2023–24 A-League Men

The 2023–24 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 47th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. This season is expected to be the last as a 12 team competition, with expansion to 14 teams from 2024–25.

A-League Men
Season2023–24
Dates20 October 2023 – May 2024
AFC Champions League 2Sydney FC
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer14 players
(1 goal)
Biggest home winAdelaide United 3–0 Central Coast Mariners
(20 October 2023)
Biggest away winSydney FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory
(21 October 2023)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 2–2 Newcastle Jets
(22 October 2023)
Longest winning run1 game
Adelaide United
Melbourne Victory
Western United
Longest unbeaten run1 game
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Macarthur FC
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers
Longest winless run1 game
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Macarthur FC
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers
Longest losing run1 game
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Sydney FC
Highest attendance14,586
Sydney FC 0–2 Melbourne Victory
(21 October 2023)
Lowest attendance3,002
Macarthur FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar
(21 October 2023)
Total attendance43,826
Average attendance8,765
2024–25 →

Melbourne City are the defending premiers and Central Coast Mariners are the defending champions.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
Ballymore Stadium
 52,500
8,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Campbelltown Campbelltown Stadium 17,500[1]
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
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 42,500[2]
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
Auckland		 Sky Stadium
Go Media Mount Smart Stadium		 35,000
30,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Parramatta CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Wyndham
Ballarat		 Wyndham Regional Football Facility
Mars Stadium		 5,000
11,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Ryan Kitto[3] UCAN[4] Flinders University[5]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][6][7]
Brisbane Roar Australia Ross Aloisi Scotland Tom Aldred[8] New Balance[9] OutKast[10]
Central Coast Mariners England Mark Jackson Australia Danny Vukovic[11] Cikers[12] MATE[13]
Macarthur FC Australia Mile Sterjovski Mexico Ulises Dávila[14] Kelme[15] Pennytel[16]
Melbourne City Croatia Rado Vidošić Australia Jamie Maclaren[17] Puma[18][19] Etihad Airways[19]
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Portugal Roderick Miranda[20] Macron[21] Bonza[22]
Newcastle Jets Australia Robert Stanton Australia Brandon O'Neill[23] Legend Sportswear[24] Port of Newcastle[25]
Ampcontrol[note 1][26]
Perth Glory Australia Alen Stajcic England Mark Beevers
Australia Adam Taggart[27]		 Macron[28] Vacant[29]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Luke Brattan[30] Under Armour[31] Macquarie University[32]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Giancarlo Italiano New Zealand Alex Rufer[33] Paladin Sports[34] Oppo[35]
Spark[note 1][35]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Mark Rudan Brazil Marcelo[36] Adidas[37] Voltaren[38]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][39]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Australia Josh Risdon[40] Kappa[41] Sharp[42]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar England Nick Green (caretaker) End of contract 2 May 2023 Pre-season Australia Ross Aloisi 2 May 2023[43]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay End of contract[44] 6 May 2023 Pre-season Australia Giancarlo Italiano 6 May 2023[45]
Perth Glory Australia Ruben Zadkovich Resigned[46] 2 June 2023 Pre-season England Kenny Lowe (caretaker) 12 July 2023[47]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas Resigned[48] 19 June 2023 Pre-season Australia Robert Stanton 26 June 2023[49]
Perth Glory England Kenny Lowe (caretaker) End of contract 3 August 2023 Pre-season Australia Alen Stajcic 3 August 2023[50]
Central Coast Mariners Scotland Nick Montgomery Signed by Hibernian[51] 11 September 2023 Pre-season Australia Abbas Saad (interim) 11 September 2023[52]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Abbas Saad (interim) End of interim spell 27 September 2023 Pre-season England Mark Jackson 27 September 2023[53]

Foreign players
See also: A-League Men transfers for 2023–24 season
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United England Zach Clough England Ryan Tunnicliffe Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Spain Javi López Spain Isaías1
Brisbane Roar France Florin Berenguer Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Mikael Doka Brazil Marco Túlio Colombia Ángel Torres Vanuatu Brian Kaltak Fiji Dan Hall2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Macarthur FC France Valère Germain Mexico Ulises Dávila New Zealand Clayton Lewis Poland Filip Kurto
Melbourne City Brazil Léo Natel France Samuel Souprayen Germany Tolgay Arslan Morocco Hamza Sakhi Portugal Nuno Reis Croatia Marin Jakoliš2
England Jamie Young2
Melbourne Victory France Damien Da Silva France Zinédine Machach Portugal Roderick Miranda Spain Rai Marchán Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski2
Newcastle Jets England Carl Jenkinson France Jason Berthomier New Zealand Lachlan Bayliss2
New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman England Mark Beevers Republic of Ireland Aaron McEneff Tunisia Salim Khelifi Cyprus Antonis Martis2
New Zealand Oliver Sail2
North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
Sydney FC Brazil Fábio Gomes Brazil Gabriel Lacerda England Joe Lolley England Jack Rodwell Slovakia Róbert Mak
Wellington Phoenix Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev England David Ball England Scott Wootton Poland Oskar Zawada Iraq Mohamed Al-Taay2
Western Sydney Wanderers Brazil Marcelo Netherlands Jorrit Hendrix Sweden Marcus Antonsson Malta Dylan Scicluna2
Serbia Miloš Ninković1
Western United Brazil Daniel Penha Japan Riku Danzaki Japan Tomoki Imai

