The 2013–14 A-League was the 37th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the ninth of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 11 October 2013, with Western Sydney Wanderers as the defending A-League Premiers and Central Coast Mariners as the defending A-League Champions. The regular season concluded on 13 April 2014, with Brisbane Roar crowned Premiers. The 2014 Grand Final took place on 4 May 2014, with Brisbane Roar claiming their third Championship with a 2–1 win in extra time against Western Sydney Wanderers.[1]

A-League
Season2013–14
Dates11 October 2013 – 4 May 2014
ChampionsBrisbane Roar (3rd title)
PremiersBrisbane Roar (2nd title)
Champions LeagueBrisbane Roar
Western Sydney Wanderers
Central Coast Mariners
Matches played135
Goals scored371 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart
(16 goals)
Best goalkeeperEugene Galekovic
Biggest home winWellington Phoenix 5–0 Melbourne Victory
(18 January 2014)
Newcastle Jets 5–0 Wellington Phoenix
(22 March 2014)
Biggest away winMelbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC
(26 January 2014)
Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Melbourne Heart
(16 February 2014)
Highest scoringSydney FC 2–5 Brisbane Roar
(26 December 2013)
Melbourne Victory 4–3 Adelaide United
(22 February 2014)
Longest winning runSydney FC, Melbourne Heart (5)
Longest unbeaten runAdelaide United, Melbourne Heart (7)
Longest winless runMelbourne Heart (14)
Longest losing runMelbourne Heart (5)
Highest attendance45,202
Lowest attendance5,046
Average attendance13,041 ( 700)

This was the first A-League season to be broadcast on free-to-air television, after SBS obtained the rights to a live Friday night game each week of the season, and all finals games on a one-hour delay, on a $160 million four-year broadcast deal.[2][3]

Clubs

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Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Central Coast Stadium 20,119
Melbourne Heart Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park
56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Pirtek Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United   Josep Gombau   Eugene Galeković Kappa Veolia
Brisbane Roar   Mike Mulvey   Matt Smith Puma The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners   Phil Moss   John Hutchinson Kappa Masterfoods
Melbourne Heart   John van 't Schip   Harry Kewell Kappa Westpac
Melbourne Victory   Kevin Muscat   Mark Milligan Adidas[4] Adecco
Newcastle Jets   Clayton Zane   Ruben Zadkovich ISC Hunter Ports
Perth Glory   Kenny Lowe   Jacob Burns Macron[5] QBE Insurance
Sydney FC   Frank Farina   Alessandro Del Piero Adidas Webjet
Wellington Phoenix   Ernie Merrick   Andrew Durante Adidas Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers   Tony Popovic   Michael Beauchamp Nike[6] NRMA Insurance

Transfers

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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Adelaide United   Michael Valkanis (caretaker) End of caretaker spell[7] 30 April 2013 Pre-season   Josep Gombau[8] 30 April 2013
Wellington Phoenix   Chris Greenacre (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 20 May 2013   Ernie Merrick[9] 20 May 2013
Melbourne Victory   Ange Postecoglou Signed by Australia[10] 31 October 2013 4th   Kevin Muscat[11] 31 October 2013
Central Coast Mariners   Graham Arnold Signed by Vegalta Sendai[12] 14 November 2013 5th   Phil Moss[13] 14 November 2013
Perth Glory   Alistair Edwards Sacked[14] 17 December 2013 7th   Kenny Lowe (caretaker)[15] 20 December 2013
Melbourne Heart   John Aloisi Sacked[16] 29 December 2013 10th   John van 't Schip[17] 30 December 2013
Newcastle Jets   Gary van Egmond Mutual termination[18] 20 January 2014 7th   Clayton Zane (caretaker)[18] 20 January 2014

Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United   Marcelo Carrusca   Jerónimo Neumann   Fábio Ferreira   Sergio Cirio   Isaías   Cássio1
Brisbane Roar   Besart Berisha   Henrique   Jean Carlos Solórzano   Thomas Broich   Liam Miller   Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners   Marcos Flores   Marcel Seip   Nick Montgomery   Kim Seung-Yong   John Hutchinson2
  Storm Roux2
  Michael McGlinchey
Melbourne Heart   Jonatan Germano   Patrick Gerhardt   Orlando Engelaar   Rob Wielaert   Michael Mifsud
Melbourne Victory   Guilherme Finkler   Pablo Contreras   Adama Traore   Kosta Barbarouses   Jonathan Bru
Newcastle Jets   Michael Bridges   Emile Heskey   Kew Jaliens
Perth Glory   Sidnei   William Gallas   Darvydas Šernas   Steven McGarry   Nebojša Marinković   Shane Smeltz2   Ryo Nagai
Sydney FC   Alessandro Del Piero   Ranko Despotović   Miloš Dimitrijević   Nikola Petković   Vedran Janjetović1
  Ali Abbas1
  Terry McFlynn1
  Tiago Calvano
  Yairo Yau
Wellington Phoenix   Paul Ifill   Stein Huysegems   Kenny Cunningham   Carlos Hernández   Albert Riera   Roy Krishna3
  Shaun Timmins3
  Manny Muscat2
Western Sydney Wanderers   Mateo Poljak   Jérome Polenz   Iacopo La Rocca   Shinji Ono   Youssouf Hersi   Kwabena Appiah2

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);[19]
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

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Club Australian Marquee International Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None   Eugene Galekovic[20]   Cássio[20]
Brisbane Roar   Matt McKay[21]   Thomas Broich[22]   Matt Smith[23]   Shane Stefanutto[23]
Central Coast Mariners None None   John Hutchinson[24]   Michael McGlinchey[citation needed]
Melbourne Heart   David Williams[25]   Orlando Engelaar[26]   Harry Kewell[27]   Rob Wielaert[citation needed]
Melbourne Victory   Archie Thompson[28][29]   Pablo Contreras[30][31]   Mark Milligan[32]   Leigh Broxham[33]
Newcastle Jets None   Emile Heskey[34][35]   Ruben Zadkovich[36]   Kew Jaliens[citation needed]
Perth Glory   Shane Smeltz[37][38][39]   William Gallas[40]   Jacob Burns[41]   Michael Thwaite[42]
Sydney FC   Brett Emerton[43]   Alessandro Del Piero[44]   Alessandro Del Piero[45][46]   Brett Emerton[46]
  Terry McFlynn[46]
Wellington Phoenix None None   Andrew Durante[47]   Ben Sigmund[48]
Western Sydney Wanderers None   Shinji Ono[49]   Michael Beauchamp[50]   Nikolai Topor-Stanley[51]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 16 4 7 43 25 +18 52 Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 9 7 34 29 +5 42
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36 −3 42 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 42 43 −1 41 Qualification for Finals series
5 Sydney FC 27 12 3 12 40 38 +2 39
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36 +9 38
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 6 11 34 34 0 36
8 Perth Glory 27 7 7 13 28 37 −9 28
9 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 7 7 13 36 51 −15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42 −6 26
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Home and away season

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The 2013–14 season will see each team play 27 games, kicking off on 11 October 2013, and concluding on 13 April 2014.[52]

Round 1

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11 October 2013 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Friday 19:30 AEDT Del Piero   37'
Chianese   60'
Report Attendance: 20,103
Referee: Jarred Gillett
12 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Report Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Peter Green
13 October 2013 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Brisbane Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Huysegems   22' Report Berisha   47'
Franjić   90+2'
Attendance: 8,239
Referee: Tim McGilchrist
13 October 2013 Adelaide United 3–1 Perth Glory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Jerónimo   9', 25'
F. Ferreira   64'
Report Nagai   11' Attendance: 10,320
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 2

