2012–13 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2012–13 Central Coast Mariners season was the Central Coast Mariners's eighth A-League season. It included the 2012–13 A-League season (and the competition's subsequent finals) as well as the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Central Coast Mariners
2012–13 season
ChairmanPeter Turnbull
ManagerGraham Arnold
A-League premiership (regular season)2nd
A-League championship (finals)1st
Asian Champions LeagueRound of 16 vs Guangzhou Evergrande
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel McBreen (17)
All: Daniel McBreen (19)
Highest home attendance18,721 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
2 March 2013
Lowest home attendance6,885 vs Adelaide United
1 December 2012
Average home league attendance9,994
17 December 2012

Season overview edit

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 Mathew Ryan
2 FW   AUS Daniel McBreen
3 DF   AUS Joshua Rose
4 DF   AUS Pedj Bojić
5 DF   AUS Zachary Anderson
6 DF   NED Patrick Zwaanswijk (Vice-captain)
7 MF   MLT John Hutchinson (Captain)
8 MF   AUS Adriano Pellegrino
9 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei (Youth)
10 MF   AUS Tom Rogić (Youth)
11 MF   AUS Oliver Bozanić
12 MF   AUS Troy Hearfield
13 DF   AUS Brent Griffiths
14 MF   NZL Michael McGlinchey
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   PNG Brad McDonald
16 DF   AUS Trent Sainsbury (Youth)
17 MF   AUS Anthony Caceres (Youth)
18 MF   SCO Nick Montgomery
19 FW   AUS Mitchell Duke
20 GK   AUS Justin Pasfield
21 FW   AUS Mile Sterjovski
22 DF   AUS Jimmy Oates
23 FW   AUS Adam Kwasnik
24 DF   AUS Hayden Morton
25 DF   AUS Michael Neill
29 MF   AUS Nicholas Fitzgerald
30 GK   AUS David Bradasevic

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

16 August 2012   New Caledonia 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea
Kayara   56' Report Ibini-Isei   10'
18 August 2012   New Caledonia 2–4 Central Coast Mariners Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea
Kayara   61', 81' Report Duke   3', 74'
Hearfield   42'
Ibini-Isei   75'
29 August 2012 Bankstown City Lions 0–4 Central Coast Mariners Jensen Oval, Sefton
Wednesday, 19:30 Report McBreen   28' (pen.)
Hearfield   29', 72'
Rogic   85'
6 September 2012 Central Coast Football Select XI 0–7 Central Coast Mariners Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Report Duke   9', 37'
Hutchinson   30'
Kwasnik   42'
Hearfield   45+1'
Sainsbury   48'
Gibbs   84'
Attendance: 1 430
Referee: Adam Gehrig
12 September 2012 Adelaide United 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday, 19:30 Cassio   61'
van Dijk   90+2'
Report
16 September 2012 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne Victory Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga
Sunday, 15:00 Zwaanswijk   3' Report Thompson   61' Attendance: 2 000
19 September 2012 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence, Tuggerah
Peterson   74' Report Ribeiro   13'
Cooper   42'
Attendance: N/A (training match)
23 September 2012 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
Sunday, 15:00 Report Rogic   80'

Competitions edit

All times listed in Gosford local time.

Overall edit

Competition Started Round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League runner-up 6 October 2012 30 March 2013
AFC Champions League Group Stages Round of 16 27 February 2013 22 May 2013
A-League Final series Semi-finals champions 14 April 2013 21 April 2013

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21 +20 57 Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22 +26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45 +3 44 Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37 +1 41 Qualification for Finals series
5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29 +4 35
6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31 −2 32
7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51 −10 32
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45 −15 31
9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40 −9 27
10 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 7 6 14 31 49 −18 27
Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2013. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches edit

