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.

A-League Men

Season	2024–25
Dates	18 October 2024 – 31 May 2025
Champions	Melbourne City (2nd title)
Premiers	Auckland FC (1st title)
AFC Champions League Elite	Melbourne City
AFC Champions League Two	Macarthur FC
Matches played	176
Goals scored	573 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Archie Goodwin Adrian Segecic (13 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Alex Paulsen
Biggest home win	Newcastle Jets 6–0 Central Coast Mariners (12 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Perth Glory 0–5 Melbourne City (10 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United 4–5 Macarthur FC (14 March 2025)
Longest winning run	6 matches Auckland FC
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Auckland FC
Longest winless run	12 matches Brisbane Roar
Longest losing run	5 matches Brisbane Roar
Highest attendance	32,741 Sydney FC 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers (8 February 2025)
Lowest attendance	2,425 Perth Glory 1–3 Western United (22 November 2024)
Total attendance	1,590,618
Average attendance	9,038 ( 480)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2025.

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

Adelaide United

Auckland FC

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Macarthur FC

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western United

Western Sydney Wanderers

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.

Club	City	Home ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium	16,500
Auckland FC	Auckland	Go Media Stadium	25,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Industree Group Stadium	20,059
Macarthur FC	Sydney	Campbelltown Sports Stadium	17,500[1]
Melbourne City	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	McDonald Jones Stadium	30,000
Perth Glory	Perth	HBF Park	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Allianz Stadium	42,500[2]
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Sky Stadium	34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	CommBank Stadium	30,000
Western United	Melbourne	Ironbark Fields	5,000
		AAMI Park[3]	30,050

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Adelaide United	Carl Veart	Ryan Kitto[4]	UCAN[5]	Flinders University[6] CG FinTech[note 1][7]
Auckland FC	Steve Corica	Hiroki Sakai[8]	New Balance[9]	Anchor[10] Go Media[note 1][11]
Brisbane Roar	Ruben Zadkovich	Jay O'Shea[12]	Cikers[13]	OutKast[14]
Central Coast Mariners	Mark Jackson	Trent Sainsbury[15]	Cikers[16]	polytec[17]
Macarthur FC	Mile Sterjovski	Luke Brattan[18]	Kelme[19]	SipEnergy[20]
Melbourne City	Aurelio Vidmar	Aziz Behich[21]	Puma[22][23]	Etihad Airways[23]
Melbourne Victory	Arthur Diles	Roderick Miranda[24]	Macron[25]	Turkish Airlines[26]
Newcastle Jets	Robert Stanton	Kosta Grozos[27]	Legend Sportswear[28]	Brydens Lawyers[29]
Perth Glory	David Zdrilic	Adam Taggart[30]	Macron[31]	La Vida Homes[32]
Sydney FC	Ufuk Talay	Rhyan Grant[33]	Under Armour[34]	Macquarie University[35]
Wellington Phoenix	Giancarlo Italiano	Alex Rufer[36]	Paladin Sports[37]	Oppo[38] Entelar Group[note 1][38]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Alen Stajcic	Lawrence Thomas[39]	Adidas[40]	Voltaren[41] Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][42]
Western United	John Aloisi	Ben Garuccio[43]	Kappa[44]	Sharp[44]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Auckland FC	Inaugural			Pre-season	Steve Corica	20 December 2023[45]
Melbourne City	Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker)	Promoted to full-time	—		Aurelio Vidmar	15 May 2024[46]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Marko Rudan	Mutual consent	16 May 2024[47]		Alen Stajcic	25 June 2024[48]
Melbourne Victory	Tony Popovic	End of contract	12 June 2024[49]		Patrick Kisnorbo	25 June 2024[50]
Perth Glory	Alen Stajcic	Mutual consent	25 June 2024[51]		David Zdrilic	28 June 2024[52]
Melbourne Victory	Patrick Kisnorbo	Signed by Yokohama F. Marinos as assistant coach	17 December 2024[53][54]	3rd	Arthur Diles (caretaker)	17 December 2024
	Arthur Diles (caretaker)	Promoted to full-time	N/A	6th	Arthur Diles	31 January 2025[55]

