2010–11 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2010–11 season was the inaugural season in the history of Melbourne Heart FC since its establishment in 2009. The team played in the A-League for the first time with all of their home matches being played at AAMI Park. After being placed sixth for the better part of the season, the team would go on to finish eighth on the ladder. Former Australian international John Aloisi was the Heart's top goalscorer, with eight goals, in his final season in professional football.

Melbourne Heart
2010–11 season
ChairmanPeter Sidwell
ManagerJohn van't Schip
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League8th
Top goalscorerJohn Aloisi (8)
Highest home attendance25,897
vs. Melbourne Victory
(4 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance2,754
vs. Newcastle Jets
(8 December 2010)
Average home league attendance8,315
Biggest win2–0
vs. Newcastle Jets (A)
(31 October 2010)
2–0
vs. North Queensland Fury (H)
(2 January 2011)
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Brisbane Roar (A)
(25 September 2010)

First-team squad edit

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 Clint Bolton
2 DF   AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF   AUS Brendan Hamill
4 DF   AUS Simon Colosimo
5 DF   AUS Michael Beauchamp
6 MF   AUS Matt Thompson
7 MF   NED Rutger Worm
8 MF   AUS Kristian Sarkies
9 FW   NED Gerald Sibon
10 MF   AUS Wayne Srhoj
11 FW   BRA Alex Terra
12 GK   AUS Peter Zoïs
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   AUS Kamal Ibrahim
15 FW   AUS John Aloisi
16 DF   AUS Aziz Behich
17 DF   AUS Jason Hoffman
18 MF   AUS Ante Tomić
19 FW   AUS Eli Babalj
20 MF   AUS Josip Skoko
21 FW   AUS Kliment Taseski
22 MF   AUS Nick Kalmar
23 DF   AUS Dean Heffernan
25 MF   AUS Adrian Zahra

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Pos. Name From Notes
19 November 2009 DF   Matt Thompson   Newcastle Jets Free[1]
24 November 2009 MF   Kristian Sarkies   Adelaide United Free[2]
24 November 2009 DF   Dean Heffernan   Central Coast Mariners Free[2]
26 December 2009 FW   Eli Babalj   AIS Free[3]
26 December 2009 MF   Kamal Ibrahim   AIS Free[4]
8 January 2010 FW   Jason Hoffman   Newcastle Jets Free[5]
16 February 2010 GK   Clint Bolton   Sydney FC Free[6]
23 February 2010 FW   Rutger Worm   N.E.C. Free[7]
6 March 2010 MF   Wayne Srhoj   Perth Glory Free[8]
19 March 2010 DF   Simon Colosimo   Sydney FC Free[9]
29 March 2010 FW   John Aloisi   Sydney FC Free[10]
31 March 2010 MF   Kliment Taseski   Melbourne Victory Youth Free[11]
23 April 2010 MF   Brendan Hamill   AIS Free[11]
30 April 2010 MF   Michael Marrone   Adelaide United Free[12]
10 May 2010 FW   Alex Terra   Rio Branco Free[13]
17 May 2010 DF   Michael Beauchamp   Al-Jazira Club Free[14]
18 May 2010 MF   Josip Skoko   Hajduk Split Free[15]
21 May 2010 FW   Gerald Sibon   Heerenveen Free[16]
22 May 2010 DF   Dean Heffernan   Huddersfield Town Return from Loan[17]
29 June 2010 MF   Nick Kalmar   Oakleigh Cannons Free[18]
26 July 2010 MF   Ante Tomić   Sydney United Free[19]
4 August 2010 GK   Peter Zoïs   South Melbourne Free[20]
25 October 2010 MF   Aziz Behich   Hume City Free[21]

Transfers out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
26 January 2010 DF   Dean Heffernan   Huddersfield Town Free[22]

Injury replacements edit

Injured player Injury replacement Injury Replacement deal length Fee
  Kristian Sarkies   Aziz Behich[23] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Seven weeks*[23] Loan from Hume City
  Kristian Sarkies   Adrian Zahra[25] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Four weeks[26] Loan from Melbourne Knights
  Eli Babalj   Adrian Zahra[27][28] Hip and thigh problems[29][30] Unknown length* Loan From Melbourne Knights

*Note: Both Behich and Zahra signed long-term deals at the completion of their replacement deal period.

