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2021–22 A-League Men

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

A-League Men
Season2021–22
Dates19 November 2021 – 28 May 2022
ChampionsWestern United (1st title)
PremiersMelbourne City (2nd title)
Matches played163
Goals scored473 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Maclaren
(regular season, 15 goals)
Jamie Maclaren
(overall, 16 goals)
Biggest home winWestern United 6–0 Perth Glory
(16 April 2022)
Biggest away winWellington Phoenix 0–6 Melbourne City
(2 April 2022)
Highest scoringNewcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory
(10 April 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
Adelaide United
Central Coast Mariners
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Melbourne Victory
Longest winless run16 matches
Perth Glory
Longest losing run6 matches
Perth Glory
Highest attendance23,118
WSW 0–0 Sydney FC
(20 November 2021)
Lowest attendance38
Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Brisbane Roar
(16 February 2022)
Average attendance5,602[1] ( 143)
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

Melbourne City were the defending champions and premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season. They retained the premiership, but lost the Grand Final to first-time grand finalists Western United.

Clubs

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Twelve clubs participated 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
Mudgee Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium 10,000
Macarthur FC Sydney Campbelltown Stadium 20,000
BlueBet Stadium 22,500
Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
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
Launceston UTAS Stadium 19,000
Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Wellington Phoenix Auckland Eden Park 50,000
Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,059
Sydney Netstrata Jubilee Oval 20,500
Leichhardt Oval 20,000
Campbelltown Stadium 20,000
Endeavour Field 22,000
Wellington Sky Stadium 34,500
Wollongong WIN Stadium 23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Ballarat Mars Stadium 11,000
Morshead Park 8,500
Geelong GMHBA Stadium 26,000[a]
Launceston UTAS Stadium 19,000
Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United   Carl Veart   Craig Goodwin UCAN[5] Flinders University[6][7]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][8][9]
Brisbane Roar   Warren Moon   Tom Aldred New Balance[10] ActronAir[11]
Central Coast Mariners   Nick Montgomery   Oliver Bozanic Paladin Sports[12] MATE[13]
Macarthur FC   Ante Milicic   Ulises Dávila Macron[14] Wisdom Homes[15]
Melbourne City   Patrick Kisnorbo   Scott Jamieson Puma[16] Etihad Airways[17][18]
Melbourne Victory   Tony Popovic   Joshua Brillante Macron[19] Metricon[20]
Newcastle Jets   Arthur Papas   Matthew Jurman VIVA[21] Port of Newcastle[21]
Ampcontrol[note 2][22]
Perth Glory   Ruben Zadkovich   Brandon O'Neill Macron[23] BHP[24]
Sydney FC   Steve Corica   Alex Wilkinson Under Armour[25] The Star[26]
Wellington Phoenix   Ufuk Talay   Alex Rufer Paladin Sports[27] Spark[28]
Oppo[note 3][28]
Western Sydney Wanderers   Marko Rudan   Rhys Williams Kappa[29] Voltaren[30]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 4][31]
Western United   John Aloisi   Alessandro Diamanti Kappa[32] Simonds Homes[32]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Melbourne Victory   Steve Kean (caretaker) End of contract 10 June 2021 Pre-season   Tony Popovic 22 April 2021[33]
Newcastle Jets   Craig Deans Resigned[34] 3 June 2021   Arthur Papas 28 June 2021[35]
Western United   Marko Rudan Sacked[36] 8 June 2021   John Aloisi 15 July 2021[37]
Central Coast Mariners   Alen Stajcic Resigned[38] 17 June 2021   Nick Montgomery 2 July 2021[39]
Western Sydney Wanderers   Carl Robinson Sacked[40] 30 January 2022 11th   Marko Rudan 31 January 2022[41]
Perth Glory   Richard Garcia Sacked[42] 20 March 2022 12th   Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) 20 March 2022[42]

Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United   Michael Jakobsen   Zach Clough   Hiroshi Ibusuki   Juande   Javi López   Isaías1
Brisbane Roar   Juan Lescano   Matti Steinmann   Jay O'Shea   Ryo Wada   Tom Aldred   Rahmat Akbari2
  Jack Hingert2 		  Aidan Munford2
Central Coast Mariners   Moresche   Marco Ureña   Béni Nkololo   Nicolai Müller   Cy Goddard   Dan Hall2
  Storm Roux2
  Jason Cummings2
Macarthur FC   Jordon Mutch   Craig Noone   Adrian Mariappa   Ulises Dávila   Filip Kurto   Antonis Martis2
Melbourne City   Carl Jenkinson   Florin Berenguer   Manuel Pucciarelli   Tsubasa Endoh   Nuno Reis   Stefan Colakovski2
Melbourne Victory   Ivan Kelava   Francesco Margiotta   Marco Rojas   Roderick Miranda   Rai Marchán
Newcastle Jets   Daniel Penha   Olivier Boumal   Beka Mikeltadze   Savvas Siatravanis   Mario Arqués   Dane Ingham2
  Valentino Yuel2
Perth Glory   Darryl Lachman   Daniel Sturridge   Kosuke Ota   Adrián Sardinero   Andy Keogh1
  Darko Stanojević2
Sydney FC   Bobô   Adam Le Fondre   Luciano Narsingh   Kosta Barbarouses   Miloš Ninković   Elvis Kamsoba2
Wellington Phoenix   David Ball   Gary Hooper   Scott Wootton   Gael Sandoval   Matthew Bozinovski2
Western Sydney Wanderers   Jack Rodwell   Tomer Hemed   Keijiro Ogawa   Ziggy Gordon   Tomás Mejías   Adama Traoré1
Western United   Alessandro Diamanti   Tomoki Imai   Aleksandar Prijović   Rene Krhin   Léo Lacroix   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);[43]
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

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Club First Marquee Second Marquee Designated Player Captain Vice-captain
Adelaide United None None None   Stefan Mauk[44][note 5]
  Craig Goodwin[note 6][46] 		  Ryan Kitto[46]
  Isaías[46]
Brisbane Roar None None None   Tom Aldred[47] None
Central Coast Mariners None None None   Oliver Bozanic[48] None
Macarthur FC None None None   Ulises Dávila[49] None
Melbourne City   Jamie Maclaren[50] None None   Scott Jamieson[51] None
Melbourne Victory   Marco Rojas[52]   Chris Ikonomidis[52]   Roderick Miranda[53]   Joshua Brillante[54]   Roderick Miranda[55]
Newcastle Jets None None   Beka Mikeltadze[53]   Matthew Jurman[56] None
Perth Glory   Daniel Sturridge[57]   Bruno Fornaroli[58]   Adrián Sardinero[53]   Brandon O'Neill[59] None
Sydney FC None None None   Alex Wilkinson[60] None
Wellington Phoenix None None None   Alex Rufer[61]   Oliver Sail[61]
Western Sydney Wanderers None None None   Rhys Williams[62] None
Western United   Alessandro Diamanti[63] None None   Alessandro Diamanti[63]   Josh Risdon[63]

Transfers

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

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 26 14 7 5 55 33 +22 49 Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[b]
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 +17 48 Qualification for finals series[c]
3 Western United (C) 26 13 6 7 40 30 +10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 +7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 +14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix[d] 26 12 3 11 34 49 −15 39
7 Macarthur FC 26 9 6 11 38 47 −9 33
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[e]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 −10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 −23 18
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. ^ The stadium will be undergoing construction during the season, which will reduce the stadium's capacity to around 26,000.[2][3] The stadium will have a capacity of 40,000 once construction is complete.[4]
  2. ^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[64] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  5. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[65]

Fixtures and results

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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 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–1
Brisbane Roar 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–3 0–3
Central Coast Mariners 3–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 0–5
Macarthur FC 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1
Melbourne City 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–2
Melbourne Victory 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Newcastle Jets 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–4 1–2 6–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 4–0
Perth Glory 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–4
Sydney FC 2–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–0
Wellington Phoenix 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–6 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 1–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 2–0
Western United 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 3–2 2–2 6–0
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.

AFC Champions League qualification

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Due to the re-formatting of the AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn),[66] the qualification for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of which of the Premiers for the current season or the following season accrues the most combined points over both seasons.[67] Melbourne City won the Premiership in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons,[68] thereby automatically qualifying for the Champions League.