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18 October 2013 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Cirio   21' (pen.)
Jerónimo   25'
Report Finkler   79'
Troisi   90+3'
Attendance: 16,504
Referee: Alan Milliner
19 October 2013 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Williams   54', 60' Report Flores   70' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Ben Williams
19 October 2013 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 AEST Smith   37'
Henrique   39'
North   44'
Broich   80'
Report Attendance: 21,841
Referee: Peter Green
20 October 2013 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Perth Glory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 15:00 AEDT Report Attendance: 12,383
Referee: Shaun Evans

Round 3

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25 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Brisbane Roar Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Troisi   56' Report Attendance: 21,693
Referee: Ben Williams
26 October 2013 Sydney FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Report La Rocca   11'
Ono   26'
Attendance: 40,388
Referee: Strebre Delovski
27 October 2013 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Newcastle Jets McLean Park, Napier
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Report Attendance: 9,020
Referee: Adam Kersey
27 October 2013 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 14:00 AWST Maclaren   51' Report Attendance: 13,856
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Round 4

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2 November 2013 Perth Glory 1–0 Sydney FC nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 14:30 AWST McGarry   9' (pen.) Report Attendance: 10,613
Referee: Ben Williams
2 November 2013 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Neville   51'
Pasfield   56' (o.g.)
Report Flores   65' (pen.)
Sterjovski   80'
Attendance: 13,744
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 November 2013 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Melbourne Heart Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Henrique   48', 65'
Smith   77'
Report Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
4 November 2013 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Monday 19:30 AEDT A. Thompson   9'
Troisi   22', 31'
Report Brockie   37'
Ifill   85'
Attendance: 23,226
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 5

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9 November 2013 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Saturday 17:00 NZDT Durante   4' Report Nagai   29' Attendance: 9,671
Referee: Alan Milliner
9 November 2013 Adelaide United 1–2 Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT F. Ferreira   71' Report Jaliens   41'
Taggart   52'
Attendance: 10,244
Referee: Strebre Delovski
9 November 2013 Sydney FC 3–2 Melbourne Victory Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Garcia   3'
Ryall   15'
Del Piero   37' (pen.)
Report A. Thompson   18'
Troisi   27'
Attendance: 18,784
Referee: Peter Green

Round 6

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15 November 2013 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Report Del Piero   26' (pen.)
Chianese   45+1'
Attendance: 8,941
Referee: Alan Milliner
16 November 2013 Perth Glory 1–1 Adelaide United nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 14:30 AWST Harold   69' Report Malik   52' Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Shaun Evans
17 November 2013 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Brisbane Roar Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Taggart   51', 74' Report Brattan   39' Attendance: 7,692
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 7

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22 November 2013 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Berisha   5'
Franjić   19'
Yeboah   90+1'
Report Šantalab   28' Attendance: 19,066
Referee: Strebre Delovski
23 November 2013 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Garcia   35'
Bojić   6'   73'
Despotović   90+4'
Report Cunningham   90+1' Attendance: 14,503
Referee: Jarred Gillett
23 November 2013 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Barbarouses   14'
A. Thompson   68'
Nichols   76'
Report Attendance: 20,064
Referee: Ben Williams
23 November 2013 Perth Glory 1–2 Central Coast Mariners nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:45 AWST Maclaren   25' Report McGlinchey   35'
Duke   90+3'
Attendance: 8,923
Referee: Adam Kersey
24 November 2013 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Melbourne Heart Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Taggart   38', 55', 62' Report Migliorini   58' Attendance: 12,806
Referee: Peter Green

Round 8

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30 November 2013 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 16:30 AEST Berisha   57' Report Attendance: 12,308
Referee: Tim McGilchrist
30 November 2013 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Chianese   45+1'
Despotović   60'
Report Attendance: 14,803
Referee: Ben Williams
1 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Report Attendance: 7,147
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
1 December 2013 Melbourne Heart 3–3 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Migliorini   54', 66'
Williams   71' (pen.)
Report Luštica   3'
Cirio   15'
Carrusca   77'
Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 9

