2012–13 A-League

A-League
Season 2012–13
Champions Central Coast Mariners (1st title)
Premiers Western Sydney Wanderers (1st title)
Champions League Western Sydney Wanderers
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne Victory
Matches played 137
Goals scored 375 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Daniel McBreen
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Sydney FC 7–1 Wellington Phoenix
(19 January 2013)
Biggest away win Newcastle Jets 0–3 Wellington Phoenix
(18 November 2012)
Newcastle Jets 0–3 Western Sydney Wanderers
(29 March 2013)
Highest scoring Central Coast Mariners 7–2 Sydney FC
(3 November 2012)
Longest winning run Western Sydney Wanderers (10)
Longest unbeaten run Western Sydney Wanderers (13)
Longest winless run Perth Glory (8)
Longest losing run Melbourne Heart (5)
Perth Glory (5)
Highest attendance 42,032
(5 October 2012)
Lowest attendance 3,060
(3 March 2013)
Average attendance 12,556

The 2012–13 A-League was the eighth season of the Australian A-League football competition since its establishment in 2004. The 2012–13 season saw the introduction of a new Western Sydney-based team, the return of Newcastle Jets FC after their A-League license was returned by FFA, and the end of Gold Coast United after they were removed from the competition at the end of the previous season.[1][2][3] This season was also the last A-League season to be broadcast exclusively on paid television, after SBS obtained the rights to a live Friday night game each week of the A-League season, and all A-League finals games on a one-hour delay, on a $160 million four-year broadcast deal, effective from the 2013–14 A-League season onwards.[4][5]

Clubs

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119
Melbourne Heart Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park		 56,347
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Hunter Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium
Patersons Stadium		 20,500
43,500
Sydney FC Sydney Allianz Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Parramatta Stadium 21,487

Personnel and kit specifications

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit partner
Adelaide United Australia Michael Valkanis Australia Eugene Galeković Kappa Unleash Solar
Brisbane Roar England Mike Mulvey Australia Matt Smith Puma The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners Australia Graham Arnold Malta John Hutchinson Kappa Masterfoods
Melbourne Heart Australia John Aloisi Australia Harry Kewell Kappa Westpac
Melbourne Victory Australia Ange Postecoglou Australia Adrian Leijer Adidas Adecco
Newcastle Jets Australia Gary van Egmond Australia Ruben Zadkovich ISC Hunter Ports
Perth Glory Australia Alistair Edwards Australia Jacob Burns X-blades QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Australia Frank Farina Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn Adidas Webjet
Wellington Phoenix England Chris Greenacre Australia Andrew Durante Adidas Sony
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Tony Popovic Australia Michael Beauchamp Nike NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Melbourne Heart Netherlands John van 't Schip Mutual Termination 1 February 2012[6] Pre-season Australia John Aloisi 8 May 2012[7]
Sydney FC Czech Republic Vitezslav Lavicka Contract expired 3 February 2012[8] England Ian Crook 14 May 2012[9]
Melbourne Victory Northern Ireland Jim Magilton Contract expired 1 April 2012[10] Australia Ange Postecoglou 26 April 2012[11]
Western Sydney Wanderers Inaugural 4 April 2012[3] Australia Tony Popovic 17 May 2012[12]
Brisbane Roar Australia Ange Postecoglou Resigned 24 April 2012[13] Australia Rado Vidošić 25 April 2012[14]
Sydney FC England Ian Crook Resigned 11 November 2012 8th Australia Frank Farina 28 November 2012[15]
Brisbane Roar Australia Rado Vidošić Mutual Consent 19 December 2012 9th England Mike Mulvey 19 December 2012[16]
Adelaide United Australia John Kosmina Resigned 28 January 2013 4th Australia Michael Valkanis 28 January 2013[16]
Perth Glory Scotland Ian Ferguson Termination 11 February 2013[17] 10th Australia Alistair Edwards 11 February 2013[17]
Wellington Phoenix New Zealand Ricki Herbert Resigned 26 February 2013[18] 10th England Chris Greenacre 26 February 2013[18]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United Argentina Jerónimo Neumann Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Portugal Fábio Ferreira Indonesia Sergio van Dijk None Brazil Cássio1
Brisbane Roar Albania Besart Berisha Brazil Henrique Germany Thomas Broich South Korea Do Dong-Hyun Netherlands Stef Nijland None
Central Coast Mariners Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Scotland Nick Montgomery None None Malta John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Heart Argentina Jonatan Germano Brazil Fred Croatia Josip Tadic Liberia Patrick Gerhardt Netherlands Marcel Meeuwis None
Melbourne Victory Argentina Marcos Flores Brazil Guilherme Finkler Ivory Coast Adama Traore Mauritius Jonathan Bru New Zealand Marco Rojas None
Newcastle Jets Brazil Bernardo Ribeiro England Emile Heskey England Michael Bridges Switzerland Dominik Ritter None None
Perth Glory Argentina Matías Córdoba Republic of Ireland Liam Miller Scotland Steven McGarry None None New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Sydney FC Brazil Fabio Croatia Kruno Lovrek Italy Alessandro Del Piero Netherlands Pascal Bosschaart Panama Yairo Yau Iraq Ali Abbas1
Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn1
Brazil Tiago3
Wellington Phoenix Barbados Paul Ifill Belgium Stein Huysegems Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori Spain Dani Sánchez United States Alex Smith Malta Manny Muscat2
Western Sydney Wanderers Croatia Dino Kresinger Croatia Mateo Poljak Germany Jérome Polenz Italy Iacopo La Rocca Netherlands Youssouf Hersi Japan Shinji Ono5

