A-League all-time records

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This is a list of various records in the Australian football (soccer) league, the Hyundai A-League.

1 Team Records
2 Individual records
- 2.1 Top scorers of all time
- 2.2 Most Goals In A Match
  - 2.2.1 Most hat-tricks
3 League milestones

[edit] Team Records

Biggest Victories:
- 6 goals:
  - Melbourne Victory 6 def. Adelaide United 0, February 18, 2007 (Grand Final - 2006-07 season)
- 5 goals:
  - Melbourne Victory 5 def. Sydney FC 0, October 16, 2005 (Round 8 - 2005-06 season)
  - Queensland Roar 5 def. Newcastle Jets 0, January 26, 2006 (Round 20 - 2005-06 season)
  - Queensland Roar 5 def. New Zealand Knights 0, September 15, 2006 (Round 4 - 2006-07 season)
- 4 goals:
  - Perth Glory 5 def. Newcastle Jets 1, October 8, 2005 (Round 7 - 2005-06 season)
  - Central Coast Mariners 4 def. Perth Glory 0, October 16, 2005 (Round 8 - 2005-06 season)
  - Newcastle Jets 4 def. New Zealand Knights 0, September 18, 2005 (Round 4 - 2005-06 season)
  - Melbourne Victory 4 def. New Zealand Knights 0, October 27, 2006 (Round 10 - 2005-06 season)
  - Sydney FC 5 def. Central Coast Mariners 1, November 5, 2005 (Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
  - Adelaide United 5 def. Newcastle Jets 1, September 8, 2006 (Round 3 - 2006-07 season)
  - Melbourne Victory 4 def. New Zealand Knights 0, October 27, 2006 (Round 10 - 2006-07 season)
  - Sydney FC 4 def. New Zealand Knights 0, November 10, 2006 (Round 12 - 2006-07 season)
  - Melbourne Victory 4 def. New Zealand Knights 0, December 17, 2006 (Round 17 - 2006-07 season)
  - Newcastle Jets 4 def. Melbourne Victory 0, January 19, 2007 (Round 21 - 2006-07 season)
Highest Aggregate Scores:
- 9 goals:
  - Sydney FC 5 def. Central Coast Mariners 4, December 22, 2007 (Round 15 - 2007-08 season)
- 7 goals:
  - Melbourne Victory 5 def. Central Coast Mariners 2, December 31, 2007 (Round 18 - 2007-08 season)
- 6 goals:
  - Perth Glory 5 def. Newcastle Jets 1, October 8, 2005 (Round 7 - 2005-06 season)
  - Sydney FC 5 def. Central Coast Mariners 1, November 5, 2005 (Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
  - Newcastle Jets 4 def. Adelaide United 2, October 14, 2005 (Round 8 - 2005-06 season)
  - Newcastle Jets 4 def. New Zealand Knights 2, November 4, 2005 (Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
  - Perth Glory 4 def. Adelaide United 2, November 6, 2005 (Round 11- 2005-06 season)
  - Adelaide United 4 def. Queensland Roar 2, January 1, 2006 (Round 16 - 2005-06 season)
  - Adelaide United 5 def. Newcastle Jets 1, September 8, 2006 (Round 3 - 2006-07 season)
  - Adelaide United 4 def. New Zealand Knights 2, October 22, 2006 (Round 9 - 2006-07 season)
  - Melbourne Victory 3 drew Central Coast Mariners 3, November 3, 2006 (Round 11 - 2006-07 season)
  - Perth Glory 3 drew Newcastle Jets 3, January 14, 2007 (Round 20 - 2006-07 season)
  - Melbourne Victory 6 def. Adelaide United 0, February 18, 2007 (Grand Final - 2006-07 season)
  - Perth Glory 3 drew Sydney FC 3, October 12, 2007 (Round 7 - 2007-08 season)
  - Queensland Roar 3 drew Perth Glory 3, October 27, 2007 (Round 10 - 2007-08 season)
  - Perth Glory 4 def. Sydney FC 2, December 15, 2007 (Round 17 - 2007-08 season)
Top 10 Highest Attendances:
1. 55,436: Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United, February 18, 2007 @ Telstra Dome (Grand Final - 2006-07 season)
2. 50,333: Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC, December 8, 2006 @ Telstra Dome (Round 16 - 2006-07 season)
3. 47,413: Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United, February 4, 2007 @ Telstra Dome (Semi Final 2nd Leg - 2006-07 season)
4. 41,689: Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners, March 5, 2006 @ Sydney Football Stadium (Grand Final - 2005-06 season)
5. 39,730: Melbourne Victory vs Sydney FC, September 2, 2006 @ Telstra Dome (Round 2 - 2006-07 season)
6. 36,354: Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle Jets, February 24, 2008 @ Sydney Football Stadium (Grand Final - 2007-08 season)
7. 36,221: Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC, February 8, 2008 @ Suncorp Stadium (Semi Final 2nd Leg - 2007-08 season)
8. 33,458: Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory, January 20, 2008 @ Sydney Football Stadium (Round 21 - 2007-08 season)
9. 32,371: Queensland Roar vs Sydney FC, January 20, 2007 @ Suncorp Stadium (Round 21 - 2006-07 season)
10. 32,368: Melbourne Victory vs Adelaide United, October 1, 2006 @ Telstra Dome (Round 8 - 2006-07 season)
A-League Streaks (including finals):
- Most Wins in a Row:
  - Melbourne Victory 8 - February 4, 2006 – October 8, 2006
  - Adelaide United 7 - February 13, 2005 – January 12, 2006
  - Melbourne Victory 4 - September 25, 2005 – October 16, 2005
  - Newcastle Jets 4 - January 4 2008 – January 27, 2008
- Longest Undefeated Streak:
  - Adelaide United 9 - November 13, 2005 – January 28, 2006
  - Sydney FC 9 - October 29, 2006 – January 1, 2007
  - Queensland Roar 8 - January 21, 2006 – September 22, 2006
  - Melbourne Victory 8 - February 4, 2006 – October 8, 2006
  - Queensland Roar 8 - October 5, 2007 – November 27, 2007
- Most Draws in a Row:
  - Melbourne Victory 5 - August 26, 2007 – September 21, 2007
  - 3 - Numerous occasions
- Longest Losing Streak:
  - New Zealand Knights 11 - September 18, 2005 – December 1, 2005
  - New Zealand Knights 8 - September 10, 2006 – October 27, 2006
  - Queensland Roar 4 - November 5, 2006 – November 24, 2006
  - Adelaide United 4 - December 14, 2007 – January 13, 2008
- Longest Winless Streak:
  - New Zealand Knights 18 - September 18, 2005 – September 2, 2006
  - Perth Glory 18 - December 2, 2006 – November 2, 2007
  - Newcastle Jets 11 - January 26, 2006 – October 8, 2006

