2014–15 A-League

A-League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (3rd title)
Premiers	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (3rd title)
Champions League	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Sydney FC !Sydney FC Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Matches played	135
Goals scored	401 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marc Janko (16)
Biggest home win	Adelaide United !Adelaide United 7–0 Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets (24 January 2015)
Biggest away win	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets 0–4 Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (14 November 2014) Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Sydney FC !Sydney FC (24 January 2015)
Highest scoring	Sydney FC !Sydney FC 5–4 Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (15 March 2015)
Longest winning run	Perth Glory !Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Perth Glory !Perth Glory (10)
Longest winless run	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers (13)
Longest losing run	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers (4)
Highest attendance	50,873 Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City !Melbourne City (8 May 2015)
Lowest attendance	4,162 Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory !Perth Glory (6 April 2015)
Average attendance	12,514
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 A-League was the 38th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 10th season of the A-League since its establishment in 2004. Brisbane Roar were both the defending A-League Premiers and Champions. The regular season commenced on 10 October 2014 and concluded on 26 April 2015. The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015. The season was suspended from 9–24 January in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.^[1]

The 2015 Grand Final took place on 17 May 2015, with Melbourne Victory claiming their third Championship with a 3–0 win against Sydney FC.

The season marked the first year that the team formerly known as Melbourne Heart competed as Melbourne City after the club's renaming in June 2014.

Clubs

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western Sydney Wanderers

Further information: A-League § Clubs

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Adelaide	Coopers Stadium Adelaide Oval	17,000 53,583
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Central Coast Stadium North Sydney Oval	20,119 20,000
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	56,347 30,050
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Hunter Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Perth	nib Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Sydney	Allianz Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Pirtek Stadium	21,487

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit partner
Adelaide United	Josep Gombau	Eugene Galekovic	Kappa	Veolia
Brisbane Roar	Frans Thijssen	Matt McKay	Umbro	The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners	Tony Walmsley (Head Coach)	John Hutchinson (Player/Coach)	Kappa	Masterfoods
Melbourne City	John van 't Schip	Patrick Kisnorbo	Nike	Etihad
Melbourne Victory	Kevin Muscat	Mark Milligan	Adidas	Community Training Initiatives (h) Oliana Foods (a)
Newcastle Jets	Phil Stubbins	Taylor Regan	BLK	Castle Quarry Products
Perth Glory	Kenny Lowe	Michael Thwaite	Macron	QBE Insurance
Sydney FC	Graham Arnold	Alex Brosque	Adidas	Webjet
Wellington Phoenix	Ernie Merrick	Andrew Durante	Adidas	Huawei
Western Sydney Wanderers	Tony Popovic	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Nike	NRMA Insurance

Transfers

Further information: A-League transfers for 2014–15 season

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sydney FC	Frank Farina	Sacked^[2]	23 April 2014	Pre-season	Graham Arnold^[3]	8 May 2014
Newcastle Jets	Clayton Zane (interim)	End of contract	5 May 2014	Pre-season	Phil Stubbins^[4]	5 May 2014
Brisbane Roar	Mike Mulvey	Mutual Consent^[5]	23 November 2014	8th	Frans Thijssen (Caretaker)	24 November 2014
Central Coast Mariners	Phil Moss	Sacked^[6]	6 March 2015	8th	Tony Walmsley (Caretaker Head Coach) John Hutchinson (Caretaker Player/Coach)	6 March 2015

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United	Marcelo Carrusca	Sergio Cirio	Miguel Palanca	Isaías	Pablo Sánchez
Brisbane Roar	Jean Carlos Solórzano	Thomas Broich	Jérome Polenz	Andrija Kaluđerović		Henrique¹ Jamie Young²
Central Coast Mariners	Richárd Vernes	Fábio Ferreira	Nick Montgomery			John Hutchinson² Storm Roux²
Melbourne City	Jonatan Germano	Damien Duff	Rob Wielaert	Robert Koren		Kew Jaliens³ Harry Novillo³
Melbourne Victory	Besart Berisha	Guilherme Finkler	Matthieu Delpierre	Kosta Barbarouses	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Daniel Georgievski²
Newcastle Jets	Edson Montaño	Lee Ki-Je	Enver Alivodić
Perth Glory	Sidnei Sciola	Andy Keogh	Youssouf Hersi	Nebojša Marinković	Denis Kramar	Dragan Paljić³
Sydney FC	Marc Janko	Jacques Faty	Mickaël Tavares	Miloš Dimitrijević	Nikola Petković	Vedran Janjetović¹ Ali Abbas¹ Shane Smeltz²
Wellington Phoenix	Kenny Cunningham	Roy Krishna	Roly Bonevacia	Albert Riera	Alex Rodriguez	Manny Muscat²
Western Sydney Wanderers	Mateo Poljak	Iacopo La Rocca	Yojiro Takahagi	Yūsuke Tanaka	Romeo Castelen

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 Wellington Phoenix);^[7]
²Australian citizens (and 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 ten games)

