2010–11 A-League

A-League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
Premiers	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Adelaide United
Top goalscorer	Sergio van Dijk (16)
Biggest home win	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury (21 January 2011)
Biggest away win	Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Brisbane Roar (28 November 2010)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury (21 January 2011) (9 goals)
Highest attendance	32,231
Lowest attendance	1,003
Average attendance	8,393
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 A-League was the sixth season of the Australian A-League football competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

Rule changes

A new rule at the start of the season allows for two marquee players to be signed without salary cap restraints so long as one is Australian with certain amount of qualifications to be determined by FFA. This replaces the previous ruling of only one salary cap exempt player in previous seasons.

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	AAMI Park Etihad Stadium	30,050 56,347
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	EnergyAustralia Stadium Port Macquarie Regional Stadium	26,164 10,000
North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	Townsville	Dairy Farmers Stadium	26,500
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

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Lawrie McKinna	Reassigned	9 February 2010[1]	Pre-season	Graham Arnold	10 February 2010[2]
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	N/A (New Club)				John van 't Schip[3]	12 October 2009
North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	Ian Ferguson	Signed by Perth Glory (assistant)	6 April 2010[4]		Frantisek Straka	7 June 2010
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Aurelio Vidmar	Sacked	3 June 2010[5]		Rini Coolen	5 July 2010[6]
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	David Mitchell	Reassigned, moved to director.	12 October 2010[7]	7th	Ian Ferguson	12 October 2010
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Ernie Merrick	Sacked	12 March 2011[8]	Post-Season	Mehmet Durakovic	21 June 2011

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (C)	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65	2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46	2011 A-League Finals Series
5	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	30	11	10	9	45	39	+6	43
6	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	30	9	8	13	29	33	−4	35
8	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	30	8	11	11	32	42	−10	35
9	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	30	8	10	12	35	40	−5	34
10	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	30	5	8	17	27	54	−27	23
11	North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19	Disbanded at end of season

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 2011 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Home and away season

The 2010–11 A-League season had each team play 30 matches over 27 rounds. The regular season started on Thursday, 5 August 2010 and ended on Sunday, 13 February 2011. The opening game was played at the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) and marked the A-League debut of the new franchise, Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart. Mid week games were played to accommodate this extra team.^[9] The official 2010-11 fixture list was released on 18 May 2010.^[10]

Round 1

On the weekend break: Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix

Round 2

On the weekend break: Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar

Round 3

On the weekend break: Gold Coast United

Round 4

On the weekend break: Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets

Round 5

On the weekend break: Gold Coast United

Round 6

On the weekend break: North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury

Round 7

On the weekend break: Sydney FC !Sydney FC

Round 8

On the weekend break: Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners

Round 9

On the weekend break: Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets

Round 10

On the weekend break: Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners

Round 11

On the weekend break: Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners

Round 12

On the weekend break: Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix

Round 13

On the weekend break: Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart

Round 14

On the weekend break: North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury

Round 15

On the weekend break: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory

Round 16

On the weekend break: Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets

Round 17

On the weekend break: Perth Glory !Perth Glory

Round 18

On the weekend break: Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets

Round 19

On the weekend break: Sydney FC !Sydney FC

Round 20

On the weekend break: Perth Glory !Perth Glory

Round 21

On the weekend break: Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix

Round 22

On the weekend break: Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart

Round 23

On the weekend break: Adelaide United !Adelaide United

Round 24

On the weekend break: Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar

Round 25

On the weekend break: North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury

Round 26

On the weekend break: Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory

Round 27

On the weekend break: Perth Glory !Perth Glory

Notes

1. ↑ Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay
2. ↑ Game was moved due to resurfacing of Sydney Football Stadium
3. 1 2 Game was moved due to an exhibition match between Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets and Los Angeles Galaxy which also resulted in the postponement of the F3 Derby.
4. ↑ Game was moved due to a U2 concert at Suncorp Stadium.
5. 1 2 Roar matches against Phoenix and Heart were originally scheduled at Suncorp Stadium for 16 and 26 January, respectively, but were postponed and relocated due to the floods in Brisbane and throughout Queensland.
6. ↑ Game was postponed and shifted from Dairy Farmers Stadium due to the impact of Cyclone Yasi.
7. ↑ Originally scheduled for 19 December 2010, this round 19 fixture was cancelled in the 20th minute due to the poor playing condition of the pitch. It was later replayed in week 26.

