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href="#Timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Timeline </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Expansion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Expansion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Expansion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Expansion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Rivalries </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organisation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organisation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Organisation </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Organisation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Organisation subsection </button> <ul 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href="#Sponsorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Sponsorship </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-League_championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#League_championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 League championships </div> </a> <ul id="toc-League_championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Records </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_coverage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_coverage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Media coverage </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Media coverage subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-In_Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 In Australia </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_countries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_countries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 Other countries </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_countries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Promotion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Promotion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.3 Promotion </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Promotion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Current_broadcasters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_broadcasters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.4 Current broadcasters </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_broadcasters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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الأسترالي لكرة القدم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الدوري الأسترالي لكرة القدم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90-%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="А-Лига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="А-Лига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lliga_australiana_de_futbol" title="Lliga australiana de futbol – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lliga australiana de futbol" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="A-League Men" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Αυστραλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Αυστραλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiako_futbol_liga" title="Australiako futbol liga – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Australiako futbol liga" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF" title="ای-لیگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ای-لیگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnat_d%27Australie_de_football" title="Championnat d'Australie de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Championnat d'Australie de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%EB%A6%AC%EA%B7%B8_%EB%A9%98" title="A리그 멘 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="A리그 멘" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="A-League Men" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="A-League Men" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C" title="ליגת העל האוסטרלית בכדורגל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ליגת העל האוסטרלית בכדורגל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Футболдан Аустралия чемпионаты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Футболдан Аустралия чемпионаты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausztr%C3%A1l_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-bajnoks%C3%A1g_(els%C5%91_oszt%C3%A1ly)" title="Ausztrál labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ausztrál labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga-A" title="Liga-A – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Liga-A" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="A-League Men" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3" title="Aリーグ・メン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Aリーグ・メン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League" title="A-League – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="A-League" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_football_league_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian football league system">Australian league system</a>, it is the country's premier men's competition for the sport. A-League Men was established in 2004 as the A-League by the <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Australian Soccer Association</a> (ASA) as a successor to the <a href="/wiki/National_Soccer_League" title="National Soccer League">National Soccer League</a> (NSL) and competition commenced in August 2005. The <a href="/wiki/Sports_league" title="Sports league">league</a> is currently administered by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues</a> (APL), contested by thirteen teams; eleven based in Australia and two based in New Zealand. The men's, <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">women's</a> and <a href="/wiki/A-League_Youth" title="A-League Youth">youth</a> leagues have now been brought together under a unified <a href="/wiki/A-Leagues" class="mw-redirect" title="A-Leagues">A-Leagues</a> banner.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Seasons run from October to May and include a 27-round <a href="/wiki/Season_(sports)#Regular_season" title="Season (sports)">regular season</a> followed by a finals series <a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">playoff</a> involving the six highest-placed teams, culminating in a <a href="/wiki/Grand_final" title="Grand final">grand final</a> match. The winner of the regular season tournament is dubbed the 'Premier' while the winner of the grand final is the season's Champion. This differs from other football codes in Australia, where premier refers to the winner of the grand final and the winner of the regular season is the '<a href="/wiki/Minor_premiership" title="Minor premiership">minor premier</a>'. Successful A-League Men clubs gain qualification into the Asian continental club competitions, the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Elite" title="AFC Champions League Elite">AFC Champions League Elite</a> and the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Two" title="AFC Champions League Two">AFC Champions League Two</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2014_AFC_Champions_League" title="2014 AFC Champions League">2014</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a> became the first and only winning Australian club of the AFC Champions League. Similar to the United States' <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>, as well as other professional sports leagues in Australia, A-League Men does not practice <a href="/wiki/Relegation_and_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation and promotion">relegation and promotion</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> A national <a href="/wiki/Round-robin_tournament" title="Round-robin tournament">round-robin tournament</a> existed in various forms prior to the formation of the A-League, with the most notable being the <a href="/wiki/National_Soccer_League" title="National Soccer League">National Soccer League</a> (NSL). The formation of the NSL came after <a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Australia</a>'s qualification for the <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974 FIFA World Cup</a>, which led to discussion of a national league, with 14 teams eventually chosen to participate in the <a href="/wiki/1977_National_Soccer_League" title="1977 National Soccer League">inaugural season</a> of the NSL in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-worldgamedownunder-2">[2]</a> Under the guidance of the then-governing body, the Australian Soccer Federation (later Soccer Australia), the NSL flourished through the 1980s and early 1990s but then fell into decline with the increasing departure of Australian players to overseas leagues, a disastrous television deal with the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> and the resulting lack of sponsorship.<a href="#cite_note-sack1-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-roar-briefhistorynsl-4">[4]</a> Few clubs continued to grow with <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Olympic_FC" title="Sydney Olympic FC">Sydney Olympic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a>, and the newly established <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> the exception in a dying league.<a href="#cite_note-sydneyolympic-origins-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-ffa-history-wanderers-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-roar-wanderers-ghosts-7">[7]</a> In April 2003, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Government" title="Australian Government">Australian Federal Government</a> initiated the Independent Soccer Review Committee to investigate the governance and management of the sport in Australia, including that of the NSL.<a href="#cite_note-age-crawford-for-all-8">[8]</a> In December 2003, the <a href="/wiki/2003_Report_of_the_Independent_Soccer_Review_Committee" title="2003 Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee">Crawford Report</a> found that the NSL was financially unviable, and in response the chairman of the sports new governing body, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lowy" title="Frank Lowy">Frank Lowy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Football Federation Australia</a>, announced that a task force would be formed to create a new national competition as a successor to the NSL which dissolved at the conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_National_Soccer_League" title="2003–04 National Soccer League">2003–04 season</a> after 27 years of operation.<a href="#cite_note-NSL-A-League-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundations">Foundations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foundations">edit</a>]</div> The A-League was announced in April 2004, as a successor to the NSL.<a href="#cite_note-NSL-A-League-9">[9]</a> Eight teams would be part of the new national competition, with one team from each city of Sydney, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a>, plus a New Zealand team and one from a remaining expressions of interest from either Melbourne or Sydney. The competition start date was set for August 2005.<a href="#cite_note-age-jobs-on-hold-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-a-leagueHistory-11">[11]</a> By June of that year, 20 submissions had been received and a month later 12 consortiums sent in their final bids for the eight spots. Three bids were received from Melbourne, two each from Sydney and Brisbane, one from each of the remaining preferred cities and a bid from the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a>. Over the next three months, each bid was reviewed and on 1 November 2004, the eight successful bidders and the major sponsor were revealed, for what would be known as the Hyundai A-League, with the <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company" title="Hyundai Motor Company">Hyundai Motor Company</a> unveiled as the official naming rights sponsor for the league.<a href="#cite_note-a-leagueHistory-11">[11]</a> The eight founding teams for the league were <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Lions_FC" title="Queensland Lions FC">Queensland Roar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a>, with four former NSL clubs taking part, those being Adelaide United, the Newcastle Jets, and the Perth Glory, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Lions_FC" title="Queensland Lions FC">Queensland Lions</a> who withdrew their first team from the Queensland State League and entered it in to the competition as the Queensland Roar<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> plus the New Zealand Knights who were formed from the <a href="/wiki/Football_Kingz_FC" title="Football Kingz FC">New Zealand Football Kingz</a>. Each club was given a five-year exclusivity deal in its own market as part of the league's "one-city, one-team" policy. This was intended to allow clubs to grow and develop an identity in their respective region without local competition.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_seasons">Initial seasons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Initial seasons">edit</a>]</div> On 26 August 2005, 16 months after the demise of the NSL, the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League" title="2005–06 A-League">inaugural season</a> of the A-League began.<a href="#cite_note-a-leagueHistory-11">[11]</a> The first season would see Adelaide United win the premier's plate by seven points over Sydney FC with Central Coast and Newcastle filling the final two spots in the final series.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In the final series, it was Sydney that took out the title after they defeated Central Coast by a <a href="/wiki/Steve_Corica" title="Steve Corica">Steve Corica</a> goal to claim the first title on 5 March 2006.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> The following season saw <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> claim the A-League premiers plate when they smashed <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> 6–0 in the final at the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Telstra Dome</a> with <a href="/wiki/Archie_Thompson" title="Archie Thompson">Archie Thompson</a> scoring five goals in the rout.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> But the season wasn't without a change with the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a> being replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> after the Knights were taken over by <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Football" title="New Zealand Football">New Zealand Football</a> after the team only won six times in forty-two games and selected overseas talent instead of local.