2009–10 Gold Coast United season

Gold Coast United FC
2009–10 season
Manager Miron Bleiberg
A-League 3rd
Top goalscorer S. Smeltz - 19
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2009–10 season was Gold Coast United's inaugural season in the A-League, becoming one of two new expansion clubs in the Australian state of Queensland.

Contents

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 Jess Vanstrattan
2 MF Steve Pantelidis
3 DF Michael Thwaite
4 DF Daniel Piorkowski
5 MF Robson
7 MF Zenon Caravella
8 MF Jefferson
9 FW Shane Smeltz
10 MF Jason Čulina (Marquee) (Captain)
11 MF Charlie Miller
13 DF Bas van den Brink
14 FW Joel Porter
No. Position Player
15 FW Tahj Minniecon (Junior Marquee)
16 DF Kristian Rees
17 MF Matthew Osman
18 MF James Brown (Youth)
19 FW Andrew Barisic
20 GK Scott Higgins
21 MF Richard Greer (Youth)
22 DF Adama Traore (Youth)
23 MF Steve Fitzsimmons
24 MF Anderson (Injury replacement player*)
36 DF Dino Đulbić (Injury replacement player**)

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009-10 Finals series

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:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated February 16, 2010

Name Friendlies A-League Finals Total
Shane Smeltz 2 19 0 21
Milson 3 1 0 4
Andrew Barisic 3 1 0 4
Jason Culina 1 3 0 4
Joel Porter 1 5 0 6
Michael Thwaite 2 0 0 2
Gol Gol Mebrahtu 2 0 0 2
Steve Pantelidis 2 0 0 2
Robson 0 1 0 1
Tahj Minniecon 0 1 0 1
Bas Van den Brink 0 1 0 1
Steve Fitzsimmons 0 1 0 1
Adama Traore 1 0 0 1
Steve Lustica 1 0 0 1
Matthew Osman 1 0 0 1

References

  1. ^ North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009
  2. ^ New Caledonia 0 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  3. ^ Debut goal for Culina in 4-0 win for United www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  4. ^ Barisic & Milson doubles sink Hong Kong FC www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  5. ^ [1] Gold Coast United confirm Byron Bay date www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  6. ^ a b Byron Bay Select 1 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
  7. ^ Heroic comeback by ten-man United http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 18 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
  8. ^ Perth Glory Bunbury bound Bunbury Mail, 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009
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