2019–20 A-League

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A-League
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Season2019–20
Dates11 October 2019 – 30 August 2020
ChampionsSydney FC (5th title)
PremiersSydney FC (4th title)
Champions League[a]Sydney FC
Melbourne City
Brisbane Roar
Matches played148
Goals scored431 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Maclaren (23 goals)
Biggest home winSydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar
(7 December 2019)
Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners
(1 March 2020)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City
(6 December 2019)
Highest scoringPerth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets
(21 December 2019)
Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners
(1 March 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Sydney FC
Longest winless run10 matches
Central Coast Mariners
Longest losing run10 matches
Central Coast Mariners
Highest attendance33,523
Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City
(12 October 2019)
Lowest attendance1,035
Central Coast Mariners vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(27 July 2020)
Average attendance9,428

The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and was scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, though was postponed to 19 August 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The pandemic caused Football Federation Australia (FFA) to suspend the season from late March to mid July.[2][3] The season resumed on 17 July 2020, which meant the finals occurred in mid-August and the Grand Final was held on 30 August 2020.[4]

Sydney FC were the defending champions and Perth Glory were the defending premiers.

Clubs[]

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[5]

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Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Wellington Phoenix
Further information: A-League § Clubs
Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Dolphin Stadium 10,000
Cbus Super Stadium 27,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Marvel Stadium 56,347
AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Sky Stadium 34,500
Eden Park 50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne GMHBA Stadium 36,000
Mars Stadium 11,000
VU Whitten Oval 12,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart (caretaker) Denmark Michael Jakobsen Macron[6] Flinders University[7]
#BookThemOut1[8]
Brisbane Roar Australia Warren Moon Scotland Tom Aldred Umbro[9][10] Actron Air[11]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Alen Stajcic Australia Matt Simon Umbro[12][13] Masterfoods[14]
MATE1[15]
Melbourne City France Erick Mombaerts Australia Scott Jamieson Puma[16] Etihad Airways[17]
Melbourne Victory Scotland Grant Brebner (caretaker) Vacant Adidas[18] Metricon[19]
Newcastle Jets Wales Carl Robinson Australia Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports[20] #FootballForFires[21]
Inspirations Paint1[22]
Perth Glory Australia Tony Popovic Spain Diego Castro Macron[23] BHP[24]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[25] The Star[26]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay England Steven Taylor [27] Huawei[28]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny Australia Mitchell Duke Nike[29] Centuria[30]
JD Sports1[31]
Western United Australia Mark Rudan Italy Alessandro Diamanti Kappa[32] Probuild[33]
1. ^ Away kit.

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar Wales Darren Davies (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 25 April 2019 Pre-season England Robbie Fowler[34] 23 April 2019
Wellington Phoenix Australia Mark Rudan Resigned[35] 4 May 2019 Australia Ufuk Talay[36] 4 May 2019
Melbourne City England Warren Joyce End of contract[37] 8 May 2019 France Erick Mombaerts[38] 27 June 2019
Adelaide United Germany Marco Kurz End of contract[39] 10 May 2019 Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek[40] 23 May 2019
Melbourne Victory Australia Kevin Muscat Resigned[41] 23 May 2019 Germany Marco Kurz[42] 28 June 2019
Western United Inaugural manager Australia Mark Rudan[43] 23 May 2019
Newcastle Jets Scotland Ernie Merrick Sacked 6 January 2020 11th Australia Craig Deans
China Qiang Li
(caretakers)[44] 		6 January 2020
Melbourne Victory Germany Marco Kurz Sacked 15 January 2020 6th Spain Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker)[45] 15 January 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Markus Babbel Sacked 20 January 2020 9th Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker)[46] 20 January 2020
Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans
China Qiang Li
(caretakers) 		End of caretaker spell 6 February 2020 11th Wales Carl Robinson[47] 6 February 2020
Adelaide United Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Mutual contract termination[48] 29 April 2020 7th Australia Carl Veart (caretaker)[49] 15 June 2020
Melbourne Victory Spain Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker) Resigned[50] 30 May 2020 10th Scotland Grant Brebner (caretaker)[51] 11 June 2020
Brisbane Roar England Robbie Fowler Resigned 29 June 2020 4th Wales Darren Davies
Australia Warren Moon
(caretakers)[52] 		29 June 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker) Promoted to full time 14 July 2020 9th Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny}[53] 14 July 2020
Brisbane Roar Wales Darren Davies
Australia Warren Moon
(caretakers) 		End of caretaker spell 16 July 2020 4th Australia Warren Moon[54] 16 July 2020

