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2019–20 A-League

The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and was scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, though was postponed to 19 August 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The pandemic caused Football Federation Australia (FFA) to suspend the season from late March to mid July.[2][3] The season resumed on 17 July 2020, which meant the finals occurred in mid-August and the Grand Final was held on 30 August 2020.[4]

Sydney FC were the defending champions and Perth Glory were the defending premiers.

Clubs

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[5]

Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
Western United
Western Sydney Wanderers

Personnel and kits

1. ^ Away kit.

Managerial changes

Foreign players

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 (or New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[55]
2Australian citizens (or 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);
5Players who left at the end of their contract, which was originally at the end of the season, but became mid-season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia extending the season

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Transfers

Regular season

Effects of the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the self isolation requirements after overseas travel imposed by the Australian Government on 16 March, both Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix were required to self-isolate having returned from playing in Wellington on 15 March 2020. This led to four games involving both clubs being postponed.

On 16 March 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the Australian Government of gatherings involving more than 500 people, the FFA announced that the remainder of the season would proceed with all games being played behind closed doors.[86] Wellington Phoenix had intended to relocate for the remainder of the season in Sydney in order to keep playing the remainder of its scheduled games.[87] The season was suspended on 24 March.[2]

The season resumed on 17 July 2020, with almost all of the remaining 27 matches in the regular season played in New South Wales.[4]

League table

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Chris Beath


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.[citation needed]

As of matches played on 14 March 2020.

By round

Club membership

Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

Including Finals matches[89]

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Clean sheets

Including Finals matches[94]

Awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[95]

Monthly awards

Annual awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 10 September 2020.[113][114]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ O'Donovan was vice-captain until he transferred to Newcastle Jets mid-season on 31 January 2020.[58]
  2. ^ Toivonen left Melbourne Victory and his marquee deal at end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  3. ^ Toivonen was Melbourne Victory's captain until the end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[65]
  4. ^ Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[80]
  5. ^ Kone was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western United part-way through on 13 July 2020.[83]
  6. ^ a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

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