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A-League
Season2014–15
ChampionsTemplate:ALeague MV (3rd title)
PremiersTemplate:ALeague MV (3rd title)
Champions LeagueTemplate:ALeague MV
Template:ALeague SFC
Template:ALeague AU
Matches played135
Goals scored401 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerMarc Janko (16)
Biggest home winTemplate:ALeague AU 7–0 Template:ALeague NUJ
(24 January 2015)
Biggest away winTemplate:ALeague NUJ 0–4 Template:ALeague BR
(14 November 2014)
Template:ALeague CCM 1–5 Template:ALeague SFC
(24 January 2015)
Highest scoringTemplate:ALeague SFC 5–4 Template:ALeague BR
(15 March 2015)
Longest winning runTemplate:ALeague PG
Template:ALeague WP (4)
Longest unbeaten runTemplate:ALeague MV
Template:ALeague PG (10)
Longest winless runTemplate:ALeague WSW (13)
Longest losing runTemplate:ALeague BR
Template:ALeague WSW (4)
Highest attendance50,873
Template:ALeague MV 3–0 Template:ALeague MC
(8 May 2015)
Lowest attendance4,162
Template:ALeague NUJ 0–2 Template:ALeague PG
(6 April 2015)
Average attendance12,514

The 2014–15 A-League was the 10th season of the Australian A-League association football competition since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commenced on 10 October 2014 and concluded on 26 April 2015. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015. The season was suspended from 9–24 January in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.[1]

The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015, with Melbourne Victory claiming their third Championship with a 3–0 win against Sydney FC.

The season marked the first year that the team formerly known as Melbourne Heart competed as Melbourne City after the club's renaming in June 2014.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity
Template:ALeague AU Adelaide Coopers Stadium
Adelaide Oval
17,000
53,583
Template:ALeague BR Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Template:ALeague CCM Gosford Central Coast Stadium
North Sydney Oval
20,119
20,000
Template:ALeague MC Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Template:ALeague MV Melbourne Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park
56,347
30,050
Template:ALeague NUJ Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000
Template:ALeague PG Perth nib Stadium 20,500
Template:ALeague SFC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Template:ALeague WP Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000
Template:ALeague WSW Sydney Pirtek Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United Spain Josep Gombau Australia Eugene Galekovic Kappa Veolia
Brisbane Roar Netherlands Frans Thijssen Australia Matt McKay Umbro The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners Australia Tony Walmsley
(Head Coach)
Malta John Hutchinson
(Player/Coach)
Kappa Masterfoods
Melbourne City Netherlands John van 't Schip Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Nike Etihad
Melbourne Victory Australia Kevin Muscat Australia Mark Milligan Adidas Community Training Initiatives (home)
Oliana Foods (away)
Newcastle Jets England Phil Stubbins Australia Taylor Regan BLK Castle Quarry Products
Perth Glory England Kenny Lowe Australia Michael Thwaite Macron QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Australia Graham Arnold Australia Alex Brosque Adidas Webjet
Wellington Phoenix Scotland Ernie Merrick New Zealand Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Tony Popovic Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sydney FC Australia Frank Farina Sacked[2] 23 April 2014 Pre-season Australia Graham Arnold[3] 8 May 2014
Newcastle Jets Australia Clayton Zane (interim) End of contract 5 May 2014 Pre-season England Phil Stubbins[4] 5 May 2014
Brisbane Roar England Mike Mulvey Mutual Consent[5] 23 November 2014 8th Netherlands Frans Thijssen (Caretaker) 24 November 2014
Central Coast Mariners Australia Phil Moss Sacked[6] 6 March 2015 8th Australia Tony Walmsley (Caretaker Head Coach)
Malta John Hutchinson (Caretaker Player/Coach)
6 March 2015

