2021–22 A-League Men

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A-League Men
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – 28 May 2022
Champions Western United (1st title)
Premiers Melbourne City (2nd title)
Matches played163
Goals scored473 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer Jamie Maclaren
(regular season, 15 goals)
Jamie Maclaren
(overall, 16 goals)
Biggest home winWestern United 6–0 Perth Glory
(16 April 2022)
Biggest away win Wellington Phoenix 0–6 Melbourne City
(2 April 2022)
Highest scoring Newcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory
(10 April 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
Adelaide United
Central Coast Mariners
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run16 matches
Perth Glory
Longest losing run6 matches
Perth Glory
Highest attendance23,118
WSW 0–0 Sydney FC
(20 November 2021)
Lowest attendance38
Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Brisbane Roar
(16 February 2022)
Average attendance5,602 [1] ( Red Arrow Down.svg 143)
2022–23 →
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2021–22 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 17th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004.

Contents

Melbourne City were the defending champions and premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season. They retained the premiership, but lost the Grand Final to first-time grand finalists Western United.

Clubs

Twelve clubs participated in the 2021–22 season.

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Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Macarthur FC
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western United
Western Sydney Wanderers
ClubCityHome groundCapacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Moreton Daily Stadium 11,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Mudgee Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium 10,000
Macarthur FC Sydney Campbelltown Stadium 20,000
BlueBet Stadium 22,500
Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Launceston UTAS Stadium 19,000
Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Wellington Phoenix Auckland Eden Park 50,000
Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Campbelltown Stadium 20,000
Endeavour Field 22,000
Wellington Sky Stadium 34,500
Wollongong WIN Stadium 23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Ballarat Mars Stadium 11,000
Morshead Park 8,500
Geelong GMHBA Stadium 26,000 [a]
Launceston UTAS Stadium 19,000
Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptain Kit manufacturerKit sponsor
Adelaide United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carl Veart Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Goodwin UCAN [5] Flinders University [6] [7]
Australian Outdoor Living [note 1] [8] [9]
Brisbane Roar Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Moon Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Aldred New Balance [10] ActronAir [11]
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Scotland.svg Nick Montgomery Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Bozanic Paladin Sports [12] MATE [13]
Macarthur FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ante Milicic Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Dávila Macron [14] Wisdom Homes [15]
Melbourne City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Kisnorbo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Jamieson Puma [16] Etihad Airways [17] [18]
Melbourne Victory Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Popovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Brillante Macron [19] Metricon [20]
Newcastle Jets Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arthur Papas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Jurman VIVA [21] Port of Newcastle [21]
Ampcontrol [note 2] [22]
Perth Glory Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ruben Zadkovich Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon O'Neill Macron [23] BHP [24]
Sydney FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Corica Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Wilkinson Under Armour [25] The Star [26]
Wellington Phoenix Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ufuk Talay Flag of New Zealand.svg Alex Rufer Paladin Sports [27] Spark [28]
Oppo [note 3] [28]
Western Sydney Wanderers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marko Rudan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rhys Williams Kappa [29] Voltaren [30]
Turner Freeman Lawyers [note 4] [31]
Western United Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Aloisi Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Diamanti Kappa [32] Simonds Homes [32]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition on tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Melbourne Victory Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Kean (caretaker)End of contract10 June 2021Pre-season Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Popovic 22 April 2021 [33]
Newcastle Jets Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Deans Resigned [34] 3 June 2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arthur Papas 28 June 2021 [35]
Western United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marko Rudan Sacked [36] 8 June 2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Aloisi 15 July 2021 [37]
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alen Stajcic Resigned [38] 17 June 2021 Flag of Scotland.svg Nick Montgomery 2 July 2021 [39]
Western Sydney Wanderers Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Carl Robinson Sacked [40] 30 January 202211th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marko Rudan 31 January 2022 [41]
Perth Glory Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Garcia Sacked [42] 20 March 202212th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker)20 March 2022 [42]

