2014–15 in Australian soccer

Soccer in Australia
Season 2014–15
Men's soccer
A-League Premiership Melbourne Victory
A-League Championship Melbourne Victory
National Premier Leagues North Eastern MetroStars
W-League Premiership Perth Glory
W-League Championship Canberra United
FFA Cup Adelaide United
← 2013–14 Australia 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was the tenth season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.

The season also included the inaugural FFA Cup, with the matches from the Round of 32 onwards taking place between July and December.

The domestic season scheduling was altered to avoid clashing with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Domestic leagues

A-League

The 2014–15 A-League regular season began on 10 October 2014 and ended on 26 April 2015.[1]

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:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]
Elimination-finals
1–3 May		   Semi-finals
8–9 May		   Grand Final
17 May
                   
      Melbourne Victory 3  
Wellington Phoenix 0     Melbourne City 0  
Melbourne City 2       Melbourne Victory 3
    Sydney FC 0
      Sydney FC 4
Adelaide United 2     Adelaide United 1  
Brisbane Roar 1  

W-League

The 2014–15 W-League regular season began on 13 September 2014 and ended on 7 December 2014.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 12 10 0 2 39 10 +29 30 Qualification to Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 12 6 2 4 26 15 +11 20
3 Canberra United (C) 12 6 2 4 22 18 +4 20
4 Sydney FC 12 5 3 4 17 16 +1 18
5 Newcastle Jets 12 5 2 5 25 21 +4 17
6 Brisbane Roar 12 4 2 6 18 19 −1 14
7 Adelaide United 12 3 1 8 9 29 −20 10
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 2 2 8 14 42 −28 8
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2014. Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Semi-finals
13–14 December 		Grand Final
21 December
      
1 Perth Glory 3
4 Sydney FC 0
Perth Glory 1
Canberra United 3
3 Melbourne Victory 0(4)
2 Canberra United (p) 0(5)

National Premier Leagues

The 2014 National Premier Leagues regular season in the states' leagues ran from 21 February 2014 until 14 September 2014 and the states' finals series ran from 23 August 2014 until 14 September 2014.

The National Finals Series began on 20 September 2014 and ended with the Grand Final on 4 October 2014. The winner of the Grand Final was North Eastern MetroStars[4] who qualified for the 2015 FFA Cup round of 32.[5]

Elimination-finals
20 September 		Semi-finals
27–28 September 		Grand Final
4 October
         
Australian Capital Territory Cooma 1
New South Wales Bonnyrigg White Eagles 6
New South Wales Bonnyrigg White Eagles 1
Queensland Palm Beach 0
New South Wales Weston Workers 1
Queensland Palm Beach 2
New South Wales Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0
South Australia North Eastern MetroStars 1
Tasmania South Hobart 0
Victoria (Australia) South Melbourne 1
Victoria (Australia) South Melbourne 1
South Australia North Eastern MetroStars 2
Western Australia Bayswater City 0 (3)
South Australia North Eastern MetroStars (p) 0 (4)

National Youth League

The National Youth League season 2014–15 ran from 14 October 2014 to 1 March 2015.

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Melbourne City Youth (C) 18 10 5 3 40 27 +13 35
2 Brisbane Roar Youth 18 11 2 5 38 25 +13 35
3 Perth Glory Youth 18 10 4 4 33 24 +9 34
4 Sydney FC Youth 18 8 4 6 40 27 +13 28
5 Melbourne Victory Youth 18 8 3 7 34 33 +1 27
6 Central Coast Mariners Academy 18 8 2 8 38 34 +4 26
7 Adelaide United Youth 18 7 2 9 28 27 +1 23
8 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 7 2 9 31 37 −6 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 18 6 2 10 21 29 −8 20
10 FFA Centre of Excellence 18 1 2 15 11 51 −40 5
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2015. Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Domestic cups

FFA Cup

The 2014 FFA Cup began on 29 July and ended on 16 December. This was the inaugural staging of the competition.[6]

Round of 32
29 July–20 August		   Round of 16
16–23 September		   Quarter-finals
14–29 October		   Semi-finals
11–12 November		   Final
16 December
                                   
