The 2018–19 A-League was the 42nd season of national level

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in Australia, and the 14th since the establishment of the

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in 2004. The regular season commenced on 19 October 2018 and concluded on 28 April 2019. The play-offs began on 3 May 2019 and ended with the

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on 19 May 2019. Sydney FC defeated Perth Glory in the Grand Final.

Clubs

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

);
²Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of

) 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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Transfers

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season 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.

By round

Club membership

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Clean sheets

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.

Player

* Most yellow cards: 11 **

Alex Rufer Alex Arthur Rufer (born 12 June 1996) is a New Zealand professional footballer who captains and plays as a defensive midfielder for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. Personal life Rufer is the son of former international New Zealand player ...

(Wellington Phoenix) * Most red cards: 2 ** Éric Bauthéac (Brisbane Roar) ** Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 67 **Wellington Phoenix * Most red cards: 7 **Central Coast Mariners

Awards

Monthly awards

The A-League Goal of the Month is an award that recognises the player who is deemed to have scored the best

goal each month of the season. The winner is chosen by an online public vote through the A-League website.

Annual awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season. The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2018–19 Dolan Warren Awards night on 13 May 2019. *

Johnny Warren Medal The Johnny Warren Medal is awarded to the best player of the Australian national soccer club competition. It was first awarded in the National Soccer League in 1990, and upon the NSL's demise in November 2004, was carried forward into the new na ...

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* NAB Young Footballer of the Year –

Chris Ikonomidis Christopher James Ikonomidis ( el, Χριστόφορος Οικονομίδης; ; born 4 May 1995) is an Australian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger (association football), winge ...

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

* Nike Golden Boot Award –

(18 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year –

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* Fair Play Award – Sydney FC * Referee of the Year – Shaun Evans * Goal of the Year – Éric Bauthéac,

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

(

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

, 22 February 2019)

Notes

References

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