Foreign players

See also: A-League Men transfers for 2024–25 season

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		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 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	Jaushua Sotirio2
Wellington Phoenix	Scott Wootton	Hideki Ishige	Kazuki Nagasawa	Josh Oluwayemi	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 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);^[56]
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland FC[a]	26	15	8	3	49	27	+22	53	Qualification for Finals series[b]
2	Melbourne City (C)	26	14	6	6	41	25	+16	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
3	Western United	26	14	5	7	55	37	+18	47	Qualification for Finals series[b]
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	13	7	6	58	40	+18	46
5	Melbourne Victory	26	12	7	7	44	36	+8	43
6	Adelaide United	26	10	8	8	53	55	−2	38
7	Sydney FC	26	10	7	9	53	46	+7	37
8	Macarthur FC	26	9	6	11	50	45	+5	33	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two[c]
9	Newcastle Jets	26	8	6	12	43	44	−1	30
10	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	11	10	29	51	−22	26	Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs
11	Wellington Phoenix[a]	26	6	6	14	27	43	−16	24
12	Brisbane Roar	26	5	6	15	32	51	−19	21
13	Perth Glory	26	4	5	17	22	56	−34	17

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 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.^[57]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
2. 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.
3. Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	ADL	AKL	BRI	CCM	MAC	MCY	MVC	NEW	PER	SYD	WEL	WSW	WUN	ADL	AKL	BRI	CCM	MAC	MCY	MVC	NEW	PER	SYD	WEL	WSW	WUN
Adelaide United		2–2	1–1	1–1	4–5	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–2	2–3	2–1										2–3
Auckland FC	4–4		2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–4											6–1
Brisbane Roar	2–3	0–2		1–3	1–5	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Central Coast Mariners	0–4	1–4	1–2		2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–4	1–3									3–1
Macarthur FC	1–2	0–1	4–4	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–2	6–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–2								3–3
Melbourne City	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0		1–3	0–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	0–2	2–0			3–2
Melbourne Victory	5–3	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–4						2–2
Newcastle Jets	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	3–0		2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–6				6–0
Perth Glory	4–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–5	0–2	0–4		0–0	0–2	1–2	1–3													2–3
Sydney FC	4–1	2–2	3–4	4–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–2	3–0		1–1	4–2	3–4												3–3
Wellington Phoenix	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0		2–2	1–1							2–3
Western Sydney Wanderers	3–4	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–2	4–2	4–1	4–1	1–2	4–1		2–0					2–1
Western United	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1			4–2

Source: Aleagues.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals series

Main article: 2025 A-League Men finals series

Bracket

	Elimination finals					Semi-finals							Grand Final
						1	Auckland FC	1	0	1
	4	Western Sydney Wanderers	1			5	Melbourne Victory	0	2	2
	5	Melbourne Victory	2										2	Melbourne City	1
													5	Melbourne Victory	0
						2	Melbourne City	3	1	4
	3	Western United	3			3	Western United	0	1	1
	6	Adelaide United	2

Elimination finals

9 May 2025

19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Western United	3–2	Adelaide United
Botic 20', 31', 62'	Report	Jovanovic 3' Mauk 79'

Ironbark Fields, Melbourne

Attendance: 3,078

Referee: Alex King

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10 May 2025

19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Melbourne Victory
Sapsford 23'	Report	Bos 7' Machach 42'

CommBank Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,399

Referee: Adam Kersey

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Auckland FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	1–0	0–2
Melbourne City	4–1	Western United	3–0	1–1

Matches

17 May 2025

19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Auckland FC
	Report	Rogerson 64'

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 14,121

Referee: Ben Abraham

24 May 2025

18:00 NZST (UTC+12:00)

Auckland FC	0–2	Melbourne Victory
	Report	Machach 55' Fornaroli 60'

Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 29,148

Referee: Alex King

Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.

