2021–22 A-League Men

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A-League Men
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – 28 May 2022
Matches played92
Goals scored257 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Maclaren
(12 goals)
Biggest home winNewcastle Jets 4–0 Wellington Phoenix
(10 December 2021)
Adelaide United 4–0 Wellington Phoenix
(1 January 2022)
Biggest away winMelbourne Victory 0–3 Perth Glory
(5 December 2021)
Macarthur FC 0–3 Sydney FC
(26 December 2021)
Highest scoringMelbourne City 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers
(9 January 2022)
Newcastle Jets 2–4 Melbourne City
(8 February 2022)
Central Coast Mariners 3–3 Macarthur FC
(10 February 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Macarthur FC
Western United
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Western United
Longest winless run7 matches
Central Coast Mariners
Longest losing run4 matches
Wellington Phoenix
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All statistics correct as of 15 March 2022.

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

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

Clubs[]

Twelve clubs participate in the 2021–22 season.

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


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 McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		20,500
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
Auckland
Wollongong 		Sky Stadium
Eden Park
WIN Stadium 		34,500
50,000
23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Geelong
Melbourne
Launceston
Ballarat 		GMHBA Stadium
AAMI Park
UTAS Stadium
Mars Stadium 		36,000
30,000
12,000
11,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Craig Goodwin 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 Mexico Ulises Dávila Macron[10] Wisdom Homes[11]
Melbourne City Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Australia Scott Jamieson Puma[12] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Australia Joshua Brillante Macron[13] Metricon[14]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas Australia Matthew Jurman VIVA[15] Port of Newcastle[15]
Ampcontrol[A][16]
Perth Glory Australia Richard Garcia Australia Brandon O'Neill Macron[17] BHP[18]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[19] The Star[20]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay New Zealand Alex Rufer Paladin Sports[21] Spark[22]
Oppo[A][22]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Mark Rudan Australia Rhys Williams Kappa[23] Voltaren[24]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[A][25]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Italy Alessandro Diamanti Kappa[26] Simonds Homes[26]
  • ^
    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[27]
    Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans Resigned[28] 3 June 2021 Australia Arthur Papas 28 June 2021[29]
    Western United Australia Mark Rudan Sacked[30] 8 June 2021 Australia John Aloisi 15 July 2021[31]
    Central Coast Mariners Australia Alen Stajcic Resigned[32] 17 June 2021 Scotland Nick Montgomery 2 July 2021[33]
    Western Sydney Wanderers Wales Carl Robinson Sacked[34] 30 January 2022 11th Australia Mark Rudan 31 January 2022[35]

    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 England Zach Clough Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Spain Javi López Spain Juande Spain Isaías1
    Brisbane Roar Argentina Juan Lescano Germany Matti Steinmann Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Japan Ryo Wada Scotland Tom Aldred Afghanistan Rahmat Akbari2 New Zealand 2
    Central Coast Mariners Brazil Moresche Costa Rica Marco Ureña France Béni Nkololo Germany Nicolai Müller Japan Cy Goddard Fiji Dan Hall2
    New Zealand Storm Roux2
    Scotland Jason Cummings2
    Macarthur FC England Jordon Mutch England Craig Noone Jamaica Adrian Mariappa Mexico Ulises Dávila Poland Filip Kurto Cyprus Antonis Martis2
    Melbourne City England Carl Jenkinson France Florin Berenguer Italy Manuel Pucciarelli Japan Tsubasa Endoh Portugal Nuno Reis North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
    Melbourne Victory Croatia Ivan Kelava Italy Francesco Margiotta New Zealand Marco Rojas Portugal Roderick Miranda Spain Rai Marchán
    Newcastle Jets Brazil Daniel Penha Cameroon Olivier Boumal Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze Greece Savvas Siatravanis Spain Mario Arqués New Zealand Dane Ingham2
    South Sudan Valentino Yuel2
    Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman England Daniel Sturridge Japan Kosuke Ota Spain Adrián Sardinero Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh1
    Serbia Darko Stanojević2
    Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli1
    Sydney FC Brazil Bobô England Adam Le Fondre Netherlands Luciano Narsingh New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Serbia Miloš Ninković Burundi Elvis Kamsoba2
    Wellington Phoenix England David Ball England Gary Hooper England Scott Wootton Mexico Gael Sandoval North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski2
    Western Sydney Wanderers England Jack Rodwell Israel Tomer Hemed Japan Keijiro Ogawa Scotland Ziggy Gordon Spain Tomás Mejías Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
    Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti Japan Tomoki Imai Serbia Aleksandar Prijović Slovenia Rene Krhin 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);[36]
    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 Captain Vice-captain
    Adelaide United None None Australia Stefan Mauk[37][note 1]
    Australia Craig Goodwin[note 2][39]     		Australia Ryan Kitto[39]
    Spain Isaías[39]
    Brisbane Roar None None Scotland Tom Aldred[40] None
    Central Coast Mariners None None Australia Oliver Bozanic[41] None
    Macarthur FC None None Mexico Ulises Dávila[42] None
    Melbourne City Australia Jamie Maclaren[43] None Australia Scott Jamieson[44] None
    Melbourne Victory New Zealand Marco Rojas[45] Australia Chris Ikonomidis[45] Australia Joshua Brillante[46] Australia Leigh Broxham
    Portugal Roderick Miranda
    Newcastle Jets None None Australia Matthew Jurman[47] None
    Perth Glory England Daniel Sturridge[48] Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli[49] Australia Brandon O'Neill[50] None
    Sydney FC None None Australia Alex Wilkinson[51] None
    Wellington Phoenix None None New Zealand Alex Rufer[52] New Zealand Oliver Sail[52]
    Western Sydney Wanderers None None Australia Rhys Williams[53] None
    Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti[54] None Italy Alessandro Diamanti[54] Australia Josh Risdon[54]

