One week late than previous years, hopefully clubs all play each other with the same amount of times. 

- 3 byes per club confirmed
- Talk that the Australia Day fixture (Sydney and Melbourne) is cancelled
- No break for international fixtures 

That’s disappointing if true.

the AFC have brought forward the ACL qualifying rounds to late January, which clashes with Australia Day. very unfortunate. I'd like to see the AFC be a little more flexible on this, but not holding my breath. 

combination of FIFA World Cup qualifiers & 2020 Olympics is the reason why ACL is started 3 weeks earlier next year than this years edition hence Australia Day not happening as Asian Football Confederation rules and regulations for the AFC Champions League state clubs playing away from home that must arrive for their game in the visiting country where its scheduled at least two full days prior to the game takes place.

Key Points for the Hyundai A League 2019/20 season:
11 clubs
29 rounds (13 home & 13 away per club - 3 byes per club)
Round 1: October 11-12-13 (FIFA international window)
Round 29: April 24-25-26 (Anzac Day weekend)
No break for FIFA international dates
No Spilt rounds (Bye preferences for 3 club participating in the 2020 AFC Champions League - Perth Glory, Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory)
Hyundai A League 2020 Finals Series structure remains the same as previous years (Elimination Final - May 1-2-3), (Semi Final - May 8-9-10)
Hyundai A League 2020 Grand Final - Saturday May 16 or Sunday May 17

Opponent Match-Up Weightings - Methodology:
Due to the uneven number of rounds of season 2019/20 each club will play a minimum two matches against each other club
Select third opponent match-ups will be determined according to agreed methodology

Key Principles,
Priority 1: Maximise Hyundai A League broadcast metrics
Priority 2: Fairness & competition integrity for all clubs 
Priority 3: Maximise Hyundai A League attendance metrics and other commercial priorities

No mid week games please! The league can't afford to be having 5k and below crowds. 

Brisbane v Melbourne on a Tuesday night last season. Like seriously!?

2020 AFC Champions League schedule - during A League season,
Preliminary Round 2 (Melbourne Victory): Tuesday January 21st
Preliminary Round 3 (Melbourne Victory): Tuesday January 28th
Group Stage Matchday 1 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday February 11th or Wednesday February 12th
Group Stage Matchday 2 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday February 18th or Wednesday February 19th
Group Stage Matchday 3 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday March 3rd or Wednesday March 4th
Group Stage Matchday 4 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday April 7th or Wednesday April 8th
Group Stage Matchday 5 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday April 21st or Wednesday April 22nd
Group Stage Matchday 6 (Perth Glory, Sydney FC): Tuesday May 5th or Wednesday May 6th

Cheers for the info guys.

"A-League draw for 2019/20 released next week. Hearing that Phoenix fans will get the opening weekend home fixture they all want..."

https://twitter.com/pineyzb/status/1152365796657524736

Looks like the Nix will be playing WU at home in round 1.

Yusss

I’m betting Roar away to Glory in R1. Probably the FTA  TV game. 

At least it adds some spice to the match. 

Mr Grumpy (Aka Mark Rudan) will love it :)

We should get a decent crowd for this one.

Great way to kickstart the rivalry.

According to the A-League Transfer Hub Twitter account, Sydney will play City in round 1.

This fixture as well as the Nix v WU match are two matches I wanted to see in round 1.

Hopefully the remaining fixtures are WSW v Victory, Glory v Adelaide and the F3 derby.

Ooh. Byes. Can't wait for them. Great initiative from new board ffa...

Uneven number of rounds - again, brilliant work new board ffa...

And no break for FIFA international dates? Well we all know how much everyone has been calling for that!

And what's that, Priority 1 is to maximise metrics? Bravo new board ffa...

And finals series. Ah, the kulcha...

What an absolute shambles, proudly brought to you by new board ffa.

Disappointing that there won't be a Australia Day round. I enjoyed my first ever Australia Day away (third Melbourne Trip) even though it was a last minute arrangement. Was looking forward to doing it again this season. But glad to see that there's an actual logistical reason to it (Champions League) instead of the FFA just giving some lame arse reason. Perhaps the Australia Day fixture could be held on ANZAC Day. 

I'm surprised Foxtel hasn't just gone "ERMHAGERD. West Melbourne v Melbourne Victory. Friday Night Football. EMERGHERD. Sydney Derby at Bankwest. Saturday night football. for Round 1. 

Wonder who is going to get the bye first up. And do you get points for the bye? 

Yeah, let’s leave Robbie Fowlers debut for another week while the pissants get a run around lol. 

Robbie Fowler used to play for Glory so I’d guess Glory v Roar would have more appeal 

Someone’s gotta miss out unfortunately.

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Yup, so with all those 600,000 Liverpool fans wanting to see Fowlers debut do they wait another week and play a low rating side instead? 

That number is massively exaggerated and secondly Brisbane aren’t very interesting for neutrals. They don’t have any star players or big names, have one of the weaker squads on paper, haven’t won anything in 6 years and have no rivals. (The SFC v Roar match isn’t a rivalry even though Roar try to build it up as one.)

unlikely it'll happen on Anzac Day either given that Melbourne Storm has had the traditional Anzac Day game at AAMI Park every year since 2011 also after its an ACL week as well for Sydney FC.

Foxtel are still likely annoyed that Western United didn’t add Melbourne in their name, so they see little value in it now.

I’m happy though that there won’t be a Melbourne or Sydney  Derby in round 1.

I don't think it'd happen but what would you say to an A League weekend in one city like the NRL did?

It's be 5 games over 3 days with 1 Friday night and 2 each of the following days. The pitch would be destroyed. I think it could be a novelty if done at Aami Park. Victory vs Sydney at marvel would still work out. 

The issue with the NRL was that Brisbane hotels and flights skyrocketed in price deterring many NSW fans from making the trip. Many said also that they really weren't interested in watching other teams. 

If it were to happen then I feel derbies in Melbourne would be a bit tacky but may be the way to get people there. They play origin in WA now so it could be worse. 

Central Coast vs Brisbane
Western United vs WSW
Victory vs Sydney 
Adelaide vs Perth
Wellington bye. 

Has any league around the world ever done anything like this before? 

I’d be against it. I don’t like clubs moving home games away from home ... for the fans sake, home should mean home 

They can’t dilute the derbies if there are to many games or to close apart the games will suffer.

Fully agree. 

Seems like an idea that adds no value to the competition, but I’m sure the new independent body will be looking at other just as left field opportunities (ie. A-League matches in Singapore or Jakarta).

Says the Redcliffe Roar supporter.

No from me. People have already forked out for season tickets and by doing this you are literally robbing from them.

Redcliffe is home ya muppet