2005–06 Central Coast Mariners season

The 2005-06 season was the first for both the Central Coast Mariners and the Hyundai A-League

Central Coast Mariners FC

2005-06 season
Manager	Lawrie McKinna
A-League	3rd
Finals	2nd
Pre-season cup	1st
Top goalscorer	S. Petrie - 8
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Compared with its Sydney rival, the Central Coast Mariners had a far more low-key buildup to the inaugural A-League season. The majority of its squad were experienced players from the defunct National Soccer League. They generally exceeded most expectations, having a very successful season, culminating in two solid displays in the preliminary competitions and reaching the grand final in the A-League.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 First team squad 2 Matches 2.1 2005-06 Pre-season fixtures 2.2 Phillips International Soccer Sevens 2.3 Club World Cup Qualification Competition 2.4 2005 Pre-Season Cup 2.5 2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures 2.6 2005-06 Finals series 2.7 Ladder 2.8 Finals 3 Statistics 3.1 Goal scorers 4 End of Year Awards

Players

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK John Crawley 2 MF Wayne O'Sullivan 3 DF Paul O'Grady 4 MF Noel Spencer (captain) 5 DF Michael Beauchamp 6 MF André Gumprecht 7 MF John Hutchinson 8 DF Dean Heffernan 9 FW Nick Mrdja 10 MF Tom Pondeljak 11 MF Damien Brown 12 FW Stewart Petrie 13 FW Russell Woodruffe

No. Position Player 14 MF Leo Carle 15 DF Andrew Clark 16 DF Nigel Boogaard 17 MF Matthew Osman 18 DF Alex Wilkinson 19 FW Adam Kwasnik 20 GK Danny Vukovic 21 MF Ian Ferguson Short term cover 22 MF Jamie McMaster Short term cover 23 MF Brad Porter Short term cover 24 FW Dez Giraldi Short term cover 30 GK Matthew Trott Short term cover

See also: List of Central Coast Mariners F.C. players

Matches

2005-06 Pre-season fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd
1	30 March 2005	Central Coast	3-0	Gladesville Spirit	Unknown
2	14 April 2005	Central Coast	9-0	Wyoming FC	Unknown
3	19 April 2005	Central Coast	3-3	Manly United	Unknown
4	25 April 2005	Central Coast	3-0	Blacktown City	No public access
5	27 April 2005	Central Coast	2-0	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Unknown
6	8 July 2005	Central Coast	6-0	Townsville	Unknown
7	9 July 2005	Central Coast	1-2	Queensland Roar	Unknown
8	12 July 2005	Central Coast	3-0	Central Coast select XI	1500
9	16 July 2005	Central Coast	2-0	New Zealand Knights	Unknown

Phillips International Soccer Sevens

The Mariners competed in Phillips International soccer sevens tournament played in Hong Kong. Their group featured three of the biggest teams in the world, PSV, Manchester United and Celtic. The Mariners caused one of the upsets of the tournament by defeating a somewhat understrength Manchester United 2-1.

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd
1	28 May 2005	HKF Association Chairman's Select	2-1	Central Coast	Unknown
2	28 May 2005	Central Coast	2-0	Hong Kong Football Club 2	Unknown
3	28 May 2005	Central Coast	0-0	Celtic	Unknown
Quarter Final	29 May 2005	Central Coast	2-1	Manchester United	Unknown
Semi Final	29 May 2005	Central Coast	0-1	PSV	Unknown

Club World Cup Qualification Competition

The Mariners were runners-up to Sydney FC in the qualifying tournament held to determine Australia's entry in the FIFA Club World Cup, losing in the grand final 1-0.

	Round 1 (7 May)					Semi-finals (11 May)					Finals (15 May)
							Perth Glory	1
							Sydney FC	2
		Sydney FC	3
		Queensland Roar	0
												Central Coast Mariners	0
												Sydney FC	1
		Central Coast Mariners (PEN)	0 (4)
		Newcastle Jets	0 (2)
							Central Coast Mariners	4
							Adelaide United	0
		Adelaide United (PEN)	0 (4)
		Melbourne Victory	0 (1)

2005 Pre-Season Cup

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Sydney FC	7	3	2	1	0	5	1
Central Coast	6	3	2	0	1	4	3
Queensland Roar FC	4	3	1	1	1	6	3
New Zealand Knights FC	0	3	0	0	3	1	9

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 August
	Melbourne Victory	1
	Central Coast Mariners	3
					21 August
					Central Coast Mariners	1
					Perth Glory	0
	14 August
	Sydney FC	0
	Perth Glory	1

