2018–19 A-League

The 2018–19 A-League was the 42nd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 14th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 19 October 2018 and concluded on 28 April 2019. The play-offs began on 3 May 2019 and ended with the Grand Final on 19 May 2019. Sydney FC defeated Perth Glory in the Grand Final.

A-League
Season2018–19
Dates19 October 2018 – 19 May 2019
ChampionsSydney FC (4th title)
PremiersPerth Glory (1st title)
Champions LeaguePerth Glory
Sydney FC
Melbourne Victory
Matches played135
Goals scored422 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerRoy Krishna (18 goals)
Biggest home winMelbourne City 5–0 Central Coast Mariners
(26 April 2019)
Perth Glory 5–0 Wellington Phoenix
(28 April 2019)
Biggest away winCentral Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix
(9 March 2019)
Highest scoringCentral Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix
(9 March 2019)
Highest attendance40,504
Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City
(20 October 2018)
Lowest attendance3,703
Central Coast Mariners vs. Wellington Phoenix
(9 March 2019)
Average attendance10,411

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Marvel Stadium
AAMI Park
GMHBA Stadium
56,347
30,050
36,000
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground
Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval
48,000
20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney ANZ Stadium
Spotless Stadium
84,000
24,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Marco Kurz Isaías Macron[1] IGA
Brisbane Roar Darren Davies (caretaker) Matt McKay Umbro[2][3] Actron Air
Central Coast Mariners Alen Stajcic (caretaker) Matt Simon Umbro[4] Masterfoods & State Road Constructions
Melbourne City Warren Joyce Scott Jamieson Nike Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Carl Valeri Adidas[5] Metricon
Newcastle Jets Ernie Merrick Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports[6] Ledman Group
Perth Glory Tony Popovic Diego Castro Macron[7] QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Steve Corica Alex Brosque Puma The Star
Wellington Phoenix Mark Rudan Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers Markus Babbel Brendan Hamill Nike[8] Centuria

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sydney FC Graham Arnold Signed by Australia[9] 8 March 2018 Pre-season Steve Corica[10] 16 May 2018
Central Coast Mariners Wayne O'Sullivan (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 14 April 2018 Mike Mulvey[11] July 2018
Western Sydney Wanderers Josep Gombau Sacked[12] 19 April 2018 Markus Babbel[13] 19 May 2018
Perth Glory Kenny Lowe Sacked[14] 20 April 2018 Tony Popovic[15] 11 May 2018
Wellington Phoenix Chris Greenacre (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 May 2018 Mark Rudan[16] 30 May 2018
Brisbane Roar John Aloisi Resigned 28 December 2018 9th Darren Davies (caretaker)[17] 28 December 2018
Central Coast Mariners Mike Mulvey Sacked[18] 9 March 2019 10th Alen Stajcic (caretaker)[19] 12 March 2019

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Ken Ilsø Michael Jakobsen Mirko Boland Jordy Thomassen Baba Diawara Isaías1
Brisbane Roar Thomas Kristensen Tobias Mikkelsen Éric Bauthéac Álex López Henrique1
Jamie Young2
Dane Ingham2
Avraam Papadopoulos2
Central Coast Mariners Sam Graham Stephen Mallon Tom Hiariej Michael McGlinchey Jem Karacan Kalifa Cissé
Ross McCormack
Melbourne City Ritchie De Laet Shayon Harrison Florin Berenguer Bart Schenkeveld Iacopo La Rocca1 Michael O'Halloran
Bruno Fornaroli
Melbourne Victory Georg Niedermeier Keisuke Honda Kosta Barbarouses Raúl Baena Ola Toivonen Elvis Kamsoba2
Jai Ingham2
Storm Roux2
Kenny Athiu2
Newcastle Jets Jair Roy O'Donovan Matthew Ridenton Ronald Vargas Kaine Sheppard1
Daniel Georgievski2
Kwabena Appiah2
Glen Moss2
Perth Glory Andy Keogh Diego Castro Juande Fábio Ferreira
Sydney FC Adam le Fondre Reza Ghoochannejhad Siem de Jong Jop van der Linden Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix Steven Taylor Cillian Sheridan Michał Kopczyński Filip Kurto Mandi Roy Krishna1
Western Sydney Wanderers Roly Bonevacia Alexander Baumjohann Patrick Ziegler Raúl Llorente Oriol Riera