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4Visa 5Non-visa foreigner(s)Former player(s)
Adelaide United Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jakobsen Flag of England.svg Zach Clough Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Ibusuki Flag of Spain.svg Juande Flag of Spain.svg Javi López Flag of Spain.svg Isaías 1
Brisbane Roar Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Lescano Flag of Germany.svg Matti Steinmann Flag of Ireland.svg Jay O'Shea Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Wada Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Aldred Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Rahmat Akbari 2
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Jack Hingert 2		 Flag of New Zealand.svg Aidan Munford 2
Central Coast Mariners Flag of Brazil.svg Moresche Flag of Costa Rica.svg Marco Ureña Flag of France.svg Béni Nkololo Flag of Germany.svg Nicolai Müller Flag of Japan.svg Cy Goddard Flag of Fiji.svg Dan Hall 2
Flag of New Zealand.svg Storm Roux 2
Flag of Scotland.svg Jason Cummings 2
Macarthur FC Flag of England.svg Jordon Mutch Flag of England.svg Craig Noone Flag of Jamaica.svg Adrian Mariappa Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Dávila Flag of Poland.svg Filip Kurto Flag of Cyprus.svg Antonis Martis 2
Melbourne City Flag of England.svg Carl Jenkinson Flag of France.svg Florin Berenguer Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Pucciarelli Flag of Japan.svg Tsubasa Endoh Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Reis Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stefan Colakovski 2
Melbourne Victory Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Kelava Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Margiotta Flag of New Zealand.svg Marco Rojas Flag of Portugal.svg Roderick Miranda Flag of Spain.svg Rai Marchán
Newcastle Jets Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Penha Flag of Cameroon.svg Olivier Boumal Flag of Georgia.svg Beka Mikeltadze Flag of Greece.svg Savvas Siatravanis Flag of Spain.svg Mario Arqués Flag of New Zealand.svg Dane Ingham 2
Flag of South Sudan.svg Valentino Yuel 2
Perth Glory Flag of Curacao.svg Darryl Lachman Flag of England.svg Daniel Sturridge Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Ota Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Sardinero Flag of Ireland.svg Andy Keogh 1
Flag of Serbia.svg Darko Stanojević 2
Sydney FC Flag of Brazil.svg Bobô Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luciano Narsingh Flag of New Zealand.svg Kosta Barbarouses Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Ninković Flag of Burundi.svg Elvis Kamsoba 2
Wellington Phoenix Flag of England.svg David Ball Flag of England.svg Gary Hooper Flag of England.svg Scott Wootton Flag of Mexico.svg Gael Sandoval Flag of North Macedonia.svg Matthew Bozinovski 2
Western Sydney Wanderers Flag of England.svg Jack Rodwell Flag of Israel.svg Tomer Hemed Flag of Japan.svg Keijiro Ogawa Flag of Scotland.svg Ziggy Gordon Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Mejías Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Adama Traoré 1
Western United Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Diamanti Flag of Japan.svg Tomoki Imai Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Prijović Flag of Slovenia.svg Rene Krhin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Léo Lacroix Flag of England.svg Jamie Young 2

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); [43]
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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club First Marquee Second Marquee Designated Player Captain Vice-captain
Adelaide United NoneNoneNone Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Mauk [44] [note 5]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Goodwin [note 6] [46] 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Kitto [46]
Flag of Spain.svg Isaías [46]
Brisbane Roar NoneNoneNone Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Aldred [47] None
Central Coast Mariners NoneNoneNone Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Bozanic [48] None
Macarthur FC NoneNoneNone Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Dávila [49] None
Melbourne City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Maclaren [50] NoneNone Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Jamieson [51] None
Melbourne Victory Flag of New Zealand.svg Marco Rojas [52] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Ikonomidis [52] Flag of Portugal.svg Roderick Miranda [53] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Brillante [54] Flag of Portugal.svg Roderick Miranda [55]
Newcastle Jets NoneNone Flag of Georgia.svg Beka Mikeltadze [53] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Jurman [56] None
Perth Glory Flag of England.svg Daniel Sturridge [57] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruno Fornaroli [58] Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Sardinero [53] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon O'Neill [59] None
Sydney FC NoneNoneNone Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Wilkinson [60] None
Wellington Phoenix NoneNoneNone Flag of New Zealand.svg Alex Rufer [61] Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Sail [61]
Western Sydney Wanderers NoneNoneNone Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rhys Williams [62] None
Western United Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Diamanti [63] NoneNone Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Diamanti [63] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Risdon [63]

Transfers

Regular season

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Melbourne City 2614755533+2249Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage [b]
2 Melbourne Victory 2613944225+1748Qualification for finals series [c]
3 Western United (C)2613674030+1045
4 Adelaide United 2612773831+743
5 Central Coast Mariners 2612684935+1442
6 Wellington Phoenix [d] 26123113449−1539
7 Macarthur FC 2696113847−933
8 Sydney FC 2687113744−731
9 Newcastle Jets 2685134543+229Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs [e]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2669113038−827
11 Brisbane Roar 2675142939−1026
12 Perth Glory 2646162043−2318
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ The stadium will be undergoing construction during the season, which will reduce the stadium's capacity to around 26,000. [2] [3] The stadium will have a capacity of 40,000 once construction is complete. [4]
  2. ↑ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons. [64] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  5. ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round. [65]

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADE BRI CCM MAC MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 1–12–11–02–2 1–2 2–12–01–24–01–22–12–2 0–1
Brisbane Roar 0–00–23–11–21–12–01–03–12–13–02–31–30–3
Central Coast Mariners 3–02–13–31–31–1 2–0 1–12–05–02–01–04–20–5
Macarthur FC 4–12–11–00–11–42–14–20–31–13–12–20–31–1
Melbourne City 1–22–13–23–1 2–2 3–01–04–02–13–30–1 1–1 2–2
Melbourne Victory 1–1 3–01–03–1 3–0 1–20–3 2–2 3–11–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Newcastle Jets 1–22–1 1–2 2–22–41–26–12–04–01–01–1 2–4 4–0
Perth Glory 1–12–00–00–12–00–10–00–20–11–10–21–21–4
Sydney FC 2–31–13–20–11–2 1–4 2–21–22–1 3–2 1–12–23–0
Wellington Phoenix 1–13–02–13–10–61–03–22–11–10–22–10–41–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–01–12–20–21–32–02–21–0 0–0 1–20–13–2 2–0
Western United 1–01–02–22–01–0 0–1 2–11–01–01–43–22–26–0
Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

