2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Players

Technical staff

Statistics

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

References

External links

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers in

Transfers out

Squad statistics

Overall

A-League

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Qualifying play-off

Central Coast Mariners

2014–15 season

Chairman

Michael Charlesworth

Manager

Phil Moss
(to 6 March 2015)
Tony Walmsley (Head Coach) &

John Hutchinson (Interim Player/Coach)
(from 6 March 2015)

Stadium

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

8th

Top goalscorer

League: Mitchell Duke,
Matt Simon,
Fábio Ferreira, Eddy Bosnar (3 goals)
All: Matt Sim (5 goals)

Highest home attendance

12,102 vs Sydney FC
24 January 2015

Lowest home attendance

4,508 vs Adelaide United
7 February 2015

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season is the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

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	Matthew Nash
2	DF	Storm Roux
3	DF	Joshua Rose
4	MF	Jacob Poscoliero
5	DF	Zachary Anderson
6	DF	Brent Griffiths
7	MF	John Hutchinson (Captain)
8	MF	Nick Montgomery (Vice-captain)
10	MF	Anthony Cáceres
11	FW	Nicholas Fitzgerald
12	GK	Liam Reddy
15	MF	Matt Sim

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Liam Rose
17	MF	Richárd Vernes (on loan from Budapest Honvéd)
18	MF	Glen Trifiro
19	FW	Matt Simon
20	MF	Anthony Kalik
21	DF	Michael Neill
22	MF	Tom Slater
23	MF	Isaka Cernak
24	DF	Hayden Morton
25	DF	Eddy Bosnar
26	MF	Fábio Ferreira
29	MF	Dejan Pandurevic

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
20	MF	Anthony Kalik	16	Australian Institute of Sport	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	smh.com.au
16	MF	Liam Rose	17	Australian Institute of Sport	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	smh.com.au
14	FW	Malick Mané	25	IFK Göteborg	Loan	Pre-season	2015	footballaustralia.com.au
1	GK	Matthew Nash	33	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	ccmariners.com.au
17	MF	Richárd Vernes	22	Budapest Honvéd	Loan	Pre-season	2016	ccmariners.com.au
4	MF	Jacob Poscoliero	24	Blacktown City	Transfer	Pre-season	2015	a-league.com
27	DF	Zachary Cairncross	24	Blacktown City	Injury replacement	Round 2	2015	ccmariners.com.au
14	FW	Travis Major	24	Blacktown City	Transfer	Round 13	2015	ccmariners.com.au
29	MF	Dejan Pandurevic	17	Nike Academy	Transfer	Round 14	2015	ccmariners.com.au
26	MF	Fábio Ferreira	25	Adelaide United	Transfer	Round 16	2015	ccmariners.com.au

N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
21	FW	Mile Sterjovski	34		Retired	Pre-season	footballaustralia.com.au
23	FW	Adam Kwasnik	30		Retired	Pre-season	smh.com.au
1	GK	Justin Pasfield	29	Tampines Rovers	Released	Pre-season	tampinesroversfc.com
10	MF	Marcos Flores	28	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	Pre-season	footballaustralia.com.au
4	DF	Marcel Seip	32	FC Emmen	Released	Pre-season	fcemmen.nl
14	MF	Michael McGlinchey	27	Wellington Phoenix	Contract buyout	Pre-season	ccmariners.com.au
14	FW	Malick Mané	25	IFK Göteborg	Loan terminated	Round 10	ccmariners.com.au
26	MF	Kim Seung-yong	29	Qingdao Hainiu	Released	Round 13	ccmariners.com.au
14	FW	Travis Major	25	Blacktown City	Released	Round 27	ccmariners.com.au

Position	Name
Head Coach	Tony Walmsley
Player/Coach	John Hutchinson
Goalkeeping Coach	John Crawley
Physiotherapist	Tim Knight

