The A-League Men is the premier professional men's association football league in Australia. It is currently consists of twelve teams; ten based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. The league has been contested since 2005, when it was founded as the A-League. In its most recent form, the league includes a 26-round regular season and an end-of-season finals series playoff tournament involving the highest-placed teams, culminating in the Grand Final match. The winning team of the Grand Final is crowned A-League champion, while the regular season winners are 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)		TeamsMatches PremiersChampionsAsia[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 N/A 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 N/A 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
2020–21
(2021)		 12 156 Melbourne City Melbourne City Sydney FC
Melbourne Victory		 Jamie Maclaren 25
2021–22
(2022)		 12 163 Melbourne City Western United Jamie Maclaren 15
2022–23
(2023)		 12 163 Melbourne City Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City
Central Coast Mariners
Macarthur FC		 Jamie Maclaren 24
2023–24
(2024)		 12 169 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Grand Finals

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

YearDateHomeScoreAwayMan of the Match (Joe Marston Medal)StadiumAttendance
2006 5 March Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC) Aussie Stadium, Sydney 41,689
2007 18 February Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory) Telstra Dome, Melbourne 55,436
2008 24 February Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Andrew Durante (Newcastle Jets) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 36,354
2009 28 February Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Tom Pondeljak (Melbourne Victory) Telstra Dome, Melbourne 53,273
2010 20 March Melbourne Victory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Sydney FC Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC) Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 44,650
2011 13 March Brisbane Roar 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Central Coast Mariners Mathew Ryan (Central Coast Mariners) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 50,168
2012 22 April Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Jacob Burns (Perth Glory) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 50,334
2013 21 April Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners) Allianz Stadium, Sydney 42,102
2014 4 May Brisbane Roar 2–1 (a.e.t.) Western Sydney Wanderers Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar)
Iacopo La Rocca (Western Sydney Wanderers)		 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 51,153
2015 17 May Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory) AAMI Park, Melbourne 29,843
2016 1 May Adelaide United 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Isaías (Adelaide United) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 50,119
2017 7 May Sydney FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Melbourne Victory Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory) Allianz Stadium, Sydney 41,546
2018 5 May Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory Lawrence Thomas (Melbourne Victory) McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle 29,410
2019 19 May Perth Glory 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 Sydney FC Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) Optus Stadium, Perth 56,371
2020 30 August Sydney FC 1–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Bankwest Stadium, Sydney 7,051*
2021 27 June Melbourne City 3–1 Sydney FC Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) AAMI Park, Melbourne 14,017*
2022 28 May Melbourne City 0–2 Western United Aleksandar Prijović (Western United) AAMI Park, Melbourne 22,495
2023 3 June Melbourne City 1–6 Central Coast Mariners Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners) CommBank Stadium, Sydney 26,523

*Attendance limited due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic

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 also 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.

References

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