    Transfers[]

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

    Regular season[]

    League table[]

    Pos Team
    		 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Melbourne City 18 9 6 3 38 26 +12 33 Qualification to Finals series, 2022 Australia Cup round of 32,
    and 2023 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
    2 Western United 16 10 3 3 21 14 +7 33 Qualification to Finals series, 2022 Australia Cup round of 32,
    and 2023 AFC Cup group stage[a]
    3 Adelaide United 17 7 6 4 27 22 +5 27 Qualification to Finals series and 2022 Australia Cup round of 32[a]
    4 Macarthur FC 16 7 4 5 26 26 0 25
    5 Melbourne Victory 14 6 4 4 20 17 +3 22
    6 Sydney FC 17 5 6 6 21 21 0 21
    7 Wellington Phoenix[b] 14 6 3 5 19 22 −3 21 Qualification to 2022 Australia Cup round of 32[c]
    8 Central Coast Mariners 15 4 4 7 20 22 −2 16
    9 Newcastle Jets 15 4 3 8 24 28 −4 15
    10 Western Sydney Wanderers 15 4 3 8 16 23 −7 15
    11 Brisbane Roar 14 4 2 8 14 21 −7 14
    12 Perth Glory 15 3 4 8 12 16 −4 13
    Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2022. Source: A-League Men
    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.
    Notes:
    1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
    3. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[55]

    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 30 Apr 2–1 8 Apr 2–2 1–2 2–1 TBD 1–2 4–0 TBD 23 Apr 2–2 2 Apr
    Brisbane Roar 0–0 TBD 3–1 TBD TBD 3 Apr 1–0 25 Apr 2–1 3–0 26 Mar 1–3 6 Apr
    Central Coast Mariners 26 Mar 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 TBD 1–1 2–0 TBD 2–0 30 Apr 19 Mar 9 Apr
    Macarthur FC 4–1 15 Apr 1–0 26 Mar 23 Apr 2–1 TBD 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 1 May 3–1
    Melbourne City 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 TBD 1 Apr 3–3 0–1 19 Mar 2–2
    Melbourne Victory 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 9 Apr 1–2 0–3 2–2 29 Apr 27 Mar 3–1 TBD TBD
    Newcastle Jets 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–4 16 Apr 10 Apr 25 Mar 4–0 1–0 TBD 23 Apr 18 Mar
    Perth Glory 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 TBD 6 Apr TBD 0–2 TBD 2 Apr 0–2 1–2 19 Mar
    Sydney FC 19 Apr 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 TBD 2–2 1–2 2–1 16 Apr 1–1 2 Apr TBD
    Wellington Phoenix 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 TBD 1–0 3–2 26 Mar 1–1 0–2 2–1 16 Apr 24 Apr
    Western Sydney Wanderers 20 Mar 9 Apr TBD 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 TBD 0–1 20 Apr 2–0
    Western United 1–0 1–0 2 Apr 19 Apr 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 TBD 3–2 2–2 16 Apr
    Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2022. 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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
    Melbourne City1264555666772221
    Western United12633233333321112
    Macarthur FC4411122222235733
    Adelaide United4781011118877446344
    Melbourne Victory3122311111114665
    Sydney FC8111111766554553456
    Wellington Phoenix43791010121212129107577
    Newcastle Jets109106679999101110988
    Perth Glory41058997788891212109
    Western Sydney Wanderers88478810101010111298910
    Central Coast Mariners1595444445668101111
    Brisbane Roar1012121212121111111212811111212
    Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage, Finals series, Australia Cup round of 32
    Qualification to AFC Cup group stage, Finals series, Australia Cup round of 32
    Qualification to Finals series, Australia Cup round of 32
    Qualification to Australia Cup round of 32
    Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2022. Source: ultimatealeague.com

