STATS PREVIEW, RECORDS & GRAND FINAL HISTORY
HEAD TO HEAD All A-League 29 games Sydney FC wins: 12 Melbourne City FC wins: 8 Draws: 9 In Sydney 14 games Sydney FC wins: 5 Melbourne City FC wins: 5 Draws: 4 ALL HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE GAMES 27/11/10 Sydney FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2010/11 season – Round 16 23/12/10 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2010/11 season – Round 20 12/02/11 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2010/11 season – Round 27 29/10/11 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2011/12 season – Round 4 29/12/11 Sydney FC 0–4 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2011/12 season – Round 13 17/03/12 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2011/12 season – Round 24 02/12/12 Sydney FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2012/13 season – Round 9 13/01/13 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2012/13 season – Round 16 24/02/13 Sydney FC 1–3 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2012/13 season – Round 22 15/11/13 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2013/14 season – Round 6 15/12/13 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2013/14 season – Round 10 31/01/14 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2013/14 season – Round 17 11/10/14 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2014/15 season – Round 1 22/11/14 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2014/15 season – Round 7 20/03/15 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2014/15 season – Round 22 10/10/15 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2015/16 season – Round 1 02/01/16 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2015/16 season – Round 13 05/03/16 Sydney FC 0–3 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2015/16 season – Round 22 09/12/16 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC ANZ Stadium, Sydney 2016/17 season – Round 10 24/02/17 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2016/17 season – Round 21 01/04/17 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2016/17 season – Round 25 03/11/17 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2017/18 season – Round 5 15/12/17 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC Allianz Stadium, Sydney 2017/18 season – Round 11 10/02/18 Sydney FC 4–0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2017/18 season – Round 20 02/11/18 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2018/19 season – Round 3 03/02/19 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC Jubilee Stadium, Sydney 2018/19 season – Round 17 17/03/19 Sydney FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC Leichhardt Oval, Sydney 2018/19 season – Round 22 29/12/19 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC Jubilee Stadium, Sydney 2019/20 season – Round 12 01/08/20 Sydney FC 0–2 Melbourne City FC ANZ Stadium, Sydney 2019/20 season – Round 29 Total 41–34 OTHER MEETINGS 12/08/14 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC Morshead Park,Ballarat 2014 FFA Cup – Round of 32 30/11/16 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 2016 FFA Cup – Final 13/09/17 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC Leichhardt Oval, Sydney 2017 FFA Cup – Quarter Final
