ALeague Stats

10 Youngest Players

10 Oldest Players

10 Youngest Goalscorers

10 Oldest Goalscorers

Average age of starting lineups

10 Youngest starting Lineups

10 Oldest starting Lineups

10 Youngest Players

#	Player	Team	Match	Age
1.	Alusine Fofanah	Western Sydney Wanderers	19/01/2014 Adelaide United 1-0 Western Sydney Wanderers	15 years 189 days
2.	Quinn MacNicol	Brisbane Roar	14/08/2023 Newcastle Jets 2-3 Brisbane Roar after extra time (Cup)	15 years 194 days
3.	Teeboy Kamara	Adelaide United	16/12/2011 Adelaide United 0-3 Gold Coast United	15 years 212 days
4.	Idrus Abdulahi	Melbourne City FC	26/04/2019 Melbourne City FC 5-0 Central Coast Mariners	15 years 216 days
5.	Max Caputo	Melbourne City FC	6/06/2021 Melbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City FC	15 years 293 days
6.	Mohamed Toure	Adelaide United	8/02/2020 Brisbane Roar 2-1 Adelaide United	15 years 319 days
7.	Jonny Yull	Adelaide United	20/01/2021 Perth Glory 5-3 Adelaide United	15 years 321 days
8.	Nestory Irankunda	Adelaide United	8/01/2022 Melbourne Victory 1-1 Adelaide United	15 years 333 days
9.	Daniel De Silva	Perth Glory	2/03/2013 Perth Glory 2-1 Sydney FC	15 years 361 days
10.	Gabriel Popovic	Perth Glory	7/08/2019 Perth Glory 1-2 Western Sydney Wanderers after extra time (Cup)	16 years 10 days

Note: Each player is only shown once on this list, on their youngest ever appearance

10 Oldest Players

#	Player	Team	Match	Age
1.	Liam Reddy	Perth Glory	2/01/2023 Adelaide United 2-0 Perth Glory	41 years 147 days
2.	Romario	Adelaide United	15/12/2006 Adelaide United 3-2 Newcastle Jets	40 years 320 days
3.	Ante Covic	Perth Glory	17/04/2016 Melbourne City FC 2-0 Perth Glory (Finals)	40 years 309 days
4.	Thomas Sorensen	Melbourne City FC	24/03/2017 Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 Melbourne City FC	40 years 285 days
5.	Brad Jones	Perth Glory	19/03/2022 Perth Glory 1-4 Brisbane Roar	40 years 0 days
6.	Alessandro Diamanti	Western United FC	29/04/2023 Perth Glory 1-2 Western United FC	39 years 362 days
7.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	18/04/2014 Melbourne Victory 2-1 Sydney FC (Finals)	39 years 160 days
8.	Milos Ninkovic	Western Sydney Wanderers	27/04/2024 Melbourne Victory 3-4 Western Sydney Wanderers	39 years 124 days
9.	Javi Lopez	Adelaide United	9/05/2025 Western United FC 3-2 Adelaide United (Finals)	39 years 108 days
10.	Danny Vukovic	Central Coast Mariners	25/05/2024 Central Coast Mariners 3-1 Melbourne Victory after extra time (Grand Final)	39 years 59 days

Note: Each player is only shown once on this list, on their oldest ever appearance

10 Youngest Goalscorers

#	Player	Team	Match	Age	Goals scored
1.	Quinn MacNicol	Brisbane Roar	26/08/2023 Sydney United 58 (NSW) 0-5 Brisbane Roar (Cup)	15 years 206 days	1
2.	Mohamed Toure	Adelaide United	14/02/2020 Adelaide United 2-0 Central Coast Mariners	15 years 325 days	1
3.	Nestory Irankunda	Adelaide United	30/01/2022 Newcastle Jets 1-2 Adelaide United	15 years 355 days	1
4.	Nestory Irankunda	Adelaide United	26/02/2022 Adelaide United 2-1 Central Coast Mariners	16 years 17 days	1
5.	Nestory Irankunda	Adelaide United	24/04/2022 Adelaide United 2-0 Perth Glory	16 years 74 days	1
6.	Archie Goodwin	Newcastle Jets	10/06/2021 Melbourne City FC 1-2 Newcastle Jets	16 years 215 days	1
7.	Alexander Badolato	Western Sydney Wanderers	10/11/2021 Broadmeadow Magic (NSW) 0-3 Western Sydney Wanderers (Cup)	16 years 260 days	1
8.	Luke Brooke-Smith	Wellington Phoenix	22/02/2025 Auckland FC 6-1 Wellington Phoenix	16 years 261 days	1
9.	Haine Eames	Central Coast Mariners	23/12/2024 Macarthur FC 1-1 Central Coast Mariners	16 years 300 days	1
10.	Mohamed Toure	Adelaide United	20/01/2021 Perth Glory 5-3 Adelaide United	16 years 300 days	1