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_and_reforms">Development and reforms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development and reforms">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_seasons" title="List of A-League Men seasons">List of A-League Men seasons</a></div> Both <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Fury_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a> joined the league in the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_A-League" title="2009–10 A-League">2009–10 season</a>. On 12 June 2009, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne Heart</a> was awarded a licence to join the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_A-League" title="2010–11 A-League">2010–11 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> On 1 March 2011 <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Fury_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a>'s A-League licence was revoked for financial reasons.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> On 29 February 2012, <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a> also had its licence revoked.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> On 4 April 2012, it was announced that a new Western Sydney-based club, <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a>, would join the league for the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_A-League" title="2012–13 A-League">2012–13 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In January 2014, Melbourne Heart was acquired by the <a href="/wiki/City_Football_Group" title="City Football Group">City Football Group</a> and was renamed <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne City</a> ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_A-League" title="2014–15 A-League">2014–15 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-24">[24]</a> In February 2018, officials announced that the league would expand to 12 teams for the 2019–20 season.<a href="#cite_note-The_Sydney_Morning_Herald-25">[25]</a> Later that year, the league announced that <a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United FC</a> would join the competition in 2019–20 and <a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur</a> would enter the following season (2020–21).<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In the lead-up to the expansion announcements in 2019, club stakeholders entered into discussions with <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Football Federation Australia</a> (FFA) to take over ownership of the competition. The league had been created and operated by the FFA since its inception in 2004, though by 2018 the FFA and clubs were at loggerheads over the permanent ownership structure of the league.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> A <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>-backed congress review working group issued a sweeping 100-page report in August 2018, recommending an expanded domestic congress and an independent A-League, controlled and operated by the clubs.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> On 1 July 2019, the FFA and Australian Professional Football Clubs Association (the body representing the A-League clubs) announced an agreement had been reached for the FFA to relinquish control of the league to the clubs by the following month, in time for the start of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IndependenceAchieved-29">[29]</a> The agreement brought the sport in line with the governance structure utilised in most <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Football in Europe">European</a> leagues.<a href="#cite_note-IndependenceAchieved-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> The new ownership body is called the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues</a>, a consortium of the A-League clubs and their owners, with certain rights held by the FFA, and a capital investment & ownership stake held by American firm <a href="/wiki/Silver_Lake_(investment_firm)" title="Silver Lake (investment firm)">Silver Lake.</a> A-League officials in May 2021 announced that the league will align to the Domestic Match Calendar to avoid clashing with FIFA Days, as well as introducing Domestic Transfer System and National Club Licensing frameworks.<a href="#cite_note-ftblseconddivision-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competition_format">Competition format</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Competition format">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular season">edit</a>]</div> The regular season runs mainly during the Australian summer, from early October to April of the following year. As of the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25 season</a>, due to the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Auckland_FC" title="Auckland FC">Auckland FC</a> and an odd number of teams, the competition consists of 29 rounds, with each team playing every other team two or three times, playing 26 games total. Each team will play 24 home and away fixtures, plus two additional third matches (one of which in Unite Round). Additionally, each team will have three <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">byes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The teams allotted two home matches against an opponent in one season are allotted one home match against that opponent in the following season. Each match sees the winning team awarded three competition points, with one point each for a <a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">draw</a>. The club at the top of this ladder is crowned A-League Premiers, and since the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League" title="2005–06 A-League">2005–06 season</a> has been entered into the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AFCCL-34">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-foxsports-newfinals-35">[35]</a> The Premier is presented with a trophy known as the Premier's Plate.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> At the completion of the regular season the top six placed teams on the league table progress to the finals series. The position of each team is determined by the highest number of points accumulated during the regular season. If two or more teams are level on points, the following criteria are applied in order until one of the teams can be determined as the higher ranked:<a href="#cite_note-competitionrules-37">[37]</a> <ol><li>Highest goal difference;</li> <li>Highest number of goals scored;</li> <li>Most wins;</li> <li>Highest number of points accumulated in matches between the teams concerned;</li> <li>Highest goal difference in matches between the teams concerned;</li> <li>Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned;</li> <li>Lowest number of red cards accumulated;</li> <li>Lowest number of yellow cards accumulated;</li> <li>Toss of a coin.<a href="#cite_note-competitionrules-37">[37]</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Unite_Round">Unite Round</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Unite Round">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Unite_Round" title="Unite Round">Unite Round</a></div> For the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_A-League_Men" title="2023–24 A-League Men">2023–24</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25 season</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues</a> announced "Unite Round". During this round, all matches were held in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(2022)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (2022)">Allianz Stadium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Stadium" title="Western Sydney Stadium">CommBank Stadium</a>, with some women's matches being held at <a href="/wiki/Leichhardt_Oval" title="Leichhardt Oval">Leichhardt Oval</a>, across the second weekend of January. The round is part of a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Destination_NSW" title="Destination NSW">Destination NSW</a>, and was introduced after the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues#2022_Grand_Final_decision" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Grand Final decision</a> was reversed in October 2023, one year into its original 3-year stretch after severe fan backlash.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th rowspan="2">Dates </th> <th rowspan="2">City </th> <th rowspan="2">Venues (matches) </th> <th colspan="3">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <th><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Men</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">Women</a> </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unite_Round#2023–24" title="Unite Round">2023–24</a> </td> <td>12–14 January 2024 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Allianz Stadium</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Stadium" title="Western Sydney Stadium">CommBank Stadium</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Leichhardt_Oval" title="Leichhardt Oval">Leichhardt Oval</a> (4) </td> <td>36,203 </td> <td>11,222 </td> <td>47,425 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unite_Round#2024–25" title="Unite Round">2024–25</a> </td> <td>22–24 November 2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Allianz Stadium</a> (6), <a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Oval" title="Jubilee Oval">Netstrata Jubilee Stadium</a> (6) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pride_Round">Pride Round</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pride Round">edit</a>]</div> After <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide United">Adelaide United</a> player <a href="/wiki/Josh_Cavallo" title="Josh Cavallo">Josh Cavallo</a> became the first openly gay top-flight male footballer in October 2021, the A-League partnered with <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a> to stage a single Pride men's and women's doubleheader during the 2021–22 season.<a href="#cite_note-lynch2023-39">[39]</a> On 24–26 February 2023, both the A-League Men and Women's competitions staged their first-ever Pride Round, the first occasion in which the leagues had "come together to recognise and promote inclusion for the <a href="/wiki/LGBTQIA%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBTQIA+">LGBTQIA+</a> community". Part proceeds from ticket sales across all of the round's fixtures were donated to Pride Cup.<a href="#cite_note-lynch2023-39">[39]</a> In 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues</a> (APL) announced the continuation of the round, as well as providing inclusion training to all players and key <a href="/wiki/Stakeholder_(corporate)" title="Stakeholder (corporate)">stakeholders</a>. The A-Leagues would be collaborating with the PFA and Pride Cup, who would help to deliver the training. The annual Pride Cup double-header between Adelaide United and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> would take place in March, and several men's and women's teams would celebrate by engaging community groups and using indicators such as rainbow corner flags, armbands, special Pride kit and/or rainbow socks.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finals_series">Finals series</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Finals series">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_finals_series" title="A-League Men finals series">A-League Men finals series</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues#2022_Grand_Final_decision" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues § 2022 Grand Final decision</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg/220px-Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg/330px-Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg/440px-Melbourne_Victory_2007_A-League_Grand_Final.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1656" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> celebrating after their <a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg/200px-Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg/300px-Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg/400px-Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_City_Protest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="980" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_Victory_Protest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Original Style Melbourne protest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_Victory_Protest.jpg/200px-Melbourne_Derby_17_Dec_2022_Victory_Protest.jpg" decoding="async" 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next three seasons in the 20th minute of the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_v_Melbourne_Victory_(17_December_2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory (17 December 2022)">Melbourne Derby on 17 December 2022</a>.</div></div></div></div> The top six clubs at the conclusion of the regular season progress to the finals series. The finals series culminates to the A-League grand final, where the winner is crowned A-League champion. The club that wins the grand final is presented with the A-League Champions Trophy. The finals series consists of six teams who are placed by rank, as determined at the end of the regular season. The finals series runs over four weeks. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged ties played over two weeks. The two winners of those matches meet in the grand final. This method was initially adopted for the 2021–22 season.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Up until 2022, between the two grand finalists, the team that finished higher on the ladder at the conclusion of the regular season hosted the grand final. The only exception to this was if the FA deemed that team's <a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">home ground</a> to be an inappropriate venue. For example, in <a href="/wiki/2008_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2008 A-League Grand Final">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> (as the higher-placed team) hosted the grand final against the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Sydney Football Stadium</a>, due to FFA deciding that Central Coast Mariners' home stadium, <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a> with a capacity of 20,000, was too small for the event.