FORM GUIDE – 2019/20 season (including finals) All games – Sydney FC: played 27 – W17-D5-L5 (goals – F51-A25) All games – Melbourne City FC: played 27 – W15-D5-L7 (goals – F51-A37) In Sydney – Sydney FC: played 18 – W10-D3-L5 (goals – F28-A17) In Sydney – Melbourne City FC: played 6 – W4-D1-L1 (goals – F13-A17) HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE 2019/20 SEASON HOME AND AWAY SEASON RESULTS AWAY TEAM...... HOME TEAM ADL BRI CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN Adelaide United 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 2–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 1–0 0–3 1–1 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 0–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 Melbourne Victory 2–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–4 0–0 1–2 Newcastle Jets 1–2 1–1 4–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 Perth Glory 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 6–2 1–3 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–2 Sydney FC 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 Western United FC 3–4 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 6–2 1–3 5–3
FINAL LADDER P W D L GF GA GD Pts Sydney FC 26 16 5 5 49 25 24 53 Melbourne City FC 26 14 5 7 49 37 12 47 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 5 9 38 33 5 41 Brisbane Roar FC 26 11 7 8 29 28 1 40 Western United FC 26 12 3 11 46 37 9 39 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 7 37 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 -5 36 Newcastle United 26 9 7 10 32 40 -8 34 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 9 6 11 35 40 -5 33 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 -11 23 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 -29 18
HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE 2020 FINALS SERIES
Hyundai A-League 2020 Elimination Finals Sat 22 August (5:00pm) Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Perth Glory Venue: Bankwest Stadium Referee: Alex King Sun 23 August (6:00pm) Brisbane Roar FC 0–1 Western United FC Bankwest Stadium Chris Beath
Hyundai A-League 2020 Semi Finals Wed 26 August (5:00pm) Melbourne City FC 2–0 Western United FC Bankwest Stadium Alireza Faghani Wed 26 August (8:10pm) Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Bankwest Stadium Alex King
Hyundai A-League 2020 Grand Final Sun 30 August (6:30pm) Sydney FC v Melbourne City FC Bankwest Stadium Chris Beath
SYDNEY FC
PLAYER STATS Appearances (goals)...... Born Pos 2019/20 A-League A-League A-League Club Club All clubs Grand Finals Kosta Barbarouses (NZL) 18/02/90 FOR 27 (8) 27 (8) 233 (68) 3 (2) Alexander Baumjohann (GER) 22/01/87 FOR 25 (1) 25 (1) 45 (4) – Luke Brattan 07/03/90 MID 25 (0) 25 (0) 195 (10) 1 (0) Trent Buhagiar 26/02/98 FOR 19 (3) 19 (3) 69 (7) – Anthony Caceres 28/09/92 MID 26 (2) 41 (2) 146 (8) 2 (0) Patrick Flottmann 18/04/97 DEF 3 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) – Rhyan Grant 25/02/91 DEF 21 (1) 189 (8) 189 (8) 2 (1) Thomas Heward-Belle 10/03/97 GK 1 (0) 1 (0) 4 (0) – Luke Ivanovic 05/06/00 FOR 14 (1) 25 (2) 25 (2) – Joel King 29/10/00 DEF 25 (0) 26 (0) 26 (0) – Adam Le Fondre (ENG) 01/12/86 FOR 27 (21) 56 (39) 56 (39) 1 (0) Ryan McGowan 14/08/89 DEF 27 (1) 27 (1) 27 (1) – Milos Ninkovic (SER) 24/12/84 MID 25 (6) 131 (28) 131 (28) 2 (0) Brandon