2019–20 A-League

The 2019–20 A-League, also known as the 2019–20 Hyundai A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 43rd season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and was scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, with 29 rounds where each team will play 26 matches and have 3 byes to account for the odd number of teams. The Finals were scheduled to occur in May 2020 but have been postponed to August 2020.[1]

A-League

Season	2019–20
Dates	11 October 2019 – 30 August 2020
Premiers	Sydney FC (4th title)
Champions League	Sydney FC Melbourne City
Matches played	119
Goals scored	350 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adam le Fondre, Jamie Maclaren (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Sydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar (7 December 2019) Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets (21 December 2019) Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners (1 March 2020)
Biggest away win	Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City (6 December 2019)
Highest scoring	Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets (21 December 2019) Western United 6–2 Central Coast Mariners (1 March 2020)
Longest winning run	6 matches Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Sydney FC
Longest winless run	10 matches Central Coast Mariners
Longest losing run	10 matches Central Coast Mariners
Highest attendance	33,523 Melbourne Victory vs. Melbourne City (12 October 2019)
Lowest attendance	1,035 Central Coast Mariners vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (27 July 2020)
Average attendance	9,428
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 19 July 2020.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,[2] and subsequently extended indefinitely.[3] The season resumed on 17 July 2020, scheduling the Grand Final for 30 August.[4]

Clubs

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the Western United starting their first season.[5]

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western United

Western Sydney Wanderers

Further information: A-League § Clubs

Club	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium	16,500
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
		Dolphin Stadium	10,000
		Cbus Super Stadium	27,000
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Central Coast Stadium	20,059
Melbourne City	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Marvel Stadium	56,347
		AAMI Park	30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	McDonald Jones Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory	Perth	HBF Park	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Netstrata Jubilee Oval	20,500
		Leichhardt Oval	20,000
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Sky Stadium	34,500
		Eden Park	50,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Bankwest Stadium	30,000
Western United	Melbourne	GMHBA Stadium	36,000
		Mars Stadium	11,000
		VU Whitten Oval	12,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
Adelaide United	Carl Veart (caretaker)	Michael Jakobsen	Macron[6]	Flinders University[7] #BookThemOut^1[8]
Brisbane Roar	Warren Moon	Tom Aldred	Umbro[9][10]	Actron Air[11]
Central Coast Mariners	Alen Stajcic	Matt Simon	Umbro[12][13]	Masterfoods[14] MATE^1[15]
Melbourne City	Erick Mombaerts	Scott Jamieson	Puma[16]	Etihad Airways[17]
Melbourne Victory	Grant Brebner (caretaker)	Vacant	Adidas[18]	Metricon[19]
Newcastle Jets	Carl Robinson	Nigel Boogaard	Viva Sports[20]	#FootballForFires[21] Inspirations Paint^1[22]
Perth Glory	Tony Popovic	Diego Castro	Macron[23]	BHP[24]
Sydney FC	Steve Corica	Alex Wilkinson	Under Armour[25]	The Star[26]
Wellington Phoenix	Ufuk Talay	Steven Taylor	Paladin Sports[27]	Huawei[28]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Jean-Paul de Marigny	Mitchell Duke	Nike[29]	Centuria[30] JD Sports^1[31]
Western United	Mark Rudan	Alessandro Diamanti	Kappa[32]	Probuild[33]

