2025–26 A-League Men

The 2025–26 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 49th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 21st since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004. Auckland FC are the defending premiers while Melbourne City are the defending champions.

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2025–26 A-League Men

Clubs

2025–26 A-League Men

The number of clubs reduced from 13 in the 2024–25 season to 12, following the removal of Western United by Football Australia for financial reasons.

Stadiums and locations

Twelve clubs are participating in the 2025–26 season.

<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>City</th><th>Home ground</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Adelaide United</td><td>Adelaide</td><td>Coopers Stadium</td><td>16,500</td></tr><tr><td>Auckland FC</td><td>Auckland</td><td>Go Media Stadium</td><td>27,700 (new capacity)</td></tr><tr><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>Brisbane</td><td>Suncorp Stadium</td><td>52,500</td></tr><tr><td>Kayo Stadium</td><td>10,000</td></tr><tr><td>Sunshine Coast</td><td>Sunshine Coast Stadium</td><td>20,000</td></tr><tr><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>Gosford</td><td>Polytec Stadium</td><td>20,059</td></tr><tr><td>Macarthur FC</td><td>Sydney</td><td>Campbelltown Sports Stadium</td><td>17,500</td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne City</td><td>Melbourne</td><td>AAMI Park</td><td>30,050</td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>Melbourne</td><td>AAMI Park</td><td>30,050</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Newcastle</td><td>McDonald Jones Stadium</td><td>30,000</td></tr><tr><td>Perth Glory</td><td>Perth</td><td>HBF Park</td><td>20,500</td></tr><tr><td>Sydney FC</td><td>Sydney</td><td>Allianz Stadium</td><td>42,500</td></tr><tr><td>Leichhardt Oval</td><td>20,000</td></tr><tr><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>Wellington</td><td>Sky Stadium</td><td>34,500</td></tr><tr><td>Christchurch</td><td>Apollo Projects Stadium</td><td>17,104</td></tr><tr><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td><td>Sydney</td><td>CommBank Stadium</td><td>30,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Kit sponsor</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Adelaide United</td><td>Airton Andrioli</td><td>Craig Goodwin</td><td>UCAN</td><td>Mega Rewards 1KOMMA5°</td></tr><tr><td>Auckland FC</td><td>Steve Corica</td><td>Hiroki Sakai</td><td>New Balance</td><td>ANZ</td></tr><tr><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>Michael Valkanis</td><td>Jay O'Shea</td><td>Cikers</td><td>Value Dental Centres</td></tr><tr><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>Warren Moon</td><td>Trent Sainsbury</td><td>O'Neills</td><td>polytec</td></tr><tr><td>Macarthur FC</td><td>Mile Sterjovski</td><td>Luke Brattan</td><td>Kelme</td><td>SipEnergy</td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne City</td><td>Aurelio Vidmar</td><td>Aziz Behich</td><td>Puma</td><td>Etihad Airways</td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>Arthur Diles</td><td>Roderick Miranda</td><td>Macron</td><td>Turkish Airlines</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Mark Milligan</td><td>Kosta Grozos</td><td>New Balance</td><td>Emerald Horizon</td></tr><tr><td>Perth Glory</td><td>Adam Griffiths</td><td>Adam Taggart Scott Wootton</td><td>Macron</td><td>La Vida Homes</td></tr><tr><td>Sydney FC</td><td>Patrick Kisnorbo</td><td>Rhyan Grant</td><td>Under Armour</td><td>Macquarie University</td></tr><tr><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>Chris Greenacre (caretaker)</td><td>Alex Rufer</td><td>Dynasty Sport</td><td>Entelar Group Oppo</td></tr><tr><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td><td>Gary van Egmond (caretaker)</td><td>Lawrence Thomas</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Bathla Turner Freeman Lawyers</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position on table</th><th>Incoming manager</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Robert Stanton</td><td>End of contract</td><td>5 May 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Mark Milligan</td><td>6 May 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>Ruben Zadkovich</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>6 May 2025</td><td>Michael Valkanis</td><td>7 May 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Adelaide United</td><td>Carl Veart</td><td>End of contract</td><td>10 May 2025</td><td>Airton Andrioli</td><td>26 May 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>Mark Jackson</td><td>Signed by Buriram United</td><td>10 October 2025</td><td>Warren Moon (caretaker)</td><td>15 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Perth Glory</td><td>David Zdrilic</td><td>Sacked</td><td>28 October 2025</td><td>12th</td><td>Adam Griffiths (caretaker)</td><td>31 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Adam Griffiths (caretaker)</td><td>Promoted to full-time</td><td>N/A</td><td>5th</td><td>Adam Griffiths</td><td>16 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>Warren Moon (caretaker)</td><td>Promoted to full-time</td><td>N/A</td><td>11th</td><td>Warren Moon</td><td>6 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td><td>Alen Stajcic</td><td>Sacked</td><td>20 January 2026</td><td>12th</td><td>Gary van Egmond (caretaker)</td><td>21 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>Giancarlo Italiano</td><td>Resigned</td><td>21 February 2026</td><td>10th</td><td>Chris Greenacre (caretaker)</td><td>23 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sydney FC</td><td>Ufuk Talay</td><td>Mutual termination</td><td>24 March 2026</td><td>5th</td><td>Patrick Kisnorbo</td><td>24 March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Foreign players