6 October 2012 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Parramatta, Australia
20:45 AEST (UTC+10) Report Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: Alan Milliner
14 October 2012 2 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Gosford, Australia
18:00 AEST (UTC+11) McBreen   70' Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 9,192
Referee: Jarred Gillett
20 October 2012 3 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle, Australia
18:30 AEST (UTC+11) Griffiths   5' (pen.)
Heskey   60'
Report Ibini-Isei   71' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 15,289
Referee: Ben Williams
28 October 2012 4 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
15:00 AEST (UTC+11) Report Bojic   51' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,357
Referee: Chris Beath
3 November 2012 5 Central Coast Mariners 7–2 Sydney FC Gosford, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+11) Rogic   16', 62'
Ryall   29' (o.g.)
McBreen   39' (pen.), 65', 67'
McGlinchey   55'
Report Yau   8'
Abbas   54'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 15,686
Referee: Strebre Delovski
11 November 2012 6 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Wellington, New Zealand
14:30 AEST (UTC+11) Report McBreen   69' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,568
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
17 November 2012 7 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
19:45 AEST (UTC+11) Nabbout   10'
Milligan   40'
Report McBreen   4', 22'
Zwaanswijk   6'   51'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 19,462
Referee: Strebre Delovski
25 November 2012 8 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Brisbane Roar Gosford, Australia
17:00 AEST (UTC+11) Ibini-Isei   4'
Rogic   81'
Report Murdocca   32' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 9,084
Referee: Chris Beath
1 December 2012 9 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Adelaide United Gosford, Australia
17:30 AEST (UTC+11) Rose   45'
Montgomery   76'
Report Djite   17' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 6,885
Referee: Alan Milliner
8 December 2012 10 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle, Australia
19:45 AEST (UTC+11) Report McBreen   49', 66' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 13,112
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 December 2012 11 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Melbourne Heart Gosford, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+11) Bojić   50', 69' Summary Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 6,921
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
22 December 2012 12 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Wellington, New Zealand
15:00 AEST (UTC+11) Sánchez   84' Summary McBreen   45' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Referee: Peter O'Leary
27 December 2012 13 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+11) Emerton   89' Summary Hutchinson   85'   90+4'
Rogić   90+6'
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,887
Referee: Peter Green
31 December 2012 14 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Gosford, Australia
18:00 AEST (UTC+11) Ibini-Isei   68' Summary van den Brink   58'   76' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 14,591
Referee: Strebre Delovski
6 January 2013 15 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Parramatta, Australia
18:00 AEST (UTC+11) Trifiro   23'   54' Summary McBreen   42', 90' Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 16,387
Referee: Chris Beath
12 January 2013 16 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Launceston, Australia
17:30 AEST (UTC+11) Flores   42' Summary McBreen   78' (pen.) Stadium: Aurora Stadium
Attendance: 6,238
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 January 2013 17 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford, Australia
19:45 AEST (UTC+11) Summary Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 11,249
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 January 2013 18 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Adelaide United Gosford, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+11) Duke   67', 72'
McGlinchey   88'
Summary Bowles   39' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Peter O'Leary
1 February 2013 19 Brisbane Roar 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane, Australia
20:00 AEST (UTC+11) Berisha   47', 69' Summary McGlinchey   8'
McBreen   80'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Lucien Laverdue
7 February 2013 20 Central Coast Mariners 5–0 Wellington Phoenix Gosford, Australia
19:00 AEST (UTC+11) Ibini-Isei   30', 86'
Hutchinson   65'
McBreen   69'
Duke   89'
Summary Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Kristian Griffiths-Jones
16 February 2013 21 Perth Glory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth, Australia
21:45 AEST (UTC+11) Dodd   27'
Smeltz   65'
Summary Ibini-Isei   13' Stadium: NIB Stadium
Attendance: 5,909
Referee: Jarred Gillett
23 February 2013 22 Central Coast Mariners 6–2 Melbourne Victory Gosford, Australia
19:45 AEST (UTC+11) Duke   18', 32'
McGlinchey   57', 87', 90'
Fitzgerald   81'
Summary Milligan   23' (pen.)
Sainsbury   68' (o.g.)
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 6081
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 March 2013 23 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford, Australia
19:45 AEST (UTC+11) Summary Haliti   81' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 18,721
Referee: Alan Milliner
9 March 2013 24 Sydney FC 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
17:30 AEST (UTC+11) Ryall   25'
Chianese   73'
Summary Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,155
Referee: Jarred Gillett
17 March 2013 25 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Brisbane Roar Gosford, Australia
17:00 AEST (UTC+11) Ibini-Isei   34' Summary Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 7,221
Referee: Alan Milliner
24 March 2013 26 Adelaide United 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide, Australia
19:00 AEST (UTC+11) Summary McBreen   4'
Sterjovski   90+4'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,069
Referee: Shaun Evans
30 March 2013 27 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Melbourne Heart Gosford, Australia
17:30 AEST (UTC+11) McBreen   35' (pen.)
Duke   63'
Summary Gerhardt   34'
Garcia   73'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 8,271
Referee: Jarred Gillett

A-League Finals series edit

14 April 2013 Semi-final Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Melbourne Victory Gosford, Australia
17:00 AEST (UTC+11) McBreen   42'
Montgomery   59'   90+1'
Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 10,651
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 April 2013 Grand Final Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
16:00 AEST (UTC+11) Report Zwaanswijk   44'
McBreen   68' (pen.)
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 42,102
Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KSW CCM GUI SUW
1   Kashiwa Reysol 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 1–1 0–0
2   Central Coast Mariners 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 7 0–3 2–1 0–0
3   Guizhou Renhe 6 1 3 2 6 7 −1 6 0–1 2–1 2–2
4   Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 0 4 2 4 9 −5 4 2–6 0–1 0–0
27 February 2013 1 Central Coast Mariners   0–0   Suwon Samsung Bluewings Gosford, Australia
19:00 AEST (UTC+11) Report
Summary
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
13 March 2013 2 Kashiwa Reysol   3–1   Central Coast Mariners Kashiwa, Japan
21:00 AEST (UTC+11) Leandro Domingues   21', 88'
Kano   67'
Report
Summary
Zwaanswijk   8' Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,472
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
3 April 2013 3 Central Coast Mariners   2–1   Guizhou Renhe Gosford, Australia
19:00 AEST (UTC+11) Bojić   50'
Sainsbury   80'
Report Ryan   71' (o.g.) Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
9 April 2013 4 Guizhou Renhe   2–1   Central Coast Mariners Guiyang, China
21:30 AEST (UTC+10) Muslimović   84'
Qu Bo   86'
Report Duke   43' (pen.) Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
23 April 2013 5 Suwon Samsung Bluewings   0–1   Central Coast Mariners Suwon, South Korea
20:30 AEST (UTC+10) [ Summary] McGlinchey   81' Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium
Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
30 April 2013 6 Central Coast Mariners   0–3   Kashiwa Reysol Gosford, Australia
20:30 AEST (UTC+10) Report Kudo   59'
Cléo   79'
Domingues   85'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Knockout stage edit

