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The 2021–22 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 17th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004.
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 19 November 2021 – 28 May 2022 |
Champions | Western United (1st title) |
Premiers | Melbourne City (2nd title) |
Matches played | 163 |
Goals scored | 473 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Maclaren (regular season, 15 goals) Jamie Maclaren (overall, 16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Western United 6–0 Perth Glory (16 April 2022) |
Biggest away win | Wellington Phoenix 0–6 Melbourne City (2 April 2022) |
Highest scoring | Newcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory (10 April 2022) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Melbourne Victory |
Longest winless run | 16 matches Perth Glory |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Perth Glory |
Highest attendance | 23,118 WSW 0–0 Sydney FC (20 November 2021) |
Lowest attendance | 38 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Brisbane Roar (16 February 2022) |
Average attendance | 5,602[1] (![]() |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results) |
Melbourne City were the defending champions and premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season. They retained the premiership, but lost the Grand Final to first-time grand finalists Western United.
Twelve clubs participated in the 2021–22 season.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Melbourne Victory | ![]() |
End of contract | 10 June 2021 | Pre-season | ![]() |
22 April 2021[33] |
Newcastle Jets | ![]() |
Resigned[34] | 3 June 2021 | ![]() |
28 June 2021[35] | |
Western United | ![]() |
Sacked[36] | 8 June 2021 | ![]() |
15 July 2021[37] | |
Central Coast Mariners | ![]() |
Resigned[38] | 17 June 2021 | ![]() |
2 July 2021[39] | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
Sacked[40] | 30 January 2022 | 11th | ![]() |
31 January 2022[41] |
Perth Glory | ![]() |
Sacked[42] | 20 March 2022 | 12th | ![]() |
20 March 2022[42] |
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);[43]
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)
Club | First Marquee | Second Marquee | Designated Player | Captain | Vice-captain |
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Adelaide United | None | None | None | ![]() ![]() |
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Brisbane Roar | None | None | None | ![]() |
None |
Central Coast Mariners | None | None | None | ![]() |
None |
Macarthur FC | None | None | None | ![]() |
None |
Melbourne City | ![]() |
None | None | ![]() |
None |
Melbourne Victory | ![]() |
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Newcastle Jets | None | None | ![]() |
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None |
Perth Glory | ![]() |
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None |
Sydney FC | None | None | None | ![]() |
None |
Wellington Phoenix | None | None | None | ![]() |
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Western Sydney Wanderers | None | None | None | ![]() |
None |
Western United | ![]() |
None | None | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for finals series[lower-alpha 3] |
3 | Western United (C) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 45 | |
4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 43 | |
5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 42 | |
6 | Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 4] | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 39 | |
7 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
8 | Sydney FC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[lower-alpha 5] |
10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | |
11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | |
12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 18 |
Home \ Away | ADE | BRI | CCM | MAC | MCY | MVC | NEW | PER | SYD | WEL | WSW | WUN | ADE | BRI | CCM | MAC | MCY | MVC | NEW | PER | SYD | WEL | WSW | WUN |
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Adelaide United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
Brisbane Roar | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | |||||||||||
Central Coast Mariners | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–5 | |||||||||||
Macarthur FC | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Melbourne City | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||||
Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
Newcastle Jets | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | |||||||||||
Perth Glory | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||||||||||
Sydney FC | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
Wellington Phoenix | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | |||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |||||||||||
Western United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 |
Due to the re-formatting of the AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn),[66] the qualification for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of which of the Premiers for the current season or the following season accrues the most combined points over both seasons.[67] Melbourne City won the Premiership in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons,[68] thereby automatically qualifying for the Champions League.
The finals series, which ran over three weeks, consisted of the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The first and second placed teams chose whether they would play home or away in the first leg.[69] The two winners of those matches meet in the Grand Final.[70] This season was the first to use this format.
Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide United | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide United | 3 | 1 | Melbourne City (a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | Melbourne City | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Western United | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Western United | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western United | 1 | 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Wellington Phoenix | 0 |
Summary
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Melbourne City | 2–1 | Adelaide United | 0–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Melbourne Victory | 2–4 | Western United | 1–0 | 1–4 |
Matches
Melbourne Victory | 1–4 | Western United |
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Brimmer ![]() |
Report |
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Western United won 4–2 on aggregate.
Melbourne City won 2–1 on aggregate.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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![]() | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners | 5–0 (A) | 9 April 2022 | [72] |
![]() | Newcastle Jets | Perth Glory | 6–1 (H) | 10 April 2022 | [73] |
![]() | Western United | Perth Glory | 6–0 (H) | 16 April 2022 | [74] |
Key | |
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(A) | Away team |
(H) | Home team |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[75] |
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1 | ![]() |
Western United | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | 7 |
4 | ![]() |
Melbourne City | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | 4 |
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Adelaide United | ||
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Macarthur FC | ||
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Perth Glory | ||
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Sydney FC |
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.[76]
Team of the season[77] | ||||||||
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