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6 December 2013 Adelaide United 1–2 Brisbane Roar Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Malik   7' Report Berisha   21' (pen.), 72' Attendance: 8,861
Referee: Peter O'Leary
6 December 2013 Perth Glory 4–2 Wellington Phoenix nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Sidnei   16', 90+1'
Thwaite   60'
Zahra   82'
Report Huysegems   36'
Ifill   49'
Attendance: 8,232
Referee: Matthew Gillett
7 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEDT McBreen   26' Report Attendance: 10,251
Referee: Peter Green
8 December 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Troisi   50' Report N. Burns   44', 66' Attendance: 18,113
Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 10

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13 December 2013 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Traoré   36'
Finkler   89'
Report Attendance: 17,008
Referee: Peter Green
14 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Brisbane Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 17:30 NZDT Hernández   48' (pen.) Report Smith   37'
Franjić   74'
Attendance: 6,374
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 December 2013 Adelaide United 4–0 Central Coast Mariners Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT Djite   25'
F. Ferreira   40'
Cirio   54'
Jerónimo   90'
Report Attendance: 7,785
Referee: Ben Williams
15 December 2013 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Heart Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Del Piero   43'
Despotović   45+1'
Report Mifsud   72' Attendance: 16,008
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 11

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20 December 2013 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Report Donachie   34' (o.g.)
Gibbs   87'
Attendance: 14,848
Referee: Peter Green
21 December 2013 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Kalmar   80' Report Nichols   38', 63'
Troisi   60'
Attendance: 26,491
Referee: Ben Williams
22 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZDT Huysegems   33' Report Attendance: 6,339
Referee: Peter O'Leary
22 December 2013 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 AWST Report Attendance: 9,436
Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 12

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26 December 2013 Sydney FC 2–5 Brisbane Roar Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Thursday 19:30 AEDT Del Piero   11'
Garcia   90+4'
Report Broich   20'
Petratos   23' (pen.), 35', 78' (pen.)
Franjić   90+3'
Attendance: 17,662
Referee: Ben Williams
27 December 2013 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Report Huysegems   75' Attendance: 6,486
Referee: Strebre Delovski
28 December 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Finkler   90+4' Report Šantalab   71' Attendance: 22,133
Referee: Peter Green
29 December 2013 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Djite   26' Report Attendance: 10,778
Referee: Chris Beath
31 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT Sainsbury   11'
McGlinchey   90+6'
Report McGarry   83' (pen.) Attendance: 12,919
Referee: Shaun Evans

Round 13

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1 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Wellington Phoenix Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Wednesday 19:00 AEDT Bridge   62' Report Boyd   68'
Huysegems   78', 84'
Attendance: 14,151
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
3 January 2014 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT F. Ferreira   24'
Barker-Daish   72' (pen.)
Report Despotović   9'
Gameiro   82'
Attendance: 15,437
Referee: Strebre Delovski
4 January 2014 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Perth Glory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Report Harold   38' Attendance: 11,966
Referee: Matthew Gillett
4 January 2014 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Miller   28'
McKay   56'
Petratos   67'
Attendance: 23,121
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Round 14

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10 January 2014 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 19:30 AEDT Nichols   42' (o.g.) Report Nabbout   49' Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Strebre Delovski
10 January 2014 Perth Glory 3–0 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Zahra   64'
Smeltz   86', 89'
Report Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Peter Green
11 January 2014 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 16:30 AEST Berisha   80' Report Jerónimo   21'
Elsey   90+2'
Attendance: 17,593
Referee: Alan Milliner
11 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Šantalab   87' Report Attendance: 18,080
Referee: Jarred Gillett
12 January 2014 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZDT Cunningham   45' Report Simon   16' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 15

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17 January 2014 Melbourne Heart 3–1 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Ramsay   44'
Dugandžić   45+1', 68'
Report Regan   37' Attendance: 5,046
Referee: Alan Milliner
17 January 2014 Perth Glory 0–0 Brisbane Roar nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Report Attendance: 11,026
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
18 January 2014 Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:30 NZDT Hernández   21', 45+2' (pen.)
Cunningham   45+1'
Brockie   85'
Huysegems   87'
Report Attendance: 6,813
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 January 2014 Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Sterjovski   58' Attendance: 16,006
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 16

