2019 A-League Grand Final

The 2019 A-League Grand Final was the fourteenth A-League Grand Final, the championship deciding match of the A-League in Australia. It was played on the 19 May 2019 at Optus Stadium in Perth between Perth Glory and Sydney FC. Sydney won on penalties to secure their fourth A-League title.

2019 A-League Grand Final
Event2018–19 A-League
Sydney FC won 4–1 on penalties
Date19 May 2019
VenueOptus Stadium, Perth
Man of the MatchMiloš Ninković (Sydney FC)
RefereeShaun Evans
Attendance56,371
WeatherSunny and clear
19.9 °C (67.8 °F)

Route to the final

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  

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 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 an week off.[1] This meant that playing in the first week was, Adelaide United, Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix while Perth Glory and Sydney FC having the bye for the first week.[2]

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

During the pre-season, they acquired former 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.[3] In the opening game of the season, they drew with Western Sydney Wanderers 1-1 at home with Andy Keogh scoring the first goal for Perth in the 2018-19 season.[4] 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.[5]

Sydney FC

Summary of results

Perth Glory Round Sydney FC
1st place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Perth Glory 27 60
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 50
4 Adelaide United 27 44
5 Melbourne City 27 40
Source: A-League
(C) Champion.
Regular season 2nd place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Perth Glory 27 60
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 50
4 Adelaide United 27 44
5 Melbourne City 27 40
Source: A-League
(C) Champion.
Opponent Score Opponent Score
Bye week NA Elimination Finals Bye week NA
Adelaide United 3–3 (5-4 on pen.) Semifinals Melbourne Victory 6–1

Pre-match

Venue

Perth Stadium in Perth hosted the 2019 A-League Grand Final

The Grand Final was held at Optus Stadium in Perth,[6] and was the second time that a major soccer match was held at the stadium, after the friendly between Perth Glory and Chelsea on 23 July 2018.[7] 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.[8][9]

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.[10]

Match

Summary

The match started at 4:45pm AWST in Perth with Shaun Evans, receipt of the A-League Referee of the Year was the head referee for the match in what was his first A-League Grand Final.[11]

Details

Perth Glory0–0 (a.e.t.)Sydney FC
Penalties
1–4
Attendance: 56,371
Referee: Shaun Evans
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
GK33 Liam Reddy
CB6 Dino Djulbic 116'
CB13 Matthew Spiranovic
CB4 Shane Lowry 23'
RM5 Ivan Franjic 90'
CM88 Neil Kilkenny 69',  105'
CM27 Juande 90+1'
LM3 Jason Davidson
RF7 Joel Chianese 73'
CF17 Diego Castro
LF19 Chris Ikonomidis 115'
Substitutes:
GK1 Tando Velaphi
DF23 Scott Neville 90'
MF20 Jake Brimmer 105'
FW9 Andy Keogh 73'
FW11 Brendon Santalab 115'
Manager: Tony Popovic
GK1 Andrew Redmayne
RB23 Rhyan Grant 88'
CB4 Alex Wilkinson
CB2 Aaron Calver
LB7 Michael Zullo
AM22 Siem de Jong 55',  78'
DM6 Joshua Brillante
DM13 Brandon O'Neill
AM10 Miloš Ninković
CF14 Alex Brosque 95'
CF9 Adam le Fondre
Substitutes:
GK20 Alex Cisak
MF8 Paulo Retre
MF11 Daniel De Silva
MF17 Anthony Cáceres 78'
FW16 Reza Ghoochannejhad 95'
Manager: Steve Corica  31'

Joe Marston Medal: Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Lindsay
Paul Cetrangolo
Fourth official:
Chris Beath

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.


A-League
2019 Champions
Sydney FC

Statistics

Overall statistics
Perth Glory Sydney FC
Goals scored00
Total shots103
Shots on target20
Ball possession59%41%
Corner kicks82
Fouls Conceded1619
Offsides24
Yellow cards42
Red cards00

Broadcasting

The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Fox Sports and Network Ten.[12] The radio rights for the grand final was held by ABC with their grandstand coverage of the game.[13]

See also

References

  1. "Competition Rules". A-League. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Hyundai A-League 2019 Finals Series Fixtures Confirmed". FFA. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. Comito, Matthew (11 October 2018). "Perth Glory 2018/19 season preview". The Football Sack. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. Morgan, Gareth (21 October 2018). "Keogh on target as Glory open with a draw". Perth Glory FC. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. Morgan, Gareth (11 November 2018). "Impressive away win sends Glory top". A-League. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. Taylor, Nick (11 May 2019). "Perth Glory's A-League grand final date and time locked in at Optus Stadium". The West Australian. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "Perth Glory hold their own in friendly defeat to Chelsea". The Guardian. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. "WACA to shift Test matches to new Perth Stadium at Burswood". WAToday. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. Weber, David (20 October 2017). "AFL deal made for games to be played at new Perth Stadium". ABC News. ABC. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. Bossi, Dominic (14 May 2019). "35,000 sold in hours: A-League grand final tickets fly out the door". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  11. "Shaun Evans to referee the Hyundai A-League 2019 Grand Final". A-League. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  12. "New TV deal for Football". Hyundai A-League. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. "How to watch Hyundai A-League LIVE and FREE on 10 Bold". A-League. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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