15 May 2013 Round of 16 1st Leg Central Coast Mariners   1–2   Guangzhou Evergrande Gosford, Australia
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Duke   7' Report Barrios   28'
Muriqui   76'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 8,953
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
22 May 2013 Round of 16 2nd Leg Guangzhou Evergrande   3–0
(5–1 agg.)
  Central Coast Mariners Guangzhou, China
22:00 AEST (UTC+10) Muriqui   7'
Conca   45+1' (pen.)
Gao Lin   68'
Report Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,564
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Squad statistics edit

As of 22 May 2013

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total A League Finals AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUS Mathew Ryan 33 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 8+0 0
2 FW   AUS Daniel McBreen 33 19 24+1 17 2+0 2 6+0 0
3 DF   AUS Joshua Rose 34 1 26+0 1 2+0 0 6+0 0
4 DF   AUS Pedj Bojić 30 4 23+0 3 2+0 0 5+0 1
5 DF   AUS Zachary Anderson 29 0 11+12 0 0+0 0 6+0 0
6 DF   NED Patrick Zwaanswijk 31 2 22+1 0 2+0 1 5+1 1
7 MF   MLT John Hutchinson 33 1 24+1 1 2+0 0 6+0 0
8 MF   AUS Adriano Pellegrino 9 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei 35 7 16+9 7 2+0 0 5+3 0
11 MF   AUS Oliver Bozanic 23 0 9+5 0 1+0 0 4+4 0
13 DF   AUS Brent Griffiths 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   NZL Michael McGlinchey 33 7 24+0 6 2+0 0 5+2 1
15 MF   PNG Brad McDonald 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 DF   AUS Trent Sainsbury 33 1 24+0 0 2+0 0 7+0 1
17 MF   AUS Anthony Caceres 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF   SCO Nick Montgomery 33 1 23+2 1 1+0 0 6+1 0
19 FW   AUS Mitchell Duke 28 8 5+14 6 0+2 0 5+2 2
20 GK   AUS Justin Pasfield 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW   AUS Mile Sterjovski 26 1 16+3 1 2+0 0 3+2 0
23 FW   AUS Adam Kwasnik 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   AUS Hayden Morton 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 DF   AUS Michael Neill 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   AUS Nicholas Fitzgerald 15 1 2+6 1 0+1 0 4+2 0
30 GK   AUS David Bradasevic 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players no longer at the club:
10 MF   AUS Tom Rogić 11 3 11+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF   AUS Troy Hearfield 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   AUS Jimmy Oates 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goal scorers edit

Rank Player A League Finals Champions League Total
 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 Total SF GF Total  1   2   3   4   5   6   R16-1   R16-2  Total
1   Daniel McBreen 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 2 0 19
2   Mitchell Duke 2 1 2 1 6 0 1 1 2 8
3   Bernie Ibini-Isei 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0 0 7
  Michael McGlinchey 1 1 1 3 6 0 1 1 7
5   Pedj Bojić 1 2 3 0 1 1 4
6   Tom Rogić 2 1 3 0 0 3
7   Patrick Zwaanswijk 0 1 1 1 1 2
8 Own Goal 1 1 0 0 1
  Joshua Rose 1 1 0 0 1
  Nick Montgomery 1 1 0 0 1
  John Hutchinson 1 1 0 0 1
  Nicholas Fitzgerald 1 1 0 0 1
  Mile Sterjovski 1 1 0 0 1
  Trent Sainsbury 0 0 1 1 1
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
2 were scored from penalty kicks

Disciplinary record edit

No. Position Name A League Finals Champions League Total
                               
1 GK   Mathew Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 FW   Daniel McBreen 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0
3 DF   Joshua Rose 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF   Pedj Bojić 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 DF   Patrick Zwaanswijk 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 0
7 MF   John Hutchinson 8 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 1 0
9 FW   Bernie Ibini-Isei 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF   Tom Rogić 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 MF   Oliver Bozanic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 DF   Brent Griffiths 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
14 MF   Michael McGlinchey 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
16 DF   Trent Sainsbury 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
18 MF   Nick Montgomery 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
19 FW   Mitchell Duke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
21 FW   Mile Sterjovski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 DF   Hayden Morton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 MF   Nicholas Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Awards edit

References edit

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External links edit