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matthew Nash	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Storm Roux	20	0	4	0	0	15+2	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	FW		Josh Rose	28	3	5	0	0	24	2	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Jacob Poscoliero	18	0	4	0	0	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Zac Anderson	26	0	7	0	0	22	0	6	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Brent Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		John Hutchinson	30	1	8	0	0	25+1	1	8	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Nick Montgomery	23	1	5	1	0	18+2	1	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Anthony Cáceres	31	1	0	0	0	25+1	1	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	31	3	2	0	0	22+5	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0
12	GK		Liam Reddy	30	0	2	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Matt Sim	22	5	2	0	0	8+10	0	1	0	0	2+1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Liam Rose	7	0	1	0	0	3+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Richárd Vernes	10	1	1	0	0	5+3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Glen Trifiro	25	4	1	0	0	7+14	1	0	0	0	2+1	2	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Matt Simon	13	4	3	0	0	8+3	3	3	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Anthony Kalik	8	0	0	0	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Michael Neill	9	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Tom Slater	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Isaka Cernak	23	2	5	0	0	12+6	1	3	0	0	3+1	1	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Hayden Morton	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Eddy Bosnar	22	3	7	0	0	17+1	3	6	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Fábio Ferreira	10	3	1	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Adam Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
9	FW		Mitchell Duke	18	3	1	0	0	12+3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Malick Mané	6	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Travis Major	10	1	0	0	0	0+9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Kim Seung-Yong	6	1	1	0	0	2+3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Zachary Cairncross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Josh Bingham	4	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: ccmariners.com.au
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

12 August 2014	Central Coast Mariners	4 – 1	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Lisarow
Tuesday 19:00 AEST	Bosnar 41' Trifiro 55' Fitzgerald 72' (pen.) Petrillo 84'	Report	L. Bozanic 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Pluim Park

Craig Foster Cup 7 September 2014	Melbourne City	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Lismore
Sunday 14:30 AEST	Wielaert 56'	Report	Mané 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakes Oval Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 September 2014	Brisbane Roar	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Herston
Friday 15:45 AEST	Henrique 79'	Report	Fitzgerald 43'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Referee: Jason Crow

30 September 2014	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 3	Sydney Olympic	Lisarow
Tuesday 19:30 AEST	Sim 71'	Report	Spyrakis 47' Hatzimouratzis 56' Godoy-Bascur 65'	Stadium: Pluim Park

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	8th	11 October 2014	26 April 2015
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Semi-finals	20 August 2014	12 November 2014
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	Qualifying play-off	17 February 2015	17 February 2015

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50	Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification to Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[1]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23	5	2	6	13	20	−7	0	6	8	13	30	−17

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	6	6/7^[A]	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

^ Round 3 was postponed (played between rounds 6 and 7) due to Western Sydney Wanderers hosting the home leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League Final. The first position (6) is after the non-postponed matches of round 3. The second position (7) is after the postponed match.

1 11 October 2014	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Duke 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 10,443 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

2 18 October 2014	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 2	Wellington Phoenix	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Doyle 12' (o.g.)	Report	McGlinchey 35' Burns 54'	Attendance: 7,237 Referee: Ben Williams

4 2 November 2014	Sydney FC	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Antonis 21' Ognenovski 25'	Report		Attendance: 17,761 Referee: Strebre Delovski

5 9 November 2014	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Perth Glory	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report	Marinković 43'	Attendance: 6,399 Referee: Peter Green

6 16 November 2014	Melbourne City	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Dugandzic 10' Paartalu 53'	Report	G. Trifiro 80' Hutchinson 90+4'	Attendance: 9,402 Referee: Adam Fielding

7 23 November 2014	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 2	Adelaide United	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Montgomery 44', 71'	Report	Sánchez 40', 42'	Attendance: 6,404 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 30 November 2014	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Montaño 48'	Report	Vernes 55'	Attendance: 11,031 Referee: Shaun Evans

9 5 December 2014	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 3	Melbourne Victory	North Sydney Oval, North Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT		Report	Berisha 62' Georgievski 68' Pain 73'	Attendance: 7,098 Referee: Strebre Delovski

10 13 December 2014	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday 17:00 NZDT	Krishna 76'	Report	Simon 40'	Attendance: 11,051 Referee: Allan Milliner

