A-League 2012/13

A-League 2012/13
Champions League	Western Sydney Wall. Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory
Qualifying round championship finals	Western Sydney Wall. Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Perth Glory
Teams	10
Games	135
Gates	370  (ø 2.74 per game)
spectator	1,665,583  (ø 12,338 per game)
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The A-League 2012/13 was the 8th season of the Australian professional football league A-League . Each of the ten teams played each other three times. As of this season, the Western Sydney Wanderers played in the A-League.

Participants in the A-League 2012/13

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Perth

Adelaide

Melbourne

Melbourne

Newcastle

Central Coast

Sydney

Sydney

Brisbane

Wellington

team	city	Years in the league	Home stadium
Adelaide United	Adelaide , SA	since 2005	Hindmarsh Stadium (17,000)
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane , Qld	since 2005	Suncorp Stadium (52,500)
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford , NSW	since 2005	Central Coast Stadium (20,119)
Melbourne Heart	Melbourne , Vic	since 2010	AAMI Park (31,500)
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne , Vic	since 2005	Telstra Dome (56,347)
Newcastle United Jets	Newcastle , NSW	since 2005	EnergyAustralia Stadium (26,164)
Perth Glory	Perth , WA	since 2005	Members Equity Stadium (17,288)
Sydney FC	Sydney , NSW	since 2005	Allianz Stadium (45,500)
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington , NZ	since 2007	Westpac Stadium (34,500)
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney , NSW	since 2012	Parramatta Stadium (21,500)

Results

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	18th	3	6th	041:210	+20	57
2.	Central Coast Mariners	27	16	6th	5	048:220	+26	54
3.	Melbourne Victory	27	13	5	9	048:450	+3	44
4th	Adelaide United	27	12	5	10	038:370	+1	41
5.	Brisbane Roar (M)	27	10	5	12	033:290	+4	35
6th	Perth Glory	27	9	5	13	029:310	−2	32
7th	Sydney FC	27	9	5	13	041:510	−10	32
8th.	Newcastle Jets	27	8th	7th	12	030:450	−15	31
9.	Melbourne Heart	27	8th	3	16	031:400	−9	27
10.	Wellington Phoenix	27	7th	6th	14th	031:490	−18	27

Qualified for the major semi-final

Qualified for the Elimination Finals

(M)	reigning Australian champion

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the visiting team in the top row.

										2012/13
										society
	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 1	1-0	Adelaide United		0: 1			1-0		3: 2		3: 1	2: 4
0: 1		2: 2	2-0	5-0	1-0	0: 1	4: 2	2: 1	0: 1	Brisbane Roar					1: 1			3: 1	2-0	1: 2
2: 1	2: 1		2-0	6: 2	0-0	1-0	7: 2	5-0	0: 1	Central Coast Mariners	3: 1	1-0		2: 1			1-0
2-0	4: 1	0: 1		1: 2	3: 3	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 3	Melbourne Heart	0: 2	3: 2				2: 1	2-0
2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2		3: 2	1-0	3: 1	3: 2	1: 2	Melbourne Victory			1: 1	2: 1		5-0	2: 3		2-0
0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1		1: 2	2: 1	0: 3	0: 3	Newcastle United Jets	0-0	0-0	0: 2					2: 2
1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	3: 2		2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	Perth Glory		0: 1				3-0		2: 1	1: 2	1: 1
1: 2	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 3	2: 3	2: 1		7: 1	0: 2	Sydney FC	2: 1		2-0	2: 1	1: 1
2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	2: 3	1: 1	1-0	2-0		1-0	Wellington Phoenix			1: 1	1-0		1: 2		1: 2		0: 2
6: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 1		Western Sydney Wanderers			0: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 1		1: 1

Final round

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
						2	Central Coast Mariners	1
	3	Melbourne Victory	2			3	Melbourne Victory	0
	6th	Perth Glory	1								1	Western Sydney Wall.	0
											2	Central Coast Mariners	2
						1	Western Sydney Wall.	2
	4th	Adelaide United	1			5	Brisbane Roar	0
	5	Brisbane Roar	2

Grand Final

Western Sydney Wanderers		Central Coast Mariners
	Grand Final April 20, 2013 in Sydney ( Allianz Stadium ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Referee: Peter Green
	Ante Covic - Shannon Cole , Michael Beauchamp , Nikolai Topor-Stanley , Jérôme Polenz (76th Rocky Visconte ) - Mateo Poljak , Aaron Mooy - Kwabena Appiah-Kubi (72nd Tarek Elrich ), Shinji Ono , Mark Bridge - Dino Kresinger (67 . Labinot Haliti ) coach: Tony Popovic	Mathew Ryan - Joshua Rose , Patrick Zwaanswijk , Trent Sainsbury , Predrag Bojic - John Hutchinson , Oliver Bozanic , Michael McGlinchey (88th Nick Fitzgerald ), Mile Sterjovski (73rd Mitchell Duke ) - Daniel McBreen , Bernie Ibini-Isei Trainer: Graham Arnold
		0: 1 Zwaanswijk (44th) 0: 2 McBreen (68th, hand penalty)
		McGlinchey (51st), McBreen (71st)

Awards

Award	winner
Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year)	Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory)
Golden Boot Award (Best Goalscorer)	Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners)
Rising Star Award (U-20 Player of the Year)	Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory)
A-League Coach of the Year	Tony Popovic (Western Sydney Wanderers)
Referee of the Year	Peter Green
Joe Marston Medal (Best Player in Grand Final)	Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Ante Covic (Western Sydney Wanderers)

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1	Daniel McBreen	Central Coast Mariners	17th
2	Jeremy Brockie	Wellington Phoenix	16
3	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory	15th
4th	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar	14th
	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC
6th	Mark Bridge	Western Sydney Wanderers	11
7th	Ryan Griffiths	Newcastle United Jets	9
	Emile Heskey	Newcastle United Jets
	Dario Vidosic	Adelaide United
10	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	8th
	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory

Web links

• Statistics at soccerway.com
• Official website footballaustralia.com.au