Foreign players[]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United China Chen Yongbin Denmark Michael Jakobsen Norway Kristian Opseth Curaçao Michaël Maria5
Germany Mirko Boland5
Brisbane Roar England Macaulay Gillesphey Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Scotland Tom Aldred Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway England Jamie Young2
New Zealand Max Crocombe2
New Zealand Jai Ingham2 		Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Jair New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Scotland Ziggy Gordon Serbia Milan Đurić New Zealand Gianni Stensness2 South Korea Kim Eun-sun5
Melbourne City Austria Richard Windbichler England Craig Noone France Florin Berenguer Uruguay Adrián Luna Scotland Jack Hendry5
Spain Markel Susaeta5
Uruguay Javier Cabrera
Melbourne Victory Albania Migjen Basha New Zealand Marco Rojas Burundi Elvis Kamsoba2
Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
New Zealand Storm Roux2
South Sudan Kenny Athiu2 		Austria Kristijan Dobras
Denmark Jakob Poulsen5
Germany Tim Hoogland5
Sweden Ola Toivonen5
Newcastle Jets Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Panama Abdiel Arroyo Wales Joe Ledley England Kaine Sheppard1, 5
Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan5
New Zealand Glen Moss2, 5
New Zealand Matthew Ridenton
Northern Ireland Bobby Burns5
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro Spain Juande Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli New Zealand Dane Ingham2 England 1
South Korea Kim Soo-beom5
Switzerland Gregory Wüthrich5
Sydney FC England Adam Le Fondre Germany Alexander Baumjohann New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Serbia Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix England David Ball England Gary Hooper England Steven Taylor Germany Matti Steinmann Mexico Ulises Dávila
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Patrick Ziegler Republic of Ireland Simon Cox Poland Radosław Majewski Switzerland Daniel Lopar Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler Germany Nicolai Müller3
North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski2 		Germany Alexander Meier
Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti Japan Tomoki Imai Poland Filip Kurto Kosovo Besart Berisha1
New Zealand Kwabena Appiah2
New Zealand Andrew Durante2 		Greece Panagiotis Kone
Turkey Ersan Gülüm2
Croatia Dario Jertec5

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);[55]
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);
5Players who left at the end of their contract, which was originally at the end of the season, but became mid-season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia extending the season

Salary cap exemptions and captains[]

Club First Designated Second Designated Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None Denmark Michael Jakobsen[56] None
Brisbane Roar None None Scotland Tom Aldred[57] Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan[57][note 1]
Central Coast Mariners Australia Daniel De Silva[59][60] None Australia Matt Simon[61] None
Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[62] None Australia Scott Jamieson[63] None
Melbourne Victory Sweden Ola Toivonen[64][note 2] Australia Robbie Kruse[66] Sweden Ola Toivonen[67][note 3] None
Newcastle Jets None None Australia Nigel Boogaard[68] Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley[69]
Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[70][71] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[72] Spain Diego Castro[73] None
Sydney FC England Adam Le Fondre[74] None Australia Alex Wilkinson[75] None
Wellington Phoenix England Gary Hooper[76] None England Steven Taylor[77] New Zealand Alex Rufer[78]
Western Sydney Wanderers Germany Alexander Meier[79][note 4] None Australia Mitchell Duke[81] Australia Dylan McGowan[81]
Western United Greece Panagiotis Kone[82][note 5] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[84] Italy Alessandro Diamanti[85] None

Transfers[]

Further information: A-League transfers for 2019–20 season

Regular season[]

Effects of the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic[]

Due to the self isolation requirements after overseas travel imposed by the Australian Government on 16 March, both Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix were required to self-isolate having returned from playing in Wellington on 15 March 2020. This led to four games involving both clubs being postponed.

