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List of A-League Men honours

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This is a list of A-League Men honours achieved since the inaugural season of the league. The following details honours won by A-League Men clubs and those awarded to players, managers and referees of the competition.

Club honours

Premiers

The club that finishes first on the A-League Men table is crowned premiers.

Season Premiers Runners-up
2005–06 Adelaide United Sydney FC
2006–07 Melbourne Victory Adelaide United
2007–08 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle Jets
2008–09 Melbourne Victory (2) Adelaide United
2009–10 Sydney FC Melbourne Victory
2010–11 Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners
2011–12 Central Coast Mariners (2) Brisbane Roar
2012–13 Western Sydney Wanderers Central Coast Mariners
2013–14 Brisbane Roar (2) Western Sydney Wanderers
2014–15 Melbourne Victory (3) Sydney FC
2015–16 Adelaide United (2) Western Sydney Wanderers
2016–17 Sydney FC (2) Melbourne Victory
2017–18 Sydney FC (3) Newcastle Jets
2018–19 Perth Glory Sydney FC
2019–20 Sydney FC (4) Melbourne City
2020–21 Melbourne City Sydney FC
2021–22 Melbourne City (2) Melbourne Victory
2022–23 Melbourne City (3) Central Coast Mariners
2023–24 Central Coast Mariners (3) Wellington Phoenix

Champions

The club that wins the A-League Men Grand Final in the finals series is crowned champions.

Grand Final Champions Runners-up
2006 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners
2007 Melbourne Victory Adelaide United
2008 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners
2009 Melbourne Victory (2) Adelaide United
2010 Sydney FC (2) Melbourne Victory
2011 Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners
2012 Brisbane Roar (2) Perth Glory
2013 Central Coast Mariners Western Sydney Wanderers
2014 Brisbane Roar (3) Western Sydney Wanderers
2015 Melbourne Victory (3) Sydney FC
2016 Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers
2017 Sydney FC (3) Melbourne Victory
2018 Melbourne Victory (4) Newcastle Jets
2019 Sydney FC (4) Perth Glory
2020 Sydney FC (5) Melbourne City
2021 Melbourne City Sydney FC
2022 Western United Melbourne City
2023 Central Coast Mariners (2) Melbourne City
2024 Central Coast Mariners (3) Melbourne Victory

Summary

Club Regular season Finals series
Premiers Runners-up Champions Runners-up
Sydney FC 4 4 5 2
Melbourne Victory 3 3 4 3
Central Coast Mariners 3 3 3 3
Brisbane Roar 2 1 3
Melbourne City 3 1 1 3
Adelaide United 2 2 1 2
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 2 3
Perth Glory 1 2
Newcastle Jets 2 1 1
Western United 1
Wellington Phoenix 1
Macarthur FC
Gold Coast United
North Queensland Fury
New Zealand Knights
Bold denotes current A-League clubs.

Fair Play Award

The Fair Play Award goes to the team with the fewest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the regular season.[1][2]

1 point Yellow card
2 points Second caution Red card
3 points Direct red card
Year Club
2005–06 Melbourne Victory
2006–07 Perth Glory
2007–08 Newcastle Jets
2008–09 Brisbane Roar
2009–10 Sydney FC
2010–11 Brisbane Roar
2011–12 Brisbane Roar
2012–13 Brisbane Roar
2013–14 Brisbane Roar
2014–15 Wellington Phoenix
2015–16 Brisbane Roar
2016–17 Central Coast Mariners
2017–18 Sydney FC
2018–19 Sydney FC
2019–20 Sydney FC
2020–21 Brisbane Roar
2021–22 Not announced
2022–23 Brisbane Roar
2023–24 Newcastle Jets

Individual honours

Johnny Warren Medal

The Johnny Warren Medal, named after the late former Socceroo and media advocate Johnny Warren, is presented to the player who is deemed to be the best player overall at the end of the season as judged by his fellow players. Each player in the A-League Men votes three times over the season; after Round 9, Round 18 and Round 27. Players are not allowed to vote for players from their own team.[1] The format was changed for the 2015–16 season, with a panel featuring former players, media, referees and technical staff, who voted on each regular-season match.[3]

