The 2018–19 A-League was the 42nd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 14th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004.
The regular season commenced on 19 October 2018 and concluded on 28 April 2019. The play-offs began on 3 May 2019 and ended with the Grand Final on 19 May 2019. Sydney FC defeated Perth Glory in the Grand Final.
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 19 October 2018 – 19 May 2019 |
Champions | Sydney FC (4th title) |
Premiers | Perth Glory (1st title) |
Champions League | Perth Glory Sydney FC Melbourne Victory |
Matches played | 135 |
Goals scored | 422 (3.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Roy Krishna (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Melbourne City 5–0 Central Coast Mariners (26 April 2019) Perth Glory 5–0 Wellington Phoenix (28 April 2019) |
Biggest away win | Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix (9 March 2019) |
Highest scoring | Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix (9 March 2019) |
Highest attendance | 40,504 Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City (20 October 2018) |
Lowest attendance | 3,703 Central Coast Mariners vs. Wellington Phoenix (9 March 2019) |
Average attendance | 10,411 ( 260) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
Team | City | Home Ground | Capacity |
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Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium | 16,500 |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 |
Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Central Coast Stadium | 20,059 |
Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | Marvel Stadium AAMI Park GMHBA Stadium | 56,347 30,050 36,000 |
Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | McDonald Jones Stadium | 33,000 |
Perth Glory | Perth | HBF Park | 20,500 |
Sydney FC | Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval | 48,000 20,500 20,000 |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington | Westpac Stadium | 34,500 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ANZ Stadium Spotless Stadium | 84,000 24,000 |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor |
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Adelaide United | Marco Kurz | Isaías | Macron | IGA |
Brisbane Roar | Darren Davies (caretaker) | Matt McKay | Umbro | Actron Air |
Central Coast Mariners | Alen Stajcic (caretaker) | Matt Simon | Umbro | Masterfoods & State Road Constructions |
Melbourne City | Warren Joyce | Scott Jamieson | Nike | Etihad Airways |
Melbourne Victory | Kevin Muscat | Carl Valeri | Adidas | Metricon |
Newcastle Jets | Ernie Merrick | Nigel Boogaard | Viva Sports | Ledman Group |
Perth Glory | Tony Popovic | Diego Castro | Macron | QBE Insurance |
Sydney FC | Steve Corica | Alex Brosque | Puma | The Star |
Wellington Phoenix | Marko Rudan | Andrew Durante | Adidas | Huawei |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Markus Babbel | Brendan Hamill | Nike | Centuria |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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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 | Marko Rudan | 30 May 2018 | |
Brisbane Roar | John Aloisi | Resigned | 28 December 2018 | 9th | Darren Davies (caretaker) | 28 December 2018 |
Central Coast Mariners | Mike Mulvey | Sacked | 9 March 2019 | 10th | Alen Stajcic (caretaker) | 12 March 2019 |
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)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | |
3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
5 | Melbourne City | 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 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 |
Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Perth Glory (pen.) | 3 (5) | ||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide United (a.e.t.) | 1 | 4 | Adelaide United | 3 (4) | |||||||||
5 | Melbourne City | 0 | 1 | Perth Glory | 0 (1) | |||||||||
2 | Sydney FC (pen.) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
2 | Sydney FC | 6 | ||||||||||||
3 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 3 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 |
3 May 2019 | Melbourne Victory | 3–1 | Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne |
19:50 AEST |
| Report |
| Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,010 Referee: Shaun Evans |
5 May 2019 | Adelaide United | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne City | Adelaide |
18:30 ACST | Halloran 119' | Report | Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 13,232 Referee: Kurt Ams |
10 May 2019 | Perth Glory | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Adelaide United | Perth |
18:30 AWST | Report | Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 17,868 Referee: Alex King | ||
Penalties | ||||
12 May 2019 | Sydney FC | 6–1 | Melbourne Victory | Sydney |
19:00 AEST | Report |
| Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 12,141 Referee: Chris Beath |
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.