On 16 March 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the Australian Government of gatherings involving more than 500 people, the FFA announced that the remainder of the season would proceed with all games being played behind closed doors.[86] Wellington Phoenix had intended to relocate for the remainder of the season in Sydney in order to keep playing the remainder of its scheduled games.[87] The season was suspended on 24 March.[2]

The season resumed on 17 July 2020, with almost all of the remaining 27 matches in the regular season played in New South Wales.[4]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[a][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification to Finals Series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.[88]
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results[]

Home \ Away ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN ADE BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 1–0 0–3 1–1
Brisbane Roar 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2
Central Coast Mariners 1–3 0–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Melbourne City 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–0
Melbourne Victory 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–4 0–0 1–2
Newcastle Jets 1–2 1–1 4–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Perth Glory 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 6–2 1–3 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–2
Sydney FC 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1
Wellington Phoenix 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1
Western United 3–4 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 6–2 1–3 5–3
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.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Sydney FC11334221111111111111111–––––1
Melbourne City63211112222222222223222–––––2
Wellington Phoenix111111111111119566644444554433–––––3
Brisbane Roar46109978699101099777666654–––––4
Western United33542455433455566777766–––––5
Perth Glory454556711754333333332345–––––6
Adelaide United910785533345567655445577–––––7
Newcastle Jets86810109978101111111111111111101010109–––––8
Western Sydney Wanderers22123344678788998887888–––––9
Melbourne Victory69677810810878768899999910–––––10
Central Coast Mariners108868106101111991010101010101111111111–––––11
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage, Finals series
Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2, Finals series
Qualification to Finals series
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Notes:
  • Sydney FC's and Western Sydney Wanderers' round 18 match was postponed due to torrential rain.[89] This postponement led to Sydney FC's and Wellington Phoenix's round 21 match being postponed too.[90]

Finals series[]

 
Elimination-finalsSemi-finalsGrand Final
 
          
 
 
 
 
26 August – Sydney
 
 
Sydney FC2
 
22 August – Sydney
 
Perth Glory0
 
Wellington Phoenix0
 
30 August – Sydney
 
Perth Glory1
 
Sydney FC1
 
 
Melbourne City0
 
 
26 August – Sydney
 
 
Melbourne City2
 
23 August – Sydney
 
Western United0
 
Brisbane Roar0
 
 
Western United1
 

Elimination-finals[]

22 August 2020 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 6]
Referee: Alex King
23 August 2020 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Western United Sydney
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 6]
Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals[]

26 August 2020 Melbourne City 2–0 Western United Sydney
17:00 AEST
  • Maclaren Goal 68' (pen.)
  • Imai Goal 84' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Alireza Faghani
26 August 2020 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
20:10 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 3,477
Referee: Alex King

Grand Final[]

See also: 2020 A-League Grand Final
Sydney FC1–0 (a.e.t.)Melbourne City
Grant Goal 100' Report
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Chris Beath


Statistics[]

Attendances[]

By club[]

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.[citation needed]

As of matches played on 14 March 2020.
Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 10 17,366 33,523 12,023 173,662
Western Sydney Wanderers 9 13,729 28,519 9,090 123,559
Sydney FC 10 12,110 18,501 4,099 121,096
Brisbane Roar 10 9,388 12,859 4,121 93,876
Wellington Phoenix 11 8,477 12,198 6,074 93,244
Melbourne City 11 8,397 18,038 2,292 92,363
Perth Glory 9 8,382 11,168 6,177 75,438
Adelaide United 11 8,326 15,347 4,286 91,588
Newcastle Jets 10 7,386 9,154 4,151 73,864
Western United 11 5,653 10,128 2,973 62,185
Central Coast Mariners 10 5,504 8,910 3,773 55,038
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 112 9,428 33,523 2,292 1,055,913

By round[]

2019–20 A-League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 78,600 5 15,720
Round 2 52,966 5 10,593
Round 3 63,373 5 12,675
Round 4 60,180 5 12,036
Round 5 41,585 5 8,317
Round 6 36,964 4 9,241
Round 7 44,882 5 8,976
Round 8 44,395 5 8,879
Round 9 42,443 5 8,489
Round 10 45,171 5 9,034
Round 11 50,314 5 10,063
Round 12 45,534 5 9,107
Round 13 53,061 5 10,612
Round 14 43,997 5 8,799
Round 15 43,366 5 8,673
Round 16 42,947 5 8,589
Round 17 37,738 5 7,548
Round 18 55,717 5 11,143
Round 19 35,300 4 8,825
Round 20 38,227 5 7,645
Round 21 33,032 4 8,258
Round 22 43,804 5 8,761
Round 23 22,317 5 4,463
Elimination finals 0 2 0
Semifinals 5,374 2 2,687
Grand final 7,051 1 7,051

Club membership[]