1. ^ Away kit.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar	Darren Davies (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	25 April 2019	Pre-season	Robbie Fowler[34]	23 April 2019
Wellington Phoenix	Mark Rudan	Resigned[35]	4 May 2019		Ufuk Talay[36]	4 May 2019
Melbourne City	Warren Joyce	End of contract[37]	8 May 2019		Erick Mombaerts[38]	27 June 2019
Adelaide United	Marco Kurz	End of contract[39]	10 May 2019		Gertjan Verbeek[40]	23 May 2019
Melbourne Victory	Kevin Muscat	Resigned[41]	23 May 2019		Marco Kurz[42]	28 June 2019
Western United	Inaugural manager				Mark Rudan[43]	23 May 2019
Newcastle Jets	Ernie Merrick	Sacked	6 January 2020	11th	Craig Deans Qiang Li (caretakers)[44]	6 January 2020
Melbourne Victory	Marco Kurz	Sacked	15 January 2020	6th	Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker)[45]	15 January 2020
Western Sydney Wanderers	Markus Babbel	Sacked	20 January 2020	9th	Jean-Paul de Marigny (caretaker)[46]	20 January 2020
Newcastle Jets	Craig Deans Qiang Li (caretakers)	End of caretaker spell	6 February 2020	11th	Carl Robinson[47]	6 February 2020
Adelaide United	Gertjan Verbeek	Mutual contract termination[48]	29 April 2020	7th	Carl Veart (caretaker)[49]	15 June 2020
Melbourne Victory	Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker)	Resigned[50]	30 May 2020	10th	Grant Brebner (caretaker)[51]	11 June 2020
Brisbane Roar	Robbie Fowler	Resigned	29 June 2020	4th	Darren Davies Warren Moon (caretakers)[52]	29 June 2020
Brisbane Roar	Darren Davies Warren Moon (caretakers)	End of caretaker spell	16 July 2020	4th	Warren Moon[53]	16 July 2020

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Chen Yongbin	Michael Jakobsen	Kristian Opseth				Michaël Maria^5 Mirko Boland^5
Brisbane Roar	Macaulay Gillesphey	Jay O'Shea	Matthew Ridenton	Tom Aldred	Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Jamie Young^2 Max Crocombe^2 Jai Ingham^2	Roy O'Donovan
Central Coast Mariners	Jair	Michael McGlinchey	Ziggy Gordon	Milan Đurić		Gianni Stensness^2	Kim Eun-sun^5
Melbourne City	Richard Windbichler	Craig Noone	Florin Berenguer	Adrián Luna			Jack Hendry^5 Markel Susaeta^5 Javier Cabrera
Melbourne Victory	Migjen Basha	Marco Rojas				Elvis Kamsoba^2 Adama Traoré^1 Storm Roux^2 Kenny Athiu^2	Kristijan Dobras Jakob Poulsen^5 Tim Hoogland^5 Ola Toivonen^5
Newcastle Jets	Roy O'Donovan	Abdiel Arroyo	Joe Ledley				Kaine Sheppard^1, 5 Wes Hoolahan^5 Glen Moss^2, 5 Matthew Ridenton Bobby Burns^5
Perth Glory	Diego Castro	Juande	Bruno Fornaroli			Thomas James^1 Dane Ingham^2	Kim Soo-beom^5 Gregory Wüthrich^5
Sydney FC	Adam le Fondre	Alexander Baumjohann	Kosta Barbarouses	Miloš Ninković
Wellington Phoenix	David Ball	Gary Hooper	Steven Taylor	Matti Steinmann	Ulises Dávila
Western Sydney Wanderers	Patrick Ziegler	Simon Cox	Radosław Majewski	Daniel Lopar	Pirmin Schwegler	Nicolai Müller^3 Daniel Georgievski^2	Alexander Meier
Western United	Alessandro Diamanti	Tomoki Imai	Filip Kurto			Besart Berisha^1 Kwabena Appiah^2 Andrew Durante^2	Panagiotis Kone Ersan Gülüm^2 Dario Jertec^5

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 (or New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);[54]
²Australian citizens (or 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 fourteen games);
⁵Players who left at the end of their contract, which was originally at the end of the season, but became mid-season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia extending the season

