2024–25 Auckland FC season
Appearance
2024–25 season | ||
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Owner | Black Knight Football and Entertainment | |
Chairman | Bill Foley | |
Head Coach | Steve Corica | |
Stadium | Mount Smart Stadium | |
A-League Men | Matchday 1 | |
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The 2024–25 Auckland Football Club season is the club's first season in existence and their inaugural season in the A-League Men, the top flight of Australian soccer. The season will cover the period from 1 June 2024 until 30 June 2025.
Players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]Note: Transfers' in/out date may refer to the date of announcement and not the date of signing from the mentioned players.
Transfers in
[edit]Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]31 July 2024 | Auckland United ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Auckland |
19:35 NZST | Report | Stadium: Keith Hay Park |
7 August 2024 | Birkenhead United ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() | Auckland |
19:30 NZST | Source | Stadium: Shepherds Park | ||
Note: Game was cancelled due to Birkenhead's rescheduled Northern League fixture.[14] |
7 August 2024 | Auckland FC ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Auckland |
19:35 NZST |
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Report | Stadium: Fred Taylor Park |
13 August 2024 | Newcastle Jets ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Sydney |
Report (Auckland FC) Report (Newcastle Herald) |
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval |
17 August 2024 | Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Sydney |
13:00 AEST | Report | Stadium: Wanderers Football Park |
21 August 2024 | Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Gosford |
13:00 AEST | Report | Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||
A-League Men | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Source: Competitions
A League Men
[edit]League Table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
2 | Auckland FC[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Finals series[b] |
3 | Brisbane Roar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Macarthur FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 18 October 2024. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[15][16]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[15][16]
Notes:
- ^ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
- ^ 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.
Matches
[edit]Win Draw Loss Fixtures
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Auckland FC unveil first signings ahead of debut season". Auckland FC. 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b "AFC blend youth with experience as two more signings announced". Auckland FC. 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Max Mata Joins Auckland FC on season-long loan deal". Shrewsbury Town. 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Six players secure scholarship contracts with Auckland FC". Auckland FC. 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Auckland FC welcomes back-to-back championship winner Dan Hall to the club!". Auckland FC. 2 July 2024.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (2 July 2024). "Why A-League winner Dan Hall is swapping Central Coast for new boys Auckland FC". Stuff.
Hall has committed to a two-year contract.
- ^ a b c "Three more signings for Auckland FC, with two bringing All Whites experience". Auckland FC. 3 July 2024.
- ^ @ByPhillipRollo (3 July 2024). "Elliot is three years but have asked for the rest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Australian football superstar crosses the ditch to join Auckland FC". Auckland FC. 9 July 2024.
- ^ "磐田戦後 酒井宏樹、アレクサンダー ショルツあいさつ" [After the match against Iwata, Hiroki Sakai and Alexander Scholz gave speeches]. Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Japanese defender Hiroki Sakai joins Auckland FC". Auckland FC. 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b Pisani, Sacha (29 July 2024). "Auckland FC make two signings, incl. New Zealand international who played for A-Leagues rivals". A-Leagues.
- ^ "Auckland FC sign Alex Paulsen on loan from AFC Bournemouth: Full details". A-Leagues. 9 August 2024.
- ^ "A-League's Auckland FC to play East Coast Bays in second pre-season friendly". Friends of Football. 3 August 2024.
- ^ "A-League Competition rules". A-Leagues. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Explained: Why the A-Leagues ladder sorting rules have changed this season". A-Leagues. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024.