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Spain Sergio Cirio Spain Miguel Palanca Spain Isaías Spain Pablo Sánchez
Brisbane Roar Costa Rica Jean Solórzano Germany Thomas Broich Germany Jérome Polenz Serbia Andrija Kaluđerović Brazil Henrique1
England Jamie Young2
Central Coast Mariners Hungary Richárd Vernes Portugal Fábio Ferreira Scotland Nick Montgomery Malta John Hutchinson2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Melbourne City Argentina Jonatan Germano Republic of Ireland Damien Duff Netherlands Rob Wielaert Slovenia Robert Koren Netherlands Kew Jaliens3
Martinique Harry Novillo3
Melbourne Victory Albania Besart Berisha Brazil Guilherme Finkler France Matthieu Delpierre New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2
Newcastle Jets Ecuador Edson Montaño South Korea Lee Ki-Je Serbia Enver Alivodić
Perth Glory Brazil Sidnei Sciola Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Netherlands Youssouf Hersi Serbia Nebojša Marinković Slovenia Denis Kramar Germany Dragan Paljić3
Sydney FC Austria Marc Janko Senegal Jacques Faty Senegal Mickaël Tavares Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević Serbia Nikola Petković Iraq Ali Abbas1
New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Wellington Phoenix Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham Fiji Roy Krishna Netherlands Roly Bonevacia Spain Albert Riera Spain Alex Rodriguez Malta Manny Muscat2
Western Sydney Wanderers Croatia Mateo Poljak Italy Iacopo La Rocca Japan Yojiro Takahagi Japan Yūsuke Tanaka Netherlands Romeo Castelen

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);[7]
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 ten games)

Marquee players

Club Domestic Marquee International Marquee Junior Marquee player Captain Vice-Captain
Template:ALeague AU Australia Eugene Galeković[8] Argentina Marcelo Carrusca[8] None Australia Eugene Galeković[9] Australia Nigel Boogaard
Template:ALeague BR Australia Matt McKay[10] Germany Thomas Broich[11] None Australia Matt McKay[12] Australia Shane Stefanutto[13]
Template:ALeague CCM None None None Malta John Hutchinson[14] Scotland Nick Montgomery
Melbourne City Australia Josh Kennedy[15] Slovenia Robert Koren[16] None Australia Patrick Kisnorbo[17] TBD
Template:ALeague MV Australia Mark Milligan[18] Albania Besart Berisha[19] None Australia Mark Milligan[20] Australia Leigh Broxham
Template:ALeague NUJ None None None Australia Taylor Regan[21] TBD
Template:ALeague PG Australia Michael Thwaite[22] Serbia Nebojša Marinković[22] None Australia Michael Thwaite[23] TBD
Template:ALeague SFC Australia Alex Brosque[24] Austria Marc Janko[25] None Australia Alex Brosque[26] Australia Saša Ognenovski
Serbia Nikola Petković[26]
Template:ALeague WP None None None New Zealand Andrew Durante[27] New Zealand Ben Sigmund
Template:ALeague WSW Australia Matthew Spiranovic[28] None None Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[29] TBD

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[b] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[30]


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Positions by round

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Notes:

  • Adelaide United were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1, as were Melbourne City and Sydney FC along with Brisbane Roar and Wellington Phoenix.
  • Brisbane Roar were tied with Western Sydney Wanderers at the end of Round 3.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers and Central Coast Mariners had a game in hand between Rounds 3 and 6, with their Round 3 game played before the start of Round 7 on Wednesday 19 November.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar had a game in hand between Rounds 4 and 8, with their Round 4 game played before the start of Round 9 on Wednesday 3 December.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne City have a game in hand between Rounds 10 and 20, with their Round 10 game to be played before the start of Round 21 on Wednesday 11 March.
  • Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar have a game in hand between Rounds 11 and 22, with their Round 11 game to be played before the start of Round 23 on Wednesday 25 March.
  • Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory have a game in hand between Round 18 and 25, with their Round 18 game to be played before the start of Round 26 on Wednesday 15 April.
  • Perth Glory were disqualified from the finals series on Friday 10 April, with their spot on the ladder to be adjusted to 7th after the final game.[30]

