2019–20 A-League

The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and was scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, though was postponed to 19 August 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The pandemic caused Football Federation Australia (FFA) to suspend the season from late March to mid July.[2][3] The season resumed on 17 July 2020, which meant the finals occurred in mid-August and the Grand Final was held on 30 August 2020.[4]

A-League
Season2019–20
Dates11 October 2019 – 30 August 2020
ChampionsSydney FC (5th title)
PremiersSydney FC (4th title)
Champions LeagueSydney FC
Melbourne City
Brisbane Roar
Matches played148
Goals scored431 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Maclaren (23 goals)
Biggest home winSydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar
(7 December 2019)
Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners
(1 March 2020)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City
(6 December 2019)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners
(1 March 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Sydney FC
Longest winless run10 matches
Central Coast Mariners
Longest losing run10 matches
Central Coast Mariners
Highest attendance33,523
Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City
(12 October 2019)
Lowest attendance1,035
Central Coast Mariners vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(27 July 2020)
Average attendance9,428

Sydney FC were the defending champions and Perth Glory were the defending premiers.

Clubs

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[5]

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Dolphin Stadium 10,000
Cbus Super Stadium 27,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Marvel Stadium 56,347
AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Sky Stadium 34,500
Eden Park 50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne GMHBA Stadium 36,000
Mars Stadium 11,000
VU Whitten Oval 12,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Carl Veart (caretaker) Michael Jakobsen Macron[6] Flinders University[7]
#BookThemOut1[8]
Brisbane Roar Warren Moon Tom Aldred Umbro[9][10] Actron Air[11]
Central Coast Mariners Alen Stajcic Matt Simon Umbro[12][13] Masterfoods[14]
MATE1[15]
Melbourne City Erick Mombaerts Scott Jamieson Puma[16] Etihad Airways[17]
Melbourne Victory Grant Brebner (caretaker) Vacant Adidas[18] Metricon[19]
Newcastle Jets Carl Robinson Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports[20] #FootballForFires[21]
Inspirations Paint1[22]
Perth Glory Tony Popovic Diego Castro Macron[23] BHP[24]
Sydney FC Steve Corica Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[25] The Star[26]
Wellington Phoenix Ufuk Talay Steven Taylor Paladin Sports[27] Huawei[28]
Western Sydney Wanderers Jean-Paul de Marigny Mitchell Duke Nike[29] Centuria[30]
JD Sports1[31]
Western United Mark Rudan Alessandro Diamanti Kappa[32] Probuild[33]
1. ^ Away kit.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar Darren Davies (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 25 April 2019 Pre-season Robbie Fowler[34] 23 April 2019
Wellington Phoenix Mark Rudan Resigned[35] 4 May 2019 Ufuk Talay[36] 4 May 2019
Melbourne City Warren Joyce End of contract[37] 8 May 2019 Erick Mombaerts[38] 27 June 2019
Adelaide United Marco Kurz End of contract[39] 10 May 2019 Gertjan Verbeek[40] 23 May 2019
Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Resigned[41] 23 May 2019 Marco Kurz[42] 28 June 2019
Western United Inaugural manager Mark Rudan[43] 23 May 2019
Newcastle Jets Ernie Merrick Sacked 6 January 2020 11th Craig Deans
Qiang Li
(caretakers)[44]		 6 January 2020
Melbourne Victory Marco Kurz Sacked 15 January 2020 6th Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker)[45] 15 January 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers Markus Babbel Sacked 20 January 2020 9th Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker)[46] 20 January 2020
Newcastle Jets Craig Deans
Qiang Li
(caretakers)		 End of caretaker spell 6 February 2020 11th Carl Robinson[47] 6 February 2020
Adelaide United Gertjan Verbeek Mutual contract termination[48] 29 April 2020 7th Carl Veart (caretaker)[49] 15 June 2020
Melbourne Victory Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker) Resigned[50] 30 May 2020 10th Grant Brebner (caretaker)[51] 11 June 2020
Brisbane Roar Robbie Fowler Resigned 29 June 2020 4th Darren Davies
Warren Moon
(caretakers)[52]		 29 June 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker) Promoted to full time 14 July 2020 9th Jean-Paul de Marigny[53] 14 July 2020
Brisbane Roar Darren Davies
Warren Moon
(caretakers)		 End of caretaker spell 16 July 2020 4th Warren Moon[54] 16 July 2020

Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Chen Yongbin Michael Jakobsen Kristian Opseth Michaël Maria5
Mirko Boland5
Brisbane Roar Macaulay Gillesphey Jay O'Shea Matthew Ridenton Tom Aldred Aaron Amadi-Holloway Jamie Young2
Max Crocombe2
Jai Ingham2		 Roy O'Donovan
Central Coast Mariners Jair Michael McGlinchey Ziggy Gordon Milan Đurić Gianni Stensness2 Kim Eun-sun5
Melbourne City Richard Windbichler Craig Noone Florin Berenguer Adrián Luna Jack Hendry5
Markel Susaeta5
Javier Cabrera
Melbourne Victory Migjen Basha Marco Rojas Elvis Kamsoba2
Adama Traoré1
Storm Roux2
Kenny Athiu2		 Kristijan Dobras
Jakob Poulsen5
Tim Hoogland5
Ola Toivonen5
Newcastle Jets Roy O'Donovan Abdiel Arroyo Joe Ledley Kaine Sheppard1, 5
Wes Hoolahan5
Glen Moss2, 5
Matthew Ridenton
Bobby Burns5
Perth Glory Diego Castro Juande Bruno Fornaroli Dane Ingham2 Thomas James1
Kim Soo-beom5
Gregory Wüthrich5
Sydney FC Adam le Fondre Alexander Baumjohann Kosta Barbarouses Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix David Ball Gary Hooper Steven Taylor Matti Steinmann Ulises Dávila
Western Sydney Wanderers Patrick Ziegler Simon Cox Radosław Majewski Daniel Lopar Pirmin Schwegler Nicolai Müller3
Daniel Georgievski2		 Alexander Meier
Western United Alessandro Diamanti Tomoki Imai Filip Kurto Besart Berisha1
Kwabena Appiah2
Andrew Durante2		 Panagiotis Kone
Ersan Gülüm2
Dario Jertec5

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);[55]
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);
5Players who left at the end of their contract, which was originally at the end of the season, but became mid-season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia extending the season

Salary cap exemptions and captains
Club First Designated Second Designated Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None Michael Jakobsen[56] None
Brisbane Roar None None Tom Aldred[57] Roy O'Donovan[57][note 1]
Central Coast Mariners Daniel De Silva[59][60] None Matt Simon[61] None
Melbourne City Jamie Maclaren[62] None Scott Jamieson[63] None
Melbourne Victory Ola Toivonen[64][note 2] Robbie Kruse[66] Ola Toivonen[67][note 3] None
Newcastle Jets None None Nigel Boogaard[68] Nikolai Topor-Stanley[69]
Perth Glory Diego Castro[70][71] Bruno Fornaroli[72] Diego Castro[73] None
Sydney FC Adam le Fondre[74] None Alex Wilkinson[75] None
Wellington Phoenix Gary Hooper[76] None Steven Taylor[77] Alex Rufer[78]
Western Sydney Wanderers Alexander Meier[79][note 4] None Mitchell Duke[81] Dylan McGowan[81]
Western United Panagiotis Kone[82][note 5] Alessandro Diamanti[84] Alessandro Diamanti[85] None

Transfers
Further information: A-League transfers for 2019–20 season

Regular season

Effects of the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the self isolation requirements after overseas travel imposed by the Australian Government on 16 March, both Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix were required to self-isolate having returned from playing in Wellington on 15 March 2020. This led to four games involving both clubs being postponed.

