2009–10 Central Coast Mariners season

Central Coast Mariners FC

2009-10 season

Manager

Lawrie McKinna

A-League

8th

AFC Champions League

Group Stage - 4th

← 4th - 2008-09

2010–11 →

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

1 A-League 2009/10 Senior Squad
2 A-League 2009/10 Youth League Squad
3 Friendlies
4 AFC Asian Champions League
5 2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures
- 5.1 League table
6 Goal scorers
7 References

A-League 2009/10 Senior 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	Andrew Redmayne
2	MF	Matthew Crowell
3	MF	Shane Huke
4	DF	Predrag Bojić
5	MF	Brad Porter
7	MF	John Hutchinson (Vice-Captain)
9	FW	Nik Mrdja
10	MF	Panny Nikas
11	FW	Dylan Macallister
12	MF	Matthew Lewis

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Jonathan Brown
15	DF	Andrew Clark
16	DF	Nigel Boogaard
17	DF	Chris Doig
18	DF	Alex Wilkinson (Captain)
19	FW	Matthew Simon
20	GK	Danny Vukovic
21	MF	Ahmed Elrich
22	MF	Nicky Travis
23	FW	Adam Kwasnik

A-League 2009/10 Youth League 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	Matthew Ryan
3	DF	Jerry Kalouris
4	DF	Matthew Liddall
5	DF	Luka Dukic
6	DF	Manny Giannaros (captain)
7	MF	Matthew Lewis
8	MF	Nicholas Fitzgerald
9	FW	Gavin Forbes
10	MF	Panni Nikas

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Mitchell Mallia
12	MF	Graz Trimboli
14	FW	Brady Smith
15	DF	Adam Ormsby
17	MF	David Gullo
20	GK	Nik Matic
30?	GK	Nathan Kenyon
??	DF	Nathan Sherlock
??	MF	Brendan Griffin

Note: Over age or senior contracted players do not have specific shirt numbers. Instead, senior players use any shirt number not used by the match-day youth squad.

Friendlies

1 February 2009 0:00	Jiangsu Sainty	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing Attendance: 10,000
				Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing Attendance: 10,000

1 February 2009 0:00	Shandong Luneng	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Shandong Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 10,000
				Shandong Stadium, Jinan Attendance: 10,000

AFC Asian Champions League

Main article: AFC Champions League 2009

Champions League squad

Players in bold have represented their country at senior international level. 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	Matthew Nash
2	MF	André Gumprecht
3	DF	Shane Huke (ACL)
4	DF	Predrag Bojić
5	MF	Brad Porter
6	DF	David D'Apuzzo
7	MF	John Hutchinson
8	DF	Dean Heffernan
9	FW	Nik Mrdja
10	MF	Adrian Caceres
11	FW	Dylan Macallister
12	MF	Greg Owens
13	DF	Paul O'Grady
15	DF	Andrew Clark

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Nigel Boogaard
17	MF	Matthew Osman
18	DF	Alex Wilkinson (captain)
19	FW	Matt Simon
20	GK	Danny Vukovic
21	MF	Ahmad Elrich
22	MF	Nick Rizzo (ACL)
23	FW	Adam Kwasnik (ACL)
24	MF	Andrea Merenda
25	DF	Nathan Sherlock (ACL/youth)
26	FW	Brady Smith (ACL/youth)
27	MF	Matthew Lewis (ACL/youth)
30	GK	Andrew Redmayne (youth)

Long Term Injuries (not in ACL Squad)

None

Squad changes for champions league

In:

Andrea Merenda - From Calcio Lecco
Shane Huke - From Dagenham & Redbridge
Nick Rizzo - From Perth Glory
Adam Kwasnik - From Wellington Phoenix
Nathan Sherlock - From x
Brady Smith - From x
Matthew Lewis - From Blacktown City Demons

Out:

Group H Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	1	8
Central Coast Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	-8	2

Fixtures

11 March 2009 20:00	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 6,870 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report

18 March 2009 20:00	Tianjin Teda	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
	Éber Luís 37' Wu Wei'an 66'	Report	Caceres 49' Simon 62'

8 April 2009 20:00	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 5	Kawasaki Frontale	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 9,419 Referee: Irmatov Ravshan (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Chong Tese 8' Taniguchi 22' Júnior 37' Nakamura 49' Renatinho 70'

21 April 2009 19:00	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki Attendance: 8,419 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
	Juninho 46' Renatinho 81'	Report	Simon 59'

5 May 2009 13:00	Pohang Steelers	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Steelyard Stadium, Pohang Attendance: 11,539 Referee: Masoud Hasanali (Iran)
	Denilson 8', 77', 88'	Report	Kwasnik 54', 57'

19 May 2009 19:00	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Tianjin Teda	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
		Report	Mao 64'

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

6 August 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10		Report Summary	Simon 10' McGlinchey 16'	Attendance: 18,885 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 August 2009	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10	Boogaard 50'	Report Summary	Song 47'	Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Ben Williams

22 August 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 10,029 Referee: Strebre Delovski

29 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10	Moore 11'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,433 Referee: Ben Williams

4 September 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
20:00 UTC+10	Wilkinson 42' Simon 89'	Report Summary	Sterjovski 82'	Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Ben Williams

11 September 2009	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Cássio 33'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,262 Referee: Strebre Delovski

19 September 2009	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+10	Travis 26' Simon 54' Hutchinson 70'	Report Summary	Smeltz 9', 69'	Attendance: 7,943 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 September 2009	Wellington Phoenix	0 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 UTC+13		Report Summary		Attendance: 6,769 Referee: Michael Hester

5 October 2009	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+11	McFlynn 20'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,887 Referee: Matthew Breeze

