# 2024 A-League Men finals series

The 2024 A-League Men finals series was the 19th annual edition of A-League finals series, the playoffs tournament staged to determine the champion of the 2023–24 A-League Men season. The series was played over four weeks culminating in the 2024 A-League Men Grand Final.
On 18 October 2023, the decision to host the 2023, 2024 and 2025 A-League Men Grand Finals in Sydney was reversed and renegotiated into Unite Round.

## Qualification

The top two teams; Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix, qualify directly for the semi-finals. The teams placed third through to sixth play in the elimination-finals, with the third and fourth placed teams; Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC, hosting the matches.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 30 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Western United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 26 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 22 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
* 1 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.
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

## Venues

This year would see the first finals match played in New Zealand since 2015.
| Melbourne | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Gosford |
| AAMI Park | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Industree Group Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,050 | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Capacity: 20,059 |
| Sydney | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Wellington |
| Allianz Stadium | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Sky Stadium |
| Capacity: 42,500 | GosfordMelbourneSydney Wellington | Capacity: 34,500 |

## Bracket

The system used for the 2024 A-League Men finals series is the modified top-six play-offs by the A-Leagues. The top two teams enter the two-legged semi-finals receiving the bye for the elimination-finals in which the teams from third placed to sixth place enter the elimination-finals with "third against sixth" and "fourth against fifth". Losers for the elimination-finals are eliminated, and winners qualify for the two-legged semi-finals.
First placed team in the semi-finals plays the lowest ranked elimination-final winning team and secon placed team in the semi-finals plays the highest ranked elimination-final winner. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position.
| Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 0 | 4 | Sydney FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| | | | 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | Central Coast Mariners (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | 3 | Melbourne Victory | 1 |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 1 (2) | 3 | Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |

## Elimination-finals
### Sydney FC vs Macarthur FC

This was the 11th overall meeting between the two teams and their first in the finals series.
| Sydney | Macarthur |
| GK | 1 | Andrew Redmayne |
| RB | 23 | Rhyan Grant |
| CB | 27 | Hayden Matthews |
| CB | 6 | Jack Rodwell | | 75' |
| LB | 16 | Joel King |
| RM | 10 | Joe Lolley | 29' | 52' |
| CM | 12 | Corey Hollman | | 46' |
| CM | 26 | Luke Brattan | | 85' |
| LM | 4 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins |
| RF | 11 | Róbert Mak | | 85' |
| LF | 17 | Anthony Caceres |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 22 | Max Burgess | | 46' |
| FW | 25 | Jaiden Kucharski | | 52' |
| MF | 8 | Jake Girdwood-Reich | | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Fábio Gomes | | 85' |
| FW | 13 | Patrick Wood | | 85' |
| DF | 15 | Gabriel Lacerda |
| GK | 20 | Adam Pavlesic |
| Manager: ||
| Ufuk Talay ||
| GK | 12 | Filip Kurto |
| RB | 20 | Kealey Adamson | 27' |
| CB | 6 | Tomislav Uskok |
| CB | 3 | Tommy Smith |
| LB | 13 | Ivan Vujica |
| DM | 23 | Clayton Lewis | | 57' |
| DM | 15 | Kearyn Baccus | | 68' |
| RM | 17 | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | | 57' |
| CM | 10 | Ulises Dávila |
| LM | 37 | Jed Drew | | 46' |
| CF | 98 | Valère Germain | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 18 | Walter Scott | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Daniel De Silva | | 57' |
| MF | 8 | Jake Hollman | 83' | 57' |
| FW | 31 | Lachlan Rose | | 68' |
| DF | 44 | Matthew Millar | | 75' |
| MF | 24 | Charles M'Mombwa |
| GK | 1 | Danijel Nizic |
| Manager: ||
| Mile Sterjovski ||
* Assistant referees:
* Brad Wright
* Arvin Shanmuganathan
* Fourth official:
* Adam Kersey
* Video assistant referee:
* Kate Jacewicz
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kris Griffiths-Jones
* Richard Naumovski

### Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City

This was the 45th overall meeting between the two teams, their second finals meeting, and the first finals meeting to be played at AAMI Park. The last time a Melbourne Derby was contested in the finals series was in 2015, which Melbourne Victory won 3–0.
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne City |
| GK | 20 | Paul Izzo |
| RB | 2 | Jason Geria | | 120+2' |
| CB | 5 | Damien Da Silva | 115' |
| CB | 21 | Roderick Miranda |
| LB | 3 | Adama Traoré | | 85' |
| DM | 25 | Ryan Teague |
| DM | 22 | Jake Brimmer | | 68' |
| RM | 19 | Daniel Arzani | 11' | 80' |
| CM | 8 | Zinédine Machach | 37' |
| LM | 11 | Ben Folami | | 68' |
| CF | 10 | Bruno Fornaroli | 50' | 80' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 27 | Jordi Valadon | | 68' |
| FW | 17 | Nishan Velupillay | | 68' |
| MF | 7 | Chris Ikonomidis | | 80' |
| MF | 23 | Salim Khelifi | | 80' |
| FW | 37 | Kasey Bos | | 85' |
| MF | 6 | Leigh Broxham | | 120+2' |
| GK | 40 | Christian Siciliano |
| Manager: ||
| Tony Popovic ||
| GK | 1 | Jamie Young |
| RB | 6 | Steven Ugarkovic |
| CB | 22 | Curtis Good | 102' 118' |
| CB | 26 | Samuel Souprayen | 5' |
| LB | 14 | Vicente Fernández | | 75' |
| DM | 7 | Mathew Leckie | | 114' |
| DM | 8 | Jimmy Jeggo | 38' |
| RM | 44 | Marin Jakoliš | | 109' |
| CM | 10 | Tolgay Arslan | | 75' |
| LM | 11 | Léo Natel |
| CF | 9 | Jamie Maclaren | 41' | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Terry Antonis | 90+2' | 75' |
| FW | 37 | Max Caputo | | 75' |
| DF | 25 | Callum Talbot | | 75' |
| MF | 21 | Alessandro Lopane | | 109' |
| MF | 35 | Zane Schreiber | | 114' |
| GK | 33 | Patrick Beach |
| DF | 2 | Scott Galloway |
| Manager: ||
| Aurelio Vidmar ||
* Assistant referees:
* Kearney Robinson
* Andrew Lindsay
* Fourth official:
* Daniel Elder
* Video assistant referee:
* Kris Griffiths-Jones
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kate Jacewicz
* Richard Naumovski

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Central Coast Mariners | 2–1 | Sydney FC | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 1–2 | Melbourne Victory | 0–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |

### Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners

| Sydney | Central Coast Mariners |
| GK | 1 | Andrew Redmayne |
| RB | 16 | Joel King |
| CB | 27 | Hayden Matthews |
| CB | 6 | Jack Rodwell | 63' |
| CB | 8 | Jake Girdwood-Reich | | 19' |
| RB | 23 | Rhyan Grant |
| RM | 12 | Corey Hollman | 40' 82' |
| CM | 26 | Luke Brattan |
| LM | 4 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | | 46' |
| RF | 17 | Anthony Caceres |
| LF | 11 | Róbert Mak | | 84' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 22 | Max Burgess | | 19' | 64' |
| FW | 9 | Fábio Gomes | | 46' |
| DF | 15 | Gabriel Lacerda | | 64' |
| DF | 3 | Aaron Gurd | | 84' |
| FW | 25 | Jaiden Kucharski |
| GK | 20 | Adam Pavlesic |
| FW | 13 | Patrick Wood |
| Manager: ||
| Ufuk Talay ||
| GK | 20 | Danny Vukovic |
| RB | 15 | Storm Roux |
| CB | 23 | Dan Hall |
| CB | 3 | Brian Kaltak |
| LB | 18 | Jacob Farrell |
| RM | 2 | Mikael Doka |
| CM | 26 | Brad Tapp | | 84' |
| CM | 6 | Max Balard |
| LM | 7 | Christian Theoharous | | 68' |
| RF | 9 | Alou Kuol | 20' | 76' |
| LF | 4 | Josh Nisbet |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 22 | Ronald Barcellos | | 68' |
| FW | 99 | Ryan Edmondson | | 76' |
| MF | 37 | Bailey Brandtman | | 84' |
| FW | 17 | Jing Reec |
| DF | 33 | Nathan Paull |
| MF | 16 | Harry Steele |
| GK | 30 | Jack Warshawsky |
| Manager: ||
| Mark Jackson ||
* Assistant referees:
* Matthew McOrist
* Andrej Giev
* Fourth official:
* Alireza Faghani
* Video assistant referee:
* Kris Griffiths-Jones
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Lara Lee
* Richard Naumovski

### Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney FC

* Assistant referees:
* Kearney Robinson
* Arvin Shanmuganathan
* Fourth official:
* Jonathan Barreiro
* Video assistant referee:
* Kate Jacewicz
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kris Griffiths-Jones
* Richard Naumovski

### Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix

| Melbourne Victory | Wellington Phoenix |
| GK | 20 | Paul Izzo |
| RB | 2 | Jason Geria |
| CB | 5 | Damien Da Silva |
| CB | 21 | Roderick Miranda |
| LB | 3 | Adama Traoré |
| DM | 27 | Jordi Valadon | | 61' |
| DM | 25 | Ryan Teague |
| RM | 17 | Nishan Velupillay | | 60' |
| CM | 28 | Roly Bonevacia | | 79' |
| LM | 23 | Salim Khelifi | | 60' |
| CF | 10 | Bruno Fornaroli | | 89' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 19 | Daniel Arzani | 88' | 60' |
| FW | 11 | Ben Folami | | 60' |
| MF | 22 | Jake Brimmer | | 61' |
| MF | 7 | Chris Ikonomidis | | 79' |
| DF | 14 | Connor Chapman | | 89' |
| FW | 37 | Kasey Bos |
| GK | 40 | Christian Siciliano |
| Manager: ||
| Tony Popovic ||
| GK | 40 | Alex Paulsen |
| RB | 6 | Tim Payne |
| CB | 3 | Finn Surman |
| CB | 4 | Scott Wootton |
| LB | 19 | Sam Sutton |
| RM | 15 | Nicholas Pennington | 52' | 76' |
| CM | 14 | Alex Rufer | 90+5' |
| LM | 8 | Ben Old | | 90+5' |
| AM | 11 | Bozhidar Kraev | | 77' |
| AM | 10 | David Ball | 41' | 65' |
| CF | 7 | Kosta Barbarouses |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 24 | Oskar van Hattum | | 65' |
| FW | 9 | Oskar Zawada | | 76' |
| MF | 17 | Youstin Salas | | 77' |
| MF | 12 | Mohamed Al-Taay | | 90+5' |
| GK | 25 | Jack Duncan |
| DF | 26 | Isaac Hughes |
| DF | 18 | Lukas Kelly-Heald |
| Manager: ||
| Giancarlo Italiano ||
* Assistant referees:
* Hugh Fenton-White
* Joey Lee
* Fourth official:
* Jonathan Barreiro
* Video assistant referee:
* Alex King
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Casey Reibelt
* Kearney Robinson

### Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory

| Wellington Phoenix | Melbourne Victory |
| GK | 40 | Alex Paulsen |
| RB | 6 | Tim Payne | | 111' |
| CB | 3 | Finn Surman | | 111' |
| CB | 4 | Scott Wootton |
| LB | 19 | Sam Sutton | | 111' |
| RM | 15 | Nicholas Pennington | | 85' |
| CM | 14 | Alex Rufer |
| LM | 8 | Ben Old |
| AM | 11 | Bozhidar Kraev | | 73' |
| AM | 10 | David Ball | | 66' |
| CF | 7 | Kosta Barbarouses |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 24 | Oskar van Hattum | | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Oskar Zawada | | 73' |
| MF | 17 | Youstin Salas | 90+1' | 85' |
| MF | 12 | Mohamed Al-Taay | | 111' |
| DF | 26 | Isaac Hughes | | 111' |
| DF | 18 | Lukas Kelly-Heald | | 111' |
| GK | 25 | Jack Duncan |
| Manager: ||
| Giancarlo Italiano ||
| GK | 20 | Paul Izzo |
| RB | 2 | Jason Geria |
| CB | 5 | Damien Da Silva |
| CB | 21 | Roderick Miranda |
| LB | 3 | Adama Traoré | | 120' |
| DM | 27 | Jordi Valadon | | 65' |
| DM | 25 | Ryan Teague |
| RM | 17 | Nishan Velupillay | | 66' |
| CM | 28 | Roly Bonevacia | | 86' |
| LM | 19 | Daniel Arzani | 30' | 66' |
| CF | 10 | Bruno Fornaroli | | 90+5' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 22 | Jake Brimmer | | 65' |
| FW | 11 | Ben Folami | | 66' |
| MF | 23 | Salim Khelifi | | 66' |
| DF | 14 | Connor Chapman | 97' | 86' |
| MF | 7 | Chris Ikonomidis | | 90+5' |
| FW | 37 | Kasey Bos | | 120' |
| GK | 40 | Christian Siciliano |
| Manager: ||
| Tony Popovic ||
* Assistant referees:
* Andrew Meimarakis
* Andrew Lindsay
* Fourth official:
* Ben Abraham
* Video assistant referee:
* Shaun Evans
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Alex King
* Richard Naumovski