Finals series

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
1 Template:ALeague MV 3
4 Template:ALeague WP 0 Template:ALeague MC 0
5 Template:ALeague MC 2 Template:ALeague MV 3
Template:ALeague SFC 0
2 Template:ALeague SFC 4
3 Template:ALeague AU 2 Template:ALeague AU 1
6 Template:ALeague BR 1

Elimination-finals

1 May 2015 Template:ALeague AU 2–1 Template:ALeague BR Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACST Goodwin 7'
Mabil 87'
Report Broich 27' Attendance: 20,155
Referee: Peter Green

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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Own goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Austria Marc Janko Template:ALeague SFC 16
2 Australia Nathan Burns Template:ALeague WP 14
Albania Besart Berisha Template:ALeague MV 13
4 Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Template:ALeague PG 12
5 Australia Archie Thompson Template:ALeague MV 10
6 Fiji Roy Krishna Template:ALeague WP 9
Australia Jamie Maclaren Template:ALeague PG
8 Brazil Henrique Template:ALeague BR 8
Spain Pablo Sánchez Template:ALeague AU
New Zealand Shane Smeltz Template:ALeague SFC
Player Club Against Round
Australia James Donachie Template:ALeague BR Template:ALeague AU 1
New Zealand Tom Doyle Template:ALeague WP Template:ALeague CCM 2
Australia Vedran Janjetović Template:ALeague SFC Template:ALeague WSW 2
Australia Jade North Template:ALeague BR Template:ALeague MV 7
Australia Nigel Boogaard Template:ALeague AU Template:ALeague MV 8
Spain Sergio Cirio Template:ALeague AU Template:ALeague MV 8
Australia Allan Welsh Template:ALeague NUJ Template:ALeague BR 16
Australia Ante Covic Template:ALeague WSW Template:ALeague SFC 19
Malta Manny Muscat Template:ALeague WP Template:ALeague SFC 23
Australia Daniel Bowles Template:ALeague BR Template:ALeague CCM 24
New Zealand Andrew Durante Template:ALeague WP Template:ALeague MV 24
Australia Eugene Galekovic Template:ALeague AU Template:ALeague BR 25

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Perth Glory Brisbane Roar 3–2[31] 19 October 2014
Albania Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory Melbourne City 5–2[32] 25 October 2014
Brazil Henrique Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 4–0[33] 14 November 2014
Australia Nathan Burns Wellington Phoenix Melbourne City 5–1[34] 30 November 2014
Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory Sydney FC 3–3[35] 13 December 2014
Slovenia Robert Koren Melbourne City Newcastle Jets 5–2[36] 30 December 2014
Austria Marc Janko Sydney FC Brisbane Roar 5–4[37] 15 March 2015
Australia Steven Lustica Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners 6–1[38] 2 April 2015
Australia Jamie Maclaren Perth Glory Melbourne City 3–1[39] 19 April 2015

† Player came on as substitute.

Clean sheets

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NB - Additional clean sheets were kept by Template:ALeague AU and Template:ALeague MV, however these are not listed due to goalkeeper substitutions.

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.

Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Australia Vedran Janjetović Template:ALeague SFC 9
2 Australia Tando Velaphi Template:ALeague MC 8
3 Australia Nathan Coe Template:ALeague MV 7
Australia Eugene Galekovic Template:ALeague AU
New Zealand Glen Moss Template:ALeague WP
Australia Liam Reddy Template:ALeague CCM
7 England Jamie Young Template:ALeague BR 5
8 Australia Danny Vuković Template:ALeague PG 4
9 Australia Ante Covic Template:ALeague WSW 3
Australia Ben Kennedy Template:ALeague NUJ
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 14 25,388 43,729 18,205 355,436
Sydney FC 13 17,406 41,213 11,280 226,276
Adelaide United 14 12,644 33,126 7,767 177,012
Western Sydney Wanderers 14 12,520 19,484 7,239 175,284
Brisbane Roar 13 11,660 17,131 6,813 151,586
Melbourne City 13 10,374 26,372 5,867 134,859
Perth Glory 14 9,540 12,271 5,821 133,564
Newcastle Jets 13 8,968 11,884 4,162 116,587
Wellington Phoenix 14 8,583 13,248 6,236 120,168
Central Coast Mariners 13 7,585 12,102 4,508 98,605
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 135 12,514 43,729 4,162 1,689,377