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club	First Designated	Second Designated	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	None	None	Michael Jakobsen[55]	None
Brisbane Roar	None	None	Tom Aldred[56]	Roy O'Donovan[56][note 1]
Central Coast Mariners	Daniel De Silva[58][59]	None	Matt Simon[60]	None
Melbourne City	Jamie Maclaren[61]	None	Scott Jamieson[62]	None
Melbourne Victory	Ola Toivonen[63][note 2]	Robbie Kruse[65]	Ola Toivonen[66][note 3]	None
Newcastle Jets	None	None	Nigel Boogaard[67]	Nikolai Topor-Stanley[68]
Perth Glory	Diego Castro[69][70]	Bruno Fornaroli[71]	Diego Castro[72]	None
Sydney FC	Adam le Fondre[73]	None	Alex Wilkinson[74]	None
Wellington Phoenix	Gary Hooper[75]	None	Steven Taylor[76]	Alex Rufer[77]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Alexander Meier[78][note 4]	None	Mitchell Duke[80]	Dylan McGowan[80]
Western United	Panagiotis Kone[81][note 5]	Alessandro Diamanti[83]	Alessandro Diamanti[84]	None

Transfers

Further information: A-League transfers for 2019–20 season

Regular season

Effects of the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the self isolation requirements after overseas travel imposed by the Australian Government on 16 March, both Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix were required to self-isolate having returned from playing in Wellington on 15 March 2020. This led to four games involving both clubs being postponed.

On 16 March 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the Australian Government of gatherings involving more than 500 people, the FFA announced that the remainder of the season would proceed with all games being played behind closed doors.[85] Wellington Phoenix had intended to relocate for the remainder of the season in Sydney in order to keep playing the remainder of its scheduled games.[86] The season was suspended on 24 March.[2]

The season resumed on 17 July 2020, with almost all of the remaining 27 matches in the regular season to be played in New South Wales.[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (Q)	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Melbourne City (Q)	25	13	5	7	46	36	+10	44	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] (Q)	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4	Brisbane Roar (Q)	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40
5	Western United (Q)	25	12	3	10	45	34	+11	39
6	Perth Glory (Q)	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37
7	Adelaide United	26	11	3	12	44	49	−5	36
8	Newcastle Jets	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	34
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	33
10	Melbourne Victory	26	6	5	15	33	44	−11	23
11	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	3	18	26	55	−29	18

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. 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.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results

Home \ Away	ADE	BRI	CCM	MCY	MVC	NEW	PER	SYD	WEL	WSW	WUN	ADE	BRI	CCM	MCY	MVC	NEW	PER	SYD	WEL	WSW	WUN
Adelaide United		1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	5–3	2–3	1–2	2–3	1–5					1–0	0–3		1–1
Brisbane Roar	2–1		2–0	4–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1		1–0	2–2
Central Coast Mariners	1–3	0–1		2–4	3–2	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	1–0	2–1					0–0				1–1
Melbourne City	2–1	1–0	3–1		1–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–2				2–1		0–0
Melbourne Victory	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–0		4–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–3								1–4	0–0		1–2
Newcastle Jets	1–2	1–1	4–3	0–4	1–1		1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0				2–1			2–1				1–0
Perth Glory	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	6–2		1–3	4–2	2–0	0–2			1–0		0–4				1–2
Sydney FC	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0		2–1	0–1	1–2		1–0				1–2			3–1
Wellington Phoenix	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2		2–1	0–1		1–1								2–0	2–0
Western Sydney Wanderers	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–1		1–2					1–3	1–1
Western United	3–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1				6–2	19 Aug						5–3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: A-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Sydney FC	1	1	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
Melbourne City	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
Wellington Phoenix	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	5	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	–	–	–	–	–
Brisbane Roar	4	6	10	9	9	7	8	6	9	9	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	–	–	–	–	–
Western United	3	3	5	4	2	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	–	–	–	–	–
Perth Glory	4	5	4	5	5	6	7	11	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	6
Adelaide United	9	10	7	8	5	5	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	7
Newcastle Jets	8	6	8	10	10	9	9	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	–	–	–	–	–	8
Western Sydney Wanderers	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	6	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	–	–	–	–	–	9
Melbourne Victory	6	9	6	7	7	8	10	8	10	8	7	8	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	–	–	–	–	–	10
Central Coast Mariners	10	8	8	6	8	10	6	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	11

