Competition: | A-League |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Dates: | 19 October 2018 – 19 May 2019 |
Premiers: | Perth Glory (1st title) |
Winners: | Sydney FC (4th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Perth Glory Sydney FC Melbourne Victory |
Matches: | 135 |
Total Goals: | 422 |
League Topscorer: | Roy Krishna (18 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Melbourne City 5–0 Central Coast Mariners (26 April 2019) Perth Glory 5–0 Wellington Phoenix (28 April 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix (9 March 2019) |
Highest Scoring: | Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Wellington Phoenix (9 March 2019) |
Highest Attendance: | 40,504 (20 October 2018) |
Lowest Attendance: | 3,703 (9 March 2019) |
Average Attendance: | 10,411 (260) |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 A-League was the 42nd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 14th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 19 October 2018 and concluded on 28 April 2019. The play-offs began on 3 May 2019 and ended with the Grand Final on 19 May 2019. Sydney FC defeated Perth Glory in the Grand Final.
Team | City | Home Ground | Capacity | |
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Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium | 16,500 | |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium | 52,500 | |
Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Central Coast Stadium | 20,059 | |
Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park | 30,050 | |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | Marvel Stadium AAMI Park GMHBA Stadium | 56,347 30,050 36,000 | |
33,000 | ||||
Perth Glory | Perth | HBF Park | 20,500 | |
Sydney FC | Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval | 48,000 20,500 20,000 | |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington | Westpac Stadium | 34,500 | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | ANZ Stadium Spotless Stadium | 84,000 24,000 |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | |
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Adelaide United | Marco Kurz | ![]() | Macron[1] | IGA | |
Brisbane Roar | Darren Davies (caretaker) | ![]() | Umbro[2] [3] | Actron Air | |
Central Coast Mariners | ![]() | ![]() | Umbro[4] | Masterfoods & State Road Constructions | |
Melbourne City | Warren Joyce | ![]() | Nike | Etihad Airways | |
Melbourne Victory | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas[5] | Metricon | |
Newcastle Jets | Ernie Merrick | ![]() | Viva Sports[6] | Ledman Group | |
Perth Glory | ![]() | ![]() | Macron[7] | QBE Insurance | |
Sydney FC | ![]() | ![]() | Puma | The Star | |
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Huawei | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Markus Babbel | ![]() | Nike[8] | Centuria |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Sydney FC | Signed by Australia[9] | 8 March 2018 | Pre-season | [10] | 16 May 2018 | ||
Central Coast Mariners | (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 14 April 2018 | [11] | July 2018 | ||
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sacked[12] | 19 April 2018 | [13] | 19 May 2018 | |||
Perth Glory | Sacked[14] | 20 April 2018 | [15] | 11 May 2018 | |||
Wellington Phoenix | (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 30 May 2018 | [16] | 30 May 2018 | ||
Brisbane Roar | Resigned | 28 December 2018 | 9th | (caretaker)[17] | 28 December 2018 | ||
Central Coast Mariners | Sacked[18] | 9 March 2019 | 10th | (caretaker)[19] | 12 March 2019 |
See main article: 2019 A-League finals series.
See also: 2019 A-League Grand Final.
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.
