2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season

Melbourne Heart
2011–12 season
Chairman Peter Sidwell
Manager John van 't Schip
Stadium AAMI Park
A-League 6th
A-League Finals Series 6th
Top goalscorer Babalj (9)
Average home league attendance 9,553
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's second since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the second time. The club was originally scheduled to compete in the first ever edition of the Mirabella Cup, along with fellow A-League side and fierce rival Melbourne Victory, but FFA forbade all A-League clubs from competing. The season saw the addition of a youth team to the club, which competed in the 2011–12 A-League National Youth League season.

Season overview

On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.[1]

Melbourne Heart, along with major sponsor Westpac will again stage the Westpac Community Football Festival. This will be three, three-day celebrations of football as well as a thank you to all of the club's regional supporters.[2] The three regional centers will be set up in Albury-Wodonga on 4–6 August,[3] in Morwell from 18–20 August[4] and in Shepparton from 25–27 August[5] with a practice match being played at each venue.

Team kit

From 1 April 2011, all A-League clubs were able to negotiate new kit supplier deals as the previous contract with Reebok had elapsed and as such, Melbourne Heart negotiated a one-year deal with ISC.[6]

In conjunction with new apparel partner ISC, the club offered supporters the chance to submit designs for a ‘Third Jersey’. A design created by Red and White Unite co-founder Steven Forbes was judged the winner.[7] The design was manufactured in a limited run of 150 and sold to the public.[8]

Players

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 Australia GK Clint Bolton
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
3 Australia DF Brendan Hamill
4 Australia DF Simon Colosimo
5 Brazil MF Fred
6 Australia DF Matt Thompson
7 Netherlands MF Rutger Worm
8 Australia MF Kristian Sarkies
9 Brazil FW Maycon
10 Australia MF Wayne Srhoj
11 Brazil FW Alex Terra
13 Argentina DF Jonatan Germano
14 Australia MF Kamal Ibrahim
No. Position Player
15 Australia FW David Williams
16 Australia DF Aziz Behich
17 Australia FW Jason Hoffman
18 Australia DF Curtis Good
19 Australia FW Eli Babalj
20 Australia MF Adrian Zahra
21 Australia MF Kliment Taseski
22 Australia MF Nick Kalmar
23 Australia MF Mate Dugandžić
24 Australia GK Nikola Roganović
27 Australia MF Craig Goodwin
30 Australia GK Sebastian Mattei

Transfers in

Name Position Moving from Notes
Australia Mate Dugandžić Midfielder Australia Melbourne Victory 3 year contract[9]
Australia Curtis Good Defender Australia AIS 2 year contract[10]
Brazil Fred Midfielder United States D.C. United 2 year contract[11]
Australia David Williams Forward Free Agent Signed 3-year deal[11]
Brazil Maycon Forward Brazil Nova Iguacu FC 1 year contract[12]
Argentina Jonatan Germano Midfielder Argentina Estudiantes 2 year contract[13]
Australia Nikola Roganovic Goalkeeper Australia Green Gully Cavaliers 1 year contract[14]
Australia Adrian Madaschi Defender Free Agent Injury replacement contract[15]
Australia Paul Reid Midfielder Free Agent Injury replacement contract[16]

Transfers out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Australia John Aloisi Striker Retired Retired[17]
Australia Josip Skoko Midfielder Retired Retired[17]
Australia Ante Tomić Midfielder Australia Sydney United Released[18]
Australia Peter Zois Goalkeeper Australia Oakleigh Returned as Goalkeeping coach[19]
Netherlands Gerald Sibon Striker Netherlands SC Heerenveen Signed as free agent[20]
Australia Dean Heffernan Defender Australia Perth Glory Released from contract[21]
Australia M. Beauchamp Defender Australia Sydney FC Released from contract[22]
Australia Adrian Madaschi Defender South Korea Jeju United Injury replacement contract expired
Australia Paul Reid Midfielder Free Agent Injury replacement contract expired

