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2024–25 A-League Men

The 2024–25 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 48th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 20th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. Central Coast Mariners are the defending premiers and champions.

A-League Men
Season2024–25
Dates18 October 2024 – 31 May 2025
AFC Champions League TwoMacarthur FC
Matches played57
Goals scored184 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerKosta Barbarouses
(6)
Biggest home winMacarthur FC 6–1 Perth Glory
(19 October 2024)
Biggest away winPerth Glory 0–5 Melbourne City
(10 November 2024)
Highest scoringMacarthur FC 4–4 Brisbane Roar
(30 November 2024)
Longest winning run6 matches
Auckland FC
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Adelaide United
Longest winless run8 matches
Brisbane Roar
Perth Glory
Longest losing run4 matches
Brisbane Roar
Newcastle Jets
Highest attendance30,777
Sydney FC 4–2 Western Sydney Wanderers
(23 November 2024)
Lowest attendance2,425
Perth Glory 1–3 Western United
(22 November 2024)
Total attendance517,729
Average attendance9,768
All statistics correct as of 28 December 2024.

Clubs

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Stadiums and locations

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Thirteen clubs are participating in the 2024–25 season. This is an increase from the previous years as Auckland FC joins the league.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Auckland FC Auckland Go Media Stadium 25,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Sydney Campbelltown Sports Stadium 17,500[1]
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 30,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 42,500[2]
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Sky Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne Ironbark Fields 5,000
Melbourne AAMI Park[3] 30,050

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United   Carl Veart   Ryan Kitto[4] UCAN[5] Flinders University[6]
CG FinTech[note 1][7]
Auckland FC   Steve Corica   Hiroki Sakai[8] New Balance[9] Anchor[10]
Go Media[note 1][11]
Brisbane Roar   Ruben Zadkovich   Jay O'Shea[12] Cikers[13] OutKast[14]
Central Coast Mariners   Mark Jackson   Trent Sainsbury[15] Cikers[16] polytec[17]
Macarthur FC   Mile Sterjovski   Valère Germain[18] Kelme[19] SipEnergy[20]
Melbourne City   Aurelio Vidmar   Aziz Behich[21] Puma[22][23] Etihad Airways[23]
Melbourne Victory   Arthur Diles (caretaker)   Roderick Miranda[24] Macron[25] Turkish Airlines[26]
Newcastle Jets   Robert Stanton   Kosta Grozos[27] Legend Sportswear[28] Brydens Lawyers[29]
Perth Glory   David Zdrilic   Adam Taggart[30] Macron[31] La Vida Homes[32]
Sydney FC   Ufuk Talay   Rhyan Grant[33] Under Armour[34] Macquarie University[35]
Wellington Phoenix   Giancarlo Italiano   Alex Rufer[36] Paladin Sports[37] Oppo[38]
Entelar Group[note 1][38]
Western Sydney Wanderers   Alen Stajcic   Lawrence Thomas[39] Adidas[40] Voltaren[41]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][42]
Western United   John Aloisi   Ben Garuccio[43] Kappa[44] Sharp[44]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Auckland FC Inaugural Pre-season   Steve Corica 20 December 2023[45]
Melbourne City   Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) Promoted to full-time —   Aurelio Vidmar 15 May 2024[46]
Western Sydney Wanderers   Marko Rudan Mutual consent 16 May 2024[47]   Alen Stajcic 25 June 2024[48]
Melbourne Victory   Tony Popovic End of contract 12 June 2024[49]   Patrick Kisnorbo 25 June 2024[50]
Perth Glory   Alen Stajcic Mutual consent 25 June 2024[51]   David Zdrilic 28 June 2024[52]
Melbourne Victory   Patrick Kisnorbo Signed by Yokohama F. Marinos 17 December 2024[53][54] 3rd   Arthur Diles (caretaker) 17 December 2024

Foreign players

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See also: A-League Men transfers for 2024–25 season
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United   Zach Clough   Ryan Tunnicliffe   Bart Vriends   Javi López   Isaías1
Auckland FC   Louis Verstraete   Felipe Gallegos   Neyder Moreno   Hiroki Sakai   Guillermo May   Dan Hall2
Brisbane Roar   Néicer Acosta   Florin Berenguer   Rafael Struick   Jay O'Shea   Walid Shour   Jack Hingert2
  Marcus Ferkranus2
Central Coast Mariners   Mikael Doka   Vitor Feijão   Ryan Edmondson   Alfie McCalmont   Brian Kaltak   Storm Roux2
Macarthur FC   Dino Arslanagić   Valère Germain   Filip Kurto   Marin Jakoliš2
Melbourne City   Germán Ferreyra   Andreas Kuen   Samuel Souprayen   Yonatan Cohen   Jamie Young2
Melbourne Victory   Santos   Zinédine Machach   Nikos Vergos   Roderick Miranda   Adama Traoré1
Newcastle Jets   Wellissol   Lachlan Bayliss2
  Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory   Anas Hamzaoui   Hiroaki Aoyama   Oliver Sail2
  Joel Anasmo2 		  Cristian Caicedo
  Luis Cangá
Sydney FC   Douglas Costa   Léo Sena   Joe Lolley   Anas Ouahim   Patryk Klimala
Wellington Phoenix   David Ball   Scott Wootton   Hideki Ishige   Kazuki Nagasawa   Josh Oluwayemi   Mohamed Al-Taay2
  Stefan Colakovski2
Western Sydney Wanderers   Bozhidar Kraev   Jeong Tae-wook   Juan Mata   Marcus Antonsson   Dylan Scicluna2
Western United   Riku Danzaki   Hiroshi Ibusuki   Tomoki Imai   Charbel Shamoon2
  Luka Coveny2