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> On 12 December 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Professional_Leagues" title="Australian Professional Leagues">Australian Professional Leagues</a> (APL) announced that the grand finals for the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_A-League_Men" title="2023–24 A-League Men">2023–24</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25</a> seasons would be hosted in Sydney,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> a decision which received considerable backlash.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> On 18 October 2023, the APL announced that the Grand Final hosting rights would revert to the original format, and instead a new "Unite Round" was introduced, with a regular season round having all its games played in Sydney.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Grand final host stadium <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Stadium</th> <th>Location</th> <th><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> hosted</th> <th>Years hosted </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Sydney Football Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2006 A-League Grand Final">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2008 A-League Grand Final">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2013 A-League Grand Final">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2017 A-League Grand Final">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand Final">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2009 A-League Grand Final">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2010 A-League Grand Final">2010</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lang_Park" title="Lang Park">Lang Park</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2011 A-League Grand Final">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2012 A-League Grand Final">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2014 A-League Grand Final">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Melbourne Rectangular Stadium">Melbourne Rectangular Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2015 A-League Grand Final">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2021 A-League Grand Final">2021</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2022 A-League Men Grand Final">2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Stadium" title="Western Sydney Stadium">Western Sydney Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2020 A-League Grand Final">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2023 A-League Men Grand Final">2023</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a></td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2016 A-League Grand Final">2016</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_International_Sports_Centre" title="Newcastle International Sports Centre">Newcastle International Sports Centre</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a></td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2018 A-League Grand Final">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Perth Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2019 A-League Grand Final">2019</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Stadium" title="Central Coast Stadium">Central Coast Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2024 A-League Men Grand Final">2024</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continental_qualification">Continental qualification</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Continental qualification">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC_Champions_League">AFC Champions League</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: AFC Champions League">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_clubs_in_the_AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian soccer clubs in the AFC Champions League">Australian soccer clubs in the AFC Champions League</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg/220px-2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg/330px-2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg/440px-2010_AFC_Champions_League_Adelaide_United_vs_Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> against <a href="/wiki/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors" title="Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors">Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors</a> in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a> in 2010.</figcaption></figure> A-League clubs are eligible for participation in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a> competition each season since the <a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Champions_League" title="2007 AFC Champions League">2007 edition of the tournament</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> are not eligible to compete in the Asian Champions League, nor do they compete in the <a href="/wiki/OFC_Champions_League" title="OFC Champions League">OFC Champions League</a>. Qualification is determined by league finishing positions and the winner of the <a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a> Final, with the number of positions determined by the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Club_Competitions_Ranking" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Club Competitions Ranking">Asian Football Confederation club competition ranking</a>. Due to the re-formatting of the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a> to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn),<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> the qualification format for the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_AFC_Champions_League" title="2023–24 AFC Champions League">2023–24 AFC Champions League</a> was changed, with a single qualification spot going to whichever of which of the Premiers for the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22</a> or the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a> seasons accrues the most combined points over both seasons.<a href="#cite_note-APL_ACL-49">[49]</a> The only Australian side to win the Asian Champions League is <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a> in <a href="/wiki/2014_AFC_Champions_League_final" title="2014 AFC Champions League final">2014</a>. <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> is the only other club to reach the final, and finished runner-up in <a href="/wiki/2008_AFC_Champions_League_final" title="2008 AFC Champions League final">2008</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC_Cup/AFC_Champions_League_Two">AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two">edit</a>]</div> Australian clubs also participated in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a> for the first time in the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_AFC_Cup" title="2023–24 AFC Cup">2023–24</a> season, with allocated slots based on the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Club_Competitions_Ranking" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Club Competitions Ranking">AFC Club Competitions Ranking</a> which was published on 24 November 2021.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> won this edition in their first ever participation.<a href="#cite_note-APL_ACL-49">[49]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_competitions">Other competitions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other competitions">edit</a>]</div> In 2004–05, Australia was still a part of the <a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">Oceania Football Confederation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> won the right to compete in the <a href="/wiki/OFC_Champions_League" title="OFC Champions League">Oceania Club Championship</a> after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> in a qualifying tournament. Since 2014 clubs compete in the annual <a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a> knock-out tournament (previously known as the FFA Cup).<a href="#cite_note-FFA_Cup_How_Draw_Works-51">[51]</a> Since 2021, the top eight teams qualify for the competition's Round of 32, while the bottom four teams play-off against each other for the final two slots.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Between 2005 and 2008 clubs participated in the <a href="/wiki/A-League_Pre-Season_Challenge_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup">A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup</a> prior to each A-League regular season. In 2013 and 2014 an <a href="/wiki/A-League_All_Stars_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League All Stars Game">A-League All Stars Game</a> was also played as a pre-season <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">friendly game</a> between the league's finest players and a high-profile international team.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Most A-League Men clubs have teams in the <a href="/wiki/A-League_Youth" title="A-League Youth">A-League Youth</a> competition, which runs in conjunction with the A-League Men as a national youth developmental and reserve league. All players in the youth teams are between the ages of 16 and 21 as of the start of the calendar year for each new season, while four over-age players from each of the senior teams also allowed to be selected. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a> operates as the top division of women's league with affiliations to the men's competition.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In response to the debate about the development of a new professional second division, the <a href="/wiki/National_Second_Division" title="National Second Division">Australian Championship</a> has been proposed to support the A-League, with the aim to avoid the American franchise-based system and to put in line with European football leagues.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-ftblseconddivision-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clubs">Clubs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Clubs">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_clubs" title="List of A-League Men clubs">List of A-League Men clubs</a></div><div style="float: right; 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A total of 16 teams have competed at some stage in the league's short history. Only four of these clubs – <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Roar_FC" title="Brisbane Roar FC">Brisbane Roar</a> (as the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Lions_FC" title="Queensland Lions FC">Queensland Lions</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a> – existed before the A-League was formed in 2004. <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Fury_FC" title="Northern Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a> have formerly competed in the league. Unlike most leagues from across the world, there is no system for <a href="/wiki/Relegation_and_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Relegation and promotion">relegation and promotion</a> of teams. The A-Leagues system thus shares some <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports_league_organization#Systems_around_the_world" title="Professional sports league organization">franchising</a> elements with most other professional leagues in Australia, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Premier_League" title="Canadian Premier League">Canadian Premier League</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major Northern American-based sports leagues</a>. <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10">Current clubs </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>City </th> <th>State </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Head coach </th> <th>Team captain </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindmarsh_Stadium" title="Hindmarsh Stadium">Coopers Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2003 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Veart" title="Carl Veart">Carl Veart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kitto" title="Ryan Kitto">Ryan Kitto</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland_FC" title="Auckland FC">Auckland FC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Region" title="Auckland 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Aurelio_Vidmar" title="Aurelio Vidmar">Aurelio Vidmar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Aziz_Behich" title="Aziz Behich">Aziz Behich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Melbourne Rectangular Stadium">AAMI Park</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30,050 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kisnorbo" title="Patrick Kisnorbo">Patrick Kisnorbo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Roderick_Miranda" title="Roderick Miranda">Roderick Miranda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_International_Sports_Centre" title="Newcastle International Sports Centre">McDonald Jones Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanton_(soccer)" title="Robert Stanton (soccer)">Robert Stanton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kosta_Grozos" title="Kosta Grozos">Kosta Grozos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">HBF Park</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1995 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/David_Zdrilic" title="David Zdrilic">David Zdrilic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Taggart" title="Adam Taggart">Adam Taggart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(2022)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (2022)">Allianz Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">42,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ufuk_Talay" title="Ufuk Talay">Ufuk Talay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Rhyan_Grant" title="Rhyan Grant">Rhyan Grant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Region" title="Wellington Region">Wellington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Regional_Stadium" title="Wellington Regional Stadium">Sky Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Italiano" title="Giancarlo Italiano">Giancarlo Italiano</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rufer" title="Alex Rufer">Alex Rufer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Stadium" title="Western Sydney Stadium">CommBank Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2012 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alen_Stajcic" title="Alen Stajcic">Alen Stajcic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Thomas_(soccer)" title="Lawrence Thomas (soccer)">Lawrence Thomas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium#Wyndham_Regional_Football_Facility" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Ironbark