O`Neill 11/04/94 MID 7 (1) 111 (8) 128 (8) 2 (0) Andrew Redmayne 12/01/89 GK 26 (0) 84 (0) 168 (0) 2 (0) Paulo Retre 03/03/93 MID 25 (2) 64 (3) 118 (4) – Jordi Swibel 12/04/99 FOR 3 (0) 3 (0) 3 (0) – Ryan Teague 23/01/02 MID 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) – Marco Tilio 22/08/01 FOR 3 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) – Harry Van der Saag 28/10/99 DEF 12 (1) 12 (1) 12 (1) – Alex Wilkinson 12/08/84 DEF 26 (0) 110 (0) 292 (2) 5 (0) Michael Zullo 10/09/88 MID 11 (0) 84 (2) 176 (4) 2 (0) Chris Zuvela 20/01/97 MID 5 (0) 7 (0) 7 (0) –
COACH STATS Born 2019/20 A-League A-League A-League Club Club All clubs Grand Finals Steve Corica 24/03/73 27 games 59 games 59 games 1 game W17-D5-L5 W34-D11-L14 W34-D11-L14 W0-D1-L0
FINALS SERIES RECORD P W D L F A Summary 2006 3 2 1 0 5 3 Won Major Semi (2 legs), Won Grand Final 2007 2 1 0 1 2 3 Lost Minor Semi (2 legs) 2008 2 0 1 1 0 2 Lost Minor Semi (2 legs) 2010 4 1 2 1 8 7 Lost Major Semi (2 legs), Won Preliminary Final, Won Grand Final (on pens) 2012 1 0 0 1 2 3 Lost Elimination Final 2014 1 0 0 1 1 2 Lost Elimination Final 2015 2 1 0 1 4 4 Won Semi Final, Lost Grand Final 2017 2 1 1 0 4 1 Won Semi Final, Won Grand Final (on penalties) 2018 1 0 0 1 2 3 Lost Semi Final 2019 2 1 1 0 6 1 Won Semi Final, Won Grand Final (on penalties) 2020 1 1 0 0 2 0 Won Semi Final Overall 21 8 6 7 36 29 11th finals series
GRAND FINAL RESULTS 2006 W1-0 v Central Coast Mariners Allianz Stadium 2010 W1(4p)-1(2p) v Melbourne Victory Marvel Stadium 2015 L0-3 v Melbourne Victory AAMI Park 2017 W1(4p)-1(2p) v Melbourne Victory Allianz Stadium 2019 W0(4p)-0(1p) v Perth Glory Optus Stadium
MELBOURNE CITY FC
PLAYER STATS Appearances (goals)...... Born Pos 2019/20 A-League A-League A-League Club Club All clubs Grand Finals Idrus Abdulahi 21/09/03 MID 1 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) – Nathaniel Atkinson 12/06/99 MID 22 (1) 56 (1) 56 (1) – Florin Berenguer (FRA) 31/03/89 MID 16 (3) 36 (3) 36 (3) – Raphael Borges Rodrigues 10/09/03 FOR 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) – Dean Bouzanis 01/10/90 GK 13 (0) 57 (0) 63 (0) – Joshua Brillante 24/03/93 MID 27 (1) 27 (1) 166 (4) 2 (0) Javier Cabrera (URU) 17/03/92 FOR 9 (1) 9 (1) 9 (1) – Stefan Colakovski 19/04/00 FOR 6 (0) 6 (0) 6 (0) – Harrison Delbridge 14/03/92 DEF 23 (1) 59 (1) 59 (1) – Scott Galloway 24/04/95 DEF 21 (1) 21 (1) 150 (5) – Joe Gauci 04/07/00 GK – – – – Denis Genreau 20/05/99 MID 6 (0) 11 (0) 11 (0) – Tom Glover 23/12/97 GK 14 (0) 14 (0) 18 (0) – Curtis Good 22/03/93 DEF 25 (1) 67 (2) 67 (2) – Rostyn Griffiths 09/03/88 MID 20 (2) 43 (3) 175 (18) 1 (0) Jack Hendry (SCO) 06/05/95 DEF 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) – Scott Jamieson 12/10/88 DEF 22 (0) 73 (0) 255 (2) 2 (0) Adrian Luna (URU) 11/04/92 FOR 24 (5) 24 (5) 24 (5) – Jamie Maclaren 28/07/93 FOR 24 (23) 33 (28) 124 (79) – Connor Metcalfe 04/11/99 MID 17 (2) 23 (2) 23 (2) – Moudi Najjar 19/06/00 FOR 5 (1) 7 (1) 7 (1) – Ramy Najjarine 22/04/00 FOR 8 (0) 21 (1) 21 (1) – Craig Noone (ENG) 16/11/87 FOR 26 (5) 26 (5) 26 (5) – Markel Susaeta (ESP) 12/07/87 MID 10 (2) 10 (2) 10 (2) – Lachlan Wales 18/10/97 FOR 26 (0) 52 (3) 63 (3) – Richard Windbichler (AUT) 01/04/91 DEF 7 (0) 7 (0) 7 (0) –
COACH STATS Born 2019/20 A-League A-League A-League Club Club All clubs Grand Finals Erick Mombaerts (FRA) 21/04/55 26 games 26 games 26 games 0 games W14-D5-L7 W14-D5-L7 W14-D5-L7 –
