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A-League Men records
The
A-League Men is an Australian professional league for
association football clubs. At the top of the
Australian soccer league system , it is the country's primary soccer competition and is contested by 12 clubs. The competition was formed in April 2004, following a number of issues including financial problems in the
National Soccer League . Those records and statistics of the A-League Men are listed below. All updated as of 31 December 2023.
Team records
Titles
Most Premiership titles: 4,
Sydney FC
Most Championship titles: 5,
Sydney FC
Most consecutive Premiership title wins: 2,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 ,
2017–18 );
Melbourne City (
2020–21 ,
2021–22 )
Most consecutive Championship title wins: 2,
Brisbane Roar (
2011 ,
2012 ),
Sydney FC (
2019 ,
2020 )
Biggest Premiership title winning margin: 17 points, 2016–17; Sydney FC (66 points) over Melbourne Victory (49 points)
Smallest Premiership title winning margin: 0 points and same goal difference, 2008–09; Melbourne Victory over Adelaide United through more goals scored.
Points
Wins
Most wins in total: 231,
Sydney FC
Most wins in a season: 20,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 ,
2017–18 )
Most home wins in a season: 10
Most away wins in a season: 10
Fewest wins in a season: 1,
New Zealand Knights (
2005–06 )
Fewest home wins in a season: 0,
New Zealand Knights (
2005–06 )
Fewest away wins in a season: 1,
New Zealand Knights (
2005–06 )
Most consecutive wins: 10,
Western Sydney Wanderers (13 January 2013 – 16 March 2013)
Most consecutive home wins: 8,
Melbourne Victory (21 November 2008 – 28 February 2009)
Most consecutive away wins: 8,
Melbourne Victory (9 September 2006 – 30 December 2006)
Most consecutive games without a win: 19
Most consecutive home games without a win: 11,
New Zealand Knights (2 September 2005 – 27 August 2006)
Most consecutive away games without a win: 22,
Melbourne City (2 February 2012 – 16 February 2014)
Defeats
Most defeats in total: 208,
Central Coast Mariners
Most defeats in a season: 20,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Most home defeats in a season: 9,
North Queensland Fury (
2010–11 )
Most away defeats in a season: 12,
Melbourne City (
2012–13 )
Fewest defeats in a season: 1
Fewest home defeats in a season: 0
Fewest away defeats in a season: 0,
Sydney FC (
2014–15 )
Most consecutive games undefeated: 36,
Brisbane Roar (18 September 2010 – 26 November 2011)
Most consecutive home games undefeated: 29,
Sydney FC (2 April 2016 – 17 March 2018)
Most consecutive away games undefeated: 16,
Brisbane Roar (3 October 2010 – 19 November 2011)
Most consecutive defeats: 11,
New Zealand Knights (18 September 2005 – 26 November 2005)
Most consecutive home defeats: 7,
New Zealand Knights (2 September 2005 – 26 November 2005)
Most consecutive away defeats: 9
Draws
Goals
Most goals scored in a season: 64,
Sydney FC (
2017–18 )
Fewest goals scored in a season: 13,
New Zealand Knights (
2006–07 )
Most goals conceded in a season: 70,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Fewest goals conceded in a season: 12,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Best goal difference in a season: +43,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Worst goal difference in a season: –37,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Most goals scored at home in a season: 35,
Melbourne City (
2015–16 )
Most goals scored away in a season: 30,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 8,
New Zealand Knights (
2006–07 )
Fewest goals scored away in a season: 4,
New Zealand Knights (
2005–06 )
Most goals conceded at home in a season: 32,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Most goals conceded away in a season: 38,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Fewest goals conceded at home in a season: 4,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Fewest goals conceded away in a season: 8,
Western Sydney Wanderers (
2012–13 ),
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Most clean sheets in a season: 16,
Sydney FC (
2016–17 )
Fewest clean sheets in a season: 0,
Central Coast Mariners (
2015–16 )
Most clean sheets in total: 142,
Sydney FC
Fewest failures to score in a match in a season: 3,
Brisbane Roar (
2010–11 )
Most goals scored in total: 761,
Melbourne Victory
Most goals conceded in total: 721,
Central Coast Mariners
Most home goals scored in total: 434,
Melbourne Victory
Most home goals conceded in total: 341,
Central Coast Mariners
Most away goals scored in total: 358,
Sydney FC
Most away goals conceded in total: 402,
Perth Glory
Disciplinary
Scorelines
Biggest home win: 8 goals, 8–0 (
Melbourne City v
Perth Glory , 14 April 2024)
Biggest away win: 6 goals;
Highest scoring: 10 goals;
Attendances
Highest attendance, single match: 61,880,
Western Sydney Wanderers v
Sydney FC ,
Stadium Australia , 8 October 2016)
Lowest attendance, single match: 38,
Wellington Phoenix v
Brisbane Roar ,
Leichhardt Oval , 16 February 2022)
Highest season average attendance: 31,374 –
Melbourne Victory (
2006–07 )
Lowest season average attendance: 3,022 –
New Zealand Knights (
2006–07 )
These figures do not take into account the
2019–20 and
2020–21 seasons, when many matches had an attendance of zero due to the
COVID-19 pandemic .