Year Player Club
2005–06 Australia Bobby Despotovski Perth Glory
2006–07 Australia Nick Carle Newcastle Jets
2007–08 Australia Joel Griffiths Newcastle Jets
2008–09 New Zealand Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix
2009–10 Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Melbourne Victory
2010–11 Argentina Marcos Flores Adelaide United
2011–12 Germany Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar
2012–13 New Zealand Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
2013–14 Germany Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar
2014–15 Australia Nathan Burns Wellington Phoenix
2015–16 Spain Diego Castro Perth Glory
2016–17 Serbia Miloš Ninković Sydney FC
2017–18 Poland Adrian Mierzejewski Sydney FC
2018–19 Fiji Roy Krishna Wellington Phoenix
2019–20 Italy Alessandro Diamanti Western United
2020–21 Serbia Miloš Ninković
Mexico Ulises Dávila
Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix
2021–22 Australia Jake Brimmer Melbourne Victory
2022–23 Australia Craig Goodwin Adelaide United
2023–24 Australia Josh Nisbet Central Coast Mariners

Joe Marston Medal

The Joe Marston Medal is given to the best player in an A-League Men Grand Final.[1] It is named after Joe Marston, an Australian national player in the 1950s.

Year Player Club
2006 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke[4] Sydney FC
2007 Australia Archie Thompson[5] Melbourne Victory
2008 Australia Andrew Durante[6] Newcastle Jets
2009 Australia Tom Pondeljak[7] Melbourne Victory
2010 Australia Simon Colosimo[8] Sydney FC
2011 Australia Mathew Ryan[9] Central Coast Mariners
2012 Australia Jacob Burns[10] Perth Glory
2013 Australia Daniel McBreen[11] Central Coast Mariners
2014 Germany Thomas Broich[12]
Italy Iacopo La Rocca[13]
Brisbane Roar
Western Sydney Wanderers
2015 Australia Mark Milligan[14] Melbourne Victory
2016 Spain Isaías[15] Adelaide United
2017 North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski[16] Melbourne Victory
2018 Australia Lawrence Thomas[17] Melbourne Victory
2019 Serbia Miloš Ninković[18] Sydney FC
2020 Australia Rhyan Grant Sydney FC
2021 Australia Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City
2022 Serbia Aleksandar Prijović[19] Western United
2023 Australia Jason Cummings[20] Central Coast Mariners
2024 England Ryan Edmondson[21] Central Coast Mariners

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot is presented to the player who scores the most goals during the season. Only matches in the regular season are counted.

Year Player/s Club Goals
2005–06 Australia Alex Brosque
Australia Bobby Despotovski
Scotland Stewart Petrie
Australia Archie Thompson
Brisbane Roar
Perth Glory
Central Coast Mariners
Melbourne Victory
8
2006–07 Australia Daniel Allsopp Melbourne Victory 11
2007–08 Australia Joel Griffiths Newcastle Jets 12
2008–09 New Zealand Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix 12
2009–10 New Zealand Shane Smeltz Gold Coast United 19
2010–11 Indonesia Sergio van Dijk Adelaide United 16
2011–12 Albania Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar 19
2012–13 Australia Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners 17
2013–14 Australia Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets 16
2014–15 Austria Marc Janko Sydney FC 16
2015–16 Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City 23
2016–17 Kosovo Besart Berisha
Australia Jamie Maclaren
Melbourne Victory
Brisbane Roar
19
2017–18 Brazil Bobô Sydney FC 27
2018–19 Fiji Roy Krishna Wellington Phoenix 18
2019–20 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 22
2020–21 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 25
2021–22 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 15
2022–23 Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 24
2023–24 Australia Adam Taggart Perth Glory 20

Coach of the Year

Year Name Club
2005–06 Scotland Lawrie McKinna Central Coast Mariners
2006–07 Scotland Ernie Merrick Melbourne Victory
2007–08 Australia Gary van Egmond Newcastle Jets
2008–09 Australia Aurelio Vidmar Adelaide United
2009–10 Scotland Ernie Merrick Melbourne Victory
2010–11 Australia Ange Postecoglou Brisbane Roar
2011–12 Australia Graham Arnold Central Coast Mariners
2012–13 Australia Tony Popovic Western Sydney Wanderers
2013–14 England Mike Mulvey Brisbane Roar
2014–15 Australia Kevin Muscat Melbourne Victory
2015–16 Spain Guillermo Amor Adelaide United
2016–17 Australia Graham Arnold Sydney FC
2017–18 Australia Graham Arnold Sydney FC
2018–19 Australia Tony Popovic Perth Glory
2019–20 France Erick Mombaerts Melbourne City
2020–21 Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Melbourne City
2021–22 Australia Tony Popovic Melbourne Victory
2022–23 Australia Carl Veart Adelaide United
2023–24 England Mark Jackson Central Coast Mariners