FINALS SERIES RECORD P W D L F A Summary 2012* 1 0 0 1 0 3 Lost Elimination Final 2015 2 1 0 1 2 3 Won Elimination Final, Lost Semi Final 2016 2 1 0 1 3 4 Won Elimination Final, Lost Semi Final 2017 1 0 0 1 0 2 Lost Elimination Final 2018 2 1 0 1 3 2 Won Elimination Final, Lost Semi Final 2019 1 0 0 1 0 1 Lost Elimination Final 2020 1 1 0 0 2 0 Won Semi Final Overall 10 4 0 6 10 15 7th finals series
AUSTRALIAN MEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE GRAND FINALS 1984–2019
GRAND FINALS IN THE NSL (1984–2004) 1984 South Melbourne 2–1 Sydney Olympic (1st leg) Olympic Park Sydney Olympic 1–2 South Melbourne (2nd leg) St George Stadium South Melbourne W4-2 on aggregate 1985 Sydney City 0–1 Brunswick (1st leg) St George Stadium Brunswick 1–0 Sydney City (2nd leg) Olympic Park Brunswick W2-0 on aggregate 1986 Adelaide City 0–1 Sydney Olympic (1st leg) Coopers Stadium Sydney Olympic 1–3 Adelaide City (2nd leg) Parramatta Stadium (Bankwest Stadium site) Adelaide City W3-2 on aggregate 1988 Sydney United 2(4p)–2(5p) Marconi Stallions AET Parramatta Stadium 1989 Marconi Stallions 1–0 Sydney Olympic Parramatta Stadium Marston Medal 1990 Marconi Stallions 0–2 Sydney Olympic Parramatta Stadium Abbas Saad (SO) 1991 Melbourne Knights 1(4p)–1(5p) South Melbourne AET Olympic Park Josip Biskic (MK) 1992 Melbourne Knights 0(2p)–0(4p) Adelaide City AET Olympic Park Alex Tobin (AC) 1993 Marconi Stallions 1–0 Adelaide City Parramatta Stadium Milan Ivanovic (AC) 1994 Melbourne Knights 0–1 Adelaide City Olympic Park Alex Tobin (AC) 1995 Adelaide City 0–2 Melbourne Knights Coopers Stadium Steve Horvat (MK) 1996 Melbourne Knights 2–1 Marconi Stallions Olympic Park Andrew Marth (MK) 1997 Brisbane Strikers 2–0 Sydney United Suncorp Stadium Alan Hunter (BS) 1998 South Melbourne 2–1 Carlton Olympic Park Fausto De Amicis (SM) 1999 South Melbourne 3–2 Sydney United Olympic Park Goran Lozanovski (SM) 2000 Perth Glory 3(6p)–3(7p) Wollongong Wolves AET Subiaco Oval Scott Chipperfield (WW) 2001 Wollongong Wolves 2–1 South Melbourne Parramatta Stadium Matthew Horsley (WW) 2002 Perth Glory 0–1 Sydney Olympic Subiaco Oval Ante Milicic (SO) 2003 Perth Glory 2–0 Sydney Olympic Subiaco Oval Simon Colosimo (SO) 2004 Parramatta Power 0–1 Perth Glory ASDET Parramatta Stadium Ahmad Elrich (PP)
GRAND FINALS IN THE HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE (2006–) 2006 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Allianz Stadium Dwight Yorke (S) 2007 Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United Marvel Stadium Archie Thompson (MV) 2008 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium Andrew Durante (NJ) 2009 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Marvel Stadium Tom Pondeljak (MV) 2010 Melbourne Victory 1(2p)–1(4p) Sydney FC AET Marvel Stadium Simon Colosimo (S) 2011 Brisbane Roar FC 2(4p)–2(2p) Central Coast Mariners AET Suncorp Stadium Mat Ryan (CCM) 2012 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium Jacob Burns (PG) 2013 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Allianz Stadium Daniel McBreen (CCM) 2014 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC AET Suncorp Stadium Thomas Broich (BR) Iacopo La Rocca (WSW) 2015 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC AAMI Park Mark Milligan (MV) 2016 Adelaide United 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC Adelaide Oval Isaias (AU) 2017 Sydney FC 1(4p)–1(2p) Melbourne Victory AET Allianz Stadium Daniel Georgievski (MV) 2018 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory McDonald Jones Stadium Lawrence Thomas (MV) 2019 Perth Glory 0(1p)–0(4p) Sydney FC AET Optus Stadium Milos Ninkovic (S)
