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Revision as of 10:20, 14 March 2020
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Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 11 October 2019 – 16 or 17 May 2020 |
Matches played | 107 |
Goals scored | 323 (3.02 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Adam le Fondre (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar (7 December 2019) Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets (21 December 2019) Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners (1 March 2020) |
Biggest away win | Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City (6 December 2019) |
Highest scoring | Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets (21 December 2019) Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners (1 March 2020) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Sydney FC |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Sydney FC |
Longest winless run | 7 matches Western Sydney Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Western Sydney Wanderers |
Highest attendance | 33,523 Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City (12 October 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 2,973 Western United vs. Brisbane Roar (16 February 2020) |
Average attendance | 9,660 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2020. |
The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and is scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, with 29 rounds where each team will play 26 matches and have 3 byes to account for the odd number of teams. The Finals are scheduled to begin on 1 May 2020 and will end with the Grand Final on 16–17 May 2020.[1]
Clubs
The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[2]
Club | City | Home Ground | Capacity |
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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 | Netstrata Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval |
20,500 20,000 |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Auckland |
Sky Stadium Eden Park |
34,500 50,000 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | Bankwest Stadium | 30,000 |
Western United | Geelong Ballarat Melbourne |
GMHBA Stadium Mars Stadium VU Whitten Oval |
36,000 11,000 12,000 |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor |
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Adelaide United | ![]() |
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Macron[3] | Flinders University[4] #BookThemOut1[5] |
Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
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Umbro[6][7] | Actron Air[8] |
Central Coast Mariners | ![]() |
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Umbro[9][10] | Masterfoods[11] MATE1[12] |
Melbourne City | ![]() |
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Puma[13] | Etihad Airways[14] |
Melbourne Victory | ![]() |
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Adidas[15] | Metricon[16] |
Newcastle Jets | ![]() |
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Viva Sports[17] | #FootballForFires[18] Inspirations Paint1[19] |
Perth Glory | ![]() |
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Macron[20] | BHP[21] |
Sydney FC | ![]() |
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Under Armour[22] | The Star[23] |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
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Paladin Sports[24] | Huawei[25] |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
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Nike[26] | Centuria[27] JD Sports1[28] |
Western United | ![]() |
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Kappa[29] | Probuild[30] |
- 1. ^ Away kit.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 25 April 2019 | Pre-season | ![]() |
23 April 2019 |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
Resigned[32] | 4 May 2019 | ![]() |
4 May 2019 | |
Melbourne City | ![]() |
End of contract[34] | 8 May 2019 | ![]() |
27 June 2019 | |
Adelaide United | ![]() |
End of contract[36] | 10 May 2019 | ![]() |
23 May 2019 | |
Melbourne Victory | ![]() |
Resigned[38] | 23 May 2019 | ![]() |
28 June 2019 | |
Western United | Inaugural holder | ![]() |
23 May 2019 | |||
Newcastle Jets | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 January 2020 | 11th | ![]() ![]() (caretakers)[41] |
6 January 2020 |
Melbourne Victory | ![]() |
Sacked | 15 January 2020 | 6th | ![]() |
15 January 2020 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 January 2020 | 9th | ![]() |
20 January 2020 |
Newcastle Jets | ![]() ![]() (caretakers) |
End of caretaker spell | 6 February 2020 | 11th | ![]() |
6 February 2020 |
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);[45]
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)
Salary cap exemptions and captains
Transfers
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][74][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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Results
Positions by round
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage | |
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 | |
Qualification to Finals series | |
Qualification to 2020 FFA Cup Playoff for Round of 32 | |
Qualification to Finals series |
Finals series
Statistics
Attendances
By club
These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.[citation needed]
- As of matches played on 8 March 2020.
