Today the APL has announced the first ever Unite Round that will be played this season over the weekend of January 12-14, 2024.
Matches played during the Unite Round will all be played in Sydney. This includes both Isuzu Ute Men's and Liberty Women's A-League matches.
The Unite Round for the Men's competition will be an additional 27th Round added to their season, while the Women's matches played as part of the Unite Round will be existing matches in their 22 match season that will be rescheduled .
The Unite Round is being introduced for this season and the next as part of the APL's partnership with Destination NSW (DNSW).
The announcement of the Unite Round will see the following arrangments to the match schedules for the Mariners as follows.
Isuzu Ute A-League Mens
- Match previously scheduled for Sunday, 14th January against Wellington Phoenix has been moved to Wednesday, 10th January 2024
Venue and kick-off time to be confirmed.
Note: At the time of writing this is the date as communicated by CCM. The match as it appears in the A-League's app and on their website would therefore be incorrect and is not on Monday, 29th April 2024. - Unite Round match for CCM is against Melbourne Victory and will be played at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday, 13th January 2024
CCM is listed as the home side with kick-off time yet to be confirmed.
Liberty A-League Women's
- Unite Round match for CCM is the match previously scheduled against Wellington Phoenix for Saturday, 13th January 2024.
This game will now be played on Friday, 12th January 2024 at Leichhardt Oval.
Wellington Phoenix are listed as the home side with kick-off time yet to be confirmed. - There is another match for the CCM Women that has been rescheduled.
This is the away game previously scheduled for 3rd November 2023 against Sydney FC that will now be played on Wednesday, 17th January 2024.
This game will be played at Leichhardt Oval with a kick-off time for 7pm
The OSC will keep members updated on any further changes.
Another significant change as part of the new agreement with DNSW is that the rights for hosting Grand Finals will return to football's traditional arrangements where the highest ranked qualifier will be the host. This will be a welcome change that will be embraced by most football fans.