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A-League
Season2019–20

The 2019–20 A-League will be the 43rd season of national level football in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004.

Clubs

11 Clubs will participate in the 2019–20 season. Western United will be making their A-League debut this season.[1]

Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
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 Sydney Cricket Ground
Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		48,000
20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium[2] 30,000
Western United Geelong GMHBA Stadium 34,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Adelaide United Germany Marco Kurz End of contract[3] June 2019 Pre-season
Wellington Phoenix Australia Mark Rudan Resigned[4] June 2019
Brisbane Roar Wales Darren Davies (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 25 April 2019 England Robbie Fowler[5] 23 April 2019

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreigner
Adelaide United Denmark Ken Ilsø Denmark Michael Jakobsen Germany Mirko Boland Netherlands Jordy Thomassen Senegal Baba Diawara England Ryan Strain1
Spain Isaías1
Brisbane Roar England Jamie Young2
New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Central Coast Mariners England Sam Graham Republic of Ireland Stephen Mallon Netherlands Tom Hiariej New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Turkey Jem Karacan
Melbourne City Belgium Ritchie De Laet England Shayon Harrison France Florin Berenguer Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld Italy Iacopo La Rocca1
Melbourne Victory Germany Georg Niedermeier Japan Keisuke Honda New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Spain Raúl Baena Sweden Ola Toivonen New Zealand Jai Ingham2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Newcastle Jets Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan New Zealand Matthew Ridenton England Kaine Sheppard1
New Zealand Glen Moss2
Perth Glory Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Spain Diego Castro Spain Juande Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Portugal Fábio Ferreira1
Sydney FC England Adam le Fondre Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad Netherlands Siem de Jong Netherlands Jop van der Linden Serbia Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix England Steven Taylor Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan Poland Michał Kopczyński Poland Filip Kurto Spain Mandi Fiji Roy Krishna1
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Patrick Ziegler Spain Raúl Llorente
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone

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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[6]
2Australian citizens (and 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 Marquee Second Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Senegal Baba Diawara[7] None Spain Isaías[8] None
Brisbane Roar None TBD None
Central Coast Mariners None None Australia Matt Simon[9] None
Melbourne City Belgium Ritchie de Laet[10][11] None Australia Scott Jamieson[12] None
Melbourne Victory Japan Keisuke Honda[13][14] Australia James Troisi[15] TBD Australia Leigh Broxham[16]
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[17] Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[18]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[19][20] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[21] Spain Diego Castro[22] None
Sydney FC Serbia Miloš Ninković[23] Netherlands Siem de Jong[24] TBD Australia Alex Wilkinson[25]
Wellington Phoenix None None New Zealand Andrew Durante[26] None
Western Sydney Wanderers None None Australia Brendan Hamill[27] None
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone[28] None TBD TBD

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][29][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.

References

  1. ^ "Revealed: Two teams to join expanded Hyundai A-League". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. ^ "Bankwest secure rights to Western Sydney Stadium". Austadiums. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. ^ "Adelaide United won't renew coach Kurz's deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 2019.
  4. ^ "A-League Football: Mark Rudan set to quit as Wellington Phoenix coach". The New Zealand Herald. 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ Rugari, Vince (22 April 2019). "Brisbane Roar to unveil Robbie Fowler as new coach". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. ^ "A-League Collective Bargaining Agreement – 2008/9 – 2012/13" (PDF). Australian Professional Footballers' Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 9 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "FFA Cup final hit by multiple injury blows". Yahoo Sports. 29 October 2018.
  8. ^ Migliaccio, Val (23 September 2017). "Isaias is officially the heart and soul of Adelaide United". The Advertiser.
  9. ^ Windon, Jacob (16 October 2018). "Matt Simon named Mariners club captain". Football Federation Australia.
  10. ^ "Melbourne City sign ex-Man United defender De Laet as marquee". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ "There's no heat for Melbourne City marquee Ritchie de Laet". Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Melbourne City FC announces Scott Jamieson as Captain". Melbourne City. 13 October 2018.
  13. ^ Warren, Adrian. "Victory marquee Honda not feeling pressure". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Victory marquee Honda hoping to inspire the next generation". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Melbourne Victory sign Swedish World Cup star Ola Toivonen". Fox Sports. 31 August 2018. With James Troisi and Keisuke Honda already signed on as the champions' marquee for the new season...
  16. ^ "Carl Valeri to lead Melbourne Victory as captain". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Nigel Boogaard confirmed as Jets captain". Newcastle Jets. 5 October 2015.
  18. ^ Gardiner, James (25 February 2019). "A-League: Defender's staying power rewarded with two-year extension". The Newcastle Herald. Topor-Stanley is the Jets vice captain
  19. ^ "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". SBS. 6 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Confirmed: Diego Castro re-signs with Perth Glory for another two years". Fox Sports. 23 April 2019.
  21. ^ Taylor, Nick (22 March 2019). "Perth Glory recruit Bruno Fornaroli faces baptism of fire against Manchester United". The West Australian. Fornaroli, a marquee signing for the next two seasons
  22. ^ Morgan, Gareth (17 October 2018). "Castro confirmed as Glory skipper". Perth Glory. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  23. ^ Kemp, Emma (9 May 2017). "Milos Ninkovic signs Sydney FC marquee deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  24. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Dutch International". Sydney FC. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Sydney FC To Contest beyondblue Cup". Sydney FC. 10 October 2018.
  26. ^ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 22 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ Dorman, Matt (17 September 2018). "New captain Hamill honoured to lead Western Sydney Wanderers". Football Federation Australia.
  28. ^ "The Western Melbourne Group have secured Greek international Panagiotis Kone as their first player signing". Fox Sports. 1 February 2019.
  29. ^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
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