The 2022–23 season sees each team play 26 games, starting on 7 October 2022, and concluding on 30 April 2023, with a mid-season break between 14 November 2022 and 8 December 2022, due to the
2022 FIFA World Cup. This will be followed by a finals series for the top six teams.
League table Fixtures and results AFC Champions League qualification Due to the re-formatting of the
AFC Champions League to have an inter-year schedule from September (northern hemisphere autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (northern hemisphere spring-to-autumn), the qualification for the
2023–24 AFC Champions League was changed. The single qualification spot for this competition goes to whichever of the Premiers for the current season or the
previous season accrues the most combined points over both seasons.
Melbourne City won the Premiership in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, thereby automatically qualifying for the Champions League.
Melbourne Derby pitch invasion During the
Melbourne Derby between
Melbourne City FC and
Melbourne Victory FC on 17 December 2022 at the
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the match was abandoned in the 22nd minute after several incidents of
hooliganism took place both on and off the field. Throughout the match, supporters of both teams both ignited and threw
flares. In the 20th minute, the match was interrupted due to flares being ignited and thrown onto the pitch, two of which had been thrown by Melbourne Victory supporters. Conflict arose when Melbourne City goalkeeper
Tom Glover, who was defending the goal in front of the Melbourne Victory supporters end, picked up and threw the flares away from the pitch, the second of which was thrown into the crowd of Victory supporters. This sparked a
pitch invasion by between 100 and 200 spectators, who proceeded to attack Glover and match referee
Alex King, both of whom sustained minor injuries. The match was abandoned as a result. On 23 December,
Football Australia handed down interim sanctions on both clubs while a full investigation was being conducted. Both teams had their active supporter bays closed, with Melbourne Victory further sanctioned with supporter restrictions: travelling support was banned for away games, while home games were restricted to only valid club members. The match was resumed on 5 April 2023 from the 21st minute, with the score resuming at 1–0 to Melbourne City. The match ended in a 2-1 win to Melbourne City, with
Aiden O'Neill and
Nishan Velupillay scoring for the Victory. ==Finals series==