2024–25 A-League Men

The 2024–25 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 20th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. Central Coast Mariners were the defending premiers and champions.

The 2024–25 A-League Men season saw the league's average attendance increase for the third consecutive season, the first time this has occurred since 2013–14.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations Thirteen clubs are participating in the 2024–25 season. This is an increase from the previous years after Auckland FC joined the league. Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

ClubCityHome groundCapacityAdelaide UnitedAdelaideCoopers Stadium16,500Auckland FCAucklandGo Media Stadium25,000Brisbane RoarBrisbaneSuncorp Stadium52,500Central Coast MarinersGosfordIndustree Group Stadium20,059Macarthur FCSydneyCampbelltown Sports Stadium17,500Melbourne CityMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Melbourne VictoryMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Newcastle JetsNewcastleMcDonald Jones Stadium30,000Perth GloryPerthHBF Park20,500Sydney FCSydneyAllianz Stadium42,500 Wellington PhoenixWellingtonSky Stadium34,500ChristchurchApollo Projects Stadium17,104Western Sydney WanderersSydneyCommBank Stadium30,000Western UnitedMelbourneIronbark Fields5,000AAMI Park30,050

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Adelaide United Carl Veart Ryan Kitto UCAN Flinders UniversityCG FinTech Auckland FC Steve Corica Hiroki Sakai New Balance Anchor Go Media Brisbane Roar Ruben Zadkovich Jay O'Shea Cikers OutKast Central Coast Mariners Mark Jackson Trent Sainsbury Cikers polytec Macarthur FC Mile Sterjovski Luke Brattan Kelme SipEnergy Melbourne City Aurelio Vidmar Aziz Behich Puma Etihad Airways Melbourne Victory Arthur Diles Roderick Miranda MacronTurkish Airlines Newcastle Jets Robert Stanton Kosta Grozos Legend Sportswear Brydens Lawyers Perth Glory David Zdrilic Adam Taggart Macron La Vida Homes Sydney FC Ufuk Talay Rhyan Grant Under Armour Macquarie University Wellington Phoenix Giancarlo Italiano Alex Rufer Paladin Sports Oppo Entelar Group Western Sydney Wanderers Alen Stajcic Lawrence Thomas Adidas VoltarenTurner Freeman Lawyers Western United John Aloisi Ben Garuccio Kappa Sharp

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Auckland FCInauguralPre-season 20 December 2023 Melbourne City (caretaker) Promoted to full-time 15 May 2024 Western Sydney Wanderers Mutual consent 16 May 2024 25 June 2024 Melbourne Victory End of contract 12 June 2024 25 June 2024 Perth Glory Mutual consent 25 June 2024 28 June 2024Melbourne VictorySigned by Yokohama F. Marinos as assistant coach17 December 20243rd (caretaker)17 December 2024 (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/A 6th 31 January 2025

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Zach Clough Ryan Tunnicliffe Bart Vriends Javi López Austin Ayoubi2 Isaías Sánchez1 Auckland FC Louis Verstraete Felipe Gallegos Neyder Moreno Hiroki Sakai Guillermo May Dan Hall2 Brisbane Roar Florin Berenguer Rafael Struick Jay O'Shea Walid Shour Asumah Abubakar Jack Hingert2 Marcus Ferkranus2 Néicer Acosta Central Coast Mariners Mikael Doka Vitor Feijão Ryan Edmondson Alfie McCalmont Brian Kaltak William Wilson2 Lucas Scicluna2 Storm Roux2 Macarthur FC Kévin Boli Filip Kurto Saîf-Eddine Khaoui Marin Jakoliš2 Dino Arslanagić Valère Germain Melbourne City Germán Ferreyra Andreas Kuen Samuel Souprayen Yonatan Cohen Jamie Young2 Melbourne Victory Clarismario Santos Zinédine Machach Nikos Vergos Roderick Miranda Adama Traoré1 Newcastle Jets Wellissol Kota Mizunuma Lachlan Bayliss2 Dane Ingham2 Charles M'Mombwa2 Perth Glory Anas Hamzaoui Luke Amos Hiroaki Aoyama Yuto Misao Takuya Okamoto Oliver Sail2 Cristian Caicedo Luis Cangá Joel Anasmo2 Sydney FC Douglas Costa Léo Sena Joe Lolley Anas Ouahim Patryk Klimala Wellington Phoenix Josh Oluwayemi Scott Wootton Hideki Ishige Kazuki Nagasawa Francisco Geraldes Stefan Colakovski2 David Ball Mohamed Al-Taay2 Western Sydney Wanderers Bozhidar Kraev Jeong Tae-wook Juan Mata Marcus Antonsson Mohamed Al-Taay2 Dylan Scicluna2 Western United Riku Danzaki Hiroshi Ibusuki Tomoki Imai Charbel Shamoon2 Khoder Kaddour2 Luka Coveny2 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 (or New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Auckland FC and/or Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of Auckland FC and/or 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)

Regular season The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 24-match schedule for each club, plus three byes and two extra rounds (including the Unite Round), for a total of 26 matches played. The top six qualify for a finals series. League table

Fixtures and results

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals

Semi-finals Summary

Matches

Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.

