2014–15 A-League
Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions | Template:ALeague MV (3rd title) |
Premiers | Template:ALeague MV (3rd title) |
Champions League | Template:ALeague MV Template:ALeague SFC Template:ALeague AU |
Matches played | 135 |
Goals scored | 401 (2.97 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marc Janko (16) |
Biggest home win | Template:ALeague AU 7–0 Template:ALeague NUJ (24 January 2015) |
Biggest away win | Template:ALeague NUJ 0–4 Template:ALeague BR (14 November 2014) Template:ALeague CCM 1–5 Template:ALeague SFC (24 January 2015) |
Highest scoring | Template:ALeague SFC 5–4 Template:ALeague BR (15 March 2015) |
Longest winning run | Template:ALeague PG Template:ALeague WP (4) |
Longest unbeaten run | Template:ALeague MV Template:ALeague PG (10) |
Longest winless run | Template:ALeague WSW (13) |
Longest losing run | Template:ALeague BR Template:ALeague WSW (4) |
Highest attendance | 50,873 Template:ALeague MV 3–0 Template:ALeague MC (8 May 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 4,162 Template:ALeague NUJ 0–2 Template:ALeague PG (6 April 2015) |
Average attendance | 12,514 |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
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 |
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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 |
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Adelaide United | Josep Gombau | Eugene Galekovic | Kappa | Veolia |
Brisbane Roar | Frans Thijssen | Matt McKay | Umbro | The Coffee Club |
Central Coast Mariners | Tony Walmsley (Head Coach) |
John Hutchinson (Player/Coach) |
Kappa | Masterfoods |
Melbourne City | John van 't Schip | Patrick Kisnorbo | Nike | Etihad |
Melbourne Victory | Kevin Muscat | Mark Milligan | Adidas | Community Training Initiatives (home) Oliana Foods (away) |
Newcastle Jets | Phil Stubbins | Taylor Regan | BLK | Castle Quarry Products |
Perth Glory | Kenny Lowe | Michael Thwaite | Macron | QBE Insurance |
Sydney FC | Graham Arnold | Alex Brosque | Adidas | Webjet |
Wellington Phoenix | Ernie Merrick | Andrew Durante | Adidas | Huawei |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Tony Popovic | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Nike | NRMA Insurance |
Transfers
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sydney FC | Frank Farina | Sacked[2] | 23 April 2014 | Pre-season | Graham Arnold[3] | 8 May 2014 |
Newcastle Jets | Clayton Zane (interim) | End of contract | 5 May 2014 | Pre-season | Phil Stubbins[4] | 5 May 2014 |
Brisbane Roar | Mike Mulvey | Mutual Consent[5] | 23 November 2014 | 8th | Frans Thijssen (Caretaker) | 24 November 2014 |
Central Coast Mariners | Phil Moss | Sacked[6] | 6 March 2015 | 8th | Tony Walmsley (Caretaker Head Coach) John Hutchinson (Caretaker Player/Coach) |
6 March 2015 |
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 (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 |
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Template:ALeague AU | Eugene Galeković[8] | Marcelo Carrusca[8] | None | Eugene Galeković[9] | Nigel Boogaard |
Template:ALeague BR | Matt McKay[10] | Thomas Broich[11] | None | Matt McKay[12] | Shane Stefanutto[13] |
Template:ALeague CCM | None | None | None | John Hutchinson[14] | Nick Montgomery |
Melbourne City | Josh Kennedy[15] | Robert Koren[16] | None | Patrick Kisnorbo[17] | TBD |
Template:ALeague MV | Mark Milligan[18] | Besart Berisha[19] | None | Mark Milligan[20] | Leigh Broxham |
Template:ALeague NUJ | None | None | None | Taylor Regan[21] | TBD |
Template:ALeague PG | Michael Thwaite[22] | Nebojša Marinković[22] | None | Michael Thwaite[23] | TBD |
Template:ALeague SFC | Alex Brosque[24] | Marc Janko[25] | None | Alex Brosque[26] | Saša Ognenovski Nikola Petković[26] |
Template:ALeague WP | None | None | None | Andrew Durante[27] | Ben Sigmund |
Template:ALeague WSW | Matthew Spiranovic[28] | None | None | Nikolai Topor-Stanley[29] | TBD |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
- ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[30]
Results
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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 |
3 May 2015 | Template:ALeague WP | 0–2 | Template:ALeague MC | Template:ALeagueVenue Westpac |
Sunday 19:00 NZST | Report | Kennedy 61' Moss 72' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 10,171 Referee: Ben Williams |
Semi-finals
8 May 2015 | Template:ALeague MV | 3–0 | Template:ALeague MC | Template:ALeagueVenue Etihad |
19:30 AEST | Berisha 18' Barbarouses 30' Thompson 87' |
Report | Attendance: 50,873 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones |
9 May 2015 | Template:ALeague SFC | 4–1 | Template:ALeague AU | Template:ALeagueVenue Allianz |
Saturday 19:30 AEST | Ibini 19' Brosque 45+1', 47' Naumoff 90' |
Report | Goodwin 74' | Attendance: 26,783 Referee: Ben Williams |
Grand Final
17 May 2015 | Template:ALeague MV | 3–0 | Template:ALeague SFC | Template:ALeagueVenue AAMI |
Sunday 16:00 AEST | Berisha 33' Barbarouses 83' Valeri 67' 88' Broxham 90' |
Report | Attendance: 29,843 Referee: Jarred Gillett |
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Own goals
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Andy Keogh | Perth Glory | Brisbane Roar | 3–2[31] | 19 October 2014 |
Besart Berisha | Melbourne Victory | Melbourne City | 5–2[32] | 25 October 2014 |
Henrique† | Brisbane Roar | Newcastle Jets | 4–0[33] | 14 November 2014 |
Nathan Burns | Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne City | 5–1[34] | 30 November 2014 |
Archie Thompson | Melbourne Victory | Sydney FC | 3–3[35] | 13 December 2014 |
Robert Koren | Melbourne City | Newcastle Jets | 5–2[36] | 30 December 2014 |
Marc Janko | Sydney FC | Brisbane Roar | 5–4[37] | 15 March 2015 |
Steven Lustica | Brisbane Roar | Central Coast Mariners | 6–1[38] | 2 April 2015 |
Jamie Maclaren | Perth Glory | Melbourne City | 3–1[39] | 19 April 2015 |
† Player came on as substitute.
Clean sheets
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.
Team | Hosted | Average | High | Low | Total |
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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 |
League total | 135 | 12,514 | 43,729 | 4,162 | 1,689,377 |
By round
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
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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 |