2023–24 A-League Men

The 2023–24 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. This season was the last as a 12-team competition, with expansion to 13 teams from 2024–25 with the inclusion of Auckland FC.

Central Coast Mariners were the premiers and champions this season.

Clubs Stadiums and locations Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season. Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

ClubCityHome groundCapacityAdelaide UnitedAdelaideCoopers Stadium16,500Brisbane RoarBrisbaneSuncorp Stadium52,500BrisbaneBallymore Stadium6,000Central Coast MarinersGosfordIndustree Group Stadium20,059Macarthur FCCampbelltownCampbelltown Sports Stadium17,500Melbourne CityMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Melbourne VictoryMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Newcastle JetsNewcastleMcDonald Jones Stadium30,000Perth GloryPerthHBF Park20,500Sydney FCSydneyAllianz Stadium42,500Wellington PhoenixWellingtonSky Stadium35,000AucklandGo Media Mount Smart Stadium30,000AucklandEden Park50,000Western Sydney WanderersParramattaCommBank Stadium30,000Western UnitedMelbourneAAMI Park30,050BallaratMars Stadium11,000HobartNorth Hobart Oval10,000TarneitWyndham Regional Football Facility5,000

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Adelaide United Carl Veart Ryan Kitto UCAN Flinders UniversityAustralian Outdoor Living Brisbane Roar Ruben Zadkovich Tom Aldred New Balance OutKast Central Coast Mariners Mark Jackson Danny Vukovic Cikers MATE Macarthur FC Mile Sterjovski Ulises Dávila Kelme Pennytel Melbourne City Aurelio Vidmar (caretaker) Jamie Maclaren Puma Etihad Airways Melbourne Victory Tony Popovic Roderick Miranda Macron BonzaAIA (finals series) Newcastle Jets Robert Stanton Brandon O'Neill Legend Sportswear Port of NewcastleAmpcontrol Perth Glory Alen Stajcic Mark Beevers Adam Taggart Macron VacantLa Vida Homes (from round 21 onwards) Sydney FC Ufuk Talay Luke Brattan Under Armour Macquarie University Wellington Phoenix Giancarlo Italiano Alex Rufer Paladin Sports Oppo Spark Western Sydney Wanderers Marko Rudan Marcelo Adidas VoltarenTurner Freeman Lawyers Western United John Aloisi Josh Risdon Kappa Sharp

Melbourne Victory's shirt sponsor was changed to AIA for the finals series after Bonza entered voluntary administration on 30 April 2024.

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Brisbane Roar (caretaker) End of contract 2 May 2023 Pre-season 2 May 2023 Wellington Phoenix End of contract 6 May 2023 6 May 2023 Perth Glory Resigned 2 June 2023 (caretaker) 12 July 2023 Newcastle Jets Resigned 19 June 2023 26 June 2023 Perth Glory (caretaker) End of contract 3 August 2023 3 August 2023 Central Coast Mariners Signed by Hibernian 11 September 2023 (caretaker) 11 September 2023 (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 27 September 2023 27 September 2023 Melbourne City Mutual termination 1 November 2023 12th (caretaker) 1 November 2023 Sydney FC Mutual termination 7 November 2023 12th 8 November 2023 Brisbane Roar Signed by Shanghai Port as assistant coach 24 December 2023 5th (caretaker) 24 December 2023 (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 1 January 2024 7th 1 January 2024 Indefinite leave 1 February 2024 9th (caretaker) 1 February 2024 (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/A 8th 22 April 2024

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Zach Clough Ryan Tunnicliffe Hiroshi Ibusuki Javi López Austin Ayoubi2 Isaías1 Brisbane Roar Florin Berenguer Jay O'Shea Marco Rojas Tom Aldred1 Ayom Majok2 Jack Hingert2 Central Coast Mariners Ronald Barcellos Mikael Doka Ángel Torres Ryan Edmondson Brian Kaltak William Wilson2 Dan Hall2 Storm Roux2 Marco Túlio Macarthur FC Valère Germain Ulises Dávila Clayton Lewis Tommy Smith Filip Kurto Charles M'Mombwa2 Melbourne City Léo Natel Vicente Fernández Samuel Souprayen Tolgay Arslan Nuno Reis Marin Jakoliš2 Jamie Young2 Hamza Sakhi Melbourne Victory Roly Bonevacia Damien Da Silva Zinédine Machach Roderick Miranda Salim Khelifi Adama Traoré1 Matthew Bozinovski2 Rai Marchán Newcastle Jets Carl Jenkinson Jason Berthomier Lachlan Bayliss2 Dane Ingham2 Perth Glory Darryl Lachman Mark Beevers Antonis Martis2 Oliver Sail2 Stefan Colakovski2 Aaron McEneff Salim Khelifi Sydney FC Fábio Gomes Gabriel Lacerda Joe Lolley Jack Rodwell Róbert Mak Wellington Phoenix Bozhidar Kraev Youstin Salas David Ball Scott Wootton Oskar Zawada Mohamed Al-Taay2 Western Sydney Wanderers Marcelo Sonny Kittel Jorrit Hendrix Marcus Antonsson Dylan Scicluna2 Miloš Ninković1 Valentino Yuel2 Western United Daniel Penha Riku Danzaki Tomoki Imai 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); 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)

