2022–23 A-League Men
The 2022–23 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 18th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004.
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 7 October 2022 – 3 June 2023 |
Matches played | 134 |
Goals scored | 405 (3.02 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Maclaren (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Melbourne City 6–1 Macarthur FC (4 February 2023) |
Biggest away win | Sydney FC 0–4 WS Wanderers (18 March 2023) |
Highest scoring | Adelaide United 4–4 WS Wanderers (19 February 2023) |
Longest winning run | 4 matches Adelaide United Melbourne City |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Adelaide United |
Longest winless run | 6 matches Melbourne Victory Perth Glory |
Longest losing run | 3 matches Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Western United |
Highest attendance | 34,232[1] Sydney FC 0–1 WS Wanderers (12 November 2022) |
Lowest attendance | 1,408[1] Central Coast Mariners 4–1 Macarthur FC (11 March 2023) |
Total attendance | 1,004,964[1] |
Average attendance | 7,500[1] |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 7 April 2023.(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results) |
The regular season commenced on 7 October 2022. The season features a mid-season break from 18 November 2022 to 8 December 2022 due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar.[2]
Melbourne City are the defending premiers and Western United are the defending champions.[3]
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Twelve clubs are participating in the 2022–23 season.
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club | City | Home ground | Capacity |
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Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium | 16,500 |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Kayo Stadium | 11,500 |
Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 | ||
Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Industree Group Stadium | 20,059 |
Mudgee | Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium | 10,000 | |
Macarthur FC | Campbelltown | Campbelltown Stadium | 17,500[4] |
Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | McDonald Jones Stadium | 33,000 |
Perth Glory | Perth | HBF Park | 20,500 |
Macedonia Park | 4,500 | ||
Sydney FC | Sydney | Allianz Stadium | 45,500[5] |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington | Sky Stadium | 35,000 |
Auckland | Eden Park | 50,000 | |
Palmerston North | Central Energy Trust Arena | 15,000 | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Parramatta | CommBank Stadium | 30,000 |
Western United | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |
Ballarat | Mars Stadium | 11,000 | |
Hobart | North Hobart Oval | 10,000 | |
Launceston | UTAS Stadium | 19,000 |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Macarthur FC | ![]() |
Resigned[46] | 26 April 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
15 May 2022[47] |
Perth Glory | ![]() |
Promoted to full time | 2 June 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
2 June 2022[48] |
Melbourne City | ![]() |
Signed by Troyes[49] | 23 November 2022 | 1st | ![]() |
23 November 2022 |
Macarthur FC | ![]() |
Mutual termination[50] | 21 January 2023 | 6th | ![]() | 23 January 2023[51] |
Melbourne City | ![]() |
Promoted to full time | 6 February 2023 | 1st | ![]() |
6 February 2023[52] |
Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
Sacked[53] | 20 February 2023 | 11th | ![]() |
21 February 2023[54] |
Foreign players
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 Wellington Phoenix);[55]
2Australian citizens (or 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)
Regular season
The 2022–23 season sees each team play 26 games, starting on 7 October 2022, and concluding on 30 April 2023, with a mid-season break between 14 November 2022 and 8 December 2022, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[56] This will be followed by a finals series for the top six teams.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Melbourne City (Q) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 45 | Qualification to Finals series, and qualification the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Adelaide United (A) | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 41 | Qualification to Finals series, and potential qualification to 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
3 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 37 | Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 3] |
4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 34 | |
5 | Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 4] | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 31 | |
6 | Sydney FC | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 29 | |
7 | Perth Glory | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 27 | |
8 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 26 | |
9 | Western United | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 26 | Qualification to 2023 Australia Cup play-offs[lower-alpha 5] |
10 | Macarthur FC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 25 | |
11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 24 | |
12 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrues the most combined points over both seasons.[57]
- The second-placed team will qualify if Melbourne City are both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 season Premiers
- The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
- Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
- The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[58]
Fixtures and results
AFC Champions League qualification
Due to the re-formatting of the AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn),[59] the qualification for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of which of the Premiers for the current season or the previous season accrues the most combined points over both seasons.[60]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Melbourne City (Q) | 48 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 105 | 60 | +45 | 94 | Qualification to 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Adelaide United (E) | 49 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 86 | 68 | +18 | 84 | |
3 | Central Coast Mariners (E) | 49 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 96 | 67 | +29 | 79 | |
4 | Melbourne Victory (E) | 48 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 72 | |
5 | Western United (E) | 49 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 70 | 73 | −3 | 71 | |
6 | Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] (E) | 48 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 84 | −15 | 70 | |
7 | Western Sydney Wanderers (E) | 48 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 61 | |
8 | Sydney FC (E) | 49 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 69 | 82 | −13 | 60 | |
9 | Macarthur FC (E) | 48 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 58 | |
10 | Newcastle Jets (E) | 48 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 72 | 79 | −7 | 55 | |
11 | Brisbane Roar (E) | 48 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 49 | |
12 | Perth Glory (E) | 48 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 45 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrues the most combined points over both seasons.[61]
- Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
Melbourne Derby pitch invasion
During the Melbourne Derby between Melbourne City FC and Melbourne Victory FC on 17 December 2022 at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the match was abandoned in the 22nd minute after several incidents of hooliganism took place both on and off the field. Throughout the match, supporters of both teams both ignited and threw flares.