Pre-season and friendlies edit

28 April 2010 Whittlesea Zebras 1–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
17 June 2010 Wimmera South Coast Eagles 1–3 Melbourne Heart Geelong
19:00 UTC+10
  • Greechan   84'
Report
Stadium: Elcho Park
25 June 2010 Brisbane Roar 2–0 Melbourne Heart Toowoomba
19:15 UTC+10
Report Stadium: Clive Berghofer Stadium
Attendance: 2,893
2 July 2010 Oakleigh Cannons 2–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
20:30 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
8 July 2010 Melbourne Heart 1–2 Newcastle Jets Morwell
19:30 UTC+10 Sibon   68' Report Bridges   6'
Abbas   27'
Stadium: LaTrobe City Stadium,
Attendance: 3,000
14 July 2010 Everton   2–0   Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10 Rodwell   34'
Saha   60'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 19,261
22 July 2010 Loddon Mallee Lightning 1–9 Melbourne Heart Bendigo
16:00 UTC+10 Hargreaves   ?' Behich   23', ?'
Alex Terra   27', 55', 57'
Hoffman   ?', ?', ?'
Tolli   17'
Stadium: Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve
July 2010 Melbourne Heart 3–0 Richmond Melbourne
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia)
2 January 2011 Melbourne Heart 6–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
Stadium: La Trobe University

Competitions edit

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
    Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 8 11 11 32 42  −10 35 4 6 5 15 18  −3 4 5 6 17 24  −7

Last updated: 12 January 2024.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by matchday edit

Matchday123456789101127131415161718192021222324252612282930
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHAAHH
ResultLDLDWLWLWDDWDWLLLDLLLWWWDDDLDD
Position1110111069888766
Points0112558811121317
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

