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2023–24 A-League Men

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A-League Men
Season2023–24
Dates20 October 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsCentral Coast Mariners (3rd title)
PremiersCentral Coast Mariners (3rd title)
AFC Champions League EliteCentral Coast Mariners
AFC Champions League TwoSydney FC
Matches played169
Goals scored556 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart (20 goals)
Best goalkeeperAlex Paulsen
Biggest home winMelbourne City 8–0 Perth Glory
(14 April 2024)
Biggest away winAdelaide United 1–5 Sydney FC
(11 November 2023)
Highest scoringMelbourne City 8–1 Brisbane Roar
(28 December 2023)
Longest winning run5 games
Central Coast Mariners
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run10 games
Perth Glory
Longest losing run6 games
Western United
Highest attendance33,297
Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory
(18 May 2024)
Lowest attendance2,410
Western United 0–1 Newcastle Jets
(11 November 2023)
Total attendance1,446,299
Average attendance8,558 ( 566)
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.

The 2023–24 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. This season was the last as a 12-team competition, with expansion to 13 teams from 2024–25 with the inclusion of Auckland FC.

Central Coast Mariners were the premiers and champions this season.

Clubs

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Stadiums and locations

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Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Brisbane Ballymore Stadium 6,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Campbelltown 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 35,000
Auckland Go Media Mount Smart Stadium 30,000
Auckland Eden Park 50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Parramatta CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Ballarat Mars Stadium 11,000
Hobart North Hobart Oval 10,000
Tarneit Wyndham Regional Football Facility 5,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Ryan Kitto[3] UCAN[4] Flinders University[5]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][6][7]
Brisbane Roar Australia Ruben Zadkovich Scotland Tom Aldred[8] New Balance[9] OutKast[10]
Central Coast Mariners England Mark Jackson Australia Danny Vukovic[11] Cikers[12] MATE[13]
Macarthur FC Australia Mile Sterjovski Mexico Ulises Dávila[14] Kelme[15] Pennytel[16]
Melbourne City Australia Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) Australia Jamie Maclaren[17] Puma[18][19] Etihad Airways[19]
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Portugal Roderick Miranda[20] Macron[21] Bonza[22]
AIA (finals series)[23]1
Newcastle Jets Australia Robert Stanton Australia Brandon O'Neill[24] Legend Sportswear[25] Port of Newcastle[26]
Ampcontrol[note 1][27]
Perth Glory Australia Alen Stajcic England Mark Beevers
Australia Adam Taggart[28]
Macron[29] Vacant[30]
La Vida Homes (from round 21 onwards)[31]
Sydney FC Australia Ufuk Talay Australia Luke Brattan[32] Under Armour[33] Macquarie University[34]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Giancarlo Italiano New Zealand Alex Rufer[35] Paladin Sports[36] Oppo[37]
Spark[note 1][37]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Marko Rudan Brazil Marcelo[38] Adidas[39] Voltaren[40]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][41]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Australia Josh Risdon[42] Kappa[43] Sharp[44]
  1. ^ Melbourne Victory's shirt sponsor was changed to AIA for the finals series after Bonza entered voluntary administration on 30 April 2024.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar England Nick Green (caretaker) End of contract 2 May 2023 Pre-season Australia Ross Aloisi 2 May 2023[45]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay End of contract[46] 6 May 2023 Australia Giancarlo Italiano 6 May 2023[47]
Perth Glory Australia Ruben Zadkovich Resigned[48] 2 June 2023 England Kenny Lowe (caretaker) 12 July 2023[49]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas Resigned[50] 19 June 2023 Australia Robert Stanton 26 June 2023[51]
Perth Glory England Kenny Lowe (caretaker) End of contract 3 August 2023 Australia Alen Stajcic 3 August 2023[52]
Central Coast Mariners Scotland Nick Montgomery Signed by ScotlandHibernian[53] 11 September 2023 Australia Abbas Saad (caretaker) 11 September 2023[54]
Australia Abbas Saad (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 27 September 2023 England Mark Jackson 27 September 2023[55]
Melbourne City Croatia Rado Vidošić Mutual termination 1 November 2023 12th Australia Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) 1 November 2023[56]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Mutual termination [57] 7 November 2023 12th Australia Ufuk Talay 8 November 2023[58]
Brisbane Roar Australia Ross Aloisi Signed by ChinaShanghai Port[59][60] 24 December 2023 5th Australia Luciano Trani (caretaker) 24 December 2023
Australia Luciano Trani (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 1 January 2024 7th England Ben Cahn 1 January 2024[61]
England Ben Cahn Indefinite leave 1 February 2024 9th Australia Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) 1 February 2024[62]
Australia Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/A 8th Australia Ruben Zadkovich 22 April 2024[63]

Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United England Zach Clough England Ryan Tunnicliffe Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Spain Javi López Spain Isaías1
Brisbane Roar France Florin Berenguer Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea New Zealand Marco Rojas Scotland Tom Aldred1
South Sudan Ayom Majok2
Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Ronald Barcellos Brazil Mikael Doka Colombia Ángel Torres England Ryan Edmondson Vanuatu Brian Kaltak Fiji Dan Hall2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Brazil Marco Túlio
Macarthur FC France Valère Germain Mexico Ulises Dávila New Zealand Clayton Lewis New Zealand Tommy Smith Poland Filip Kurto Tanzania Charles M'Mombwa2
Melbourne City Brazil Léo Natel Chile Vicente Fernández France Samuel Souprayen Germany Tolgay Arslan Portugal Nuno Reis Croatia Marin Jakoliš2
England Jamie Young2
Morocco Hamza Sakhi
Melbourne Victory Curaçao Roly Bonevacia France Damien Da Silva France Zinédine Machach Portugal Roderick Miranda Tunisia Salim Khelifi Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski2
Spain Rai Marchán
Newcastle Jets England Carl Jenkinson France Jason Berthomier New Zealand Lachlan Bayliss2
New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman England Mark Beevers Cyprus Antonis Martis2
New Zealand Oliver Sail2
North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
Republic of Ireland Aaron McEneff
Tunisia Salim Khelifi
Sydney FC Brazil Fábio Gomes Brazil Gabriel Lacerda England Joe Lolley England Jack Rodwell Slovakia Róbert Mak
Wellington Phoenix Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev Costa Rica Youstin Salas England David Ball England Scott Wootton Poland Oskar Zawada Iraq Mohamed Al-Taay2
Western Sydney Wanderers Brazil Marcelo Germany Sonny Kittel Netherlands Jorrit Hendrix Sweden Marcus Antonsson Malta Dylan Scicluna2
Serbia Miloš Ninković1
South Sudan Valentino Yuel2
Western United Brazil Daniel Penha Japan Riku Danzaki Japan Tomoki Imai

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);[64]
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)

Regular season

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The 2023–24 season will see each team play 27 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 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 17 4 6 49 27 +22 55 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 15 8 4 42 26 +16 53 Qualification for Finals series[b]
3 Melbourne Victory 27 10 12 5 43 33 +10 42
4 Sydney FC 27 12 5 10 52 41 +11 41 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series[c]
5 Macarthur FC 27 11 8 8 45 48 −3 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 50 38 +12 39
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 4 12 44 48 −4 37
8 Adelaide United 27 9 5 13 52 53 −1 32
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 42 55 −13 30 Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs
10 Newcastle Jets 27 6 10 11 39 47 −8 28
11 Western United 27 7 5 15 36 55 −19 26
12 Perth Glory 27 5 7 15 46 69 −23 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 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.[65][66]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 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 2023 Australia Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away ADL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 0–2 3–0 1–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 3–3 1–5 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–4 1–2 4–3
Brisbane Roar 3–4 0–3 1–3 5–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–2
Central Coast Mariners 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Macarthur FC 4–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 4–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–3
Melbourne City 1–0 8–1 3–3 3–3 0–0 0–0 8–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Melbourne Victory 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 5–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–4 2–1 2–0 1–1
Newcastle Jets 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–1
Perth Glory 2–4 3–2 2–0 3–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–4 4–2 2–2 3–4
Sydney FC 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 4–2 7–1 2–1
Wellington Phoenix 3–2 5–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–4 3–3 2–0 1–4 0–0 5–0 1–2 1–2 1–3
Western United 1–3 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 2–0
Source: Aleagues.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

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The finals series will be held in mostly the same format as the previous year, run over four weeks, involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams will each play an elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches will meet in the Grand Final.[67] The previous format, which saw Sydney hosting the Grand Final until the 2024–25 season, was overturned in October 2023, reverting back to the higher-ranked semi-final winner hosting the match.[68]

Bracket

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Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand final
4 Sydney FC 4
5 Macarthur FC 0 4 Sydney FC 1 0 1
1 Central Coast Mariners 2 0 2
1 Central Coast Mariners (a.e.t.) 3
3 Melbourne Victory (p) 1 (3) 3 Melbourne Victory 1
6 Melbourne City 1 (2) 3 Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
2 Wellington Phoenix 0 1 1

Elimination-finals

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Sydney FC4–0Macarthur FC
Report
Attendance: 11,792

Semi-finals

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Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Sydney FC 2–1 0–0
Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory 0–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

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Sydney FC1–2Central Coast Mariners
King 25' Report
Attendance: 13,813
Referee: Ben Abraham

Central Coast Mariners won 2–1 on aggregate.


