A-League 2014/15

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A-League 2014/15
A-League logo
master Melbourne Victory
Champions League Melbourne Victory
Sydney FC
Champions League
qualification		 Adelaide United
Cup winners Adelaide United
Qualifying round
championship finals		 Melbourne Victory
Sydney FC
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix
Melbourne City FC
Brisbane Roar
Teams 10
Games 135 + 5 play-off games
Gates 417  (ø 2.98 per game)
spectator 1,827,084  (ø 13,051 per game)
Top scorer Marc Janko
(Sydney FC)
← A-League 2013/14

The A-League 2014/15 was the 10th season of the Australian A-League professional football league . Each of the ten teams played each other three times. The regular season began on October 10, 2014 with the game Melbourne Victory against the Western Sydney Wanderers and ended on April 26, 2015 with the game between Melbourne Victory and the Central Coast Mariners . Due to the 2015 Asian Cup finals in Australia , there was a two-week summer break between January 6th and 24th, 2015. The final round began on May 1st and ended with the Grand Final on May 17th, 2015. Brisbane Roar was the reigning Premiership winner and Australian champion.

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 City FC 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. Melbourne Victory  27  15th  8th  4th 056:310 +25 53
 2. Sydney FC  27  14th  8th  5 052:350 +17 50
 3. Adelaide United  27  14th  4th  9 047:320 +15 46
 4th Wellington Phoenix  27  14th  4th  9 045:350 +10 46
 5. Melbourne City FC  27  9  8th  10 036:410  −5 35
 6th Brisbane Roar (P, M)  27  10  4th  13 042:430  −1 34
 7th Perth Glory 1  27  14th  8th  5 045:350 +10 50
 8th. Central Coast Mariners  27  5  8th  14th 026:500 −24 23
 9. Western Sydney Wanderers  27  4th  6th  17th 029:440 −15 18th
10. Newcastle Jets  27  3  8th  16 023:550 −32 17th
At the end of the 2014/15 season:
  • Australian premiership winner, participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the AFC Champions League 2016 : Melbourne Victory
  • Participation in the semi-finals of the final round and participation in the AFC Champions League 2016: Sydney FC
  • Participation in the quarter-finals of the final round and participation in the play-offs of the AFC Champions League 2016: Adelaide United
  • Participation in the quarterfinals of the final round: Wellington Phoenix, Melbourne City FC & Brisbane Roar
    		•
    At the end of the 2013/14 season:
    (P) Reigning Australian Premiership Winner : Brisbane Roar
    (M) Reigning Australian champions : Brisbane Roar
    Remarks:
    1Perth Glory was banned from participating in the final round because they broke the salary cap several times . The team was therefore placed in seventh place at the end of the season.

    Final round

      Quarter finals     Semifinals     final
                               
            2  Sydney FC 4th  
      3  Adelaide United 2     3  Adelaide United 1    
      6th  Brisbane Roar 1         1  Melbourne Victory 3
          2  Sydney FC 0
            1  Melbourne Victory 3    
      4th  Wellington Phoenix 0     5  Melbourne City FC 0  
      5  Melbourne City FC 2  

    Quarter finals

    Fri., May 1, 2015 in Adelaide ( Adelaide Oval )
    Adelaide United Adelaide United - Brisbane Roar 2: 1 (1: 1)
    Sun., May 3, 2015 in Wellington ( Westpac Stadium )
    Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne City FC Melbourne City FC 0: 2 (0: 0)

    Semifinals

    Fri., May 8, 2015 in Melbourne ( Etihad Stadium )
    Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory - Melbourne City FC Melbourne City FC 3: 0 (2: 0)
    Sat., May 9, 2015 in Sydney ( Allianz Stadium )
    Sydney FC Sydney FC - Adelaide United Adelaide United 4: 1 (2: 0)

    Grand Final

    Melbourne Victory Sydney FC Lineup
    Melbourne Victory
    Grand Final
    May 17th, 2015 at 16:00 ( AEST ) in Melbourne ( Melbourne Rectangular Stadium )
    Result: 3: 0 (1: 0)
    Spectators: 29,843
    Referee: Jarred Gillett
    		Sydney FC
    Lineup Melbourne Victory versus Sydney FC
    Lawrence Thomas - Daniel Georgievski , Matthieu Delpierre , Nick Ansell (90th + 2 ' Jason Geria ), Leigh Broxham - Carl Valeri , Mark Milligan - Fahid Ben Khalfallah , Guilherme Finkler (86th Rashid Mahazi ), Kosta Barbarouses - Besart Berisha (90th) . + 1 ' Archie Thompson ) Coach: Kevin Muscat(C)Captain of the crew
    		 Vedran Janjetović - Nikola Petković , Matthew Jurman , Jacques Faty (19th Rhyan Grant ), Sebastian Ryall - Mickaël Tavares (75th Terry Antonis ), Miloš Dimitrijević - Chris Naumoff (52nd Shane Smeltz ), Alex Brosque , Bernie Ibini-Isei - Marc Janko Trainer: Graham Arnold(C)Captain of the crew
    goal1: 0 Berisha (33.)
    goal2: 0 Barbarouses (83.)
    goal3: 0 Broxham (90.)
    yellow cards Berisha (15th), Valeri (66th), Georgievski (78th) yellow cards Grant (29th), Smeltz (64th), Ryall (73rd)
    Yellow-red cards Valeri (88.)

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

    List of goalscorers

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

    space player team Gates
    01. AustriaAustria Marc Janko Sydney FC 16
    02. AlbaniaAlbania Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory 13
    AustraliaAustralia Nathan Burns Wellington Phoenix
    04th IrelandIreland Andy Keogh Perth Glory 12
    05. AustraliaAustralia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 10
    06th FijiFiji Roy Krishna Wellington Phoenix 09
    AustraliaAustralia Jamie Maclaren Perth Glory
    08th. BrazilBrazil Henrique Brisbane Roar 08th
    SpainSpain Pablo Sánchez Adelaide United
    New ZealandNew Zealand Shane Smeltz Sydney FC
    Status: end of the season

    Awards

    Award winner
    Johnny Warren Medal (Player of the Year) AustraliaAustralia Nathan Burns (Wellington Phoenix)
    Golden Boot Award (Best Goalscorer) AustriaAustria Marc Janko (Sydney FC)
    Young Footballer of the Year (U-23 Player of the Year) AustraliaAustralia James Jeggo (Adelaide United)
    A-League Coach of the Year AustraliaAustralia Kevin Muscat (Melbourne Victory)
    Referee of the Year AustraliaAustralia Jarred Gillett
    Joe Marston Medal (Best Player in Grand Final) AustraliaAustralia Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory)
    Goalkeeper of the Year AustraliaAustralia Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United)

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ FFA statement regarding Perth Glory . In: A-League.com . April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
    2. ↑ A-League 2014/2015: list of goalscorers . In: Weltfussball.de . Retrieved April 26, 2015.