2010–11 in Australian football

The 2010-11 season is the 128th season of competitive association football in Australia.

The season began on 27 February 2010 for the New South Wales Premier League,[1] Most other state leagues started within two weeks.

The 2010-11 A-League season kicked off on Thursday, 5 August 2010.[2]

Contents

Promotion & Relegation (pre-season)

Teams promoted to the A-League 2010-11

Teams promoted to the New South Wales Premier League 2010

Teams demoted to the New South Wales Super League

Teams promoted to the Victorian Premier League 2010

Teams demoted to the Victorian State League Division One

Managerial changes

A-League

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Central Coast Mariners Lawrie McKinna Reassigned 9 February 2010[3] 8th (09–10) Graham Arnold 10 February 2010[4] Pre-season
Melbourne Heart
N/A (New Club)
 John van 't Schip[5] 12 October 2009 Pre-season
North Queensland Fury Ian Ferguson Moved to Perth Glory (asst.) 6 April 2010[6] 7th (09-10) Frantisek Straka 7 June 2010 Pre-season
Adelaide United Aurelio Vidmar Promoted to Olyroos coach & Socceroos assistant coach 3 June 2010[7] 10th (09–10) TBA TBA Pre-season

New South Wales Premier League

Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date
Sydney United FC Ante Milicic Mutual Agreement 18 November 2009[8] David Zdrilic 4 December 2009[9]
Blacktown City Demons FC Ken Schembri Resigned 15 October 2009[10] Aytek Genc 15 October 2009
Manly United Phil Moss Moved to CCM as assistant coach to Graham Arnold. 14 May 2010[11] Craig Midgley 14 May 2010

Victorian Premier League

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Retirements

National team

International Friendlies

24 May 2010
 Australia  2 – 1  New Zealand MCG, Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 55,659
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
Dario Vidošić  56'
Brett Holman  90+3'		 Report Chris Killen  16'
1 June 2010
 Australia  1 - 0  Denmark Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Attendance: 6,000
Kennedy  71' Report
5 June 2010
 Australia  1 - 3  United States Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Attendance: 6,000
Cahill  17' Buddle  4', 31'
Gomez
11 August 2010
UTC+2
 Slovenia  2 - 0  Australia Športni park Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Dedic  78'
Ljubijankic  90+1'		 Report
3 September 2010
UTC+2
 Switzerland  0 – 0  Australia AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Attendance: 14, 660
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
Report
7 September 2010
UTC+2
 Poland  1 – 2  Australia Stadion Miejski, Krakow, Poland
Lewandowski  18' Report Brett Holman  13'
Wilkshire  pen' (26)
9 October 2010
UTC+2
 Australia  1 – 0  Paraguay Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 25,210
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Carney  53' Report
17 November 2010
UTC+2
 Egypt  3 – 0  Australia TBA, Cairo, Egypt

2011 Asian Cup Qualifiers

6 January 2010
 Kuwait  2 – 2  Australia Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Bandar  40'
Naser  44'		 Report Wilkshire  2'
Heffernan  4'
3 March 2010
 Australia  1 – 0  Indonesia Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,422
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
Milligan  42' (Report)

2010 FIFA World Cup (South Africa)

13 June 2010
20:30 UTC+2
 Germany  4 – 0  Australia Moses Mabhida Stadium
Attendance: 62,660
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Podolski  8'
Klose  26'
Müller  67'
Cacau  70'		 Report
19 June 2010
16:00 UTC+2
 Ghana  1 – 1  Australia Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Attendance: 34,812
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Gyan  25' (pen.) Report Holman  11'
23 June 2010
20:30 UTC+2
 Australia  2 - 1  Serbia Mbombela Stadium
Attendance: 37,836
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Cahill  69'
Holman  73'		 Report Pantelić  84'

Goal scorers

Player Goals
Brett Holman 4
Tim Cahill 2
Luke Wilkshire 2
Dean Heffernan 1
Mark Milligan 1
Dario Vidošić 1
Joshua Kennedy 1
David Carney 1

League Tables

2010-11 Hyundai A-League

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Brisbane Roar 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19
Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
  
Teams qualify for finals.
Updated to Week 27
Teams qualify for AFC Champions League.

2010 NSWPL

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 17 10 2 5 33 16 +17 32 Top 5 to Qualify for Finals
2 Sydney United FC 17 9 3 5 30 16 +14 30
3 Marconi Stallions FC 17 10 5 2 22 17 +5 35
4 Blacktown City Demons FC 17 9 4 4 29 20 +9 31
5 Sutherland Sharks FC 17 8 7 2 26 18 +8 31
6 Bankstown City Lions FC 17 6 8 3 29 28 +1 26
7 Rockdale City Suns FC 16 4 3 9 17 18 −1 15
8 APIA Tigers 16 6 7 3 23 31 −8 25
9 South Coast Wolves FC 17 4 9 4 20 34 −14 21
10 Sydney Olympic FC 17 4 10 3 25 31 −6 22
11 Manly United FC 14 3 8 3 14 22 −8 17
12 West Sydney Berries FC 16 2 9 5 13 34 −21 15

Source: NSW Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

2010 VPL

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Richmond SC 16 9 2 5 24 20 +4 29 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Oakleigh Cannons FC 15 8 3 4 24 18 +6 27
3 Green Gully SC 16 7 2 7 22 18 +4 020*
4 Hume City FC 15 7 4 4 26 22 +4 25
5 Dandenong Thunder SC 16 7 3 6 18 22 −4 24
6 Northcote City SC 15 6 2 7 28 23 +5 20
7 Bentleigh Greens SC 14 5 3 6 17 24 −7 18
8 South Melbourne FC 15 6 4 5 26 21 +5 22
9 Melbourne Knights FC 16 5 4 7 21 23 −2 19
10 Heidelberg United FC 14 4 6 4 24 25 −1 18
11 Sunshine George Cross FC 15 4 3 8 15 27 −12 012* Relegation to the Vic State League Div 1
12 Altona Magic SC 15 3 4 8 28 30 −2 010*

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Trophy & League Champions

Competition Winner Details Match Report
Hyundai A-League Premiers
Hyundai A-League Champions
New South Wales Premier League Bonnyrigg White Eagles (Premiers)
Blacktown City Demons (Champions)		 Premiers Report
Championship Report
Victorian Premier League
NSW Waratah Cup Marconi Stallions 0-0 (7-6 penalties) Report

Australian clubs in international competition

Summary

Club Competition Final round
Melbourne Victory 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage
Sydney FC 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage

      Win       Tie       Loss

Melbourne Victory

Sydney FC

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