2011–12 A-League

A-League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (2nd title)
Premiers	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (2nd title)
Champions League	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
Matches played	142
Goals scored	390 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Besart Berisha (19)
Biggest home win	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar 7-1 Adelaide United !Adelaide United (28 October 2011)
Biggest away win	Adelaide United !Adelaide United 0-4 Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (2 December 2011) Sydney FC !Sydney FC 0-4 Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart (29 December 2011)
Highest scoring	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar 7-1 Adelaide United !Adelaide United (28 October 2011) Perth Glory !Perth Glory 4-2 Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (24 March 2012)
Longest winning run	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (15)
Longest winless run	Gold Coast United (13)
Longest losing run	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Gold Coast United (5)
Highest attendance	50,334 (22 April 2012)
Lowest attendance	1,141 (22 February 2012)
Average attendance	10,819
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 A-League was the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.^[1]

Clubs

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Gold Coast United	Gold Coast	Skilled Park	27,400
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium AAMI Park	55,000 30,050
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Ausgrid Stadium	33,000
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Perth	NIB Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Sydney	Sydney Football Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Jersey sponsor
Adelaide United	Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina	Galeković, EugeneEugene Galeković	Erreà	Coopers
Brisbane Roar	Postecoglou, AngeAnge Postecoglou	Matt Smith	Puma	The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners	Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold	Wilkinson, AlexAlex Wilkinson	Hummel	Soccer5s
Gold Coast United	Mulvey, MikeMike Mulvey	Thwaite, MichaelMichael Thwaite	Fi-ta	Hyatt Regency Coolum
Melbourne Heart	van 't Schip, JohnJohn van 't Schip	Fred	ISC	Westpac
Melbourne Victory	Magilton, JimJim Magilton	Leijer, AdrianAdrian Leijer	Adidas	Adecco
Newcastle Jets	van Egmond, GaryGary van Egmond	Wheelhouse, JobeJobe Wheelhouse	ISC	Hunter Ports
Perth Glory	Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	Burns, JacobJacob Burns	X-blades	QBE Insurance
Sydney FC	Lavička, VítězslavVítězslav Lavička	McFlynn, TerryTerry McFlynn	Adidas	UNICEF
Wellington Phoenix	Herbert, RickiRicki Herbert	Durante, AndrewAndrew Durante	Adidas	Sony

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Newcastle Jets	Branko Čulina	Sacked	4 October 2011[2]	Pre-season	Gary Van Egmond	20 October 2011[3]
Adelaide United	Rini Coolen	Sacked	18 December 2011	9th	John Kosmina	18 December 2011
Melbourne Victory	Mehmet Durakovic	Sacked	6 January 2012[4]	8th	Jim Magilton	7 January 2012[5]
Gold Coast United	Miron Bleiberg	Sacked/Resigned	19 February 2012[6][7]	10th	Mike Mulvey	20 February 2012[8]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	27	15	6	6	40	24	+16	51	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (C)	27	14	7	6	50	28	+22	49	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	2012 A-League Finals Series
4	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	27	12	4	11	34	32	+2	40
5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	27	10	8	9	37	42	−5	38
6	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	27	9	10	8	35	34	+1	37
7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	38	41	−3	35
8	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	27	6	11	10	35	43	−8	29
9	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	27	5	10	12	26	44	−18	25
10	Gold Coast United	27	4	9	14	30	42	−12	21	Disbanded at end of season

Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
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 2012 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home and away season

The 2011-12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Midweek Fixture

Round 10

Midweek Fixture

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Midweek Round

Round 14

Round 15

Midweek Fixture

Round 16

Midweek Fixture

Round 17

Midweek Fixture

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Postponed Round 17 Fixture^{[Note 1]}

