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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.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
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.
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Central Coast Mariners were the premiers and champions this season.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel and kits

  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

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
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]
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Foreign players

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)

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Regular season

The 2023–24 season will see each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
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
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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. 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

More information Home \ Away, ADL ...
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
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Source: Aleagues.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Finals series

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

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

More information Sydney FC, 4–0 ...
Sydney FC4–0Macarthur FC
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Attendance: 11,792

More information Melbourne Victory, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Attendance: 21,358
Referee: Alex King

Semi-finals

Summary

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
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.)
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Matches

More information Sydney FC, 1–2 ...
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Attendance: 13,813
Referee: Ben Abraham
More information Central Coast Mariners, 0–0 ...
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Central Coast Mariners won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Melbourne Victory, 0–0 ...
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Attendance: 16,313
Referee: Adam Kersey
More information Wellington Phoenix, 1–2 (a.e.t.) ...
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Attendance: 33,297
Referee: Daniel Elder

Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

More information Central Coast Mariners, 3–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Attendance: 21,379
Referee: Alex King
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Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 May 2024.[69]
More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerClubGoals
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
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Australia Bruno Fornaroli4Melbourne VictoryNewcastle Jets5–3 (H)29 October 2023[70]
Poland Oskar ZawadaWellington PhoenixBrisbane Roar5–2 (H)4 November 2023[71]
Australia Bruno Fornaroli4Melbourne VictoryWestern Sydney Wanderers3–4 (A)10 December 2023[72]
Colombia Ángel TorresCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne City3–3 (A)17 December 2023[73]
Australia Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityBrisbane Roar8–1 (H)28 December 2023[74]
Mexico Ulises DávilaMacarthur FCWestern United3–3 (N)12 January 2024[75]
Japan Hiroshi IbusukiAdelaide UnitedSydney FC4–3 (N)13 January 2024[76]
France Valère GermainMacarthur FCWestern Sydney Wanderers4–3 (H)4 February 2024[77]
Australia Nestory IrankundaAdelaide UnitedWestern United4–1 (H)29 March 2024[78]
Germany Tolgay ArslanMelbourne CityPerth Glory8–0 (H)14 April 2024[79]
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More information Key, (H) ...
Key
4 Player scored four goals
(H) Home team
(A) Away team
(N) Neutral ground
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Clean sheets

As of 1 May 2024
More information Rank, Goalkeeper ...
RankGoalkeeperClubClean 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
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Awards

Annual awards

Club awards

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Attendances

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

More information #, Football club ...
#Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance[97]
1Sydney FC1314,476
2Melbourne Victory1312,227
3Western Sydney Wanderers1310,573
4Adelaide United1310,035
5Wellington Phoenix138,940
6Melbourne City FC138,488
7Central Coast Mariners137,250
8Brisbane Roar136,707
9Perth Glory135,964
10Newcastle United Jets135,673
11Macarthur FC134,216
12Western United133,274
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See also

Notes

    1. Away kit

    References

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