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game | ||
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scope='row' | Round 1 | 84,761 | 5 | 16,952 | |
scope='row' | Round 2 | 77,986 | 5 | 15,597 | |
scope='row' | Round 3 | 44,728 | 5 | 8,946 | |
scope='row' | Round 4 | 49,105 | 5 | 9,821 | |
scope='row' | Round 5 | 54,712 | 5 | 10,942 | |
scope='row' | Round 6 | 46,789 | 5 | 9,358 | |
scope='row' | Round 7 | 57,101 | 5 | 11,420 | |
scope='row' | Round 8 | 50,507 | 5 | 10,101 | |
scope='row' | Round 9 | 58,429 | 5 | 11,686 | |
scope='row' | Round 10 | 55,700 | 5 | 11,140 | |
scope='row' | Round 11 | 44,866 | 5 | 8,973 | |
scope='row' | Round 12 | 41,546 | 5 | 8,309 | |
scope='row' | Round 13 | 53,733 | 5 | 10,747 | |
scope='row' | Round 14 | 48,849 | 5 | 9,770 | |
scope='row' | Round 15 | 37,920 | 5 | 7,584 | |
scope='row' | Round 16 | 57,050 | 5 | 11,410 | |
scope='row' | Round 17 | 42,065 | 5 | 8,413 | |
scope='row' | Round 18 | 52,669 | 5 | 10,534 | |
scope='row' | Round 19 | 63,527 | 5 | 12,705 | |
scope='row' | Round 20 | 57,812 | 5 | 11,562 | |
scope='row' | Round 21 | 38,835 | 5 | 7,767 | |
scope='row' | Round 22 | 46,329 | 5 | 9,266 | |
scope='row' | Round 23 | 46,704 | 5 | 9,341 | |
scope='row' | Round 24 | 40,205 | 5 | 8,041 | |
scope='row' | Round 25 | 63,295 | 5 | 12,659 | |
scope='row' | Round 26 | 45,431 | 5 | 9,086 | |
scope='row' | Round 27 | 44,794 | 5 | 8,959 | |
scope='row' | Elimination Final | 29,242 | 2 | 14,621 | |
scope='row' | Semi Final | 30,009 | 2 | 15,004 | |
scope='row' | Grand Final | 56,371 | 1 | 56,371 |
Club | Members | |
---|---|---|
Adelaide United | 8,082 | |
Brisbane Roar | 11,524 | |
Central Coast Mariners | 6,843 | |
Melbourne City | 10,302 | |
Melbourne Victory | 26,478 | |
Newcastle Jets | 11,606 | |
Perth Glory | 10,460 | |
Sydney FC | 15,848 | |
Wellington Phoenix | 5,671 | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 16,444 | |
Total | 123,258 | |
Average | 12,326 |
See main article: List of A-League hat-tricks.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
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![]() | 5–2 | [50] | ||||
0–5 | [51] | |||||
![]() | 4–1 | [52] | ||||
Roy Krishna | 3–2 | [53] |
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During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.[55]
Club | ||||
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Newcastle Jets | 42 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
Sydney FC | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Adelaide United | 41 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
Perth Glory | 50 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
Melbourne Victory | 53 | 2 | 0 | 57 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 57 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
Melbourne City | 61 | 2 | 0 | 65 |
Wellington Phoenix | 59 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
Central Coast Mariners | 58 | 5 | 2 | 74 |
Brisbane Roar | 61 | 3 | 3 | 76 |
League total | 532 | 17 | 12 | |
The A-League Goal of the Month is an award that recognises the player who is deemed to have scored the best A-League goal each month of the season. The winner is chosen by an online public vote through the A-League website.
Month | Goal of the Month | Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year | Ref. | ||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
October | Scott Galloway | Adelaide United | — | [56] | |
November | Terry Antonis | Melbourne Victory | Chris Ikonomidis | Perth Glory | [57] [58] |
December | David Williams | Wellington Phoenix | Sarpreet Singh | Wellington Phoenix | [59] [60] |
January | Jaushua Sotirio | Western Sydney Wanderers | Lachlan Wales | Melbourne City | [61] [62] |
February | Éric Bauthéac | Brisbane Roar | Thomas Deng | Melbourne Victory | [63] [64] |
March | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Brisbane Roar | Keanu Baccus | Western Sydney Wanderers | [65] [66] |
April | Éric Bauthéac | Brisbane Roar | Riley McGree | Melbourne City | [67] [68] |
May | Diego Castro | Perth Glory | — | [69] | |
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[70]
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2018–19 Dolan Warren Awards night on 13 May 2019.[71] [72]
Team of the Season[73] | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | ![]() | |||||||||||
Defenders | ![]() | Bart Schenkeveld (Melbourne City) | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||||
Midfielders | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||||||||
Forwards | ![]() | Roy Krishna (Wellington Phoenix) | ![]() | |||||||||
Substitutes | Michael Jakobsen (Adelaide United) | ![]() | Adam Le Fondre (Sydney FC) | Miloš Ninković (Sydney FC) | ![]() |