AFC Champions League qualification

Due to the re-formatting of the AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn), [66] the qualification for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of which of the Premiers for the current season or the following season accrues the most combined points over both seasons. [67] Melbourne City won the Premiership in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, [68] thereby automatically qualifying for the Champions League.

Finals series

Format

The finals series, which ran over three weeks, consisted of the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The first and second placed teams chose whether they would play home or away in the first leg. [69] The two winners of those matches meet in the Grand Final. [70] This season was the first to use this format.

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
4 Adelaide United 0 1 1
4 Adelaide United 31 Melbourne City (a.e.t.)022
5 Central Coast Mariners 1 1 Melbourne City 0
3 Western United 2
3 Western United 044
3 Western United 12 Melbourne Victory 1 1 2
6 Wellington Phoenix 0

Elimination-finals

Western United 1–0 Wellington Phoenix
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AAMI Park , Melbourne
Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Alex King
Adelaide United 3–1 Central Coast Mariners
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Coopers Stadium , Adelaide
Attendance: 10,113
Referee: Daniel Elder

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Melbourne City 2–1 Adelaide United 0–02–1 (a.e.t.)
Melbourne Victory 2–4 Western United 1–01–4

Matches

Western United 0–1 Melbourne Victory
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AAMI Park , Melbourne
Attendance: 7,295
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Melbourne Victory1–4Western United
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AAMI Park , Melbourne
Attendance: 15,349
Referee: Alex King

Western United won 4–2 on aggregate.

Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne City
Report
Coopers Stadium , Adelaide
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Chris Beath
Melbourne City2–1 (a.e.t.)Adelaide United
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AAMI Park , Melbourne
Attendance: 9,347
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

Melbourne City 0–2 Western United
Report
AAMI Park , Melbourne
Attendance: 22,495
Referee: Chris Beath

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [71]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 15
2 Flag of Georgia.svg Beka Mikeltadze Newcastle Jets 13
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Jason Cummings Central Coast Mariners 10
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicholas D'Agostino Melbourne Victory
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Prijović Western United
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Goodwin Adelaide United
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mathew Leckie Melbourne City 9
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory 8
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Dávila Macarthur FC 7
Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC
Flag of France.svg Beni Nkololo Central Coast Mariners
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Marco Ureña Central Coast Mariners

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 5–0 (A)9 April 2022 [72]
Flag of Georgia.svg Beka Mikeltadze Newcastle Jets Perth Glory 6–1 (H)10 April 2022 [73]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lachlan Wales Western United Perth Glory6–0 (H)16 April 2022 [74]
Key
(A)Away team
(H)Home team

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets [75]
1 Flag of England.svg Jamie Young Western United 10
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners 9
3 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Kelava Melbourne Victory 7
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Glover Melbourne City 6
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Sail Wellington Phoenix 5
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Duncan Newcastle Jets 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Gauci Adelaide United
Flag of Poland.svg Filip Kurto Macarthur FC
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Reddy Perth Glory
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC

Awards

Annual awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022. [76]

AwardWinnerClub
Johnny Warren Medal Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Brimmer Melbourne Victory
Young Footballer of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Angus Thurgate Newcastle Jets
Golden Boot Award Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City
Goalkeeper of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners
Coach of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Popovic Melbourne Victory
Goal of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Garuccio Western United
Referee of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex King

Team of the season

Team of the season [77]
Goalkeeper Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Birighitti (Central Coast Mariners)
Defenders Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Léo Lacroix (Western United) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Curtis Good (Melbourne City) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory)
Midfielders Flag of France.svg Florin Berenguer (Melbourne City) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Brillante (Melbourne Victory) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United)
Forwards Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick D'Agostino (Melbourne Victory) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)
Substitutes Flag of England.svg Jamie Young (Western United) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Garuccio (Western United) Flag of Spain.svg Javi López (Adelaide United) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City) Flag of Mexico.svg Ulises Dávila (Macarthur FC) Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Kilkenny (Western United)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Away kit
  2. ↑ Away kit
  3. ↑ Away kit
  4. ↑ Away kit
  5. ↑ Mauk was captain of Adelaide United until his transfer to Fagiano Okayama on 27 February 2022. [45]
  6. ↑ Goodwin replaced Mauk as captain of Adelaide United on 5 March 2022.

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