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)
5Additional Expansion Club Visa Player

Regular season

League table

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21+20 57 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22+26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45+3 44 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37+1 41 2013 A-League Finals Series
5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29+4 35
6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31−2 32
7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51−10 32
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45−15 31
9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40−9 27
10 Wellington Phoenix 27 7 6 14 31 49−18 27

Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Home and away season

The 2012–13 season sees each team play 27 games, kicking off on 5 October 2012, and concluding on 31 March 2013.[19]

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Week 23

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

Week 27

Table of results

Abbreviation and Colour Key:
  • Win
  • Loss
  • Draw
  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Adelaide United NUJ WSW MV WP BR PG MH SFC CCM MV WP WSW BR SFC NUJ PG MH CCM WSW MV SFC WP BR MH NUJ CCM PG
0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 6–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–4 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 | | |
Brisbane Roar PG MV WP WSW AU MH SFC CCM NUJ WSW MV PG AU WP MH NUJ WSW PG CCM SFC WP NUJ AU MV CCM MH SFC
1–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 | | | 
f3 derby with NUJ
Central Coast Mariners WSW PG NUJ MH SFC WP MV BR AU NUJ MH WP SFC PG WSW MV NUJ AU BR WP PG MV WSW SFC BR AU MH
0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 7–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 6–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 | | | 
Melbourne Derby with MV
Melbourne Heart MV WP PG CCM WSW BR AU NUJ SFC PG CCM MV WP NUJ BR SFC AU WSW MV PG NUJ SFC WP AU WSW BR CCM
1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 | | | 
Melbourne Derby with MH, Cross Border Rivalry with AU, The Big Blue with SFC
Melbourne Victory MH BR AU NUJ WP SFC CCM WSW PG AU BR MH NUJ WSW WP CCM PG SFC MH AU WSW CCM NUJ BR SFC PG WP
1–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 6–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 | | | 
f3 with CCM
Newcastle Jets AU SFC CCM MV PG WSW WP MH BR CCM PG SFC MV MH AU BR CCM WP SFC WSW MH BR WP MV PG AU WSW
0–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 3–3 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 | | | 
Distance Derby with WP
Perth Glory BR CCM MH SFC NUJ AU WSW WP MV MH NUJ BR WSW CCM SFC AU MV BR WP MH CCM WSW SFC NUJ WP MV AU
1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 | | | 
The Big Blue with MV, New South Wales Derby with CCM, sydney derby with WSW
Sydney FC WP NUJ WSW PG CCM MV BR AU MH WP WSW NUJ CCM AU PG MH WP MV NUJ BR AU MH PG CCM MV WSW BR
2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 7–2 2–3 4–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 7–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 | | | 
distance derby with PG
Wellington Phoenix SFC MH BR AU MV CCM NUJ PG WSW SFC AU CCM MH BR MV WSW SFC NUJ PG CCM BR AU NUJ MH WSW PG MV
2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 7–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 | | | 
sydney derby with SFC
Western Sydney Wanderers CCM AU SFC BR MH NUJ PG MV WP BR SFC AU PG MV CCM WP BR MH AU NUJ MV PG CCM WP MH SFC NUJ
0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 6–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–4 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 | | |

