2018–19 A-League

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.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity 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 StadiumAAMI ParkGMHBA Stadium 56,34730,05036,000 Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000 Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500 Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Cricket GroundJubilee OvalLeichhardt Oval 48,00020,50020,000 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney ANZ StadiumSpotless Stadium 84,00024,000

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor 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

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Sydney FC Signed by Australia 8 March 2018 Pre-season 16 May 2018Central Coast Mariners (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 14 April 2018 July 2018Western Sydney Wanderers Sacked 19 April 2018 19 May 2018Perth Glory Sacked 20 April 2018 11 May 2018Wellington Phoenix (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 May 2018 30 May 2018Brisbane Roar Resigned 28 December 2018 9th (caretaker) 28 December 2018Central Coast Mariners Sacked 9 March 2019 10th (caretaker) 12 March 2019

Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Ken Ilsø Michael Jakobsen Mirko Boland Jordy Thomassen Baba Diawara Pacifique Niyongabire2 Isaías1 Brisbane Roar Thomas Kristensen Tobias Mikkelsen Éric Bauthéac Álex López Henrique1 Jamie Young2 Dane Ingham2 Jack Hingert2 Avraam Papadopoulos2 Central Coast Mariners Sam Graham Stephen Mallon Tom Hiariej Michael McGlinchey Jem Karacan Kalifa Cissé Ross McCormack Melbourne City Ritchie De Laet Shayon Harrison Florin Berenguer Bart Schenkeveld Iacopo La Rocca1 Michael O'Halloran Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne Victory Georg Niedermeier Keisuke Honda Kosta Barbarouses Raúl Baena Ola Toivonen Elvis Kamsoba2 Jai Ingham2 Storm Roux2 Kenny Athiu2 Newcastle Jets Jair Roy O'Donovan Matthew Ridenton Ronald Vargas Kaine Sheppard1 Daniel Georgievski2 Kwabena Appiah2 Glen Moss2 Perth Glory Andy Keogh Diego Castro Juande Fábio Ferreira Sydney FC Adam Le Fondre Reza Ghoochannejhad Siem de Jong Jop van der Linden Miloš Ninković Wellington Phoenix Steven Taylor Cillian Sheridan Michał Kopczyński Filip Kurto Mandi Roy Krishna1 Western Sydney Wanderers Roly Bonevacia Alexander Baumjohann Patrick Ziegler Raúl Llorente Oriol Riera 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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains Club First Marquee Second Marquee Captain Vice-Captain Adelaide United Baba Diawara None Isaías None Brisbane Roar Éric Bauthéac None Matt McKay None Central Coast Mariners Ross McCormack Daniel De Silva Matt Simon None Melbourne City Ritchie de Laet Bruno Fornaroli Scott Jamieson None Melbourne Victory Keisuke Honda James Troisi Carl Valeri Leigh Broxham Newcastle Jets Ronald Vargas None Nigel Boogaard Nikolai Topor-Stanley Perth Glory Diego Castro None Diego Castro None Sydney FC Miloš Ninković Siem de Jong Alex Brosque Alex Wilkinson Wellington Phoenix None None Andrew Durante None Western Sydney Wanderers Oriol Riera None Brendan Hamill None

Transfers

Regular season League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

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 + 2018–19 A-League Attendance RoundTotalGames Avg. Per Game 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 membership + 2018–19 A-League membership figures Club Members 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 16,444Total123,258Average 12,326

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Roy KrishnaWellington Phoenix182 Adam Le FondreSydney FC163 Andy KeoghPerth Glory154 Kosta BarbarousesMelbourne Victory145 Ola ToivonenMelbourne Victory136 Roy O'DonovanNewcastle Jets11 Adam TaggartBrisbane Roar David WilliamsWellington Phoenix9 Craig GoodwinAdelaide United10 Oriol RieraWestern Sydney Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref Alex Brosque Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 5–2 Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar 0–5 David Williams Wellington Phoenix Newcastle Jets 4–1 Roy Krishna Wellington Phoenix Melbourne City 3–2

Own goals

PlayerClubAgainstRound Daniel Georgievski Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix 1 Connor O'Toole Brisbane Roar Perth Glory 3 Tom Doyle Wellington Phoenix Adelaide United 5 Tomislav Mrcela Perth Glory Central Coast Mariners 5 Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar 8 Jordan Elsey Adelaide United Melbourne City 8 Avraam Papadopoulos Brisbane Roar Wellington Phoenix 9 Aaron Reardon Brisbane Roar Perth Glory 11 Nigel Boogaard Newcastle Jets Sydney FC 14 Ben Kennedy Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory 17 Sam Graham Central Coast Mariners Wellington Phoenix 21 Paulo Retre Sydney FC Melbourne City 22 Harrison Delbridge Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 24 Vedran Janjetović Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle Jets 24

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Liam ReddyPerth Glory122 Eugene GalekovicMelbourne City8 Paul IzzoAdelaide United Andrew RedmayneSydney FC5 Glen MossNewcastle Jets66 Lawrence ThomasMelbourne Victory57 Vedran JanjetovićWestern Sydney Wanderers4 Filip KurtoWellington Phoenix9 Jamie YoungBrisbane Roar210 Matt ActonMelbourne Victory1 James DelianovMelbourne City

Discipline 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.

Player Most yellow cards: 11 Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) Most red cards: 2 Éric Bauthéac (Brisbane Roar) Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners)

Club Most yellow cards: 67 Wellington Phoenix Most red cards: 7 Central Coast Mariners

+Fair Play AwardClubNewcastle Jets421147Sydney FC490049Adelaide United412251Perth Glory500153Melbourne Victory532057Western Sydney Wanderers571162Melbourne City612065Wellington Phoenix591267Central Coast Mariners585274Brisbane Roar613376League total5321712

Awards

Monthly awards 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.

MonthGoal of the MonthNominee for Young Footballer of the YearRef.Player ClubPlayer ClubOctober Scott GallowayAdelaide United—November Terry AntonisMelbourne Victory Chris IkonomidisPerth GloryDecember David WilliamsWellington Phoenix Sarpreet SinghWellington PhoenixJanuary Jaushua SotirioWestern Sydney Wanderers Lachlan WalesMelbourne CityFebruary Éric BauthéacBrisbane Roar Thomas DengMelbourne VictoryMarch Dylan Wenzel-HallsBrisbane Roar Keanu BaccusWestern Sydney WanderersApril Éric BauthéacBrisbane Roar Riley McGreeMelbourne CityMay Diego CastroPerth Glory—

Annual awards 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. Johnny Warren Medal – Roy Krishna, Wellington Phoenix NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Chris Ikonomidis, Perth Glory Nike Golden Boot Award – Roy Krishna, Wellington Phoenix (18 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year – Filip Kurto, Wellington Phoenix Coach of the Year – Tony Popovic, Perth Glory Fair Play Award – Sydney FC Referee of the Year – Shaun Evans Goal of the Year – Éric Bauthéac, Brisbane Roar (Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar, 22 February 2019)

Team of the Season 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)

2018–19 A-League

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