Team | Hosted | Average | High | Low | Total |
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Melbourne Victory | 14 | 20,604 | 40,504 | 8,039 | 288,453 |
Sydney FC | 13 | 13,566 | 30,588 | 6,261 | 176,357 |
Perth Glory | 14 | 10,360 | 17,856 | 7,213 | 145,045 |
Brisbane Roar | 13 | 9,632 | 15,129 | 6,084 | 125,222 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 9,191 | 21,984 | 5,067 | 128,670 |
Newcastle Jets | 13 | 9,079 | 11,814 | 6,701 | 118,029 |
Adelaide United | 14 | 9,013 | 12,866 | 7,071 | 126,188 |
Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 8,533 | 23,648 | 4,829 | 119,455 |
Melbourne City | 13 | 8,135 | 24,306 | 4,950 | 105,750 |
Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 5,562 | 8,923 | 3,703 | 72,300 |
League total | 135 | 10,411 | 40,504 | 3,703 | 1,405,469 |
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
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Round 1 | 84,761 | 5 | 16,952 |
Round 2 | 77,986 | 5 | 15,597 |
Round 3 | 44,728 | 5 | 8,946 |
Round 4 | 49,105 | 5 | 9,821 |
Round 5 | 54,712 | 5 | 10,942 |
Round 6 | 46,789 | 5 | 9,358 |
Round 7 | 57,101 | 5 | 11,420 |
Round 8 | 50,507 | 5 | 10,101 |
Round 9 | 58,429 | 5 | 11,686 |
Round 10 | 55,700 | 5 | 11,140 |
Round 11 | 44,866 | 5 | 8,973 |
Round 12 | 41,546 | 5 | 8,309 |
Round 13 | 53,733 | 5 | 10,747 |
Round 14 | 48,849 | 5 | 9,770 |
Round 15 | 37,920 | 5 | 7,584 |
Round 16 | 57,050 | 5 | 11,410 |
Round 17 | 42,065 | 5 | 8,413 |
Round 18 | 52,669 | 5 | 10,534 |
Round 19 | 63,527 | 5 | 12,705 |
Round 20 | 57,812 | 5 | 11,562 |
Round 21 | 38,835 | 5 | 7,767 |
Round 22 | 46,329 | 5 | 9,266 |
Round 23 | 46,704 | 5 | 9,341 |
Round 24 | 40,205 | 5 | 8,041 |
Round 25 | 63,295 | 5 | 12,659 |
Round 26 | 45,431 | 5 | 9,086 |
Round 27 | 44,794 | 5 | 8,959 |
Elimination Final | 29,242 | 2 | 14,621 |
Semi Final | 30,009 | 2 | 15,004 |
Grand Final | 56,371 | 1 | 56,371 |
Club | Members |
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Adelaide United | 8,082 |
Brisbane Roar | 11,524 |
Central Coast Mariners | 6,843 |
Melbourne City | 10,302 |
Melbourne Victory | 26,478 |
Newcastle Jets | 11,606 |
Perth Glory | 10,460 |
Sydney FC | 15,848 |
Wellington Phoenix | 5,671 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 16,444 |
Total | 123,258 |
Average | 12,326 |
Last updated: 28 April 2019.
Source: a-league.com.au
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Roy Krishna | Wellington Phoenix | 18 |
2 | Adam Le Fondre | Sydney FC | 16 |
3 | Andy Keogh | Perth Glory | 15 |
4 | Kosta Barbarouses | Melbourne Victory | 14 |
5 | Ola Toivonen | Melbourne Victory | 13 |
6 | Roy O'Donovan | Newcastle Jets | 11 |
Adam Taggart | Brisbane Roar | ||
David Williams | Wellington Phoenix | ||
9 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | 10 |
Oriol Riera | Western Sydney Wanderers |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Brosque | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners | 5–2 | 4 January 2019 | |
Kosta Barbarouses | Melbourne Victory | Brisbane Roar | 0–5 | 15 January 2019 | |
David Williams | Wellington Phoenix | Newcastle Jets | 4–1 | 31 March 2019 | |
Roy Krishna | Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne City | 3–2 | 21 April 2019 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Liam Reddy | Perth Glory | 12 |
2 | Eugene Galekovic | Melbourne City | 8 |
Paul Izzo | Adelaide United | ||
Andrew Redmayne | Sydney FC | ||
5 | Glen Moss | Newcastle Jets | 6 |
6 | Lawrence Thomas | Melbourne Victory | 5 |
7 | Vedran Janjetović | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 |
Filip Kurto | Wellington Phoenix | ||
9 | Jamie Young | Brisbane Roar | 2 |
10 | Matt Acton | Melbourne Victory | 1 |
James Delianov | Melbourne City |
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 fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.
Club | FP Pts | |||
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Newcastle Jets | 42 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
Sydney FC | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Adelaide United | 41 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
Perth Glory | 50 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
Melbourne Victory | 53 | 2 | 0 | 57 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 57 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
Melbourne City | 61 | 2 | 0 | 65 |
Wellington Phoenix | 59 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
Central Coast Mariners | 58 | 5 | 2 | 74 |
Brisbane Roar | 61 | 3 | 3 | 76 |
League total | 532 | 17 | 12 |
Last updated: 28 April 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
The A-League Goal of the Month is an award that recognises the player who is deemed to have scored the best A-League goal each month of the season. The winner is chosen by an online public vote through the A-League website.
Month | Goal of the Month | Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year | Ref. | ||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
October | Scott Galloway | Adelaide United | — | ||
November | Terry Antonis | Melbourne Victory | Chris Ikonomidis | Perth Glory | |
December | David Williams | Wellington Phoenix | Sarpreet Singh | Wellington Phoenix | |
January | Jaushua Sotirio | Western Sydney Wanderers | Lachlan Wales | Melbourne City | |
February | Éric Bauthéac | Brisbane Roar | Thomas Deng | Melbourne Victory | |
March | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Brisbane Roar | Keanu Baccus | Western Sydney Wanderers | |
April | Éric Bauthéac | Brisbane Roar | Riley McGree | Melbourne City | |
May | Diego Castro | Perth Glory | — |
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2018–19 Dolan Warren Awards night on 13 May 2019.
Team of the Season | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Filip Kurto (Wellington Phoenix) | |||||||||||
Defenders | Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) | Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City) | Shane Lowry (Perth Glory) | Jason Davidson (Perth Glory) | ||||||||
Midfielders | Diego Castro (Perth Glory) | Neil Kilkenny (Perth Glory) | Brandon O'Neill (Sydney FC) | |||||||||
Forwards | Chris Ikonomidis (Perth Glory) | Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) | Ola Toivonen (Melbourne Victory) | |||||||||
Substitutes | Michael Jakobsen (Adelaide United) | Isaías (Adelaide United) | Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) | Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) | Liam Reddy (Perth Glory) |
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