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 Auckland FC and/or Wellington Phoenix);[55]
2Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of Auckland FC and/or 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)

Regular season

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The 2024–25 season will see each team play 26 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland FC[a] 9 7 1 1 16 8 +8 22 Qualification for Finals series[b]
2 Adelaide United 9 5 3 1 22 15 +7 18 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
3 Melbourne Victory 9 5 2 2 13 8 +5 17 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Macarthur FC 10 4 3 3 20 13 +7 15 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series[c]
5 Melbourne City 8 4 2 2 15 9 +6 14 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 4 2 3 22 17 +5 14
7 Sydney FC 9 4 1 4 20 17 +3 13
8 Wellington Phoenix[a] 9 4 1 4 12 11 +1 13
9 Western United 9 3 3 3 15 12 +3 12
10 Central Coast Mariners 8 2 4 2 6 11 −5 10
11 Newcastle Jets 8 2 0 6 9 13 −4 6
12 Perth Glory 10 1 2 7 5 27 −22 5
13 Brisbane Roar 8 0 2 6 11 21 −10 2
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2024. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[56]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away ADL AKL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADL AKL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 22 Jan 8 Mar 1–1 14 Mar 7 Feb 18 Jan 15 Feb 2–2 3–3 18 Apr 2–3 2–1 5 Apr
Auckland FC 1 Mar 2–0 16 Mar 1 Feb 18 Jan 1 Jan 2–0 27 Apr 1–0 2–0 5 Apr 0–4 22 Feb
Brisbane Roar 2–3 30 Mar 3 Jan 4 Apr 1–4 1 Mar 7 Jan 1–0 2–3 26 Apr 31 Jan 17 Apr 25 Jan
Central Coast Mariners 0–4 1–4 2 May 20 Apr 31 Dec 0–0 1 Feb 0–0 2–1 0–3 22 Feb 28 Feb 30 Mar
Macarthur FC 6 Jan 0–1 4–4 1–1 25 Jan 25 Apr 1–2 6–1 1 Mar 20 Jan 3 May 9 Feb 28 Mar
Melbourne City 26 Apr 2–2 11 Jan 5 Apr 7 Mar 1–3 12 Mar 15 Feb 3 May 3 Jan 0–2 7 Jan 11 Apr
Melbourne Victory 29 Mar 19 Apr 2–0 8 Mar 2–1 1–1 4 May 2–0 24 Jan 14 Feb 4 Jan 10 Jan 22 Feb
Newcastle Jets 0–1 9 Mar 21 Feb 1–2 12 Jan 0–1 8 Feb 25 Jan 4 Jan 6 Apr 26 Apr 16 Mar 12 Apr
Perth Glory 12 Apr 11 Jan 15 Mar 7 Feb 0–3 0–5 1 Feb 0–4 22 Feb 0–2 14 Jan 1–3 3 Jan
Sydney FC 1 Feb 12 Apr 18 Jan 11 Jan 1–2 29 Mar 3–0 20 Apr 8 Jan 15 Mar 4–2 3–4 8 Feb
Wellington Phoenix 11 Jan 0–2 6 Feb 25 Jan 1–2 28 Feb 1–0 2–1 2 May 15 Jan 29 Mar 1–1 12 Apr
Western Sydney Wanderers 3–4 26 Jan 2–2 17 Jan 1 Jan 19 Apr 15 Mar 4–1 2 Mar 1–2 4–1 13 Apr 16 Feb
Western United 23 Feb 15 Feb 29 Dec 29 Jan 0–0 0–1 1–3 18 Jan 5 Apr 27 Apr 8 Mar 1–1 3 May
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2024. Source: Aleagues.com.au
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.

Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 28 December 2024[57]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Kosta Barbarouses Wellington Phoenix 6
2   Brandon Borrello Western Sydney Wanderers 5
  Archie Goodwin Adelaide United
  Nicolas Milanovic Western Sydney Wanderers
4   Marcus Antonsson Western Sydney Wanderers 4
  Yonatan Cohen Melbourne City
  Valère Germain Macarthur FC
  Hiroshi Ibusuki Western United
  Marin Jakoliš Macarthur FC
  Patryk Klimala Sydney FC
  Joe Lolley Sydney FC
  Stefan Mauk Adelaide United
  Thomas Waddingham Brisbane Roar

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of A-League Men hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Nicolas Milanovic Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle Jets 4–1 (H) 8 November 2024 [58]
Key
(H) Home team

Clean sheets

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As of 28 December 2024[59]
Rank Goalkeeper Club Clean sheets
1   Alex Paulsen Auckland FC 5
2   Patrick Beach Melbourne City 3
  Jack Duncan Melbourne Victory
  Josh Oluwayemi Wellington Phoenix
5   James Delianov Adelaide United 2
  Filip Kurto Macarthur FC
  Dylan Peraić-Cullen Central Coast Mariners
  Matt Sutton Western United
8   Cameron Cook Perth Glory 1
  Harrison Devenish-Meares Sydney FC
  Oliver Sail Perth Glory
  Ryan Scott Newcastle Jets
  Lawrence Thomas Western Sydney Wanderers

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Away kit

References

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