2023–24 A-League Men

The 2023–24 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, will be the 47th season of national level men's football (soccer) in Australia, and the 19th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004.

A-League Men
Season2023–24
DatesTBC
Matches played0
Goals scored0
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Melbourne City are the defending premiers.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Twelve clubs are participating in the 2023–24 season.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium 20,059
Macarthur FC Campbelltown Campbelltown Stadium 17,500[1]
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle McDonald Jones Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth HBF Park 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 42,500[2]
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Sky Stadium 35,000
Auckland Eden Park 50,000
Palmerston North Central Energy Trust Arena 15,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Parramatta CommBank Stadium 30,000
Western United Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Ballarat Mars Stadium 11,000
Hobart North Hobart Oval 10,000
Launceston UTAS Stadium 19,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Carl Veart Australia Craig Goodwin[3] UCAN[4] Flinders University[5]
Australian Outdoor Living[note 1][6][7]
Brisbane Roar Australia Ross Aloisi Scotland Tom Aldred[8] New Balance[9] Cars4Us[10][11]
Central Coast Mariners Scotland Nick Montgomery Australia Danny Vukovic[12] Paladin Sports[13] MATE[14]
Macarthur FC Australia Mile Sterjovski Mexico Ulises Dávila[15] Kelme[16] ALAND[17]
Melbourne City Australia Rado Vidošić Australia Scott Jamieson[18] Puma[19][20] Etihad Airways[20]
Melbourne Victory Australia Tony Popovic Australia Joshua Brillante[21] Macron[22] Bonza[23]
Newcastle Jets Australia Arthur Papas England Carl Jenkinson
Australia Matthew Jurman
Australia Brandon O'Neill[24]		 Legend Sportswear[25] Port of Newcastle[26]
Ampcontrol[note 1][25][27]
Perth Glory Australia Ruben Zadkovich Australia Mustafa Amini[28] Macron[29] Evolution Capital[30]
Sydney FC Australia Steve Corica Australia Alex Wilkinson[31] Under Armour[32] The Star[33]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Giancarlo Italiano New Zealand Alex Rufer[34] Paladin Sports[35] Oppo[36]
Spark[note 1][36]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Mark Rudan Brazil Marcelo[37] Kappa[38] Voltaren[39]
Turner Freeman Lawyers[note 1][40]
Western United Australia John Aloisi Kappa[41] Simonds Homes[41]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Brisbane Roar England Nick Green (caretaker) End of contract 2 May 2023 Pre-season Australia Ross Aloisi 2 May 2023[42]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Ufuk Talay End of contract[43] 6 May 2023 Pre-season Australia Giancarlo Italiano 6 May 2023[44]

Foreign players
See also: A-League Men transfers for 2023–24 season
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United England Zach Clough Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Spain Juande Spain Javi López Spain Isaías1
Brisbane Roar Republic of Ireland Jay O'Shea Scotland Tom Aldred Serbia Stefan Šćepović Afghanistan Rahmat Akbari2
Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Central Coast Mariners Brazil Moresche Brazil Marco Túlio France Béni Nkololo Ghana Paul Ayongo New Zealand James McGarry Fiji Dan Hall2
New Zealand Storm Roux2
Vanuatu Brian Kaltak3
Macarthur FC Mexico Ulises Dávila New Zealand Clayton Lewis Poland Filip Kurto
Melbourne City Finland Thomas Lam France Florin Berenguer Kosovo Valon Berisha Netherlands Richard van der Venne Portugal Nuno Reis
Melbourne Victory France Damien Da Silva Portugal Roderick Miranda Spain Rai Marchán North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski2
Paraguay Fernando Romero3
Newcastle Jets England Carl Jenkinson New Zealand Dane Ingham2
Perth Glory Curaçao Darryl Lachman England Mark Beevers Republic of Ireland Aaron McEneff Spain Adrián Sardinero Tunisia Salim Khelifi New Zealand Oliver Sail2
North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski2
Sydney FC England Adam Le Fondre England Joe Lolley England Jack Rodwell Slovakia Róbert Mak Spain Diego Caballo
Wellington Phoenix Bulgaria Bozhidar Kraev England David Ball England Scott Wootton Poland Oskar Zawada
Western Sydney Wanderers Brazil Marcelo Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto France Romain Amalfitano Tunisia Amor Layouni Ivory Coast Adama Traoré1
Serbia Miloš Ninković1
Western United Japan Tomoki Imai Serbia Aleksandar Prijović

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 Wellington Phoenix);[45]
2Australian citizens (or New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) 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)

See also

Notes
    1. Away kit

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