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24 January 2014 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Clut   50'
Brattan   87'
Report Huysegems   36' Attendance: 13,889
Referee: Chris Beath
25 January 2014 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT Djite   22'
Ry. Griffiths   90'
Report Kewell   61' (pen)
Kisnorbo   78'
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
25 January 2014 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Cáceres   13'
McBreen  32'
Simon  45+2'
Report Attendance: 10,920
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 January 2014 Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Despotović   11'
Del Piero   20' (pen.), 54'
Ryall   25'
Carle   87'
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Ben Williams
26 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Perth Glory Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Sunday 19:00 AEDT Šantalab   28'
Mooy   35'
Bridge   71' (pen.)
Report Smeltz   56' Attendance: 14,111
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 17

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31 January 2014 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Germano   52'
Williams  89'
Report Gameiro   39' Attendance: 7,674
Referee: Jarred Gillett
31 January 2014 Perth Glory 1–1 Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Šernas   50' Report Finkler   37' (pen.) Attendance: 10,151
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 February 2014 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Adelaide United Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday 19:30 NZDT Hernández   22'
Cunningham   44'
Report Mabil   90+3' Attendance: 18,506
Referee: Peter Green
1 February 2014 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Taggart   26', 90' Report Mooy   45'
Beauchamp   65'
Attendance: 15,924
Referee: Ben Williams
2 February 2014 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Henrique   66'
Berisha   90'
Report Sterjovski   36' (pen.) Attendance: 16,078
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 18

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8 February 2014 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Melbourne Victory Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Ibini   11' Report Troisi   45+1', 62'
A. Thompson   50'
Attendance: 9,138
Referee: Matthew Gillett
8 February 2014 Sydney FC 0–3 Adelaide United Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Djite   16'
F. Ferreira   27'
Jerónimo   80'
Attendance: 13,335
Referee: Alan Milliner
9 February 2014
rescheduled
Melbourne Heart 2–1 Perth Glory Lavington Sports Ground, Albury
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Kisnorbo   51'
Williams  81'
Report McGarry   73' Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
9 February 2014 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Goodwin   26', 46' Report Hernández   21'
Huysegems   33'
Hicks   71'
Attendance: 10,406
Referee: Shaun Evans

Round 19

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14 January 2014
Rescheduled
Melbourne Victory 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT A. Thompson   52'
Barbarouses   62'
Finkler   90+5'
Report Jurić   90+4' Attendance: 14,774
Referee: Ben Williams
15 February 2014 Sydney FC 2–1 Perth Glory Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Despotović   17'
Antonis   64'
Report Ro. Griffiths   67' Attendance: 11,160
Referee: Chris Beath
16 February 2014 Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Melbourne Heart Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Report Engelaar   9'
Williams   19', 51', 63'
Moss   54' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,767
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 February 2014 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Report Taggart   59' (pen.) Attendance: 13,066
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)[53]

Round 20

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21 February 2014 Central Coast Mariners 1–4 Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Friday 19:30 AEDT Ibini   20' Report Cunningham   47'
Hernández   64'
Huysegems   65'
Brockie   82'
Attendance: 6,147
Referee: Alan Milliner
22 February 2014 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Report Ognenovski   60'
Del Piero   73' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,449
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 February 2014 Melbourne Victory 4–3 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Finkler   15', 56'
A. Thompson   66'
Barbarouses   75'
Report Cirio   3', 45', 83' Attendance: 18,341
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
22 February 2014 Perth Glory 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST Report Poljak   12'
Jurić   70'
Attendance: 8,543
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 February 2014 Melbourne Heart 1–0 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Engelaar   61' Report Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Adam Kersey

