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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 is expected to be the last as a 12 team competition, with expansion to 14 teams from 2024–25 with the inclusion of Auckland FC. Another team proposed is Canberra United FC which is yet to be confirmed.
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 20 October 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
Champions | Central Coast Mariners (3rd title) |
Premiers | Central Coast Mariners (3rd title) |
AFC Champions League Elite | Central Coast Mariners |
AFC Champions League Two | Sydney FC |
Matches played | 169 |
Goals scored | 556 (3.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Adam Taggart (20 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Alex Paulsen |
Biggest home win | Melbourne City 8–0 Perth Glory (14 April 2024) |
Biggest away win | Adelaide United 1–5 Sydney FC (11 November 2023) |
Highest scoring | Melbourne City 8–1 Brisbane Roar (28 December 2023) |
Longest winning run | 5 games Central Coast Mariners |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 games Melbourne Victory |
Longest winless run | 10 games Perth Glory |
Longest losing run | 6 games Western United |
Highest attendance | 33,297 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory (18 May 2024) |
Lowest attendance | 2,410 Western United 0–1 Newcastle Jets (11 November 2023) |
Total attendance | 1,446,299 |
Average attendance | 8,558 ( 566) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024. |
Melbourne City were the defending premiers and Central Coast Mariners were the defending champions.
Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.
Club | City | Home ground | Capacity |
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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 | |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Brisbane Roar | Nick Green (caretaker) | End of contract | 2 May 2023 | Pre-season | Ross Aloisi | 2 May 2023[45] |
Wellington Phoenix | Ufuk Talay | End of contract[46] | 6 May 2023 | Giancarlo Italiano | 6 May 2023[47] | |
Perth Glory | Ruben Zadkovich | Resigned[48] | 2 June 2023 | Kenny Lowe (caretaker) | 12 July 2023[49] | |
Newcastle Jets | Arthur Papas | Resigned[50] | 19 June 2023 | Robert Stanton | 26 June 2023[51] | |
Perth Glory | Kenny Lowe (caretaker) | End of contract | 3 August 2023 | Alen Stajcic | 3 August 2023[52] | |
Central Coast Mariners | Nick Montgomery | Signed by Hibernian[53] | 11 September 2023 | Abbas Saad (caretaker) | 11 September 2023[54] | |
Abbas Saad (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 27 September 2023 | Mark Jackson | 27 September 2023[55] | ||
Melbourne City | Rado Vidošić | Mutual termination | 1 November 2023 | 12th | Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) | 1 November 2023[56] |
Sydney FC | Steve Corica | Mutual termination [57] | 7 November 2023 | 12th | Ufuk Talay | 8 November 2023[58] |
Brisbane Roar | Ross Aloisi | Signed by Shanghai Port[59][60] | 24 December 2023 | 5th | Luciano Trani (caretaker) | 24 December 2023 |
Luciano Trani (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 1 January 2024 | 7th | Ben Cahn | 1 January 2024[61] | |
Ben Cahn | Indefinite leave | 1 February 2024 | 9th | Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) | 1 February 2024[62] | |
Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) | Promoted to full-time | N/A | 8th | Ruben Zadkovich | 22 April 2024[63] |
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)
The 2023–24 season will see each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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]
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 |
Team 1 | Agg. | 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.) |
Central Coast Mariners won 2–1 on aggregate.
Wellington Phoenix | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne Victory |
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Zawada 90+9' | Report |
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Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adam Taggart | Perth Glory | 20 |
2 | Bruno Fornaroli | Melbourne Victory | 18 |
3 | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | Newcastle Jets | 17 |
4 | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Adelaide United | 15 |
5 | Tolgay Arslan | Melbourne City | 13 |
Kosta Barbarouses | Wellington Phoenix | ||
Ángel Torres | Central Coast Mariners | ||
8 | Valère Germain | Macarthur FC | 12 |
9 | Fábio Gomes | Sydney FC | 11 |
Joe Lolley | Sydney FC |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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Bruno Fornaroli4 | Melbourne Victory | Newcastle Jets | 5–3 (H) | 29 October 2023 | [70] |
Oskar Zawada | Wellington Phoenix | Brisbane Roar | 5–2 (H) | 4 November 2023 | [71] |
Bruno Fornaroli4 | Melbourne Victory | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3–4 (A) | 10 December 2023 | [72] |
Ángel Torres | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne City | 3–3 (A) | 17 December 2023 | [73] |
Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | 8–1 (H) | 28 December 2023 | [74] |
Ulises Dávila | Macarthur FC | Western United | 3–3 (N) | 12 January 2024 | [75] |
Hiroshi Ibusuki | Adelaide United | Sydney FC | 4–3 (N) | 13 January 2024 | [76] |
Valère Germain | Macarthur FC | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4–3 (H) | 4 February 2024 | [77] |
Nestory Irankunda | Adelaide United | Western United | 4–1 (H) | 29 March 2024 | [78] |
Tolgay Arslan | Melbourne City | Perth Glory | 8–0 (H) | 14 April 2024 | [79] |
Key | |
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4 | Player scored four goals |
(H) | Home team |
(A) | Away team |
(N) | Neutral ground |
Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets[80] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Danny Vukovic | Central Coast Mariners | 12 |
2 | Alex Paulsen | Wellington Phoenix | 11 |
3 | Jamie Young | Melbourne City | 10 |
4 | Paul Izzo | Melbourne Victory | 6 |
5 | Filip Kurto | Macarthur FC | 5 |
Ryan Scott | Newcastle Jets | ||
Lawrence Thomas | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
8 | Macklin Freke | Brisbane Roar | 3 |
9 | Joe Gauci | Adelaide United | 2 |
Daniel Margush | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
Andrew Redmayne | Sydney FC |
Sydney FC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the A-League.
# | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[97] |
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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 |
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