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Table of results

Abbreviation and Color Key: Adelaide United !Adelaide United – AU Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar – BR Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners – CCM Gold Coast United – GCU Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart – MH Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory – MV Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets – NJ Perth Glory !Perth Glory – PG Sydney FC !Sydney FC – SFC Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix – WP Win Loss Draw Home
Club	Match
	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	28	29	30
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	PG	MV	SFC	BR	MH	GCU	WP	NUJ	CCM	MV	GCU	SFC	WP	MH	BR	MV	CCM	NUJ	PG	WP	GCU	SFC	NUJ	PG	BR	CCM	MH
	1–0	1–0	1–2	7–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	0–3	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	|	|	|
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	CCM	SFC	GCU	AU	MV	WP	NUJ	PG	SFC	MH	WP	CCM	GCU	MV	PG	AU	SFC	MH	NUJ	CCM	WP	MV	PG	MH	AU	NUJ	GCU
	1–0	0–2	3–0	7–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	|	|	|
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	BR	GCU	NUJ	PG	WP	MV	SFC	MH	AU	NUJ	BR	PG	GCU	MV	SFC	NUJ	MH	AU	GCU	BR	MV	WP	MH	SFC	PG	AU	WP
	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–3	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	|	|	|
Gold Coast United	WP	CCM	BR	NUJ	SFC	AU	MH	MV	PG	SFC	AU	BR	CCM	NUJ	MH	WP	SFC	CCM	MV	PG	AU	MH	MV	WP	NUJ	PG	BR
	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	|	|	|
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	NUJ	PG	MV	SFC	AU	NUJ	GCU	CCM	WP	BR	PG	MV	SFC	AU	GCU	PG	CCM	BR	WP	MV	NUJ	GCU	CCM	BR	WP	SFC	AU
	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	|	|	|
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	SFC	AU	MH	WP	BR	CCM	PG	GCU	NUJ	AU	WP	MH	BR	CCM	NUJ	AU	PG	SFC	GCU	MH	CCM	BR	GCU	NUJ	SFC	WP	PG
	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	4–2	|	|	|
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	MH	WP	CCM	GCU	PG	MH	BR	AU	MV	CCM	SFC	WP	PG	GCU	MV	CCM	WP	AU	BR	SFC	MH	PG	AU	MV	GCU	BR	SFC
	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–5	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–2	|	|	|
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	AU	MH	WP	CCM	NUJ	SFC	MV	BR	GCU	SFC	WP	MH	CCM	NUJ	BR	WP	MH	MV	AU	GCU	SFC	NUJ	BR	AU	CCM	GCU	MV
	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	3–3	0–1	1–2	4–1	0–3	4–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–3	4–2	|	|	|
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	MV	BR	AU	MH	GCU	PG	CCM	WP	BR	PG	GCU	NUJ	AU	MH	WP	CCM	BR	GCU	MV	NUJ	PG	AU	WP	CCM	MV	MH	NUJ
	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	4–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–5	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	|	|	|
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	GCU	NUJ	PG	MV	CCM	BR	AU	SFC	MH	PG	BR	MV	NUJ	AU	SFC	PG	GCU	NUJ	MH	AU	BR	CCM	SFC	GCU	MH	MV	CCM
	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–2	2–0	4–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	|	|	|

Positions by round

Team / Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	M	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Central Coast Mariners	9	7	10	8	5	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1*	1	1**	1	1	1*	1	1	1	1	1
Brisbane Roar	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Perth Glory	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	7	8	7	7	9	7	5*	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wellington Phoenix	4	3	4	7	8	9	9	8	8	4*	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Sydney FC	5	9	5	6	4	2	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	5	6*	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5
Melbourne Heart	7	10	9	10	10	8	5	7	6	3	3	2	2	3	3	3*	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
Newcastle Jets	1	5	3	3	2	4	7	6	4	6	7	8	8	6	9	9	9*	7	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	7
Melbourne Victory	5	8	7	4	6	6	6	3	7	8	5	6	6	8	6	7	8	8*	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Adelaide United	9	4	6	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	7	8	8	7*	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Gold Coast United	4	6	8	5	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10*	10	10	10	10	10

