2013 A-League All Stars Game

2013 A-League All Stars Game
Event	A-League All Stars Game
Date	20 July 2013
Venue	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Man of the Match	Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
Referee	Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Attendance	83,127
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The 2013 A-League All Stars Game was a football match that took place on 20 July 2013 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, contested between the A-League All Stars and English Premier League champions Manchester United.

Background

Tickets which went on sale earlier in the year sold out in minutes.^[1] A Manchester United training session which was open to the public attracted 22,000 people at Allianz Stadium.^[2] It is the first time since 1999 that Manchester United have visited Australia.^[3] On 18 March 2013, it was announced Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou will coach the all-stars squad, chosen by fans who voted.^[4]

Some A-League players, including Alessandro Del Piero and Emile Heskey, were not able to play due to other commitments.^[5]

A-League All Stars players

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Ante Covic	Western Sydney Wanderers
GK	Michael Theo	Brisbane Roar
DF	Michael Beauchamp	Western Sydney Wanderers
DF	Pedj Bojić	Central Coast Mariners
DF	Nigel Boogaard	Adelaide United
DF	Connor Chapman	Newcastle Jets
DF	Joshua Risdon	Perth Glory
DF	Joshua Rose	Central Coast Mariners
DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
MF	Marcelo Carrusca	Adelaide United
MF	Billy Celeski	Melbourne Victory
MF	Brett Emerton	Sydney FC
MF	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
MF	Michael McGlinchey	Central Coast Mariners
MF	Liam Miller	Brisbane Roar
FW	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar
FW	Mark Bridge	Western Sydney Wanderers
FW	Paul Ifill	Wellington Phoenix
FW	David Williams	Melbourne Heart

Match

Details

20 July 2013

19:30 AEST

A-League All Stars	1–5	Manchester United
Berisha 51'	Report	Lingard 10', 54' Welbeck 33', 70' Van Persie 86'

ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 83,127

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

A-League All Stars

Manchester United


GK	1	Ante Covic	45'
RB	6	Pedj Bojić	45'
CB	2	Nigel Boogaard
CB	5	Michael Beauchamp	83'
LB	4	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	73'
RM	7	Brett Emerton (c)	83'
CM	10	Liam Miller	45'
LM	3	Joshua Rose	64'
RF	14	Michael McGlinchey	61'
CF	11	Besart Berisha
LF	22	Thomas Broich	72'
Substitutes:
GK	18	Michael Theo	45'
DF	12	Joshua Risdon	45'
DF	16	Connor Chapman	83'
MF	15	Rhyan Grant	61'
MF	17	Marcelo Carrusca	83'
MF	21	Billy Celeski	45'
FW	8	Paul Ifill	72'
FW	13	David Williams	73'
FW	19	Mark Bridge	64'
Manager:
Ange Postecoglou


GK	13	Anders Lindegaard
RB	2	Rafael
CB	4	Phil Jones
CB	5	Rio Ferdinand	45'
LB	3	Patrice Evra (c)	75'
RM	35	Jesse Lingard
CM	16	Michael Carrick	70'
CM	23	Tom Cleverley
LM	29	Wilfried Zaha
CF	19	Danny Welbeck	70'
CF	11	Ryan Giggs	62'
Substitutes:
GK	1	David de Gea
DF	22	Fábio	75'
DF	38	Michael Keane	45'
MF	8	Anderson	70'
MF	44	Adnan Januzaj	70'
FW	20	Robin van Persie	62'
Manager:
David Moyes

Man of the Match:
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

Statistics

	A-League All Stars	Manchester United
Goals scored	1	5
Total shots	6	17
Shots on target	3	13
Ball possession	33%	67%
Corner kicks	2	15
Fouls committed	4	4
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	0	0
Second caution red cards	0	0
Direct red cards	0	0

Broadcasting

In Australia, the match was broadcast live by the Seven Network, after they secured the rights to the inaugural A-League All Stars game on 23 May 2013. In the UK, the match was broadcast live on Manchester United's subscription television channel MUTV.

Sponsorship

A-League All Stars partners:

References

^ The Daily Telegraph
^ "Inside Sport - Australia's premier sports magazine and website".
^ "Man Utd's Crazy Australian Tour - International - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ "Postecoglou named inaugural coach of Foxtel A-League All Stars". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "A-League: Alessandro Del Piero, Shinji Ono and Emile Heskey out of All-Stars' Manchester United clash - ABC News". ABC News. 5 July 2013.

[1] The Daily Telegraph

[2] "Inside Sport - Australia's premier sports magazine and website".

[3] "Man Utd's Crazy Australian Tour - International - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[4] "Postecoglou named inaugural coach of Foxtel A-League All Stars". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[5] "A-League: Alessandro Del Piero, Shinji Ono and Emile Heskey out of All-Stars' Manchester United clash - ABC News". ABC News. 5 July 2013.

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