A-League 2018-19

A-League
2018–19
	A-League; 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Perth Glory (1st title)
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Perth Glory; Sydney FC; Melbourne Victory
Season statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	422
Average	12 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roy Krishna (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Melbourne City 5–0 Central Coast; (26 April 2019) ; Perth Glory 5–0 Wellington; (28 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Central Coast 2–8 Wellington; (9 March 2019)
Highest scoring	Central Coast 2–8 Wellington; (9 March 2019)
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The 2018–19 A-League was the 42nd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 14th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season will commence on Friday October 19th 2018 and will conclude on Sunday April 28th 2019. The 2019 Grand Final will take place on Sunday 19 May 2019.

Clubs[]

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium Adelaide Oval	17,000 53,583
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	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	56,347 30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	McDonald Jones Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory	Perth	nib Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval	48,000 20,505 20,000
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	ANZ Stadium Spotless Stadium	84,000 24,000

Personal and kits[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Adelaide United	Marco Kurz	Isaías	Macron	IGA
Brisbane Roar	John Aloisi	Matt McKay	Umbro	Central Home Loans
Central Coast Mariners	Mike Mulvey	Alan Baró	Umbro	Masterfoods
Melbourne City	Warren Joyce	TBD	Nike	Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory	Kevin Muscat	Carl Valeri	Adidas	Optislim & Optivite
Newcastle Jets	Ernie Merrick	Nigel Boogaard	Viva Sports	Ledman Group
Perth Glory	Tony Popovic	Andy Keogh	Macron	QBE Insurance
Sydney FC	Steve Corica	Alex Brosque	Puma	The Star
Wellington Phoenix	TBD	Andrew Durante	Adidas	Huawei Century 21
Western Sydney Wanderers	Markus Babbel	Mark Bridge	Nike	NRMA Insurance

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	8 March 2018	Pre-season	Steve Corica	16 May 2018
Central Coast Mariners	Wayne O'Sullivan (Caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	14 April 2018		Mike Mulvey	July 2018
Western Sydney Wanderers	Josep Gombau	Sacked	19 April 2018		Markus Babbel	19 May 2018
Perth Glory	Kenny Lowe	Sacked	20 April 2018		Tony Popovic	11 May 2018
Wellington Phoenix	Chris Greenacre (Caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	30 May 2018	Mark Rudan	30 May 2018

Transfers[]

Further information: A-League transfers for 2018–19 season

Regular season[]

Foreign players[]

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United	Michael Jakobsen	Daniel Adlung	Baba Diawara	Isaías	Ersan Gülüm²
Brisbane Roar	Thomas Kristensen	Éric Bauthéac			Henrique¹ Jamie Young² Avraam Papadopoulos² Dane Ingham²
Central Coast Mariners	Wout Brama	Tom Hiariej	Alan Baró
Melbourne City	Bart Schenkeveld	Marcin Budziński	Bruno Fornaroli		Iacopo La Rocca¹
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	Leroy George	Kosta Barbarouses		Jai Ingham²
Newcastle Jets	Wayne Brown	Roy O'Donovan	Ronald Vargas		Ivan Vujica² Daniel Georgievski² Glen Moss²
Perth Glory	Andy Keogh	Diego Castro	Xavi Torres
Sydney FC	Bobô	Adrian Mierzejewski	Miloš Ninković		Fábio Ferreira¹
Wellington Phoenix	Goran Paracki	Roy Krishna	Andrija Kaluđerović	Matija Ljujić
Western Sydney Wanderers	Roly Bonevacia	Raúl Llorente	Oriol Riera		Marcelo Carrusca¹

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)

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perth Glory	27	18	6	3	56	23	+33	60	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC (C)	27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52
3	Melbourne City	27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	Qualification to Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification to Finals series
5	Melbourne Victory	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix	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	43	54	−11	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: 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

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
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers

Last updated: 24 April 2018
Source: [ BBC]

Finals series[]

Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	Grand Final

	1st
4th	4th/5th/6th
5th		Higher-placed team
		Lower-placed team
	2nd
3rd	3rd/4th/5th
6th

Elimination-finals[]

3-5 May 2019	3rd	v	6th	TBD

3-5 May 2019	4th	v	5th	TBD

Semi-finals[]

10-12 May 2019	1st	v	4th/5th/6th	TBD

10-12 May 2019	2nd	v	3rd/4th/5th	TBD

Grand Final[]

Statistics[]

Player stats[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref

Own goals[]

Player	Club	Against	Round

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets

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
Adelaide United	0	0	0	0
Brisbane Roar	0	0	0	0
Central Coast Mariners	0	0	0	0
Melbourne City	0	0	0	0
Melbourne Victory	0	0	0	0
Newcastle Jets	0	0	0	0
Perth Glory	0	0	0	0
Sydney FC	0	0	0	0
Wellington Phoenix	0	0	0	0
Western Sydney Wanderers	0	0	0	0
League total	0	0	0