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);[20]
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 fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Baba Diawara[21] None Isaías[22] None
Brisbane Roar Éric Bauthéac[23] None Matt McKay[24] None
Central Coast Mariners Ross McCormack[25][note 1] Daniel De Silva[27][note 2] Matt Simon[30] None
Melbourne City Ritchie de Laet[31][32] Bruno Fornaroli[33][note 3] Scott Jamieson[35] None
Melbourne Victory Keisuke Honda[36][37] James Troisi[38] Carl Valeri[39] Leigh Broxham[39]
Newcastle Jets Ronald Vargas[40] None Nigel Boogaard[41] Nikolai Topor-Stanley[42]
Perth Glory Diego Castro[43][44] None Diego Castro[45] None
Sydney FC Miloš Ninković[46] Siem de Jong[47] Alex Brosque[48] Alex Wilkinson[49]
Wellington Phoenix None None Andrew Durante[50] None
Western Sydney Wanderers Oriol Riera[51] None Brendan Hamill[52] None

Transfers

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[lower-alpha 1]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 39 13
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW
Adelaide United 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–3
Brisbane Roar 3–5 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–6 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–5 1–3 2–1 1–4
Central Coast Mariners 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–8 3–1 0–1 3–5 2–1 0–3
Melbourne City 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 4–3 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–2
Melbourne Victory 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–3
Newcastle Jets 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0
Perth Glory 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 5–0 4–3
Sydney FC 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1
Wellington Phoenix 1–3 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 3–2 4–0 0–1 3–1
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–5 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2019. Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Perth Glory322111111111111111111111111
Sydney FC311233333333332333322222222
Melbourne Victory9107422222222223222233333333
Adelaide United353644456555665544445655444
Melbourne City135355544444444455556566665
Wellington Phoenix146799865556556666664444556
Newcastle Jets9810977677777777777777777777
Western Sydney Wanderers394588788888888888888888888
Brisbane Roar378866999999999999999999999
Central Coast Mariners359101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
Qualification to Finals series
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com

Finals series

Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                   
      Perth Glory (pen.) 3 (5)  
Adelaide United (a.e.t.) 1     Adelaide United 3 (4)  
Melbourne City 0       Perth Glory 0 (1)
    Sydney FC (pen.) 0 (4)
      Sydney FC 6
Melbourne Victory 3     Melbourne Victory 1  
Wellington Phoenix 1  

Elimination-finals

3 May 2019 Melbourne Victory 3–1Wellington PhoenixMelbourne
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,010
Referee: Shaun Evans
5 May 2019 Adelaide United 1–0 (a.e.t.)Melbourne CityAdelaide
18:30 ACST Halloran  119' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Kurt Ams

Semi-finals

12 May 2019 Sydney FC 6–1Melbourne VictorySydney
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 12,141
Referee: Chris Beath

Grand Final

19 May 2019 Perth Glory0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Sydney FC Perth
16:30 AWST Report Stadium: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 56,371
Referee: Shaun Evans
Penalties

Season statistics

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.

As of matches played on 28 April 2019.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1420,60440,5048,039288,453
Sydney FC1313,56630,5886,261176,357
Perth Glory1410,36017,8567,213145,045
Brisbane Roar139,63215,1296,084125,222
Western Sydney Wanderers149,19121,9845,067128,670
Newcastle Jets139,07911,8146,701118,029
Adelaide United149,01312,8667,071126,188
Wellington Phoenix148,53323,6484,829119,455
Melbourne City138,13524,3064,950105,750
Central Coast Mariners135,5628,9233,70372,300
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League total 135 10,411 40,504 3,703 1,405,469

By round

2018–19 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 84,761516,952
Round 2 77,986515,597
Round 3 44,72858,946
Round 4 49,10559,821
Round 5 54,712510,942
Round 6 46,78959,358
Round 7 57,101511,420
Round 8 50,507510,101
Round 9 58,429511,686
Round 10 55,700511,140
Round 11 44,86658,973
Round 12 41,54658,309
Round 13 53,733510,747
Round 14 48,84959,770
Round 15 37,92057,584
Round 16 57,050511,410
Round 17 42,06558,413
Round 18 52,669510,534
Round 19 63,527512,705
Round 20 57,812511,562
Round 21 38,83557,767
Round 22 46,32959,266
Round 23 46,70459,341
Round 24 40,20558,041
Round 25 63,295512,659
Round 26 45,43159,086
Round 27 44,79458,959
Elimination Final 29,242214,621
Semi Final 30,009215,004
Grand Final 56,371156,371

Club membership

2018–19 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 8,082
Brisbane Roar 11,524
Central Coast Mariners 6,843
Melbourne City 10,302
Melbourne Victory 26,478
Newcastle Jets 11,606
Perth Glory 10,460
Sydney FC 15,848
Wellington Phoenix 5,671
Western Sydney Wanderers 16,444
Total 123,258
Average 12,326

