2024–25 Auckland FC season

Auckland FC 2024–25 football season
Auckland FC
2024–25 season
OwnerBlack Knight Football and Entertainment
ChairmanBill Foley
Head CoachSteve Corica
StadiumMount Smart Stadium
A-League MenMatchday 1
Home colours
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The 2024–25 Auckland Football Club season is the club's first season in existence and their inaugural season in the A-League Men, the top flight of Australian soccer. The season will cover the period from 1 June 2024 until 30 June 2025.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK New Zealand NZL Michael Woud
DF New Zealand NZL Francis de Vries
DF New Zealand NZL Callan Elliot
DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
DF Fiji FIJ Dan Hall
DF New Zealand NZL Tommy Smith
MF New Zealand NZL Adama Coulibaly (scholarship)
MF New Zealand NZL Cam Howieson
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF New Zealand NZL Finn McKenlay (scholarship)
MF New Zealand NZL Oliver Middleton (scholarship)
MF New Zealand NZL Luis Toomey (scholarship)
FW New Zealand NZL Jonty Bidois (scholarship)
FW New Zealand NZL Joe Champness
FW New Zealand NZL Liam Gillion (scholarship)
FW New Zealand NZL Max Mata (on loan from Shrewsbury Town)
FW New Zealand NZL Jesse Randall

Transfers

Note: Transfers' in/out date may refer to the date of announcement and not the date of signing from the mentioned players.

Transfers in

No. Position Name From Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
TBD GK Michael Woud Unattached Free transfer 30 May 2024 [1]
TBD DF Francis de Vries New Zealand Eastern Suburbs Free transfer 30 May 2024 [1]
TBD MF Cameron Howieson New Zealand Auckland City Free transfer 30 May 2024 [1]
TBD FW Jesse Randall New Zealand Wellington Olympic Free transfer 30 May 2024 [1]
TBD DF Tommy Smith Macarthur FC Free transfer 3 June 2024 [2]
TBD FW Max Mata England Shrewsbury Town Loan 1 year 3 June 2024 [2][3]
TBD MF Luis Toomey New Zealand Eastern Suburbs Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD FW Liam Gillion New Zealand Auckland City Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD MF Finn McKenlay New Zealand Eastern Suburbs Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD MF Adama Coulibaly New Zealand Western Springs Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD MF Oliver Middleton New Zealand Auckland United Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD FW Jonty Bidois New Zealand Tauranga City Free transfer Scholarship contract 20 June 2024 [4]
TBD DF Fiji Dan Hall Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 2 July 2024 [5][6]
TBD FW Joe Champness Unattached Free transfer 3 July 2024 [7]
TBD DF Callan Elliot Unattached Free transfer 3 years 3 July 2024 [7][8]
TBD DF Australia Scott Galloway Melbourne City Free transfer 3 July 2024 [7]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Competitions

A League

League Table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Auckland FC[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[b]
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[9][10]
Notes:
  1. ^ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results by round

Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Auckland FC unveil first signings ahead of debut season". Auckland FC. 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "AFC blend youth with experience as two more signings announced". Auckland FC. 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Max Mata Joins Auckland FC on season-long loan deal". Shrewsbury Town. 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Six players secure scholarship contracts with Auckland FC". Auckland FC. 20 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Auckland FC welcomes back-to-back championship winner Dan Hall to the club!". Auckland FC. 2 July 2024.
  6. ^ Rollo, Phillip (2 July 2024). "Why A-League winner Dan Hall is swapping Central Coast for new boys Auckland FC". Stuff. Hall has committed to a two-year contract.
  7. ^ a b c "Three more signings for Auckland FC, with two bringing All Whites experience". Auckland FC. 3 July 2024.
  8. ^ @ByPhillipRollo (3 July 2024). "Elliot is three years but have asked for the rest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "A-League Competition rules". A-Leagues. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Explained: Why the A-Leagues ladder sorting rules have changed this season". A-Leagues. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024.
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