# A-League Men Goal of the Year

The A-League Men Goal of the Season is an annual soccer award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding A-League Men season.
The award was first given following the 2006–07 season and has been awarded under the Dolan Warren Awards since. The first recipient of the award was Newcastle Jets' Nick Carle for his goal at home against Adelaide United. The last recipient of the award was Melbourne Victory's Bruno Fornaroli for his goal away at Central Coast Mariners.

## Winners

Key :
| Bold | Player still active in the A-League Men |
| † | Indicates player who also won the A-League Men Golden Boot award in the same season |
| § | Denotes the club were A-League Men champions in the same season |
| Italics | Home team |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Team | Score | Opponent | Date |
| 2006–07 | Nick Carle | Australia | Newcastle Jets | 2–1 | Adelaide United | 27 October 2006 |
| 2007–08 | Brendon Santalab | Australia | Sydney FC | 1–1 | Adelaide United | 28 December 2007 |
| 2008–09 | Shane Smeltz † | New Zealand | Wellington Phoenix | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory | 28 November 2008 |
| 2009–10 | Archie Thompson | Australia | Melbourne Victory | 4–0 | Gold Coast United | 28 November 2009 |
| 2010–11 | Erik Paartalu | Australia | Brisbane Roar $^§$ | 2–0 | Gold Coast United | 12 February 2011 |
| 2011–12 | Carlos Hernández | Costa Rica | Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 February 2012 |
| 2012–13 | Marcos Flores | Argentina | Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | Wellington Phoenix | 5 November 2012 |
| 2013–14 | Orlando Engelaar | Netherlands | Melbourne Heart | 1–0 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 March 2014 |
| 2014–15 | Tarek Elrich | Australia | Adelaide United | 3–0 | Melbourne City | 25 April 2015 |
| 2015–16 | Roy O'Donovan | Ireland | Central Coast Mariners | 2–4 | Adelaide United | 27 March 2016 |
| 2016–17 | Tim Cahill | Australia | Melbourne City | 1–0 | Melbourne Victory | 15 October 2016 |
| 2017–18 | Andrew Nabbout | Australia | Newcastle Jets | 2–2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 February 2018 |
| 2018–19 | Éric Bauthéac | France | Brisbane Roar | 1–0 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 February 2019 |
| 2019–20 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Australia | Newcastle Jets | 1–0 | Perth Glory | 29 February 2020 |
| 2020–21 | Andy Keogh | Ireland | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 May 2021 |
| 2021–22 | Ben Garuccio | Australia | Western United $^§$ | 3–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 February 2022 |
| 2022–23 | Giordano Colli | Australia | Perth Glory | 1–2 | Adelaide United | 30 October 2022 |
| 2023–24 | Bruno Fornaroli | Australia | Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 December 2023 |

## Awards won by nationality

| Country | Players | Total |
| Australia | 11 | 11 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 |

## Awards won by club

| Club | Players | Total |
| Melbourne Victory | 4 | 4 |
| Newcastle Jets | 3 | 3 |
| Brisbane Roar | 2 | 2 |
| Melbourne Heart/City | 2 | 2 |
| Perth Glory | 2 | 2 |
| Adelaide United | 1 | 1 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney FC | 1 | 1 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 1 |
| Western United | 1 | 1 |