Fields</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/John_Aloisi" title="John Aloisi">John Aloisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Garuccio" title="Ben Garuccio">Ben Garuccio</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9">Future clubs </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>City </th> <th>State </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra_A-League_expansion_bids" title="Canberra A-League expansion bids">Unnamed Canberra club</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td>TBC </td> <td style="text-align:center;">TBC </td> <td style="text-align:center;">TBC </td> <td style="text-align:center;">TBC </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9">Defunct clubs </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>City </th> <th>State </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Dissolved </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robina_Stadium" title="Robina Stadium">Skilled Park</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">27,690 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2008 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Region" title="Auckland Region">Auckland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Harbour_Stadium" title="North Harbour Stadium">North Harbour Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22,000 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1998 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Fury_FC" title="Northern Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willows_Sports_Complex" title="Willows Sports Complex">Dairy Farmers Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26,500 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2008 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Timeline">edit</a>]</div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_mg9sqzta022w619r75fntqmyyabyxbd"></map><img usemap="#timeline_mg9sqzta022w619r75fntqmyyabyxbd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/mg9sqzta022w619r75fntqmyyabyxbd.png" /></div> League member Former member Future member <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion">Expansion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Expansion">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_A-League_Men" title="Expansion of the A-League Men">Expansion of the A-League Men</a></div> While making a relatively modest start to ensure future stability, both the FFA and the soccer media indicated significant interest in expanding the league. The eight foundation clubs had exclusivity clauses for their respective cities valid for five years, but this did not exclude teams from other areas joining the league. Before the introduction of the A-League, FFA chairman <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lowy" title="Frank Lowy">Frank Lowy</a> speculated that he hoped to expand the league into other cities, mentioning <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wollongong,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Wollongong, New South Wales">Wollongong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bendigo" title="Bendigo">Bendigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albury%E2%80%93Wodonga" title="Albury–Wodonga">Albury–Wodonga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a> and possibly <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In February 2018, officials announced that the league would expand to 12 teams for the 2019–20 season.<a href="#cite_note-The_Sydney_Morning_Herald-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In December 2018, the FFA announced they accepted the bids of <a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United</a> who joined the league in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20 season</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur FC</a>, who joined the league in the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In 2021, further steps were taken in an attempt to expand from the recent 12 clubs, with goals being set to get 14 clubs in 2022–23 and a potential 16 clubs in 2023–24.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Neither of these goals were met. In March 2023, the Australian Professional Leagues confirmed plans for the next two expansion clubs to be based in Canberra and Auckland, ahead of the 2024–25 season.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In October 2023, the preferred bidder as owner of the new Auckland licence was confirmed to be <a href="/wiki/Bill_Foley_(businessman)" title="Bill Foley (businessman)">Bill Foley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> The licence was officially awarded to Foley on 21 November, 2023.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> <a href="/wiki/Auckland_FC" title="Auckland FC">Auckland FC</a> will join the league in the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25 season</a>. On 13 June 2024, the APL confirmed that the new Canberra men's team would not begin in the 2024–25 season.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rivalries">edit</a>]</div> There are several key rivalries and <a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_rivalries#Asia_and_Australia_(AFC)" title="List of association football rivalries">local derbies</a> that have formed in the A-League, including: "<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Derby_(A-Leagues)" title="Melbourne Derby (A-Leagues)">Melbourne Derby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne City</a> v <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> The two Melbourne clubs first met on 8 October 2010 in a lively game at <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a> in front of 25,897 fans. Melbourne City (known at the time as Melbourne Heart) came out on top with a 2–1 victory.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> A significant narrative in derby history is the role of Melbourne Victory as a more successful club both on and off the field, having joined the A-League five years earlier than City. The rivalry is one of the most intense and well respected in the A-League, producing noticeable atmosphere and some of the largest attendances in the league.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Original_Rivalry" title="The Original Rivalry">The Original Rivalry</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> v <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> The rivalry stems from the traditional cross-border rivalry between sporting teams from South Australia and Victoria but was strengthened by multiple incidents in the 2006–07 season, such as the confrontation between Melbourne Victory captain <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Muscat" title="Kevin Muscat">Kevin Muscat</a> and Adelaide United coach <a href="/wiki/John_Kosmina" title="John Kosmina">John Kosmina</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The two clubs contested the <a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand Final">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2009 A-League Grand Final">2009 A-League Grand Finals</a>, with Melbourne winning the 2009 Grand Final 1–0 against a 10-man Adelaide United side. The two clubs were also involved in the first and only occasion in the A-League during the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_A-League" title="2008–09 A-League">2008–09 A-League</a> season, where they both finished on the top of the ladder equal on both points and goal difference. "<a href="/wiki/Sydney_Derby_(A-Leagues)" title="Sydney Derby (A-Leagues)">Sydney Derby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> v <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a> The derby was contested for the first time in the 2012–13 season with the introduction of the second Sydney-based club, Western Sydney Wanderers, into the league. Sydney FC grabbed bragging rights by winning the first derby 1–0 at <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Stadium" title="Parramatta Stadium">Parramatta Stadium</a>,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> however Western Sydney Wanderers won the return match at <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Allianz Stadium</a> 2–0. A Sydney Derby held early in the 2015 season broke the Allianz Stadium record for attendance during a regular season in any football code, dating back to the stadium's opening in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> A match in 2016 between the two teams broke the record A-League crowd with 61,880 fans attending the match at <a href="/wiki/ANZ_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="ANZ Stadium">ANZ Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Sydney Derby is intensified by the geographic distinction between the two clubs within Sydney, as well as historical grievances related to the foundation of Sydney FC. "<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue_(A-Leagues)" title="The Big Blue (A-Leagues)">The Big Blue</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> v <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> This match is so named because blue is the main colour of both teams' playing kits, and is also Australian slang for a fight or a contest.<a href="#cite_note-macquarie-blue-75">[75]</a> The rivalry has emerged as a result of a number of spiteful encounters between the teams in recent years, and due to the longstanding rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. The teams have competed against each other in three grand finals; in <a href="/wiki/2010_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2010 A-League Grand Final">2010</a> & <a href="/wiki/2017_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2017 A-League Grand Final">2017</a>, with Sydney winning 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw on both occasions and in <a href="/wiki/2015_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2015 A-League Grand Final">2015</a>, with Victory winning 3–0.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In 2010, Sydney FC won the A-League Premiership on the final day of the season by defeating Victory 2–0. A Big Blue match is traditionally played on <a href="/wiki/Australia_Day" title="Australia Day">Australia Day</a> each year. "<a href="/wiki/F3_Derby" title="F3 Derby">The F3 Derby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> v <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> Named after the former name of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Motorway_(Sydney%E2%80%93Newcastle)" title="Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)">the freeway</a> that connects the cities of Newcastle and Gosford,<a href="#cite_note-smh-fanssteamed-77">[77]</a> this match features the only two clubs in the A-League that are not based in state or national capital cities. The two teams' stadiums are just one hour apart, and the derby was intensified when they competed against each other for the premiership in the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_A-League" title="2007–08 A-League">2007–08 A-League season</a> and eventually met in the <a href="/wiki/2008_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2008 A-League Grand Final">Grand Final</a>, which was won 1–0 by the Jets. Since 2022, the teams have competed for a trophy made out of a core drill sample of the motorway.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> "The Distance Derby" – <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a> v <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> First contested in Wellington with their introduction to the A-League in <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_A-League" title="2007–08 A-League">2007–08</a>, this fixture is considered one of the longest away trips in world football for a domestic top-flight competition, with the distance between the two cities (which themselves are in different countries) being 5,225 km.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Since <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_A-League" title="2015–16 A-League">2015–16</a>, the two teams have contested the "Long Distance Derby Cup", which is awarded to the team with the best results from the three regular season fixtures between them.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> "New Zealand Derby" / "Mai te Raki ki te Tonga" – <a href="/wiki/Auckland_FC" title="Auckland FC">Auckland FC</a> v <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> With the introduction of expansion club Auckland FC for the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25 season</a>, Wellington will have an opponent from the same country for the first time. The first ever edition of this derby is scheduled for 2 November 2024 at <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Regional_Stadium" title="Wellington Regional Stadium">Wellington Regional Stadium</a>, and they will meet a further two times during the season.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> On 9 August 2024, Auckland announced the signing of former Wellington goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Alex_Paulsen" title="Alex Paulsen">Alex Paulsen</a>, on loan from <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> which was thought to be in contravention of the "<a href="/wiki/Caceres_rule" title="Caceres rule">Caceres rule</a>" which the APL had only announced that morning would be reviewed.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Following this announcement, Wellington raised concerns with <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Football Australia</a> "seeking further information" about the loan move.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Shortly before the start of the 2024–25 season, the League announced the official name of the derby would be "Kiwi Clasico",<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> however, official channels stopped using that name once the season began.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> On the day of the first ever match between the two clubs, <a href="/wiki/Te_%C4%80ti_Awa" title="Te Āti Awa">Te Āti Awa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ng%C4%81ti_Wh%C4%81tua" title="Ngāti Whātua">Ngāti Whātua</a> presented a special <a href="/wiki/Taonga" title="Taonga">taonga</a> to be awarded to the winner, and dubbed the derby "Mai te Raki ki te Tonga", which translates to ‘From the North to the South’ from <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">te reo Māori</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Organisation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logo_and_trophies">Logo and trophies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Logo and trophies">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-League_Trophy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/A-League_Trophy.