Last updated: 28 April 2019.
Source: a-league.com.au

Top scorers

As of the end of the Regular Season, 28 April 2019[53]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Roy Krishna Wellington Phoenix 18
2 Adam le Fondre Sydney FC 16
3 Andy Keogh Perth Glory 15
4 Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory 14
5 Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory 13
6 Roy O'Donovan Newcastle Jets 11
Adam Taggart Brisbane Roar
David Williams Wellington Phoenix
9 Craig Goodwin Adelaide United 10
Oriol Riera Western Sydney Wanderers

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Alex BrosqueSydney FCCentral Coast Mariners5–24 January 2019[54]
Kosta BarbarousesMelbourne VictoryBrisbane Roar0–515 January 2019[55]
David WilliamsWellington PhoenixNewcastle Jets4–131 March 2019[56]
Roy KrishnaWellington PhoenixMelbourne City3–221 April 2019[57]

Own goals

As of the end of the Regular Season, 28 April 2019
Player Club Against Round
Daniel GeorgievskiNewcastle JetsWellington Phoenix1
Connor O'TooleBrisbane RoarPerth Glory3
Tom DoyleWellington PhoenixAdelaide United5
Tomislav MrcelaPerth GloryCentral Coast Mariners5
Ola ToivonenMelbourne VictoryBrisbane Roar8
Jordan ElseyAdelaide UnitedMelbourne City8
Avraam PapadopoulosBrisbane RoarWellington Phoenix9
Aaron ReardonBrisbane RoarPerth Glory11
Nigel BoogaardNewcastle JetsSydney FC14
Ben KennedyCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne Victory17
Sam GrahamCentral Coast MarinersWellington Phoenix21
Paulo RetreSydney FCMelbourne City22
Harrison DelbridgeMelbourne CityBrisbane Roar24
Vedran JanjetovićWestern Sydney WanderersNewcastle Jets24

Clean sheets

As of the end of the Regular Season, 28 April 2019[58]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Liam Reddy Perth Glory 12
2 Eugene Galekovic Melbourne City 8
Paul Izzo Adelaide United
Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC
5 Glen Moss Newcastle Jets 6
6 Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory 5
7 Vedran Janjetović Western Sydney Wanderers 4
Filip Kurto Wellington Phoenix
9 Jamie Young Brisbane Roar 2
10 Matt Acton Melbourne Victory 1
James Delianov Melbourne City

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.[59]

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 67
    • Wellington Phoenix
  • Most red cards: 7
    • Central Coast Mariners
Fair Play Award
Club FP Pts
Newcastle Jets 42 1 1 47
Sydney FC 49 0 0 49
Adelaide United 41 2 2 51
Perth Glory 50 0 1 53
Melbourne Victory 53 2 0 57
Western Sydney Wanderers 57 1 1 62
Melbourne City 61 2 0 65
Wellington Phoenix 59 1 2 67
Central Coast Mariners 58 5 2 74
Brisbane Roar 61 3 3 76
League total 532 17 12

Last updated: 28 April 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Awards

Monthly awards

The A-League Goal of the Month is an award that recognises the player who is deemed to have scored the best A-League goal each month of the season. The winner is chosen by an online public vote through the A-League website.

Month Goal of the Month Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year Reference
Player Club Player Club
October Scott Galloway Adelaide United [60]
November Terry Antonis Melbourne Victory Chris Ikonomidis Perth Glory [61][62]
December David Williams Wellington Phoenix Sarpreet Singh Wellington Phoenix [63][64]
January Jaushua Sotirio Western Sydney Wanderers Lachlan Wales Melbourne City [65][66]
February Éric Bauthéac Brisbane Roar Thomas Deng Melbourne Victory [67][68]
March Dylan Wenzel-Halls Brisbane Roar Keanu Baccus Western Sydney Wanderers [69][70]
April Éric Bauthéac Brisbane Roar Riley McGree Melbourne City [71][72]
May Diego Castro Perth Glory [73]

Annual awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[74]

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2018–19 Dolan Warren Awards night on 13 May 2019.[75][76]

Team of the Season[77]
Goalkeeper Filip Kurto (Wellington Phoenix)
Defenders Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City) Shane Lowry (Perth Glory) Jason Davidson (Perth Glory)
Midfielders Diego Castro (Perth Glory) Neil Kilkenny (Perth Glory) Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC)
Forwards Chris Ikonomidis (Perth Glory) Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory)
Substitutes Michael Jakobsen (Adelaide United) Isaías (Adelaide United) Adam le Fondre (Sydney FC) Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) Liam Reddy (Perth Glory)

See also

Notes

  1. McCormack transferred out of Central Coast Mariners and his marquee deal part-way through on 5 January 2019.[26]
  2. De Silva is being paid marquee wages with Central Coast Mariners paying part and Roma paying most of it, while being on loan at Sydney FC.[28][29]
  3. Fornaroli was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Melbourne City part-way through on 26 February 2019.[34]

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