11 20 December 2014	Perth Glory	4 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST	Harold 33', 78' Keogh 35' De Silva 71'	Report	Simon 49'	Attendance: 9,660 Referee: Peter Green

12 27 December 2014	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 3	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Bosnar 57' Simon 63' Kim 80'	Report	Solórzano 45', 82' Donachie 71'	Attendance: 10,019 Referee: Matthew Conger

14 4 January 2015	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Melbourne City	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Duke 12', 27'	Report	Velaphi 58'	Attendance: 7,409 Referee: Peter Green

15 24 January 2015	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 5	Sydney FC	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Major 66'	Report	Janko 15', 48' Naumoff 18' Ibini 44' Brosque 71'	Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Jarred Gillett

16 7 February 2015	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Fitzgerald 79' J. Rose 83'	Report	Mabil 29'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Alan Milliner

17 13 February 2015	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 2	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Friday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Solórzano 50' (pen.) Kaluđerović 90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

18 21 February 2015	Sydney FC	4 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Janko 14', 90+2' Grant 68' Smeltz 82'	Report	Ferreira 45+1', 58'	Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Matthew Conger

20 8 March 2015	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Melbourne City	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Ferreira 74'	Report		Attendance: 6,079 Referee: Jarred Gillett

21 12 March 2015	Adelaide United	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Thursday 19:00 ACDT	Carrusca 25' Goodwin 67'	Report	Cáceres 23'	Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

22 22 March 2015	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Perth Glory	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Montgomery 90+2'	Report	Maclaren 79'	Attendance: 5,338 Referee: Ben Williams

23 27 March 2015	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Finkler 40', 78'	Report	Cernak 31'	Attendance: 18,205 Referee: Jarred Gillett

24 2 April 2015	Brisbane Roar	6 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Thursday 19:00 AEST	Kaluđerović 21' Lustica 28', 41', 79' Clut 48' Borrello 50'	Report	Bowles 64' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto (Japan)

25 11 April 2015	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEST	J. Rose 2'	Report		Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Adam Fielding

26 17 April 2015	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Bonevacia 65' Cunningham 79', 90+5'	Report	Fitzgerald 11' Bosnar 35'	Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Peter O'Leary

27 26 April 2015	Melbourne Victory	3 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEST	Georgievski 32' Thompson 34' Berisha 47'	Report	Bosnar 45'	Attendance: 22,285 Referee: Peter Green

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

Round of 32 20 August 2014	South Coast Wolves	0 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Wednesday 19:30 AEST		Report	G. Trifiro 13'	Attendance: 5,238 Referee: Ben Williams

Round of 16 16 September 2014	Olympic FC	1 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	QSAC, Brisbane
Tuesday 19:30 AEST	McLean 57'	Report	Fitzgerald 2' Sim 38' G. Trifiro 86'	Attendance: 1,374 Referee: Chris Beath

Quarter-final 14 October 2014	Palm Beach	0 – 5	Central Coast Mariners	Cbus Super Stadium, Robina
Tuesday 18:30 AEST		Report	Cernak 28' Sim 72', 75', 90', 90+2'	Attendance: 2,035 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Semi-final 12 November 2014	Adelaide United	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday 19:00 ACDT	Cirio 40', 88' Mabil 44'	Report	Simon 48' J. Rose 90+3'	Attendance: 4,548 Referee: Chris Beath

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League

Play-off round 17 February 2015	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 3	Guangzhou R&F	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT	G. Trifiro 90+2'	Report	Jiang 8' Lu 57' J. Rose 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

↑ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

26 August 2014

Marconi Stallions

Cancelled

Central Coast Mariners

Bossley Park

Tuesday 19:00 AEST

Stadium: Marconi Stadium

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Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Lawrie McKinna (2005–10) Graham Arnold (2010–13) Phil Moss (2013–15) Tony Walmsley (2015–)

Captains	Noel Spencer (2005–07) Alex Wilkinson (2007–12) John Hutchinson (2012–15)

Rivalries	F3 Derby

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