A-League All Stars
Founded2013
RegionAustralia (AFC)
Number of teams2
Television broadcastersNetwork 10

The A-Leagues All Star Game is a association football match contested by the A-Leagues All Stars team against an invitee club. The All Stars team is made up of selected A-League Men players. The game is played during the footballing off-season, the first of which was held on 20 July 2013.

After the 2014 edition, the All Star Game was not held for almost a decade, before the concept was revived in 2022 and was expected to continue for at least the 2023, 2024 and 2025 A-League seasons as part of the commercial agreement with the NSW State Government to play a "Football Festival" culminating with the A-League Grand final in Sydney for those three seasons.

Background

On 13 November 2012, it was confirmed that Manchester United would come to Australia and play an all-star team consisting of A-League players.[1] The inaugural A-League All Stars Game took place on 20 July 2013, against Manchester United. The A-League team was picked by an online vote by fans and by the appointed manager. On 20 December 2013, it was confirmed that Juventus would compete against the all-star team for the 2014 game, again hosted in Sydney.[2] On 6 April 2022 it was announced that a third A-League All Stars match would be held against Barcelona on 25 May 2022, again in Sydney.[3][4]

The 2023 edition was under negotiations with Bayern Munich to appear as the foreign club but the APL were unable to fund the multi-million dollar appearance fee.[5]

Games

20 July 2013 2013 A-League All Stars AustraliaNew Zealand 1–5 England Manchester United Sydney
19:30 AEST Berisha 51' Report Lingard 10', 54'
Welbeck 33', 70'
Van Persie 86'		 Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 83,127
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
10 August 2014 2014 A-League All Stars AustraliaNew Zealand 2–3 Italy Juventus Sydney
19:30 AEST Carrusca 9'
Jurić 76'		 Report Llorente 58'
Pogba 87'
Pepe 90+3'		 Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 55,364
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
25 May 2022 2022 A-Leagues All Stars AustraliaNew Zealand 2–3 Spain Barcelona Sydney
20:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Accor Stadium
Attendance: 70,174
Referee: Alex King (Australia)

The 2013 and 2014 matches were televised in Australia by Seven Network. The 2022 match was televised on 10 Bold.

References

  1. ↑ "Stage set for Manchester United to play A-League all-stars". The Australian. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Italian giants Juventus coming to Sydney". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Bossi, Dominic (11 March 2022). "Barcelona set to play in Sydney against A-League All Stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Barcelona announce Sydney tour to play A-Leagues All Stars". A-League Men. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bayern blow kills ALM All Stars clash as GF locked in". Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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