2013–14 A-League

A-League

Season	2013–14
Dates	11 October 2013 – 4 May 2014
Champions	Brisbane Roar (3rd title)
Premiers	Brisbane Roar (2nd title)
Champions League	Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers Central Coast Mariners
Matches played	135
Goals scored	371 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adam Taggart (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Eugene Galekovic
Biggest home win	Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Melbourne Victory (18 January 2014) Newcastle Jets 5–0 Wellington Phoenix (22 March 2014)
Biggest away win	Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC (26 January 2014) Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Melbourne Heart (16 February 2014)
Highest scoring	Sydney FC 2–5 Brisbane Roar (26 December 2013) Melbourne Victory 4–3 Adelaide United (22 February 2014)
Longest winning run	Sydney FC, Melbourne Heart (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Adelaide United, Melbourne Heart (7)
Longest winless run	Melbourne Heart (14)
Longest losing run	Melbourne Heart (5)
Highest attendance	45,202
Lowest attendance	5,046
Average attendance	13,041 ( 700)
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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]

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

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

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

Managerial changes

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

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

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Home and away season

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

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Finals series

	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

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

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

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

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

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

End-of-season awards

• Johnny Warren Medal – Thomas Broich, Brisbane Roar
• NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Adam Taggart, Newcastle Jets
• Nike Golden Boot Award – Adam Taggart, Newcastle Jets (16 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United
• Manager of the Year – Mike Mulvey, Brisbane Roar
• Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Peter Green
• Goal of the Year – Orlando Engelaar, Melbourne Heart (Melbourne Heart v Central Coast Mariners, 23 March 2014)

See also

References