A-League 2013/14

A-League 2013/14
master	Brisbane Roar
Champions League	Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wall.
Champions League qualification	Central Coast Mariners
Qualifying round championship finals	Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wall. Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory Sydney FC Adelaide United
Teams	10
Games	135 + 5 play-off games
Gates	381  (ø 2.72 per game)
spectator	1,889,102  (ø 13,494 per game)
Top scorer	Adam Taggart ( Newcastle Jets )
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The A-League 2013/14 was the 9th season of the Australian professional football league A-League . Each of the ten teams plays each other three times. The regular season began on October 11, 2013 with the game of Sydney FC against the Newcastle Jets and ended on April 13, 2014 with the game between Sydney and the Perth Glory . The final round began on April 18 and ended with the Grand Final on May 4, 2014. Western Sydney Wanderers are reigning Premier League winners and Central Coast Mariners are reigning Australian champions.

It was the first season of the A-League that was broadcast on free television at SBS . Every Friday, the broadcaster showed a regular season game and all final round games one hour behind.

Participants and their venues

team	city	Years in the league	Home stadium	capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide , South Australia	since 2005	Coopers Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane , Queensland	since 2005	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford , New South Wales	since 2005	Central Coast Stadium	20,059
Melbourne Heart	Melbourne , Victoria	since 2010	AAMI Park	30,500
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne, Victoria	since 2005	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	53,359 30,050
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle , New South Wales	since 2005	Hunter Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory	Perth , Western Australia	since 2005	nib stage	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney , New South Wales	since 2005	Allianz Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington , New Zealand	since 2007	Westpac Stadium	36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney , New South Wales	since 2012	Pirtek Stadium	21,500

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brisbane Roar	27	16	4th	7th	043:250	+18	52
2.	Western Sydney Wanderers (P)	27	11	9	7th	034:290	+5	42
3.	Central Coast Mariners (M)	27	12	6th	9	033:360	−3	42
4th	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8th	8th	042:430	−1	41
5.	Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	040:380	+2	39
6th	Adelaide United	27	10	8th	9	045:360	+9	38
7th	Newcastle Jets	27	10	6th	11	034:340	± 0	36
8th.	Perth Glory	27	7th	7th	13	028:370	−9	28
9.	Wellington Phoenix	27	7th	7th	13	036:530	−17	28
10.	Melbourne Heart	27	6th	8th	13	036:420	−6	26th

At the end of the 2013/14 season:

Australian Premiership winner, participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the AFC Champions League 2015 : Brisbane Roar Participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the AFC Champions League 2015: Western Sydney Wanderers Participation in the quarter-finals of the final round and participation in the play-offs of the AFC Champions League 2015 : Central Coast Mariners Participation in the quarter-finals of the final round: Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC, Adelaide United

At the end of the 2012/13 season:
(P)	Reigning Australian Premiership Winner : Western Sydney Wanderers
(M)	Reigning Australian Champion : Central Coast Mariners

Final round

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

Quarter finals

Fri. April 18, 2014 in Melbourne ( Etihad Stadium )
Melbourne Victory	-	Sydney FC	2: 1 (1: 1)
Sat April 19, 2014 in Gosford ( Central Coast Stadium )
Central Coast Mariners	-	Adelaide United	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

Sat., April 26, 2014 in Sydney ( Pirtek Stadium )
Western Sydney Wall.	-	Central Coast Mariners	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sun., April 27, 2014 in Brisbane ( Suncorp Stadium )
Brisbane Roar	-	Melbourne Victory	1: 0 (0: 0)

Grand Final

Brisbane Roar		Western Sydney Wall.
	Grand Final May 4, 2014 in Brisbane ( Suncorp Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 51,153 Referee: Peter Green
	Michael Theo - Shane Stefanutto , Matt Smith , Ivan Franjic , Jade North - Liam Miller (74th Steven Lustica ), Luke Brattan (90th James Donachie ), Matt McKay - Thomas Broich , Besart Berisha , Dimitri Petratos (69th Henrique Andrade Silva ) Trainer: Mike Mulvey	Ante Covic - Adam D'Apuzzo , Nikolai Topor-Stanley (64th Aaron Mooy ), Matthew Spiranovic , Jérôme Polenz - Iacopo La Rocca , Mark Bridge , Youssouf Hersi - Shinji Ono (82nd Labinot Haliti ), Mateo Poljak - Brendon Santalab ( 71. Tomi Juric ) Coach: Tony Popovic
	1: 1 Berisha (86.) 2: 1 Henrique (108.)	0: 1 Špiranović (56.)
		Santalab (25th), D'Apuzzo (39th), Hersi (60th), Poljak (103rd), Polenz (107th), Mooy (109th)

statistics

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games of the regular season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