AUSTRALIAN MEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE GRAND FINAL RECORDS 1984–2019
Number of Grand Finals: 34 (the 2020 Grand Final is the 35th)
Number of Grand Final goals: 85
Number of drawn Grand Finals: 8
Most goals in a Grand Final match: 6 (Perth Glory 3–3 Wollongong Wolves 2000, Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United 2007)
Highest winning Grand Final margin: 6 goals (Melbourne Victory W6-0 v Adelaide United 2007)
Most Grand Final goals – club: 13 Melbourne Victory
Most Grand Finals appearances – club: 6 Sydney Olympic, Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory
Most Grand Final victories – club: 4 South Melbourne, Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC
Most Grand Final appearances – player: 7 Damian Mori, Tom Pondeljak
Most Grand Final victories – player: 5 Michael Theo
Most Grand Final goals – player: 5 Archie Thompson
Most goals in a Grand Final match – player: 5 Archie Thompson (for Melbourne Victory, W6-0 v Adelaide United 2007)
Time of quickest Grand Final goal: 5th minute Mark Koussas (for Sydney Olympic, L1-2 v South Melbourne 1984 first leg)
Age of youngest Grand Final player: 16y 293d, Jason Culina (for Sydney United, L0-2 v Brisbane Strikers 1997)
Age of oldest Grand Final player: 38y 325d, Ante Covic (for Western Sydney Wanderers FC, L1-2 v Brisbane Roar 2014)
Age of youngest Grand Final winner: 17y 51d, Ufuk Talay (for Marconi Stallions, W1-0 v Adelaide City 1993)
Age of oldest Grand Final winner: 38y 94d, Patrick Zwaanswijk (for Central Coast Mariners, W2-0 v Western Sydney WFC 2013)
Age of youngest Grand Final goal scorer: 19y 119d, Ljubo Milicevic (for Perth Glory, D3-3 (LOP) v Wollongong Wolves 2000)
Age of oldest Grand Final goal scorer: 38y 94d, Patrick Zwaanswijk (for Central Coast Mariners, W2-0 v Western Sydney WFC 2013)
Average age of youngest starting Grand Final team: 23.1 years (Sydney Olympic, L0-1 v Marconi 1989)
Average age of oldest starting Grand Final team: 31.9 years (Perth Glory, D0-0 (LOP) v Sydney FC 2019)
Average age of youngest winning starting Grand Final team: 23.4 years (Melbourne Knights, W2-0 v Adelaide City 1995)
Average age of oldest winning starting Grand Final team: 30.1 years (Sydney FC, D0-0 (WOP) v Perth Glory 2019)
Grand Final red cards (12): Murray Barnes (Sydney City 1985 first leg), Marshall Soper (Sydney Olympic 1986 second leg), Ivan Petkovic (Sydney Croatia 1988), Gerry Gomez (Marconi 1988), Matteo Colucci (Marconi 1989), Ross Aloisi (Adelaide United 2007), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners 2008), Cristiano (Adelaide United 2009), Danny Allsopp (Melbourne Victory 2009), Dean Heffernan (Perth Glory 2012), Carl Valeri (Melbourne Victory 2015), Roy O’Donovan (Newcastle Jets 2018)
Coach – most Grand Finals: 5 Zoran Matic
Coach – most Grand Final victories: 4 Ange Postecoglou
Championship-deciding Grand Finals only. 1984, 1985 and 1986 Grand Finals (two-legged games) each treated as one game.
