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General A Leagues thread (Men and Women) 2025/26 season

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Brenton1986

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Isuzu UTE A League Men 2025/26 season venue unavailable update – as of Tuesday July 1st,

Coopers Stadium – Adelaide United,
October 10/11/12*

*due to Nitro Circus held on Saturday October 11th.

Go Media Mt Smart Stadium – Auckland FC,
No events booked as yet

Suncorp Stadium – Brisbane Roar,
November 7/8/9*
December 5/6/7**
December 12/13/14***
December 19/20/21***
February 13/14/15****

*due to Metallica M72 World Tour on Wednesday November 12th.
**due to Lady Gaga on The Mayhem Ball on Tuesday December 9th.
***due to AC/DC Power Up Tour on Sunday December 14th & Thursday December 18th.
****due to The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo held across that weekend.

Also can confirm 75% of Brisbane Roar men’s home games being played at Suncorp Stadium due to a ‘Suncorp Stadium Block Out Period’ during the Christmas holiday period, it’ll take Brisbane Roar on the road — including two exciting matches at Kayo Stadium, bringing the action closer to fans across the region.

Industree Group Stadium – Central Coast Mariners,
No events booked as yet

Campbelltown Stadium – Macarthur,
October 24/25*
November 7/8*
November 28/29*
December 12/13*

*due to Macarthur’s ACL Two involvement (October 22/23, November 5/6, November 26/27, December 10/11).
Note: Campbelltown Stadium can’t be used for other fixtures from at least two days (latest) before ACL Two fixtures til one day after the game.

AAMI Park – Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory, Western United,
October 3/4/5*
November 28/29/30**
December 5/6/7**

*due to Monster Jam on Saturday October 4th.
**due to Kendrick Lamar on Wednesday December 3rd.
Note: AAMI Park can’t be used for other fixtures from at least two days (latest) before ACL Elite fixtures til one day after the game.

McDonald Jones Stadium – Newcastle Jets,
November 7/8/9*

*due to Nitro Circus on Saturday November 8th.

HBF Park – Perth Glory,
February 20/21/22*
February 27/28, March 1*
March 6/7/8*
March 13/14/15*

*HBF Park can’t be used for other fixtures from at least ten days (latest) before prior to first match hosting AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals match until two days after last game it hosts.

Allianz Stadium – Sydney FC,
December 5/6/7*
December 12/13/14*
December 19/20/21**

*due to Kendrick Lamar on Wednesday December 10th.
**due to Dom Dolla on Saturday December 20th.
***Also as mentioned in Sydney Morning Herald article late yesterday that Allianz Stadium to be out of action for six weeks later this year.

Sky Stadium – Wellington Phoenix,
October 31/November 1/2*
March 20/21/22**

*due to ODI on Saturday November 1st.
**T20 doubleheader on Sunday March 22nd.

CommBank Stadium – Western Sydney Wanderers,
November 14/15/16*
February 20/21/22**
February 27/28/March 1**
March 6/7/8**

*due to Nitro Circus on Saturday November 15th.
**CommBank Stadium can’t be used for other fixtures from at least ten days (latest) before prior to first match hosting AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals match until two days after last game it hosts.

Reminder that both Melbourne City (ACL Elite) and Macarthur (ACL Two) are to be fixtured on Friday & Saturday before AFC fixtures held the following midweek and both clubs are also required to be fixtured on Saturday & Sunday following weekend after AFC fixtures took place midweek.
 
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grazorblade said:
Is the content as dumb as the title for those with access?
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These guys have got nothing positive to say about the league or Aus football, so frustrating we have football media that cant even support the game and find the positives its so toxic ffs.

On selling young player overseas, weren't they complaining a time where the league wasn't developing players for the overseas leagues? Now they are complaining the leagues around the world are liking our players again lol.
 


