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The 2021–22 season was the 53rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 139th overall.
| Season | 2021–22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's soccer | ||
| ALM Premiership | Melbourne City | |
| ALM Championship | Western United | |
| National Premier Leagues | Finals not held | |
| FFA Cup | Melbourne Victory | |
| Women's soccer | ||
| ALW Premiership | Sydney FC | |
| ALW Championship | Melbourne Victory | |
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Men's senior
Friendly
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's senior national team in 2021–22.
| 1 June 2022 | Australia  | 2–1 |  Jordan | Doha, Qatar |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) |
FIFA World Cup qualification
AFC third round Group B
| 2 September 2021 Group B | Australia | 3–0 |  China | Doha, Qatar |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) |
| 7 September 2021 Group B | Vietnam  | 0–1 | Australia | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 19:00 UTC+7 | Report |
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Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| 7 October 2021 Group B | Australia | 3–1 |  Oman | Doha, Qatar |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
| 12 October 2021 Group B | Japan  | 2–1 | Australia | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:14 UTC+9 | Report |
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Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 14,437 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| 11 November 2021 Group B | Australia | 0–0 |  Saudi Arabia | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:05 UTC+11 | Report | Stadium: Western Sydney Stadium Attendance: 23,314 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) |
| 16 November 2021 Group B | China | 1–1 | Australia | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| 19:00 UTC+4 | Report |
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Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 27 January 2022 Group B | Australia | 4–0 | Vietnam | Melbourne, Australia |
| 20:10 UTC+11 | Report | Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 27,740 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) |
| 1 February 2022 Group B | Oman | 2–2 | Australia | Muscat, Oman |
| 20:00 UTC+4 | Report | Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| 24 March 2022 Group B | Australia | 0–2 | Japan | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:10 UTC+11 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadium Australia Attendance: 41,852 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
| 29 March 2022 Group B | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Australia | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
AFC Fourth-round play-off
| 7 June 2022 | United Arab Emirates  | 1–2 | Australia | Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) |
Inter-Confederation play-offs
Men's under 23
Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the men's under 23 national team in 2021–22.
| 12 July 2021 | Australia | 0–2 |  New Zealand | Ichihara, Japan |
| 19:00 (UTC+9) | Report | Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium |
| 15 July 2021 | Australia | 1–0 | New Zealand | Ichihara, Japan |
| 18:00 (UTC+9) | Duke  3' |
Report | Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) |
Olympic Games
| 22 July 2021 Group Stage | Argentina  | 0–2 | Australia | Sapporo, Japan |
| 19:30 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
| 25 July 2021 Group Stage | Australia | 0–1 |  Spain | Sapporo, Japan |
| 19:30 UTC+9 | Report |
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Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) |
| 28 July 2021 Group Stage | Australia | 0–2 |  Egypt | Rifu, Japan |
| 20:00 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Miyagi Stadiun Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
| 26 October 2021 Group Stage | Indonesia  | 2–3 | Australia | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 17:00 UTC+5 | Report | Stadium: Republican Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea) |
| 29 October 2021 Group Stage | Australia | 1–0 | Indonesia | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 17:00 UTC+5 |
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Report | Stadium: Republican Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Arif Shamil Abd Rasid (Malaysia) |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
| 1 June 2022 Group stage | Australia | 2–0 |  Kuwait | Qarshi, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) |
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Report | Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates) |
| 4 June 2022 Group stage | Iraq  | 1–1 | Australia | Qarshi, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 492 Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan) |
| 7 June 2022 Group stage | Jordan | 0–1 | Australia | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) | Report | Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) |
| 11 June 2022 Quarter-final | Australia | 1–0 |  Turkmenistan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) |
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Report | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 247 Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar) |
| 15 June 2022 Semi-final | Australia | 0−2 | Saudi Arabia | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) | Report | Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 323 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) |
| 18 June 2022 3rd place match | Japan | 3–0 | Australia | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 (UTC+5) | Report | Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) |
Women's senior
Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the women's national team in 2021–22.
| 14 July 2021 MS&AD Cup | Japan | 1–0 | Australia | Kameoka, Japan |
| 19:20 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Sanga Stadium Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan) |
| 21 September 2021 | Republic of Ireland  | 3–2 | Australia | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| 19:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) |
| 23 October 2022 | Australia | 3–1 |  Brazil | Sydney, Australia |
| 19:50 |
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Report |
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 15,270 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland) |
| 26 October 2022 | Australia | 2–2 | Brazil | Sydney, Australia |
| 20:05 |
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Report | Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 12,087 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland) |
| 27 November 2021 | Australia | 0–3 |  United States | Sydney, Australia |
| 15:00 | Source | Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 36,109 Referee: Hyeon Jeong Oh (South Korea) |
| 30 November 2021 | Australia | 1–1 | United States | Newcastle, Australia |
| 20:05 |
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Report |
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 20,495 Referee: Park Sejin (South Korea) |
| 8 April 2022 | Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand | Townsville, Australia |
| 19:45 10:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: QCB Stadium Attendance: 10,779 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan) |
| 12 April 2022 | Australia | 3–1 | New Zealand | Canberra, Australia |
| 19:45 10:00 | Report |
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Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 13,077 Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan) |
| 25 June 2022 | Spain | 7–0 | Australia | Huelva, Spain |
| 21:30 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 6,869 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland) |
| 28 June 2022 | Portugal  | 1–1 | Australia | Estoril, Portugal |
| 21:00 UTC+1 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota Referee: Victoria Beyer (France) |
Olympic Games
| 21 July 2021 Group Stage | Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand | Tokyo, Japan |
| 20:30 | Report | Rennie 90+1' |
Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico) |
| 24 July 2021 Group Stage | Sweden  | 4–2 | Australia | Saitama, Japan |
| 17:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil) |
| 27 July 2021 Group Stage | United States | 0–0 | Australia | Kashima, Japan |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia) |
| 30 July 2021 Quarter-finals | Great Britain  | 3–4 | Australia | Kashima, Japan |
| 18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda) |
| 2 August 2021 Semi-finals | Australia | 0–1 | Sweden | Yokohama, Japan |
| 20:00 | Report |
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Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 0 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras) |
| 5 August 2021 Bronze medal match | Australia | 3–4 | United States | Kashima, Japan |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina) |
AFC Women's Asian Cup
| 21 January 2022 Group stage | Australia | 18–0 |  Indonesia | Mumbai, India |
| 15:30 UTC+5:30 | Report | Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran) |
| 24 January 2022 Group stage | Philippines  | 0–4 | Australia | Mumbai, India |
| 15:30 UTC+5:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei) |
| 27 January 2022 Group stage | Australia | 2–1 |  Thailand | Mumbai, India |
| 19:30 UTC+5:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar) |
| 30 January 2022 Quarter-final | Australia | 0–1 |  South Korea | Pune, India |
| --:-- UTC+5:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Qin Liang (China PR) |
Women's under-20
Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup, between 14 and 22 August 2021 in Shepparton, Victoria.[1][2] However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Friendlies
The following is a list of friendlies played by the Women's U-20 team in 2021–22.