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	NJ	CCM	MH	NQF	SFC	NJ	BR	PG	SFC	GCU	WP	MV	BR	PG	NJ	MH	GCU	WP	NQF	MH	PG	CCM	SFC	BR	MV	NQF	CCM	GCU	WP	MV
	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	8–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	GCU	SFC	WP	NJ	MV	AU	MH	PG	NJ	CCM	MV	SFC	WP	AU	MH	NJ	NQF	PG	CCM	MV	SFC	NQF	GCU	AU	PG	CCM	WP	MH	NQF	GCU
	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–4	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	4 –0
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	MH	AU	WP	SFC	MV	MH	GCU	NQF	BR	PG	NQF	WP	MV	GCU	NJ	BR	SFC	PG	NQF	AU	MV	WP	BR	NJ	PG	SFC	AU	MH	GCU	NJ
	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–5	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–0
Gold Coast United	BR	WP	MV	PG	CCM	NJ	SFC	WP	AU	MH	NQF	MV	SFC	CCM	AU	NQF	MH	WP	NJ	BR	PG	SFC	NQF	MH	NJ	MV	AU	PG	CCM	BR
	0–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	4–0
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	CCM	NJ	AU	PG	NQF	CCM	WP	BR	MV	WP	GCU	NJ	PG	NQF	BR	AU	WP	SFC	GCU	NJ	MV	AU	SFC	NQF	PG	GCU	MV	BR	CCM	SFC
	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	SFC	PG	NQF	GCU	CCM	BR	WP	NQF	NJ	MH	SFC	BR	AU	GCU	PG	CCM	WP	BR	MH	PG	NJ	CCM	WP	AU	SFC	MH	NQF	GCU	NJ	AU
	3–3	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	AU	MH	PG	BR	AU	PG	GCU	MV	BR	MH	SFC	AU	BR	WP	CCM	NQF	MH	GCU	WP	MV	SFC	NQF	NQF	CCM	GCU	WP	MV	SFC	PG	CCM
	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0
North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	PG	SFC	MV	AU	MH	MV	WP	SFC	CCM	PG	GCU	CCM	MH	BR	PG	GCU	NJ	AU	SFC	BR	CCM	WP	MH	NJ	NJ	GCU	AU	MV	BR	WP
	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	8–1	0–3	1–2	3–1
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	NQF	MV	NJ	MH	WP	GCU	NJ	AU	BR	NQF	SFC	CCM	MH	WP	AU	MV	SFC	BR	NQF	CCM	MV	AU	GCU	BR	MH	CCM	WP	SFC	GCU	NJ
	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–2	4–0
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	MV	NQF	BR	CCM	AU	WP	GCU	NQF	AU	MV	PG	BR	NJ	GCU	PG	MH	WP	CCM	BR	NQF	MH	AU	NJ	GCU	MV	CCM	PG	NJ	WP	MH
	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	GCU	CCM	BR	PG	SFC	MV	MH	NQF	GCU	MH	AU	BR	PG	CCM	NJ	MH	MV	SFC	AU	GCU	NJ	NQF	MV	CCM	PG	BR	NJ	AU	SFC	NQF
	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–4	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1