Average Season Attendances

Season	League Average	Total Gate Receipts	Highest Club	Average	Lowest Club	Average
2007-08 season	14,617	1,227,853	Melbourne Victory	26,064	Perth Glory	7,611
2006-07 season	12,927	1,085,829	Melbourne Victory	27,728	New Zealand Knights	3,014
2005-06 season	10,955	920,219	Sydney FC	16,669	New Zealand Knights	3,909

[edit] All-time A-League Table

Position	Club	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Premiers	Runners Up	Average Points
1	Adelaide United	3	63	29	15	19	96	81	15	102	1	1	1.619
2	Sydney FC	3	63	26	22	15	92	71	21	100	0	1	1.587
3	Melbourne Victory	3	63	27	17	19	96	73	23	98	1	0	1.555
4	Newcastle Jets	3	63	26	17	20	84	80	4	95	0	1	1.508
5	Central Coast Mariners	3	63	24	18	21	87	79	8	90	1	0	1.429
6	Queensland Roar	3	63	23	19	21	77	70	7	88	0	0	1.397
7	Perth Glory	3	63	17	18	28	85	93	-8	69	0	0	1.095
8	New Zealand Knights	2	42	6	7	29	28	86	-58	25	0	0	0.595
9	Wellington Phoenix	1	21	5	5	11	25	37	-12	20	0	0	0.952

[edit] All-time A-League Finals Matches Table

Position	Club	Seasons	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Titles	Runners Up
1	Newcastle Jets	3	9	4	2	3	11	10	1	14	1	0
2	Sydney FC	3	7	3	2	2	7	8	-1	11	1	0
3	Central Coast Mariners	2	7	3	1	3	6	5	1	10	0	2
4	Melbourne Victory	1	3	2	1	0	8	1	7	7	1	0
5	Queensland Roar	1	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	0	0
6	Adelaide United	2	7	0	3	4	5	14	-9	3	0	1
7	Perth Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	New Zealand Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Wellington Phoenix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Winners Performances

