2024 A-League Men finals series

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A-League Men finals series
Season2023–24
Dates4–25 May 2024
Matches played6
Goals scored12 (2 per match)
Top goalscorerRóbert Mak (2 goals)
Biggest home winSydney FC 4–0 Macarthur FC
(Elimination-finals, 4 May 2024)
Biggest away winSydney FC 1–2 Central Coast Mariners
(Semi-finals, 10 May 2024)
Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory
(Semi-finals, 18 May 2024)
Highest scoringSydney FC 4–0 Macarthur FC
(Elimination-finals, 4 May 2024)
Highest attendance33,297
Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory
(Semi-finals, 18 May 2024)
Lowest attendance11,792
Sydney FC 4–0 Macarthur FC
(Elimination-finals, 4 May 2024)
Total attendance116,632
Average attendance19,439
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 A-League Men finals series is the 19th annual edition of A-League finals series, the playoffs tournament staged to determine the champion of the 2023–24 A-League Men season. The series is played over four weeks culminating in the 2024 A-League Men Grand Final.

On 18 October 2023, the decision to host the 2023, 2024 and 2025 A-League Men Grand Finals in Sydney was reversed and renegotiated into Unite Round.[1][2][3]

Qualification[edit]

See also: 2023–24 A-League Men

The top two teams; Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix, qualify directly for the semi-finals. The teams placed third through to sixth play in the elimination-finals, with the third and fourth placed teams; Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC, hosting the matches.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 27 17 4 6 49 27 +22 55 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 15 8 4 42 26 +16 53 Qualification for Finals series[b]
3 Melbourne Victory 27 10 12 5 43 33 +10 42
4 Sydney FC 27 12 5 10 52 41 +11 41 Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series[c]
5 Macarthur FC 27 11 8 8 45 48 −3 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 50 38 +12 39
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 4 12 44 48 −4 37
8 Adelaide United 27 9 5 13 52 53 −1 32
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 42 55 −13 30 Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs
10 Newcastle Jets 27 6 10 11 39 47 −8 28
11 Western United 27 7 5 15 36 55 −19 26
12 Perth Glory 27 5 7 15 46 69 −23 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[4][5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

Venues[edit]

This year would see the first finals match played in New Zealand since 2015.

Melbourne
Gosford
AAMI Park Industree Group Stadium
Capacity: 30,050 Capacity: 20,059
Sydney Wellington
Allianz Stadium Sky Stadium
Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 34,500

Bracket[edit]

The system used for the 2024 A-League Men finals series is the modified top-six play-offs by the A-Leagues. The top two teams enter the two-legged semi-finals receiving the bye for the elimination-finals in which the teams from third placed to sixth place enter the elimination-finals with "third against sixth" and "fourth against fifth". Losers for the elimination-finals are eliminated, and winners qualify for the two-legged semi-finals.

First placed team in the semi-finals plays the lowest ranked elimination-final winning team and secon placed team in the semi-finals plays the highest ranked elimination-final winner. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position.

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand final
4 Sydney FC 4
5 Macarthur FC 0 4 Sydney FC 1 0 1
1 Central Coast Mariners 2 0 2
1 Central Coast Mariners
3 Melbourne Victory (p) 1 (3) 3 Melbourne Victory
6 Melbourne City 1 (2) 3 Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
2 Wellington Phoenix 0 1 1

Elimination-finals[edit]

Sydney FC vs Macarthur FC[edit]

This was the 11th overall meeting between the two teams and their first in the finals series.

