2013–14 A-League

The 2013–14 A-League was the 37th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the ninth of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 11 October 2013, with Western Sydney Wanderers as the defending A-League Premiers and Central Coast Mariners as the defending A-League Champions. The regular season concluded on 13 April 2014, with Brisbane Roar crowned Premiers. The 2014 Grand Final took place on 4 May 2014, with Brisbane Roar claiming their third Championship with a 2–1 win in extra time against Western Sydney Wanderers.

This was the first A-League season to be broadcast on free-to-air television, after SBS obtained the rights to a live Friday night game each week of the season, and all finals games on a one-hour delay, on a $160 million four-year broadcast deal.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 17,000 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500 Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,119 Melbourne Heart Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad StadiumAAMI Park 56,34730,050 Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000 Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium 20,500 Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Pirtek Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner Adelaide United Josep Gombau Eugene Galeković Kappa Veolia Brisbane Roar Mike Mulvey Matt Smith Puma The Coffee Club Central Coast Mariners Phil Moss John Hutchinson Kappa Masterfoods Melbourne Heart John van 't Schip Harry Kewell Kappa Westpac Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Mark Milligan Adidas Adecco Newcastle Jets Clayton Zane Ruben Zadkovich ISC Hunter Ports Perth Glory Kenny Lowe Jacob Burns Macron QBE Insurance Sydney FC Frank Farina Alessandro Del Piero Adidas Webjet Wellington Phoenix Ernie Merrick Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei Western Sydney Wanderers Tony Popovic Michael Beauchamp Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Adelaide United (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 30 April 2013Pre-season 30 April 2013 Wellington Phoenix (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 20 May 2013 20 May 2013 Melbourne Victory Signed by Australia 31 October 2013 4th 31 October 2013 Central Coast Mariners Signed by Vegalta Sendai 14 November 2013 5th 14 November 2013 Perth Glory Sacked 17 December 2013 7th (caretaker) 20 December 2013 Melbourne Heart Sacked 29 December 2013 10th 30 December 2013 Newcastle Jets Mutual termination 20 January 2014 7th (caretaker) 20 January 2014

Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Marcelo Carrusca Jerónimo Neumann Fábio Ferreira Sergio Cirio Isaías Cássio1 Brisbane Roar Besart Berisha Henrique Jean Carlos Solórzano Thomas Broich Liam Miller Jack Hingert2 Central Coast Mariners Marcos Flores Marcel Seip Nick Montgomery Kim Seung-Yong John Hutchinson2 Storm Roux2 Michael McGlinchey Melbourne Heart Jonatan Germano Patrick Gerhardt Orlando Engelaar Rob Wielaert Iain Ramsay2 Michael Mifsud Melbourne Victory Guilherme Finkler Pablo Contreras Adama Traore Kosta Barbarouses Jonathan Bru Newcastle Jets Michael Bridges Emile Heskey Kew Jaliens Perth Glory Sidnei William Gallas Darvydas Šernas Steven McGarry Nebojša Marinković Shane Smeltz2 Ryo Nagai Sydney FC Alessandro Del Piero Ranko Despotović Miloš Dimitrijević Nikola Petković Vedran Janjetović1 Ali Abbas1 Terry McFlynn1 Tiago Calvano Yairo Yau Wellington Phoenix Paul Ifill Stein Huysegems Kenny Cunningham Carlos Hernández Albert Riera Roy Krishna3 Shaun Timmins3 Manny Muscat2 Western Sydney Wanderers Mateo Poljak Jérome Polenz Iacopo La Rocca Shinji Ono Youssouf Hersi Kwabena Appiah2 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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian citizens (and 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 ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains Club Australian Marquee International Marquee Captain Vice-Captain Adelaide United None None Eugene Galekovic Cássio Brisbane Roar Matt McKay Thomas Broich Matt Smith Shane Stefanutto Central Coast Mariners None None John Hutchinson Michael McGlinchey Melbourne Heart David Williams Orlando Engelaar Harry Kewell Rob Wielaert Melbourne Victory Archie Thompson Pablo Contreras Mark Milligan Leigh Broxham Newcastle Jets None Emile Heskey Ruben Zadkovich Kew Jaliens Perth Glory Shane Smeltz William Gallas Jacob Burns Michael Thwaite Sydney FC Brett Emerton Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Brett Emerton Terry McFlynn Wellington Phoenix None None Andrew Durante Ben Sigmund Western Sydney Wanderers None Shinji Ono Michael Beauchamp Nikolai Topor-Stanley

Regular season

League table

Home and away season The 2013–14 season will see each team play 27 games, kicking off on 11 October 2013, and concluding on 13 April 2014.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Adam TaggartNewcastle Jets162 James TroisiMelbourne Victory12 David WilliamsMelbourne Heart4 Besart BerishaBrisbane Roar115 Alessandro Del PieroSydney FC10 Stein HuysegemsWellington Phoenix7 Fábio FerreiraAdelaide United9 Jerónimo NeumannAdelaide United9 Sergio CirioAdelaide United8 Gui FinklerMelbourne Victory Tomi JuricWestern Sydney Wanderers Archie ThompsonMelbourne Victory

Own goals PlayerTeamAgainstWeek Justin Pasfield Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets 4 James Donachie Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 11 Mitch Nichols Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets 14 Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Heart 19 Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory Perth Glory 23 Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets 26 Zachary Anderson Central Coast Mariners Perth Glory 26

Attendances 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.

Top 10 Season Attendances Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day 51,153 GF 4 May 2014 Brisbane Roar 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium Sunday Night 45,202 1 12 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Saturday Night 40,388 3 26 October 2013 Sydney FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night 40,285 22 8 March 2014 Sydney FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night 28,350 SF 27 April 2014 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium Sunday Night 26,491 11 21 December 2013 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night 25,546 21 1 March 2014 Melbourne Heart 4–0 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night 24,354 16 26 January 2014 Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium Sunday Afternoon 23,226 4 4 November 2013 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium Monday Night 22,133 12 28 December 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park Saturday Night

Discipline The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

Current as of 13 April 2014

Awards

End-of-season awards Johnny Warren Medal – Thomas Broich, Brisbane Roar NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Adam Taggart, Newcastle Jets Nike Golden Boot Award – Adam Taggart, Newcastle Jets (16 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United Manager of the Year – Mike Mulvey, Brisbane Roar Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar Referee of the Year – Peter Green Goal of the Year – Orlando Engelaar, Melbourne Heart (Melbourne Heart v Central Coast Mariners, 23 March 2014)

2013–14 A-League

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