Home / visiting team
Adelaide United		1: 2	4-0	2: 2	2: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2: 2	5: 1	1-0				2-0	2: 2		1-0		3: 1
Brisbane Roar	1: 2		2: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 2	1-0	4-0	2: 1	3: 1		2: 1		0: 2	2: 1		0: 1	3: 1
Central Coast Mariners	1-0	0: 1		0-0	0-0	3-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1						1: 3	3: 1		2: 1	1: 4	2: 1
Melbourne Heart	3: 3	1-0	2: 2		1: 3	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1				1: 2		4-0				2: 2	2: 3
Melbourne Victory	3-0	1-0	3: 1	0-0		1: 2	2-0	0: 5	3: 2	1: 1		4: 3	0: 3						1: 1		3: 1
Newcastle Jets	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1		0-0	0: 2	2: 3	0: 1					1-0	2: 2		0: 1		5-0	2: 2
Perth Glory	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1		1-0	4: 2	0: 2		0-0		3: 1	3-0	1: 2
Sydney FC	0: 3	2: 5	0: 1	2: 1	3: 2	2-0	2: 1		2: 1	0: 2			1: 1				2-0	2: 1		4: 1	3: 1
Wellington Phoenix	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0: 5	5-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0		0-0		0: 1	1: 2			1: 4		1: 1
Western Sydney Wanderers	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	1-0	1: 1			0-0	1: 1					3-0		1: 3

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
1	Adam Taggart	Newcastle United Jets	16
2	James Troisi	Melbourne Victory	12
	David Williams	Melbourne Heart
4th	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar	11
5	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC	10
	Stone Huysegems	Wellington Phoenix
7th	Fábio Ferreira	Adelaide United	9
	Jerónimo Neumann	Adelaide United
9	Sergio Cirio	Adelaide United	8th
	Guilherme Finkler	Melbourne Victory
	Tomi Juric	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
Status: end of the season

Most assists

If the number of assists is the same , the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	templates
1	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar	11
2	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC	10
	Carlos Hernández	Wellington Phoenix
4th	Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Heart	7th
	James Troisi	Melbourne Victory
6th	Matt McKay	Brisbane Roar	6th
	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
8th	Fábio Ferreira	Adelaide United	5
	Mitch Nichols	Melbourne Victory
	Sidnei Sciola	Perth Glory
Status: end of the season

Scorer list

Both goals scored and assists by a player count as scorer points . With the same number of scorer points, the players are first sorted by the number of goals and then alphabetically.

space	player	team	total	Gates	templates
1	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC	20th	10	10
2	James Troisi	Melbourne Victory	19th	12	7th
3	Adam Taggart	Newcastle United Jets	17th	16	1
	Carlos Hernández	Wellington Phoenix	17th	7th	10
5	Fábio Ferreira	Adelaide United	14th	9	5
	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory	14th	8th	6th
	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar	14th	3	11
8th	David Williams	Melbourne Heart	13	12	1
	Stone Huysegems	Wellington Phoenix	14th	10	3
	Jerónimo Neumann	Adelaide United	14th	9	4th
Status: end of the season

Awards

Award	winner
Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year)	Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar)
Golden Boot Award (Best Goalscorer)	Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets)
Rising Star Award (U-20 Player of the Year)	Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets)
A-League Coach of the Year	Mike Mulvey (Brisbane Roar)
Referee of the Year	Peter Green
Joe Marston Medal (Best Player in Grand Final)	Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar) & Iacopo La Rocca (Western Sydney Wanderers)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United)

Web links

• Official site of the A-League (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A-League 2013/2014: list of goalscorers . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved April 13, 2014.
2. ↑ A-League 2013/2014: Assists . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved April 13, 2014.
3. ↑ A-League 2013/2014: List of scorers . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved April 13, 2014.