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16 May 2025

19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Western United	0–3	Melbourne City
	Report	Ferreyra 16' Cohen 54' Leckie 72'

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,186

Referee: Shaun Evans

24 May 2025

19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne City	1–1	Western United
Behich 20'	Report	Botic 66'

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 7,691

Referee: Adam Kersey

Melbourne City won 4–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

Main article: 2025 A-League Men Grand Final

31 May 2025

19:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory
Cohen 10'	Report

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 29,902

Referee: Adam Kersey (Queensland)

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of end of regular season^[58]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Archie Goodwin	Adelaide United	13
	Adrian Segecic	Sydney FC
3	Noah Botic	Western United	12
	Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers
5	Patryk Klimala	Sydney FC	11
6	Kosta Barbarouses	Wellington Phoenix	10
	Hiroshi Ibusuki	Western United
	Marin Jakoliš	Macarthur FC
	Adam Taggart	Perth Glory
10	Eli Adams	Newcastle Jets	9
	Joe Lolley	Sydney FC
	Guillermo May	Auckland FC

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League Men hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle Jets	4–1 (H)	8 November 2024	[59]
Joe Lolley	Sydney FC	Perth Glory	3–0 (H)	8 January 2025	[60]
Adrian Segecic	Sydney FC	Central Coast Mariners	4–1 (H)	11 January 2025	[61]
Logan Rogerson	Auckland FC	Wellington Phoenix	6–1 (H)	22 February 2025	[62][63]
Marin Jakoliš	Macarthur FC	Brisbane Roar	5–1 (A)	4 April 2025	[64]
Noah Botic	Western United	Adelaide United	3–2 (H)	9 May 2025	[65]

Key
(H)	Home team
(A)	Away team

Clean sheets

As of end of regular season^[66]

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Alex Paulsen	Auckland FC	12
2	Patrick Beach	Melbourne City	11
3	Harrison Devenish-Meares	Sydney FC	5
	Matt Sutton	Western United
	Lawrence Thomas	Western Sydney Wanderers
6	Jack Duncan	Melbourne Victory	4
	Mitchell Langerak	Melbourne Victory
	Oliver Sail	Perth Glory
9	Filip Kurto	Macarthur FC	3
	Josh Oluwayemi	Wellington Phoenix
	Dylan Peraić-Cullen	Central Coast Mariners
	Ryan Scott	Newcastle Jets

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Johnny Warren Medal	Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers	[67]
Young Footballer of the Year	Archie Goodwin	Adelaide United	[68]
Golden Boot Award	Archie Goodwin Adrian Segecic	Adelaide United Sydney FC	[68]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Alex Paulsen	Auckland FC	[68]
Goal of the Year	Jordan Lauton	Western United	[68]
Save of the Year	Alex Paulsen	Auckland FC	[68]
Playmaker of the Year	Zac Sapsford	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	[68]
Fan Player of the Year	Francis de Vries	Auckland FC	[68]
Coach of the Year	Steve Corica	Auckland FC	[69]
Fair Play Award	Adelaide United		[68]
Referee of the Year	Adam Kersey	—	[70]

Club awards

Club	Player of the Season	Ref.
Adelaide United	Ethan Alagich	[71]
Auckland FC	Guillermo May	[72]
Brisbane Roar	Jay O'Shea	[73]
Central Coast Mariners	Mikael Doka	[74]
Macarthur FC	Kealey Adamson	[75]
Melbourne City	Kai Trewin	[76]
Melbourne Victory	Jordi Valadon	[77]
Newcastle Jets	Thomas Aquilina	[78]
Perth Glory	Adam Taggart	[79]
Sydney FC	Adrian Segecic	[80]
Wellington Phoenix	Kosta Barbarouses	[81]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Nicolas Milanovic	[82]
Western United	Angus Thurgate	[83]

Team of the season

Goalkeeper[84]	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Substitutes
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)

See also

• 2024–25 A-League Women
• 2025 A-League Men finals series
• 2025 A-League Men grand final
• 2024–25 Adelaide United FC season
• 2024–25 Auckland FC season
• 2024–25 Brisbane Roar FC season
• 2024–25 Central Coast Mariners FC season
• 2024–25 Macarthur FC season
• 2024–25 Melbourne City FC season
• 2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC season
• 2024–25 Newcastle Jets FC season
• 2024–25 Perth Glory FC season
• 2024–25 Sydney FC season
• 2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC season
• 2024–25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season
• 2024–25 Western United FC season

Notes

1. Away kit