The 2021–22 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the 45th season of national level men's

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in Australia, and the 17th since the establishment of the

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as the A-League in 2004. Melbourne City are the defending champions and premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season.

Clubs

Twelve clubs participate in the 2021–22 season.

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 (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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Transfers

Regular season

League table

Fixtures and results

Positions by round

Finals series

Format

The finals series consists of six teams who are placed by rank, as determined at the end of the regular season. The finals series runs over four weeks. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged ties played over two weeks. The first and second placed teams will choose whether they will play home or away in the first leg. The two winners of those matches meet in the grand final. This season is the first in this format.

Elimination-finals

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Semi-finals

Summary

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Grand Final

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes *(H) – Home team *(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Notes

References

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