Finals series

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Main article: 2022 A-League Men finals series

Format

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The finals series, which ran over three weeks, consisted of the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The first and second placed teams chose whether they would play home or away in the first leg.[69] The two winners of those matches meet in the Grand Final.[70] This season was the first to use this format.

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
4 Adelaide United 0 1 1
4 Adelaide United 3 1 Melbourne City (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
5 Central Coast Mariners 1 1 Melbourne City 0
3 Western United 2
3 Western United 0 4 4
3 Western United 1 2 Melbourne Victory 1 1 2
6 Wellington Phoenix 0

Elimination-finals

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Western United1–0Wellington Phoenix
Prijović   10' Report
Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Alex King
Adelaide United3–1Central Coast Mariners
 Report Roux   71'
Attendance: 10,113
Referee: Daniel Elder

Semi-finals

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Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melbourne City 2–1 Adelaide United 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Melbourne Victory 2–4 Western United 1–0 1–4

Matches

Western United0–1Melbourne Victory
Report Brimmer   74'
Attendance: 7,295
Melbourne Victory1–4Western United
Brimmer   37' Report
Attendance: 15,349
Referee: Alex King

Western United won 4–2 on aggregate.

Adelaide United0–0Melbourne City
Report
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Chris Beath
Melbourne City2–1 (a.e.t.)Adelaide United
 Report Clough   48'
Attendance: 9,347

Melbourne City won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

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Main article: 2022 A-League Men Grand Final
Melbourne City0–2Western United
Report
Attendance: 22,495
Referee: Chris Beath

Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[71]
1   Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 15
2   Beka Mikeltadze Newcastle Jets 13
3   Jason Cummings Central Coast Mariners 10
  Nicholas D'Agostino Melbourne Victory
  Aleksandar Prijović Western United
  Craig Goodwin Adelaide United
7   Mathew Leckie Melbourne City 9
8   Bruno Fornaroli Perth Glory 8
9   Ulises Dávila Macarthur FC 7
  Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC
  Beni Nkololo Central Coast Mariners
  Marco Ureña Central Coast Mariners

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of A-League Men hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Adam Le Fondre Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 5–0 (A) 9 April 2022 [72]
  Beka Mikeltadze Newcastle Jets Perth Glory 6–1 (H) 10 April 2022 [73]
  Lachlan Wales Western United Perth Glory 6–0 (H) 16 April 2022 [74]
Key
(A) Away team
(H) Home team

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets[75]
1   Jamie Young Western United 10
2   Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners 9
3   Ivan Kelava Melbourne Victory 7
4   Tom Glover Melbourne City 6
5   Oliver Sail Wellington Phoenix 5
6   Jack Duncan Newcastle Jets 4
  Joe Gauci Adelaide United
  Filip Kurto Macarthur FC
  Liam Reddy Perth Glory
  Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC

Awards

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Annual awards

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The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.[76]

Award Winner Club
Johnny Warren Medal   Jake Brimmer Melbourne Victory
Young Footballer of the Year   Angus Thurgate Newcastle Jets
Golden Boot Award   Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City
Goalkeeper of the Year   Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners
Coach of the Year   Tony Popovic Melbourne Victory
Goal of the Year   Ben Garuccio Western United
Referee of the Year   Alex King

Team of the season

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Team of the season[77]
Goalkeeper   Mark Birighitti (Central Coast Mariners)
Defenders   Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory)   Léo Lacroix (Western United)   Curtis Good (Melbourne City)   Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory)
Midfielders   Florin Berenguer (Melbourne City)   Joshua Brillante (Melbourne Victory)   Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United)
Forwards   Nick D'Agostino (Melbourne Victory)   Jake Brimmer (Melbourne Victory)   Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)
Substitutes   Jamie Young (Western United)   Ben Garuccio (Western United)   Javi López (Adelaide United)   Connor Metcalfe (Melbourne City)   Ulises Dávila (Macarthur FC)   Daniel Penha (Newcastle Jets)   Neil Kilkenny (Western United)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Away kit
  2. ^ Away kit
  3. ^ Away kit
  4. ^ Away kit
  5. ^ Mauk was captain of Adelaide United until his transfer to Fagiano Okayama on 27 February 2022.[45]
  6. ^ Goodwin replaced Mauk as captain of Adelaide United on 5 March 2022.

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