5 August 2010 1 Melbourne Heart   0–1   Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EST Heffernan   71'
Hamill   83'
Behich   86'
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Statistics
Bojić   1'
Wilkinson   16'
Hutchinson   36'
Simon   72'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,050
Referee: Chris Beath
13 August 2010 2 Newcastle Jets   1–1   Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST Abbas   45'
Bridges   50'
Brockie   60'
Kantarovski   66'
Report
Statistics
Kantarovski   79' (o.g.) Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
20 August 2010 3 Adelaide United   3–2   Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST Leckie   2'
Fyfe   5'
Ramsay   52', 88'
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Statistics
Worm   42'   45+1'
Srhoj   65'
Babalj   74'
Hoffman   75'
Beauchamp   84'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 7,370
Referee: Ben Williams
29 August 2010 4 Melbourne Heart   2–2   Perth Glory Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EST Sibon   5' (pen.)
Kalmar   37'
Srhoj   52'
Thompson   82'
Heffernan   88'
Hamill   89'
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Statistics
Sekulovski   4'
Marrone   19' (o.g.)
Fowler   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,878
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 September 2010 5 Melbourne Heart   1–0   North Queensland Fury Melbourne
Saturday 17:15 EST Kalmar   11'
Alex   41'
Srhoj   66'
Report
Statistics
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,184
Referee: Gerard Parsons
10 September 2010 6 Central Coast Mariners   1–0   Melbourne Heart Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST McBreen   20'
Hutchinson   75'
Kwasnik   78'
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Statistics
Heffernan   22'
Beauchamp   52'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 6,326
Referee: Peter Green
19 September 2010 7 Melbourne Heart   2–1   Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST Aloisi   50'
Alex   66'
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Statistics
Muscat   45+2'
T. Brown   75'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Peter Green
25 September 2010 8 Brisbane Roar   4–0   Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Saturday 17:15 EST Barbarouses   23'
Paartalu   37'
Reinaldo   48' (pen.)   55'
Nichols   76'   77'
Stefanutto   90'
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Statistics
Heffernan   47'   54'
   Alex   80'
   Skoko   81'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,342
Referee: Chris Boyle
8 October 2010 9 Melbourne Heart   2–1   Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EDT Aloisi   10'   40'
Terra   56'
Behich   48'   74'
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Statistics
Leijer   22'
Kruse   37'
Muscat   43'
Brebner   55'
Celeski   65'
Ricardinho   68'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,897
Referee: Ben Williams
17 October 2010 10 Wellington Phoenix   2–2   Melbourne Heart Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Greenacre   6'
Bertos   59'
Ifill   79'
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Statistics
Aloisi   14' (pen.)
M. Thompson   36'
Colosimo   44'
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,211
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 October 2010 11 Melbourne Heart   0–0   Gold Coast United Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj   52'
Worm   74'
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Statistics
van den Brink   35'
Curtis   88'
J. Brown   90'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Chris Beath
31 October 2010 12 Newcastle Jets   0–2   Melbourne Heart Port Macquarie
Sunday 15:00 EDT Miličević   88' Report
Statistics
Kalmar   53'
Srhoj   76'
Sibon   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 November 2010 13 Perth Glory   0–0   Melbourne Heart Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST Baird   10'
B. Griffiths   38'
Todd   72'
Fondyke   77'
Fowler   77'
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Statistics
Marrone   67'
Worm   72'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,745
Referee: Chris Beath
10 November 2010 14 North Queensland Fury   2–3   Melbourne Heart Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST Daal   12'
Spagnuolo   74'
Talay   85' (pen.)
Report
Summary
Marrone   24'
Srhoj   31'
Babalj   50',   90+1'
Sibon   59'
Zahra   64'
Colosimo   83'
Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Attendance: 2,866
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 November 2010 15 Melbourne Heart   1–2   Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT Sibon   11'
Skoko   53'
Srhoj   73'
M. Thompson   76'
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Statistics
Barbarouses   65'
Solórzano   88'
Broich   90'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
19 November 2010 16 Melbourne Heart   0–2   Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT Worm   36' Report
Statistics
Cornthwaite   5'
Bolton   73' (o.g.)
van Dijk   87'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,538
Referee: Chris Beath
24 November 2010 17 Wellington Phoenix   2–0   Melbourne Heart Wellington
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT Daniel   28'
Ifill   62', 73'
Sigmund   83'
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Statistics
M. Thompson   57'   70' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 November 2010 18 Melbourne Heart   0–0   Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 20:15 EDT Colosimo   17'
Behich   35'
Srhoj   38'
Marrone   71'
Kalmar   82'
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Statistics
Musialik   27'
Bridge   47'
Byun   90+2'   90+3'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 December 2010 19 Gold Coast United   3–0   Melbourne Heart Gold Coast
Sunday 16:00 EST van den Brink   41'   84'
Culina   58' (pen.), 77'
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Statistics
Beauchamp   57'
Zahra   65'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 1,658
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 December 2010 20 Melbourne Heart   0–2   Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT Report
Statistics
Wheelhouse   8'
Jeffers   12'   62'
Jesic   18'
Zadkovich   41'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Peter Green
11 December 2010 21 Melbourne Heart   1–3   Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Sibon   17'
Kalmar   42'
Marrone   46'
Zahra   69'
Srhoj   90+2'
Report
Statistics
Kruse   12', 28'
Celeski   38'
Srhoj   54' (o.g.)
Hernández   68'
Ferreira   90+3'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,059
Referee: Chris Beath
17 December 2010 22 Adelaide United   1–2   Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT van Dijk   45+1'
Galeković   89'
Keenan   90+1'
Statistics M. Thompson   27'
Hoffman   65'
Colosimo   89'
Aloisi   90+2'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,011
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
23 December 2010 23 Sydney FC   0–1   Melbourne Heart Sydney
Thursday 19:00 EDT Cazarine   44' Report
Summary
Srhoj   1'
Zahra   86'
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 6,639
Referee: Ben Williams
2 January 2011 24 Melbourne Heart   2–0   North Queensland Fury Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT Aloisi   58'
Sibon   83'
Report
Statistics
M. Hughes   90+4' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,482
Referee: Peter Green
15 January 2011 25 Perth Glory   1–1   Melbourne Heart Perth
Saturday 18:45 WST Howarth   34' Report
Statistics
Alex   70' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,962
Referee: Gerard Parsons
19 January 2011 26 Melbourne Heart   1–1   Gold Coast United Melbourne
Wednesday 20:00 EDT Alex   17'
Beauchamp   58'
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Statistics
Djite   40'
Perchtold   43'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,187
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 January 2011 27 Melbourne Victory   2–2   Melbourne Heart Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Allsopp   10'   38'
Hernández   31'   89'
Ferreira   43'
Kemp   50'
Angulo   54'
K. Muscat   60'   79'
Petkovic   90+2'
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Statistics
Aloisi   45+2', 51'
Skoko   48'
M. Thompson   76'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 32,231
Referee: Chris Beath
28 January 2011 28 Brisbane Roar   2–1   Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Friday 19:30 EST Solórzano   5'   90+2'
Nichols   45'
Meyer   62'
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Statistics
Sibon   45+1'   75'
M. Thompson   46'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 February 2011 29 Melbourne Heart   1–1   Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT M. Thompson   49' Report
Statistics
McBreen   50'
McGlinchey   55'
Amini   90+3'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,667
Referee: Strebre Delovski
12 February 2011 30 Melbourne Heart   2–2   Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj   20'
Sibon   29'   44'
Skoko   34'
Worm   41'
Aloisi   62'   62'
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Statistics
Carle   34' (pen.), 88'
McFlynn   45+1'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,019
Referee: Ben Williams

