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{{Infobox football match
| title      = 2019 A-League Grand Final
| image      = 
| image_size = 
| event      = [[2018–19 A-League]]
| team1      = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
| team2      = [[Sydney FC]]
| team1score = 0
| team2score = 0
| details    = Sydney FC won 4–1 on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]]
| date       = 19 May 2019
| stadium    = [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]]
| city       = [[Perth]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Miloš Ninković]] (Sydney FC)
| referee    = [[Shaun Evans (referee)|Shaun Evans]]
| attendance = 56,371
| weather    = Sunny and clear<br />{{convert|19.9|°C|°F|abbr=on}}
| previous   = [[2018 A-League Grand Final|2018]]
| next       = [[2020 A-League Grand Final|2020]]
}}
The '''2019 A-League Grand Final''' was the fourteenth [[A-League Grand Final]], the championship-deciding match of the [[A-League]] in Australia and the culmination of the [[2018–19 A-League|2018–19 season]]. It was played on the 19 May 2019 at [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]] in [[Perth]] between [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] and [[Sydney FC]], who finished the regular season first and second respectively. This was the first A-League grand final hosted in Perth and it is the highest attended grand final in A-League history.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-glory/perth-glory-a-league-grand-final-offside-controversy-marrs-first-half-as-teams-deadlocked-ng-b881204487z|title=Perth Glory A-League Grand Final offside controversy|date=2019-05-19|website=The West Australian|language=en|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>

Sydney participated in their fifth grand final, winning three of the previous four played prior to this match. Perth participated in their sixth grand final overall and second in the A-League era, winning two of the previous five.

The match ended 0–0 after extra time, with Sydney winning 4–1 on penalties to secure their fourth A-League title.

==Teams==
''In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
|-
|[[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
|5 ([[2000 National Soccer League Grand Final|2000]], [[2001–02 National Soccer League#Grand final|2002]], '''[[2003 National Soccer League Grand Final|2003]]''', '''[[2004 National Soccer League Grand Final|2004]]''', [[2012 A-League Grand Final|2012]])
|-
|[[Sydney FC]]
|4 ('''[[2006 A-League Grand Final|2006]]''', '''[[2010 A-League Grand Final|2010]]''', [[2015 A-League Grand Final|2015]], '''[[2017 A-League Grand Final|2017]]''')
|}

==Route to the final==
{{See also|2018–19 A-League}}
{{6TeamBracket|seeds=no
| RD1= Elimination-finals
| RD2= Semi-finals
| RD3= Grand Final

| RD1-team1 = '''[[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]]''' {{aet}}
| RD1-score1 = '''1'''
| RD1-team2 = [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]]
| RD1-score2 = 0

| RD1-team3 = '''[[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]'''
| RD1-score3 = '''3'''
| RD1-team4 = [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]]
| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD2-team1 = '''[[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])
| RD2-score1 = '''{{nowrap|3 (5)}}'''
| RD2-team2 = [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]]
| RD2-score2 = {{nowrap|3 (4)}}

| RD2-team3 = '''[[Sydney FC]]'''
| RD2-score3 = '''6'''
| RD2-team4 = [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]
| RD2-score4 = 1

| RD3-team1 = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
| RD3-score1 ='''{{nowrap|0 (1)}}'''
| RD3-team2 = '''[[Sydney FC]]''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])
| RD3-score2 ='''{{nowrap|0 (4)}}'''
}}
The [[A-League Grand Final]] is the grand final for the [[A-League]], a professional club soccer league that is based in Australia and New Zealand. The [[2018–19 A-League|2018–19 season]] was the fourteenth season in history and also the 42nd of top-flight football in Australia. Each team played against each other three times throughout the season for a total of twenty seven matches. After the regular season, the top six teams qualified to play in the finals with the teams placed between third and sixth playing in week one of the finals while the top two teams got a week off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/competition-rules|title=Competition Rules|access-date=6 May 2019|publisher=A-League}}</ref> This meant that playing in the first week was, [[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]], [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]], [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]] and [[Wellington Phoenix FC|Wellington Phoenix]] while [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] and [[Sydney FC]] having the bye for the first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/hyundai-a-league-2019-finals-series-fixtures-confirmed|title=Hyundai A-League 2019 Finals Series Fixtures Confirmed|date=26 April 2019|access-date=6 May 2019|publisher=FFA}}</ref>

The grand final will be contested by Perth Glory and Sydney FC which respectively finished one and two after the regular season with Perth finishing ahead of Sydney by eight points. During the regular season, the two teams played three times with Sydney leading the head-to-head at two wins to one.