Regular season The 2023–24 season saw each team play 27 games followed by a finals series for the top six teams. League table

Fixtures and results

Finals series

The finals series was held in mostly the same format as the previous year, run over four weeks, involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams will each play an elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches will meet in the Grand Final. The previous format, which saw Sydney hosting the Grand Final until the 2024–25 season, was overturned in October 2023, reverting back to the higher-ranked semi-final winner hosting the match.

Bracket

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals Summary

Matches

Central Coast Mariners won 2–1 on aggregate.

Melbourne Victory won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

Regular season statistics Top scorers . RankPlayerClubGoals1Perth Glory202Melbourne Victory183Newcastle Jets174Adelaide United155Melbourne City13Wellington PhoenixCentral Coast Mariners8Macarthur FC129Sydney FC11Sydney FC

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref. Bruno Fornaroli4Melbourne VictoryNewcastle Jets5–3 (H)29 October 2023 Oskar ZawadaWellington PhoenixBrisbane Roar5–2 (H)4 November 2023 Bruno Fornaroli4Melbourne VictoryWestern Sydney Wanderers3–4 (A)10 December 2023 Ángel TorresCentral Coast MarinersMelbourne City3–3 (A)17 December 2023 Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityBrisbane Roar 8–1 (H)28 December 2023 Ulises Dávila Macarthur FC Western United 3–3 (N) 12 January 2024 Hiroshi IbusukiAdelaide UnitedSydney FC4–3 (N)13 January 2024 Valère Germain Macarthur FC Western Sydney Wanderers 4–3 (H) 4 February 2024 Nestory IrankundaAdelaide UnitedWestern United4–1 (H)29 March 2024 Tolgay ArslanMelbourne CityPerth Glory 8–0 (H)14 April 2024

Key4Player scored four goals(H)Home team(A)Away team(N)Neutral ground

Clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperClubClean sheets1 Danny VukovicCentral Coast Mariners122 Alex PaulsenWellington Phoenix113 Jamie YoungMelbourne City104 Paul IzzoMelbourne Victory65 Filip KurtoMacarthur FC5 Ryan ScottNewcastle Jets Lawrence ThomasWestern Sydney Wanderers8 Macklin FrekeBrisbane Roar39 Joe GauciAdelaide United2 Daniel MargushWestern Sydney Wanderers Andrew RedmayneSydney FC

Awards Annual awards +AwardWinnerClub Johnny Warren Medal Josh NisbetCentral Coast MarinersYoung Footballer of the Year Nestory Irankunda Alex PaulsenAdelaide United Wellington PhoenixGolden Boot Award Adam TaggartPerth GloryGoalkeeper of the Year Alex PaulsenWellington PhoenixGoal of the Year Bruno FornaroliMelbourne VictorySave of the Year Danny VukovicCentral Coast MarinersPlaymaker of the Year Anthony CaceresSydney FCFan Player of the Year Alex PaulsenWellington PhoenixCoach of the Year Mark JacksonCentral Coast MarinersFair Play AwardNewcastle JetsReferee of the Year Alex King Club awards Club Player of the Season Adelaide United Zach Clough Brisbane Roar Macklin Freke Central Coast Mariners Max Balard Macarthur FC Jake Hollman Melbourne City Tolgay Arslan Melbourne Victory Damien Da Silva Newcastle Jets Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Perth Glory Adam Taggart Sydney FC Joe Lolley Wellington Phoenix Kosta Barbarouses Western Sydney Wanderers Marcelo Western United Daniel Penha

Team of the season +GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsSubstitutes Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix) Tim Payne (Wellington Phoenix) Scott Wootton (Wellington Phoenix) Brian Kaltak (Central Coast Mariners) Jacob Farrell (Central Coast Mariners) Josh Nisbet (Central Coast Mariners) Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix) Tolgay Arslan (Melbourne City) Joe Lolley (Sydney FC) Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) Bruno Fornaroli (Melbourne Victory) Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners) Damien Da Silva (Melbourne Victory) Marcelo (Western Sydney Wanderers) Jake Girdwood-Reich (Sydney FC) Anthony Caceres (Sydney FC) Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix) Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Newcastle Jets)

Attendances

Sydney FC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the A-League.

2023–24 A-League Men

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