| 6 April 2022 | Australia | 5–1 | New Zealand | Canberra, Australia |
| 18:30 UTC+10 | Report |
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Stadium: Deakin Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) |
| 10 April 2022 | Australia | 1–1 | New Zealand | Canberra, Australia |
| 14:00 UTC+10 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Viking Stadium Referee: Georgia Ghirardello (Australia) |
| 12 June 2022 | New Zealand | 2–1 | Australia | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 14:00 UTC+12 | Report |
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Stadium: Kiwitea Street |
Women's under-17
Australia was to host one of the groups in the first round of qualification for the 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, between 18 and 26 September 2021 in Cessnock, New South Wales.[1][2] However, in July 2021, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed that the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
AFC Champions League
Qualifiers:
- Melbourne City as 2020–21 A-League regular season premiers
- Melbourne Victory as 2021 FFA Cup winners
- Sydney FC as 2020–21 A-League regular season runners-up
Melbourne Victory were eliminated in the play-off round.
Group stage
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BGP | MCY | JND | UCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BG Pathum United (H) |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Melbourne City |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Jeonnam Dragons |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | United City |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Group H
A-League Men
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[a] |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for finals series[b] |
| 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[c] | 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[d] |
| 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 |
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- 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.
- Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
- The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[5]
- Finals
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
National Premier Leagues
The Final Series was not held.
Cup competitions
FFA Cup
A-Leagues All Stars Game
A-League Women
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney FC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 33 | |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 27 | |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 17 | |
| 7 | Canberra United | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 7 |
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
- Finals
- 3 January 2022: Ulysses Kokkinos, 74, former South Melbourne Hellas, Fitzroy United, Hakoah Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne Juventus, West Adelaide Hellas, Western Suburbs, and Floreat Athena forward.[6][7]
- 23 February 2022: Jim Milisavljevic, 70, former Footscray JUST and Carlton Serbia goalkeeper.[8]
- 14 March 2022: Colin Kitching, 88, former Bundamba, Blackstone United, St Helens United, Hellenic, and Australia forward.[9]
- 14 September 2021: Wayne Brown, 33, former Newcastle Jets midfielder.[10]
- 19 September 2021: Christine Nairn, 30, former United States and Melbourne Victory midfielder.[11]
- 24 September 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former Australia, Adelaide Sensation, Western Waves, Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets, Melbourne Victory, Melbourne City, North Shore Mariners, Canberra United, South Melbourne, and Sydney FC forward.[12]
- 28 September 2021: Steven Taylor, 35, former Wellington Phoenix defender.[13]
- 30 September 2021: Ronald Vargas, 34, former Venezuela and Newcastle Jets forward.[14]
- 15 October 2021: Simon Cox, 34, former Ireland and Western Sydney Wanderers forward.[15]
- 23 October 2021: Adam Federici, 36, former Australia and Macarthur FC goalkeeper.[16]
- 28 October 2021: Daniel Georgievski, 33, former Macedonia, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Melbourne City defender.[17][18]
- 12 November 2021: Joe Ledley, 34, former Wales and Newcastle Jets midfielder.[19]
- 27 January 2022: Besart Berisha, 36, former Albania, Kosovo, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, and Western United forward.[20]
- 9 March 2022: Zac Anderson, 30, former Gold Coast United, Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC, and Olympic FC defender.[21]
- 30 April 2022: Andy Keogh, 35, former Republic of Ireland and Perth Glory forward.[22]
- 7 May 2022: Bobô, 37, former Sydney FC forward.[23]
- 20 May 2022: Louis Fenton, 29, former New Zealand and Wellington Phoenix defender.[24]
- 22 May 2022: Joseph Mills, 32, former Perth Glory defender.[25]
- 23 November 2021: Ashleigh Sykes, 28, former Australia international forward who retired in 2018 and signed with Canberra United.[26]
- 25 November 2021: Lisa De Vanna, 36, former Australia international forward who retired in September 2021 and signed with Perth Glory.[27]
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