2017–18 A-League

A-League 2017–18
Season information
Winners	Melbourne Victory (4th title)
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Sydney Melbourne Newcastle
Season statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	398
Average	(2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobô (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Sydney 6–0 Perth Glory (30 December 2017)
Biggest away win	Mariners 2–8 Newcastle (14 April 2018)
Highest scoring	Mariners 2–8 Newcastle (14 April 2018)
← 2016–17	2018–19 →

The 2017–18 A-League was the 41st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 13th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season began on 6 October 2017.

Clubs

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Central Coast Stadium	20,119
Melbourne City	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	McDonald Jones Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory	Perth	nib Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Allianz Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Spotless Stadium	24,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Adelaide United	Marco Kurz	Isaías	Macron	IGA
Brisbane Roar	John Aloisi	Matt McKay	Umbro	Steadfast
Central Coast Mariners	Wayne O'Sullivan	Alan Baró	Umbro	Masterfoods
Melbourne City	Warren Joyce	Michael Jakobsen	Nike	Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory	Kevin Muscat	Carl Valeri	Adidas	Optislim
Newcastle Jets	Ernie Merrick	Nigel Boogaard	BLK Sports	Beechwood Homes
Perth Glory	Kenny Lowe	Andy Keogh	Macron	QBE Insurance
Sydney FC	Graham Arnold	Alex Brosque	Puma	Webjet
Wellington Phoenix	Chris Greenacre	Andrew Durante	Reebok	Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers	Josep Gombau	Mark Bridge	Nike	NRMA Insurance

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Newcastle Jets	Mark Jones	Sacked	16 April 2017	Pre-season	Ernie Merrick	9 May 2017
Adelaide United	Guillermo Amor	Resigned	10 May 2017		Marco Kurz	16 June 2017
Melbourne City	Michael Valkanis	End of contract	10 May 2017		Warren Joyce	19 June 2017
Wellington Phoenix	Des Buckingham	End of contract	19 May 2017		Darije Kalezić	7 June 2017
Western Sydney Wanderers	Tony Popovic	Resigned	1 October 2017		Hayden Foxe(Caretaker)	3 October 2017
Western Sydney Wanderers	Hayden Foxe(Caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	1 November 2017	4th	Josep Gombau	1 November 2017
Wellington Phoenix	Darije Kalezić	Sacked	7 March 2018	10th	Chris Greenacre(Caretaker)	7 March 2018
Central Coast Mariners	Paul Okon	Resigned	20 March 2018	9th	Wayne O'Sullivan(Caretaker)	20 March 2018

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United	Marcelo Carrusca	Baba Diawara	Isaías	Kim Jae-sung		Iacopo La Rocca1
Brisbane Roar	Thomas Kristensen					Jamie Young2 Avraam Papadopoulos2 Dane Ingham2
Central Coast Mariners						Storm Roux2
Melbourne City	Fernando Brandán	Michael Jakobsen	Bruno Fornaroli			Manny Muscat2
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	Marco Rojas				Jai Ingham2
Newcastle Jets	Wayne Brown	Aleksandr Kokko	Roy O'Donovan			Ivan Vujica2 Daniel Georgievski2 Glen Moss2
Perth Glory	Joseph Mills	Andy Keogh	Diego Castro
Sydney FC	Bobô	Jordy Buijs	Miloš Dimitrijević	Miloš Ninković		Nicola Kuleski2
Wellington Phoenix	Guilherme Finkler	Roy Krishna	Marco Rossi	Alex Rodriguez
Western Sydney Wanderers	Roly Bonevacia	Jumpei Kusukami	Aritz Borda

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);
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

Club	First Marquee	Second Marquee	Guest Marquee	Mature Age Rookie	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	Eugene Galekovic	Marcelo Carrusca	None	None	Eugene Galekovic	Marcelo Carrusca
Brisbane Roar	Matt McKay	Tommy Oar	None	None	Matt McKay	Jade North
Central Coast Mariners	None	None	None	None	TBD	TBD
Melbourne City	Bruno Fornaroli	None	None	None	Bruno Fornaroli	None
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	None	None	None	Carl Valeri	Leigh Broxham
Newcastle Jets	None	None	None	None	Nigel Boogaard	TBD
Perth Glory	Diego Castro	None	None	None	Rostyn Griffiths	Andy Keogh
Sydney FC	Bobô	Miloš Ninković	None	None	Alex Brosque	Sebastian Ryall
Wellington Phoenix	Kosta Barbarouses	Guilherme Finkler	None	None	Andrew Durante	None
Western Sydney Wanderers	None	None	None	None	TBD	TBD

