2009–10 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2009–10 season is Central Coast's 5th season since the inception of the A-League.

Central Coast Mariners FC
2009-10 season
ManagerLawrie McKinna
A-League8th
Top goalscorerLeague: Matt Simon (7)
All: Matt Simon (7)
Highest home attendance11,137 (vs. Wellington Phoenix, 31 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance5,193 (vs. Perth Glory, 4 September 2009)
Average home league attendance7,444

Players

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Senior squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Andrew Redmayne
2 MF   WAL Matthew Crowell
3 MF   AUS Shane Huke
4 DF   AUS Predrag Bojić
5 MF   AUS Brad Porter
6 FW   AUS Brady Smith
7 MF   MLT John Hutchinson (vice-captain)
9 FW   AUS Nik Mrdja
10 MF   AUS Panny Nikas
11 FW   AUS Dylan Macallister
12 MF   AUS Matthew Lewis
13 FW   WAL Jonathan Brown
15 DF   AUS Andrew Clark
16 DF   AUS Nigel Boogaard
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   SCO Chris Doig
18 DF   AUS Alex Wilkinson (captain)
19 FW   AUS Matthew Simon
20 GK   AUS Danny Vukovic
21 MF   AUS Ahmed Elrich
22 MF   ENG Nicky Travis
23 FW   AUS Adam Kwasnik
24 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei
24 MF   AUS Lachlan Cahill (Injury replacement)
25 MF   AUS Mitchell Mallia
27 MF   JAM Wolry Wolfe (Injury replacement)
29 MF   AUS Nicholas Fitzgerald
30 GK   AUS Mathew Ryan

Youth League squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 FW   AUS Brady Smith
10 MF   AUS Panny Nikas
24 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei
25 MF   AUS Mitchell Mallia
29 MF   AUS Nicholas Fitzgerald
30 GK   AUS Mathew Ryan
GK   AUS Nathan Kenyon
GK   AUS Nik Matic
DF   AUS Luka Dukic
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   AUS Manny Giannaros
DF   AUS Jerry Kalouris
DF   AUS Matthew Liddall
DF   AUS Adam Ormsby
DF   AUS Nathan Sherlock
MF   AUS Brendan Griffin
MF   AUS David Gullo
MF   AUS Graz Trimboli
FW   AUS Gavin Forbes

Transfers

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
10 June 2009 DF   Chris Doig   Northampton Town Free[1]
31 July 2009 MF   Michael McGlinchey Unattached Free[2]
1 August 2009 MF   Nicky Travis   Sheffield United Free[3]
2 September 2009 MF   Wolry Wolfe   Joe Public Free[4]
23 September 2009 MF   Lachlan Cahill Unattached Free[5]
23 September 2009 MF   Matt Crowell Unattached Free[6]
14 January 2010 MF   Jonathan Brown Unattached Free[7]
Date Pos. Name To Fee
28 November 2008 DF   Matthew Osman   Gold Coast United Free[8]
20 May 2009 MF   André Gumprecht Released Free[9]
20 May 2009 DF   Paul O'Grady Released Free[9]
20 May 2009 MF   Greg Owens Released Free[9]
20 May 2009 MF   Nick Rizzo Released Free[9]
1 September 2009 MF   Adrian Caceres   Wellington Phoenix Free[10]
23 September 2009 MF   Wolry Wolfe Unattached Free[5]
29 January 2010 DF   Dean Heffernan   Huddersfield Town Free[11]

Loan out

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Date from Date to Pos. Name To
3 February 2010 9 May 2010 MF   Michael McGlinchey   Motherwell[12]

Pre-season and friendlies

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5 June 2009 Logan United 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Logan
19:30 AEST Davani   32' (pen.) Report Mrdja   34'
Bojić
Stadium: Clem Jones Field
Attendance: 500
Referee: Peter Green
7 June 2009 North Queensland Fury 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Rockhampton
17:00 AEST Report Di Vicino   23' Stadium: Jardine Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alan Milliner
6 July 2009 Sydney FC 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:00 AEST Heffernan   48' Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,540
Referee: Stuart Wolfe
10 July 2009 Booz and Co. Cup Belconnen United 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
Report Lim Dong-sup   68'
Wales   71'
Elrich   76'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Richard Naumovski
12 July 2009 Capital Football XI 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
13:00 AEST Heffernan   13'
Travis   31'
Caceres   52'
Bojić   57'
Report Gecic   20'   38'
Jones   37'
Giampalo   50'
Castro   57'
Wilkinson   90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Australian Institute of Sport
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Ben Williams
18 July 2009 Gold Coast United 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Gold Coast
Pantelidis   28'
Thwaite   35'   48'
van den Brink   80'
Adama Traoré   81'
Smeltz   90+1'
Report Bojić   48'
Kwasnik   53'
Porter   86'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Matthew Gillett

