2014–15 A-League

The 2014–15 A-League was the 38th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 10th season of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commenced on 10 October 2014 and concluded on 26 April 2015. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015. The season was suspended from 9–24 January in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.

The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015, with Melbourne Victory claiming their third Championship with a 3–0 win against Sydney FC.

The season marked the first year that the team formerly known as Melbourne Heart competed as Melbourne City after the club's renaming in June 2014.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers StadiumAdelaide Oval 17,00053,583 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 StadiumAAMI Park 56,34730,050 Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter 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 Pirtek Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner Adelaide United Josep Gombau Eugene Galekovic Kappa Veolia Brisbane Roar Frans Thijssen Matt McKay Umbro The Coffee Club Central Coast Mariners Tony Walmsley(Head Coach) John Hutchinson(Player/Coach) Kappa Masterfoods Melbourne City John van 't Schip Patrick Kisnorbo Nike Etihad Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Mark Milligan Adidas Community Training Initiatives (h)Oliana Foods (a) Newcastle Jets Phil Stubbins Taylor Regan BLK Castle Quarry Products Perth Glory Kenny Lowe Michael Thwaite Macron QBE Insurance Sydney FC Graham Arnold Alex Brosque Adidas Webjet Wellington Phoenix Ernie Merrick Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei Western Sydney Wanderers Tony Popovic Nikolai Topor-Stanley Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Sydney FC Sacked 23 April 2014Pre-season 8 May 2014 Newcastle Jets (caretaker) End of contract 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 Brisbane Roar Mutual consent 23 November 2014 8th (caretaker) 24 November 2014 Central Coast Mariners Sacked 6 March 2015 8th (caretaker head coach) John Hutchinson (caretaker player/coach) 6 March 2015

Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Marcelo Carrusca Sergio Cirio Miguel Palanca Isaías Pablo Sánchez Cássio1 Fábio Ferreira Brisbane Roar Jean Carlos Solórzano Thomas Broich Jérome Polenz Andrija Kaluđerović Henrique1 Jamie Young2 Jack Hingert2 Liam Miller Mensur Kurtiši Central Coast Mariners Richárd Vernes Fábio Ferreira Nick Montgomery John Hutchinson2 Storm Roux2 Malick Mané Kim Seung-yong Melbourne City Jonatan Germano Damien Duff Rob Wielaert Robert Koren Kew Jaliens3 Harry Novillo3 Iain Ramsay2 Liam Miller3 Safuwan Baharudin David Villa4 Melbourne Victory Besart Berisha Guilherme Finkler Matthieu Delpierre Kosta Barbarouses Fahid Ben Khalfallah Daniel Georgievski2 Newcastle Jets Edson Montaño Lee Ki-Je Enver Alivodić Marcos Flores Jerónimo Neumann Kew Jaliens Jonny Steele Perth Glory Sidnei Andy Keogh Youssouf Hersi Nebojša Marinković Denis Kramar Dragan Paljić3 Sydney FC Marc Janko Jacques Faty Mickaël Tavares Miloš Dimitrijević Nikola Petković Vedran Janjetović1 Ali Abbas1 Shane Smeltz2 Wellington Phoenix Kenny Cunningham Roy Krishna Roly Bonevacia Albert Riera Alex Rodriguez Manny Muscat2 Western Sydney Wanderers Mateo Poljak Iacopo La Rocca Yojiro Takahagi Yūsuke Tanaka Romeo Castelen Vítor Saba Seyi Adeleke 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 ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club Domestic Marquee International Marquee Captain Vice-Captain Adelaide United Eugene Galekovic Marcelo Carrusca Eugene Galekovic Nigel Boogaard Brisbane Roar Matt McKay Thomas Broich Matt McKay Shane Stefanutto Central Coast Mariners None None John Hutchinson Nick Montgomery Melbourne City Josh Kennedy Robert Koren Patrick Kisnorbo None Melbourne Victory Mark Milligan Besart Berisha Mark Milligan Leigh Broxham Newcastle Jets None None Kew Jaliens Taylor Regan Joel Griffiths Perth Glory Michael Thwaite Nebojša Marinković Michael Thwaite None Sydney FC Alex Brosque Marc Janko Alex Brosque Saša Ognenovski Nikola Petković Wellington Phoenix None None Andrew Durante Ben Sigmund Western Sydney Wanderers Matthew Spiranovic None Nikolai Topor-Stanley None

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marc JankoSydney FC162 Nathan BurnsWellington Phoenix143 Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory134 Andy KeoghPerth Glory125 Archie ThompsonMelbourne Victory106 Roy KrishnaWellington Phoenix9 Jamie MaclarenPerth Glory8 HenriqueBrisbane Roar8 Pablo SánchezAdelaide United Shane SmeltzSydney FC

