The 2024–25 Auckland Football Club season was the club's first season in existence and their inaugural season in the A-League Men, the top flight of Australian soccer. The season will cover the period from 1 June 2024 until 30 June 2025.
Notable events
Initial success Auckland FC played their first competitive match in Round 1 on 21 October 2024 against Brisbane Roar, winning 2–0. The side maintained unbeaten until 21 December winning 6 out of 7 games, this run included going 532 minutes before conceding their first goal, the longest time before conceding their first goal in A-League history.
New Zealand Derby The season saw the introduction of the New Zealand Derby between Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix.
The first meeting between the sides took place on 2 November 2024 at Wellington Regional Stadium, where Auckland FC recorded a 2–0 victory after a late brace from Jake Brimmer. The return fixture on 7 December 2024 at Mount Smart Stadium ended in a 2–1 win for Auckland. The third meeting, played on 22 February 2025, resulted in a 6–1 victory for Auckland, which marked Auckland's biggest winning margin, and also the club's first hat-trick scored by Logan Rogerson. Auckland FC won all three meetings during the season.
Finals Series Auckland finished 1st in the regular season, claiming the Premiership title and securing automatic qualification to the semi-final stage of the finals series played over two legs for a place in the Grand Final. Melbourne Victory earned the right to play Auckland after defeating Western Sydney Wanderers in the Elimination Final. Auckland defeated Victory 1–0 in the first leg at AAMI Park, but succumbed to a 2–0 defeat in the second leg at Mount Smart Stadium in front of a season best crowd of 29,148.
Players
Other players with first-team appearances
Transfers Note: Transfers' in/out date may refer to the date of announcement and not the date of signing from the mentioned players.
Transfers in No. Position Name From Type/fee Contract length Date Ref. 1 Unattached Free transfer 3 years 30 May 2024 15 Free transfer 2 years 30 May 2024 7 Free transfer 2 years 30 May 2024 21 Free transfer 2 years 30 May 2024 5 Macarthur FC Free transfer 1 year 3 June 2024 9 Loan 1 year 3 June 2024 8 Free transfer 1 year (scholarship) 20 June 2024 14 Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 20 June 2024 18 Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 20 June 2024 16 Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 20 June 2024 19 Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 20 June 2024 35 Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 20 June 2024 23 Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 2 July 2024 11 Unattached Free transfer 1 year 3 July 2024 17 Unattached Free transfer 3 years 3 July 2024 3 Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 3 July 2024 22 Unattached Free transfer 4 years 9 July 2024 2 Free transfer 1 year 25 July 2024 27 Free transfer 1 year 29 July 2024 30 Free transfer 1 year (scholarship) 29 July 2024 12 Loan 1 year 9 August 2024 4 Free transfer 3 years 3 September 2024 28 Free transfer 2 years 17 September 2024 10 Free transfer 1 year 17 September 2024 6 Free transfer 2 years 17 September 2024 25 Free transfer 1 year 14 October 2024 11 Unattached Free transfer 9 January 2025
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDate11UnattachedMutual contract termination23 December 2024
Contract extensions No.PositionPlayerDurationDateNotesRef2Right-back Hiroki Sakai1 year18 February 2025Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26.5Centre-backTommy Smith29 March 2025Contract extended from end of 2024–25.10Forward Guillermo May29 March 2025Contract extended from end of 2024–25.30GoalkeeperJoseph Knowles29 March 2025Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26.
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League Men
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
! colspan="12" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan="10" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan="12" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan="12" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Disciplinary record Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Rank Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Total 1 6 MF 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 16 MF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 DF 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 28 MF 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 7 MF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 2 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 FW 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 MF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 5 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 40 0 2 4 0 0 44 0 2
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Goalkeeper A-League Men A-League Men Finals Total 1 12 12 1 13 Total 12 1 13
Awards Players No. Pos. Player Award Source 2 DF Hiroki Sakai PFA Team of the Season 4 DF Nando Pijnaker PFA Team of the Season 6 MF Louis Verstraete PFA Team of the Season 10 FW Guillermo May Auckland FC Club MVP PFA Team of the Season 12 GK Alex Paulsen Auckland FC Players’ Player of the Season A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year A-League Save of the Year PFA Team of the Season 15 DF Francis de Vries A-League Men Player of the Month (December) Auckland FC Members' Player of the Season A-League Men Fan Player of the Year PFA Team of the Season 25 MF Neyder Moreno A-League Men Player of the Month (February) Auckland FC Goal of the Season
Managers Manager Award Source Steve Corica A-League Men Coach of the Month (October/November) A-League Men Coach of the Month (December) A-League Men Coach of the Month (January) A-League Men Coach of the Month (February) A-League Men Coach of the Month (March) A-League Men Coach of the Month (April) A-League Men Coach of the Year PFA Team of the Season
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