On 16 March 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the Australian Government of gatherings involving more than 500 people, the FFA announced that the remainder of the season would proceed with all games being played behind closed doors.[86] Wellington Phoenix had intended to relocate for the remainder of the season in Sydney in order to keep playing the remainder of its scheduled games.[87] The season was suspended on 24 March.[2]

The season resumed on 17 July 2020, with almost all of the remaining 27 matches in the regular season played in New South Wales.[4]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
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 2021 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 WUN ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 1–0 0–3 1–1
Brisbane Roar 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2
Central Coast Mariners 1–3 0–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Melbourne City 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–0
Melbourne Victory 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–4 0–0 1–2
Newcastle Jets 1–2 1–1 4–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Perth Glory 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 6–2 1–3 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–2
Sydney FC 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1
Wellington Phoenix 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1
Western United 3–4 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 6–2 1–3 5–3
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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Sydney FC11334221111111111111111–––––1
Melbourne City63211112222222222223222–––––2
Wellington Phoenix111111111111119566644444554433–––––3
Brisbane Roar46109978699101099777666654–––––4
Western United33542455433455566777766–––––5
Perth Glory454556711754333333332345–––––6
Adelaide United910785533345567655445577–––––7
Newcastle Jets86810109978101111111111111111101010109–––––8
Western Sydney Wanderers22123344678788998887888–––––9
Melbourne Victory69677810810878768899999910–––––10
Central Coast Mariners108868106101111991010101010101111111111–––––11
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage, Finals series
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2, Finals series
Qualification to Finals series
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Notes:
  • Sydney FC's and Western Sydney Wanderers' round 18 match was postponed due to torrential rain.[88] This postponement led to Sydney FC's and Wellington Phoenix's round 21 match being postponed too.[89]

Finals series
 
Elimination-finalsSemi-finalsGrand Final
 
          
 
 
 
 
26 August – Sydney
 
 
Sydney FC2
 
22 August – Sydney
 
Perth Glory0
 
Wellington Phoenix0
 
30 August – Sydney
 
Perth Glory1
 
Sydney FC1
 
 
Melbourne City0
 
 
26 August – Sydney
 
 
Melbourne City2
 
23 August – Sydney
 
Western United0
 
Brisbane Roar0
 
 
Western United1
 

Elimination-finals
22 August 2020 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 6]
Referee: Alex King
23 August 2020 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Western United Sydney
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 6]
Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals
26 August 2020 Melbourne City 2–0 Western United Sydney
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Alireza Faghani
26 August 2020 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
20:10 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 3,477
Referee: Alex King

Grand Final
See also: 2020 A-League Grand Final
Sydney FC1–0 (a.e.t.)Melbourne City
Grant  100' Report
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Chris Beath

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 14 March 2020.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1017,36633,52312,023173,662
Western Sydney Wanderers913,72928,5199,090123,559
Sydney FC1012,11018,5014,099121,096
Brisbane Roar109,38812,8594,12193,876
Wellington Phoenix118,47712,1986,07493,244
Melbourne City118,39718,0382,29292,363
Perth Glory98,38211,1686,17775,438
Adelaide United118,32615,3474,28691,588
Newcastle Jets107,3869,1544,15173,864
Western United115,65310,1282,97362,185
Central Coast Mariners105,5048,9103,77355,038
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League total 112 9,428 33,523 2,292 1,055,913

By round
2019–20 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 78,600515,720
Round 2 52,966510,593
Round 3 63,373512,675
Round 4 60,180512,036
Round 5 41,58558,317
Round 6 36,96449,241
Round 7 44,88258,976
Round 8 44,39558,879
Round 9 42,44358,489
Round 10 45,17159,034
Round 11 50,314510,063
Round 12 45,53459,107
Round 13 53,061510,612
Round 14 43,99758,799
Round 15 43,36658,673
Round 16 42,94758,589
Round 17 37,73857,548
Round 18 55,717511,143
Round 19 35,30048,825
Round 20 38,22757,645
Round 21 33,03248,258
Round 22 43,80458,761
Round 23 22,31754,463
Elimination finals 020
Semifinals 5,37422,687
Grand final 7,05117,051