Sydney FC4–0Macarthur FC
 Report
Attendance: 11,792
Sydney
Macarthur
GK 1 Australia Andrew Redmayne
RB 23 Australia Rhyan Grant
CB 27 Australia Hayden Matthews
CB 6 England Jack Rodwell downward-facing red arrow 75'
LB 16 Australia Joel King
RM 10 England Joe Lolley Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 52'
CM 12 Australia Corey Hollman downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 26 Australia Luke Brattan downward-facing red arrow 85'
LM 4 Australia Jordan Courtney-Perkins
RF 11 Slovakia Róbert Mak downward-facing red arrow 85'
LF 17 Australia Anthony Caceres
Substitutions:
MF 22 Australia Max Burgess upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 25 Australia Jaiden Kucharski upward-facing green arrow 52'
MF 8 Australia Jake Girdwood-Reich upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 9 Brazil Fábio Gomes upward-facing green arrow 85'
FW 13 Australia Patrick Wood upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 15 Brazil Gabriel Lacerda
GK 20 Australia Adam Pavlesic
Manager:
Australia Ufuk Talay
GK 12 Poland Filip Kurto
RB 20 Australia Kealey Adamson Red card 27'
CB 6 Australia Tomislav Uskok
CB 3 New Zealand Tommy Smith
LB 13 Australia Ivan Vujica
DM 23 New Zealand Clayton Lewis downward-facing red arrow 57'
DM 15 Australia Kearyn Baccus downward-facing red arrow 68'
RM 17 Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues downward-facing red arrow 57'
CM 10 Mexico Ulises Dávila
LM 37 Australia Jed Drew downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 98 France Valère Germain downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
DF 18 Australia Walter Scott upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 7 Australia Daniel De Silva upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 8 Australia Jake Hollman Yellow card 83' upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 31 Australia Lachlan Rose upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 44 Australia Matthew Millar upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 24 Tanzania Charles M'Mombwa
GK 1 Australia Danijel Nizic
Manager:
Australia Mile Sterjovski

Assistant referees:[6]
Brad Wright
Arvin Shanmuganathan
Fourth official:[6]
Adam Kersey
Video assistant referee:[6]
Kate Jacewicz
Assistant video assistant referees:[6]
Kris Griffiths-Jones
Richard Naumovski

Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City[edit]

See also: Melbourne Derby (A-League Men)

This was the 45th overall meeting between the two teams and their second in the finals series. The last time a Melbourne Derby was contested in the finals series was in 2015, which Melbourne Victory won 3–0.

Melbourne
Victory
Melbourne
City
GK 20 Australia Paul Izzo
RB 2 Australia Jason Geria downward-facing red arrow 120+2'
CB 5 France Damien Da Silva Yellow card 115'
CB 21 Portugal Roderick Miranda
LB 3 Ivory Coast Adama Traoré downward-facing red arrow 85'
DM 25 Australia Ryan Teague
DM 22 Australia Jake Brimmer downward-facing red arrow 68'
RM 19 Australia Daniel Arzani Yellow card 11' downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 8 France Zinédine Machach Red card 37'
LM 11 Australia Ben Folami downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 10 Australia Bruno Fornaroli Yellow card 50' downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutions:
MF 27 Australia Jordi Valadon upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 17 Australia Nishan Velupillay upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 7 Australia Chris Ikonomidis upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 23 Tunisia Salim Khelifi upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 37 Australia Kasey Bos upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 6 Australia Leigh Broxham upward-facing green arrow 120+2'
GK 40 Australia Christian Siciliano
Manager:
Australia Tony Popovic
GK 1 England Jamie Young
RB 6 Australia Steven Ugarkovic
CB 22 Australia Curtis Good Yellow card 102' Yellow-red card 118'
CB 26 France Samuel Souprayen Yellow card 5'
LB 14 Chile Vicente Fernández downward-facing red arrow 75'
DM 7 Australia Mathew Leckie downward-facing red arrow 114'
DM 8 Australia Jimmy Jeggo Yellow card 38'
RM 44 Croatia Marin Jakoliš downward-facing red arrow 109'
CM 10 Germany Tolgay Arslan downward-facing red arrow 75'
LM 11 Brazil Léo Natel
CF 9 Australia Jamie Maclaren Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Australia Terry Antonis Yellow card 90+2' upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 37 Australia Max Caputo upward-facing green arrow 75'
DF 25 Australia Callum Talbot upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 21 Australia Alessandro Lopane upward-facing green arrow 109'
MF 35 Australia Zane Schreiber upward-facing green arrow 114'
GK 33 Australia Patrick Beach
DF 2 Australia Scott Galloway
Manager:
Australia Aurelio Vidmar

Assistant referees:[6]
Kearney Robinson
Andrew Lindsay
Fourth official:[6]
Daniel Elder
Video assistant referee:[6]
Kris Griffiths-Jones
Assistant video assistant referees:[6]
Kate Jacewicz
Richard Naumovski

