2017–18 A-League

The 2017–18 A-League was the 41st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 13th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season began on 6 October 2017 and ended with the Grand Final on 5 May 2018.

Sydney FC won the A-League minor premiership, while Melbourne Victory won the Championship after defeating the Newcastle Jets 1–0 in the Grand Final on 5 May 2018; this marked the first time in A-League history in which the Championship was won by a team which finished outside the top 2.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers StadiumAdelaide Oval 17,00053,583 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500 Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,119 Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050 Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad StadiumAAMI Park 56,34730,050 Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000 Perth Glory Perth nib Stadium 20,500 Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney ANZ StadiumSpotless Stadium 84,00024,000

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Adelaide United Marco Kurz Isaías Macron IGA Brisbane Roar John Aloisi Matt McKay Umbro Central Home Loans Central Coast Mariners Wayne O'Sullivan Alan Baró Umbro Masterfoods Melbourne City Warren Joyce Michael Jakobsen Nike Etihad Airways Melbourne Victory Kevin Muscat Carl Valeri Adidas Optislim & Optivite Newcastle Jets Ernie Merrick Nigel Boogaard Viva Sports Ledman Group Perth Glory Kenny Lowe Andy Keogh Macron QBE Insurance Sydney FC Graham Arnold Alex Brosque Puma The Star Wellington Phoenix Chris Greenacre Andrew Durante Adidas HuaweiCentury 21 Western Sydney Wanderers Josep Gombau Mark Bridge Nike NRMA Insurance

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Newcastle Jets Sacked 16 April 2017 Pre-season 9 May 2017Adelaide United Resigned10 May 201716 June 2017Melbourne City End of contract10 May 201719 June 2017Wellington Phoenix End of contract19 May 2017 7 June 2017Western Sydney Wanderers Resigned 1 October 2017 (caretaker) 3 October 2017Western Sydney Wanderers (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 1 November 2017 4th 1 November 2017Wellington Phoenix Sacked 7 March 2018 10th (caretaker) 7 March 2018Central Coast Mariners Resigned 20 March 2018 9th (caretaker) 20 March 2018

Transfers

Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Johan Absalonsen Daniel Adlung Baba Diawara Džengis Čavušević Isaías Pacifique Niyongabire2 Ersan Gülüm2 Karim Matmour Brisbane Roar Thomas Kristensen Éric Bauthéac Massimo Maccarone Fahid Ben Khalfallah Henrique1 Jamie Young2 Avraam Papadopoulos2 Dane Ingham2 Jack Hingert2 Central Coast Mariners Wout Brama Tom Hiariej Alan Baró Storm Roux2 Kwabena Appiah2 Asdrúbal Melbourne City Michael Jakobsen Bart Schenkeveld Marcin Budziński Bruno Fornaroli Iacopo La Rocca1 Manny Muscat2 Fernando Brandán Marcelo Carrusca1 Ross McCormack Melbourne Victory Matías Sánchez Besart Berisha Leroy George Kosta Barbarouses Jai Ingham2 Kenny Athiu2 Newcastle Jets Wayne Brown Roy O'Donovan Ronald Vargas Patito Rodríguez3 Ivan Vujica2 Daniel Georgievski2 Glen Moss2 Perth Glory Joseph Mills Andy Keogh Andreu Diego Castro Xavi Torres Sydney FC Bobô Jordy Buijs Adrian Mierzejewski Miloš Ninković Fábio Ferreira Wellington Phoenix Goran Paracki Roy Krishna Marco Rossi Andrija Kaluđerović Matija Ljujić Guilherme Finkler Ali Abbas1 Western Sydney Wanderers Roly Bonevacia Álvaro Cejudo Raúl Llorente Oriol Riera Marcelo Carrusca1 Jumpei Kusukami The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team; 3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players; 4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains Club First Marquee Second Marquee Mature Age Rookie Captain Vice-Captain Adelaide United Baba Diawara None None Isaías Jordan Elsey Brisbane Roar Brett Holman Massimo Maccarone Brendan White Matt McKay Jade North Central Coast Mariners Daniel De Silva None None Alan Baró None Melbourne City Bruno Fornaroli Marcin Budziński None Michael Jakobsen None Melbourne Victory Besart Berisha None None Carl Valeri Leigh Broxham Newcastle Jets Ronald Vargas None None Nigel Boogaard None Perth Glory Diego Castro None None Andy Keogh None Sydney FC Bobô Miloš Ninković None Alex Brosque Alex Wilkinson Wellington Phoenix None None None Andrew Durante None Western Sydney Wanderers Oriol Riera Álvaro Cejudo None Mark Bridge None