By round

2014–15 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 90,013 5 18,003
Round 2 106,082 5 21,216
Round 3 91,836 5 18,367
Round 4 73,547 5 14,709
Round 5 58,437 5 11,687
Round 6 62,752 5 12,550
Round 7 62,977 5 12,595
Round 8 72,856 5 14,571
Round 9 47,373 5 9,475
Round 10 64,067 5 12,813
Round 11 67,924 5 13,585
Round 12 63,190 5 12,638
Round 13 72,186 5 14,437
Round 14 53,727 5 10,745
Round 15 52,157 5 10,431
Round 16 75,844 5 15,169
Round 17 53,339 5 10,668
Round 18 49,016 5 9,803
Round 19 67,338 5 13,468
Round 20 57,301 5 11,460
Round 21 47,703 5 9,541
Round 22 53,237 5 10,647
Round 23 50,305 5 10,061
Round 24 39,366 5 7,873
Round 25 53,630 5 10,726
Round 26 42,233 5 8,447
Round 27 61,841 5 12,368
Elimination Final 30,326 2 15,163
Semi Final 77,656 2 38,828
Grand Final 29,843 1 29,843

Top 10 season attendances

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Club membership

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
50,873 SF 8 May 2015 Template:ALeague MV 3–0 Template:ALeague MC Etihad Stadium Friday Night
43,729 3 25 October 2014 Template:ALeague MV 5–2 Template:ALeague MC Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
41,213 2 18 October 2014 Template:ALeague SFC 3–2 Template:ALeague WSW Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
40,042 16 7 February 2015 Template:ALeague MV 3–0 Template:ALeague MC Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
33,126 2 17 October 2014 Template:ALeague AU 1–1 Template:ALeague MV Adelaide Oval Friday Night
30,083 1 10 October 2014 Template:ALeague MV 4–1 Template:ALeague WSW Etihad Stadium Friday Night
29,843 GF 17 May 2015 Template:ALeague MV 3–0 Template:ALeague SFC AAMI Park Sunday Night
26,783 SF 9 May 2015 Template:ALeague SFC 4–1 Template:ALeague AU Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
26,372 11 20 December 2014 Template:ALeague MC 1–0 Template:ALeague MV AAMI Park Saturday Night
25,525 1 11 October 2014 Template:ALeague SFC 1–1 Template:ALeague MC Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
2014–15 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Template:ALeague AU 9,429
Template:ALeague BR 12,113
Template:ALeague CCM 6,242
Template:ALeague MC 11,741
Template:ALeague MV 24,200
Template:ALeague NUJ 10,003
Template:ALeague PG 6,296
Template:ALeague SFC 11,508
Template:ALeague WP 4,183
Template:ALeague WSW 18,706
Total 114,421
Average 11,442

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NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2014–15 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Young Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

Nominees

Month Player Club
October 2014 Australia Terry Antonis[40] Template:ALeague SFC
November 2014 Australia Tomi Juric[41] Template:ALeague WSW
December 2014 Australia James Jeggo[42] Template:ALeague AU
January 2015 Not given due to 2015 Asian Cup
February 2015 Australia Connor Chapman[43] Template:ALeague MC
March 2015 Australia Brandon Borrello[44] Template:ALeague BR
April 2015 Australia Jamie Maclaren[45] Template:ALeague PG

End of season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League 2014–15 Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 11 May 2015.[46]

See also

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