2019–20 A-League membership figures
Club Members
Adelaide United 7,138
Brisbane Roar 9,883
Central Coast Mariners 6,821
Melbourne City 11,968
Melbourne Victory 23,633
Newcastle Jets 10,344
Perth Glory 10,278
Sydney FC 14,026
Wellington Phoenix 6,625
Western Sydney Wanderers 17,325
Western United 4,786
Total 122,827
Average 11,166

Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats[]

Top scorers[]

Including Finals matches[91]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 23
2 England Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC 21
3 Kosovo Besart Berisha Western United 19
4 Australia Mitchell Duke Western Sydney Wanderers 14
5 Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory 13
6 Mexico Ulises Dávila Wellington Phoenix 12
7 Australia Riley McGree Adelaide United 10
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets
Sweden Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory
10 Australia Ben Halloran Adelaide United 9

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City Brisbane Roar 3–4 17 November 2019 [92]
Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar Melbourne City 4–3 17 November 2019
England Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC Brisbane Roar 5–1 7 December 2019 [93]
Australia Max Burgess Western United Central Coast Mariners 6–2 1 March 2020 [94]
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City Central Coast Mariners 4–2 20 March 2020 [95]

Own goals[]

Player Club Against Round
Australia Dino Djulbic Perth Glory Sydney FC 7
Australia Harrison Delbridge Melbourne City Perth Glory 9
England Steven Taylor Wellington Phoenix Sydney FC 11
Australia Luke DeVere Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners 13
Australia Matthew Millar Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory 13
Australia Kye Rowles Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory 14
Australia Kye Rowles Central Coast Mariners Western United 15
South Korea Kim Eun-sun Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets 18
England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar Melbourne City 21

Clean sheets[]

Including Finals matches[96]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Liam Reddy Perth Glory 9
2 Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC 8
3 Poland Filip Kurto Western United 6
England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar
5 New Zealand Stefan Marinovic Wellington Phoenix 5
Australia Lawrence Thomas Melbourne Victory
7 Australia Tom Glover Melbourne City 4
Australia Lewis Italiano Newcastle Jets
Australia Paul Izzo Adelaide United
10 Australia Dean Bouzanis Melbourne City 3
Switzerland Daniel Lopar Western Sydney Wanderers

Awards[]

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[97]

Monthly awards[]

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
October Germany Markus Babbel[98] Western Sydney Wanderers Switzerland Daniel Lopar[99] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Riley McGree[100] Adelaide United
November Scotland Ernie Merrick[101] Newcastle Jets Mexico Ulises Davila[102] Wellington Phoenix Australia Angus Thurgate[103] Newcastle Jets
December Australia Ufuk Talay[104] Wellington Phoenix Australia Cameron Devlin[105] Wellington Phoenix Australia Reno Piscopo[106] Wellington Phoenix
January England Robbie Fowler[107] Brisbane Roar Switzerland Gregory Wüthrich[108] Perth Glory Australia Cameron Devlin[109] Wellington Phoenix
February England Robbie Fowler[110] Brisbane Roar England David Ball[111] Wellington Phoenix Australia Nicholas D'Agostino[112] Perth Glory
March Australia Matthew Millar[113] Newcastle Jets
July/August Australia Tom Glover[114] Melbourne City

Annual awards[]

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 10 September 2020.[115][116]

Team of the Season[117]
Goalkeeper England Jamie Young (Brisbane Roar)
Defenders Australia Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Australia Alex Wilkinson (Sydney FC) Denmark Michael Jakobsen (Adelaide United) New Zealand Liberato Cacace (Wellington Phoenix)
Midfielders Mexico Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix) Australia Luke Brattan (Sydney FC) Italy Alessandro Diamanti (Western United)
Forwards Kosovo Besart Berisha (Western United) Australia Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) England Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC)
Substitutes Australia Paul Izzo (Adelaide United) England Steven Taylor (Wellington Phoenix) Serbia Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) Australia Riley McGree (Adelaide United) Australia Mitchell Duke (Western Sydney Wanderers)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ O'Donovan was vice-captain until he transferred to Newcastle Jets mid-season on 31 January 2020.[58]
  2. ^ Toivonen left Melbourne Victory and his marquee deal at end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  3. ^ Toivonen was Melbourne Victory's captain until the end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  4. ^ Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[80]
  5. ^ Kone was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western United part-way through on 13 July 2020.[83]
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

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