Player records
Appearances
Most A-League Men appearances: 376
Most different clubs played for: 7
[2]
Antony Golec (for
Sydney FC ,
Adelaide United ,
Western Sydney Wanderers ,
Perth Glory ,
Central Coast Mariners ,
Wellington Phoenix and
Macarthur FC )
Liam Reddy (for
Newcastle Jets ,
Brisbane Roar ,
Wellington Phoenix ,
Sydney FC ,
Central Coast Mariners ,
Western Sydney Wanderers and
Perth Glory )
Youngest player:
Alusine Fofanah , 15 years, 189 days (for
Western Sydney Wanderers v
Adelaide United , 19 January 2014)
Oldest player:
Romário , 40 years 320 days (for
Adelaide United v
Newcastle Jets , 15 December 2006)
Most consecutive A-League Men appearances: 98,
Alex Wilkinson (4 November 2007 until 13 March 2011)
Players currently playing in the A-League Men are highlighted in bold .
Goals
Besart Berisha is the leading A-League goalscorer, scoring his 100th A-League goal in April 2017.
First A-League Men goal:
Carl Veart (for
Adelaide United v.
Newcastle Jets , 26 August 2005)
Most A-League Men goals: 150,
Jamie Maclaren
Most goals in Finals series: 10
Most goals in a match: 5
Most goals in a season: 27,
Bobô (for
Sydney FC ,
2017–18 )
Most appearances without scoring a goal: 150,
Adam D'Apuzzo
Most consecutive matches scored in: 8,
Andy Keogh (for
Perth Glory , 13 February 2016 – 3 April 2016)
Most hat-tricks: 7,
Jamie Maclaren
Fastest hat-trick: 6 minutes,
Besart Berisha (for
Brisbane Roar v
Adelaide United , 28 October 2011)
Most own goals: 7,
Nigel Boogaard
Most penalties scored: 26,
Jamie Maclaren
Players currently playing in the A-League Men are highlighted in bold .
Goalkeepers
Players currently playing in the A-League Men are highlighted in bold .
Disciplinary
Most yellow cards in a season: 11
Most red cards in a season: 3
Most yellow cards in total: 85,
Andrew Durante
[5]
Most red cards in total: 10,
Nigel Boogaard
[6]
[7]
[8]
Earliest red card: 57 seconds,
Ante Covic for
Melbourne Victory against
Brisbane Roar , 5 November 2011
[9]
Quickest red card (substitute): 9 seconds from restart of play to red card offence,
Ruben Zadkovich for
Perth Glory . Play restarted at 60:33 after his substitution took place following a Perth goal, his red card offence was a foul on
Vince Lia at 60:42.
Most red cards for a single team in one season: 10,
Perth Glory (
2010–11 )
[10]
Longest suspension: 9 months, with 3 months suspended,
Danny Vukovic (2008). Originally 15 months, with 3 months suspended, the sentence was reduced and restructured after two appeals.
[11]
Most appearances without a booking: 44
Most appearances without a red card: 355,
Alex Wilkinson
Other individual records
Manager records
Most A-League Premiership wins: 3,
Graham Arnold (
Central Coast Mariners ) –
2011–12 , (
Sydney FC ) –
2016–17 ,
2017–18
Most A-League Championship wins: 2
Most bookings for a manager: 10,
Ufuk Talay
[12]
Most
Coach of the Year Awards: 3,
Graham Arnold
Most games managed: 308,
Ernie Merrick
Longest spell as manager: 151 games,
Ernie Merrick (
Melbourne Victory )
Shortest-serving manager (excluding caretakers): 7 games,
Nick Theodorakopoulos (
Newcastle Jets )
Youngest manager:
Des Buckingham , 31 years, 307 days (for
Wellington Phoenix v
Central Coast Mariners , 10 December 2016)
All-time A-League table
The all-time A-League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the A-League since its inception in 2005. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2022–23 season. Teams in bold are part of the current A-League season. This table does not include the finals series.
^ Sydney FC deducted 3 points for breaching the salary cap in 2006
^ Includes statistics from the club under its former name, Queensland Roar
^ Includes statistics from the club under its former name, Melbourne Heart
See also
References