===Perth Glory===
{{main|2018–19 Perth Glory FC season}}
During the pre-season, they acquired former [[Australia men's national soccer team|Socceroos]] [[Tomislav Mrcela]] from Korean club [[Jeonnam Dragons]], [[Matthew Spiranovic]] from Chinese club [[Zhejiang Greentown]] and [[Jason Davidson]] from Croatian side [[HNK Rijeka]] in what became a trio in the backline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefootballsack.com.au/2018/10/perth-glory-201819-season-preview.html|title=Perth Glory 2018/19 season preview|date=11 October 2018|access-date=15 May 2019|first=Matthew|last=Comito|website=The Football Sack}}</ref> In the opening game of the season, they drew with [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]] 1–1 at home with [[Andy Keogh]] scoring the first goal for Perth in the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthglory.com.au/news/perth-glory-v-wsw-match-report|title=Keogh on target as Glory open with a draw|date=21 October 2018|access-date=15 May 2019|first=Gareth|last=Morgan|publisher=Perth Glory FC}}</ref> After gaining win in Round 2 and 3, Perth went to the top of the table after knocking off Adelaide United with two goals in the second half from [[Andy Keogh]] and [[Chris Ikonomidis]] securing the victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthglory.com.au/news/adelaide-united-v-glory-match-report\|title=Impressive away win sends Glory top|date=11 November 2018|access-date=16 May 2019|first=Gareth|last=Morgan|publisher=A-League}}</ref>

===Sydney FC===
{{main|2018–19 Sydney FC season}}

===Summary of results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|[[Perth Glory]]
!Round
!colspan=2|[[Sydney FC]]
|-
|colspan=2 valign=top|1st place
{{2018–19 A-League table|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=PER|show_limit=5}}
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|[[2018–19 A-League|Regular season]]
|colspan=2 valign=top|2nd place
{{2018–19 A-League table|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=SYD|show_limit=5}}
|- style="background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Score
|
|Opponent
|Score
|-
|align=left|Bye week
|NA
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Elimination Finals
|align=left|Bye week
|NA
|-
|align=left|[[Adelaide United]]
|3–3 (5-4 on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|pen.]])
|style="background:#c1e0ff"|Semifinals
|align=left|[[Melbourne Victory]]
|6–1
|}

==Pre-match==
===Venue===
[[File:E37 Perth Stadium Open Day 089.JPG|thumb|[[Perth Stadium]] in Perth hosted the 2019 A-League Grand Final]]
The Grand Final was held at [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]] in [[Perth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-glory/perth-glorys-a-league-grand-final-date-and-time-locked-in-at-optus-stadium-ng-b881196142z|title=Perth Glory’s A-League grand final date and time locked in at Optus Stadium|date=11 May 2019|access-date=13 May 2019|first=Nick|last=Taylor|publisher=[[The West Australian]]}}</ref> and was the second time that a major soccer match was held at the stadium, after the friendly between [[Perth Glory]] and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] on 23 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/24/perth-glory-hold-their-own-in-friendly-defeat-to-chelsea|title=Perth Glory hold their own in friendly defeat to Chelsea|date=24 July 2018|access-date=13 May 2019|publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The stadium is mainly used as an [[Australian rules football]]  ground for the [[West Coast Eagles]] and the [[Fremantle Dockers]] in the [[Australian Football League]] in the winter months, while in the summer it's used for cricket for the [[Perth Scorchers]] and occasionally the [[Australia national cricket team]].<ref name="cricketoverview">{{cite news|newspaper=WAToday|date=3 September 2015|access-date=13 May 2019|title=WACA to shift Test matches to new Perth Stadium at Burswood|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/waca-to-shift-test-matches-to-new-perth-stadium-at-burswood-20150903-gjeaxp.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-20/deal-done-for-afl-to-be-played-at-new-wa-stadium/9072288|title=AFL deal made for games to be played at new Perth Stadium|work=ABC News|date=20 October 2017|access-date=13 May 2019|first=David|last=Weber|publisher=ABC}}</ref>

===Ticket details===
Ticket sales started on the Monday prior to the event. In the first few hours over 35,000 tickets had been sold, of which 20,000 were from club members. Two days later tickets went on sale to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/35-000-sold-in-hours-a-league-grand-final-tickets-fly-out-the-door-20190514-p51nca.html|title=35,000 sold in hours: A-League grand final tickets fly out the door|date=14 May 2019|access-date=17 May 2019|first=Dominic|last=Bossi|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

==Match==
===Summary===
The match started at 4:45pm [[UTC+08:00|AWST]] in Perth with [[Shaun Evans (referee)|Shaun Evans]], recipient of the A-League [[List of A-League honours#Referee of the Year|Referee of the Year]], as the referee. The match was his first A-League Grand Final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/shaun-evans-referee-hyundai-a-league-2019-grand-final|title=Shaun Evans to referee the Hyundai A-League 2019 Grand Final|date=14 May 2019|access-date=16 May 2019|publisher=A-League}}</ref>