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>The A-League Trophy was designed to resemble a <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel wreath</a>. (Image features A-League logo from 2004 to 2017)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Premier%27s_Plate.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/New_Premier%27s_Plate.png/220px-New_Premier%27s_Plate.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/New_Premier%27s_Plate.png/330px-New_Premier%27s_Plate.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/New_Premier%27s_Plate.png/440px-New_Premier%27s_Plate.png 2x" data-file-width="2524" data-file-height="2533" /></a><figcaption>The Premier's Plate is awarded to the highest finishing team in the regular season. (Image features A-League logo from 2017 to 2021)</figcaption></figure> The current A-League logo was unveiled in September 2021, as part of a re-branding of both the A-League and W-League, bringing them under the same umbrella of "A-Leagues" by the Australian Professional Leagues.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The logo was designed by R/GA, a creative agency in Sydney, and led to a major controversy but narrowly avoided legal trouble with building company in Adelaide over design similarities.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Isuzu UTE became the naming rights sponsor of the A-League Men in October 2021, and therefore features on all branding.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> This partnership was extended a further two years in December 2023.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In January 2017, <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Football Federation Australia</a> unveiled their new A-League logo which formed part of a wider rebranding branding of the A-League and its subsidiary competitions, the <a href="/wiki/W-League_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="W-League (Australia)">W-League</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_League_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Youth League (Australia)">Youth League</a>. The logo design was "inspired by soccer's three outstanding features – atmosphere, diversity and unity" and has colour alterations tailored to each of the 12 A-League clubs. The changes came into effect before the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-League" title="2017–18 A-League">2017/18 season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The original A-League logo was designed by Coast Design Sydney. It was the inaugural logo of the league. The two-toned <a href="/wiki/Ochre" title="Ochre">ochre</a> colours represented the sun, earth and desert while the 'glow' emanating from the centre of the logo depicted the playing season's spring and summer time span. The eight 'A' figures that made up the ball shape represented the eight foundation clubs of the league.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The A-League has two trophies which are competed for during the season: the Premier's Plate and the A-League Trophy.<a href="#cite_note-fourfourtwo-trophy-96">[96]</a> The Premier's Plate is awarded to the A-League Premiers, the regular season winners, and the A-League Trophy is awarded to the A-League Champions, the winner of the Grand Final. Both pieces of silverware were designed by Sydney design company D3 Design. The A-League Trophy is nicknamed the "Toilet Seat" due to its shape.<a href="#cite_note-fox-toiletseat-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-toiletseat-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> Where as the Premier's Plate follows a traditional trophy design, the A-League Trophy differs. In 2005, <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Neill_(sport_administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John O'Neill (sport administrator)">John O'Neill</a>, FFA CEO commented during the unveiling of the A-League Trophy, "We have a new national league and we feel it is important to re-define the conventional view of a trophy to reflect this". Clive Solari of D3 Design explained the trophy's design, saying "We wanted our trophy concept to embody the historical significance of sport in a contemporary design. So we looked to history to see how great achievements have been rewarded across all types of games for thousands of years. The winners of the world's original sporting competition, the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, were presented with a <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel wreath</a> on their heads. We used this model as a basis for a unique, cutting-edge design – our trophy is a modern and versatile translation of the wreath. The winners can hold it above their heads as a symbol of success".<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squad_formation_and_salary_cap">Squad formation and salary cap</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Squad formation and salary cap">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_A-League_Men_players" title="List of foreign A-League Men players">List of foreign A-League Men players</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marquee_player_(A-League_Men)" title="Marquee player (A-League Men)">Marquee player (A-League Men)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg/170px-Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg/255px-Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg/340px-Alex_Del_Piero_Sydney_FC_2_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1976" data-file-height="2576" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a> joined the league in 2012, as Sydney FC's marquee player.</figcaption></figure> The A-League match-day squad includes the typical 11 players, and five substitutes of which one must be a goalkeeper. Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_A-League" title="2013–14 A-League">2013–14 season</a>, just four substitutes including one goalkeeper were allowed to be named in the starting line-ups for the teams.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> An A-League squad must comprise a minimum of 20 players with a maximum of 26, subject to several limitations. Within the squad, there can be a maximum of five "foreign" or "<a href="/wiki/Visa_(document)" class="mw-redirect" title="Visa (document)">Visa</a>" players, from outside Australia (and New Zealand, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a>), that hold a temporary working-visa. Three players in the squad must also be under 20 years of age. In addition to these three under 20 players, clubs are allowed to sign an additional three youth players onto full-time contracts at a lower pay rate than the rest of the squad.<a href="#cite_note-smh-cap-open-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-PFA_CBA-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-dailytele-salarycaprise-104">[104]</a> The A-League had initially proposed that the quota of five visa players per A-League club be reduced to four in the 2015–16 season, with the limit of four possibly become "3+1", which means three imports from anywhere and one from Asia (following regulations in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">AFC Champions League</a>).<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> However, after opposition to the proposal by both players and managers, the move was placed on hold.<a href="#cite_note-fox-visasports-backflip-106">[106]</a> Although A-League clubs have restricted salaries (<a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a>), the league allows each club to have two "marquee" players whose salaries are exempt from the cap, plus a number of other 'exemptions' or 'allowances' to incentivise clubs to spend in specific areas. Guest players are also excluded for up to a maximum of 14 league matches.<a href="#cite_note-msn.com-107">[107]</a> From the formation of the league, clubs have been allowed to sign one international marquee player. From the 2008–09 season, A-League clubs have been permitted a junior marquee player; one that is under the age of 23. Now known as the 'Homegrown Player allowance', clubs can spend up to a collective $150,000 on three Australian players aged 23 or younger that have come through the club's youth system.<a href="#cite_note-A-League_Salary_Cap_Summary-108">[108]</a> On 19 April 2010, the A-League announced that, in addition to the international marquee and junior marquee, clubs would be allowed an Australian marquee player from the 2010–11 season.<a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-109">[109]</a> Notable marquee and guest players in the A-League have included <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero" title="Alessandro Del Piero">Alessandro Del Piero</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Gallas" title="William Gallas">William Gallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Yorke" title="Dwight Yorke">Dwight Yorke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Honda" title="Keisuke Honda">Keisuke Honda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damien_Duff" title="Damien Duff">Damien Duff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Emile Heskey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Fowler" title="Robbie Fowler">Robbie Fowler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Ono" title="Shinji Ono">Shinji Ono</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Villa" title="David Villa">David Villa</a> and former <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="FIFA World Player of the Year">FIFA World Player of the Year</a> <a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio" title="Romário">Romário</a>. Famous Australian Marquees include <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kewell" title="Harry Kewell">Harry Kewell</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Aloisi" title="John Aloisi">John Aloisi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brett_Emerton" title="Brett Emerton">Brett Emerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Kennedy" title="Joshua Kennedy">Joshua Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Cahill" title="Tim Cahill">Tim Cahill</a>. From the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22 A-League Men</a> season, the league added a designated player slot, whose salary is exempt from the cap, but must be $300,000–$600,000 per season.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> The <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">following season</a>, the league added a second designated player slot for each club.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Commencing in the 2015–16 season, players who have played at their club for 5–10 years will be covered by a "loyalty player allowance", allowing up to $200,000 of their salary to be exempted from the cap. Additionally, clubs are now permitted a mature-age rookie whose wages are outside the salary cap.<a href="#cite_note-msn.com-107">[107]</a> The 2016–17 season saw the introduction of a third 'Full Season Guest Marquee' spot, designed to attract high-profile players on short-term deals.<a href="#cite_note-Guest_Marquee-112">[112]</a> The salary cap for A-League clubs is $2.1 million for the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21 season</a>. In the case for <a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United</a> and debuting <a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur FC</a>, they are entitled to a $333,000 allowance thus increasing their salary cap to $2.433 million. Clubs must spend at least the salary floor which is $1.7 million. The salary cap applies to the 18 to 23 players that clubs have registered to their A-League player roster, the top 2 highest-paid players (Designated Players) don't count in the cap. Unless specifically exempt, all payments and benefits (e.g. cars, accommodation, etc.) provided by a club to a player are included in the club's salary cap. Players registered at a club for more than 4 consecutive years as a professional are considered as Loyalty Players and have the following amounts exempt from a club's salary cap; Year 4 – 12.5%, Year 5 – 25%, and 5% increments after that up until a max of 50%. Teams can spend an unlimited amount on 4 U-23 Australian players who have come from the youth team, called Homegrown Players. Teams can sign up to 9 U-20 players on minimum wage called Scholarship Players who don't count in the squad unless they are one of the 3 U21's in the squad, any payments above the national minimum wage to these Players are included in the club's Salary Cap.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>A-League salaries and marquees </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="14%">Season </th> <th width="14%">Marquee player </th> <th width="14%">Australian marquee </th> <th width="14%">Junior marquee </th> <th width="14%">Designated player </th> <th width="14%">Mature-aged rookie </th> <th width="14%">Salary cap </th> <th width="14%">Minimum salary </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League" title="2005–06 A-League">2005–06</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$1,500,000<a href="#cite_note-Can_our_talent_reside_in_the_A-League?-114">[114]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_A-League" title="2006–07 A-League">2006–07</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$1,600,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_lifts_its_salary_cap_to_$1.8m-115">[115]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_A-League" title="2007–08 A-League">2007–08</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$1,800,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_lifts_its_salary_cap_to_$1.8m-115">[115]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_A-League" title="2008–09 A-League">2008–09</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$1,900,000<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_A-League" title="2009–10 A-League">2009–10</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,250,000<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_A-League" title="2010–11 A-League">2010–11</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,350,000<a href="#cite_note-Can_our_talent_reside_in_the_A-League?