Club membership
2019–20 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 7,138
Brisbane Roar 9,883
Central Coast Mariners 6,821
Melbourne City 11,968
Melbourne Victory 23,633
Newcastle Jets 10,344
Perth Glory 10,278
Sydney FC 14,026
Wellington Phoenix 6,625
Western Sydney Wanderers 17,325
Western United 4,786
Total 122,827
Average 11,166

Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au

Top scorers
As of 19 August 2020[90]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 22
2 Adam le Fondre Sydney FC 20
3 Besart Berisha Western United 19
4 Mitchell Duke Western Sydney Wanderers 14
5 Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory 13
6 Ulises Dávila Wellington Phoenix 12
7 Riley McGree Adelaide United 10
Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets
Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory
10 Ben Halloran Adelaide United 9

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityBrisbane Roar3–417 November 2019[91]
Roy O'DonovanBrisbane RoarMelbourne City4–317 November 2019
Adam le FondreSydney FCBrisbane Roar5–17 December 2019[92]
Max BurgessWestern UnitedCentral Coast Mariners6–21 March 2020[93]
Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityCentral Coast Mariners4–220 March 2020[94]

Own goals
As of 19 August 2020
Player Club Against Round
Dino DjulbicPerth GlorySydney FC7
Harrison DelbridgeMelbourne CityPerth Glory9
Steven TaylorWellington PhoenixSydney FC11
Luke DeVereWellington PhoenixCentral Coast Mariners13
Matthew MillarNewcastle JetsMelbourne Victory13
Kye RowlesCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne Victory14
Kye RowlesCentral Coast MarinersWestern United15
Kim Eun-sunCentral Coast MarinersNewcastle Jets18
Jamie YoungBrisbane RoarMelbourne City21

Clean sheets
As of 19 August 2020[95]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Liam Reddy Perth Glory 8
2 Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC 6
Jamie Young Brisbane Roar
4 Filip Kurto Western United 5
Stefan Marinovic Wellington Phoenix
Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory
7 Lewis Italiano Newcastle Jets 4
Paul Izzo Adelaide United
9 Dean Bouzanis Melbourne City 2
Tom Glover Melbourne City
Daniel Lopar Western Sydney Wanderers

Awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[96]

Monthly awards
Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
October Markus Babbel[97] Western Sydney Wanderers Daniel Lopar[98] Western Sydney Wanderers Riley McGree[99] Adelaide United
November Ernie Merrick[100] Newcastle Jets Ulises Davila[101] Wellington Phoenix Angus Thurgate[102] Newcastle Jets
December Ufuk Talay[103] Wellington Phoenix Cameron Devlin[104] Wellington Phoenix Reno Piscopo[105] Wellington Phoenix
January Robbie Fowler[106] Brisbane Roar Gregory Wüthrich[107] Perth Glory Cameron Devlin[108] Wellington Phoenix
February Robbie Fowler[109] Brisbane Roar David Ball[110] Wellington Phoenix Nicholas D'Agostino[111] Perth Glory
March Matthew Millar[112] Newcastle Jets
July/August Tom Glover[113] Melbourne City

Annual awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 10 September 2020.[114][115]

Team of the Season[116]
Goalkeeper Jamie Young (Brisbane Roar)
Defenders Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Alex Wilkinson (Sydney FC) Michael Jakobsen (Adelaide United) Liberato Cacace (Wellington Phoenix)
Midfielders Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix) Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) Alessandro Diamanti (Western United)
Forwards Besart Berisha (Western United) Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) Adam le Fondre (Sydney FC)
Substitutes Paul Izzo (Adelaide United) Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) Riley McGree (Adelaide United) Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers)

See also

Notes
  1. O'Donovan was vice-captain until he transferred to Newcastle Jets mid-season on 31 January 2020.[58]
  2. Toivonen left Melbourne Victory and his marquee deal at end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  3. Toivonen was Melbourne Victory's captain until the end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  4. Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[80]
  5. Kone was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western United part-way through on 13 July 2020.[83]
  6. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

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