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Western Sydney Wanderers 5 8 10 8 5 7 5 6 8 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Central Coast Mariners 5 4 6 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Melbourne Victory 7 10 9 10 6 5 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
Brisbane Roar 8 5 5 7 9 10 8 9 7 9 9 9 8 6 7 8 9 7 6 8 7 8 6 7 7 5 5
Perth Glory 4 6 2 4 3 4 4 5 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 6
Sydney FC 9 9 8 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 7 8 8 6 5 7 8 5 5 6 7
Newcastle Jets 9 7 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 8 8
Melbourne Heart 3 3 7 9 10 6 9 8 9 7 8 8 10 9 6 7 5 6 7 5 8 5 7 8 9 9 9
Wellington Phoenix 1 2 4 6 8 9 7 7 5 6 7 7 6 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

NOTE: Adelaide United were tied with Wellington Phoenix at the end of Round 1, as were Central Coast Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers, and Newcastle Jets and Sydney FC.

Finals series

In its eighth season the A-League has adopted a new knock-out format for the finals with six teams competing over a three-week series climaxing in the decider. As a result, the play-offs have been reduced from four to three weeks and the top two teams no longer receive a double chance. Instead they will get the opening week of the final series off and will only need to win one game to make the grand final.

Elimination Finals   Semi Finals   Grand Final
                   
       Western Sydney Wanderers 2  
 Adelaide United 1      Brisbane Roar 0  
 Brisbane Roar 2        Western Sydney Wanderers 0
     Central Coast Mariners 2
       Central Coast Mariners 1
 Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.) 2      Melbourne Victory 0  
 Perth Glory 1  