Young Footballer of the Year

The Young Footballer of the Year award is awarded to a youth (under 23) player judged by a panel of experts to be the best young performer throughout the season.[1]

Year Player Club
2005–06 Australia Nick Ward Perth Glory
2006–07 Australia Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory
2007–08 Australia Bruce Djite Adelaide United
2008–09 Australia Scott Jamieson Adelaide United
2009–10 Australia Tommy Oar Brisbane Roar
2010–11 Australia Mathew Ryan Central Coast Mariners
2011–12 Australia Mathew Ryan Central Coast Mariners
2012–13 New Zealand Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
2013–14 Australia Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets
2014–15 Australia James Jeggo Adelaide United
2015–16 Australia Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar
2016–17 Australia Jamie Maclaren Brisbane Roar
2017–18 Australia Daniel Arzani Melbourne City
2018–19 Australia Chris Ikonomidis Perth Glory
2019–20 Australia Riley McGree Adelaide United
2020–21 Australia Joel King Sydney FC
2021–22 Australia Angus Thurgate Newcastle Jets
2022–23 Australia Jordan Bos Melbourne City
2023–24 Australia Nestory Irankunda
New Zealand Alex Paulsen
Adelaide United
Wellington Phoenix

Goalkeeper of the Year

Year Player Club
2005–06 Australia Clint Bolton Sydney FC
2006–07 Australia Michael Theoklitos Melbourne Victory
2007–08 Australia Michael Theoklitos Melbourne Victory
2008–09 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United
2009–10 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United
2010–11 Australia Michael Theoklitos Brisbane Roar
2011–12 Australia Mathew Ryan Central Coast Mariners
2012–13 Australia Ante Covic Western Sydney Wanderers
2013–14 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United
2014–15 Australia Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United
2015–16 Denmark Thomas Sørensen Melbourne City
2016–17 Australia Danny Vukovic Sydney FC
2017–18 England Jamie Young Brisbane Roar
2018–19 Poland Filip Kurto Wellington Phoenix
2019–20 Australia Andrew Redmayne Sydney FC
2020–21 Australia Mark Birighitti
Australia Andrew Redmayne
Central Coast Mariners
Sydney FC
2021–22 Australia Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners
2022–23 Australia Lawrence Thomas Western Sydney Wanderers
2023–24 New Zealand Alex Paulsen Wellington Phoenix

Goal of the Year

Year Player/s Club
2009–10 Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Melbourne Victory
2010–11 Australia Erik Paartalu Brisbane Roar
2011–12 Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Melbourne Victory
2012–13 Argentina Marcos Flores Melbourne Victory
2013–14 Netherlands Orlando Engelaar Melbourne City
2014–15 Australia Tarek Elrich Adelaide United
2015–16 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Central Coast Mariners
2016–17 Australia Tim Cahill Melbourne City
2017–18 Australia Andrew Nabbout Newcastle Jets
2018–19 France Éric Bauthéac Brisbane Roar
2019–20 Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley Newcastle Jets
2020–21 Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Perth Glory
2021–22 Australia Ben Garuccio Western United
2022–23 Australia Giordano Colli Perth Glory
2023–24 Australia Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne Victory

Referee of the Year

Year Referee
2005–06 Australia Mark Shield
2006–07 Australia Mark Shield
2007–08 Australia Mark Shield
2008–09 Australia Matthew Breeze
2009–10 Australia Strebre Delovski
2010–11 Australia Matthew Breeze
2011–12 Australia Jarred Gillett
2012–13 Australia Peter Green
2013–14 Australia Peter Green
2014–15 Australia Jarred Gillett
2015–16 Australia Jarred Gillett
2016–17 Australia Jarred Gillett
2017–18 Australia Jarred Gillett
2018–19 Australia Shaun Evans
2019–20 Australia Chris Beath
2020–21 Australia Chris Beath
2021–22 Australia Alex King
2022–23 Australia Chris Beath
2023–24 Australia Alex King

See also

References

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