-114">[114]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_A-League" title="2011–12 A-League">2011–12</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,400,000<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_A-League" title="2012–13 A-League">2012–13</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,468,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_players_strike_a_deal_for_a_minor_increase_to_salary_cap,_minimum_wages-119">[119]</a></td> <td>$48,000<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_A-League" title="2013–14 A-League">2013–14</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,500,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_players_strike_a_deal_for_a_minor_increase_to_salary_cap,_minimum_wages-119">[119]</a></td> <td>$50,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_players_strike_a_deal_for_a_minor_increase_to_salary_cap,_minimum_wages-119">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_A-League" title="2014–15 A-League">2014–15</a></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,550,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_players_strike_a_deal_for_a_minor_increase_to_salary_cap,_minimum_wages-119">[119]</a></td> <td>$51,000<a href="#cite_note-Foreign_marquee_quota_doubled_in_revised_salary_cap-121">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_A-League" title="2015–16 A-League">2015–16</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td>$2,600,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_Salary_Cap_Summary-108">[108]</a></td> <td>$55,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_Salary_Cap_Summary-108">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_A-League" title="2016–17 A-League">2016–17</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">3</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td>$2,650,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_salary_cap_could_be_scrapped-122">[122]</a></td> <td>$55,715<a href="#cite_note-A-League_salary_cap_could_be_scrapped-122">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-League" title="2017–18 A-League">2017–18</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td>$2,928,000<a href="#cite_note-A-League_salary_cap_could_be_scrapped-122">[122]</a></td> <td>$61,287<a href="#cite_note-A-League_salary_cap_could_be_scrapped-122">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_A-League" title="2018–19 A-League">2018–19</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td>$3,063,000<a href="#cite_note-New_A-League_expansion_teams_to_be_given_bigger_salary_cap-123">[123]</a></td> <td>$64,113<a href="#cite_note-A-League_salary_cap_could_be_scrapped-122">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$3,200,000<a href="#cite_note-New_A-League_expansion_teams_to_be_given_bigger_salary_cap-123">[123]</a></td> <td>$47,792–$64,113<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>$2,100,000<a href="#cite_note-sbs_cap-125">[125]</a></td> <td>$45,000–$62,500<a href="#cite_note-sbs_cap-125">[125]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a></td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">1</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">2</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Stadiums">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_stadiums" title="List of A-League Men stadiums">List of A-League Men stadiums</a></div> A-League games have been played in 33 stadiums since the inaugural season of the A-League in 2005. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sponsorship">edit</a>]</div> Since its formation, the A-League has been sponsored by an official naming rights partner.<a href="#cite_note-a-leagueHistory-11">[11]</a> In 2004, the <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company" title="Hyundai Motor Company">Hyundai Motor Company</a> was announced as the sponsor for the first three seasons of the league, known for commercial purposes as the "Hyundai A-League". In 2008, Hyundai renewed its initial contract with <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">FFA</a> for another four seasons until 2012, and that contract was further extended by four seasons until 2016.<a href="#cite_note-hyundai-extends-126">[126]</a> This sponsorship deal was then further extended to the end of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20 A-League</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> On 23 December 2020, it was announced that the new major sponsor of the A-League and <a href="/wiki/W-League_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="W-League (Australia)">W-League</a> would be home improvement store <a href="/wiki/Bunnings_Warehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunnings Warehouse">Bunnings Warehouse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> On 6 October 2021, <a href="/wiki/Isuzu" title="Isuzu">Isuzu</a> <a href="/wiki/Isuzu_D-Max" title="Isuzu D-Max">UTE</a> was announced as the naming rights partner of the A-League Men in a 3-year deal, with the league known as the Isuzu UTE A-League.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Sponsor </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>2005/06–2019/20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Motor_Company" title="Hyundai Motor Company">Hyundai</a> </td> <td>Hyundai A-League </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020/21 </td> <td>No title sponsor </td> <td>A-League </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021/22–Present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isuzu" title="Isuzu">Isuzu</a> <a href="/wiki/Isuzu_D-Max" title="Isuzu D-Max">UTE</a> </td> <td>Isuzu UTE A-League </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_championships">League championships</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: League championships">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_soccer_champions" title="List of Australian soccer champions">List of Australian soccer champions</a></div> As of the 2023–24 season, 15 different clubs have competed in the league, with eight having won the trophy, and eight winning at least one premier's plate. 6 clubs have won a Premiership-Championship double, a feat achieved 11 times in total. The winner of the regular season tournament is dubbed the 'Premier' while the winner of the grand final is the season's 'Champion'. This differs from other football codes in Australia, where 'premier' refers to the winner of the grand final and the winner of the regular season is the 'minor premier'. <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Champions </th> <th>Year(s) won </th> <th>Premiers </th> <th>Year(s) won </th> <th>Total combined </th> <th>'Double' </th> <th>A-League seasons </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2006 A-League Grand Final">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2010 A-League Grand Final">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2017 A-League Grand Final">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2019 A-League Grand Final">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2020 A-League Grand Final">2020</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_A-League" title="2009–10 A-League">2009–10</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_A-League" title="2016–17 A-League">2016–17</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-League" title="2017–18 A-League">2017–18</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3 (2010, 2017, 2020) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand Final">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2009 A-League Grand Final">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2015 A-League Grand Final">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2018 A-League Grand Final">2018</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_A-League" title="2006–07 A-League">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_A-League" title="2008–09 A-League">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_A-League" title="2014–15 A-League">2014–15</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>3 (2007, 2009, 2015) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2013 A-League Grand Final">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2023 A-League Men Grand Final">2023</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2024 A-League Men Grand Final">2024</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_A-League" title="2007–08 A-League">2007–08</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_A-League" title="2011–12 A-League">2011–12</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023-24_A-League_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="2023-24 A-League Men">2023–24</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 (2024) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Roar_FC" title="Brisbane Roar FC">Brisbane Roar</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2011 A-League Grand Final">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2012 A-League Grand Final">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2014 A-League Grand Final">2014</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_A-League" title="2010–11 A-League">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_A-League" title="2013–14 A-League">2013–14</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>2 (2011, 2014) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne City</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2021 A-League Grand Final">2021</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 (2021) </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2016 A-League Grand Final">2016</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_A-League" title="2005–06 A-League">2005–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_A-League" title="2015–16 A-League">2015–16</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 (2016) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2008 A-League Grand Final">2008</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2022 A-League Men Grand Final">2022</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_A-League" title="2012–13 A-League">2012–13</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_A-League" title="2018–19 A-League">2018–19</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td> </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur FC</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td> <td>17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Records">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_records_and_statistics" title="A-League Men records and statistics">A-League Men records and statistics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg/220px-Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="379" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg/330px-Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Jamie_Maclaren_World_Cup_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Maclaren" title="Jamie Maclaren">Jamie Maclaren</a> is the leading A-League goalscorer, scoring 151 goals with three clubs.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Roar_FC" title="Brisbane Roar FC">Brisbane Roar</a> hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the competition with 36 league matches without defeat.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Maclaren" title="Jamie Maclaren">Jamie Maclaren</a> holds the record for the greatest number of A-League goals, with 151 goals, playing for <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Roar_FC" title="Brisbane Roar FC">Brisbane Roar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> The A-League record for most goals in a single match is held by <a href="/wiki/Archie_Thompson" title="Archie Thompson">Archie Thompson</a>, scoring 5 goals against <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a> on 18 February 2007, during the <a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand Final">2007 A-League Grand Final</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Maclaren" title="Jamie Maclaren">Jamie Maclaren</a> who scored 5 goals against <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> on 17 April 2021. <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Maclaren" title="Jamie Maclaren">Jamie Maclaren</a> has scored the <a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_hat-tricks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of A-League hat-tricks">most A-League hat-tricks</a> with 8. <a href="/wiki/Shane_Smeltz" title="Shane Smeltz">Shane Smeltz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob%C3%B4_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="Bobô (footballer, born 1985)">Bobô</a> are the only players to have scored hat-tricks in consecutive matches.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <a href="/wiki/Henrique_Andrade_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="Henrique Andrade Silva">Henrique</a> was the first, and so far only, player to score a hat-trick coming on as a substitute, for Brisbane Roar against <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> In 2015, Austrian striker <a href="/wiki/Marc_Janko" title="Marc Janko">Marc Janko</a> broke the record for scoring in consecutive matches when he scored in seven games for <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a>.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Media coverage">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Australia">In Australia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: In Australia">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg/220px-Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg/330px-Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg/440px-Newcastle-Sydney_EnergyAustralia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="850" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> against <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_International_Sports_Centre" title="Newcastle International Sports Centre">Newcastle Stadium</a> in 2007.</figcaption></figure> From the start of the 2005–06 season to the 2012–13 season, television coverage of the A-League in Australia had been restricted to the <a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">subscription</a>-only <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_(Australia)" title="Fox Sports (Australia)">Fox Sports</a> channel, to which only 7% of Australian residents had access.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> On 19 November 2012, <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> Australian <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">public broadcasting</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_broadcasting_in_Australia" title="Television broadcasting in Australia">television network</a> <a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> secured the shared rights, alongside long-time A-League broadcasters Fox Sports, to the A-League from the 2013–14 season with a <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">A$</a>160 million four-year broadcast deal.