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sydney FC	27	20	4	3	64	22	+42	64	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Newcastle Jets	27	15	5	7	57	37	+20	50	Qualification to Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne City	27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	Qualification to Finals series
4	Melbourne Victory  (C)	27	12	5	10	43	37	+6	41	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
5	Adelaide United	27	11	6	10	36	38	−2	39	Qualification to Finals series
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	39	−6	35
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	9	10	38	47	−9	33
8	Perth Glory	27	10	2	15	35	47	−12	32
9	Wellington Phoenix	27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	4	8	15	28	49	−21	20

Updated to games played on complete
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

ADE

BRI

CCM

MBC

MVC

NEW

PER

SYD

WEL

WSW

ADE

BRI

CCM

MBC

MVC

NEW

PER

SYD

WEL

WSW

Adelaide United

1–2

1–0

0–2

2–2

1–2

2–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

2–2

1–1

5–2

0–0

3–2

Brisbane Roar

1–2

0–0

3–1

1–2

1–2

1–2

0–3

0–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–1

3–2

Central Coast Mariners

1–2

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–5

1–0

2–0

0–0

0–2

2–8

1–2

1–0

1–2

Melbourne City

5–0

2–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–3

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

0–4

2–1

3–0

Melbourne Victory

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

3–2

0–1

2–1

1–1

3–0

1–2

5–2

1–3

3–1

Newcastle Jets

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

4–1

2–2

2–1

3–0

1–1

0–3

2–0

0–2

2–3

4–0

Perth Glory

1–0

2–3

2–1

0–2

0–2

1–2

2–3

1–0

3–1

0–3

3–1

2–1

1–0

Sydney FC

3–0

3–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

2–2

1–2

2–2

6–0

4–0

3–1

Wellington Phoenix

1–1

3–3

1–4

2–1

2–3

0–1

5–2

1–4

1–1

0–1

2–2

2–1

2–1

Western Sydney Wanderers

1–1

0–2

2–2

2–1

0–3

2–2

2–1

0–5

4–0

2–3

3–0

1–1

4–1

2–3

Updated to games played on 15 April 2018
Source: aleague.com.au
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Sydney FC	4	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Newcastle Jets	1	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Melbourne City	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Melbourne Victory	8	9	7	8	7	9	6	8	6	7	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Adelaide United	5	5	5	5	6	8	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
Brisbane Roar	9	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	8	6	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	6
Western Sydney Wanderers	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	7
Perth Glory	7	6	6	6	5	5	7	5	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wellington Phoenix	5	6	7	7	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Central Coast Mariners	10	8	9	9	8	6	9	6	4	5	7	7	9	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

Last updated: 15 April 2018
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Notes:

• Adelaide United were tied with Wellington Phoenix at the end of Round 1.
• Perth Glory were tied with Wellington Phoenix at the end of Round 2.
• Melbourne Victory were tied with Wellington Phoenix at the end of Round 3.
• Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix had a game in hand from Rounds 7 and 20, with their Round 7 game played during Round 20 on 11 February 2018.
• Western Sydney Wanderers and Perth Glory played their Round 23 game in the middle of Round 22 on 4 March 2018.

Finals series

Elimination-finals				Semi-finals				Grand Final
				Sydney FC	2
Melbourne Victory	2			Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.)	3
Adelaide United	1							Newcastle Jets	0
								Melbourne Victory	1
				Newcastle Jets	2
Melbourne City	2			Melbourne City	1
Brisbane Roar	0

Elimination-finals

20 April 2018	Melbourne City	2−0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEST	Mauk  59' Fitzgerald  90+1'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,757 Referee: Jarred Gillett

22 April 2018	Melbourne Victory	2−1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:00 AEST	George  63' Berisha  89'	Report	Mileusnic  57'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,502 Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals

27 April 2018	Newcastle Jets	2−1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	McGree  56' Hoffman  74'	Report	Topor-Stanley  13' (o.g.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Shaun Evans

28 April 2018	Sydney FC	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEST	Nigro  24' (o.g.) Antonis  90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Barbarouses  31' Troisi  47' Antonis  117'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 17,775 Referee: Kurt Ams

Grand Final

See also: 2018 A-League Grand Final

5 May 2018	Newcastle Jets	0−1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEST		Report	Kosta Barbarouses  9'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 29,410 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Statistics

