2024–25 A-League Men
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 18 October 2024 - May 2025 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 48th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 20th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. Central Coast Mariners are the defending premiers and champions.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Thirteen clubs are participating in the 2024–25 season. This is an increase from the previous years as Auckland FC joins the league.
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club | City | Home ground | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium | 16,500 |
Auckland FC | Auckland | Go Media Stadium | 30,000 |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 |
Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Industree Group Stadium | 20,059 |
Macarthur FC | Campbelltown | Campbelltown Sports Stadium | 17,500[1] |
Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | McDonald Jones Stadium | 30,000 |
Perth Glory | Perth | HBF Park | 20,500 |
Sydney FC | Sydney | Allianz Stadium | 42,500[2] |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington | Sky Stadium | 35,000 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Parramatta | CommBank Stadium | 30,000 |
Western United | Tarneit | Ironbark Fields | 5,000 |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Auckland FC | Inaugural | Pre-season | Steve Corica | 20 December 2023[36] | ||
Melbourne City | Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) | Promoted to full-time | — | Aurelio Vidmar | 15 May 2024[37] | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Marko Rudan | Mutual consent | 16 May 2024[38] | Alen Stajcic | 25 June 2024[39] | |
Melbourne Victory | Tony Popovic | End of contract | 12 June 2024[40] | Patrick Kisnorbo | 25 June 2024[41] | |
Perth Glory | Alen Stajcic | Mutual consent | 25 June 2024[42] | David Zdrilic | 28 June 2024[43] |
Foreign players
Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Visa 5 | Non-visa foreigner(s) | Former player(s) |
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Adelaide United | Zach Clough | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Bart Vriends | Javi López | Isaías1 | ||
Auckland FC | Dan Hall2 | ||||||
Brisbane Roar | Florin Berenguer | Jay O'Shea | Walid Shour | Marco Rojas | Jack Hingert2 Marcus Ferkranus2 | ||
Central Coast Mariners | Mikael Doka | Ángel Torres | Ryan Edmondson | Brian Kaltak | Storm Roux2 | ||
Macarthur FC | Valère Germain | Clayton Lewis | Filip Kurto | Marin Jakoliš2 | |||
Melbourne City | Samuel Souprayen | Tolgay Arslan | Jamie Young2 | ||||
Melbourne Victory | Roly Bonevacia | Zinédine Machach | Roderick Miranda | Adama Traoré1 Matthew Bozinovski2 | |||
Newcastle Jets | Lachlan Bayliss2 Dane Ingham2 | ||||||
Perth Glory | Anas Hamzaoui | Oliver Sail2 Joel Anasmo2 | |||||
Sydney FC | Joe Lolley | ||||||
Wellington Phoenix | Bozhidar Kraev | David Ball | Scott Wootton | Mohamed Al-Taay2 | |||
Western Sydney Wanderers | Jorrit Hendrix | Marcus Antonsson | Dylan Scicluna2 | ||||
Western United | Daniel Penha | Riku Danzaki | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Tomoki Imai | Luka Coveny2 |
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);[44]
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)
Regular season
The 2024–25 season will see each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.
League table
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 | |
6 | Melbourne City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Perth Glory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Sydney FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
11 | Wellington Phoenix[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Western United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.[45][46]
Notes:
- ^ a b 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.
Fixtures and results
See also
- 2024–25 A-League Women
- 2024–25 Adelaide United FC season
- 2024–25 Auckland FC season
- 2024–25 Brisbane Roar FC season
- 2024–25 Central Coast Mariners FC season
- 2024–25 Macarthur FC season
- 2024–25 Melbourne City FC season
- 2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC season
- 2024–25 Newcastle Jets FC season
- 2024–25 Perth Glory FC season
- 2024–25 Sydney FC season
- 2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC season
- 2024–25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season
- 2024–25 Western United FC season
Notes
- ^ a b c d Away kit
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External links
- A-Leagues official website