Round 21

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27 February 2014
rescheduled
Adelaide United 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Thursday 19:00 ACDT Jerónimo   23', 62'
Cirio   29'
F. Ferreira   59'
Mabil   90+2'
Report Cunningham   67' Attendance: 8,596
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
28 February 2014 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Franjić   56'
Miller   80'
Broich   85'
Report Smeltz   90+1' Attendance: 10,896
Referee: Ben Williams
1 March 2014 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Sydney FC Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Kim   26'
Duke   75'
Report Garcia   62' Attendance: 6,430
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 March 2014 Melbourne Heart 4–0 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Engelaar   9'
Dugandžić   15'
Williams   83'
Kewell   86'
Report Attendance: 25,546
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 22

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7 March 2014 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT J. Jeggo   31'
Troisi   77' (pen.)
Barbarouses   90+2'
Report Anderson   63' Attendance: 15,031
Referee: Ben Williams
8 March 2014 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne Heart Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Taggart   53' Report Attendance: 10,117
Referee: Adam Kersey
8 March 2014 Sydney FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Jurman   59'
Garcia   75'
Abbas   90+3' (pen.)
Report Ono   49' Attendance: 40,285
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
9 March 2014 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Cunningham   85' Report Gallas   34' Attendance: 6,401
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 March 2014 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Berisha   22', 51' Report Jerónimo   90+3' Attendance: 12,514
Referee: Shaun Evans

Round 23

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14 March 2014 Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Friday 19:30 AEDT Ryall   35' Report Berisha   23' Attendance: 13,073
Referee: Peter O'Leary
15 March 2014
rescheduled
Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 20:00 AEDT Bosnar   1'
Ibini   6'
G. Trifiro   88'
Report J. Griffiths   23' Attendance: 7,455
Referee: Peter Green
15 March 2014
rescheduled
Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 19:15 AWST Milligan   27' (o.g.) Report Milligan   40' (pen.)
A. Thompson   90'
Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 March 2014 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Germano   29'
Williams   62' (pen.)
Report Krishna   6'
Boyd   56'
Attendance: 5,614
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 24

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21 March 2014 Adelaide United 3–1 Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT F. Ferreira   13'
Cirio   54'
Djite   88'
Report M. Thompson   74' Attendance: 14,212
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
22 March 2014 Newcastle Jets 5–0 Wellington Phoenix Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Heskey   35'
J. Griffiths   46'
Taggart   57', 77'
Bridges   90+3'
Report Attendance: 9,483
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 March 2014 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 18:30 AEST Brattan   90+2' Report Attendance: 17,965
Referee: Peter Green
23 March 2014 Melbourne Heart 1–2 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 AEDT Engelaar   34' Report Kim   45+2'
Ibini   77'
Attendance: 5,418
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
23 March 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–0 Perth Glory Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Polenz   42'
Bridge   61'
Jurić   78'
Report Attendance: 12,128
Referee: Tim McGilchrist

Round 25

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28 March 2014 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Melbourne Heart Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Petratos   36'
Henrique   73'
Report Behich   18' Attendance: 10,101
Referee: Chris Beath
29 March 2014 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Troisi   64' Report Chianese   48' Attendance: 20,447
Referee: Jarred Gillett
30 March 2014 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 AWST Marinković   84'
Harold   85'
Report Taggart   62' Attendance: 5,837
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Round 26

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4 April 2014 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Carrusca   1'
F. Ferreira   90+3'
Report Williams   33' (pen.)
Dugandžić   42'
Attendance: 13,845
Referee: Ben Williams
5 April 2014 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Taggart   18'
Leijer   22' (o.g.)
Report Milligan   21', 86' (pen.) Attendance: 10,185
Referee: Strebre Delovski
5 April 2014 Perth Glory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST McGarry   8' (pen.)
Sidnei   71'
Anderson   85' (o.g.)
Report Fitzgerald   19' (pen.) Attendance: 11,127
Referee: Stephen Lucas
6 April 2014 Sydney FC 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEST Del Piero   33' (pen.), 45'
Ryall   57'
Abbas   60'
Report Hernández   56' (pen.) Attendance: 10,148
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Round 27