Finals series

	Semi Finals Week 1					Semi Finals Week 2				Preliminary Final				Grand Final
		A – 19 February				D – 26 February								G – 13 March
	1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0	—		Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (agg.)	2							Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar (pen.)	2 (4)
	2	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2	—		Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2							Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2 (2)
										F – 5 March
		B – 18 February								Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1
	3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1							Gold Coast United	0
	6	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	0			E – 27 February
						Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2
		C – 20 February				Gold Coast United	3
	4	Gold Coast United	1
	5	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0

Grand Final

AFC Champions League qualification

For the 2012 AFC Champions League, the number of berths allocated to Australian clubs was increased from two to three.^[11] Two teams directly entered the group stage while the third team entered the qualifying play-off. The following teams qualified for the tournament:

• Brisbane Roar (premiers and champions) qualified for the group stage.
• Central Coast Mariners (losing grand finalists) qualified for the group stage.
• Adelaide United (regular season third place) qualified for the play-off.

Season statistics

Leading scorers

Updated to end of regular season.

Total	Player		Club	Goals per Week
				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
16		Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United !Adelaide United					2			2			1		1				1	1	2	1		2		3
11		Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners		1							1			1			2		1			1		1	2	1
		Jean Carlos Solórzano	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar											1			2	2	2	1			1	1				1
		Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory				1					1	1	1	1				1	2	2							1
		Kosta Barbarouses	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar				1				1				1	2	1				1	2	1							1
9		Robbie Fowler	Perth Glory !Perth Glory				1	1									3	1	1			2
		Adam Kwasnik	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners												1		2	1	1	2		1			1
		Bruce Djite	Gold Coast United								1	2														3	3
		Bruno Cazarine	Sydney FC !Sydney FC						1		1			2		1	1							1				1	1
8		Marcos Flores	Adelaide United !Adelaide United				1		1					1							1				1		3
		John Aloisi	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart							1		1	1									1		1			2			1
		Chris Greenacre	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix		2						1		1									1					1		1	1

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A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Assists Updated to end of regular season.[12] Total Player Club 12 Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar 8 Marcos Flores Adelaide United !Adelaide United 7 Carlos Hernández Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Lucas Pantelis Adelaide United !Adelaide United Marco Rojas Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 6 Mark Bridge Sydney FC !Sydney FC Travis Dodd Adelaide United !Adelaide United Michael McGlinchey Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Kasey Wehrman Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets 5 Kosta Barbarouses Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Oliver Bozanic Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Cássio Adelaide United !Adelaide United Jason Culina Gold Coast United Adriano Pellegrino Perth Glory !Perth Glory Patricio Pérez Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Tom Pondeljak Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Gerald Sibon Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart

Own goals Player Club Against Round Ben Kantarovski Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart 2 Brett Studman North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury Adelaide United !Adelaide United 4 Michael Marrone Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Perth Glory !Perth Glory 4 Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury 9 Shannon Cole Sydney FC !Sydney FC Adelaide United !Adelaide United 9 Matt Smith Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets 10 Naum Sekulovski Perth Glory !Perth Glory Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 12 Rodrigo Vargas Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Gold Coast United 13 Clint Bolton Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Adelaide United !Adelaide United 15 Alex Wilkinson Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar 16 Matthew Kemp Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar 17 Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC !Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 17 Wayne Srhoj Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory 18 Sergio van Dijk Adelaide United !Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 20 Hayden Foxe Sydney FC !Sydney FC Adelaide United !Adelaide United 20 Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners 21 Tando Velaphi Perth Glory !Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix 24 Nick Ward Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix Sydney FC !Sydney FC 26

Attendance

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	15	15,234	32,321	8,287	228,517
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	15	11,552	21,083	7,370	173,286
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	15	9,279	20,831	3,522	139,182
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	15	8,488	16,019	5,576	127,322
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	15	8,429	13,463	3,114	126,439
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	15	8,315	25,897	2,754	124,725
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	15	7,981	14,108	4,700	119,716
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	15	7,713	12,409	5,373	115,695
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	15	7,656	12,106	4,012	114,834
North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	15	4,245	7,195	1,003	63,681
Gold Coast United	15	3,434	14,783	1,658	51,505
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League total	165	8,393	32,321	1,003	1,384,902

Updated to the end of season.