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> SBS's coverage ended in the 2016–17 season, with <a href="/wiki/Network_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Ten">Network Ten</a> securing <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> broadcast rights. Ten simulcasted the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_(Australia)" title="Fox Sports (Australia)">Fox Sports</a> coverage of the Saturday night fixture on its digital multichannel <a href="/wiki/One_(Australian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="One (Australian TV channel)">One</a>.<a href="#cite_note-a-league1-138">[138]</a> From the 2019–20 season, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">ABC TV</a> has broadcast one game a weekend (Saturday 5pm) live on its primary channel. It also has the right to broadcast delayed coverage of some finals matches and the Grand Final.<a href="#cite_note-ABCdeal-139">[139]</a> Fox Sport's contract with the A-League, which was renegotiated in June 2020 amidst the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Australia">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, concluded in July 2021.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> Since August 2021, as part of a five-year deal with <a href="/wiki/ViacomCBS" class="mw-redirect" title="ViacomCBS">ViacomCBS</a>, the A-Leagues are being broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">Network 10</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B#Sports_programming" title="Paramount+">Paramount+ streaming service</a>. Initially one A-League Men match per weekend was broadcast on Ten's main channel and all matches were streamed on Paramount.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> Paramount+ and 10 hold broadcasting rights through to 2028.<a href="#cite_note-broadcast-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_countries">Other countries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other countries">edit</a>]</div> In New Zealand the league has been broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(New_Zealand)" title="Sky Sport (New Zealand)">Sky Sport</a> since its inaugural season. In the 2019–20 season, the league also broadcast on Qatari <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (Australian TV channel)">beIN Sports</a> after <a href="/wiki/Sky_(New_Zealand)" title="Sky (New Zealand)">Sky</a> ink four-year partnership for extensive soccer coverage, especially the A-league.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> The growth of coverage of the A-League outside Australia saw the league broadcast in 65 countries around the world in 2013/14.<a href="#cite_note-global_broadcast-144">[144]</a> Full match broadcasts are available in the United States, China, Italy, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Canada, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, Singapore and Myanmar.<a href="#cite_note-global_broadcast-144">[144]</a> In addition to the full match broadcasts, highlights of A-League matches can be viewed in 53 countries throughout Asia and the Middle East, including Japan and South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-global_broadcast-144">[144]</a> In 2014, a three-season deal with <a href="/wiki/Sony_TEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony TEN">Sony TEN</a> allowed the league to be broadcast live in Asian nations including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.<a href="#cite_note-Football_Federation_Australia-145">[145]</a> Every A-League match is also <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">live streamed</a> globally, allowing games to be viewed online through a subscription service provided in a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">FFA</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> All games were also broadcast live in the United States on <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a> until 2021. Most games in the United Kingdom are broadcast by <a href="/wiki/BT_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Sport">BT Sport</a> but use Paramount+ live feed for every live game. For the 2014–15 Season, the A-League was broadcast in 173 countries.<a href="#cite_note-A-League_2014/15_Season_Report-147">[147]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion">Promotion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Promotion">edit</a>]</div> The A-League has been promoted using a number of different advertising slogans and strategies since its inception. At the start of the inaugural season, a A$3 million dollar advertising campaign was launched, with the television and film advertisements produced by <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a>'s production company <a href="/wiki/Scott_Free_Productions" title="Scott Free Productions">Scott Free Productions</a>. The theme for the campaign was: "Football, but not as you know it". A new television advertisement was created for the start of the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_A-League" title="2007–08 A-League">2007–08 season</a>, which debuted on Foxtel's program Total Football. It was filmed at <a href="/wiki/Bob_Jane_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Jane Stadium">Bob Jane Stadium</a> in Melbourne. Other campaigns include the "90 minutes, 90 emotions", which was used for two seasons from 2007 to 2009 and was accompanied by the music track "My People" from Australian act <a href="/wiki/The_Presets" title="The Presets">The Presets</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fourfourtwo-newad-148">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_broadcasters">Current broadcasters</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=A-League_Men&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Current broadcasters">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;float:right;margin-left:1em"> <caption>Broadcasters in Australia </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Seasons </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">Pay</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">FTA</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2005–13</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_(Australia)" title="Fox Sports (Australia)">Fox Sports</a></td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/10_Bold" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Bold">One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019–21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">ABC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021–28<a href="#cite_note-broadcast-142">[142]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">10</a> and <a href="/wiki/10_Bold" class="mw-redirect" title="10 Bold">10 Bold</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Broadcasters as of the 2024–25 season are as follows: <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Territory </th> <th>Network </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">Network 10</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B#Sports_programming" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Open_(TV_channel)" title="Sky Open (TV channel)">Sky Open</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(New_Zealand)" title="Sky Sport (New Zealand)">Sky Sport</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Pacific Islands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ABC_Australia_(Southeast_Asian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel)">Australia TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pasifika_TV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pasifika TV (page does not exist)">Pasifika TV</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">International </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IMG_(company)#Sport_24" title="IMG (company)">Sport24</a> (in-flight and ship only) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> (unsold markets only) </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sportdigital" title="Sportdigital">Sportdigital</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_A-League" title="2014–15 A-League">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_A-League" title="2015–16 A-League">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_A-League" title="2016–17 A-League">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-League" title="2017–18 A-League">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_A-League" title="2018–19 A-League">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_A-League_Men" title="2023–24 A-League Men">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_A-League_Men" title="2024–25 A-League Men">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_finals_series" title="A-League Men finals series">Finals series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_finals_series" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 A-League finals series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_A-League_finals_series" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 A-League finals series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_A-League_finals_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 A-League finals series (page does not exist)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_A-League_finals_series" title="2018 A-League finals series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_A-League_finals_series" title="2019 A-League finals series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_A-League_finals_series" title="2020 A-League finals series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_A-League_finals_series" title="2021 A-League finals series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_finals_series" title="2022 A-League Men finals series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_A-League_Men_finals_series" title="2023 A-League Men finals series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_A-League_Men_finals_series" title="2024 A-League Men finals series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="A-League Men Grand Final">Grand Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2006 A-League Grand Final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2007 A-League Grand Final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2008 A-League Grand Final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2009 A-League Grand Final">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2010 A-League Grand Final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2011 A-League Grand Final">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2012 A-League Grand Final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2013 A-League Grand Final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2014 A-League Grand Final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2015 A-League Grand Final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2016 A-League Grand Final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2017 A-League Grand Final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2018 A-League Grand Final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2019 A-League Grand Final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2020 A-League Grand Final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_A-League_Grand_Final" title="2021 A-League Grand Final">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2022 A-League Men Grand Final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2023 A-League Men Grand Final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2024 A-League Men Grand Final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%">Current clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_United_FC" title="Adelaide United FC">Adelaide United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_FC" title="Auckland FC">Auckland FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Roar_FC" title="Brisbane Roar FC">Brisbane Roar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_FC" title="Melbourne City FC">Melbourne City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory_FC" title="Perth Glory FC">Perth Glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Phoenix_FC" title="Wellington Phoenix FC">Wellington Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC" title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC">Western United</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Fury_FC" title="Northern Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_rivalries#Australia" title="List of association football rivalries">Rivalries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Blue_(A-Leagues)" title="The Big Blue (A-Leagues)">The Big Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Original_Rivalry" title="The Original Rivalry">The Original Rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F3_Derby" title="F3 Derby">F3 Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwi_Cl%C3%A1sico" title="Kiwi Clásico">Kiwi Clásico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Derby_(A-Leagues)" title="Melbourne Derby (A-Leagues)">Melbourne Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Derby_(A-Leagues)" title="Sydney Derby (A-Leagues)">Sydney Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC%E2%80%93Western_Sydney_Wanderers_FC_rivalry" title="Central Coast Mariners FC–Western Sydney Wanderers FC rivalry">Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC%E2%80%93Western_United_FC_rivalry" title="Melbourne Victory FC–Western United FC rivalry">Melbourne Victory v Western United</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%">Competition</th><td 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href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_stadiums" title="List of A-League Men stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unite_Round" title="Unite Round">Unite Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_finals_series" title="A-League Men finals series">Finals series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="A-League Men Grand Final">Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_attendance" title="A-League Men attendance">Attendance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_clubs_in_continental_competitions" title="Australian soccer clubs in continental competitions">Clubs in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_A-League_Men" title="Expansion of the A-League Men">Expansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%">Statistics and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_records_and_statistics" title="A-League Men records and statistics">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_records_and_statistics#All-time_A-League_Men_table" title="A-League Men records and statistics">All-time