AUSTRALIAN MEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE – MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS including first-past-the-post Championship-deciding seasons 1977 to 1983, and 1987
4 Championships: Sydney City (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982 seasons) Marconi Stallions (1978, 1988, 1989, 1992/93) South Melbourne (1984, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99) Melbourne Victory (2006/07, 2008/09, 2014/15, 2017/18) Sydney FC (2005/06, 2009/10, 2016/17, 2018/19)
Sydney FC therefore aiming for outright most Australian men's national league Championships in the 2020 Grand Final HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE GRAND FINAL DETAILS 2006–2019
2006 – Sydney FC 1 (Corica 62') Central Coast Mariners 0 at Allianz Stadium. Crowd: 41,689. Sydney FC: Clint Bolton, Jacob Timpano (Ruben Zadkovich 81'), Mark Rudan (Iain Fyfe 72'), Alvin Ceccoli, Matthew Bingley, David Carney, Andrew Packer, Steve Corica, Terry McFlynn, Sasho Petrovski (Robert Middleby 90'), Dwight Yorke. Central Coast Mariners: Danny Vukovic, Alex Wilkinson (Paul O'Grady 84'), Michael Beauchamp, Dean Heffernan, Damien Brown (Matthew Osman 68'), Noel Spencer, Andrew Clark, Wayne O'Sullivan, Andre Gumprecht, Tom Pondeljak, Stewart Petrie (Adam Kwasnik 73').
2007 – Melbourne Victory 6 (Thompson 20', 29', 39', 56', 72', Sarkies 93') Adelaide United 0 at Etihad Stadium. Crowd: 55,436. Melbourne Victory: Michael Theo, Kevin Muscat, Rodrigo Vargas, Simon Storey, Adrian Leijer, Grant Brebner (Leigh Broxham 59'), Steve Pantelidis, Adrian Caceres (James Robinson 62'), Daniel Allsopp, Fred, Archie Thompson. Adelaide United: Daniel Beltrame, Richie Alagich (Jason Spagnuolo 70'), Angelo Costanzo, Michael Valkanis, Ross Aloisi (sent off 34'), Carl Veart, Diego, Fernando (Bruce Djite 59'), Greg Owens (Aaron Goulding 46'), Travis Dodd, Nathan Burns.
2008 – Central Coast Mariners 0 Newcastle Jets 1 (Bridge 64') at Allianz Stadium. Crowd: 36,354. Central Coast Mariners: Danny Vukovic, Alvin Ceccoli, Alex Wilkinson, Nigel Boogaard, Tony Vidmar (Matt Simon 75'), Mile Jedinak, John Hutchinson, Greg Owens (Tom Pondeljak 69'), Sasho Petrovski, Adam Kwasnik (Andre Gumprecht 69'), John Aloisi. Newcastle Jets: Ante Covic, Jade North, Adam Griffiths, Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson (Jason Hoffman 76'), Adam D'Apuzzo, Tarek Elrich, Stuart Musialik, Jin-Hyung Song (Denni Dos Santos 93'), Joel Griffiths, Mark Bridge (James Holland 73').
2009 – Melbourne Victory 1 (Pondeljak 60') Adelaide United 0 at Etihad Stadium. Crowd: 53,273. Melbourne Victory: Michael Theo, Kevin Muscat, Rodrigo Vargas, Sebastian Ryall, Matthew Kemp, Billy Celeski, Carlos Hernandez, Tom Pondeljak (Grant Brebner 83'), Nick Ward (Evan Berger 56'), Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson. Adelaide United: Eugene Galekovic, Sasa Ognenovski, Daniel Mullen, Robert Cornthwaite, Jonas Salley, Fabian Barbiero, Scott Jamieson (Cassio 73'), Travis Dodd, Lucas Pantelis (Paul Agostino 63'), Paul Reid, Cristiano.
