2025–26 A-League Men

The 2025–26 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 49th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 21st since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. Auckland FC were the defending premiers while Melbourne City were the defending champions.

Clubs The number of clubs reduced from 13 in the 2024–25 season to 12, following the removal of Western United by Football Australia for financial reasons.

Stadiums and locations Twelve clubs are participating in the 2025–26 season.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

ClubCityHome groundCapacityAdelaide UnitedAdelaideCoopers Stadium16,500Auckland FCAucklandGo Media Stadium27,700 (new capacity) Brisbane Roar BrisbaneSuncorp Stadium52,500Kayo Stadium10,000Sunshine CoastSunshine Coast Stadium20,000Central Coast MarinersGosfordPolytec Stadium20,059Macarthur FCSydneyCampbelltown Sports Stadium17,500Melbourne CityMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Melbourne VictoryMelbourneAAMI Park30,050Newcastle JetsNewcastleMcDonald Jones Stadium30,000Perth GloryPerthHBF Park20,500 Sydney FC SydneyAllianz Stadium42,500Leichhardt Oval20,000 Wellington PhoenixWellingtonHnry Stadium34,500ChristchurchApollo Projects Stadium17,104Western Sydney WanderersSydneyCommBank Stadium30,000

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Adelaide United Airton Andrioli Craig Goodwin UCAN Mega Rewards 1KOMMA5° Auckland FC Steve Corica Hiroki Sakai New Balance ANZ Brisbane Roar Michael Valkanis Jay O'Shea Cikers Value Dental Centres Central Coast Mariners Warren Moon Trent Sainsbury O'Neills polytec Macarthur FC Mile Sterjovski Luke Brattan Kelme SipEnergy Melbourne City Aurelio Vidmar Aziz Behich Puma Etihad Airways Melbourne Victory Arthur Diles Roderick Miranda MacronTurkish Airlines Newcastle Jets Mark Milligan Kosta Grozos New BalanceEmerald Horizon Perth Glory Adam Taggart Scott Wootton Macron La Vida Homes Sydney FC Patrick Kisnorbo Rhyan Grant Under Armour Macquarie University Wellington Phoenix Chris Greenacre (caretaker) Alex Rufer Dynasty Sport Entelar GroupOppo Western Sydney Wanderers Gary van Egmond (caretaker) Lawrence Thomas Adidas BathlaTurner Freeman Lawyers

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Newcastle Jets End of contract 5 May 2025 Pre-season 6 May 2025 Brisbane Roar Mutual consent 6 May 2025 7 May 2025 Adelaide United End of contract 10 May 2025 26 May 2025 Central Coast Mariners Signed by Buriram United 10 October 2025 (caretaker) 15 October 2025 Perth Glory Sacked 28 October 202512th (caretaker)31 October 2025 (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/A5th16 December 2025 Central Coast Mariners (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/A11th6 January 2026 Western Sydney Wanderers Sacked 20 January 202612th (caretaker)21 January 2026 Wellington Phoenix Resigned 21 February 202610th (caretaker)23 February 2026 Sydney FC Mutual termination 24 March 2026 5th24 March 2026

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Anselmo Joshua Smits Bart Vriends Juan Muñiz Austin Ayoubi Ajak Riak Julian Kwaaitaal Auckland FC Louis Verstraete Felipe Gallegos Sam Cosgrove Hiroki Sakai Guillermo May Dan Hall Brisbane Roar Milorad Stajić Youstin Salas Chris Long James McGarry Marius Lode Georgios Vrakas Jay O'Shea Central Coast Mariners Kaito Taniguchi Seth Clark Alfie McCalmont Storm Roux Ryan Edmondson Abdelelah Faisal Macarthur FC Šime Gržan Damien Da Silva Rafael Durán Filip Kurto Ji Dong-won Melbourne City Germán Ferreyra Andreas Kuen Samuel Souprayen Takeshi Kanamori Elbasan Rashani Mathew Baker Melbourne Victory Clarismario Santos Nikos Vergos Charles Nduka Roderick Miranda Juan Mata Adama Traoré Newcastle Jets Zach Clough Joe Shaughnessy Kota Mizunuma Lucas Scicluna Lachlan Bayliss Perth Glory Scott Wootton Sam Sutton Brian Kaltak Tom Lawrence Callum Timmins Charbel Shamoon Stefan Colakovski Joel Anasmo Luke Amos Sydney FC Marcel Tisserand Joe Lolley Ahmet Arslan Piero Quispe Víctor Campuzano Joe Lacey Wellington Phoenix Manjrekar James Josh Oluwayemi Kazuki Nagasawa Ifeanyi Eze Sander Kartum Ramy Najjarine Hideki Ishige Western Sydney Wanderers Bozhidar Kraev Hiroshi Ibusuki Kosta Barbarouses Ryan Fraser Mohamed Al-Taay

