The 2017–18 A-League was the 41st season of top-flight

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in Australia, and the 13th since the establishment of the

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in 2004. The season began on 6 October 2017 and ended with the

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on 5 May 2018. Sydney FC won the A-League minor premiership, while Melbourne Victory won the Championship after defeating the Newcastle Jets 1–0 in the Grand Final on 5 May 2018; this marked the first time in A-League history in which the Championship was won by a team which finished outside the top 2.

Clubs

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

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 (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

);
²Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of

) who have chosen to represent another national team;
³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
⁴Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Elimination-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Statistics

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.

By round

Club membership

Player stats

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Clean sheets

Discipline

During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest points wins the Fair Play Award.

Awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017–18 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018. *

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– Adrian Mierzejewski,

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* NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Daniel Arzani, Melbourne City * Nike Golden Boot Award – Bobô,

(27 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year –

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–

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* Fair Play Award –

* Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett * Goal of the Year – Andrew Nabbout,

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(

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, 16 February 2018)

References

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