2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

Gold Coast United FC

2009–10 season
Manager	Miron Bleiberg
A-League	3rd
Top goalscorer	S. Smeltz – 19
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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.

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as 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**)

• * Injury replacement player for Jefferson.
• ** Injury replacement player for Piorkowski.

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

23 June 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10[1]	Pantelidis  85' Lustica  89'	Report		Attendance: 3,000

27 June 2009	New Caledonia	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Stade Numa Daly, Noumea
17:00 UTC+10[2]		Report	Barisic  5' Osman  68' Mebrahtu  78' Pantelidis  86' Thwaite  89'

1 July 2009	Young Lions	0 : 4	Gold Coast United	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
17:00 UTC+10[3]		Report	Qalyyim  27' (o.g) Thwaite  35' Porter  51' Culina  81'

3 July 2009	Hong Kong FC	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Happy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+10[4]		Report	Milson  30'  31' Mebrahtu  46' Barisic  51'  81'

8 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Fulham FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10	Milson  80' Smeltz  86'	Report	Murphy  15'	Attendance: 10,336

12 July 2009	Byron Bay Select XI	1 : 5	Gold Coast United	Byron Recreation Grounds, Byron Bay
15:30 UTC+10[5]	Pantelidis  85' Lustica  89'	Report		Attendance: 2000

14 July 2009	Rochedale Rovers	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10[6]		Report	Spencer  66'

16 July 2009	Tweed Valley Kings	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10[6]		Report	Spencer  66'

18 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
15:00 UTC+10[7]	Traore  81' Smeltz  90+1' Thwaite	Report	Bojic  49' Kwasnik  53'	Referee: Matthew Gillett

25 July 2009	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Hands Oval
15:00 UTC+8[8]		Report	Porter  23'

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

8 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1 : 3	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk  90+1' (pen.)	Report Summary	Smeltz  17' Culina  59' Robson  90+3'	Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Peter Green

15 August 2009	Gold Coast United	5 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:30 UTC+10	Smeltz  30', 54' (pen.), 63', 64' Minniecon  80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Chris Beath

21 August 2009	Adelaide United	0 : 2	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30		Report Summary	Smeltz  13' Fitzsimmons  51'	Attendance: 12,741 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 August 2009	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+10	Rooney  39'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,390 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 September 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10	Smeltz  45+1', 56'	Report Summary	Corica  75'	Attendance: 6,406 Referee: Strebre Delovski

13 September 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 2	Gold Coast United	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8	Jelić  14' Sikora  16'	Report Summary	Burns  53' (o.g.) Smeltz  90+1'	Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Matthew Breeze

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

26 September 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina  18' (pen.) Fitzsimmons  29' Porter  45'	Report Summary	Hernández  22' A. Thompson  43' K. Muscat  86' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,603 Referee: Peter Green

2 October 2009	Gold Coast United	0 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Gerard Parsons

11 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
16:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Porter  31'	Attendance: 8,882 Referee: Ben Williams

18 October 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
16:00 UTC+10	Neville  13' (o.g.) Smeltz  56'	Report Summary	Howarth  55'	Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Matthew Breeze

25 October 2009	Wellington Phoenix	6 : 0	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13	Daniel  28', 53' T. Brown  48' Greenacre  54' Ifill  59' Hearfield  82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Peter O'Leary

31 October 2009	Gold Coast United	0 : 2	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Fowler  64', 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Craig Zetter

7 November 2009	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Sydney FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz  36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Ben Williams

20 November 2009	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Leckie  90+3'	Report Summary	Rees  33' Fitzsimmons  64'	Attendance: 9,578 Referee: Chris Beath

28 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	Gold Coast United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Kruse  28' Ward  45+1' A. Thompson  54', 68'	Report Summary		Attendance: 20,537 Referee: Ben Williams

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

13 December 2009	Newcastle Jets	3 : 2	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Wheelhouse  6' Rooney  70' Petrovski  82'	Report Summary	Smeltz  44' (pen.), 84'	Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Ben Williams

20 December 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 UTC+10	Smeltz  3' Miller  76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2009	Gold Coast United	5 : 1	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10	Rees  45+1', 53' Smeltz  50' (pen.), 61', 77'	Report Summary	McKay  7'	Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Strebre Delovski

9 January 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 1	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz  90+3'	Report Summary	T. Dodd  20'	Attendance: 4,505 Referee: Peter Green

13 January 2010	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina  33' J. Brown  38'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Chris Beath

17 January 2010	Sydney FC	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	J. Porter  19'	Attendance: 14,941 Referee: Ben Williams

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

29 January 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Caravella  77'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Chris Beath

7 February 2010	Gold Coast United	0 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Ifill  45+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,202 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 February 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Gold Coast United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Williams  9' Cooke  83'	Report Summary	J. Porter  62'	Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Ben Williams

2009–10 Finals series

Semi-Final 3 v 6 20 February 2010	Gold Coast United	0 : 0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10		(5–6 pen.) Report Summary		Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	2010 A-League Finals Series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2010 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2010 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

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

External links

• Official website

Gold Coast United FC Club History Players Records Seasons Ground Skilled Park Seasons (3) 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Managers Miron Bleiberg (2009–2012) Mike Mulvey (2012) Captains Jason Culina (2009–2011) Michael Thwaite (2011–2012) Rivalries Perth Glory (Iron Ore Cup) Brisbane Roar (M1 Derby)

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