Own goals PlayerClubAgainstRound James Donachie Brisbane Roar Adelaide United 1 Tom Doyle Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners 2 Vedran Janjetović Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers 2 Jade North Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory 7 Nigel Boogaard Adelaide United Melbourne Victory 8 Sergio Cirio Adelaide United Melbourne Victory 8 Allan Welsh Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar 16 Ante Covic Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney FC 19 Manny Muscat Wellington Phoenix Sydney FC 23 Daniel Bowles Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners 24 Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory 24 Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United Brisbane Roar 25

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Andy Keogh Perth Glory Brisbane Roar 3–2 19 October 2014 Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory Melbourne City 5–2 25 October 2014 Henrique Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 4–0 14 November 2014 Nathan Burns Wellington Phoenix Melbourne City 5–1 30 November 2014 Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory Sydney FC 3–3 13 December 2014 Robert Koren Melbourne City Newcastle Jets 5–2 30 December 2014 Marc Janko Sydney FC Brisbane Roar 5–4 15 March 2015 Steven Lustica Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners 6–1 2 April 2015 Jamie Maclaren Perth Glory Melbourne City 3–1 19 April 2015

Player came on as substitute.

Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Vedran JanjetovićSydney FC92 Tando VelaphiMelbourne City83 Nathan CoeMelbourne Victory7 Eugene GalekovicAdelaide United Glen MossWellington Phoenix Liam ReddyCentral Coast Mariners7 Jamie YoungBrisbane Roar58 Danny VukovićPerth Glory49 Ante CovicWestern Sydney Wanderers3 Ben KennedyNewcastle Jets NB - Additional clean sheets were kept by Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory, however these are not listed due to goalkeeper substitutions.

Attendances

By club These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

By round + 2014–15 A-League Attendance RoundTotalGames Avg. Per Game Round 1 90,013 5 18,003 Round 2 106,082 5 21,216 Round 3 91,836 5 18,367 Round 4 73,547 5 14,709 Round 5 58,437 5 11,687 Round 6 62,752 5 12,550 Round 7 62,977 5 12,595 Round 8 72,856 5 14,571 Round 9 47,373 5 9,475 Round 10 64,067 5 12,813 Round 11 67,924 5 13,585 Round 12 63,190 5 12,638 Round 13 72,186 5 14,437 Round 14 53,727 5 10,745 Round 15 52,157 5 10,431 Round 16 75,844 5 15,169 Round 17 53,339 5 10,668 Round 18 49,016 5 9,803 Round 19 67,338 5 13,468 Round 20 57,301 5 11,460 Round 21 47,703 5 9,541 Round 22 53,237 5 10,647 Round 23 50,305 5 10,061 Round 24 39,366 5 7,873 Round 25 53,630 5 10,726 Round 26 42,233 5 8,447 Round 27 61,841 5 12,368 Elimination Final 30,326 2 15,163 Semi Final 77,656 2 38,828 Grand Final 29,843 1 29,843

Top 10 season attendances Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day 50,873 SF 8 May 2015 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Etihad Stadium Friday Night 43,729 3 25 October 2014 Melbourne Victory 5–2 Melbourne City Etihad Stadium Saturday Night 41,213 2 18 October 2014 Sydney FC 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night 40,042 16 7 February 2015 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Etihad Stadium Saturday Night 33,126 2 17 October 2014 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide Oval Friday Night 30,083 1 10 October 2014 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Etihad Stadium Friday Night 29,843 GF 17 May 2015 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC AAMI Park Sunday Night 26,783 SF 9 May 2015 Sydney FC 4–1 Adelaide United Allianz Stadium Saturday Night 26,372 11 20 December 2014 Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night 25,525 1 11 October 2014 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Allianz Stadium Saturday Night

Club membership

+ 2014–15 A-League membership figures Club Members Adelaide United 9,429 Brisbane Roar 12,113 Central Coast Mariners 6,242 Melbourne City 11,741 Melbourne Victory 24,200 Newcastle Jets 10,003 Perth Glory 6,296 Sydney FC 11,508 Wellington Phoenix 4,183 Western Sydney Wanderers 18,706 Total114,421Average 11,442

Awards

End-of-season awards The following end of the season awards were announced at the Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League 2014–15 Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 11 May 2015. Johnny Warren Medal – Nathan Burns, Wellington Phoenix NAB Young Footballer of the Year – James Jeggo, Adelaide United Nike Golden Boot Award – Marc Janko, Sydney FC (16 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United Manager of the Year – Kevin Muscat, Melbourne Victory Fair Play Award – Wellington Phoenix Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett Goal of the Year – Tarek Elrich, Adelaide United (Adelaide United v Melbourne City, 25 April 2015) Joe Marston Medal – Mark Milligan

2014–15 A-League

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