2010 – Melbourne Victory 1 (Leijer 82') Sydney FC 1 (Bridge 63') AET Sydney FC won 4-2 on penalties at Etihad Stadium. Crowd: 44,560. Melbourne Victory: Mitchell Langerak, Kevin Muscat, Surat Sukha (Evan Berger 71’), Leigh Broxham, Grant Brebner, Archie Thompson (Marvin Angulo 16'), Rodrigo Vargas, Carlos Hernandez, Robbie Kruse, Nick Ward (Aziz Behich 76’), Adrian Leijer. Sydney FC: Clint Bolton, Sebastian Ryall, Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Stuart Musialik (Hayden Foxe 106’), Alex Brosque (Joe Gibbs 116’), Terry McFlynn, Chris Payne (Shannon Cole 75'), Mark Bridge, Sung-Hwan Byun.
2011 – Brisbane Roar FC 2 (Henrique 117', Paartalu 120') Central Coast Mariners 2 (Kwasnik 96', Bozanic 102') AET Brisbane Roar FC won 4-2 on penalties at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 50,168. Brisbane Roar: Michael Theo, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Milan Susak (Rocky Visconte 102'), Matt Smith, Matt McKay, Erik Paartalu, Thomas Broich, Mitch Nichols (Massimo Murdocca 82'), Kosta Barbarouses (Henrique Silva 71'), Jean-Carlo Solorzano. Central Coast Mariners: Mathew Ryan, Patrick Zwaanswijk, Alex Wilkinson, Predrag Bojic, Rostyn Griffiths (Bernie Ibini 89'), Joshua Rose, Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Mustafa Amini (John Hutchinson 61'), Adam Kwasnik, Matt Simon (Daniel McBreen 72').
2012 – Brisbane Roar FC 2 (Berisha 83', 95'pen) Perth Glory 1 (own goal 52') at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 50,334. Brisbane Roar: Michael Theo, Mohamed Adnan, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Matt Smith, Massimo Murdocca (Luke Brattan 65'), Erik Paartalu (Nick Fitzgerald 65'), Thomas Broich, Mitch Nichols, Henrique (James Meyer 74'), Besart Berisha. Perth Glory: Danny Vukovic, Bas Van Den Brink, Todd Howarth, Dean Heffernan, Joshua Risdon, Liam Miller, Travis Dodd (Scott Neville 76'), Steve Pantelidis, Jacob Burns, Shane Smeltz (Steven McGarry 80'), Billy Mehmet.
2013 – Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0 Central Coast Mariners 2 (Zwaanswijk 44', McBreen 68'pen) at Allianz. Crowd: 42,102. Western Sydney Wanderers: Ante Covic, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Shannon Cole, Michael Beauchamp, Jerome Polenz (Rocky Visconte 76'), Mateo Poljak, Shinji Ono, Aaron Mooy, Mark Bridge, Dino Kresinger (Labinot Haliti 67'), Kwabena Appiah-Kubi (Tarek Elrich 72'). Central Coast Mariners: Mathew Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk, John Hutchinson, Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey (Nick Fitzgerald 88'), Mile Sterjovski (Mitchell Duke 73'), Daniel McBreen, Bernie Ibini.
2014 – Brisbane Roar FC 2 (Berisha 86’, Henrique 108') Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1 (Spiranovic 56') AET at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 51,153. Brisbane Roar: Michael Theo, Shane Stefanutto, Matt Smith, Ivan Franjic, Jade North, Luke Brattan (James Donachie 92’), Thomas Broich, Liam Miller (Steven Lustica 74’), Matt McKay, Dimitri Petratos (Henrique 69’), Besart Berisha Western Sydney Wanderers: Ante Covic, Adam D'Apuzzo, Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Aaron Mooy 66’), Matthew Spiranovic, Jerome Polenz, Mateo Poljak, Iacopo La Rocca, Youssouf Hersi, Shinji Ono (Labinot Haliti 83’), Mark Bridge, Brendon Santalab (Tomi Juric 72’).