Marquee players

Club	Domestic Marquee	International Marquee	Junior Marquee player	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Eugene Galeković^[8]	Marcelo Carrusca^[8]	None	Eugene Galeković^[9]	Nigel Boogaard
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Matt McKay^[10]	Thomas Broich^[11]	None	Matt McKay^[12]	Shane Stefanutto^[13]
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	None	None	None	John Hutchinson^[14]	Nick Montgomery
Melbourne City	Josh Kennedy^[15]	Robert Koren^[16]	None	Patrick Kisnorbo^[17]	None
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Mark Milligan^[18]	Besart Berisha^[19]	None	Mark Milligan^[20]	Leigh Broxham
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	None	None	None	Taylor Regan^[21]	None
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Michael Thwaite^[22]	Nebojša Marinković^[22]	None	Michael Thwaite^[23]	None
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Alex Brosque^[24]	Marc Janko^[25]	None	Alex Brosque^[26]	Saša Ognenovski Nikola Petković^[26]
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	None	None	None	Andrew Durante^[27]	Ben Sigmund
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Matthew Spiranovic^[28]	None	None	Nikolai Topor-Stanley^[29]	None

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification to Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[30]

Results

Home ╲ Away	Adelaide United !ADE	Brisbane Roar !BRI	Central Coast Mariners !CCM	Melbourne City !MCY	Melbourne Victory !MVC	Newcastle Jets !NEW	Perth Glory !PER	Sydney FC !SYD	Wellington Phoenix !WEL	Western Sydney Wanderers !WSW	Adelaide United !ADE	Brisbane Roar !BRI	Central Coast Mariners !CCM	Melbourne City !MCY	Melbourne Victory !MVC	Newcastle Jets !NEW	Perth Glory !PER	Sydney FC !SYD	Wellington Phoenix !WEL	Western Sydney Wanderers !WSW
Adelaide United !Adelaide United		0–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	7–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–3			2–2		1–1		1–3	2–1
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	1–2		6–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–0					0–1			0–0	1–2	1–4
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0–2	3–3		2–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–5	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2		1–0			1–1
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–2	1–0	2–2		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0				4–0	0–0
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–2	1–0	2–1	5–2		1–0	1–2	3–3	2–0	4–1			3–1	3–0		0–1	1–1		2–3
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	2–1	0–4	1–1	2–5	2–2		0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0					3–4
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1–2	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–3	2–1		1–3	2–1	2–1		2–2				2–0		0–3	1–2	3–2
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0–3	5–4	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	3–2	0–1		4–2	0–1	3–3
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	2–0	3–0	1–1	5–1	0–3	4–1	1–2	0–3		1–0			3–2	0–0		2–2		1–2		1–0
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0				0–0	1–1	0–3	1–2		3–4

Updated to games played on 26 April 2015.
Source: aleague.com.au
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

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

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Notes:

Adelaide United were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1, as were Melbourne City and Sydney FC along with Brisbane Roar and Wellington Phoenix.
Brisbane Roar were tied with Western Sydney Wanderers at the end of Round 3.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Central Coast Mariners had a game in hand between Rounds 3 and 6, with their Round 3 game played before the start of Round 7 on Wednesday 19 November.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar had a game in hand between Rounds 4 and 8, with their Round 4 game played before the start of Round 9 on Wednesday 3 December.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne City have a game in hand between Rounds 10 and 20, with their Round 10 game to be played before the start of Round 21 on Wednesday 11 March.
Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar have a game in hand between Rounds 11 and 22, with their Round 11 game to be played before the start of Round 23 on Wednesday 25 March.
Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory have a game in hand between Round 18 and 25, with their Round 18 game to be played before the start of Round 26 on Wednesday 15 April.
Perth Glory were disqualified from the finals series on Friday 10 April, with their spot on the ladder to be adjusted to 7th after the final game.^[30]

Finals series

Elimination-finals		Semi-finals		Grand Final

		Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	0
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	2			Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3
				Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0
		Sydney FC !Sydney FC	4
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	1

Elimination-finals

1 May 2015	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2–1	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACST	Goodwin 7' Mabil 87'	Report	Broich 27'	Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Peter Green

3 May 2015	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZST		Report	Kennedy 61' Moss 72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,171 Referee: Ben Williams

Semi-finals

8 May 2015	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Berisha 18' Barbarouses 30' Thompson 87'	Report		Attendance: 50,873 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

9 May 2015	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	4–1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEST	Ibini 19' Brosque 45+1', 47' Naumoff 90'	Report	Goodwin 74'	Attendance: 26,783 Referee: Ben Williams

Grand Final

17 May 2015	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Berisha 33' Barbarouses 83' Valeri 67', 88' Broxham 90'	Report		Attendance: 29,843 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marc Janko	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	16
2	Nathan Burns	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	14
3	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	13
4	Andy Keogh	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	12
5	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	10
6	Roy Krishna	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	9
6	Jamie Maclaren	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	9
8	Henrique	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	8
	Pablo Sánchez	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
	Shane Smeltz	Sydney FC !Sydney FC

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
James Donachie	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1
Tom Doyle	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2
Vedran Janjetović	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	2
Jade North	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	7
Nigel Boogaard	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	8
Sergio Cirio	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	8
Allan Welsh	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	16
Ante Covic	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	19
Manny Muscat	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	23
Daniel Bowles	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	24
Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	24
Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	25

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Andy Keogh	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	3–2^[31]	19 October 2014
Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	5–2^[32]	25 October 2014
Henrique	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	4–0^[33]	14 November 2014
Nathan Burns	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	5–1^[34]	30 November 2014
Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	3–3^[35]	13 December 2014
Robert Koren	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	5–2^[36]	30 December 2014
Marc Janko	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	5–4^[37]	15 March 2015
Steven Lustica	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	6–1^[38]	2 April 2015
Jamie Maclaren	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	3–1^[39]	19 April 2015

Player came on as substitute.

