The 2013–14 A-League was the 37th season of top-flight soccer in

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, and the ninth of the

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 11 October 2013, with Western Sydney Wanderers as the defending A-League Premiers and

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as the defending A-League Champions. The regular season concluded on 13 April 2014, with Brisbane Roar crowned Premiers. The 2014 Grand Final took place on 4 May 2014, with Brisbane Roar claiming their third Championship with a 2–1 win in

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against Western Sydney Wanderers. This was the first A-League season to be broadcast on free-to-air television, after SBS obtained the rights to a live Friday night game each week of the season, and all finals games on a one-hour delay, on a $160 million four-year broadcast deal.

Clubs

Personnel and kits

Transfers

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

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);
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 ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Regular season

League table

Home and away season

The 2013–14 season will see each team play 27 games, kicking off on 11 October 2013, and concluding on 13 April 2014.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Own goals

Attendances

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.

Top 10 Season Attendances

Discipline

The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season. ''Current as of 13 April 2014''

Awards

End-of-season awards

* Johnny Warren Medal –

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, Brisbane Roar * NAB Young Footballer of the Year –

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* Nike Golden Boot Award –

(16 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United * Manager of the Year – Mike Mulvey, Brisbane Roar * Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar * Referee of the Year – Peter Green * Goal of the Year –

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, Melbourne Heart ( Melbourne Heart v

, 23 March 2014)

References

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