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|team2= [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]]
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| pos2= 6/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ / / / / / / / / / / /
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|team3= [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
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| pos3= 4/ 5/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 11/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ / / / / / / / / / / /
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| pos5= 3/ 3/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ / / / / / / / / / / /
|team7= [[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]]
|team7= [[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]]
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| pos7= 4/6/ 10/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 9/ 9/ 10/ 10/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 7/ / / / / / / / / / / /
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|team8= [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]
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| pos9= 6/ 9/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 10/ 8/ 10/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 8/ 9/ / / / / / / / / / / /
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| color_1=green1 |text_1= Leader and qualification to [[2021 AFC Champions League#Group stage|AFC Champions League group stage]]
| color_1=green1 |text_1= Leader and qualification to [[2021 AFC Champions League#Group stage|AFC Champions League group stage]]
| color_2=green2 |text_2= Qualification to [[2021 AFC Champions League#Preliminary round 2|AFC Champions League preliminary round 2]]
| color_2=green2 |text_2= Qualification to [[2021 AFC Champions League#Preliminary round 2|AFC Champions League preliminary round 2]]

Revision as of 03:08, 3 February 2020

A-League
Season2019–20
Dates11 October 2019 – 16 or 17 May 2020
Matches played79
Goals scored229 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam le Fondre (15 goals)
Biggest home winSydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar
(7 December 2019)
Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City
(6 December 2019)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Sydney FC
Longest winless run7 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 attendance9,997
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2020.

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 Finals 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]

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
Ballarat
Melbourne
GMHBA Stadium
Mars Stadium
VU Whitten Oval
36,000
11,000
12,000

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 Spain Carlos Salvachúa (caretaker) Sweden Ola Toivonen Adidas Metricon[8]
Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans
China Qiang Li (caretakers)
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 Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker) 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
Newcastle Jets Scotland Ernie Merrick Sacked 6 January 2020 11th Australia Craig Deans
China Qiang Li
(caretakers)[26]
6 January 2020
Melbourne Victory Germany Marco Kurz Sacked 15 January 2020 6th Spain Carlos Salvachúa (caretaker)[27] 15 January 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Markus Babbel Sacked 20 January 2020 9th Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker)[28] 20 January 2020

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 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 Spain Markel Susaeta Uruguay Adrián Luna Scotland Jack Hendry3
Melbourne Victory Albania Migjen Basha Denmark Jakob Poulsen Germany Tim Hoogland New Zealand Marco Rojas 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 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 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 Patrick Ziegler Republic of Ireland Simon Cox 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

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);[29]
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[30] None
Brisbane Roar None None Scotland Tom Aldred[31] Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan[31]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Daniel De Silva[32][33] None Australia Matt Simon[34] None
Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[35] None Australia Scott Jamieson[36] None
Melbourne Victory Sweden Ola Toivonen[37] Australia Robbie Kruse[38] Sweden Ola Toivonen[39] None
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[40] Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[41]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[42][43] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[44] Spain Diego Castro[45] None
Sydney FC England Adam le Fondre[46] None Australia Alex Wilkinson[47] None
Wellington Phoenix England Gary Hooper[48] None England Steven Taylor[49] New Zealand Alex Rufer[50]
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Alexander Meier[51][note 1] None Australia Mitchell Duke[53] Australia Dylan McGowan[53]
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone[54] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[55] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[56] None

Transfers

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][57][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 1–0
Brisbane Roar 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2
Central Coast Mariners 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 a
Melbourne City 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 3–2 3–2 a 0–0
Melbourne Victory 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–3 a 0–0
Newcastle Jets 1–2 1–1 a 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–0
Perth Glory 3–0 1–1 1–2 6–2 1–3 2–0
Sydney FC 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 a
Wellington Phoenix 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 a
Western United 3–4 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2020. 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 FC113342211111111111111
Melbourne City63211112222222222
Perth Glory454556711754333333
Wellington Phoenix111111111111119566644444
Adelaide United33542455433455566
Western United910785533345567655
Brisbane Roar46109978699101099777
Western Sydney Wanderers22123344678788998
Melbourne Victory6967781081087876889
Central Coast Mariners108868106101111991010101010
Newcastle Jets86810109978101111111111111111
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 26 January 2020. 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.[citation needed]

As of matches played on 31 January 2020.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 8 18,017 33,523 12,023 144,136
Western Sydney Wanderers 7 14,923 28,519 9,090 104,464
Sydney FC 8 12,312 17,421 10,219 98,496
Brisbane Roar 6 10,540 12,859 8,582 63,237
Adelaide United 7 9,010 12,198 6,074 63,068
Perth Glory 6 8,441 11,168 6,177 50,648
Newcastle Jets 6 8,287 9,154 7,449 49,720
Melbourne City 8 8,205 18,038 5,547 65,640
Wellington Phoenix 8 8,084 9,166 6,054 64,674
Western United 9 6,176 10,128 4,187 55,583
Central Coast Mariners 7 5,834 8,910 4,539 40,836
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 80 10,006 33,523 4,187 800,502

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 45,534 5 9,107
Round 13 53,061 5 10,612
Round 14 43,997 5 8,799
Round 15 43,366 5 8,673
Round 16 42,947 5 8,589
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 6,821
Melbourne City 11,968
Melbourne Victory 23,633
Newcastle Jets 10,344
Perth Glory 10,278
Sydney FC 14,026
Wellington Phoenix 6,625
Western Sydney Wanderers 17,325
Western United 4,768
Total 122,827
Average 11,166

Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of 26 January 2020[58]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Adam le Fondre Sydney FC 14
2 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 13
3 Kosovo Besart Berisha Western United 10
Mexico Ulises Dávila Wellington Phoenix
5 Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory 8
Australia Riley McGree Adelaide United
7 Sweden Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory 7
8 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Sydney FC 6
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar
10 Australia Mitchell Duke Western Sydney Wanderers 5
Australia Nikola Mileusnic Adelaide United

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 3–4 17 November 2019 [59]
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 [60]

Own goals

As of 26 January 2020
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
Australia Luke DeVere Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners 13
Australia Matthew Millar Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory 13
Australia Kye Rowles Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory 14
Australia Kye Rowles Central Coast Mariners Western United 15

Clean sheets

As of 26 January 2020[61]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Liam Reddy Perth Glory 6
2 Australia Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory 5
3 Australia Dean Bouzanis Melbourne City 3
Poland Filip Kurto Western United
Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC
England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar
7 Australia Paul Izzo Adelaide United 2
Switzerland Daniel Lopar Western Sydney Wanderers
New Zealand Stefan Marinovic Wellington Phoenix
New Zealand Glen Moss Newcastle Jets

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.[62]

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[63] Western Sydney Wanderers Switzerland Daniel Lopar[64] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Riley McGree[65] Adelaide United
November Scotland Ernie Merrick[66] Newcastle Jets Mexico Ulises Davila[67] Wellington Phoenix Australia Angus Thurgate[68] Newcastle Jets
December Australia Ufuk Talay[69] Wellington Phoenix Australia Cameron Devlin[70] Wellington Phoenix Australia Reno Piscopo[71] Wellington Phoenix

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[52]

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