List of A-League Men clubs

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The following is a list of clubs who have played in the A-League Men since its formation in 2005 as the A-League to the current season.

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Twelve of the fifteen clubs to have participated in the A-League Men are competing in the 2022-23 season. Seven (Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Perth Glory and Sydney FC) have contested every season in the A-League Men.

Five clubs, Macarthur FC, Melbourne City, Wellington Phoenix, Western Sydney Wanderers and Western United are not founding members of the A-League Men, but have not been disbanded since their debuts.

Table

All statistics here refer to time in the A-League Men only. A-League Men teams playing in the 2024–25 season are indicated in bold, while founding members of the A-League Men are shown in italics.

ClubLocationTotal
seasons		SeasonsHighest
finish		Most recent
finish
Adelaide United Adelaide 192005–present1st3rd
Auckland FC Auckland 12024–presentTBCTBC
Brisbane Roar Brisbane 192005–present1st8th
Central Coast Mariners Gosford 192005–present1st2nd
Gold Coast United Gold Coast 32009–20123rd10th
Macarthur FC Sydney
(Gregory Hills)		42020–present6th12th
Melbourne City Melbourne
(Cranbourne)		142010–present1st1st
Melbourne Victory Melbourne
(Swan Street)		192005–present1st11th
Newcastle Jets Newcastle 192005–present2nd10th
New Zealand Knights Auckland 22005–20078th8th
North Queensland Fury Townsville 22009–20117th11th
Perth Glory Perth 192005–present1st9th
Sydney FC Sydney
(Surry Hills)		192005–present1st5th
Wellington Phoenix Wellington 172007–present3rd6th
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
(Rooty Hill)		112012–present1st4th
Western United Tarneit 52019–present3rd7th

As of the 2007–08 season, New Zealand Knights were disbanded from the A-League, as they were replaced by the Wellington Phoenix. [1]

In 2009, the A-League marked the addition of two new teams both from Queensland which was the Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury who made their debuts for the 2009–10 season. [2]

In late 2009 Sydney Rovers FC were awarded the license rights to join the A-League provisionally for the 2011–12 season, which would have made them the 11th team in the league, with a 12th team license to be awarded at a later date to even the numbers of participants. One year later the Rovers license was withdrawn due to financial concerns.

The North Queensland Fury only lasted two seasons in the A-League and Gold Coast United lasted three. In Gold Coast's third and final season, new Melbourne club, Melbourne Heart joined the league which brought the total number of teams to 11. In 2012 Gold Coast United were disbanded after low crowds from the A-League and Clive Palmer withdrawing his funding from the team after clashing with the FFA.

New Sydney team Western Sydney Wanderers joined the league in 2012–13 season. [3]

The number of teams in the A-League stayed the same for six years until it was announced that Western United will play in the A-League in 2019 with Macarthur FC joining in 2020. [4] [5]

Auckland will once again host an A-League team from 2024–25 onwards, with Bill Foley being awarded a licence to own the club in November 2023. [6] The Australian Professional Leagues also plans to introduce a Canberra team in the same season. [7] In June 2024, the APL announced that the Canberra team would not be ready for the 2024–25 season. [8]

On 13 February 2025, it was reported that the APL had delayed the introduction of Canberra to the 2025–26 season. [9]

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List of A-League Men clubs

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Location of all A-League Men clubs

References

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  1. ↑ "Kiwis alive as Townsville b pulls pin". Fox Sports . 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
  2. ↑ "Gold Coast And Townsville Set For A-League". FourFourTwo . 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "New Hyundai A-League club for Western Sydney". Football Federation Australia. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "FFA announce A-League expansion to 12 teams but clubs are wary of 'smokescreen'". Sydney Morning Herald . 16 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Davutovic, David (5 December 2016). "A-League expansion plans revealed with two new teams to join in 2018-19". Herald Sun . Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Auckland expansion team awarded full A-Leagues license". A-Leagues. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "A-Leagues set to expand to Canberra and Auckland for 2024-25 season". ABC News. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Update: Canberra expansion bid". A-Leagues. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Canberra A-League bid delayed again. Here's what that means for United". www.canberratimes.com.au. 13 February 2025. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
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