Melbourne Victory0–0Wellington Phoenix
Report
Attendance: 16,313
Referee: Adam Kersey
Wellington Phoenix1–2 (a.e.t.)Melbourne Victory
Zawada 90+9' Report
Attendance: 33,297
Referee: Daniel Elder

Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

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Central Coast Mariners3–1 (a.e.t.)Melbourne Victory
Report
Attendance: 21,379
Referee: Alex King


Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 1 May 2024.[69]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Adam Taggart Perth Glory 20
2 Australia Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne Victory 18
3 Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Newcastle Jets 17
4 Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Adelaide United 15
5 Germany Tolgay Arslan Melbourne City 13
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Wellington Phoenix
Colombia Ángel Torres Central Coast Mariners
8 France Valère Germain Macarthur FC 12
9 Brazil Fábio Gomes Sydney FC 11
England Joe Lolley Sydney FC

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Australia Bruno Fornaroli4 Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets 5–3 (H) 29 October 2023 [70]
Poland Oskar Zawada Wellington Phoenix Brisbane Roar 5–2 (H) 4 November 2023 [71]
Australia Bruno Fornaroli4 Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers 3–4 (A) 10 December 2023 [72]
Colombia Ángel Torres Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City 3–3 (A) 17 December 2023 [73]
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 8–1 (H) 28 December 2023 [74]
Mexico Ulises Dávila Macarthur FC Western United 3–3 (N) 12 January 2024 [75]
Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Adelaide United Sydney FC 4–3 (N) 13 January 2024 [76]
France Valère Germain Macarthur FC Western Sydney Wanderers 4–3 (H) 4 February 2024 [77]
Australia Nestory Irankunda Adelaide United Western United 4–1 (H) 29 March 2024 [78]
Germany Tolgay Arslan Melbourne City Perth Glory 8–0 (H) 14 April 2024 [79]
Key
4 Player scored four goals
(H) Home team
(A) Away team
(N) Neutral ground

Clean sheets

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As of 1 May 2024
Rank Goalkeeper Club Clean sheets[80]
1 Australia Danny Vukovic Central Coast Mariners 12
2 New Zealand Alex Paulsen Wellington Phoenix 11
3 England Jamie Young Melbourne City 10
4 Australia Paul Izzo Melbourne Victory 6
5 Poland Filip Kurto Macarthur FC 5
Australia Ryan Scott Newcastle Jets
Australia Lawrence Thomas Western Sydney Wanderers
8 Australia Macklin Freke Brisbane Roar 3
9 Australia Joe Gauci Adelaide United 2
Australia Daniel Margush Western Sydney Wanderers
Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC


Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club Ref.
Johnny Warren Medal Australia Josh Nisbet Central Coast Mariners [81]
Young Footballer of the Year Australia Nestory Irankunda
New Zealand Alex Paulsen
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix
[81]
Golden Boot Award Australia Adam Taggart Perth Glory [81]
Goalkeeper of the Year New Zealand Alex Paulsen Wellington Phoenix [81]
Goal of the Year Australia Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne Victory [82]
Save of the Year Australia Danny Vukovic Central Coast Mariners [82]
Playmaker of the Year Australia Anthony Caceres Sydney FC [82]
Fan Player of the Year New Zealand Alex Paulsen Wellington Phoenix [82]
Coach of the Year England Mark Jackson Central Coast Mariners [81]
Fair Play Award Newcastle Jets [83]
Referee of the Year Australia Alex King [84]

Club awards

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Club Player of the Season Ref.
Adelaide United England Zach Clough [85]
Brisbane Roar Australia Macklin Freke [86]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Max Balard [87]
Macarthur FC Australia Jake Hollman [88]
Melbourne City Germany Tolgay Arslan [89]
Melbourne Victory France Damien Da Silva [90]
Newcastle Jets Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos [91]
Perth Glory Australia Adam Taggart [92]
Sydney FC England Joe Lolley [93]
Wellington Phoenix New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses [94]
Western Sydney Wanderers Brazil Marcelo [95]
Western United Brazil Daniel Penha [96]

Attendances

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Sydney FC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the A-League.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[97]
1 Sydney FC 13 14,476
2 Melbourne Victory 13 12,227
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 10,573
4 Adelaide United 13 10,035
5 Wellington Phoenix 13 8,940
6 Melbourne City FC 13 8,488
7 Central Coast Mariners 13 7,250
8 Brisbane Roar 13 6,707
9 Perth Glory 13 5,964
10 Newcastle United Jets 13 5,673
11 Macarthur FC 13 4,216
12 Western United 13 3,274

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Away kit

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