2024–25 A-League Men

The 2024–25 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is 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 are the defending premiers and champions.

A-League Men
Season2024–25
Dates18 October 2024 - May 2025
2025–26 →

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Thirteen clubs are participating in the 2024–25 season. This is an increase from the previous years as Auckland FC joins 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 30,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Campbelltown 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 35,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Parramatta CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Tarneit Ironbark Fields 5,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Carl Veart Ryan Kitto[3] UCAN[4] Flinders University[5]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][6][7]
Auckland FC Steve Corica Vacant New Balance[8]
Brisbane Roar Ruben Zadkovich Vacant New Balance[9] OutKast[10]
Central Coast Mariners Mark Jackson Vacant Cikers[11] MATE[12]
Macarthur FC Mile Sterjovski Vacant Kelme[13] Pennytel[14]
Melbourne City Aurelio Vidmar Vacant Puma[15][16] Etihad Airways[16]
Melbourne Victory Patrick Kisnorbo Roderick Miranda[17] Macron[18] Turkish Airlines[19]
Newcastle Jets Robert Stanton Vacant Legend Sportswear[20] Port of Newcastle[21]
Ampcontrol[note 1][22]
Perth Glory Vacant Adam Taggart[23] Macron[24] La Vida Homes[25]
Sydney FC Ufuk Talay Vacant Under Armour[26] Macquarie University[27]
Wellington Phoenix Giancarlo Italiano Alex Rufer[28] Paladin Sports[29] Oppo[30]
Spark[note 1][30]
Western Sydney Wanderers Alen Stajcic Marcelo[31] Adidas[32] Voltaren[33]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][34]
Western United John Aloisi Vacant Kappa[35] Sharp[36]

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[37]
Melbourne City Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) Promoted to full-time — Aurelio Vidmar 15 May 2024[38]
Western Sydney Wanderers Marko Rudan Mutual consent 16 May 2024[39] Alen Stajcic 25 June 2024[40]
Melbourne Victory Tony Popovic End of contract 12 June 2024[41] Patrick Kisnorbo 25 June 2024[42]
Perth Glory Alen Stajcic Mutual consent 25 June 2024[43]

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 Javi López Isaías1
Auckland FC
Brisbane Roar Florin Berenguer Jay O'Shea Walid Shour Marco Rojas Jack Hingert2
Marcus Ferkranus2
Central Coast Mariners Mikael Doka Ángel Torres Ryan Edmondson Brian Kaltak Dan Hall2
Storm Roux2
Macarthur FC Valère Germain Clayton Lewis Filip Kurto Marin Jakoliš2
Melbourne City Samuel Souprayen Tolgay Arslan Jamie Young2
Melbourne Victory Roly Bonevacia Zinédine Machach Roderick Miranda Adama Traoré1
Matthew Bozinovski2
Newcastle Jets Lachlan Bayliss2
Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory Anas Hamzaoui Oliver Sail2
Sydney FC Joe Lolley
Wellington Phoenix Bozhidar Kraev David Ball Scott Wootton Mohamed Al-Taay2
Western Sydney Wanderers Marcelo Jorrit Hendrix Marcus Antonsson Dylan Scicluna2
Western United Daniel Penha Riku Danzaki Hiroshi Ibusuki Tomoki Imai 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 Wellington Phoenix);[44]
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 2024–25 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Auckland FC[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 2]
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs
11 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 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.[45][46]
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.

Fixtures and results


See also

Notes
    1. Away kit

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