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in Australia, and the 15th since the establishment of the

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in 2004. The regular season commenced on 11 October 2019 and was scheduled to conclude on 26 April 2020, though was postponed to 19 August 2020 as a result of the

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. The pandemic caused

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(FFA) to suspend the season from late March to mid July. The season resumed on 17 July 2020, which meant the

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occurred in mid-August and the

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was held on 30 August 2020. Sydney FC were the defending champions and

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were the defending premiers.

Clubs

The league has been expanded to eleven teams, with the addition of the

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starting their first season.

Personnel and kits

:1. Away kit.

Managerial changes

, 14 July 2020 , - ,

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,
(caretakers) , End of caretaker spell , 16 July 2020 , 4th , , 16 July 2020

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 (or New Zealand citizenship, in the case of

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);
²Australian citizens (or 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);
⁵Players who left at the end of their contract, which was originally at the end of the season, but became mid-season due to the

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extending the season

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Transfers

Regular season

Effects of the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the self isolation requirements after overseas travel imposed by the Australian Government on 16 March, both

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and

were required to self-isolate having returned from playing in Wellington on 15 March 2020. This led to four games involving both clubs being postponed. On 16 March 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the Australian Government of gatherings involving more than 500 people, the FFA announced that the remainder of the season would proceed with all games being played behind closed doors.

had intended to relocate for the remainder of the season in Sydney in order to keep playing the remainder of its scheduled games. The season was suspended on 24 March. The season resumed on 17 July 2020, with almost all of the remaining 27 matches in the regular season played in New South Wales.

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

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

Player stats

Top scorers

''Including Finals matches''

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Clean sheets

''Including Finals matches''

Awards

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.

Monthly awards

Annual awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 10 September 2020. *

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* NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Riley McGree,

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* Nike Golden Boot Award –

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, Melbourne City (22 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year – Andrew Redmayne, Sydney FC *

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–

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, Melbourne City * Fair Play Award – Sydney FC * Referee of the Year –

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* Goal of the Year –

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(

, 29 February 2020)

Notes

References

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