2021–22 A-League Men


The 2021–22 A-League Men, known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th season of national level men's soccer in Australia, and the 17th since the establishment of the competition as the A-League in 2004.
Melbourne City were the defending champions and premiers, having won their first titles respectively the previous season. They retained the premiership, but lost the Grand Final to first-time grand finalists Western United.

Clubs

Twelve clubs participated in the 2021–22 season.
ClubCityHome groundCapacity
Adelaide UnitedAdelaideCoopers Stadium16,500
Brisbane RoarBrisbaneMoreton Daily Stadium11,500
Central Coast MarinersGosfordCentral Coast Stadium20,059
Central Coast MarinersMudgeeGlen Willow Regional Sports Stadium10,000
Macarthur FCSydneyCampbelltown Stadium20,000
Macarthur FCSydneyBlueBet Stadium22,500
Macarthur FCNewcastleMcDonald Jones Stadium33,000
Melbourne CityMelbourneAAMI Park30,050
Melbourne VictoryMelbourneAAMI Park30,050
Newcastle JetsNewcastleMcDonald Jones Stadium33,000
Perth GloryPerthHBF Park20,500
Perth GloryLauncestonUTAS Stadium19,000
Perth GlorySydneyNetstrata Jubilee Oval20,500
Sydney FCSydneyNetstrata Jubilee Oval20,500
Sydney FCSydneyLeichhardt Oval20,000
Wellington PhoenixAucklandEden Park50,000
Wellington PhoenixGosfordCentral Coast Stadium20,059
Wellington PhoenixSydneyNetstrata Jubilee Oval20,500
Wellington PhoenixSydneyLeichhardt Oval20,000
Wellington PhoenixSydneyCampbelltown Stadium20,000
Wellington PhoenixSydneyEndeavour Field22,000
Wellington PhoenixWellingtonSky Stadium34,500
Wellington PhoenixWollongongWIN Stadium23,000
Western Sydney WanderersSydneyCommBank Stadium30,000
Western UnitedBallaratMars Stadium11,000
Western UnitedBallaratMorshead Park8,500
Western UnitedGeelongGMHBA Stadium26,000
Western UnitedLauncestonUTAS Stadium19,000
Western UnitedMelbourneAAMI Park30,050

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 ;

2Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;

3Injury replacement players, or National team replacement players;

4Guest players

Regular season

AFC Champions League qualification

Due to the re-formatting of the AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September instead of an intra-year schedule, the qualification for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of which of the Premiers for the current season or the following season accrues the most combined points over both seasons. Melbourne City won the Premiership in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, thereby automatically qualifying for the Champions League.

Finals series

Format

The finals series, which ran over three weeks, consisted of the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The first and second placed teams chose whether they would play home or away in the first leg. The two winners of those matches meet in the Grand Final. This season was the first to use this format.

Elimination-finals

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Semi-finals

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Regular season statistics

Hat-tricks

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Awards

Annual awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.
AwardWinnerClub
Johnny Warren Medal