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League group stage, Finals series
	Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2, Finals series
	Qualification to Finals series

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Notes:

• Sydney FC's and Western Sydney Wanderers' round 18 match was postponed due to torrential rain.[87] This postponement led to Sydney FC's and Wellington Phoenix's round 21 match being postponed too.[88]

Finals series

Elimination-finals				Semi-finals				Grand Final
				Sydney FC
				Melbourne City

Elimination-finals

3rd placed v Perth Glory

22–23 August 2020	3rd placed	–	Perth Glory	TBC
TBC				Stadium: TBC

4th placed v 5th placed

22–23 August 2020	4th placed	–	5th placed	TBC
TBC				Stadium: TBC

Semi-finals

Sydney FC v Lowest ranked elimination-final winner

26 August 2020	Sydney FC	–	Lowest ranked elimination-final winner	TBC
TBC				Stadium: TBC

Melbourne City v Highest ranked elimination-final winner

26 August 2020	Melbourne City	–	Highest ranked elimination-final winner	TBC
TBC				Stadium: TBC

Grand Final

See also: 2020 A-League Grand Final

Highest ranked semi-final winner v Lowest ranked semi-final winner

30 August 2020	Highest ranked semi-final winner	–	Lowest ranked semi-final winner	TBC
TBC				Stadium: TBC

Statistics

Attendances

By club

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.

As of matches played on 14 March 2020.

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Melbourne Victory	10	17,366	33,523	12,023	173,662
Western Sydney Wanderers	9	13,729	28,519	9,090	123,559
Sydney FC	10	12,110	18,501	4,099	121,096
Brisbane Roar	10	9,388	12,859	4,121	93,876
Wellington Phoenix	11	8,477	12,198	6,074	93,244
Melbourne City	11	8,397	18,038	2,292	92,363
Perth Glory	9	8,382	11,168	6,177	75,438
Adelaide United	11	8,326	15,347	4,286	91,588
Newcastle Jets	10	7,386	9,154	4,151	73,864
Western United	11	5,653	10,128	2,973	62,185
Central Coast Mariners	10	5,504	8,910	3,773	55,038
{{{T12}}}	0	0	0	0	0
League total	112	9,428	33,523	2,292	1,055,913

By round

2019–20 A-League Attendance

Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	78,600	5	15,720
Round 2	52,966	5	10,593
Round 3	63,373	5	12,675
Round 4	60,180	5	12,036
Round 5	41,585	5	8,317
Round 6	36,964	4	9,241
Round 7	44,882	5	8,976
Round 8	44,395	5	8,879
Round 9	42,443	5	8,489
Round 10	45,171	5	9,034
Round 11	50,314	5	10,063
Round 12	45,534	5	9,107
Round 13	53,061	5	10,612
Round 14	43,997	5	8,799
Round 15	43,366	5	8,673
Round 16	42,947	5	8,589
Round 17	37,738	5	7,548
Round 18	55,717	5	11,143
Round 19	35,300	4	8,825
Round 20	38,227	5	7,645
Round 21	33,032	4/5	8,258
Round 22	43,804	5	8,761
Round 23	22,317	5	4,463
Elimination Finals		2
Semi Finals		2
Grand Final		1

Club membership

2019–20 A-League membership figures

Club	Members
Adelaide United	7,138
Brisbane Roar	9,883
Central Coast Mariners	6,821
Melbourne City	11,968
Melbourne Victory	23,633
Newcastle Jets	10,344
Perth Glory	10,278
Sydney FC	14,026
Wellington Phoenix	6,625
Western Sydney Wanderers	17,325
Western United	4,786
Total	122,827
Average	11,166

