2023–24 A-League Men
47th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia
Football league season
The 2023–24 A-League Men , known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th season of national level men's soccer in Australia , and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. This season was the last as a 12-team competition, with expansion to 13 teams from 2024–25 with the inclusion of Auckland FC .
Central Coast Mariners were the premiers and champions this season.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club
City
Home ground
Capacity
Adelaide United
Adelaide
Coopers Stadium
16,500
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane
Suncorp Stadium
52,500
Brisbane
Ballymore Stadium
6,000
Central Coast Mariners
Gosford
Industree Group Stadium
20,059
Macarthur FC
Campbelltown
Campbelltown Sports Stadium
17,500[ 1]
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[ 2]
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington
Sky Stadium
35,000
Auckland
Go Media Mount Smart Stadium
30,000
Auckland
Eden Park
50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers
Parramatta
CommBank Stadium
30,000
Western United
Melbourne
AAMI Park
30,050
Ballarat
Mars Stadium
11,000
Hobart
North Hobart Oval
10,000
Tarneit
Wyndham Regional Football Facility
5,000
Personnel and kits
^ Melbourne Victory's shirt sponsor was changed to AIA for the finals series after Bonza entered voluntary administration on 30 April 2024.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
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 Wellington Phoenix );[ 64]
2 Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of 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 2023–24 season will see each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams.
League table
Source:
A-Leagues Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
[ 65] [ 66] (C) Champions
Notes:
Fixtures and results
Source:
Aleagues.com.au Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Finals series
The finals series will be held in mostly the same format as the previous year, run over four weeks, involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams will each play an elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches will meet in the Grand Final.[ 67] The previous format, which saw Sydney hosting the Grand Final until the 2024–25 season, was overturned in October 2023, reverting back to the higher-ranked semi-final winner hosting the match.[ 68]
Bracket
Elimination-finals
Semi-finals
Summary
Matches
Central Coast Mariners won 2–1 on aggregate.
Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.
Grand Final
Regular season statistics
Top scorers
As of 1 May 2024 .[ 69]
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
As of 1 May 2024
Awards
Annual awards
Club awards
Attendances
Sydney FC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the A-League.
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Football club
Home games
Average attendance[ 97]
1
Sydney FC
13
14,476
2
Melbourne Victory
13
12,227
3
Western Sydney Wanderers
13
10,573
4
Adelaide United
13
10,035
5
Wellington Phoenix
13
8,940
6
Melbourne City FC
13
8,488
7
Central Coast Mariners
13
7,250
8
Brisbane Roar
13
6,707
9
Perth Glory
13
5,964
10
Newcastle United Jets
13
5,673
11
Macarthur FC
13
4,216
12
Western United
13
3,274
See also
Notes
References
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^ "Congratulations Newcastle Jets: Winners of the Isuzu UTE A-League Fair Play award for season 2023-24!" . A-Leagues . 20 May 2024 – via Facebook .
^ "Alex King awarded 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League Men Referee of the Year" . A-Leagues . 21 May 2024.
^ @AdelaideUnited (15 May 2024). "Congratulations to Zach Clough, our Vidmar Medallist" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ "Brisbane Roar 2023/24 Season Awards Night at Emporium Hotel South Bank" . Brisbane Roar . 23 April 2024.
^ "Historic award for Galic, Izzy & Nizzy dominate 2024 MMD" . Central Coast Mariners . 30 April 2024.
^ "Hollman On Top: Jake Hollman claims the Macarthur Medal" . Macarthur FC . 2 May 2024.
^ "Player of the Year: Tolgay Arslan awarded Scott Jamieson medal" . Melbourne City . 14 May 2024.
^ "Damien Da Silva and Kayla Morrison take out Victory Medal" . Melbourne Victory . 29 April 2024.
^ "Bolden and Stamatelopoulos take out top awards" . Newcastle Jets . 30 April 2024.
^ Morgan, Gareth (6 May 2024). "Taggart and Lowry claim top honours at glittering MGP Awards event" . Perth Glory .
^ "Lolley And McLean Take Out Top Season Awards" . Sydney FC . 29 May 2024.
^ "Barry and Barbarouses crowned players of the year" . Wellington Phoenix . 30 April 2024.
^ "Matos, Marcelo take out top honours at 2024 Wanderers Medal" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 1 May 2024.
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^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/aus-a-league-2023-2024/1/
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