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11 April 2014 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Adelaide United Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 19:30 AEST J. Griffiths   21'
Taggart   90'
Report Attendance: 11,226
Referee: Peter O'Leary
12 April 2014 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 17:30 NZST Brockie   90+3' Report A. Thompson   1'
Troisi   29'
Finkler   45'
Milligan   59' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,336
Referee: Chris Beath
12 April 2014 Melbourne Heart 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEST Engelaar   34'
Hoffman   72'
Report Topor-Stanley   27'
Šantalab   81'
Hersi   86'
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Chris Johansen
13 April 2014 Sydney FC 2–1 Perth Glory Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEST Antonis   38'
Garcia   90+3'
Report Ro. Griffiths   45+1' Attendance: 15,285
Referee: Lucian Laverdure

Finals series

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Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
Brisbane Roar 1
Melbourne Victory 2 Melbourne Victory 0
Sydney FC 1 Brisbane Roar (a.e.t.) 2
Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Western Sydney Wanderers 2
Central Coast Mariners 1 Central Coast Mariners 0
Adelaide United 0

Elimination-finals

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18 April 2014 Melbourne Victory 2–1Sydney FCEtihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 AEST A. Thompson   19'
Finkler   90+2'
Report Ryall   34' Attendance: 20,802
Referee: Peter Green

Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match 13 April 2014
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets 16
2   James Troisi Melbourne Victory 12
  David Williams Melbourne Heart
4   Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar 11
5   Alessandro Del Piero Sydney FC 10
  Stein Huysegems Wellington Phoenix
7   Fábio Ferreira Adelaide United 9
  Jerónimo Neumann Adelaide United
9   Sergio Cirio Adelaide United 8
  Gui Finkler Melbourne Victory
  Tomi Juric Western Sydney Wanderers
  Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory

Own goals

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Player Team Against Week
  Justin Pasfield Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets 4
  James Donachie Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 11
  Mitch Nichols Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets 14
  Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Heart 19
  Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory Perth Glory 23
  Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets 26
  Zachary Anderson Central Coast Mariners Perth Glory 26

Attendances

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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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 13 21,808 45,202 14,774 283,507
Sydney FC 14 18,682 40,388 10,148 261,543
Brisbane Roar 14 14,957 21,841 10,101 209,394
Western Sydney Wanderers 13 14,860 18,080 11,892 193,178
Newcastle Jets 14 11,949 16,634 7,692 167,285
Adelaide United 13 11,225 16,504 6,980 145,928
Melbourne Heart 14 9,933 26,491 5,046 139,059
Perth Glory 13 9,418 13,856 5,837 122,431
Central Coast Mariners 14 9,398 17,134 5,787 131,567
Wellington Phoenix 13 8,201 18,056 5,336 106,616
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 135 13,041 45,202 5,046 1,760,508

Top 10 Season Attendances

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Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
51,153 GF 4 May 2014 Brisbane Roar 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium Sunday Night
45,202 1 12 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
40,388 3 26 October 2013 Sydney FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
40,285 22 8 March 2014 Sydney FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
28,350 SF 27 April 2014 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium Sunday Night
26,491 11 21 December 2013 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night
25,546 21 1 March 2014 Melbourne Heart 4–0 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night
24,354 16 26 January 2014 Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium Sunday Afternoon
23,226 4 4 November 2013 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium Monday Night
22,133 12 28 December 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park Saturday Night

Discipline

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The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

1 point   Yellow Card
2 points     Second Caution Red Card
3 points   Direct Red Card
Team         Points
Adelaide United 65 2 2 75
Brisbane Roar 43 2 2 53
Central Coast Mariners 53 0 0 53
Melbourne Heart 59 1 1 64
Melbourne Victory 59 2 2 69
Newcastle Jets 66 0 2 72
Perth Glory 62 1 0 64
Sydney FC 58 3 1 67
Wellington Phoenix 60 2 0 64
Western Sydney Wanderers 62 0 0 62
Melbourne Heart 0 0 0 0
Sydney Rovers 0 0 0 0
Totals 587 13 10

Current as of 13 April 2014

Awards

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End-of-season awards

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See also

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