table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_hat-tricks" title="List of A-League Men hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_players_with_50_or_more_A-League_Men_goals" title="List of soccer players with 50 or more A-League Men goals">Players with 50+ goals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_players_with_200_or_more_A-League_Men_appearances" title="List of soccer players with 200 or more A-League Men appearances">Players with 200+ appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_A-League_Men_matches" title="List of highest-scoring A-League Men matches">Highest scores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Golden_Boot" title="A-League Men Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Coach_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Coach of the Year">Coach of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Young_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year">Young Footballer of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goal_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Goal of the Year">Goal of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goalkeeper_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year">Goalkeeper of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Coach_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Coach of the Month">Coach of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Player_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goal_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Goal of the Month">Goal of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Footballer_of_the_Year_Awards#A-League_Men_Team_of_the_Season" title="PFA Footballer of the Year Awards">PFA Team of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Warren_Medal" title="Johnny Warren Medal">Johnny Warren Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Marston_Medal" title="Joe Marston Medal">Joe Marston Medal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#ff434e; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #151a95, inset -1px -1px 0 #151a95;;width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Youth" title="A-League Youth">A-League Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues" title="National Premier Leagues">National Premier Leagues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Elite" title="AFC Champions League Elite">AFC Champions League Elite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Two" title="AFC Champions League Two">AFC Champions League Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-League_(Australia)" title="E-League (Australia)">E-League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-Leagues_All_Stars_Game" title="A-Leagues All Stars Game">All Stars Game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=Australia&#124;link=Australia_Soccer_in_Australia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Leagues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">Senior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_B_team" title="Australia men's national soccer B team">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-23 soccer team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-20 soccer team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-17 soccer team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_futsal_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia national futsal team">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_beach_soccer_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia national beach soccer team">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_cerebral_palsy_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national cerebral palsy soccer team">Paralympic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">Senior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_B_team" title="Australia women's national soccer B team">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-23 soccer team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-20 soccer team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-17 soccer team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Australia women's national futsal team">Futsal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_league_system" title="Australian soccer league system">League competitions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A-League Men</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Second_Division" title="National Second Division">National Second Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues" title="National Premier Leagues">National Premier Leagues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Capital_Football" title="National Premier Leagues Capital Football">Capital Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_NSW" title="National Premier Leagues NSW">NSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Northern_NSW" title="National Premier Leagues Northern NSW">Northern NSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Queensland" title="National Premier Leagues Queensland">Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_South_Australia" title="National Premier Leagues South Australia">South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Tasmania" title="National Premier Leagues Tasmania">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria" title="National Premier Leagues Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Western_Australia" title="National Premier Leagues Western Australia">Western Australia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 4–10</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Football" title="Capital Football">Capital Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Premier_League_(ACT)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Premier League (ACT)">Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Football_State_League" title="Capital Football State League">State League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_NSW" title="Football NSW">NSW</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_NSW_League" title="Football NSW League">NSW League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_NSW_Football" title="Northern NSW Football">Northern NSW</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_League_One" title="Northern League One">League One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Zone_League_One" title="Newcastle Zone League One">Zone League One</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Northern_Territory" title="Football Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NorZone_Premier_League" title="NorZone Premier League">NorZone Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zone_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Zone Premier League">Southern Zone Premier League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Queensland" title="Football Queensland">Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_Queensland_Premier_League" title="Football Queensland Premier League">Premier League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_South_Australia" title="Football South Australia">South Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_League_South_Australia" title="State League South Australia">State League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Tasmania" title="Football Tasmania">Tasmania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Championship">Northern Championship</a> <ul><li>Northern Social League</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Championship" title="Southern Championship">Southern Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_League_One_(Tasmania)" title="Southern League One (Tasmania)">Southern League One</a></li> <li>Southern League Two</li> <li>Southern League Three</li> <li>Southern League Four</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Victoria" title="Football Victoria">Victoria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Premier_League" title="Victorian Premier League">Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_State_League" title="Victorian State League">State League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_West" title="Football West">Western Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_West_State_League" title="Football West State League">State League</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Women%27s" title="National Premier Leagues Women's">National Premier Leagues Women's</a> <ul><li>Capital Football</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_NSW_Women%27s" title="National Premier Leagues NSW Women's">NSW</a></li> <li>Northern NSW</li> <li>Queensland</li> <li>South Australia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_Women" title="National Premier Leagues Victoria Women">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues_WA_Women" title="National Premier Leagues WA Women">Western Australia</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Levels 3–8</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Football" title="Capital Football">Capital Football</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Football_State_League" title="Capital Football State League">State League</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_NSW" title="Football NSW">NSW</a> <ul><li>League One</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Queensland" title="Football Queensland">Queensland</a> <ul><li>Premier League</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_South_Australia" title="Football South Australia">South Australia</a> <ul><li>State League</li> <li>Community Leagues</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Victoria" title="Football Victoria">Victoria</a> <ul><li>Premier League</li> <li>State League</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_West" title="Football West">Western Australia</a> <ul><li>Women's League</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_soccer_champions#National_Cup_winners" title="List of Australian soccer champions">Cup competitions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Football_Federation_Cup" title="Capital Football Federation Cup">Capital Football Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waratah_Cup" title="Waratah Cup">Waratah Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_Cup" title="Sapphire Cup">Sapphire Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NNSWF_State_Cup" title="NNSWF State Cup">NNSWF State Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_SA_Federation_Cup" title="Football SA Federation Cup">Football SA Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Lakoseljac_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Milan Lakoseljac Cup">Milan Lakoseljac Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dockerty_Cup" title="Dockerty Cup">Dockerty Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_West_State_Cup" title="Football West State Cup">Football West State Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Youth_soccer_in_Australia" title="Template:Youth soccer in Australia">Youth soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_soccer_leagues_in_Australia" title="Category:Defunct soccer leagues in Australia">Defunct leagues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_soccer_cup_competitions_in_Australia" title="Category:Defunct soccer cup competitions in Australia">Defunct cups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers_Australia" title="Professional Footballers Australia">Professional Footballers Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_soccer_in_Australia" title="Women's soccer in Australia">Women's soccer in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_soccer_in_Brisbane,_Queensland" title="History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland">History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_soccer_players_in_Australia_by_number_of_league_appearances" title="List of men's soccer players in Australia by number of league appearances">Appearances (300+)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_clubs_in_Australia" title="List of soccer clubs in Australia">Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_clubs_in_Australia_by_competitive_honours_won" title="List of soccer clubs in Australia by competitive honours won">Honours won</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_soccer_champions" title="List of Australian soccer champions">Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_clubs_in_international_competitions" title="Australian soccer clubs in international competitions">Clubs in international competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_soccer_players_in_Australia_by_number_of_league_goals" title="List of men's soccer players in Australia by number of league goals">Goals (100+)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_record_home_attendances_of_Australian_soccer_clubs" title="List of record home attendances of Australian soccer clubs">Record home attendances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_stadiums_in_Australia" title="List of soccer stadiums in Australia">Stadiums by capacity</a></li></ul> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Baseball_League" title="Australian Baseball League">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(Australia)" title="National Basketball League (Australia)">Basketball</a></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Shield" title="Sheffield Shield">First-class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_domestic_limited-overs_cricket_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament">Limited overs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bash_League" title="Big Bash League">Twenty20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Dodgeball_League" title="Australian Dodgeball League">Dodgeball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-League" title="F-League">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_of_Australasia" title="PGA Tour of Australasia">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Gridiron_League" title="Australian Gridiron League">Gridiron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handball_League_Australia" title="Handball League Australia">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hockey_One" title="Hockey One">Hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Ice_Hockey_League" title="Australian Ice Hockey League">Ice Hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowls_Premier_League" title="Bowls Premier League">Lawn bowls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ProMX" title="ProMX">Motocross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">Rugby League</a></li> 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