2021–22 A-League

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A-League
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Season2021–22
Dates30 October 2021–28 May 2022
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The 2021–22 A-League will be the 45th season of national level football in Australia, and the 17th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004.

Melbourne City are the defending champions and defending premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season.

Clubs[]

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Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Wellington Phoenix

12 clubs will participate in the 2021–22 season.

Club City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Moreton Daily Stadium 11,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Sydney Campbelltown Stadium 20,000
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle
Coffs Harbour 		McDonald Jones Stadium
C.ex Coffs International Stadium 		33,000
16,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground
Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		48,000
20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
Auckland 		Sky Stadium
Eden Park 		34,500
50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Bankwest Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne
Ballarat
Launceston
West Footscray 		AAMI Park
Mars Stadium
University of Tasmania Stadium
Whitten Oval 		30,050
11,000
19,500
12,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Stefan Mauk UCAN[1][2] Flinders University[3][2]
Australian Outdoor Living[A][4][5]
Brisbane Roar Australia Warren Moon Scotland Tom Aldred New Balance[6] ActronAir[7]
Central Coast Mariners Scotland Nick Montgomery Australia Oliver Bozanic Paladin Sports[8] MATE[9]
Macarthur FC Australia Ante Milicic TBD Macron[10] Wisdom Homes[11]
Melbourne City Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Australia Scott Jamieson Puma[12] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Australia Leigh Broxham Macron[13] Metricon[14]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas TBD Apelle[15] Inspirations Paint
Perth Glory Australia Richard Garcia Spain Diego Castro Macron[16] BHP[17]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[18] The Star[19]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay TBD Paladin Sports[20] Multi Civil and Rail
Western Sydney Wanderers Wales Carl Robinson TBD Kappa[21] Voltaren[22]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Italy Alessandro Diamanti Kappa[23] Simonds Homes[23]
  • ^
    Away kit.

    • Managerial changes[]

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
    Melbourne Victory Scotland Steve Kean (caretaker) End of contract 10 June 2021 Pre-season Australia Tony Popovic 22 April 2021[24]
    Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans Resigned[25] 3 June 2021 Australia Arthur Papas 28 June 2021[26]
    Western United Australia Mark Rudan Sacked[27] 8 June 2021 Australia John Aloisi 15 July 2021[28]
    Central Coast Mariners Australia Alen Stajcic Resigned[29] 17 June 2021 Scotland Nick Montgomery 2 July 2021[30]

    Foreign players[]

    Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
    Adelaide United Denmark Michael Jakobsen Spain Javi López Spain Juande Spain Isaías1
    Brisbane Roar Argentina Juan Lescano Germany Matti Steinmann Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred
    Central Coast Mariners Costa Rica Marco Ureña France Beni Nkololo Germany Nicolai Müller Japan Cy Goddard
    Macarthur FC England Jordon Mutch England Craig Noone Mexico Ulises Dávila Cyprus Antonis Martis2
    Melbourne City France Florin Berenguer Portugal Nuno Reis North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
    Melbourne Victory Croatia Ivan Kelava New Zealand Marco Rojas Spain
    Newcastle Jets Brazil Daniel Penha Cameroon Olivier Boumal Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze Greece Savvas Siatravanis New Zealand Dane Ingham2
    South Sudan Valentino Yuel2
    Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman Japan Kosuke Ota Spain Diego Castro Spain Adrián Sardinero Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh1
    Sydney FC Brazil Bobô England Adam Le Fondre New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Serbia Miloš Ninković Burundi Elvis Kamsoba2
    Wellington Phoenix England Gary Hooper England David Ball England Steven Taylor
    Western Sydney Wanderers Israel Tomer Hemed Scotland Ziggy Gordon Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
    Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti Japan Tomoki Imai Switzerland Léo Lacroix England Jamie Young2

    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);[31]
    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 Designated Second Designated Captain Vice-Captain
    Adelaide United None None Australia Stefan Mauk[32] None
    Brisbane Roar None None Scotland Tom Aldred[33] None
    Central Coast Mariners None None Australia Oliver Bozanic[34] None
    Macarthur FC None None TBD None
    Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[35] None Australia Scott Jamieson[36] None
    Melbourne Victory New Zealand Marco Rojas[37] Australia Chris Ikonomidis[37] Australia Leigh Broxham[38][39][citation needed] None
    Newcastle Jets None None TBD None
    Perth Glory Spain Diego Castro[40][citation needed] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[41] Spain Diego Castro[42] None
    Sydney FC None None Australia Alex Wilkinson[43] None
    Wellington Phoenix None None TBD New Zealand Alex Rufer[44]
    Western Sydney Wanderers None None TBD None
    Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti[45] None Italy Alessandro Diamanti[45][46] None

    Transfers[]

    Further information: A-League transfers for 2021–22 season

    Regular season[]

    League table[]

    Pos Team
    		 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals series, round of 32,
    and [a]
    2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals series and round of 32[a]
    3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to round of 32[b]
    8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    10 Wellington Phoenix[c] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Source: A-League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
    Notes:
    1. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
    2. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[47]
    3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

    Finals series[]

     
    		Elimination-finalsSemi-finalsGrand Final
     
    		          
     
     
     
     
    		TBD – TBD
     
     
    		1st placed
     
    		TBD – TBD
     
    		Lowest ranked elimination-final winner
     
    		3rd placed
     
    		TBD – TBD
     
    		6th placed
     
    		Highest ranked semi-final winner
     
     
    		Lowest ranked semi-final winner
     
     
    		TBD – TBD
     
     
    		2nd placed
     
    		TBD – TBD
     
    		Highest ranked elimination-final winner
     
    		4th placed
     
     
    		5th placed
     

    Elimination-finals[]

    TBC 3rd placed – 6th placed TBD
    TBC Stadium: TBD
    TBC 4th placed – 5th placed TBD
    TBC Stadium: TBD

    Semi-finals[]

    TBC 1st placed – Lowest ranked elimination-final winner TBD
    TBC Stadium: TBD
    TBC 2nd placed – Highest ranked elimination-final winner TBD
    TBC Stadium: TBD

    Grand Final[]

    See also:
    Highest ranked semi-final winner–Lowest ranked semi-final winner
    TBD, TBD

    References[]

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    2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Reds and UCAN drop new home kit for 2021/22". Adelaide United. 13 September 2021.
    3. ^ "Reds announce Flinders University as new Premier Partner". Adelaide United. 10 October 2019.
    4. ^ "United announce Australian Outdoor Living as Platinum Partner". Adelaide United. 29 September 2020.
    5. ^ "Reds and UCAN reveal eye-catching away kit for 2021/22". Adelaide United. 17 September 2021.
    6. ^ "New Balance to Bring The Roar as new Official Apparel Partner". Brisbane Roar. 6 August 2021.
    7. ^ "Brisbane Roar & ActronAir to Roar for Two More". Brisbane Roar. 18 July 2020.
    8. ^ "Mariners partner with Paladin Sports as official kit supplier". Central Coast Mariners. 10 September 2021.
    9. ^ "MATE become better "mates" with Mariners as they take on role of major sponsor for 2021/22". Central Coast Mariners. 16 September 2021.
    10. ^ "Macarthur FC Lock In Italian Sportwear Giant Macron with Long-term Apparel and Retail Partnership Deal". Macarthur FC. 29 July 2020.
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    13. ^ "Victory joins forces with Macron". Melbourne Victory. 30 July 2021.
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