In the 20th minute, the match was interrupted due to flares being ignited and thrown onto the pitch, two of which had been thrown by Melbourne Victory supporters. Conflict arose when Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover, who was defending the goal in front of the Melbourne Victory supporters end, picked up and threw the flares away from the pitch, the second of which was thrown into the crowd of Victory supporters. This sparked a pitch invasion by between 100–200 spectators, who proceeded to attack Glover and match referee Alex King, both of whom sustained minor injuries. The match was abandoned as a result.
On 23 December, Football Australia handed down interim sanctions on both clubs while a full investigation was being conducted. Both teams had their active supporter bays closed, with Melbourne Victory further sanctioned with supporter restrictions: travelling support was banned for away games, while home games were restricted to only valid club members.
The match was resumed on 5 April 2023 from the 21st minute, with the score resuming at 1–0 to Melbourne City.[62]
Finals series
Format
The finals series is expected to be held in broadly the same format as the previous year, to be run over three weeks, and involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams will play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches meet in the Grand Final.
On 12 December 2022, the APL announced that the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final would be the first of three successive Grand Finals hosted in Sydney, regardless of which two teams earned the right to play in the final.[63] The move received a large amount of backlash from supporters of all 12 clubs.[64][65]
Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | 1st placed team | |||||||||||||||
4 | 4th placed team | |||||||||||||||
5 | 5th placed team | |||||||||||||||
2 | 2nd placed team | |||||||||||||||
3 | 3rd placed team | |||||||||||||||
6 | 6th placed team |
Elimination-finals
3rd placed team | v | 6th placed team |
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4th placed team | v | 5th placed team |
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Semi-finals
Summary
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1st placed team | v | Lowest ranked elimination-final winner | 12 May | 19 May |
2nd placed team | v | Highest ranked elimination-final winner | 13 May | 20 May |
Matches
Lowest ranked elimination-final winner | v | 1st placed team |
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1st placed team | v | Lowest ranked elimination-final winner |
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Highest ranked elimination-final winner | v | 2nd placed team |
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2nd placed team | v | Highest ranked elimination-final winner |
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Grand Final
Highest ranked semi-final winner | v | Lowest ranked semi-final winner |
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Regular season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 7 April 2023
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[66] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Melbourne City | 18 |
2 | ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners | 16 |
3 | ![]() |
Wellington Phoenix | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
Adelaide United | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | 7 |
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Adelaide United | ||
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Wellington Phoenix | ||
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Sydney FC | ||
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Sydney FC | ||
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Brisbane Roar |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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![]() | Melbourne City | Macarthur FC | 6–1 (H) | 4 February 2023 | [67] |
- Notes
- (H) – Home team
- (A) – Away team
Clean sheets
- As of 7 April 2023
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[68] |
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1 | ![]() |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
Melbourne City | 6 |
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Brisbane Roar | ||
4 | ![]() |
Macarthur FC | 5 |
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Wellington Phoenix | ||
6 | ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | 4 |
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Central Coast Mariners | ||
8 | ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | 3 |
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Adelaide United | ||
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Sydney FC | ||
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Western United |
See also
- 2022–23 A-League Women
- 2022–23 Adelaide United FC season
- 2022–23 Brisbane Roar FC season
- 2022–23 Central Coast Mariners FC season
- 2022–23 Macarthur FC season
- 2022–23 Melbourne City FC season
- 2022–23 Melbourne Victory FC season
- 2022–23 Newcastle Jets FC season
- 2022–23 Perth Glory FC season
- 2022–23 Sydney FC season
- 2022–23 Wellington Phoenix FC season
- 2022–23 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season
- 2022–23 Western United FC season
Notes
- Away kit
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