===Details===
<onlyinclude>{{football box
|date       = 19 May 2019
|time       = 16:45 [[UTC+08:00|AWST]]
|team1      = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
|score      = 0–0
|aet        = yes
|penaltyscore = 1–4
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Sydney FC]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|penalties1 =
* [[Juande]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Andy Keogh|Keogh]] {{penmiss}}
* [[Brendon Santalab|Santalab]] {{penmiss}}
|penalties2 =
* {{pengoal}} [[Adam Le Fondre|Le Fondre]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Brandon O'Neill|O'Neill]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Rhyan Grant|Grant]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Reza Ghoochannejhad|Ghoochannejhad]]
|location   = [[Perth]]
|stadium    = [[Perth Stadium|Optus Stadium]]
|attendance = 56,371
|referee    = [[Shaun Evans (referee)|Shaun Evans]]
}}</onlyinclude>

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|-
|GK||'''33'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Liam Reddy]]
|-
|CB||'''6'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dino Djulbic]]||{{yel|116}}
|-
|CB||'''13'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matthew Spiranovic]]
|-
|CB||'''4'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Shane Lowry (footballer)|Shane Lowry]]||{{yel|23}}
|-
|RM||'''5'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ivan Franjic]] ||||{{suboff|90}}
|-
|CM||'''88'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Neil Kilkenny]]||{{yel|69}}|| {{suboff|105}}
|-
|CM||'''27'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juande]]||{{yel|90+1}}
|-
|LM||'''3'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Davidson]]
|-
|RF||'''7'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joel Chianese]]||||{{suboff|73}}
|-
|CF||'''17'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Diego Castro]]
|-
|LF||'''19'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Ikonomidis]]||||{{suboff|115}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK||'''1'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tando Velaphi]]
|-
|DF||'''23'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Neville]]||||{{subon|90}}
|-
|MF||'''20'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jake Brimmer]]||||{{subon|105}}
|-
|FW||'''9'''||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Andy Keogh]]||||{{subon|73}}
|-
|FW||'''11'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brendon Santalab]]||||{{subon|115}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Popovic]]
|-
|colspan=4|
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK||'''1'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Andrew Redmayne]]
|-
|RB||'''23'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rhyan Grant]]||{{yel|88}}
|-
|CB||'''4'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Wilkinson]]
|-
|CB||'''2'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aaron Calver]]
|-
|LB||'''7'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Zullo]]
|-
|AM||'''22'''||{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Siem de Jong]]||{{yel|55}}|| {{suboff|78}}
|-
|DM||'''6'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joshua Brillante]]
|-
|DM||'''13'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brandon O'Neill]]
|-
|AM||'''10'''||{{flagicon|SER}} [[Miloš Ninković]]
|-
|CF||'''14'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Brosque]]||||{{suboff|95}}
|-
|CF||'''9'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Le Fondre]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK||'''20'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alex Cisak]]
|-
|MF||'''8'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paulo Retre]]
|-
|MF||'''11'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daniel De Silva]]
|-
|MF||'''17'''||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anthony Cáceres]]||||{{subon|78}}
|-
|FW||'''16'''||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Reza Ghoochannejhad]]||||{{subon|95}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Corica]]|| {{yel|31}}
|-
|colspan=4|
|}
|}
{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%"
|
'''[[Joe Marston Medal]]:'''
<br>[[Miloš Ninković]] (Sydney FC)

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Andrew Lindsay 
<br />[[Paul Cetrangolo]] 
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />[[Chris Beath]]
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Five named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%"
|-
!A-League<br />2019 Champions
|-
|{{flagicon|Australia|size=100px}}
|-
|'''[[Sydney FC]]'''
|}

===Statistics===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Overall statistics
|-
!width=100|
!width=80 | Perth Glory
!width=80 | Sydney FC
|-
|Goals scored || 0 || 0
|-
|Total shots || 10 || 3
|-
|Shots on target || 2 || 0
|-
|{{nowrap|Ball possession}} || 59% || 41%
|-
|Corner kicks || 8 || 2
|-
|Fouls Conceded|| 16 || 19
|-
|Offsides || 2 || 4
|-
|Yellow cards || 4 || 2 
|-
|Red cards || 0 || 0
|}

==Broadcasting==
The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on [[Fox Sports Australia|Fox Sports]] and [[Network Ten]].<ref name="a-league1">{{cite web|title=New TV deal for Football|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/new-tv-deal-for-football/6phf6g6mrfew1m28c535u1f42|website=Hyundai A-League|publisher=Football Federation Australia|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> The radio rights for the grand final was held by [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] with their grandstand coverage of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/freetoairfixtures|title=How to watch Hyundai A-League LIVE and FREE on 10 Bold|date=19 May 2019|access-date=20 May 2019|publisher=A-League}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2018–19 A-League]]
* [[List of A-League honours]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.a-league.com.au/ Official A-League Website]

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{{Sydney FC matches}}

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