10 Oldest Goalscorers

#	Player	Team	Match	Age	Goals scored
1.	Romario	Adelaide United	15/12/2006 Adelaide United 3-2 Newcastle Jets	40 years 320 days	1
2.	Alessandro Diamanti	Western United FC	21/01/2023 Western United FC 1-0 Sydney FC	39 years 264 days	1
3.	Alessandro Diamanti	Western United FC	13/11/2022 Wellington Phoenix 2-3 Western United FC	39 years 195 days	1
4.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	6/04/2014 Sydney FC 4-1 Wellington Phoenix	39 years 148 days	2
5.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	22/02/2014 Newcastle Jets 0-2 Sydney FC	39 years 105 days	1
6.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	26/01/2014 Melbourne Victory 0-5 Sydney FC	39 years 78 days	2
7.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	26/12/2013 Sydney FC 2-5 Brisbane Roar	39 years 47 days	1
8.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	15/12/2013 Sydney FC 2-1 Melbourne Heart	39 years 36 days	1
9.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	15/11/2013 Melbourne Heart 0-2 Sydney FC	39 years 6 days	1
10.	Alessandro Del-Piero	Sydney FC	9/11/2013 Sydney FC 3-2 Melbourne Victory	39 years 0 days	1

Average age of starting lineups

Note: This shows the average age of the starting 11 for A-League teams across all tournaments (A-League, FFA cup, ACL, etc)