Elimination Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

Leading goalscorers

Further information: A-League all-time top scorers
Updated to after game 31 March 2013.
Total Player Club Goals per Game
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
17 Australia Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
16 New Zealand Jeremy Brockie Wellington Phoenix 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 New Zealand Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
14 Albania Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
Italy Alessandro Del Piero Sydney FC 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1
11 Australia Mark Bridge Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2
9 England Emile Heskey Newcastle Jets 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Australia Ryan Griffiths Newcastle Jets 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Australia Dario Vidošić Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
8 Australia Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Argentina Jerónimo Neumann Adelaide United 1 2 1 2 1
New Zealand Shane Smeltz Perth Glory 1 1 2 1 1 1
Japan Shinji Ono Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 2 1 1 1
Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei Central Coast Mariners 1 1 1 2 1 1
6 Croatia Josip Tadić Melbourne Heart 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Central Coast Mariners 1 1 1 3
Panama Yairo Yau Sydney FC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Australia Mitchell Duke Central Coast Mariners 2 1 2 1
Australia Richard Garcia Melbourne Heart 1 2 1 1 1
5 Netherlands Youssouf Hersi Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 2 1
Australia David Williams Melbourne Heart 1 1 1 1 1
Australia Iain Ramsay Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1
Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Adelaide United 1 2 1 1
Australia Labinot Haliti Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 1 2
Australia Travis Dodd Perth Glory 1 2 1 1
Belgium Stein Huysegems Wellington Phoenix 1 1 1 1 1
4 Australia Andrew Nabbout Melbourne Victory 2 1 1
Australia Ben Halloran Brisbane Roar 1 1 1 1
Australia Gol-gol Mebrahtu Melbourne Heart 1 1 1 1
Argentina Marcos Flores Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 1
3 Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet Perth Glory 1 1 1
New Zealand Louis Fenton Wellington Phoenix 1 1 1
Australia Blake Powell Sydney FC 1 1 1
Australia Craig Goodwin Newcastle Jets 1 1 1
Australia Pedj Bojić Central Coast Mariners 1 2
Australia Brett Emerton Sydney FC 1 1 1
Australia Tom Rogić Central Coast Mariners 2 1
Scotland Steven McGarry Perth Glory 1 1 1
Portugal Fábio Ferreira Adelaide United 1 1 1
Australia Ruben Zadkovich Newcastle Jets 1 1 1
Australia Joel Griffiths Sydney FC 1 1 1
Australia Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC 1 1 1
Italy Iacopo La Rocca Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 1
Barbados Paul Ifill Wellington Phoenix 1 1 1
Australia Chris Harold Perth Glory 1 1 1
Germany Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar 1 1 1
2 Australia Erik Paartalu Brisbane Roar 1 1
Australia Mitch Nichols Brisbane Roar 1 1
Australia Nick Ward Perth Glory 1 1
Australia Joey Gibbs Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1
Brazil Henrique Brisbane Roar 1 1
Australia Evan Kostopoulos Adelaide United 2
Australia Rhyan Grant Sydney FC 1 1
Spain Dani Sánchez Wellington Phoenix 1 1
Brazil Fred Melbourne Heart 1 1
Australia Jason Culina Sydney FC 1 1
Australia Bruce Djite Adelaide United 1 1
Australia Tomi Jurić Adelaide United 1 1
Australia Nick Kalmar Melbourne Heart 1 1
Australia Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets 1 1
England Michael Bridges Newcastle Jets 1 1
Australia Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory 1 1
Australia Steven Lustica Brisbane Roar 1 1
Australia Ivan Franjic Brisbane Roar 1 1
1 Australia Dylan Macallister Melbourne Heart 1
Australia Matt Thompson Melbourne Heart 1
Australia Dean Heffernan Perth Glory 1
Brazil Cássio Adelaide United 1
Iraq Ali Abbas Sydney FC 1
Brazil Tiago Calvano Newcastle Jets 1
Australia Josh Mitchell Newcastle Jets 1
Liberia Patrick Gerhardt Melbourne Heart 1
Netherlands Pascal Bosschaart Sydney FC 1
Australia Massimo Murdocca Brisbane Roar 1
Australia Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners 1
Scotland Nick Montgomery Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Michael Beauchamp Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Croatia Dino Kresinger Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Australia Spase Dilevski Melbourne Victory 1
Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley Western Sydney Wanderers 1
New Zealand Ben Sigmund Wellington Phoenix 1
Australia Daniel Bowles Adelaide United 1
Australia James Meyer Brisbane Roar 1
Croatia Mateo Poljak Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Malta John Hutchinson Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Eli Babalj Melbourne Heart 1
Australia Peter Triantis Sydney FC 1
Australia Terry Antonis Sydney FC 1
Australia Connor Pain Melbourne Victory 1
Australia Aaron Mooy Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Australia Nicholas Fitzgerald Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Corey Gameiro Wellington Phoenix 1
Argentina Jonatan Germano Melbourne Heart 1
Argentina Matías Córdoba Perth Glory 1
Australia Michael Thwaite Perth Glory 1
Australia Joel Chianese Sydney FC 1
Australia Leigh Broxham Melbourne Victory 1
Japan Ryo Nagai Perth Glory 1
Australia Christopher Cristaldo Perth Glory 1
Australia Joshua Risdon Perth Glory 1
Australia Shannon Cole Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Australia Mile Sterjovski Central Coast Mariners 1
Australia Rocky Visconte Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Australia Adrian Zahra Perth Glory 1
Australia Jake Barker-Daish Adelaide United 1

      Goal scored from penalty kick           Two goals scored from penalty kick           Player Suspended           Player Injured/sick           Player on International Duty    