• *Team played two games in this round
• **Team did not play in this round

NOTE: Brisbane Roar were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1

Finals series

	Semi Finals Week 1					Semi Finals Week 2				Preliminary Final				Grand Final
		A – 31 March 2012				D – 8 April 2012								22 April 2012
	1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0	—		Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2							Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2
	2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2	—		Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	3							Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1
										F – 14 April 2012
		B – 1 April 2012								Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1(3)
	3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3							Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1(5)
	6	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	0			E – 7 April 2012
						Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3
		C – 30 March 2012				Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	2
	4	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	3
	5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Season statistics

Leading goalscorers

Updated to end of regular season

Total	Player		Club	Goals per Game
				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
19		Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar		1	1	4		1		2									1	1	X	1	1	2	2		1	1
13		Shane Smeltz	Perth Glory !Perth Glory		2	1				1		1					X	X		1	2	1								4
10		Carlos Hernandez	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	X			1		X	1	2	1			1									1		1			1	1
9		Jeremy Brockie	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets			1		2						1			2						2	1
		Ryan Griffiths	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	2						1		2			1			1						1			1
		Mitch Nichols	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	1		1			X	X	X		1				1	2						1			1		1
		Eli Babalj	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	X	X	X	X	X			1		1			1	1								1	1		1	1	1
8		Harry Kewell	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory						X	X	1					1				1		1		1	2		1
		Bruno Cazarine	Sydney FC !Sydney FC					1			1			1			1				1	1			1					1
		Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United !Adelaide United		1					X	X	X			X		2	1	1	1	1									1
7		Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners				1	1			1		1		1		2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
		Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory				1	2					1	1	1				1
		Paul Ifill	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix			X	X	X	X		1		1		X	X	X	1				2				1		1
		Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	2					1	X	X	1		1		1													1
6		Patrick Zwaanswijk	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners		1					1	1	1					X		1					1
		Henrique	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	X	X		2	1		1			X	X	X	X	X	X	X						1	1

      Goal scored from penalty kick           Two goals scored from penalty kick           Player did not play    

Assists Updated to Week 17 Game 4 Total Player Club 6 Michael McGlinchey Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 5 Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Daniel Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Aziz Behich Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Peter Jungschlager Gold Coast United Pedj Bojic Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Dario Vidošić Adelaide United !Adelaide United Leo Bertos Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix 4 Matt Simon Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Rutger Worm Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Mate Dugandzic Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Pascal Bosschaart Sydney FC !Sydney FC Nick Carle Sydney FC !Sydney FC 3 Mitch Nichols Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Troy Hearfield Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Matt Thompson Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Fred Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Nick Ward Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Ryan Griffiths Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets Paul Ifill Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Tony Lochhead Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Manny Muscat Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix

Own goals Updated to end of regular season Player Team Against Week Nigel Boogaard Adelaide United !Adelaide United Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix 7 Vince Lia Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory 11 Byun Sung-Hwan Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory 14 Byun Sung-Hwan Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory 14 Adama Traoré Gold Coast United Perth Glory !Perth Glory 18 Nigel Boogaard Adelaide United !Adelaide United Gold Coast United 19

Attendances

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	13	20,281	40,351	11,231	263,648
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	13	13,387	19,339	9,293	174,033
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	13	12,117	17,245	9,311	157,518
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	14	11,861	18,180	5,505	166,052
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	13	9,607	14,838	6,883	124,892
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	14	9,082	26,579	2,951	127,142
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	14	8,797	14,573	2,363	123,160
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	14	8,691	20,078	3,898	121,677
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	13	8,315	12,358	6,484	108,101
Gold Coast United	14	3,546	6,927	1,141	49,649
{{ALeague {{{T11}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
{{ALeague {{{T12}}}}}	0	0	0	0	0
League total	135	10,488	40,351	1,141	1,415,872

Updated to the 25/3/12 note: Adelaide United's lowest crowd was at Bathurst's Carrington Park(NSW) as part of the regional round fixtures.