This affects all of Australian football reagarding the minimum number of matches required in a league season to participate in Asia. This allows the A-League to reduce league matches from 26 to 23 if they wish. Similar with all lower leagues and federations. From memory, I think AFC includes Cup and Finals matches towards the count.
 
HappyGuus said:


This affects all of Australian football reagarding the minimum number of matches required in a league season to participate in Asia. This allows the A-League to reduce league matches from 26 to 23 if they wish. Similar with all lower leagues and federations. From memory, I think AFC includes Cup and Finals matches towards the count.
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Shortening our season will not help us, we need more games given the league is about developing and selling players for overseas now.
 
APL have not even started doing its draft fixture release both men and women for 2025/26 season as per Wellington Phoenix it says on their website plus another thing to take into account that Football Australia usually releases domestic match calendar first priority is about two weeks before ALM fixture drops in previous years worth taking consideration.

wellingtonphoenix.com

Men's first team update

You’ve sent us hundreds of questions about the men’s first team squad and the club’s plans for the 2025-26 Isuzu UTE A-League. We sat down with director of football Shaun Gill to answer as many as possible.
wellingtonphoenix.com wellingtonphoenix.com
 
They have definitely started drafting it.

Is anyone else really worried about the teams that Western United and Central coast roll out next season?

They wont be competitive at all if things remain as they are.
 
CentreHalf said:
They have definitely started drafting it.

Is anyone else really worried about the teams that Western United and Central coast roll out next season?

They wont be competitive at all if things remain as they are.
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I assume the hold up, at least partially, is on the APL waiting to see if WU even can compete next season.. They wouldn't want to complete the draw and the have to go back and create a whole seasons full of forfeits.
 
Joseph Esposito's response to the fans demanding fixtures (he's now PR & Communications at Brisbane Roar).

170+ matches. More than 15 stadiums with multiple sports to factor in.

It is easily the biggest piece of work undertaken each year.

Get that fans want the fixtures, I do to and in an ideal world APL would want it done now too but there is so much to factor in when you include venue availability, concerts, weather, timezones, Asian competition etc (example AFC Women's Asian Cup early next year big factor in play over at HBF Park and CommBank Stadium).

Not to mention balancing clubs requests.

hence exactly why i would not be saying too much if i was anyone m who criticize APL it will be what it is.

That's why its best to sit back wait on the official announcements from Football Australia domestic match calendar media release which was Friday July 18th last year (ALM fixture announcement was Friday August 2nd last year).
 
Brenton1986 said:
Joseph Esposito's response to the fans demanding fixtures (he's now PR & Communications at Brisbane Roar).

170+ matches. More than 15 stadiums with multiple sports to factor in.

It is easily the biggest piece of work undertaken each year.

Get that fans want the fixtures, I do to and in an ideal world APL would want it done now too but there is so much to factor in when you include venue availability, concerts, weather, timezones, Asian competition etc (example AFC Women's Asian Cup early next year big factor in play over at HBF Park and CommBank Stadium).

Not to mention balancing clubs requests.

hence exactly why i would not be saying too much if i was anyone m who criticize APL it will be what it is.

That's why its best to sit back wait on the official announcements from Football Australia domestic match calendar media release which was Friday July 18th last year (ALM fixture announcement was Friday August 2nd last year).
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Fair call... in the same breath though each and every member federation goes through exactly the same process every year only on a massively bigger scale with ALL of the leagues they administer...
 
erogenouszone said:
Considering we have the longest off season in the world & it's not starting until October-ish a couple more weeks won't make much difference.
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Even though we have a long offseason we still have Australia Cup fixtures that span most of the offseason and preseason, unlike other leagues which have their cup competitions in season.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Even though we have a long offseason we still have Australia Cup fixtures that span most of the offseason and preseason, unlike other leagues which have their cup competitions in season.
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This is true & I'm sure whatever perceived scheduling delays with the timetable are due to ground availability due to our eggball friends rather than the amount of games we are playing. Even with Australia Cup the amount of games played still give us an inordinately long off season.
 
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