Last updated: 22 January 2020.
Source: a-league.com.au

Player stats

Top scorers

As of 15 August 2020[89]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adam le Fondre	Sydney FC	20
	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City
3	Besart Berisha	Western United	18
4	Mitchell Duke	Western Sydney Wanderers	14
5	Bruno Fornaroli	Perth Glory	13
6	Ulises Dávila	Wellington Phoenix	12
7	Riley McGree	Adelaide United	10
	Roy O'Donovan	Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets
	Ola Toivonen	Melbourne Victory
10	Ben Halloran	Adelaide United	9

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City	Brisbane Roar	3–4	17 November 2019	[90]
Roy O'Donovan	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne City	4–3	17 November 2019
Adam le Fondre	Sydney FC	Brisbane Roar	5–1	7 December 2019	[91]
Max Burgess	Western United	Central Coast Mariners	6–2	1 March 2020	[92]
Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City	Central Coast Mariners	4–2	20 March 2020	[93]

Own goals

As of 19 July 2020

Player	Club	Against	Round
Dino Djulbic	Perth Glory	Sydney FC	7
Harrison Delbridge	Melbourne City	Perth Glory	9
Steven Taylor	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney FC	11
Luke DeVere	Wellington Phoenix	Central Coast Mariners	13
Matthew Millar	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne Victory	13
Kye Rowles	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne Victory	14
Kye Rowles	Central Coast Mariners	Western United	15
Kim Eun-sun	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle Jets	18
Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne City	21

Clean sheets

As of 19 July 2020[94]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Liam Reddy	Perth Glory	8
2	Andrew Redmayne	Sydney FC	6
	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar
4	Stefan Marinovic	Wellington Phoenix	5
	Lawrence Thomas	Melbourne Victory
6	Lewis Italiano	Newcastle Jets	4
	Paul Izzo	Adelaide United
	Filip Kurto	Western United
8	Dean Bouzanis	Melbourne City	2
	Tom Glover	Melbourne City
	Daniel Lopar	Western Sydney Wanderers

Awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.[95]

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month		Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
October	Markus Babbel[96]	Western Sydney Wanderers	Daniel Lopar[97]	Western Sydney Wanderers	Riley McGree[98]	Adelaide United
November	Ernie Merrick[99]	Newcastle Jets	Ulises Davila[100]	Wellington Phoenix	Angus Thurgate[101]	Newcastle Jets
December	Ufuk Talay[102]	Wellington Phoenix	Cameron Devlin[103]	Wellington Phoenix	Reno Piscopo[104]	Wellington Phoenix
January	Robbie Fowler[105]	Brisbane Roar	Gregory Wüthrich[106]	Perth Glory	Cameron Devlin[107]	Wellington Phoenix
February	Robbie Fowler[108]	Brisbane Roar	David Ball[109]	Wellington Phoenix	Nicholas D'Agostino[110]	Perth Glory

See also

• 2019–20 Adelaide United FC season
• 2019–20 Brisbane Roar FC season
• 2019–20 Central Coast Mariners FC season
• 2019–20 Melbourne City FC season
• 2019–20 Melbourne Victory FC season
• 2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season
• 2019–20 Perth Glory FC season
• 2019–20 Sydney FC season
• 2019–20 Wellington Phoenix FC season
• 2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season
• 2019–20 Western United FC season

Notes

1. O'Donovan was vice-captain until he transferred to Newcastle Jets mid-season on 31 January 2020.[57]
2. Toivonen left Melbourne Victory and his marquee deal at end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[64]
3. Toivonen was Melbourne Victory's captain until the end of his original contract on 4 June 2020, which was before the official end of the season.[64]
4. Meier was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western Sydney Wanderers part-way through on 16 January 2020.[79]
5. Kone was mutually released from his contract and marquee deal by Western United part-way through on 13 July 2020.[82]

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