New South Wales Sydney United 58 4  
Queensland Far North Queensland 1     New South Wales Sydney United 58 1  
Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City 1   New South Wales Sydney FC 3  
New South Wales Sydney FC (a.e.t.) 3       New South Wales Sydney FC 1  
South Australia Adelaide United 1       South Australia Adelaide United (a.e.t.) 3  
New Zealand Wellington Phoenix 0     South Australia Adelaide United 2
Western Australia Stirling Lions 0   Queensland Brisbane Roar 0  
Queensland Brisbane Roar 4       South Australia Adelaide United 3  
New South Wales Hakoah Sydney City East 1       New South Wales Central Coast Mariners 2  
Queensland Palm Beach 2     Queensland Palm Beach 1  
Victoria (Australia) South Springvale (p) 2 (4)   Victoria (Australia) South Springvale 0  
New South Wales South Cardiff 2 (3)       Queensland Palm Beach 0
Queensland Olympic FC 3       New South Wales Central Coast Mariners 5  
Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Knights 1     Queensland Olympic FC 1
New South Wales South Coast Wolves 0   New South Wales Central Coast Mariners 3  
New South Wales Central Coast Mariners 1       South Australia Adelaide United 1
New South Wales Manly United 1       Western Australia Perth Glory 0
New South Wales Sydney Olympic 3     New South Wales Sydney Olympic 1  
New South Wales Blacktown City 0   Victoria (Australia) Bentleigh Greens 2  
Victoria (Australia) Bentleigh Greens 1       Victoria (Australia) Bentleigh Greens (a.e.t.) 2  
South Australia Adelaide City 1       South Australia Adelaide City 1  
New South Wales Western Sydney Wanderers 0     South Australia Adelaide City 1
New South Wales Broadmeadow Magic 1   Queensland Brisbane Strikers 0  
Queensland Brisbane Strikers (a.e.t.) 2       Victoria (Australia) Bentleigh Greens 0
New South Wales Parramatta FC 0       Western Australia Perth Glory 3  
Victoria (Australia) St Albans Saints 1     Victoria (Australia) St Albans Saints 1  
New South Wales Newcastle Jets 0   Western Australia Perth Glory 4  
Western Australia Perth Glory 2       Western Australia Perth Glory (a.e.t.) 4
Tasmania South Hobart 1 (4)       Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Victory 2  
Australian Capital Territory Tuggeranong United (p) 1 (5)     Australian Capital Territory Tuggeranong United 0
Western Australia Bayswater City 0   Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Victory 6  
Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Victory 2  

International club competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Western Sydney Wanderers qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League.[7]

AFC Champions League


International Women's Club Championship

The W-League was represented in the third edition of the International Women's Club Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Nestlé Cup.

Melbourne Victory (the winners of the 2013–14 season) participated in the tournament, which took place from 30 November until 8 December 2013, and finished in sixth place (out of 6 teams).

National teams

Men's senior

Australia played five friendlies ahead of the AFC Asian Cup. They recorded their 5th consecutive loss against Belgium at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liège[8] but snapped the losing streak with their second win in the Ange Postecoglou era against Saudi Arabia at Craven Cottage in London.[9] The Socceroos didn't succeed in their friendlies in the Persian Gulf, as they were held to a goalless draw against the United Arab Emirates on a hot and humid evening at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi [10] and 4 days later lost to Qatar at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha in their 500th international match.[11] In their last friendly before the AFC Asian Cup, Australia lost to Japan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, despite dominating the hosts in the first half.[12]

Two months after being crowned champions of Asia, Australia played a pair of friendlies in Europe. In the first match they were close to upsetting world champions Germany at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, but finished the match as a draw.[13] In the following week they drew against Macedonia at Philip II Arena in Skopje, despite easily being the better side.[14]

Friendlies

AFC Asian Cup

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was played in Australia in January 2015.[15] Australia were crowned champions for the first time after beating South Korea in extra time in the final.[16]

FIFA World Cup qualification

Men's under 23

Friendlies

AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Men's under 20

Friendlies

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

AFC U-19 Championship

Men's under 17

Friendlies

AFC U-16 Championship

Women's senior

Friendlies

Cyprus Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

Australia qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup by finishing in the top four of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Women's under 20

AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

AFF Women's Championship

Women's under 17

AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Season 2014/15 Hyundai A-League draw revealed". Football Federation Australia. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Westfield W-League 2014/15 season draw released". Football Federation Australia. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Russo, Joe (4 October 2014). "MetroStars crowned PS4 NPL Champions". Football Federation Australia.
  5. ↑ "FFA Cup spot the reward in PS4 NPL Finals Series". Football Federation Australia. 15 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Cup gives grassroots chance to be giant-killers". FFA Cup. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Western Sydney Wanderers win Asian Champions League title 1–0 on aggregate after 0–0 draw in second-leg final". abc.net.au. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Greco, John (4 September 2014). "Socceroos lose to classy Belgium". Football Federation Australia.
  9. ↑ Huguenin, Michael (9 September 2014). "Socceroos win in London". Football Federation Australia.
  10. ↑ Greco, John (10 October 2014). "Socceroos left frustrated in Abu Dhabi". Football Federation Australia.
  11. ↑ Strachan, Iain (14 October 2014). "Socceroos slump to defeat against Qatar". Football Federation Australia.
  12. ↑ Greco, John (18 November 2014). "Result: Japan 2 Australia 1". Football Federation Australia.
  13. ↑ Greco, John (25 March 2015). "Socceroo heartbreak: Podolski denies Aussie win". Football Federation Australia.
  14. ↑ Greco, John (30 March 2015). "Socceroos held in frustrating draw". Football Federation Australia.
  15. ↑ "Asian Cup 2015 venues and schedule announced". 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Australia win the Asian Cup". Asian Football Confederation. 31 January 2015.
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