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Statistics

Attendances

By club These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

By round + 2017–18 A-League Attendance RoundTotalGames Avg. Per Game Round 1 66,814 5 13,363 Round 2 86,537 5 17,307 Round 3 85,558 5 17,118 Round 4 45,757 5 9,151 Round 5 61,403 5 12,281 Round 6 48,008 5 9,602 Round 7 46,569 5 9,314 Round 8 39,323 5 7,865 Round 9 37,224 5 7,445 Round 10 73,636 5 14,727 Round 11 44,008 5 8,802 Round 12 55,153 5 11,031 Round 13 59,479 5 11,896 Round 14 51,890 5 10,378 Round 15 44,845 5 8,969 Round 16 48,325 5 9,665 Round 17 50,613 5 10,123 Round 18 50,514 5 10,103 Round 19 45,865 5 9,173 Round 20 46,316 5 9,263 Round 21 59,729 5 11,946 Round 22 60,794 5 12,159 Round 23 43,918 5 8,784 Round 24 33,053 5 6,611 Round 25 58,202 5 11,640 Round 26 47,837 5 9,567 Round 27 49,184 5 9,837 Elimination Final 23,259 2 11,630 Semi Final 36,906 2 18,453 Grand Final 29,410 1 29,410

Club membership + 2017–18 A-League membership figures Club Members Adelaide United 6,906 Brisbane Roar 9,345 Central Coast Mariners 7,124 Melbourne City 11,255 Melbourne Victory 26,095 Newcastle Jets 9,195 Perth Glory 9,368 Sydney FC 14,834 Wellington Phoenix 5,289 Western Sydney Wanderers 19,007Total118,418Average 11,841

Player stats Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 BobôSydney FC272 Oriol RieraWestern Sydney Wanderers153 Ross McCormackMelbourne City144 Besart BerishaMelbourne Victory13 Adrian MierzejewskiSydney FC6 Andrew NabboutNewcastle Jets10 Dimitri PetratosNewcastle Jets8 Andrija KaluđerovićWellington Phoenix9 Massimo MaccaroneBrisbane Roar Roy O'DonovanNewcastle Jets Dario VidošićWellington PhoenixMelbourne City

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref Roy O'Donovan Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners 5–1 Bobô Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Bobô Sydney FC Perth Glory 6–0 Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory Central Coast Mariners 5–2 Riley McGree Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners 2–8

Own goals

PlayerClubAgainstRound Thomas Deng Melbourne Victory Sydney FC 1 Brendan Hamill Western Sydney Wanderers Perth Glory 1 Nigel Boogaard Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar 3 Andrija Kaluđerović Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners 8 Goran Paracki Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory 9 Lachlan Scott Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney FC 10 Jeremy Walker Perth Glory Newcastle Jets 10 Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory Wellington Phoenix 15 Dino Djulbic Perth Glory Adelaide United 19 Shane Lowry Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix 20 Ryan Strain Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners 20 Taylor Regan Adelaide United Melbourne Victory 21 Leigh Broxham Melbourne Victory Wellington Phoenix 26 Jacob Pepper Brisbane Roar Perth Glory 27

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Andrew RedmayneSydney FC122 Dean BouzanisMelbourne City63 Ben KennedyCentral Coast Mariners5 Jamie YoungBrisbane Roar5 Jack DuncanNewcastle Jets4 Vedran JanjetovićWestern Sydney Wanderers Liam ReddyPerth Glory8 Eugene GalekovicMelbourne City3 Paul IzzoAdelaide United Glen MossNewcastle Jets Lawrence ThomasMelbourne Victory

Discipline During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.

ClubSydney FC380141Newcastle Jets511156Wellington Phoenix540157Melbourne City442357Perth Glory590162Adelaide United512364Central Coast Mariners503365Melbourne Victory532366Brisbane Roar620268Western Sydney Wanderers613273League total5231320

Awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017–18 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018. Johnny Warren Medal – Adrian Mierzejewski, Sydney FC NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Daniel Arzani, Melbourne City Nike Golden Boot Award – Bobô, Sydney FC (27 goals) Goalkeeper of the Year – Jamie Young, Brisbane Roar Coach of the Year – Graham Arnold, Sydney FC Fair Play Award – Sydney FC Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett Goal of the Year – Andrew Nabbout, Newcastle Jets (Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets, 16 February 2018)

2017–18 A-League

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