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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19 December 2009 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Brisbane Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Travis   35'
Macallister   77'
Report
Summary
Oar   10'
van Dijk   22'
McKay   90+1'
Attendance: 5,684
Referee:   Alan Milliner
31 January 2010 Perth Glory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 McBreen   1', 13'
Jukic   45+1'
Report
Summary
Kwasnik   49' Attendance: 8,160
Referee:   Gerard Parsons
8 February 2010[13] Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+11 Bojic   79'   88'
Boogaard   17'
Kwasnik   50'
Simon   72'
Report
Summary
Haliti   49'   57' Attendance: 5,842
Referee:   Peter Green

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

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Appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUS Andrew Redmayne 1 0 1 0
2 MF   WAL Matt Crowell 13 0 9+4 0
3 MF   AUS Shane Huke 3 0 3 0
4 DF   AUS Pedj Bojić 25 2 23+2 2
5 DF   AUS Brad Porter 25 0 21+4 0
6 FW   AUS Brady Smith 2 0 1+1 0
7 MF   MLT John Hutchinson 23 3 23 3
10 MF   AUS Panny Nikas 3 0 2+1 0
11 FW   AUS Dylan Macallister 17 1 5+12 1
12 MF   AUS Matthew Lewis 6 0 4+2 0
13 MF   WAL Jonathan Brown 0 0 0 0
15 DF   AUS Andrew Clark 17 0 9+8 0
16 DF   AUS Nigel Boogaard 25 2 25 2
17 DF   SCO Chris Doig 13 0 13 0
18 DF   AUS Alex Wilkinson 27 1 27 1
19 FW   AUS Matt Simon 25 7 24+1 7
20 GK   AUS Danny Vuković 26 0 26 0
21 MF   AUS Ahmad Elrich 12 1 3+9 1
22 MF   ENG Nicky Travis 20 3 14+6 3
23 FW   AUS Adam Kwasnik 23 4 15+8 4
24 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei 1 0 0+1 0
25 MF   AUS Mitchell Mallia 1 0 0+1 0
29 MF   AUS Nicholas Fitzgerald 1 0 0+1 0
30 GK   AUS Mathew Ryan 0 0 0 0
Players who made appearances but left the club during the season:
8 DF   AUS Dean Heffernan 20 1 19+1 1
9 FW   AUS Nik Mrdja 17 6 11+6 6
14 MF   NZL Michael McGlinchey 21 1 18+3 1
24 MF   AUS Lachlan Cahill 0 0 0 0
27 MF   JAM Wolry Wolfe 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. No. Player A-League Total
1 FW 19   Matt Simon 7 7
2 FW 9   Nik Mrdja 6 6
3 FW 23   Adam Kwasnik 4 4
4 MF 7   John Hutchinson 3 3
MF 22   Nicky Travis 3 3
6 DF 4   Pedj Bojić 2 2
DF 16   Nigel Boogaard 2 2
8 DF 8   Dean Heffernan 1 1
FW 11   Dylan Macallister 1 1
MF 14   Michael McGlinchey 1 1
DF 18   Alex Wilkinson 1 1
MF 21   Ahmad Elrich 1 1
Total 32 32

References

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  1. ^ "Former Cobblers Captain becomes a Coastie". Central Coast Mariners. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. ^ "McGlinchey swaps hoops for his new stripes". Central Coast Mariners. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Sheffield starlet headed for the Coast". Central Coast Mariners. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Hungry like the Wolfe". Central Coast Mariners. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Cahill signs with Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Welshman on the Crowell". Central Coast Mariners. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Brown gets green light to join the Yellow and Navy". Central Coast Mariners. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Gold Coast bolster A-League roster". ESPN FC. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d "Mariners farewell four". Central Coast Mariners. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Coast parts ways with Caceres". Central Coast Mariners. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Heffernan to Huddersfield". Central Coast Mariners. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  12. ^ "McGlinchey on loan to Motherwell". Central Coast Mariners. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  13. ^ Originally to be played on 6 February but rescheduled due to drenched pitch caused by heavy rain.