Melbourne City won 4–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

Regular season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1Adelaide United13Sydney FC3Western United12Western Sydney Wanderers5Sydney FC116Wellington Phoenix10Western UnitedMacarthur FCPerth Glory10Newcastle Jets9Sydney FCAuckland FC

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref. Nicolas MilanovicWestern Sydney WanderersNewcastle Jets4–1 (H)8 November 2024 Joe Lolley Sydney FCPerth Glory3–0 (H)8 January 2025 Adrian Segecic Sydney FCCentral Coast Mariners4–1 (H)11 January 2025 Logan RogersonAuckland FCWellington Phoenix6–1 (H)22 February 2025 Marin JakolišMacarthur FCBrisbane Roar5–1 (A)4 April 2025 Noah BoticWestern United Adelaide United 3–2 (H)9 May 2025

Key(H)Home team(A)Away team

Clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperClubClean sheets1 Alex PaulsenAuckland FC122 Patrick BeachMelbourne City113 Harrison Devenish-MearesSydney FC5 Matt SuttonWestern United Lawrence ThomasWestern Sydney Wanderers6 Jack DuncanMelbourne Victory4 Mitchell LangerakMelbourne Victory Oliver SailPerth Glory9 Filip KurtoMacarthur FC3 Josh OluwayemiWellington Phoenix Dylan Peraić-CullenCentral Coast Mariners Ryan ScottNewcastle Jets

Awards Annual awards +AwardWinnerClub Johnny Warren Medal Nicolas Milanovic Western Sydney WanderersYoung Footballer of the Year Archie Goodwin Adelaide United Golden Boot Award Archie Goodwin Adrian SegecicAdelaide United Sydney FCGoalkeeper of the Year Alex PaulsenAuckland FCGoal of the Year Jordan LautonWestern UnitedSave of the Year Alex PaulsenAuckland FCPlaymaker of the Year Zac SapsfordWestern Sydney Wanderers FCFan Player of the Year Francis de VriesAuckland FCCoach of the Year Steve CoricaAuckland FCFair Play AwardAdelaide UnitedReferee of the Year Adam Kersey

Club awards Club Player of the Season Adelaide United Ethan Alagich Auckland FC Guillermo May Brisbane Roar Jay O'Shea Central Coast Mariners Mikael Doka Macarthur FC Kealey Adamson Melbourne City Kai Trewin Melbourne Victory Jordi Valadon Newcastle Jets Thomas Aquilina Perth Glory Adam Taggart Sydney FC Adrian Segecic Wellington Phoenix Kosta Barbarouses Western Sydney Wanderers Nicolas Milanovic Western United Angus Thurgate

Team of the season +GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsSubstitutes Alex Paulsen (Auckland FC) Hiroki Sakai (Auckland FC) Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) Kai Trewin (Melbourne City) Francis de Vries (Auckland FC) Louis Verstraete (Auckland FC) Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory) Angus Thurgate (Western United) Nicolas Milanovic (Western Sydney Wanderers) Archie Goodwin (Adelaide United) Adrian Segecic (Sydney FC) Lawrence Thomas (Western Sydney Wanderers) Aziz Behich (Melbourne City) Nando Pijnaker (Auckland FC) Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) Noah Botic (Western United) Guillermo May (Auckland FC)

Attendances

A-League clubs listed by average home league attendance:https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co6/australia-a-league/se75119/2024-2025/attendance/

ClubAverageattendance 1 Auckland FC 18,101 2 Sydney FC 15,290 3 Melbourne Victory 12,778 4 Adelaide United 10,575 5 Western Sydney Wanderers 9,809 6 Wellington Phoenix 8,366 7 Newcastle Jets 6,608 8 Perth Glory 6,396 9 Central Coast Mariners 6,392 10 Melbourne City 6,192 11 Brisbane Roar 5,463 12 Macarthur FC 4,662 13 Western United 3,644

2024–25 A-League Men

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