Team | Hosted | Average | High | Low | Total |
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Melbourne Victory | 10 | 17,366 | 33,523 | 12,023 | 173,662 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | 13,729 | 28,519 | 9,090 | 123,559 |
Sydney FC | 10 | 12,110 | 18,501 | 4,099 | 121,096 |
Brisbane Roar | 10 | 9,388 | 12,859 | 4,121 | 93,876 |
Melbourne City | 10 | 9,007 | 18,038 | 5,547 | 90,071 |
Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 8,730 | 15,347 | 6,054 | 87,302 |
Adelaide United | 10 | 8,573 | 12,198 | 6,074 | 85,725 |
Perth Glory | 9 | 8,382 | 11,168 | 6,177 | 75,438 |
Newcastle Jets | 10 | 7,386 | 9,154 | 4,151 | 73,864 |
Western United | 11 | 5,653 | 10,128 | 2,973 | 62,185 |
Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 5,504 | 8,910 | 3,773 | 55,038 |
League total | 109 | 9,558 | 33,523 | 2,973 | 1,041,816 |
By round
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
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Round 1 | 78,600 | 5 | 15,720 |
Round 2 | 52,966 | 5 | 10,593 |
Round 3 | 63,373 | 5 | 12,675 |
Round 4 | 60,180 | 5 | 12,036 |
Round 5 | 41,585 | 5 | 8,317 |
Round 6 | 36,964 | 4 | 9,241 |
Round 7 | 44,882 | 5 | 8,976 |
Round 8 | 44,395 | 5 | 8,879 |
Round 9 | 42,443 | 5 | 8,489 |
Round 10 | 45,171 | 5 | 9,034 |
Round 11 | 50,314 | 5 | 10,063 |
Round 12 | 45,534 | 5 | 9,107 |
Round 13 | 53,061 | 5 | 10,612 |
Round 14 | 43,997 | 5 | 8,799 |
Round 15 | 43,366 | 5 | 8,673 |
Round 16 | 42,947 | 5 | 8,589 |
Round 17 | 37,738 | 5 | 7,548 |
Round 18 | 55,717 | 5 | 11,143 |
Round 19 | 35,300 | 4 | 8,825 |
Round 20 | 38,227 | 5 | 7,645 |
Round 21 | 33,032 | 4/5 | 8,258 |
Round 22 | 43,804 | 5 | 8,761 |
Round 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Round 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Elimination Finals | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Semi Finals | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Grand Final | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Club membership
Club | Members |
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Adelaide United | 7,138 |
Brisbane Roar | 9,883 |
Central Coast Mariners | 6,821 |
Melbourne City | 11,968 |
Melbourne Victory | 23,633 |
Newcastle Jets | 10,344 |
Perth Glory | 10,278 |
Sydney FC | 14,026 |
Wellington Phoenix | 6,625 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 17,325 |
Western United | 4,786 |
Total | 122,827 |
Average | 11,166 |
Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au
Player stats
Top scorers
- As of 8 March 2020[77]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Sydney FC | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Western United | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Melbourne City | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
Perth Glory | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | 10 |
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Adelaide United | ||
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Melbourne Victory | ||
9 | ![]() |
Sydney FC | 8 |
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Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | 3–4 | 17 November 2019 | [78] |
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Brisbane Roar | Melbourne City | 4–3 | 17 November 2019 | |
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Sydney FC | Brisbane Roar | 5–1 | 7 December 2019 | [79] |
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Western United | Central Coast Mariners | 6–2 | 1 March 2020 | [80] |
Own goals
- As of 8 March 2020
Clean sheets
- As of 8 March 2020[81]
Awards
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[82]
Monthly awards
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |
October | ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
Adelaide United |
November | ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
Newcastle Jets |
December | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix |
January | ![]() |
Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
Perth Glory | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix |
February | ![]() |
Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
Perth Glory |
See also
- 2019–20 Adelaide United FC season
- 2019–20 Brisbane Roar FC season
- 2019–20 Central Coast Mariners FC season
- 2019–20 Melbourne City FC season
- 2019–20 Melbourne Victory FC season
- 2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season
- 2019–20 Perth Glory FC season
- 2019–20 Sydney FC season
- 2019–20 Wellington Phoenix FC season
- 2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season
- 2019–20 Western United FC season
Notes
- ^ O'Donovan was vice-captain until he transferred to Newcastle Jets mid-season on 31 January 2020.[48]
- ^ Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[69]
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