<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>Visa 1</th><th>Visa 2</th><th>Visa 3</th><th>Visa 4</th><th>Visa 5</th><th>Non-visa foreigner(s)</th><th>Former player(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Adelaide United</td><td>Anselmo</td><td>Joshua Smits</td><td>Bart Vriends</td><td>Juan Muñiz</td><td></td><td>Ajak Riak</td><td>Julian Kwaaitaal</td></tr><tr><td>Auckland FC</td><td>Louis Verstraete</td><td>Felipe Gallegos</td><td>Sam Cosgrove</td><td>Hiroki Sakai</td><td>Guillermo May</td><td>Dan Hall</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>Milorad Stajić</td><td>Youstin Salas</td><td>Chris Long</td><td>Marius Lode</td><td></td><td>Georgios Vrakas James McGarry Jay O'Shea</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>Kaito Taniguchi</td><td>Seth Clark</td><td>Alfie McCalmont</td><td></td><td></td><td>Storm Roux</td><td>Ryan Edmondson Abdelelah Faisal</td></tr><tr><td>Macarthur FC</td><td>Šime Gržan</td><td>Damien Da Silva</td><td>Rafael Durán</td><td>Filip Kurto</td><td>Ji Dong-won</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne City</td><td>Germán Ferreyra</td><td>Andreas Kuen</td><td>Samuel Souprayen</td><td>Takeshi Kanamori</td><td>Elbasan Rashani</td><td>Mathew Baker</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>Clarismario Santos</td><td>Nikos Vergos</td><td>Charles Nduka</td><td>Roderick Miranda</td><td>Juan Mata</td><td>Adama Traoré</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Zach Clough</td><td>Joe Shaughnessy</td><td>Kota Mizunuma</td><td></td><td></td><td>Lucas Scicluna Lachlan Bayliss</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Perth Glory</td><td>Scott Wootton</td><td>Sam Sutton</td><td>Brian Kaltak</td><td>Tom Lawrence</td><td></td><td>Callum Timmins Charbel Shamoon Stefan Colakovski Joel Anasmo</td><td>Luke Amos</td></tr><tr><td>Sydney FC</td><td>Marcel Tisserand</td><td>Joe Lolley</td><td>Ahmet Arslan</td><td>Piero Quispe</td><td>Víctor Campuzano</td><td>Joe Lacey</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>Manjrekar James</td><td>Kazuki Nagasawa</td><td>Ifeanyi Eze</td><td>Josh Oluwayemi</td><td>Sander Kartum</td><td>Ramy Najjarine</td><td>Hideki Ishige</td></tr><tr><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td><td>Bozhidar Kraev</td><td>Hiroshi Ibusuki</td><td>Kosta Barbarouses</td><td>Ryan Fraser</td><td></td><td>Dylan Scicluna</td><td>Mohamed Al-Taay</td></tr></tbody></table>

Regular season

2025–26 A-League Men

The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 22-match schedule for each club, plus four extra rounds, for a total of 26 matches played. The top six will qualify for the finals series.

League table

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Newcastle Jets (X)</td><td>22</td><td>14</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>46</td><td>33</td><td>+13</td><td>43</td><td>Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Auckland FC</td><td>22</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>37</td><td>23</td><td>+14</td><td>39</td><td>Qualification for Finals series</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>22</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>38</td><td>28</td><td>+10</td><td>35</td><td>Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Adelaide United</td><td>22</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>39</td><td>32</td><td>+7</td><td>35</td><td>Qualification for Finals series</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Sydney FC</td><td>22</td><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>29</td><td>23</td><td>+6</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Macarthur FC</td><td>22</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>28</td><td>36</td><td>−8</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>21</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>29</td><td>32</td><td>−3</td><td>27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>22</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>33</td><td>41</td><td>−8</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Melbourne City</td><td>21</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>22</td><td>28</td><td>−6</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>22</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>10</td><td>22</td><td>29</td><td>−7</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Perth Glory</td><td>22</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>25</td><td>35</td><td>−10</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td><td>22</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>26</td><td>34</td><td>−8</td><td>21</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top scorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sam Cosgrove</td><td>Auckland FC</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Ifeanyi Eze</td><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Luka Jovanovic</td><td>Adelaide United</td></tr><tr><td>Jesse Randall</td><td>Auckland FC</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Max Caputo</td><td>Melbourne City</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Lachlan Rose</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td></tr><tr><td>Clayton Taylor</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Lachlan Brook</td><td>Auckland FC</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Sabit Ngor</td><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Harry Sawyer</td><td>Macarthur FC</td></tr><tr><td>Nikos Vergos</td><td>Melbourne Victory</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Result</th><th>Date</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alexander Badolato</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>5–2 (H)</td><td>24 October 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Al Hassan Toure</td><td>Sydney FC</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>1–4 (A)</td><td>1 November 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tom Lawrence</td><td>Perth Glory</td><td>Melbourne City</td><td>1–3 (A)</td><td>28 December 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nikos Vergos</td><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>Wellington Phoenix</td><td>5–1 (H)</td><td>29 December 2025</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brody Burkitt</td><td>Adelaide United</td><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>2–3 (A)</td><td>24 January 2026</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Clayton Taylor</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>Adelaide United</td><td>2–3 (A)</td><td>8 February 2026</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Goalkeeper</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Patrick Beach</td><td>Melbourne City</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Harrison Devenish-Meares</td><td>Sydney FC</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Michael Woud</td><td>Auckland FC</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dean Bouzanis</td><td>Brisbane Roar</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Andrew Redmayne</td><td>Central Coast Mariners</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Jack Duncan</td><td>Melbourne Victory</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Lawrence Thomas</td><td>Western Sydney Wanderers</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>James Delianov</td><td>Newcastle Jets</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Filip Kurto</td><td>Macarthur FC</td></tr><tr><td>Joshua Smits</td><td>Adelaide United</td></tr><tr><td>Matt Sutton</td><td>Perth Glory</td></tr></tbody></table>