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);[54]
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 2023–24 season will see each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
3 Western United 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
4 Newcastle Jets 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1[lower-alpha 2]
5 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1[lower-alpha 2]
6 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1[lower-alpha 3]
7 Macarthur FC 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1[lower-alpha 3]
8 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 4] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 5]
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 5] Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs
10 Melbourne City 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
11 Sydney FC 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League 2 and 2024 Australia Cup play-offs[lower-alpha 6]
12 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0 Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Keepup.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[55]
Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. Fair play points: Newcastle Jets –1, Perth Glory –2.
  3. Fair play points: Brisbane Roar 0, Macarthur FC –1.
  4. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  5. Fair play points: Wellington Phoenix –1, Western Sydney Wanderers –2.
  6. Qualified for AFC Champions League 2 as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away ADL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADL BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 10 Dec 3–0 8 Jan 29 Oct 9 Mar 22 Dec 9 Feb 11 Nov 4 Jan 24 Feb 29 Mar 3 Feb 12 Apr 13 Jan
Brisbane Roar 16 Apr 21 Dec 18 Jan 10 Feb 3 Mar 13 Apr 26 Nov 27 Oct 2 Feb 1 Dec 23 Feb 16 Mar 14 Jan 6 Jan
Central Coast Mariners 20 Apr 12 Nov 29 Oct 21 Jan 3 Dec 2 Mar 31 Dec 10 Feb 6 Apr 18 Feb 8 Dec 27 Jan 17 Mar 13 Jan
Macarthur FC 3 Dec 1–1 9 Mar 1 Mar 24 Nov 5 Jan 28 Jan 21 Apr 17 Dec 4 Feb 4 Nov 16 Feb 31 Mar 12 Jan
Melbourne City 25 Jan 28 Dec 17 Dec 12 Nov 23 Dec 30 Mar 14 Apr 3 Nov 9 Mar 12 Jan 1–2 17 Feb 29 Apr 28 Apr
Melbourne Victory 4 Nov 20 Apr 25 Feb 10 Feb 6 Apr 29 Oct 31 Mar 16 Dec 10 Nov 27 Apr 29 Apr 30 Dec 26 Jan
Newcastle Jets 15 Mar 23 Jan 25 Nov 24 Feb 3 Dec 3 Feb 16 Dec 7 Apr 27 Jan 5 Nov 30 Dec 27 Apr 19 Apr
Perth Glory 7 Apr 17 Feb 4 Nov 23 Dec 8 Dec 6 Jan 2–2 3 Apr 24 Feb 16 Mar 21 Apr 2 Feb 9 Mar 14 Jan
Sydney FC 17 Feb 10 Mar 30 Mar 9 Dec 24 Feb 0–2 19 Jan 2 Dec 29 Dec 25 Nov 23 Dec 28 Apr 13 Apr
Wellington Phoenix 3 Mar 4 Nov 29 Apr 27 Apr 25 Nov 19 Jan 9 Dec 28 Oct 16 Mar 23 Dec 10 Feb 29 Mar 12 Apr
Western Sydney Wanderers 15 Dec 5 Apr 6 Jan 1 Jan 20 Apr 10 Dec 11 Feb 11 Nov 2 Mar 0–0 28 Oct 20 Jan 8 Mar
Western United 26 Nov 16 Dec 13 Apr 6 Apr 7 Jan 16 Mar 11 Nov 2 Mar 3 Feb 2 Dec 27 Jan 20 Jan 17 Feb
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Keepup.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers
As of 22 October 2023
RankPlayerClubGoals[56]
1 Australia Nick Ansell Adelaide United 1
Germany Tolgay Arslan Melbourne City
Australia Noah Botic Western United
England Zach Clough Adelaide United
North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski Perth Glory
Australia Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne Victory
Australia Kosta Grozos Newcastle Jets
Australia Ben Halloran Adelaide United
France Zinédine Machach Melbourne Victory
Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Brisbane Roar
Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues Macarthur FC
Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Newcastle Jets
Australia Adam Taggart Perth Glory
Australia Lachlan Wales Western United

Clean sheets
As of 22 October 2023
RankGoalkeeperClubClean sheets[57]
1 Australia Joe Gauci Adelaide United 1
Australia Paul Izzo Melbourne Victory
New Zealand Alex Paulsen Wellington Phoenix
Australia Lawrence Thomas Western Sydney Wanderers

See also

Notes
    1. Away kit

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