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Vedran Janjetović	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	9
2	Tando Velaphi	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	8
3	Nathan Coe	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	7
	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
	Glen Moss	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
	Liam Reddy	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
7	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	5
8	Danny Vuković	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	4
9	Ante Covic	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	3
9	Ben Kennedy	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	3

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: ultimatealeague.com
NB - Additional clean sheets were kept by Adelaide United !Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory, however these are not listed due to goalkeeper substitutions.

Attendances

By club

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 Victory !Melbourne Victory	14	25,388	43,729	18,205	355,436
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	13	17,406	41,213	11,280	226,276
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	14	12,644	33,126	7,767	177,012
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	14	12,520	19,484	7,239	175,284
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	13	11,660	17,131	6,813	151,586
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	13	10,374	26,372	5,867	134,859
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	14	9,540	12,271	5,821	133,564
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	13	8,968	11,884	4,162	116,587
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	14	8,583	13,248	6,236	120,168
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	13	7,585	12,102	4,508	98,605
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League total	135	12,514	43,729	4,162	1,689,377

By round

2014–15 A-League Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	90,013	5	18,003
Round 2	106,082	5	21,216
Round 3	91,836	5	18,367
Round 4	73,547	5	14,709
Round 5	58,437	5	11,687
Round 6	62,752	5	12,550
Round 7	62,977	5	12,595
Round 8	72,856	5	14,571
Round 9	47,373	5	9,475
Round 10	64,067	5	12,813
Round 11	67,924	5	13,585
Round 12	63,190	5	12,638
Round 13	72,186	5	14,437
Round 14	53,727	5	10,745
Round 15	52,157	5	10,431
Round 16	75,844	5	15,169
Round 17	53,339	5	10,668
Round 18	49,016	5	9,803
Round 19	67,338	5	13,468
Round 20	57,301	5	11,460
Round 21	47,703	5	9,541
Round 22	53,237	5	10,647
Round 23	50,305	5	10,061
Round 24	39,366	5	7,873
Round 25	53,630	5	10,726
Round 26	42,233	5	8,447
Round 27	61,841	5	12,368
Elimination Final	30,326	2	15,163
Semi Final	77,656	2	38,828
Grand Final	29,843	1	29,843

Top 10 season attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
50,873	SF	8 May 2015	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Etihad Stadium	Friday	Night
43,729	3	25 October 2014	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	5–2	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
41,213	2	18 October 2014	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Allianz Stadium	Saturday	Night
40,042	16	7 February 2015	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
33,126	2	17 October 2014	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide Oval	Friday	Night
30,083	1	10 October 2014	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Etihad Stadium	Friday	Night
29,843	GF	17 May 2015	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	AAMI Park	Sunday	Night
26,783	SF	9 May 2015	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	4–1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Allianz Stadium	Saturday	Night
26,372	11	20 December 2014	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
25,525	1	11 October 2014	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Allianz Stadium	Saturday	Night

Last updated: 9 May 2015
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Club membership

2014–15 A-League membership figures
Club	Members
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	9,429
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	12,113
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	6,242
Melbourne City !Melbourne City	11,741
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	24,200
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	10,003
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	6,296
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	11,508
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	4,183
Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	18,706
Total	114,421
Average	11,442

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: aleague.com.au

NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/23 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2014–15 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Young Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

Nominees

Month	Player	Club
October 2014	Terry Antonis^[40]	Sydney FC !Sydney FC
November 2014	Tomi Juric^[41]	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers
December 2014	James Jeggo^[42]	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
January 2015	Not awarded due to 2015 Asian Cup
February 2015	Connor Chapman^[43]	Melbourne City !Melbourne City
March 2015	Brandon Borrello^[44]	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
April 2015	Jamie Maclaren^[45]	Perth Glory !Perth Glory

End of season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the Hyundai A-League & Westfield W-League 2014–15 Awards night held at the Carriageworks in Sydney on 11 May 2015.^[46]

Johnny Warren Medal – Nathan Burns, Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
NAB Young Footballer of the Year – James Jeggo, Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Nike Golden Boot Award – Marc Janko, Sydney FC !Sydney FC (16 goals)
Goalkeeper of the Year – Eugene Galekovic, Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Manager of the Year – Kevin Muscat, Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory
Fair Play Award – Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett
Goal of the Year – Tarek Elrich, Adelaide United !Adelaide United (Adelaide United !Adelaide United v Melbourne City !Melbourne City, 25 April 2015)
Joe Marston Medal – Mark Milligan

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