List of A-League seasons

The A-League is the premier professional association football league in Australia. It is currently consists of ten teams; nine based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. The league has been contested since 2005. In its most recent form, the league includes a 27-round regular season and an end-of-season finals series playoff tournament involving the highest-placed teams, culminating in the Grand Final match. The winner of the A-League Grand Final is crowned champions, where as the regular season winners is dubbed premiers.

List of seasons

The following is a list of all A-League seasons. It contains the number of teams, the number of regular season matches played, the premier, the champions, teams who have gained Asian qualification and the top scorer(s) in regular season matches—winner of the Golden Boot.

Season
(Grand Final)		 Teams Matches Premier Champions Asia[nb 1] Top scorer(s)
Player Goals
2005–06
(2006)		 8 84 Adelaide United Sydney FC N/A[nb 2] Alex Brosque
Bobby Despotovski
Stewart Petrie
Archie Thompson		 8
2006–07
(2007)		 8 84 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Adelaide United Daniel Allsopp 11
2007–08
(2008)		 8 84 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets Joel Griffiths 12
2008–09
(2009)		 8 84 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Adelaide United Shane Smeltz 12
2009–10
(2010)		 10 135 Sydney FC Sydney FC Melbourne Victory Shane Smeltz 19
2010–11
(2011)		 11 165 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners
Adelaide United		 Sergio van Dijk 16
2011–12
(2012)		 10 135 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar Besart Berisha 19
2012–13
(2013)		 10 135 Western Sydney Wanderers Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory Daniel McBreen 17
2013–14
(2014)		 10 135 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers
Central Coast Mariners		 Adam Taggart 16
2014–15
(2015)		 10 135 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Sydney FC
Adelaide United		 Marc Janko 16
2015–16
(2016)		 10 135 Adelaide United Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers
Brisbane Roar		 Bruno Fornaroli 23
2016–17
(2017)		 10 135 Sydney FC Sydney FC Melbourne Victory
Brisbane Roar		 Besart Berisha
Jamie Maclaren		 19
2017–18
(2018)		 10 135 Sydney FC Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Bobô 27
2018–19
(2019)		 10 135 Perth Glory Sydney FC Melbourne Victory Roy Krishna 18
2019–20
(2020)		 11 144 Sydney FC Sydney FC Melbourne City
Brisbane Roar		 Jamie Maclaren 22

Grand Finals

The A-League Grand Final is the final match of the A-League season, the culmination of the finals series, determining the Champion of the tournament.

Year Date Home Score Away Man of the Match (Joe Marston Medal) Stadium Attendance
2006 5 March Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC) Aussie Stadium 41,689
2007 18 February Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory) Telstra Dome 55,436
2008 24 February Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Andrew Durante (Newcastle Jets) Sydney Football Stadium 36,354
2009 28 February Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Tom Pondeljak (Melbourne Victory) Telstra Dome 53,273
2010 20 March Melbourne Victory 1–1 (2–4 p) Sydney FC Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC) Etihad Stadium 44,650
2011 13 March Brisbane Roar 2–2 (4–2 p) Central Coast Mariners Mathew Ryan (Central Coast Mariners) Suncorp Stadium 50,168
2012 22 April Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Jacob Burns (Perth Glory) Suncorp Stadium 50,334
2013 21 April Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners) Allianz Stadium 42,102
2014 4 May Brisbane Roar 2–1 (aet) Western Sydney Wanderers Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar)
Iacopo La Rocca (Western Sydney Wanderers)		 Suncorp Stadium 51,153
2015 17 May Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory) AAMI Park 29,843
2016 1 May Adelaide United 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Isaías (Adelaide United) Adelaide Oval 50,119
2017 7 May Sydney FC 1–1 (4–2 p) Melbourne Victory Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory) Allianz Stadium 41,546
2018 5 May Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory Lawrence Thomas (Melbourne Victory) McDonald Jones Stadium 29,410
2019 19 May Perth Glory 0–0 (1–4 p) Sydney FC Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) Optus Stadium 56,371
2020 30 August Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne City Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Bankwest Stadium 7,500

See also

Notes
  1. In addition to the A-League premiers and champions, teams who also qualify for Asia by virtue of their league position.
  2. Sydney FC qualified for the 2005 OFC Club Championship by virtue of winning the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament. Australia left the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on 1 January 2006.

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