Top 10 Season Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
50,334	GF	22 April 2012	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2 – 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Afternoon
40,351	1	8 October 2011	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
39,309	3	22 October 2011	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
26,579	12	23 December 2011	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	3 – 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Friday	Night
26,395	18	4 February 2012	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	0 – 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
24,820	5	5 November 2011	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
20,959	15	13 January 2012	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	AAMI Park	Friday	Night
20,078	7	19 November 2011	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Eden Park	Saturday	Afternoon
20,053	17	26 January 2012	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	AAMI Park	Thursday	Afternoon
19,339	8	26 November 2011	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	4 – 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium	Saturday	Night

Discipline

Updated to end of Week 17, 2 February 2012 The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season.

1 point		Yellow Card
2 points		Second Caution Red Card
3 points		Direct Red Card

Team				Points
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	44	2	0	48
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	30	0	1	33
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	33	0	0	33
Gold Coast United	38	2	0	42
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	35	1	0	37
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	34	2	4	50
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	41	1	1	46
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	35	0	3	44
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	48	0	1	51
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	32	2	2	42
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	0	0	0	0
Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0
Totals	370	10	12

• Wellington Phoenix's Nick Ward was given a straight red card that was later rescinded by the Match Review Panel.

NAB Young footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/21 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2011–12 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season. On 10 April at the End of season awards January nominee Matthew Ryan was named as NAB Young Footballer of the Year for the second year running.^[13]

Nominees

Month	Player	Club
October 2011	James Brown	Gold Coast United
November 2011	Bernie Ibini-Isei	Central Coast Mariners
December 2011	Mustafa Amini	Central Coast Mariners
January 2012	Matthew Ryan	Central Coast Mariners
February 2012	Tomas Rogic	Central Coast Mariners
March 2012	Eli Babalj	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart

End of season awards

• Johnny Warren Medal – Thomas Broich, Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
• NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Matthew Ryan, Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
• Nike Golden Boot Award – Besart Berisha, Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar, 19 Goals
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Matthew Ryan, Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
• Manager of the Year – Graham Arnold, Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
• Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Jarred Gillett
• Foreign Player of the Year – Thomas Broich, Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
• Solo Goal of the Year – Carlos Hernández, Melbourne Victory FC (Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners, 10-Feb-12)

All-Star team

Formation: 3-4-3^[14]

Nat. Position Name Club GK Matt Ryan Central Coast Mariners RB Michael Marrone Melbourne Heart CB Patrick Zwaanswijk Central Coast Mariners LB Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners RM Mitch Nichols Brisbane Roar CM Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar CM Fred Melbourne Heart LM Aziz Behich Melbourne Heart RF Paul Ifill Wellington Phoenix ST Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar LF Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory Coach Graham Arnold Central Coast Mariners Substitutes: GK Clint Bolton Melbourne Heart CB Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix CM Nicky Carle Sydney FC CM Carlos Hernandez Melbourne Victory LF Harry Kewell Melbourne Victory

Ryan Zwaanswijk Marrone Rose Broich Fred Nichols Behich Berisha Thompson Ifill

See also

• 2011 Australian football code crowds

Team season articles

2011–12 Adelaide United season 2011–12 Brisbane Roar season 2011–12 Central Coast Mariners season 2011–12 Gold Coast United season 2011–12 Melbourne Heart season

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Notes

1. ↑ Game was postponed due to risk of flooding in the Gold Coast.

References

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2. ↑ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=41234
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8. ↑
9. ↑ Red card was rescinded following a Phoenix appeal
10. ↑ Despite being played at Hindmarsh Stadium, this is nominally a Gold Coast home game.
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