10 Youngest Starting Lineups

#	Team	Match	Average Age	Player	Age
1.	Gold Coast United	17/02/2012 Melbourne Heart 1-0 Gold Coast United	21.24 years	Jerrad Tyson	22 years 149 days
				Joshua Brillante	18 years 329 days
				Zac Anderson	20 years 293 days
				Kristian Rees	32 years 42 days
				Golgol Mebrahtu	21 years 173 days
				Jake Barker-Daish	18 years 286 days
				Ben Halloran	19 years 248 days
				Adama Traore	22 years 14 days
				Chris Harold	19 years 218 days
				Mitch Cooper	17 years 152 days
				Daniel Bowles	20 years 121 days
2.	Wellington Phoenix	6/08/2024 South Melbourne (VIC) 1-0 Wellington Phoenix (Cup)	21.28 years	Alby Kelly-Heald	19 years 141 days
				Lukas Kelly-Heald	19 years 141 days
				Fin Conchie	20 years 362 days
				Mohamed Al-Taay	24 years 52 days
				Oskar van Hattum	22 years 174 days
				Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues	17 years 34 days
				Luke Supyk	18 years 155 days
				Nathan Barry Walker	18 years 189 days
				Isaac Hughes	20 years 134 days
				Scott Wootton	32 years 329 days
				Matthew Sheridan	20 years 89 days
3.	Sydney FC	5/12/2024 Sydney FC 3-1 Kaya-Iloilo (Asian Champions League 2)	21.38 years	Harrison Devenish-Meares	28 years 40 days
				Joel King	24 years 36 days
				Alexandar Popovic	22 years 89 days
				Hayden Matthews	20 years 169 days
				Zachary De Jesus	18 years 305 days
				Adrian Segecic	20 years 187 days
				Wataru Kamijo	18 years 232 days
				Nathan Amanatidis	18 years 317 days
				Jaiden Kucharski	22 years 187 days
				Tiago Quintal	18 years 172 days
				Patrick Wood	22 years 80 days
4.	Gold Coast United	18/03/2012 Gold Coast United 3-0 Perth Glory	21.67 years	Jerrad Tyson	22 years 179 days
				Joshua Brillante	18 years 359 days
				Michael Thwaite	28 years 321 days
				Zac Anderson	20 years 323 days
				Jake Barker-Daish	18 years 316 days
				Adama Traore	22 years 44 days
				Chris Harold	19 years 248 days
				Peter Jungschlager	27 years 301 days
				Dylan McGowan	20 years 225 days
				Daniel Bowles	20 years 151 days
				Mitch Cooper	17 years 182 days
5.	Melbourne Victory	7/05/2005 Adelaide United 0-0 Melbourne Victory (Penalties: 4-1) (OCLQ)	21.76 years	Michael Theo	24 years 85 days
				Spase Dilevski	19 years 359 days
				Mark Byrnes	23 years 88 days
				Steve Pantelidis	21 years 263 days
				Danny Allsopp	26 years 270 days
				Vince Lia	20 years 50 days
				Kristian Sarkies	18 years 194 days
				Adrian Leijer	19 years 43 days
				Simon Storey	22 years 336 days
				Chris Tadrosse	19 years 239 days
				Ricky Diaco	22 years 335 days
6.	Central Coast Mariners	31/07/2022 Sydney FC 3-3 Central Coast Mariners (Penalties: 3-1) (Cup)	21.80 years	Yaren Sozer	25 years 103 days
				Thomas Aquilina	21 years 179 days
				Jacob Farrell	19 years 272 days
				Nectarios Triantis	19 years 81 days
				Daniel Hall	23 years 47 days
				Maximilien Balard	21 years 253 days
				Beni N`Kololo	25 years 267 days
				Harrison Steele	19 years 292 days
				Garang Kuol	17 years 319 days
				Paul Ayongo	25 years 257 days
				Michael Ruhs	19 years 364 days
7.	Gold Coast United	4/03/2012 Wellington Phoenix 2-0 Gold Coast United	21.91 years	Golgol Mebrahtu	21 years 189 days
				Adama Traore	22 years 30 days
				Maceo Rigters	28 years 42 days
				Chris Harold	19 years 234 days
				Dylan McGowan	20 years 211 days
				Daniel Bowles	20 years 137 days
				Mitch Cooper	17 years 168 days
				Zac Anderson	20 years 309 days
				Jerrad Tyson	22 years 165 days
				Joshua Brillante	18 years 345 days
				Michael Thwaite	28 years 307 days
8.	Wellington Phoenix	7/12/2021 Western United FC 0-1 Wellington Phoenix (Cup)	22.07 years	Oliver Sail	25 years 328 days
				Louis Fenton	28 years 248 days
				Kurtis Mogg	20 years 212 days
				Finn Surman	18 years 75 days
				Matthew Bozinovski	20 years 336 days
				Nicholas Pennington	22 years 354 days
				Oskar van Hattum	19 years 296 days
				Clayton Lewis	24 years 298 days
				Ben Old	19 years 116 days
				Luka Prso	20 years 319 days
				Ben Waine	20 years 179 days
9.	Newcastle Jets	4/03/2013 Melbourne Victory 5-0 Newcastle Jets	22.11 years	Mark Birighitti	21 years 291 days
				Scott Neville	24 years 52 days
				Dominik Ritter	23 years 254 days
				Ruben Zadkovich	26 years 285 days
				Joshua Brillante	19 years 344 days
				Taylor Regan	24 years 108 days
				Craig Goodwin	21 years 78 days
				Marko Jesic	23 years 209 days
				Adam Taggart	19 years 275 days
				Mitch Cooper	18 years 167 days
				Andrew Hoole	19 years 136 days
10.	Gold Coast United	22/02/2012 Gold Coast United 3-3 Central Coast Mariners	22.17 years	Joshua Brillante	18 years 334 days
				Michael Thwaite	28 years 296 days
				Zac Anderson	20 years 298 days
				Kristian Rees	32 years 47 days
				Golgol Mebrahtu	21 years 178 days
				Ben Halloran	19 years 253 days
				Adama Traore	22 years 19 days
				Chris Harold	19 years 223 days
				Mitch Cooper	17 years 157 days
				Jerrad Tyson	22 years 154 days
				Daniel Bowles	20 years 126 days