Club membership

2017–18 A-League membership figures

Club	Members
Adelaide United	6,906
Brisbane Roar	9,345
Central Coast Mariners	7,124
Melbourne City	11,255
Melbourne Victory	26,095
Newcastle Jets	9,195
Perth Glory	9,368
Sydney FC	14,834
Wellington Phoenix	5,289
Western Sydney Wanderers	19,007
Total	118,418
Average	11,841

Last updated: 15 April 2018
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of matches played on 15 April 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bobô	Sydney FC	27
2	Oriol Riera	Western Sydney Wanderers	15
3	Ross McCormack	Melbourne City	14
4	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	13
	Adrian Mierzejewski	Sydney FC
6	Andrew Nabbout	Newcastle Jets	10
	Dimitri Petratos	Newcastle Jets
8	Andrija Kaluđerović	Wellington Phoenix	9
	Massimo Maccarone	Brisbane Roar
	Roy O'Donovan	Newcastle Jets
	Dario Vidošić	Wellington Phoenix Melbourne City

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Roy O'Donovan	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Mariners	5–1	02017-10-07-7 October 2017
Bobô	Sydney FC	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	02017-12-23-23 December 2017
Bobô	Sydney FC	Perth Glory	6–0	02017-12-30-30 December 2017
Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	Central Coast Mariners	5–2	02018-03-18-18 March 2018
Riley McGree	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Mariners	2–8	02018-04-14-14 April 2018

Own goals

As of matches played on 15 April 2018

Player	Club	Against	Round
Thomas Deng	Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC	1
Brendan Hamill	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth Glory	1
Nigel Boogaard	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane Roar	3
Andrija Kaluđerović	Wellington Phoenix	Central Coast Mariners	8
Goran Paracki	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne Victory	9
Lachlan Scott	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney FC	10
Jeremy Walker	Perth Glory	Newcastle Jets	10
Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	Wellington Phoenix	15
Dino Djulbic	Perth Glory	Adelaide United	19
Shane Lowry	Perth Glory	Wellington Phoenix	20
Ryan Strain	Adelaide United	Central Coast Mariners	20
Taylor Regan	Adelaide United	Melbourne Victory	21
Leigh Broxham	Melbourne Victory	Wellington Phoenix	26
Jacob Pepper	Brisbane Roar	Perth Glory	27

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 15 April 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Andrew Redmayne	Sydney FC	12
2	Dean Bouzanis	Melbourne City	6
3	Ben Kennedy	Central Coast Mariners	5
	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar
5	Jack Duncan	Newcastle Jets	4
	Vedran Janjetović	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Liam Reddy	Perth Glory
8	Eugene Galekovic	Melbourne City	3
	Paul Izzo	Adelaide United
	Glen Moss	Newcastle Jets
	Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory

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 least number of points wins the Fair Play Award.

Club				FP Pts
Sydney FC	38	0	1	41
Newcastle Jets	51	1	1	56
Wellington Phoenix	54	0	1	57
Melbourne City	44	2	3	57
Perth Glory	59	0	1	62
Adelaide United	51	2	3	64
Central Coast Mariners	50	3	3	65
Melbourne Victory	53	2	3	66
Brisbane Roar	62	0	2	68
Western Sydney Wanderers	61	3	2	73
League total	523	13	20

Last updated: 15 April 2018
Source: ultimatealeague.com

External links

2017–18 in Australian football
Domestic leagues
A-League · National Premier Leagues ('17, '18) · FFA Cup ('17, '18) (Preliminary Rounds ('17, '18) * Final ('17, '18)) · Australian Capital Territory ('17, '18) · New South Wales ('17, '18) · Northern NSW ('17, '18) · Queensland ('17, '18) · South Australia ('17, '18) · Tasmania ('17, '18) · Victoria ('17, '18) · Western Australia ('17, '18)
European competitions
Champions League ('17, '18)
Club seasons
Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Melbourne City · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney · Wellington Phoenix · Western Sydney Wanderers
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League cups

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Supercups

Bahrain · China · Iran · Iraq · Japan · Malaysia · Oman · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Tajikistan · Thailand · UAE · Uzbekistan · Vietnam

AFC club competitions

AFC Champions League (Qualifying play-offs · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final) AFC Cup (Qualifying play-offs · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final)

International competitions

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification · 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification · 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification · 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup · 2017 SAFF Championship · 2017 Gulf Cup of Nations

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