A-League Men records and statistics
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:
Most consecutive Championship title wins: 2:
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 & 2018–19 )
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: 71, Brisbane Roar (2018–19 )
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: –39, Central Coast Mariners (2018–19 )
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 was the first A-League goalscorer to reach 100 goals, 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 Men table
The all-time A-League Men table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the A-League Men since its inception in 2005. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023–24 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2024–25 A-League Men . Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.[13]
Notes
^ 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