Regular season The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 22-match schedule for each club, plus four extra rounds, for a total of 26 matches played. The top six will qualify for the finals series.

League table

Fixtures and results

Finals series

The finals series ran over four weeks, involving 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 two winners of those matches met in the Grand Final.

Bracket

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals Summary

Matches

2–2 on aggregate, Sydney FC won 4–2 on penalties.

Auckland FC won 4–1 on aggregate.

Grand Final

Regular season statistics Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1Auckland FC11Adelaide United3Wellington Phoenix104Auckland FC9Newcastle Jets6Newcastle Jets8Auckland FCMelbourne CityNewcastle Jets10Newcastle Jets7Melbourne VictoryMelbourne City

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref. Alexander BadolatoNewcastle JetsMelbourne Victory5–2 (H)24 October 2025 Al Hassan ToureSydney FCNewcastle Jets1–4 (A)1 November 2025 Tom LawrencePerth GloryMelbourne City1–3 (A)28 December 2025 Nikos VergosMelbourne VictoryWellington Phoenix5–1 (H)29 December 2025 Brody BurkittAdelaide UnitedBrisbane Roar2–3 (A)24 January 2026 Clayton TaylorNewcastle JetsAdelaide United2–3 (A)8 February 2026

Key(H)Home team(A)Away team

Clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperClubClean sheets1 Harrison Devenish-MearesSydney FC112 Patrick BeachMelbourne City93 Dean BouzanisBrisbane Roar7 Michael WoudAuckland FC5 Andrew RedmayneCentral Coast Mariners66 James DelianovNewcastle Jets5 Lawrence ThomasWestern Sydney Wanderers8 Jack DuncanMelbourne Victory4 Matt SuttonPerth Glory10 Filip KurtoMacarthur FC3 Joshua SmitsAdelaide United

Awards Annual awards +AwardWinnerClub Johnny Warren Medal Juan MataMelbourne VictoryYoung Footballer of the Year Eli AdamsNewcastle Jets Golden Boot Award Sam Cosgrove Luka JovanovicAuckland FCAdelaide United Goalkeeper of the Year Harrison Devenish-MearesSydney FC Goal of the Year Youstin SalasBrisbane Roar Save of the Year Harrison Devenish-MearesSydney FC Playmaker of the Year Juan MataMelbourne Victory Fan Player of the Year Daniel WilmeringNewcastle Jets Coach of the Year Mark MilliganNewcastle Jets Fair Play AwardNewcastle Jets Referee of the Year Alex King

Club awards Club Player of the Season Adelaide United Ryan White Auckland FC Louis Verstraete Brisbane Roar Sam Klein Central Coast Mariners Andrew Redmayne Macarthur FC Liam Rose Melbourne City Aziz Behich Melbourne Victory Juan Mata Newcastle Jets Max Burgess Perth Glory Brian Kaltak Sydney FC Paul Okon-Engstler Wellington Phoenix Ifeanyi Eze Alex Rufer Western Sydney Wanderers Angus Thurgate

Team of the season +GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsSubstitutes Harrison Devenish-Meares (Sydney FC) Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) Panagiotis Kikianis (Adelaide United) Mark Natta (Newcastle Jets) Francis de Vries (Auckland FC) Ethan Alagich (Adelaide United) Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory) Max Burgess (Newcastle Jets) Clayton Taylor (Newcastle Jets) Sam Cosgrove (Auckland FC) Jesse Randall (Auckland FC) James Delianov (Newcastle Jets) Daniel Wilmering (Newcastle Jets) Aziz Behich (Melbourne City) Lachlan Bayliss (Newcastle Jets) Paul Okon-Engstler (Sydney FC) Eli Adams (Newcastle Jets) Marcus Younis (Melbourne City)

2025–26 A-League Men

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