2015 – Melbourne Victory 3 (Barbarouses 33', Berisha 83', Broxham 90') Sydney FC 0 at AAMI Park. Crowd: 29,843. Melbourne Victory: Lawrence Thomas, Matthieu Delpierre, Daniel Georgievski, Nicholas Ansell (Jason Geria 92'), Leigh Broxham, Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Mark Milligan, Carl Valeri (sent off 88'), Guilherme Finkler (Rashid Mahazi 87'), Kosta Barbarouses, Besart Berisha (Archie Thompson 91'). Sydney FC: Vedran Janjetovic, Nikola Petkovic, Jacques Faty (Rhyan Grant 19'), Sebastian Ryall, Matthew Jurman, Mickael Tavares (Terry Antonis 75'), Milos Dimitrijevic, Chris Naumoff (Shane Smeltz 53'), Bernie Ibini, Alex Brosque, Marc Janko.
2016 – Adelaide United 3 (Kamau 22', Isaias 34', Sanchez 90') Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1 (Neville 58') at Adelaide Oval. Crowd: 50,119. Adelaide United: Eugene Galekovic, Dylan McGowan, Iacopo La Rocca, Michael Marrone (Tarek Elrich 73'), Craig Goodwin, Marcelo Carrusca (Pablo Sanchez 86'), Isaias, Stefan Mauk, Bruce Kamau (George Mells 92'), Sergio Cirio, Bruce Djite. Western Sydney Wanderers: Andrew Redmayne, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Scott Neville, Alberto, Andreu (Kearyn Baccus 78'), Dimas Delgado, Scott Jamieson (Shannon Cole 86'), Romeo Castelen, Mitch Nichols (Dario Vidosic 56'), Mark Bridge, Brendon Santalab.
2017 – Sydney FC 1 (Grant 69') Melbourne Victory 1 (Berisha 20') AET Sydney FC won 4-2 on penalties at Allianz Stadium. Crowd: 41,546. Sydney FC: Danny Vukovic, Alex Wilkinson, Jordy Buijs (Sebastian Ryall 116'), Joshua Brillante, Brandon O'Neill, Michael Zullo, Milos Ninkovic, Filip Holosko (David Carney 59'), Rhyan Grant, Alex Brosque, Bobo (Matt Simon 81'). Melbourne Victory: Lawrence Thomas, Jason Geria, Daniel Georgievski, Leigh Broxham, Carl Valeri, Alan Baro, James Donachie, Marco Rojas, Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Jai Ingham 101'), James Troisi, Besart Berisha.
2018 – Newcastle Jets 0 Melbourne Victory 1 (Barbarouses 9') at McDonald Jones Stadium. Crowd: 29,410. Newcastle Jets: Glen Moss, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Nigel Boogaard, Daniel Georgievski (Patricio Rodriguez 74'), Johnny Koutroumbis, Jason Hoffman, Steven Ugarkovic, Riley McGree, Roy O`Donovan (sent off 93’), Ronald Vargas (Joe Champness 65'), Dimitri Petratos. Melbourne Victory: Lawrence Thomas, Thomas Deng, James Donachie, Stefan Nigro (Matias Sanchez 77'), Leigh Broxham, Carl Valeri, Terry Antonis, Leroy George, James Troisi, Kosta Barbarouses, Besart Berisha.
2019 – Perth Glory 0 Sydney FC 0 AET Sydney FC won 4-1 on penalties at Optus Stadium. Crowd: 56,371. Perth Glory: Liam Reddy, Dino Djulbic, Matthew Spiranovic, Ivan Franjic (Scott Neville 91'), Shane Lowry, Jason Davidson, Juande Lopez, Neil Kilkenny (Jake Brimmer 106'), Diego Castro, Chris Ikonomidis (Brendon Santalab 110'), Joel Chianese (Andy Keogh 73'). Sydney FC: Andrew Redmayne, Alex Wilkinson, Aaron Calver, Rhyan Grant, Joshua Brillante, Milos Ninkovic, Brandon O`Neill, Siem De Jong (Anthony Caceres 78'), Michael Zullo, Adam Le Fondre, Alex Brosque (Reza Ghoochannejhad 95').