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Sydney FC 2–1 0–0
Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Melbourne Victory 0–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)

Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners[edit]

Sydney FC1–2Central Coast Mariners
King 25' Report
Attendance: 13,813
Referee: Ben Abraham
Sydney
Central Coast
Mariners
GK 1 Australia Andrew Redmayne
RB 16 Australia Joel King
CB 27 Australia Hayden Matthews
CB 6 England Jack Rodwell Red card 63'
CB 8 Australia Jake Girdwood-Reich downward-facing red arrow 19'
RB 23 Australia Rhyan Grant
RM 12 Australia Corey Hollman Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 82'
CM 26 Australia Luke Brattan
LM 4 Australia Jordan Courtney-Perkins downward-facing red arrow 46'
RF 17 Australia Anthony Caceres
LF 11 Slovakia Róbert Mak downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutes:
MF 22 Australia Max Burgess upward-facing green arrow 19' downward-facing red arrow 64'
FW 9 Brazil Fábio Gomes upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 15 Brazil Gabriel Lacerda upward-facing green arrow 64'
DF 3 Australia Aaron Gurd upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 25 Australia Jaiden Kucharski
GK 20 Australia Adam Pavlesic
FW 13 Australia Patrick Wood
Manager:
Australia Ufuk Talay
GK 20 Australia Danny Vukovic
RB 15 New Zealand Storm Roux
CB 23 Fiji Dan Hall
CB 3 Vanuatu Brian Kaltak
LB 18 Australia Jacob Farrell
RM 2 Brazil Mikael Doka
CM 26 Australia Brad Tapp downward-facing red arrow 84'
CM 6 Australia Max Balard
LM 7 Australia Christian Theoharous downward-facing red arrow 68'
RF 9 Australia Alou Kuol Yellow card 20' downward-facing red arrow 76'
LF 4 Australia Josh Nisbet
Substitutes:
FW 22 Brazil Ronald Barcellos upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 99 England Ryan Edmondson upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 37 Australia Bailey Brandtman upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 17 Australia Jing Reec
DF 33 Australia Nathan Paull
MF 16 Australia Harry Steele
GK 30 Australia Jack Warshawsky
Manager:
England Mark Jackson

Assistant referees:[7]
Matthew McOrist
Andrej Giev
Fourth official:[7]
Alireza Faghani
Video assistant referee:[7]
Kris Griffiths-Jones
Assistant video assistant referees:[7]
Lara Lee
Richard Naumovski

Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney FC[edit]

Assistant referees:[8]
Kearney Robinson
Arvin Shanmuganathan
Fourth official:[8]
Jonathan Barreiro
Video assistant referee:[8]
Kate Jacewicz
Assistant video assistant referees:[8]
Kris Griffiths-Jones
Richard Naumovski

Melbourne Victory vs Wellington Phoenix[edit]

Melbourne Victory0–0Wellington Phoenix
Report
Attendance: 16,313
Referee: Adam Kersey
Melbourne
Victory
Wellington
Phoenix
GK 20 Australia Paul Izzo
RB 2 Australia Jason Geria
CB 5 France Damien Da Silva
CB 21 Portugal Roderick Miranda
LB 3 Ivory Coast Adama Traoré
DM 27 Australia Jordi Valadon downward-facing red arrow 61'
DM 25 Australia Ryan Teague
RM 17 Australia Nishan Velupillay downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 28 Curaçao Roly Bonevacia downward-facing red arrow 79'
LM 23 Tunisia Salim Khelifi downward-facing red arrow 60'
CF 10 Australia Bruno Fornaroli downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
FW 19 Australia Daniel Arzani Yellow card 88' upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 11 Australia Ben Folami upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 22 Australia Jake Brimmer upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 7 Australia Chris Ikonomidis upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 14 Australia Connor Chapman upward-facing green arrow 89'
FW 37 Australia Kasey Bos
GK 40 Australia Christian Siciliano
Manager:
Australia Tony Popovic
GK 40 New Zealand Alex Paulsen
RB 6 New Zealand Tim Payne
CB 3 New Zealand Finn Surman
CB 4 England Scott Wootton
LB 19 New Zealand Sam Sutton
RM 15 Australia Nicholas Pennington Yellow card 52' downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 14 New Zealand Alex Rufer Yellow card 90+5'
LM 8 New Zealand Ben Old downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
AM 11 Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev downward-facing red arrow 77'
AM 10 England David Ball Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 7 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutes:
FW 24 New Zealand Oskar van Hattum upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 Poland Oskar Zawada upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 17 Costa Rica Youstin Salas upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 12 Iraq Mohamed Al-Taay upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
GK 25 Australia Jack Duncan
DF 26 New Zealand Isaac Hughes
DF 18 New Zealand Lukas Kelly-Heald
Manager:
Australia Giancarlo Italiano