10 Oldest Starting Lineups

#	Team	Match	Average Age	Player	Age
1.	Brisbane Roar	3/03/2018 Brisbane Roar 1-0 Adelaide United	33.49 years	Jack Hingert	27 years 158 days
				Ivan Franjic	30 years 174 days
				Avraam Papadopolous	33 years 90 days
				Jade North	36 years 55 days
				Matt McKay	35 years 51 days
				Eric Bautheac	30 years 191 days
				Thomas Kristensen	34 years 320 days
				Brett Holman	33 years 341 days
				Fahid Ben Khalfallah	35 years 145 days
				Massimo Maccarone	38 years 178 days
				Jamie Young	32 years 190 days
2.	Brisbane Roar	24/02/2018 Brisbane Roar 0-1 Newcastle Jets	33.47 years	Jack Hingert	27 years 151 days
				Ivan Franjic	30 years 167 days
				Avraam Papadopolous	33 years 83 days
				Jade North	36 years 48 days
				Matt McKay	35 years 44 days
				Eric Bautheac	30 years 184 days
				Thomas Kristensen	34 years 313 days
				Brett Holman	33 years 334 days
				Fahid Ben Khalfallah	35 years 138 days
				Massimo Maccarone	38 years 171 days
				Jamie Young	32 years 183 days
3.	Brisbane Roar	9/02/2018 Melbourne Victory 1-2 Brisbane Roar	33.43 years	Jamie Young	32 years 168 days
				Jack Hingert	27 years 136 days
				Ivan Franjic	30 years 152 days
				Avraam Papadopolous	33 years 68 days
				Jade North	36 years 33 days
				Matt McKay	35 years 29 days
				Eric Bautheac	30 years 169 days
				Thomas Kristensen	34 years 298 days
				Brett Holman	33 years 319 days
				Fahid Ben Khalfallah	35 years 123 days
				Massimo Maccarone	38 years 156 days
4.	Western United FC	5/02/2023 Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Western United FC	32.64 years	Jamie Young	37 years 164 days
				Jacob Tratt	28 years 144 days
				Tomoki Imai	32 years 68 days
				Nikolai Topor-Stanley	37 years 270 days
				Joshua Risdon	30 years 193 days
				Lachlan Wales	25 years 109 days
				Neil Kilkenny	37 years 48 days
				Tongo Doumbia	33 years 183 days
				Connor Pain	29 years 86 days
				James Troisi	34 years 217 days
				Aleksandar Prijovic	32 years 290 days
5.	Perth Glory	14/04/2019 Perth Glory 1-0 Newcastle Jets	32.63 years	Shane Lowry	29 years 306 days
				Matthew Spiranovic	30 years 291 days
				Dino Djulbic	36 years 57 days
				Ivan Franjic	31 years 216 days
				Jason Davidson	27 years 289 days
				Juande	32 years 245 days
				Neil Kilkenny	33 years 116 days
				Andy Keogh	32 years 333 days
				Joel Chianese	29 years 58 days
				Diego Castro	36 years 286 days
				Liam Reddy	37 years 249 days
6.	Western United FC	26/12/2022 Western United FC 1-0 Melbourne Victory	32.46 years	Jamie Young	37 years 123 days
				Ben Garuccio	27 years 194 days
				Nikolai Topor-Stanley	37 years 229 days
				Tomoki Imai	32 years 27 days
				Joshua Risdon	30 years 152 days
				Neil Kilkenny	37 years 7 days
				Tongo Doumbia	33 years 142 days
				Connor Pain	29 years 45 days
				James Troisi	34 years 176 days
				Lachlan Wales	25 years 68 days
				Aleksandar Prijovic	32 years 249 days
7.	Western United FC	30/12/2022 Western United FC 1-1 Brisbane Roar	32.33 years	Jamie Young	37 years 127 days
				Ben Garuccio	27 years 198 days
				Léo Lacroix	30 years 306 days
				Tomoki Imai	32 years 31 days
				Joshua Risdon	30 years 156 days
				Connor Pain	29 years 49 days
				Tongo Doumbia	33 years 146 days
				Neil Kilkenny	37 years 11 days
				Lachlan Wales	25 years 72 days
				Alessandro Diamanti	39 years 242 days
				Aleksandar Prijovic	32 years 253 days
8.	Perth Glory	23/11/2019 Perth Glory 1-3 Sydney FC	32.29 years	Liam Reddy	38 years 107 days
				Ivan Franjic	32 years 74 days
				James Meredith	31 years 232 days
				Dino Djulbic	36 years 280 days
				Gregory Wuthrich	24 years 354 days
				Neil Kilkenny	33 years 339 days
				Joel Chianese	29 years 281 days
				Juande	33 years 103 days
				Diego Castro	37 years 144 days
				Christopher Ikonomidis	24 years 203 days
				Bruno Fornaroli	32 years 77 days
9.	Brisbane Roar	28/10/2017 Wellington Phoenix 3-3 Brisbane Roar	32.29 years	Jade North	35 years 294 days
				Fahid Ben Khalfallah	35 years 19 days
				Mitchell Oxborrow	22 years 252 days
				Matt McKay	34 years 290 days
				Jack Hingert	27 years 32 days
				Eric Bautheac	30 years 65 days
				Michael Theo	36 years 259 days
				Luke DeVere	27 years 357 days
				Avraam Papadopolous	32 years 329 days
				Massimo Maccarone	38 years 52 days
				Brett Holman	33 years 215 days
10.	Perth Glory	10/05/2019 Perth Glory 3-3 Adelaide United (Penalties: 5-4) (Finals)	32.23 years	Shane Lowry	29 years 332 days
				Matthew Spiranovic	30 years 317 days
				Dino Djulbic	36 years 83 days
				Ivan Franjic	31 years 242 days
				Jason Davidson	27 years 315 days
				Juande	32 years 271 days
				Neil Kilkenny	33 years 142 days
				Diego Castro	36 years 312 days
				Andy Keogh	32 years 359 days
				Christopher Ikonomidis	24 years 6 days
				Liam Reddy	37 years 275 days

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