11 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+11	Simon 1'	Report Summary	McBreen 75'	Attendance: 8,042 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

17 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	0 : 3	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:30 UTC+10		Report Summary	Travis 4' Hutchinson 18' Bojić 70'	Attendance: 7,434 Referee: Peter Green

23 October 2009	Newcastle Jets	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Bridges 8' Haliti 14'	Report Summary	Kwasnik 19'	Attendance: 6,188 Referee: Strebre Delovski

31 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Adelaide United	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
19:00 UTC+11	Crowell 78', 83'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,437 Referee: Ben Williams

7 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 4	Central Coast Mariners	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Kwasnik 15' Simon 75' Heffernan 80' Mrdja 84'	Attendance: 18,531 Referee: Strebre Delovski

21 November 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 5	Central Coast Mariners	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	R. Griffiths 68'	Report Summary	Bojić 22' Mrdja 35', 59' A. Elrich 62' Hutchinson 82'	Attendance: 7,587 Referee: Gerard Parsons

27 November 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Gerard Parsons

5 December 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 67' Barisić 76'	Report Summary	Simon 38'	Attendance: 4,117 Referee: Peter Green

12 December 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Hernández 57' Kemp 70' Boogaard 77' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,571 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

23 December 2009	Sydney FC	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:30 UTC+11	Brosque 34'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,689 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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 December 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 2	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Ifill 47' (pen.), 81'	Attendance: 11,137 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 January 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11	Mrdja 3'	Report Summary	Brockie 20'	Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

15 January 2010	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	T. Dodd 43'	Report Summary	Mrdja 39' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Chris Beath

22 January 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11	Mrdja 68' (pen.) Boogaard 69', 90+1'	Report Summary	J. Porter 66'	Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Chris Beath

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^[1]	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

12 February 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13	T. Brown 14' Ifill 79', 81'	Report Summary		Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Chris Beath

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney FC	27	15	3	9	35	23	42+12	48
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	45+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	34+4	44
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	38+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	36+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	18−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	13−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	33+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	20−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	21−9	29
11	Melbourne Heart	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0
12	Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0

Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.

Goal scorers

Last updated 26 October 2009

Name	A-League	ACL	Total
Matt Simon	5	2	7
Adam Kwasnik	2	2	4
Nik Mrdja	4	0	4
Nicky Travis	3	0	3
John Hutchinson	2	0	2
Pedj Bojić	2	0	2
Adrian Caceres*	0	1	1
Michael McGlinchey	1	0	1
Dylan Macallister	1	0	1
Nigel Boogaard	1	0	1
Ahmad Elrich	1	0	1
Dean Heffernan	1	0	1
Alex Wilkinson	1	0	1

* no longer a member of the Mariners

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men (Olympic team U23 · Under-20 · Under-17) · Women · Women's Under-20

Current national leagues	A-League · Youth League · W-League

Former leagues	National Soccer League · National Soccer Youth League · Women's National Soccer League

Cup competitions	Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed)

Domestic leagues	Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia

A-League

Champions · Records · Foreign players · Players

Seasons	2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Grand Finals	2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011

2011–12 Clubs	Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Central Coast Mariners · Gold Coast United · Melbourne Heart · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney FC · Wellington Phoenix

Former Clubs	New Zealand Knights · North Queensland Fury

Associated competitions	W-League · National Youth League · A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) · AFC Champions League · FFA Cup (proposed)

Central Coast Mariners Football Club

Players · Records · W-League

History	History

Home stadium	Bluetongue Stadium

League	A-League

Seasons (6)	2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011-12

Championships (0)	Nil

Premierships (1)	2007-08

Managers	Lawrie McKinna (2005-2010) · Graham Arnold (2010-)

Captains	Noel Spencer (2005-2007) · Alex Wilkinson (2008-)

Rivalries	The F3 Derby · NSW derby

website: www.centralcoastmariners.com.au

W-League

Champions · Records · Foreign players

Seasons	2008–09 · 2009 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Grand Finals	2009 (Jan) · 2009 (Dec) · 2011 · 2012

Clubs	Adelaide United · Brisbane Roar · Canberra United · Central Coast Mariners · Melbourne Victory · Newcastle Jets · Perth Glory · Sydney FC

Central Coast Mariners W-League

Club	Bluetongue Stadium · List of players

Coach	Stephen Roche · Captain: Caitlin Cooper

Seasons	2008-09 · 2009

2009 AFC Champions League

Champions	Pohang Steelers

Runners-up	Al-Ittihad

Eliminated in Semi-finals	Nagoya Grampus • Umm-Salal

Eliminated in Quarter finals	Bunyodkor • Pakhtakor Tashkent • FC Seoul • Kawasaki Frontale

Eliminated in Round of 16	Al-Ettifaq • Al-Hilal • Al-Shabab • Gamba Osaka • Kashima Antlers • Newcastle United Jets • Persepolis • Suwon Bluewings

Eliminated in group stage	Al-Ahli • Al-Gharafa • Al-Jazira • Al-Shabab • Beijing Guoan • Central Coast Mariners • Esteghlal • Saba Qom • Sepahan • Shandong Luneng • Shanghai Shenhua • Sharjah † • Singapore Armed Forces • Sriwijaya • Tianjin Teda • Ulsan Hyundai † Withdrew from the competition after 4 matches.

Schedule • Qualifying play-off • Group stage • Knockout stage • Final

2009–10 in Australian association football

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2010–11 »

Domestic leagues

A-League (Grand Final) · National Youth League · W–League (Grand Final)

Asian competitions

Champions League ('09, '10)

National team

Men's	Results ('09, '10) · 2010 FIFA World Cup (Group D)

Women's	Results ('09, '10) · 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Club seasons