Statistics edit

Overall edit

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No. Nat. Name Pos. Starts Sub. Total Goals
1   Clint Bolton GK 30 0 30 0
2   Michael Marrone DF 29 0 29 0
3   Brendan Hamill DF 5 7 12 0
4   Simon Colosimo DF 22 4 26 1
5   Michael Beauchamp DF 19 4 23 0
6   Matt Thompson MF 29 0 29 2
7   Rutger Worm MF 22 4 26 2
8   Kristian Sarkies MF 2 4 6 0
9   Gerald Sibon FW 24 3 27 7
10   Wayne Srhoj MF 25 1 26 0
11   Alex Terra FW 14 6 20 4
12   Peter Zois GK 0 0 0 0
14   Kamal Ibrahim MF 1 2 3 0
15   John Aloisi FW 17 3 20 8
16   Aziz Behich DF 23 4 27 0
17   Jason Hoffman DF 3 9 12 0
18   Ante Tomić MF 0 0 0 0
19   Eli Babalj FW 1 12 13 2
20   Josip Skoko MF 21 1 22 0
21   Kliment Taseski FW 0 4 4 0
22   Nick Kalmar MF 17 12 29 3
23   Dean Heffernan DF 9 4 13 0
25   Adrian Zahra MF 17 2 19 2

Disciplinary record edit

Players with no cards not included in the list.

Nat. Name       Points
  Wayne Srhoj 11 0 0 11
  Matt Thompson 5 1 0 7
  Michael Beauchamp 3 0 1 6
  Dean Heffernan 3 1 0 5
  Rutger Worm 4 0 0 4
  Aziz Behich 2 1 0 4
  Michael Marrone 4 0 0 4
  Josip Skoko 4 0 0 4
  Simon Colosimo 3 0 0 3
  Gerald Sibon 1 1 0 3
  Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 2
  Alex Terra 2 0 0 2
  Nick Kalmar 2 0 0 2
  Adrian Zahra 2 0 0 2
  Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 2
  John Aloisi 2 0 0 2
  Eli Babalj 1 0 0 1
Total 53 4 1 64

Goal-scorers edit

Players with no goals not included in the list.

Total Player Goals per Game
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
8   John Aloisi 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
7   Gerald Sibon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4   Alex Terra 1 1 1 1
3   Nick Kalmar 1 1 1
2   Eli Babalj 1 1
2   Adrian Zahra 1 1
2   Matt Thompson 1 1
2   Rutger Worm 1 1
1   Own goal 1
1   Simon Colosimo 1
30 Total 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

References edit

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