: A-League transfers for 2019–20 season

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][53][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 1–0 – – 3–1 2–1 – 2–3 1–2 2–3 – – – –
Brisbane Roar – 2–0 4–3 0–1 – – – – – 0–2 – – –
Central Coast Mariners 1–3 – – – 1–1 – – – – 1–0 2–1 a –
Melbourne City 2–1 – 3–1 1–2 – 0–3 – 3–2 – – – a –
Melbourne Victory – – – 0–0 – 1–0 a 1–1 1–2 2–3 a 0–0 –
Newcastle Jets 1–2 1–1 a 0–4 – 1–1 – – 2–0 – – – –
Perth Glory – 1–1 1–2 – – 6–2 1–3 – 2–0 – – – –
Sydney FC – 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 – 2–1 a – – – –
Wellington Phoenix – 2–1 – – – – 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 – – –
Western Sydney Wanderers – 0–0 2–1 2–3 – – – 1–0 – 1–1 – – a
Western United – – – 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2019. Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Sydney FC11334221111111
Melbourne City632111122222
Western United33542455433
Perth Glory454556711754
Adelaide United910785533345
Wellington Phoenix111111111111119566
Western Sydney Wanderers221233446787
Melbourne Victory6967781081087
Central Coast Mariners1088681061011119
Brisbane Roar461099786991010
Newcastle Jets86810109978101111
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
Qualification to Finals series
Qualification to 2020 FFA Cup Playoff for Round of 32
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com

Finals series

Statistics

Attendances

By club

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

As of matches played on 29 December 2019.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 6 18,623 33,523 12,023 111,740
Western Sydney Wanderers 5 16,778 28,519 11,988 83,892
Sydney FC 6 12,926 17,421 10,511 77,553
Brisbane Roar 4 10,648 12,859 8,582 42,591
Melbourne City 5 8,821 18,038 5,547 44,103
Adelaide United 6 8,609 12,198 6,074 51,656
Newcastle Jets 5 8,335 9,154 7,449 41,673
Perth Glory 5 7,896 9,829 6,177 39,480
Wellington Phoenix 5 7,761 8,855 6,054 38,804
Western United 7 6,225 10,128 4,187 43,575
Central Coast Mariners 4 6,152 8,910 4,848 24,606
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 58 10,339 33,523 4,187 599,673

By round

2019–20 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 78,600 5 15,720
Round 2 52,966 5 10,593
Round 3 63,373 5 12,675
Round 4 60,180 5 12,036
Round 5 41,585 5 8,317
Round 6 36,964 4 9,241
Round 7 44,882 5 8,976
Round 8 44,395 5 8,879
Round 9 42,443 5 8,489
Round 10 45,171 5 9,034
Round 11 50,314 5 10,063
Round 12 0 5 0
Round 13 0 5 0
Round 14 0 5 0
Round 15 0 5 0
Round 16 0 5 0
Round 17 0 5 0
Round 18 0 5 0
Round 19 0 5 0
Round 20 0 5 0
Round 21 0 5 0
Round 22 0 5 0
Round 23 0 5 0
Round 24 0 5 0
Round 25 0 5 0
Round 26 0 5 0
Round 27 0 5 0
Round 28 0 5 0
Round 29 0 5 0
Elimination Finals 0 2 0
Semi Finals 0 2 0
Grand Final 0 1 0

Club membership

2019–20 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 7,138
Brisbane Roar 9,883
Central Coast Mariners 6,624
Melbourne City 11,811
Melbourne Victory 23,633
Newcastle Jets 10,289
Perth Glory 8,978
Sydney FC 13,301
Wellington Phoenix 4,976
Western Sydney Wanderers 16,179
Western United 4,608
Total 117,420
Average 10,674

Last updated: 27 December 2019.
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of 29 December 2019[54]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Adam le Fondre Sydney FC 12
2 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 10
3 Mexico Ulises Dávila Wellington Phoenix 8
4 Sweden Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory 7
5 Australia Riley McGree Adelaide United 6
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar
7 Kosovo Besart Berisha Western United 5
Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory
9 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Sydney FC 4
Australia Mitchell Duke Western Sydney Wanderers
Serbia Milan Đurić Central Coast Mariners

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 3–4 17 November 2019 [55]
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar Melbourne City 4–3 17 November 2019
England Adam le Fondre Sydney FC Brisbane Roar 5–1 7 December 2019 [56]

Own goals

As of 29 December 2019
Player Club Against Round
Australia Dino Djulbic Perth Glory Sydney FC 7
Australia Harrison Delbridge Melbourne City Perth Glory 9
England Steven Taylor Wellington Phoenix Sydney FC 11

Clean sheets

As of 29 December 2019[57]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory 4
2 Switzerland Daniel Lopar Western Sydney Wanderers 2
Poland Filip Kurto Western United
New Zealand Glen Moss Newcastle Jets
Australia Liam Reddy Perth Glory
Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC
7 Australia Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Dean Bouzanis Melbourne City
New Zealand Max Crocombe Brisbane Roar
Australia Tom Glover Melbourne City
Australia Paul Izzo Adelaide United
New Zealand Stefan Marinovic Wellington Phoenix
England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar

Awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[58]

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
October Germany Markus Babbel[59] Western Sydney Wanderers Switzerland Daniel Lopar[60] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Riley McGree[61] Adelaide United
November Australia Angus Thurgate[62] Newcastle Jets

See also

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