Assistant referees:[7]
Hugh Fenton-White
Joey Lee
Fourth official:[7]
Jonathan Barreiro
Video assistant referee:[7]
Alex King
Assistant video assistant referees:[7]
Casey Reibelt
Kearney Robinson

Wellington Phoenix vs Melbourne Victory[edit]

Wellington Phoenix1–2 (a.e.t.)Melbourne Victory
Zawada 90+9' Report
Attendance: 33,297
Referee: Daniel Elder
Wellington
Phoenix
Melbourne
Victory
GK 40 New Zealand Alex Paulsen
RB 6 New Zealand Tim Payne downward-facing red arrow 111'
CB 3 New Zealand Finn Surman downward-facing red arrow 111'
CB 4 England Scott Wootton
LB 19 New Zealand Sam Sutton downward-facing red arrow 111'
RM 15 Australia Nicholas Pennington downward-facing red arrow 85'
CM 14 New Zealand Alex Rufer
LM 8 New Zealand Ben Old
AM 11 Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev downward-facing red arrow 73'
AM 10 England David Ball downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 7 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses
Substitutes:
FW 24 New Zealand Oskar van Hattum upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 9 Poland Oskar Zawada upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 17 Costa Rica Youstin Salas Yellow card 90+1' upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 12 Iraq Mohamed Al-Taay upward-facing green arrow 111'
DF 26 New Zealand Isaac Hughes upward-facing green arrow 111'
DF 18 New Zealand Lukas Kelly-Heald upward-facing green arrow 111'
GK 25 Australia Jack Duncan
Manager:
Australia Giancarlo Italiano
GK 20 Australia Paul Izzo
RB 2 Australia Jason Geria
CB 5 France Damien Da Silva
CB 21 Portugal Roderick Miranda
LB 3 Ivory Coast Adama Traoré downward-facing red arrow 120'
DM 27 Australia Jordi Valadon downward-facing red arrow 65'
DM 25 Australia Ryan Teague
RM 17 Australia Nishan Velupillay downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 28 Curaçao Roly Bonevacia downward-facing red arrow 86'
LM 19 Australia Daniel Arzani Yellow card 30' downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 10 Australia Bruno Fornaroli downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
Substitutes:
MF 22 Australia Jake Brimmer upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 11 Australia Ben Folami upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 23 Tunisia Salim Khelifi upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 14 Australia Connor Chapman Yellow card 97' upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 7 Australia Chris Ikonomidis upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
FW 37 Australia Kasey Bos upward-facing green arrow 120'
GK 40 Australia Christian Siciliano
Manager:
Australia Tony Popovic

Assistant referees:[8]
Andrew Meimarakis
Andrew Lindsay
Fourth official:[8]
Ben Abraham
Video assistant referee:[8]
Shaun Evans
Assistant video assistant referees:[8]
Alex King
Richard Naumovski

Grand Final[edit]

See also: 2024 A-League Men Grand Final

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Lynch, Joey (18 October 2023). "A-Leagues scrap Grand Final deal in favour of 'Unite Round". ESPN. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ "A-League Competition rules". A-Leagues. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Explained: Why the A-Leagues ladder sorting rules have changed this season". A-Leagues. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Match Official Appointments: Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/24 Elimination Finals". Football Australia. 1 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Match Official Appointments: Isuzu UTE A-League 2023/24 Semi-Finals - Second Leg". Football Australia. 14 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024.
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