2023 A-League Men finals series
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The 2023 A-League Men finals series was the 18th annual edition of A-League finals series, the playoffs tournament staged to determine the champion of the 2022–23 A-League Men season. The series was played over four weeks culminating in the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final, where the Central Coast Mariners won their second championship 6–1 against premiers Melbourne City.
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 5 May – 3 June 2023 |
Champions | Central Coast Mariners |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 23 (3.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jason Cummings (4 goals) |
Biggest home win | Melbourne City 4–0 Sydney FC (Semi-finals, 19 May 2023) |
Biggest away win | Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Sydney FC (Elimination-finals, 6 May 2023) Adelaide United 1–2 Central Coast Mariners (Semi-finals, 13 May 2023) |
Highest scoring | Melbourne City 1–6 Central Coast Mariners (Grand Final, 3 June 2023) |
Highest attendance | 27,288 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Sydney FC (Elimination-finals, 6 May 2023) |
Lowest attendance | 9,223 Melbourne City 4–0 Sydney FC (Semi-finals, 19 May 2023) |
Total attendance | 124,417 |
Average attendance | 17,774 |
← 2022 2024 → |
It featured the first A-League Men Grand Final played at a fixed location (outside the 2020 Grand Final), which was played at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta, based on an Australian Professional Leagues decision in December 2022 for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 A-Leagues Grand Finals to be played in Sydney in a deal with Destination NSW,[1] which met fan backlash[2][3] and soonly scrapped in October 2023.