# 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.

## 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Wellington Phoenix | Wellington | Sky Stadium | 34,500 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | CommBank Stadium | 30,000 |
| Western United | Melbourne | Ironbark Fields | 5,000 |
| Western United | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor |
| Adelaide United | Carl Veart | Ryan Kitto | UCAN | Flinders University CG FinTech |
| Auckland FC | Steve Corica | Hiroki Sakai | New Balance | Anchor Go Media |
| Brisbane Roar | Ruben Zadkovich | Jay O'Shea | Cikers | OutKast |
| Central Coast Mariners | Mark Jackson | Trent Sainsbury | Cikers | polytec |
| Macarthur FC | Mile Sterjovski | Luke Brattan | Kelme | SipEnergy |
| Melbourne City | Aurelio Vidmar | Aziz Behich | Puma | Etihad Airways |
| Melbourne Victory | Arthur Diles | Roderick Miranda | Macron | Turkish Airlines |
| Newcastle Jets | Robert Stanton | Kosta Grozos | Legend Sportswear | Brydens Lawyers |
| Perth Glory | David Zdrilic | Adam Taggart | Macron | La Vida Homes |
| Sydney FC | Ufuk Talay | Rhyan Grant | Under Armour | Macquarie University |
| Wellington Phoenix | Giancarlo Italiano | Alex Rufer | Paladin Sports | Oppo Entelar Group |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Alen Stajcic | Lawrence Thomas | Adidas | Voltaren Turner Freeman Lawyers |
| Western United | John Aloisi | Ben Garuccio | Kappa | Sharp |

### Managerial changes

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

### Foreign players

| 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 Sánchez$^1$ | |
| Auckland FC | Louis Verstraete | Felipe Gallegos | Neyder Moreno | Hiroki Sakai | Guillermo May | Dan Hall$^2$ | |
| Brisbane Roar | Florin Berenguer | Rafael Struick | Jay O'Shea | Walid Shour | Asumah Abubakar | Jack Hingert$^2$ Marcus Ferkranus$^2$ | Néicer Acosta |
| Central Coast Mariners | Mikael Doka | Vitor Feijão | Ryan Edmondson | Alfie McCalmont | Brian Kaltak | William Wilson$^2$ Storm Roux$^2$ | |
| Macarthur FC | Kévin Boli | Filip Kurto | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | | | Marin Jakoliš$^2$ | Dino Arslanagić Valère Germain |
| Melbourne City | Germán Ferreyra | Andreas Kuen | Samuel Souprayen | Yonatan Cohen | | | Jamie Young$^2$ |
| Melbourne Victory | Clarismario Santos | Zinédine Machach | Nikos Vergos | Roderick Miranda | | Adama Traoré$^1$ | |
| Newcastle Jets | Wellissol | Kota Mizunuma | | | | Lachlan Bayliss$^2$ Dane Ingham$^2$ Charles M'Mombwa$^2$ | |
| Perth Glory | Anas Hamzaoui | Luke Amos | Hiroaki Aoyama | Yuto Misao | Takuya Okamoto | Oliver Sail$^2$ Joel Anasmo$^2$ | Cristian Caicedo Luis Cangá |
| Sydney FC | Douglas Costa | Léo Sena | Joe Lolley | Anas Ouahim | Patryk Klimala | Jaushua Sotirio$^2$ | |
| Wellington Phoenix | Scott Wootton | Hideki Ishige | Kazuki Nagasawa | Josh Oluwayemi | Francisco Geraldes | Stefan Colakovski$^2$ | David Ball Mohamed Al-Taay$^2$ |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Bozhidar Kraev | Jeong Tae-wook | Juan Mata | Marcus Antonsson | | Mohamed Al-Taay$^2$ Dylan Scicluna$^2$ | |
| Western United | Riku Danzaki | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Tomoki Imai | | | Charbel Shamoon$^2$ Luka Coveny$^2$ | |
The following do not fill a Visa position: $^1$Those 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); $^2$Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of Auckland FC and/or Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team; $^3$Injury replacement players, or National team replacement players; $^4$Guest 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland FC | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 2 | Western United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 38 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 29 | |
| 8 | Macarthur FC | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 22 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 19 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 13 | Perth Glory | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
* 1 2 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.
* 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 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 | 18 Apr | 2–3 | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | 5 Apr | | | |
| Auckland FC | 4–4 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 27 Apr | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5 Apr | 0–4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6–1 | | |
| Brisbane Roar | 2–3 | 30 Mar | | 1–3 | 4 Apr | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 26 Apr | 0–1 | 17 Apr | 22 Apr | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Central Coast Mariners | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2 May | | 20 Apr | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | | | | | | | | | 30 Mar | | | | |
| Macarthur FC | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 25 Apr | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3 May | 2–2 | | | | | | | | 28 Mar | | | | | |
| Melbourne City | 26 Apr | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5 Apr | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3 May | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | | 11 Apr | | | | | | | | | | |
| Melbourne Victory | 29 Mar | 19 Apr | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4 May | 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 | 6 Apr | 26 Apr | 2–6 | | | | 12 Apr | | | | | | | | | |
| Perth Glory | 12 Apr | 1–0 | 1–3 | 7 Feb | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2–3 |
| Sydney FC | 4–1 | 12 Apr | 3–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 29 Mar | 3–0 | 20 Apr | 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 | 2 May | 0–0 | | 29 Mar | 1–1 | | | | | | | 12 Apr | | | | | | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 19 Apr | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 13 Apr | | | | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | |
| Western United | 3–0 | 3 May | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5 Apr | 27 Apr | 4–1 | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Finals series
### Bracket

| Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| | | 1 | 1st placed team |
| 4 | 4th placed team | | Lower ranked elimination final winner |
| 5 | 5th placed team | | |
| | | 2 | 2nd placed team |
| 3 | 3rd placed team | | Higher ranked elimination final winner |
| 6 | 6th placed team | | |

### Semi-finals
#### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 1st placed team | v | Lower ranked elimination final winner | 16–18 May | 23–25 May 2025 |
| 2nd placed team | v | Higher ranked elimination final winner | 16–18 May | 23–25 May 2025 |

#### Matches
### Grand Final
## Regular season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Noah Botic | Western United | 11 |
| 2 | Archie Goodwin | Adelaide United | 9 |
| 2 | Hiroshi Ibusuki | Western United | 9 |
| 2 | Joe Lolley | Sydney FC | 9 |
| 2 | Nicolas Milanovic | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 |
| 2 | Adrian Segecic | Sydney FC | 9 |
| 7 | Kosta Barbarouses | Wellington Phoenix | 8 |
| 7 | Patryk Klimala | Sydney FC | 8 |
| 7 | Guillermo May | Auckland FC | 8 |
| 10 | Valère Germain | Macarthur FC | 7 |
| 10 | Stefan Mauk | Adelaide United | 7 |
| 10 | Neyder Moreno | Auckland FC | 7 |
| 10 | Logan Rogerson | Auckland FC | 7 |
| 10 | Zac Sapsford | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 |
| 10 | Adam Taggart | Perth Glory | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Nicolas Milanovic | Western Sydney Wanderers | Newcastle Jets | 4–1 (H) | 8 November 2024 |
| Joe Lolley | Sydney FC | Perth Glory | 3–0 (H) | 8 January 2025 |
| Adrian Segecic | Sydney FC | Central Coast Mariners | 4–1 (H) | 11 January 2025 |
| Logan Rogerson | Auckland FC | Wellington Phoenix | 6–1 (H) | 22 February 2025 |
Key :
| (H) | Home team |

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Patrick Beach | Melbourne City | 9 |
| 1 | Alex Paulsen | Auckland FC | 9 |
| 3 | Harrison Devenish-Meares | Sydney FC | 5 |
| 4 | Jack Duncan | Melbourne Victory | 4 |
| 4 | Mitchell Langerak | Melbourne Victory | 4 |
| 4 | Matt Sutton | Western United | 4 |
| 7 | Filip Kurto | Macarthur FC | 3 |
| 7 | Josh Oluwayemi | Wellington Phoenix | 3 |
| 7 | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | Central Coast Mariners | 3 |
| 7 | Oliver Sail | Perth Glory | 3 |
| 7 | Lawrence Thomas | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 |