Assists

Updated to after game 16 December 2012

Total Player Club
9 Brazil Guilherme Finkler Melbourne Victory
7 Netherlands Youssouf Hersi Western Sydney Wanderers
New Zealand Marco Rojas

Melbourne Victory

4 Republic of Ireland Liam Miller Perth Glory
Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Adelaide United
3 Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory
Australia Dario Vidošić Adelaide United
Germany Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar
New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Central Coast Mariners
Japan Shinji Ono Western Sydney Wanderers
Argentina Jerónimo Neumann Adelaide United
2 Malta Manny Muscat Wellington Phoenix
Australia Ryan Griffiths Newcastle Jets
Australia Massimo Murdocca Brisbane Roar
Australia Mate Dugandzic Melbourne Heart
Australia Aziz Behich Melbourne Heart
Australia Ivan Franjic Brisbane Roar
Australia Scott Neville Newcastle Jets
Panama Yairo Yau Sydney FC
Australia Mile Sterjovski Central Coast Mariners
Barbados Paul Ifill Wellington Phoenix
Australia Aaron Mooy Western Sydney Wanderers
Australia Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners
Croatia Josip Tadic Melbourne Heart
Australia Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners
Australia Bruce Djite Adelaide United
1 Australia Richard Garcia Melbourne Heart
Brazil Fred Melbourne Heart
Australia Iain Ramsay Adelaide United
Australia Mitch Nichols Brisbane Roar
Australia Trent Sainsbury Central Coast Mariners
Australia Brett Emerton Sydney FC
Australia Scott Jamieson Perth Glory
Scotland Steven McGarry Perth Glory
Australia Rhyan Grant Sydney FC
Switzerland Dominik Ritter Newcastle Jets
Australia Joshua Brillante Newcastle Jets
New Zealand Louis Fenton Wellington Phoenix
Australia James Virgili Newcastle Jets
Australia Joey Gibbs Western Sydney Wanderers
Croatia Krunoslav Lovrek Sydney FC
Australia Josh Mitchell Newcastle Jets
England Emile Heskey Newcastle Jets
Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori Wellington Phoenix
Australia Craig Goodwin Newcastle Jets
Australia Blake Powell Sydney FC
Australia Mark Milligan Melbourne Victory
Australia Tom Rogic Central Coast Mariners
Australia Dean Heffernan Perth Glory
Malta John Hutchinson Central Coast Mariners
Australia Isaka Cernak Melbourne Victory
New Zealand Tony Lochhead Wellington Phoenix
Netherlands Pascal Bosschaart Sydney FC
Australia Matt Thompson Melbourne Heart
Australia Ruben Zadkovich Newcastle Jets
Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet Perth Glory
Australia Pedj Bojić Central Coast Mariners
Australia Zenon Caravella Adelaide United
Portugal Fábio Ferreira Adelaide United
Australia Jason Culina Sydney FC
Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn Sydney FC
Australia Erik Paartalu Brisbane Roar
Germany Jérome Polenz Western Sydney Wanderers
New Zealand Tyler Boyd Wellington Phoenix
Croatia Mateo Poljak Western Sydney Wanderers
New Zealand Shane Smeltz Perth Glory

Own goals

Player Team Against Week
Liberia Patrick Gerhardt Melbourne Heart Western Sydney Wanderers 5
Australia Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 5
Australia Michael Beauchamp Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne Victory 8
Australia Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Heart 13
Australia Scott Jamieson Perth Glory Melbourne Victory 17
Australia Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC Melbourne Victory 18
Australia Trent Sainsbury Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory 22

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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1421,88542,03216,839306,396
Sydney FC1318,63735,41912,425242,278
Brisbane Roar1313,41722,9709,282174,415
Newcastle Jets1313,38822,5188,310174,043
Western Sydney Wanderers1412,46619,5856,755174,520
Central Coast Mariners139,92118,7216,081128,974
Adelaide United149,59214,1156,878134,287
Perth Glory148,81916,7074,821123,466
Melbourne Heart138,56026,4574,505111,284
Wellington Phoenix146,88212,0573,06096,342
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League total 135 12,341 42,032 3,060 1,666,005