Club	A-League Champions		A-League Premiers		Pre-Season Premiers
Club	Total	Seasons	Total	Seasons	Total	Seasons
Melbourne Victory	1	2006-07	1	2006-07
Sydney FC	1	2005-06
Newcastle Jets	1	2007-08
Adelaide United			1	2005-06	2	2006-07, 2007-08
Central Coast Mariners			1	2007-08	1	2005-06

[edit] Individual records

As of the end of the 2007-08 season

[edit] Top scorers of all time

As of current season

Rank	Player	Appearances	Goals	Seasons
1	Archie Thompson	57	29	2005-06 - Present
2	Sasho Petrovski	64	22	2005-06 - Present
=	Danny Allsopp	61	22	2005-06 - Present
4	Joel Griffiths	44	21	2006-07 - Present
5	Alex Brosque	62	20	2005-06 - Present
6	Jamie Harnwell	59	18	2005-06 - Present
7	Kevin Muscat	54	17	2005-06 - Present
8	Adam Kwasnik	61	15	2005-06 - Present
=	Reinaldo	47	15	2005-06 - 2007-08
=	Damian Mori	36	15	2005-06 - 2007-08

[edit] Most Goals In A Match

Goals	Player	Match	Date	Season
5	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United	February 18, 2007	(Grand Final - 2006-07 season)
3	Ante Milicic	New Zealand Knights v Newcastle Jets	November 4, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
3	Sasho Petrovski	Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC	November 5, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
3	Damian Mori	Adelaide United v Perth Glory	November 6, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
3	Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory v New Zealand Knights	November 26, 2006	(Round 14 - 2006-07 season)
3	Nathan Burns	Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United	January 21, 2007	(Round 21 - 2006-07 season)
3	Billy Celeski	Perth Glory v Sydney FC	December 15, 2007	(Round 17 - 2007-08 season)

[edit] Most hat-tricks

Hat Tricks	Player	Match	Date	Season
1 Hat-Trick	Ante Milicic	New Zealand Knights v Newcastle Jets	November 4, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Sasho Petrovski	Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC	November 5, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Damian Mori	Adelaide United v Perth Glory	November 6, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory v New Zealand Knights	November 26, 2006	(Round 14 - 2006-07 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Nathan Burns	Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United	January 21, 2007	(Round 21 - 2006-07 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United	February 18, 2007	(Grand Final - 2006-07 season)
1 Hat-Trick	Billy Celeski	Perth Glory v Sydney FC	December 15, 2007	(Round 17 - 2007-08 season)

[edit] League milestones

Milestone	Player	Match	Date	Season
1st Goal	Carl Veart	Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United	August 26, 2005	(Round 1 - 2005-06 season)
100th Goal	Simon Yeo	New Zealand Knights vs Central Coast Mariners	October 29, 2005	(Round 10 - 2005-06 season)
200th Goal	Adam Kwasnik	Adelaide United vs Central Coast Mariners	January 20, 2006	(Round 19 - 2005-06 season)
300th Goal	Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory vs Queensland Roar	October 1, 2006	(Round 6 - 2006-07 season)
400th Goal	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC vs Perth Glory	December 14, 2006	(Round 17 - 2006-07 season)
500th Goal	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets	September 21, 2007	(Round 5 - 2007-08 season)
600th Goal	Nikita Rukavytsya	Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory	December 2, 2007	(Round 15 - 2007-08 season)
700th Goal	Tarek Elrich	Newcastle Jets v Queensland Roar	February 17, 2008	(Preliminary Final - 2007-08 season)
1st Hat-Trick	Ante Milicic	New Zealand Knights vs Newcastle Jets	November 4, 2005	(Round 11 - 2005-06 season)
1st Yellow Card	Louis Brain	Adelaide United vs Newcastle Jets	August 26, 2005	(Round 1 - 2005-06 season)
1st Red Card	Richie Alagich	Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory	September 9, 2005	(Round 3 - 2005-06 season)
1st Coach Sacked	Steve McMahon	Perth Glory	November, 2005	(After Round 15 - 2005-06 season)