    Finals series[]

    Format[]

    The finals series consists of six teams who are placed by rank, as determined at the end of the regular season. The finals series runs over four weeks. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged ties played over two weeks. The two winners of those matches meet in the grand final.[56] This season is the first in this format.

      Elimination-finals   Semi-finals   Grand Final
                                   
      3 3rd placed   1 1st placed  
      6 6th placed   Lower ranked elimination-final winner    
      (Pairings are reseeded after the first round)     Higher ranked semi-final winner
          Lower ranked semi-final winner
      4 4th placed   2 2nd placed    
      5 5th placed   Higher ranked elimination-final winner      

    Elimination-finals[]

    3rd placedv6th placed
    TBD
    4th placedv5th placed
    TBD

    Semi-finals[]

    Summary

    Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    13–15 May 20–22 May
    13–15 May 20–22 May

    Matches

    Lowest ranked elimination-final winnerv1st placed
    TBD
    1st placedvLowest ranked elimination-final winner
    TBD
    Highest ranked elimination-final winnerv2nd placed
    TBD
    2nd placedvHighest ranked elimination-final winner
    TBD

    Grand Final[]

    See also:
    Highest ranked semi-final winnervLowest ranked semi-final winner
    TBD

    Statistics[]

    Top scorers[]

    As of 15 March 2022[57]
    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 12
    2 Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze Newcastle Jets 8
    3 Australia Nicholas D'Agostino Melbourne Victory 7
    Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory
    5 Australia Craig Goodwin Adelaide United 6
    Australia Mathew Leckie Melbourne City
    7 Australia Nikola Mileusnic Brisbane Roar 5
    Serbia Aleksandar Prijović Western United
    Australia Angus Thurgate Newcastle Jets
    10 France Florin Berenguer Melbourne City 4
    Brazil Bobô Sydney FC
    Australia Oliver Bozanic Central Coast Mariners
    Australia Anthony Caceres Sydney FC
    Mexico Ulises Dávila Macarthur FC
    Israel Tomer Hemed Western Sydney Wanderers
    England Gary Hooper Wellington Phoenix
    Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Adelaide United
    Australia Steven Lustica Western United
    Australia Andrew Nabbout Melbourne City
    Australia Jaushua Sotirio Wellington Phoenix
    South Sudan Valentino Yuel Newcastle Jets

    Clean sheets[]

    As of 15 March 2022[58]
    Rank Player Club Clean sheets
    1 England Jamie Young Western United 8
    2 Poland Filip Kurto Macarthur FC 4
    3 Australia Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners 3
    Australia Macklin Freke Brisbane Roar
    Croatia Ivan Kelava Melbourne Victory
    Spain Tomás Mejías Western Sydney Wanderers
    Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC
    8 Australia Jack Duncan Newcastle Jets 2
    Australia Tom Glover Melbourne City
    Australia Daniel Margush Western Sydney Wanderers
    New Zealand Oliver Sail Wellington Phoenix

    See also[]

    Notes[]

    1. ^ Mauk was captain of Adelaide United until his transfer to Fagiano Okayama on 27 February 2022.[38]
    2. ^ Goodwin replaced Mauk as captain of Adelaide United on 5 March 2022.

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