• A Gold Coast United match held on 19 December 2010 was postponed due to the poor playing surface of the pitch and torrential rain after the 21st minute of the game had been played. Spectators were allowed free entry prior to the postponement, of which there were 10,146 in attendance of the 21,000+ who applied for the free tickets. The abandoned game's attendance is not taken into account.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
50,168	GF	13 March 2011	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2 – 2 (4 – 2 pen.)	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Afternoon
32,321	24	22 January 2011	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
25,897	9	8 October 2010	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Friday	Night
25,168	SF Leg 2	26 February 2011	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp	Saturday	Night
23,059	18	11 December 2010	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	1 – 3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
21,083	27	11 February 2011	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide Oval	Friday	Night
20,831	27	12 February 2011	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	4 – 0	Gold Coast United	Suncorp	Saturday	Night
20,358	2	14 August 2010	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
18,558	22	9 January 2011	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 – 4	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	AAMI Park	Sunday	Afternoon
17,299	10	16 October 2010	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 – 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night

Discipline

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. It was awarded to Premiers Brisbane Roar who beat last year's Champions Sydney FC by 6 points.

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

Team				Points
Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	37	2	0	41
Sydney FC !Sydney FC	45	1	0	47
Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	45	2	0	49
Adelaide United !Adelaide United	42	1	2	50
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	56	1	0	58
Gold Coast United	52	1	2	60
Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	52	2	3	65
North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury	54	1	3	65
Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	56	4	1	67
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	67	1	1	72
Perth Glory !Perth Glory	62	5	5	87
Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0
Totals	568	21	17

Updated to End of Week 27 (End of Regular Season)

Notes

1. ↑ Sydney FC !Sydney FC's Liam Reddy received a direct red card in the week 4 fixture against Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. However, this was overruled by the match review panel and expunged from Reddy and the team's records.
2. ↑ Adelaide United !Adelaide United's Travis Dodd received a direct red card in the week 17 fixture against Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix. However, this was overruled by the match review panel and expunged from Dodd's and the team's records.
3. ↑ Adelaide United !Adelaide United's Paul Reid received a direct red card in the week 25 fixture against Gold Coast United. However, this was overruled by the match review panel and expunged from Reid's and the team's records.

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 2010-11 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 18 February, it was announced that young Central Coast Mariners Goalkeeper and December nominee Matthew Ryan was chosen as the NAB Young Footballer of the Year.^[13]

Month	Player	Club
August	Chris Payne[14]	North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury
September	Mathew Leckie[15]	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
October	Luke DeVere[16]	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar
November	Mustafa Amini[17]	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
December	Matthew Ryan[18]	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
January	Aziz Behich[19]	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart
February	Marco Rojas[20]	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix

End of season awards

• Johnny Warren Medal – Marcos Flores
• NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Matthew Ryan
• Golden Boot Award – Sergio Van Dijk
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Michael Theoklitos
• Manager of the Year – Ange Postecoglou
• Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Matthew Breeze
• Foreign Player of the Year – Marcos Flores
• Solo Goal of the Year – Erik Paartalu

All-Star team

Formation: 4-3-3

Nat. Position Name Club GK Michael Theoklitos Brisbane Roar RB Ivan Franjic Brisbane Roar CB Luke DeVere Brisbane Roar CB Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners LB Cássio Adelaide United RM Marcos Flores Adelaide United CM Matt McKay Brisbane Roar LM Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar RF Kosta Barbarouses Brisbane Roar ST Sergio Van Dijk Adelaide United LF Robbie Kruse Melbourne Victory Coach Ange Postecoglou Brisbane Roar

Theoklitos DeVere Rose Franjic Cássio McKay Flores Broich Van Dijk Barbarouses Kruse

See also

• 2010 Australian football code crowds
• 2011 Australian football code crowds

Team season articles

References

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