Which A-League games have been postponed?

Patrick Kisnorbo A-League

The emergence of the Omicron variant has created COVID chaos across Australia and the A-Leagues have felt the brunt of that so far this season. 

After delaying the new A-League Men campaign slightly to allow for most state borders to re-open, the competition has been hampered by dozens of players testing positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. 

The A-League Women has been similarly impacted with a number of games postponed as the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) tries to keep both seasons afloat. 

While the respective competitions look set to continue despite ongoing cases, that hasn't stopped a number of matches being postponed with a significant backlog of games now looming. 

The A-League Men's regular season was originally scheduled to finish on May 1 but that date now looks in doubt. 

Which A-League Men games have been postponed?

Original date Round Match Stadium
Sat Dec 18 5 Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory Moreton Daily Stadium
Thu Dec 23 6 Adelaide United v Perth Glory Coopers Stadium
Sun Dec 26 6 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers McDonald Jones Stadium
Mon Dec 27 6 Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Stadium
Mon Dec 27 6 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City Moreton Daily Stadium
Fri Dec 31 7 Central Coast Mariners v Macarthur FC Central Coast Stadium
Sat Jan 1 7 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City McDonald Jones Stadium
Sat Jan 1 7 Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United CommBank Stadium
Sun Jan 2 7 Sydney FC v Perth Glory Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Sun Jan 2 7 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar AAMI Park 
Wed Jan 5 8 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar WIN Stadium
Wed Jan 5 8 Macarthur FC v Perth Glory Campbelltown Stadium
Wed Jan 5 24 Melbourne City v Adelaide United AAMI Park
Fri Jan 7 9 Western United v Sydney FC AAMI Park
Sat Jan 8 9 Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory CommBank Stadium
Sat Jan 8 9 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Sun Jan 9 9 Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners Moreton Daily Stadium
Sun Jan 9 9 Melbourne City v Macarthur FC AAMI Park
Fri Jan 14 10 Macarthur FC v Western United Campbelltown Stadium
Sat Jan 15 10 Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix HBF Park
Sun Jan 16 10 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory CommBank Stadium
Wed Jan 19 8 Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park
Sat Jan 15 10 Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets Central Coast Stadium
Wed Jan 19 8 Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers Coopers Stadium

Which A-League Women games have been postponed?

Original date Round Match Stadium
Sat Jan 1 5 Western Sydney Wanderers v Canberra United Wanderers Centre of Football
Sun Jan 2 5 Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets Kingston Heath
Fri Jan 7 6 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory  No.2 Sportsground
Mon Dec 27 6 Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Stadium
Mon Dec 27 6 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City Moreton Daily Stadium
Fri Dec 31 7 Central Coast Mariners v Macarthur FC Central Coast Stadium
Sat Jan 1 7 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City McDonald Jones Stadium

Could the A-League seasons be suspended or cancelled?

A-Leagues commissioner Greg O’Rourke recently ruled out suspending either the A-League Men or Women seasons entirely with hope that clubs hit hard by COVID-19 can bounce back quickly and avoid continued outbreaks. 

"I don’t think so at this point in time, because we’re looking at this on a game by game basis," O'Rourke told Keep Up when asked about a possible season suspension. 

"We’re already starting to see a situation where teams who have had high numbers of COVID in their cohort, such as Melbourne City, will now return to competition, after having missed two rounds.

"Then you’ve got this cycle, if you like, where clubs with a critical mass of COVID will then be cleared to return and they’ve had COVID. So I think we’re going to see a rolling effect rather than a cessation of the season."

O'Rourke also believes that the A-League Men season will now be completed by the end of May as they look to play mid-week games to deal with postponements. 

A shortened campaign could also be on the cards with the current 26-match season potentially reduced down to 22 games if needed. 

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