Venues
| Perth | Melbourne | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Optus Stadium | HBF Park | AAMI Park | |
| Capacity: 61,266 | Capacity: 20,050 | Capacity: 30,050 | |
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| Sydney | Adelaide | ||
| Netstrata Jubilee Stadium | Coopers Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 20,500 | Capacity: 16,500 | ||
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| Season | 2018–19 |
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| Dates | 3–19 May 2019 |
| Champions | Sydney FC |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 18 (3.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Diego Castro Adam Le Fondre Ola Toivonen (2 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Sydney FC 6–1 Melbourne Victory (Semi-finals, 12 May 2019) |
| Highest scoring | Sydney FC 6–1 Melbourne Victory (Semi-finals, 12 May 2019) |
| Highest attendance | 56,371 Perth Glory 0–0 Sydney FC (Grand Final, 19 May 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 12,141 Sydney FC 6–1 Melbourne Victory (Semi-finals, 12 May 2019) |
| Total attendance | 115,622 |
| Average attendance | 23,124 |
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The 2019 A-League finals series was the 14th annual edition of the A-League finals series, the playoffs tournament staged to determine the champion of the 2018–19 A-League season. The series was played over three weeks culminating in the 2019 A-League Grand Final, where Sydney FC won a fourth championship 4–1 on penalties after a 0–0 draw against Perth Glory.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series [lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series [lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series [lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix [lower-alpha 2] | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 |
| Perth | Melbourne | ||
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| Optus Stadium | HBF Park | AAMI Park | |
| Capacity: 61,266 | Capacity: 20,050 | Capacity: 30,050 | |
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| Sydney | Adelaide | ||
| Netstrata Jubilee Stadium | Coopers Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 20,500 | Capacity: 16,500 | ||
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The system used for the 2019 A-League 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 semi-finals.
First placed team in the semi-finals plays the lowest ranked elimination-final winning team and second placed team in the semi-finals plays the highest ranked elimination-final winner. Home advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position.
| Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Perth Glory (p) | 3 (5) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Adelaide United (a.e.t.) | 1 | 4 | Adelaide United | 3 (4) | |||||||||
| 5 | Melbourne City | 0 | 1 | Perth Glory | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| 2 | Sydney FC (p) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sydney FC | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 3 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | ||||||||||||
Third-placed Melbourne Victory as the reigning champions took on sixth-placed Wellington Phoenix for the first elimination-final. All three matches from the regular season resulted in draws. [1] Georg Niedermeier opened the scoring for Victory towards the end of the first half, Kosta Barbarouses scored the second as Roy Krishna pulled one back for Wellington, but Ola Toivonen sealing the match to win 3–1 for Melbourne Victory through to the semi-final against Sydney FC. [2]
| Melbourne Victory | 3–1 | Wellington Phoenix |
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Fourth-placed Adelaide United took on fifth-placed Melbourne City for the second elimination-final. City were undefeated against Adelaide throughout the regular season. [3] The match went to extra time after a 0–0 draw at the end of 90 minutes, as Ben Halloran scored the winning goal in the 119th minute to win 1–0 for Adelaide as they went through to the semi-final against Perth Glory. [4]
| Adelaide United | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Melbourne City |
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Premiers Perth Glory and Adelaide United met in this semi-final. [5] Diego Castro scored two goals for Perth towards the 75th minute mark, until Baba Diawara scored one back for Adelaide and Ryan Kitto equalising in the 94th minute of regular time to send the match into extra time. Scott Neville scored to give Perth the lead again, until Michael Marrone headed another equaliser 3–3 for the match to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Adelaide were chosen to go first with three successive penalties to start off with Perth missing one of their penalties. Perth equalised in the shoot-out towards the final fifth kick. Two sets of missed penalties occurred until Adelaide missed and Joel Chianese for Perth won them the shoot-out 5–4 through to the Grand Final. [6]
| Perth Glory | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Adelaide United |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 5–4 | ||
Sydney FC hosted Melbourne Victory; the same fixture in the previous edition's semi-final where Victory won in extra time to the Grand Final. [7] Sydney quickly scored through Aaron Calver three minutes in, Alex Brosque scored a second as well as an own goal by Leigh Broxham towards half time. Adam Le Fondre scored twice including a penalty to make it and Miloš Ninković scored Sydney's sixth. Ola Toivonen in stoppage time scored a consolation goal for Victory in the 91st minute, as it was full time with Sydney revenge winning 6–1 through to the Grand Final. [8]
| Sydney FC | 6–1 | Melbourne Victory |
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The 2019 Grand Final had Perth Glory host Sydney FC; the first Australian national league grand final hosted in Perth since the 2003 National Soccer League Grand Final. Sydney has won their last 10 out of 11 matches against Perth who has lost one of their last 10 home matches. [9] The match ultimately ended 0–0 after extra time as the match went into penalties. Both teams respectively scored their first goals in the shoot-out until Andrew Redmayne saved the next two penalties as Reza Ghoochannejhad scored the decisive goal in the shoot-out to win the Grand Final for Sydney FC after winning 4–1 on penalties. [10]
| Perth Glory | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Sydney FC |
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| Penalties | ||
| 1–4 | ||
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