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The A-League Men Goal of the Season is an annual soccer award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding A-League Men season.

The award was first given following the 2006–07 season and has been awarded under the Dolan Warren Awards since. The first recipient of the award was Newcastle Jets' Nick Carle for his goal at home against Adelaide United. The last recipient of the award was Melbourne Victory's Bruno Fornaroli for his goal away at Central Coast Mariners.

Winners

Season	Player	Nationality	Team	Score	Opponent	Date	Ref.
2006–07	Nick Carle	Australia	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	27 October 2006
2007–08	Brendon Santalab	Australia	Sydney FC	1–1	Adelaide United	28 December 2007
2008–09	Shane Smeltz †	New Zealand	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Melbourne Victory	28 November 2008
2009–10	Archie Thompson	Australia	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Gold Coast United	28 November 2009
2010–11	Erik Paartalu	Australia	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Gold Coast United	12 February 2011
2011–12	Carlos Hernández	Costa Rica	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	10 February 2012
2012–13	Marcos Flores	Argentina	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	5 November 2012
2013–14	Orlando Engelaar	Netherlands	Melbourne Heart	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	23 March 2014
2014–15	Tarek Elrich	Australia	Adelaide United	3–0	Melbourne City	25 April 2015
2015–16	Roy O'Donovan	Ireland	Central Coast Mariners	2–4	Adelaide United	27 March 2016
2016–17	Tim Cahill	Australia	Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory	15 October 2016
2017–18	Andrew Nabbout	Australia	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	16 February 2018
2018–19	Éric Bauthéac	France	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	22 February 2019
2019–20	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Australia	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Perth Glory	29 February 2020
2020–21	Andy Keogh	Ireland	Perth Glory	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	16 May 2021
2021–22	Ben Garuccio	Australia	Western United	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	20 February 2022
2022–23	Giordano Colli	Australia	Perth Glory	1–2	Adelaide United	30 October 2022
2023–24	Bruno Fornaroli	Australia	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	3 December 2023

Awards won by nationality

Country	Players	Total
Australia	11	11
Ireland	2	2
Argentina	1	1
Costa Rica	1	1
France	1	1
Netherlands	1	1

Awards won by club

See also

• A-League Men Goal of the Month
• A-League Men Coach of the Year
• A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year
• A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year
• Johnny Warren Medal
• Joe Marston Medal

Notes

1. The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

References

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