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2021–22 A-League
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Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 19 November 2021 – 28 May 2022 |
Champions | Western United (1st title) |
Premiers | Melbourne City (2nd title) |
Matches played | 163 |
Goals scored | 473 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jamie Maclaren (regular season, 15 goals) Jamie Maclaren (overall, 16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Western United 6–0 Perth Glory (16 April 2022) |
Biggest away win | Wellington Phoenix 0–6 Melbourne City (2 April 2022) |
Highest scoring | Newcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory (10 April 2022) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches Melbourne Victory |
Longest winless run | 16 matches Perth Glory |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Perth Glory |
Highest attendance | 23,118 WSW 0–0 Sydney FC (20 November 2021) |
Lowest attendance | 38 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Brisbane Roar (16 February 2022) |
Average attendance | 5,602[1] ( 143) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results) |
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.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Melbourne Victory | Steve Kean (caretaker) | End of contract | 10 June 2021 | Pre-season | Tony Popovic | 22 April 2021[33] |
Newcastle Jets | Craig Deans | Resigned[34] | 3 June 2021 | Arthur Papas | 28 June 2021[35] | |
Western United | Marko Rudan | Sacked[36] | 8 June 2021 | John Aloisi | 15 July 2021[37] | |
Central Coast Mariners | Alen Stajcic | Resigned[38] | 17 June 2021 | Nick Montgomery | 2 July 2021[39] | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Carl Robinson | Sacked[40] | 30 January 2022 | 11th | Marko Rudan | 31 January 2022[41] |
Perth Glory | Richard Garcia | Sacked[42] | 20 March 2022 | 12th | Ruben Zadkovich (caretaker) | 20 March 2022[42] |