Updated to 3 February 2013

Top 10 Season Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
42,102 GF 21 April 2013 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 – 2 Central Coast Mariners Allianz Stadium Sunday Afternoon
42,032 1 5 October 2012 Melbourne Victory 1 – 2 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Friday Night
41,203 19 2 February 2013 Melbourne Victory 2 – 1 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
35,419 2 13 October 2012 Sydney FC 2 – 3 Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium Saturday Dusk
26,882 18 26 January 2013 Melbourne Victory 3 – 1 Sydney FC AAMI Park Saturday Dusk
26,457 12 22 December 2012 Melbourne Heart 1 – 2 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night
26,176 11 15 December 2012 Sydney FC 0 – 2 Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium Saturday Night
22,970 7 16 November 2012 Brisbane Roar 4 – 2 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium Friday Night
22,902 EF 5 April 2013 Melbourne Victory 2 – 1 Perth Glory Etihad Stadium Friday Night
22,518 27 29 March 2013 Newcastle Jets 0 – 3 Western Sydney Wanderers Hunter Stadium Friday Dusk

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.

1 point Yellow Card
2 points Second Caution Red Card
3 points Direct Red Card
Team Points
Adelaide United 32 0 0 32
Brisbane Roar 30 1 0 32
Central Coast Mariners 30 2 1 37
Melbourne Heart 37 0 1 40
Melbourne Victory 43 1 1 48
Newcastle Jets 44 2 1 51
Perth Glory 40 2 1 47
Sydney FC 45 1 0 47
Wellington Phoenix 29 1 1 34
Western Sydney Wanderers 35 1 2 43
Melbourne Heart 0 0 0 0
Sydney Rovers 0 0 0 0
Totals 365 11 8

Current as of 5 January 2013

Notes

    NAB Young footballer of the Year Award

    The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/21 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2012–13 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

    Nominees

    Month Player Club
    October 2012 Australia Craig Goodwin[21] Newcastle Jets
    November 2012 Australia Tom Rogić[22] Central Coast Mariners
    December 2012 New Zealand Marco Rojas[23] Melbourne Victory
    January 2013 Australia Rhyan Grant[24] Sydney FC
    February 2013 Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei[25] Central Coast Mariners
    March 2013 Australia Trent Sainsbury[26] Central Coast Mariners

    End of season awards

    All-Star team

    Formation: 4-3-3[27]

    Nat. Position Name Club
    Australia GK Ante Covic Western Sydney Wanderers
    Germany RB Jerome Polenz Western Sydney Wanderers
    Australia CB Trent Sainsbury Central Coast Mariners
    Australia CB Nikolai Topor-Stanley Western Sydney Wanderers
    Ivory Coast LB Adama Traore Melbourne Victory
    Japan RM Shinji Ono Western Sydney Wanderers
    Australia CM Mark Milligan (Captain) Melbourne Victory
    New Zealand LM Michael McGlinchey Central Coast Mariners
    New Zealand RF Jeremy Brockie Wellington Phoenix
    Italy ST Alessandro Del Piero Sydney FC
    New Zealand LF Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
    Australia Coach Tony Popovic Western Sydney Wanderers
    Substitutes:
    Australia GK Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United
    Australia CB Michael Thwaite Perth Glory
    Argentina CM Marcelo Carrusca Adelaide United
    Australia ST Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory
    Australia ST Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners

    See also

    References

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    2. ↑ "FFA statement on Gold Coast United". Football Federation Australia. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
    3. 1 2 "New Hyundai A-League club for Western Sydney". Football Federation Australia. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
    4. ↑ "Football returns to free-to-air TV on SBS". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
    5. ↑ "FFA shores up the game's TV future". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
    6. ↑ "Melbourne Heart coach John van't Schip to quit A-League club". The Australian. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
    7. ↑ "John Aloisi named coach of Melbourne Heart". Football Federation Australia. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
    8. ↑ "Sydney FC and Lavicka To Part Amicably After Season". Football Federation Australia. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
    9. ↑ "Crook takes over at Sydney FC". Football Federation Australia. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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