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 26 August 2005	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium
20:00 UTC+8		Report Summary	Spencer  66'	Attendance: 11,113 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 2 4 September 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium
15:00 UTC+10	Petrie  69'	Report Summary	Milicic  25'	Attendance: 5,917 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 3 10 September 2005	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 2	New Zealand Knights	Bluetongue Stadium
19:35 UTC+10		Report Summary	Yeo  69' Devine  80'	Attendance: 5,261 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 4 16 September 2005	Sydney FC	2 : 3	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium
20:00 UTC+10	Packer  13' Yorke  72'	Report Summary	Petrie  20' (pen.) Gumprecht  35' Spencer  90+1'	Attendance: 15,614 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 5 25 September 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30	Valkanis  34'	Report Summary	Kwasnik  19'	Attendance: 7,013 Referee: Angelo Nardi

Round 6 30 September 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium
20:00 UTC+10	Heffernan  33'	Report Summary	Thompson  73' Leijer  81'	Attendance: 9,313 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7 7 October 2005	Queensland Roar	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium
20:00 UTC+10	Seo  57'	Report Summary	Spencer  41'	Attendance: 13,195 Referee: Perry Mur

Round 8 16 October 2005	Central Coast Mariners	4 : 0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium
17:00 UTC+10	Petrie  14', 48' Heffernan  85' Spencer  90+3'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 9 23 October 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Energy Australia Stadium
17:00 UTC+10	Parisi  88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,371 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 10 29 October 2005	New Zealand Knights	1 : 3	Central Coast Mariners	North Harbour Stadium
20:00 UTC+12	Yeo  7' (pen.)	Report Summary	Heffernan  4' Petrie  49', 72' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,583 Referee: Neil Fox

Round 11 5 November 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 5	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium
20:00 UTC+11	Hutchinson  40'	Report Summary	Yorke  9' (pen.) Talay  14' Petrovski  23', 68', 83'	Attendance: 10,529 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 12 13 November 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium
	Hutchinson  12'		Rech  90' Dodd  85'	Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 13 18 November 2005	Melbourne Victory	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Olympic Park Stadium
			Heffernan  75' Hutchinson  38'	Attendance: 13,892 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 14 25 November 2005	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 2	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heffernan  89' Osman  56'		Brosque  7', 78' Baird  75'	Attendance: 5,194 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15 4 December 2005	Perth Glory	2 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium
	Ishida  65' Ward  54'		Petrie  12' Hutchinson  8'	Attendance: 7,428 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 16 31 December 2005	Central Coast Mariners	4 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium
	Hutchinson  71', 82' Brown  30' Gumprecht  3'		Coveny  85' Corbo  56'	Attendance: 11,612 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 17 8 January 2006	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heffernan  90'			Attendance: 7,257 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 18 14 January 2006	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium
	Carney  61'		Pondeljak  52'	Attendance: 15,977 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 19 20 January 2006	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Veart  50' (pen.)		Kwasnik  54'	Attendance: 13,008 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 20 27 January 2006	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heffernan  88' Spencer  28', 62'		Ferrante  13'	Attendance: 11,945 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 21 4 February 2006	Queensland Roar	2 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium
	Baird  60' Brosque  3'		O'Sullivan  81' Petrie  33'	Attendance: 13,641 Referee: Ben Williams

2005-06 Finals series

Semi-Final Leg 1 10 February 2006	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium
			Osman  76'	Attendance: 10,236 Referee: Ben Williams

Semi-Final Leg 2 17 February 2006	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heffernan  79'		Thompson  28'	Attendance: 17,429 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Preliminary Final 26 February 2006	Adelaide United	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
			Pondeljak  7'	Attendance: 11,405 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Grand Final 5 March 2006	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Aussie Stadium
	Corica  62'			Attendance: 41,689 Referee: Mark Shield

Ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	35	25	+10sm=n	43
2	Sydney FC	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7sm=n	36
3	Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	33	28	+5sm=n	32
4	Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	-2sm=n	31
5	Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5sm=n	29
6	Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5sm=n	28
7	Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2sm=n	26
8	New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	-32sm=n	6

Finals

	Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
			L1	L2
		February 10 & 17
	1	Adelaide United	2	1									4 March
	2	Sydney FC	2	2				25 February					Sydney FC	1
								Adelaide United	0				Central Coast Mariners	0
		February 12 & 19						Central Coast Mariners	1
	3	Central Coast Mariners	1	1
	4	Newcastle Jets	0	1

Statistics

Goal scorers

Player	Goals
Stewart Petrie	8
Dean Heffernan	7
John Hutchinson	6
Noel Spencer	6
Andre Gumprecht	2
Adam Kwasnik	2

End of Year Awards

• Mariners Medallist - player of the year, as voted by Club members:
  • Michael Beauchamp
• Chairman's Award - awarded for outstanding service to the club:
  • John Hutchinson and Ben Coonan (Mariners' media officer) (shared)
• Golden Boot (top goalscorer):
  • Stewart Petrie
• Jesters' Pies Marinators' Goal of the Year:
  • Noel Spencer, round 1 vs Perth Glory
• Central Coast Mariners Members Player of the Year Award:
  • Andre Gumprecht

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