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Revision as of 06:39, 31 July 2019

A-League
Season2019–20
Dates11 October 2019 - 16/17 May 2020
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

The 2019–20 A-League will be the 43rd season of national level football in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The addition of Western United brings the total number of teams to 11.[1] The regular season schedule will be released in August 2019. The regular season will commence on 11 October 2019 and conclude on 26 April 2020. 29 rounds will be played where teams will play 26 matches and have 3 byes to account for the odd number of teams. The play-offs begin on 1 May 2020 and will end with the Grand Final on 16–17 May 2020.[2]

Clubs

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
Dolphin Stadium 		52,500
10,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Marvel Stadium
AAMI Park 		56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground
Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		48,000
20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium 30,000
Western United Geelong GMHBA Stadium 36,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek TBD Macron
Brisbane Roar England Robbie Fowler TBD Umbro Actron Air
Central Coast Mariners Australia Alen Stajcic Australia Matt Simon Umbro Masterfoods
Melbourne City France Erick Mombaerts Australia Scott Jamieson Puma Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Germany Marco Kurz TBD Adidas
Newcastle Jets Scotland Ernie Merrick Australia Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports O'Neills Tyre & Autocare
Perth Glory Australia Tony Popovic Spain Diego Castro Macron
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour The Star
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay England Steven Taylor Adidas
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Markus Babbel TBD Nike Centuria
Western United Australia Mark Rudan TBD Kappa Probuild

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar Wales Darren Davies (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 25 April 2019 Pre-season England Robbie Fowler[3] 23 April 2019
Wellington Phoenix Australia Mark Rudan Resigned[4] 4 May 2019 Australia Ufuk Talay[5] 4 May 2019
Melbourne City England Warren Joyce End of contract[6] 8 May 2019 France Erick Mombaerts[7] 27 June 2019
Adelaide United Germany Marco Kurz End of contract[8] 10 May 2019 Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek[9] 23 May 2019
Melbourne Victory Australia Kevin Muscat Resigned[10] 23 May 2019 Germany Marco Kurz[11] 28 June 2019
Western United Inaugural Australia Mark Rudan[12] 23 May 2019

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreigner
Adelaide United Curaçao Michaël Maria Denmark Michael Jakobsen Germany Mirko Boland NOR Kristian Opseth England Ryan Strain1
Brisbane Roar England Macaulay Gillesphey Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway England Jamie Young2
New Zealand Max Crocombe1
Central Coast Mariners New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Scotland Ziggy Gordon New Zealand Jai Ingham2
Melbourne City Austria Richard Windbichler England Craig Noone France Florin Berenguer Uruguay Javier Cabrera Uruguay Adrián Luna
Melbourne Victory Sweden Ola Toivonen Burundi Elvis Kamsoba2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Newcastle Jets New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Panama Abdiel Arroyo England Kaine Sheppard1
New Zealand Glen Moss2
Perth Glory Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh South Korea Kim Soo-beom Spain Diego Castro Spain Juande Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Sydney FC England Adam le Fondre Germany Alexander Baumjohann New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Serbia Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix England David Ball England Steven Taylor Mexico Ulises Dávila
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Patrick Ziegler Poland Radosław Majewski Switzerland Daniel Lopar Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone Italy Alessandro Diamanti Poland Filip Kurto New Zealand Andrew Durante2
Turkey Ersan Gülüm2

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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[13]
2Australian citizens (and 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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club First Designated Second Designated Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None TBD None
Brisbane Roar None None TBD None
Central Coast Mariners Australia Daniel De Silva[14][15] None Australia Matt Simon[16] None
Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[17] None Australia Scott Jamieson[18] None
Melbourne Victory Sweden Ola Toivonen[19] Australia Robbie Kruse[20] TBD Australia Leigh Broxham[21]
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[22] Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[23]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[24][25] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[26] Spain Diego Castro[27] None
Sydney FC None None Australia Alex Wilkinson[28] None
Wellington Phoenix None None England Steven Taylor[29] None
Western Sydney Wanderers None None TBD None
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone[30] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[31] TBD TBD

Transfers

Further information: A-League transfers for 2019–20 season

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][32][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

1 Adelaide United 10-2-4

Results

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WU ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WU
Adelaide United 1–0 2–3 2–2 5–4 0–0 1–0 4–3 2–1 0–0 6–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 0–1
Brisbane Roar 0–1 0–5 3–4 2–3 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–3 5–4 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–4 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 4–1
Central Coast Mariners – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Melbourne City – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Melbourne Victory – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Newcastle Jets – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Perth Glory – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Sydney FC – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Wellington Phoenix – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Western Sydney Wanderers – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Western United – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
Qualification to Finals series
First match(es) will be played on ?. Source: ultimatealeague.com

