38th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia
Football league season
The 2014–15 A-League was the 38th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 10th season of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commenced on 10 October 2014 and concluded on 26 April 2015. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015. The season was suspended from 9–24 January in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.[1]
The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015, with Melbourne Victory claiming their third Championship with a 3–0 win against Sydney FC.
The season marked the first year that the team formerly known as Melbourne Heart competed as Melbourne City after the club's renaming in June 2014.
Clubs
Personnel and kits
Transfers
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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[11]
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 ten games)
Salary cap exemptions and captains
Regular season
League table
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
- ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[38]
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: aleague.com.au
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Finals series
Elimination-finals
Semi-finals
Grand Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Own goals
Hat-tricks
† Player came on as substitute.
Clean sheets
Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
NB - Additional clean sheets were kept by Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory, however these are not listed due to goalkeeper substitutions.
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
Top 10 season attendances
Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Club membership
Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: aleague.com.au
Awards
End-of-season awards
The following end of the season awards were announced at the Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League 2014–15 Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 11 May 2015.[48]
See also
Notes
- ^ Regan replaced Jaliens as captain mid-season, after his contract was mutually terminated in February 2015.[27]
- ^ Griffiths was vice-captain until his contract was mutually terminated mid-season in February 2015.[29]
References
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- ^ "Wanderers launch jersey, announce Nike partnership extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 August 2017.
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- ^ "Sydney FC Appoint Graham Arnold Head Coach". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Phil Stubbins named Newcastle Jets' new A-League coach". theherald.com.au. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Mulvey and Roar part ways". Football Federation Australia. 23 November 2014.
- ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: Head Coach Phil Moss stood aside". Football Federation Australia. 6 March 2015.
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- ^ a b "Reds' Marquee duo confirmed as two of the best in the A-League". Adelaide United. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Galekovic takes over as Reds skipper". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Roar sign Australian international McKay". Football Federation Australia. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (21 August 2012). "Paartalu blows stack on Broich's uncapped salary at Roar". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "McKay is Roar's new captain". Brisbane Roar. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Matt Smith to replace Matt McKay as Brisbane Roar skipper". The Courier-Mail. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "John Hutchinson handed Central Coast Mariners captaincy". news.com.au. 29 September 2012.
- ^ "Josh Kennedy inks deal to become City's Australian marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Robert Koren joins A-League's Melbourne City for two years as international marquee". ABC News. 3 August 2014.
- ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT: Patrick Kisnorbo Appointed Captain". Melbourne City. Football Federation Australia. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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- ^ "Besart Berisha says money not a reason to leave Roar as Melbourne Victory double his pay". Herald Sun. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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Leigh Broxham [...] but now he's the vice-captain...
- ^ a b "Kew Jaliens named Jets captain". ABC News. 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Jets reach mutual termination with Jaliens". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Captain Taylor says performance should reflect people". Football Federation Australia. 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Jets confirm mutual termination with Griffiths". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 19 February 2015.
- ^ a b Gorman, Joe; Bossi, Dominic (15 December 2014). "Perth Glory made Nebojsa Marinkovic and Michael Thwaite marquee players". WAtoday. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Quartermaine, Braden (2 August 2014). "Perth Glory skipper Michael Thwaite barred from playing in FFA Cup game after All Stars call-up". The Sunday Times.
- ^ "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Decent, Tom (31 July 2014). "Marc Janko announced as Sydney FC's marquee signing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Brosque to skipper Sydney". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ Smithies, Tom (21 May 2014). "Western Sydney Wanderers release club captain Michael Beauchamp, defender Jerome Polenz". The Daily Telegraph.
Western Sydney last week signed Matthew Spiranovic as their Australian marquee
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- ^ "Melbourne Victory beats Melbourne City 5-2 thanks to Besart Berisha hat-trick". ABC. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Henrique hat-trick leads Brisbane Roar to first win of A-League season over Newcastle Jets". ABC. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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- ^ "Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC play out thrilling 3-3 draw at Docklands". ABC News. ABC. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Melbourne City thump Newcastle Jets 5-2 thanks to Robert Koren hat-trick". ABC. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Sydney FC holds on to beat Brisbane Roar 5-4 in thrilling A-League encounter". ABC News. ABC. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Brisbane Roar thump Central Coast Mariners 6-1 in one-sided A-League clash". ABC News. ABC. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Perth Glory beats Melbourne City thanks to Maclaren hat=trick". ABC News. ABC. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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