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A-League Men
Season2022–23
Dates7 October 2022 – 27 May 2023
Matches played5
Goals scored11 (2.2 per match)
Biggest home winMelbourne City 2–1 Western United
(7 October 2022)
WSW 1–0 Perth Glory
(9 October 2022)
Biggest away winSydney FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory
(8 October 2022)
Highest scoringSydney FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory
(8 October 2022)
Longest winning run1 match
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Western Sydney Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run1 match
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Macarthur FC
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers
Longest winless run1 match
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Macarthur FC
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western United
Longest losing run1 match
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Western United
Highest attendance21,840
Sydney FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory
(8 October 2022)
Lowest attendance7,501
Melbourne City 2–1 Western United
(7 October 2022)
Average attendance11,034[1]
All statistics correct as of 9 October 2022.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2022–23 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 18th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 7 October 2022. The season features a mid-season break from 18 November 2022 to 8 December 2022 due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar.[2]

Melbourne City are the defending premiers and Western United are the defending champions.

Clubs

Twelve clubs participate in the 2022–23 season.

Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Moreton Daily Stadium 11,500
Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Mudgee Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium 10,000
Macarthur FC Sydney Campbelltown Stadium 17,500[3]
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
Macedonia Park 5,000
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 42,500[4]
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Sky Stadium 35,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Ballarat Mars Stadium 11,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Craig Goodwin[5] UCAN[6] Flinders University[7]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][8][9]
Brisbane Roar Australia Warren Moon Scotland Tom Aldred New Balance[10] Cars4Us[11][12]
Central Coast Mariners Scotland Nick Montgomery Australia Danny Vukovic[13] Paladin Sports[14] MATE[15]
Macarthur FC Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Mexico Ulises Dávila Kelme[16] ALAND[17]
Melbourne City Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Australia Scott Jamieson Puma[18] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Australia Joshua Brillante Macron[19] Bonza[20]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas England Carl Jenkinson
Australia Matthew Jurman
Australia Brandon O’Neill[21] 		Legend Sportswear[22] Port of Newcastle[23]
Ampcontrol[note 1][22][24]
Perth Glory Australia Ruben Zadkovich Australia Mustafa Amini[25] Macron[26] Evolution Capital[27]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[28] The Star[29]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay New Zealand Alex Rufer Paladin Sports[30] Oppo[31]
Spark[note 1][31]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Mark Rudan Brazil Marcelo[32] Kappa[33] Voltaren[34]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][35]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Italy Alessandro Diamanti[36] Kappa[37] Simonds Homes[37]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Macarthur FC Australia Ante Milicic Resigned[38] 26 April 2022 Pre-season Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke 15 May 2022[39]
Perth Glory Australia Ruben Zadkovich Promoted to full time 2 June 2022 Pre-season Australia Ruben Zadkovich 2 June 2022[40]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United England Zach Clough Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Spain Javi López Spain Juande Spain Isaías1
Brisbane Roar England Charlie Austin Germany Matti Steinmann Japan Riku Danzaki Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred Afghanistan Rahmat Akbari2
Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Moresche Brazil Marco Túlio France Béni Nkololo Ghana Paul Ayongo Nigeria Kelechi John Fiji Dan Hall2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Vanuatu Brian Kaltak3
Macarthur FC Barbados Mario Williams England Craig Noone Georgia (country) Bachana Arabuli Mexico Ulises Dávila Poland Filip Kurto
Melbourne City Finland Thomas Lam France Florin Berenguer Kosovo Valon Berisha Netherlands Richard van der Venne Portugal Nuno Reis
Melbourne Victory Portugal Roderick Miranda Portugal Nani Spain Cadete Spain Rai Marchán North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski2
Newcastle Jets England Carl Jenkinson Georgia (country) Beka Dartsmelia Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze New Zealand James McGarry New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman England Mark Beevers Republic of Ireland Aaron McEneff Israel Ben Azubel Spain Adrián Sardinero New Zealand Keegan Jelacic2
North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
Tunisia Salim Khelifi3
Sydney FC England Adam Le Fondre England Joe Lolley England Jack Rodwell Slovakia Róbert Mak Spain Diego Caballo
Wellington Phoenix Brazil Yan Sasse Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev England David Ball England Scott Wootton Poland Oskar Zawada
Western Sydney Wanderers Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić Brazil Marcelo Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto France Romain Amalfitano Serbia Miloš Ninković Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
Western United Italy Alessandro Diamanti Japan Tomoki Imai Mali Tongo Doumbia Serbia Aleksandar Prijović 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);[41]
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)

Transfers

Further information: A-League Men transfers for 2022–23 season

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 26 16 7 3 61 32 +29 55 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series
3 Adelaide United 26 11 9 6 53 46 +7 42 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 11 8 7 43 27 +16 41
5 Sydney FC 26 11 5 10 40 39 +1 38
6 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 9 8 9 39 45 −6 35
7 Western United 26 9 5 12 34 47 −13 32
8 Brisbane Roar 26 7 9 10 26 33 −7 30
9 Perth Glory 26 7 8 11 36 46 −10 29 Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs
10 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 30 45 −15 29
11 Melbourne Victory 26 8 4 14 29 34 −5 28
12 Macarthur FC 26 7 5 14 31 48 −17 26 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and 2023 Australia Cup play-offs[d]
Source: A-Leagues
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[42]
  2. ^ 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 Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  4. ^ Qualified to the AFC Cup as the 2022 Australia Cup winners.

Fixtures and results

The 2022–23 season sees each team play 26 games, starting on 7 October 2022, and concluding on 30 April 2023, with a mid-season break between 14 November 2022 and 9 December 2022, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[43] This will be followed by a finals series for the top six teams.

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 a a
Brisbane Roar 0–0
Central Coast Mariners a a
Macarthur FC
Melbourne City a 2–1
Melbourne Victory a a a a a
Newcastle Jets a
Perth Glory
Sydney FC 2–3 a a a
Wellington Phoenix 1–1 a
Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 a
Western United a a
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2022. Source: Keepup.com.au
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.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of 9 October 2022
Rank Player Club Goals[44]
1 Australia Joshua Brillante Melbourne Victory 1
Australia Nicholas D'Agostino Melbourne Victory
Australia James Donachie Sydney FC
Australia Ben Halloran Adelaide United
Australia Chris Ikonomidis Melbourne Victory
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić Western Sydney Wanderers
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City
Slovakia Róbert Mak Sydney FC
Australia Nicolas Milanovic Western United
New Zealand Ben Waine Wellington Phoenix

Clean sheets

As of 9 October 2022
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[45]
1 Australia Jordan Holmes Brisbane Roar 1
Poland Filip Kurto Macarthur FC
Australia Lawrence Thomas Western Sydney Wanderers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Away kit

References

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  19. ^ "Victory joins forces with Macron". Melbourne Victory. 30 July 2021.
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  21. ^ "Newcastle Jets announce A-League Men's co-captains for 2022/23 season". Newcastle Jets. 4 October 2022.
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  31. ^ a b "Spark and OPPO double their support for the Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. 22 September 2022.
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  39. ^ "Dwight Yorke appointed as head coach of A-League Men club Macarthur FC". The Guardian. 15 May 2022.
  40. ^ Morgan, Gareth (2 June 2022). "Glory Football Department Restructure Complete". Perth Glory.
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  43. ^ "BOOK IT IN! COMPLETE 2022-23 ISUZU UTE A-LEAGUE SEASON DRAW IS OUT NOW". Keepup.com.au. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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  45. ^ "Player Statistics (Clean Sheets)". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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