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Finals series

Elimination-finals

1–3 May 2020 3rd - 6th TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC
1–3 May 2020 4th - 5th TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC

Semi-finals

8–10 May 2020 1st - lowest ranked Elimination Final winner TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC
8–10 May 2020 2nd - highest ranked Elimination Final winner TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC

Grand Final

See also: 2020 A-League Grand Final
16–17 May 2020 highest ranked semi final winner - lowest ranked semi final winner TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC

References

  1. ^ "Revealed: Two teams to join expanded Hyundai A-League". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ "FFA confirms the Competition Calendar for the Hyundai A League 2019/20 season". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ Rugari, Vince (22 April 2019). "Brisbane Roar to unveil Robbie Fowler as new coach". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "A-League Football: Mark Rudan set to quit as Wellington Phoenix coach". The New Zealand Herald. 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Football: Wellington Phoenix announce new coach Ufuk Talay". The New Zealand Herald. 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ Lynch, Michael (8 May 2019). "Melbourne City part ways with Warren Joyce". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ^ "French veteran Mombaerts takes over as Melbourne City coach". The Washington Post. 27 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Adelaide United won't renew coach Kurz's deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 2019.
  9. ^ Wilson-Thomas, Simeon; Migliaccio, Val (23 May 2019). "Gertjan Verbeek has been announced as the new coach of Adelaide United". The Advertiser.
  10. ^ "Kevin Muscat stands down as Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 20 May 2019.
  11. ^ Bossi, Dominic (28 June 2019). "Melbourne Victory hire Marco Kurz as new coach". Brisbane Times.
  12. ^ "New A-League club Western United confirm Mark Rudan as inaugural coach". The Guardian. 23 May 2019.
  13. ^ "A-League Collective Bargaining Agreement – 2008/9 – 2012/13" (PDF). Australian Professional Footballers' Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 9 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ Bossi, Dominic (7 July 2017). "Central Coast Mariners set to sign Daniel De Silva from Serie A giants AS Roma". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ "The Covert Agent: Daniel De Silva's complicated club situation explained". Goal. 25 July 2018.
  16. ^ Windon, Jacob (16 October 2018). "Matt Simon named Mariners club captain". Football Federation Australia.
  17. ^ "A-League: Jamie Maclaren signs for Melbourne City, reasons behind move, Europe departure". Fox Sports. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  18. ^ "Melbourne City FC announces Scott Jamieson as Captain". Melbourne City. 13 October 2018.
  19. ^ Bossi, Dominic (17 July 2019). "Melbourne Victory in talks with Kruse about return to club". The Sydney Morning Herald. Marquee Ola Toivonen remains at the club...
  20. ^ "'Really special': Socceroo confirms Victory return". Herald Sun. 23 July 2019. Kruse to fill the second and final designated player...
  21. ^ "Carl Valeri to lead Melbourne Victory as captain". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2015.
  22. ^ "Nigel Boogaard confirmed as Jets captain". Newcastle Jets. 5 October 2015.
  23. ^ Gardiner, James (25 February 2019). "A-League: Defender's staying power rewarded with two-year extension". The Newcastle Herald. Topor-Stanley is the Jets vice captain
  24. ^ "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". SBS. 6 August 2015.
  25. ^ "Confirmed: Diego Castro re-signs with Perth Glory for another two years". Fox Sports. 23 April 2019.
  26. ^ Taylor, Nick (22 March 2019). "Perth Glory recruit Bruno Fornaroli faces baptism of fire against Manchester United". The West Australian. Fornaroli, a marquee signing for the next two seasons
  27. ^ Morgan, Gareth (17 October 2018). "Castro confirmed as Glory skipper". Perth Glory. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  28. ^ "Wilkinson to captain Sydney FC". The World Game. SBS. 18 July 2019.
  29. ^ Rollo, Phillip (24 July 2019). "Steven Taylor appointed captain after leading Wellington Phoenix in pre-season". Stuff.co.nz.
  30. ^ "The Western Melbourne Group have secured Greek international Panagiotis Kone as their first player signing". Fox Sports. 1 February 2019.
  31. ^ Greco, John (25 July 2019). "Signing news: ex-Italian international Diamanti joins Western United FC". A-League. Football Federation Australia. United have lured the 36-year-old on a one-year marquee deal
  32. ^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
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