List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

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Central Coast Mariners FC

This is a list of football (soccer) players who have played for Central Coast Mariners FC. It includes players that have played at least one match, either as a starting player or a substitute, for the Mariners in the A-League competition and the finals series. The Pre-Season Cup competition is not included.

The A-League is the premier domestic association football competition in Australia. It was founded in 2004, and the Central Coast Mariners were one of the eight inaugural clubs to participate in the new competition.^[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.^[2] Central Coast finished as runner-up in the 2005–06 season, losing in the Grand Final to Sydney FC.^[3]

Central Coast have had seven players compete for them who have been capped at international level – six Australians and one Scot. This includes the current record-holder for goals for the Australian national team, Damian Mori, who played eight matches for the Mariners in the 2006–07 A-League season and two in the 2007–08 season.^[4]

1 Records
2 Notable players
3 List of players
4 Notes
5 References

[edit] Records

As of October 13, 2007. Only A-League matches are counted.

Club captain Alex Wilkinson and striker Adam Kwasnik have played the most games for the Mariners in A-League competition, with 47. Wilkinson played in every competitive match for the Central Coast Mariners during the first two seasons of the A-League competition.^[5]

Australian Adam Kwasnik has scored the most goals for Central Coast in the A-League competition, with 11. Kwasnik has also converted the most penalty kicks for the Mariners, with four.^[6]

[edit] Notable players

The Mariners have secured the services of a number of internationally-capped players since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included six members of the Australian national team, including three (Tony Vidmar, Michael Beauchamp, Nik Mrdja) who played in the Socceroo team whilst playing for Central Coast.^[7]^[8] Central Coast have also had one Scottish international, Ian Ferguson make a short-term appearance.^[9]

Ian Ferguson (2005–06), who played nine international matches for Scotland between 1988 and 1997. This included six FIFA World Cup qualification matches, spanning the 1990, 1994 and 1998 qualifying series.^[10]

Michael Beauchamp (2005–06), who has played nine international matches for Australian national team since debuting in 2006.^[11] He was a member of the 23-man Australian squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, however did not make an appearance during the tournament.^[12] Beauchamp signed a one-year loan contract with the Bundesliga club 1. FC Nuremberg at the end of the 2005–06 A-League season.^[13]

Damian Mori (2006), who was capped 45 times for the Australian national team between 1992 and 2002. Mori, a striker, is the all-time top goal scorer for the Australian national team, with 29.^[14] He holds the record for most appearances (430) and most goals (235) in Australian domestic competition, predominantly from the now-defunct National Soccer League.^[15]

Tony Vidmar (2006–08), who played 75 matches for the Australian national team between 1991 and 2005.^[16] Vidmar, the third most capped Australian ever at international level,^[17] played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns; most notably, his converted penalty during the shootout against Uruguay in the qualification match for 2006.^[18]

Sasho Petrovski (2007–present), who has made two appearances for Australia.^[19] Debuting in 2001 against Japan, he has scored one goal for the national team.^[19] Petrovski was a member of the Sydney FC team that defeated Central Coast in the inaugural A-League grand final.^[20]

Tom Pondeljak (2005–08), who has made four appearances for Australia. Pondeljak made his four appearances all during 2002.^[21]

Nik Mrdja (2005–present), who made his international debut against Argentina when coming on as a late substitute.^[22]

John Aloisi (2007–08), who made his debut for the Socceroos back in 1997. He has made 54 appearances for the national team. He became an Australian hero by scoring the winning penalty in the 2005 World Cup Qualifier against Uruguay in Sydney.^[23]

[edit] List of players

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for A-League regular season and finals matches only. Substitute appearances included. "Matches for CCM" dates are from the season of first game for the Mariners to the season of last game for the Mariners, with 'present' used if still at the club. As of October 1, 2007.

Dean Heffernan, who scored eight goals from left back in A-League 2005–06 for Central Coast.

Position key
GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward

Name	Position	Matches for CCM	Appearances	Goals
Crawley, JohnJohn Crawley	GK	2005–2007	5	0
O'Sullivan, WayneWayne O'Sullivan	DF, MF	2005–2007	37	1
Spencer, NoelNoel Spencer	MF	2005–2007	41	6
O'Grady, PaulPaul O'Grady	DF	2005–present	19	1
Beauchamp, MichaelMichael Beauchamp	DF	2005–2006	22	0
Gumprecht, AndreAndre Gumprecht	MF	2005–present	41	2
Hutchinson, JohnJohn Hutchinson	FW	2005–present	40	7
Heffernan, DeanDean Heffernan	DF	2005–2006 2007–present	29	8
McMaster, JamieJamie McMaster	MF	2005–2007	25	1
Pondeljak, TomTom Pondeljak	MF, FW	2005–2008	40	6
Brown, DamienDamien Brown	DF	2005–present	38	1
Petrie, StewartStewart Petrie	MF, FW	2005–2007	41	10
Woodruffe, RussellRussell Woodruffe	FW	2005–2006	5	0
Carle, LeoLeo Carle	MF	2005–2006	7	0
Clark, AndrewAndrew Clark	DF	2005–present	41	0
Boogaard, NigelNigel Boogaard	DF	2005–present	8	0
Osman, MatthewMatthew Osman	MF	2005–present	39	2
Wilkinson, AlexAlex Wilkinson	DF	2005–present	47	0
Kwasnik, AdamAdam Kwasnik	FW	2005–present	47	11
Vukovic, DannyDanny Vukovic	GK	2005–present	46	0
Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	MF	2005–2006	3	0
Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar	DF	2006–2008	19	0
Tomasevic, VukoVuko Tomasevic	DF	2006–2007	11	0
Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak	MF	2006–present	15	0
Mori, DamianDamian Mori	FW	2006	11	6
Porter, BradBrad Porter	MF	2006–present	7	0
Mrdja, NikNik Mrdja	FW	2006–present	9	3
Trott, MatthewMatthew Trott	GK	2006–present	2	0
Owens, GregGreg Owens	MF	2007–present	2	0
Petrovski, SashoSasho Petrovski	FW	2007–present	7	3
Simon, MattMatt Simon	FW	2007–present	4	0