Youth Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Chris Maynard
3 Australia MF Kristian Konstantinidis
5 Australia MF Craig Goodwin
7 Australia FW Zac Walker
8 Australia FW Brodie Patterson
9 Australia MF Stipo Andrijasevic
10 Australia FW Dusan Bosnjak
11 Australia MF Josh Groenewald
12 Australia MF Jeremy Walker
No. Position Player
14 Australia MF Billy Liolios
15 Australia DF Philip Petreski
20 Australia GK Thomas Dunn
30 Australia GK Sebastian Mattei
–– Australia DF Charlie King
–– Australia DF Daniel Peluso
–– Australia DF Bradley Treloar
–– Australia MF Alon Blumgart

Statistics

Squad statistics

Updated on 2 April 2012
Players in italics left the team during the season.

Senior team
2011–12 Hyundai A-League 2011–12 Hyundai A-League Finals Total
Nation No. Name GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min.
Goalkeepers
Australia 1 Bolton 25 25 2250 0 1 1 90 0 262623400
Australia 24 Roganovic 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 221800
Defenders
Australia 2 Marrone 27 27 2430 0 1 1 90 0 282825200
Australia 3 Hamill 17 22 1480 1 1 1 90 0 182315701
Australia 4 Colosimo 13 16 1149 0 0 0 0 0 131611490
Australia 16 Behich 22 23 2000 1 1 1 90 0 232420901
Australia 18 Good 18 23 1091 1 1 1 90 0 192411811
Australia 25 Madaschi 8 9 726 0 0 0 0 0 897260
Australia 27 Goodwin 3 4 298 0 0 0 0 0 342980
Midfielders
Brazil 5 Fred 17 18 1357 1 1 1 90 0 181914471
Australia 6 Thompson 24 25 2056 4 1 1 46 0 252621024
Netherlands 7 Worm 14 19 1131 0 0 1 44 0 142011750
Australia 8 Sarkies 5 6 460 2 0 0 0 0 564602
Australia 10 Srhoj 16 16 1334 0 1 1 90 0 171714240
Argentina 13 Germano 18 21 1577 3 1 1 90 0 192216673
Australia 26 Reid 2 4 207 0 0 0 0 0 242070
Australia 14 Ibrahim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000
Australia 20 Zahra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000
Australia 21 Taseski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000
Australia 22 Kalmar 0 2 74 0 0 1 9 0 03830
Australia 23 Dugandžić 21 22 1788 7 1 1 81 0 222318697
Forwards
Brazil 9 Maycon 5 13 489 1 0 0 0 0 5134891
Brazil 11 Terra 11 23 1099 3 0 0 0 0 112310993
Australia 15 Williams 7 15 773 1 0 0 0 0 7157731
Australia 17 Hoffman 5 15 636 1 0 0 0 0 5156361
Australia 19 Babalj 17 21 1501 9 1 1 90 0 182215919

Disciplinary records

No. Pos. Nat. Player
10 MF Australia Wayne Srhoj 9 0 0
4 DF Australia Simon Colosimo 5 1 0
6 MF Australia Matt Thompson 5 0 0
19 FW Australia Eli Babalj 4 0 0
16 DF Australia Aziz Behich 4 0 0
7 FW Netherlands Rutger Worm 4 0 0
18 DF Australia Curtis Good 3 1 0
5 MF Brazil Fred 3 0 0
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 3 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 3 0 0
3 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 2 0 0
17 FW Australia Jason Hoffman 2 0 0
26 MF Australia Paul Reid 2 0 0
1 GK Australia Clint Bolton 1 0 0
23 MF Australia Mate Dugandzic 1 0 0
25 DF Australia Adrian Madaschi 1 0 0
9 FW Brazil Maycon 1 0 0
24 GK Australia Nikola Roganovic 1 0 0
8 MF Australia Kristian Sarkies 1 0 0
11 FW Brazil Alex Terra 1 0 0
15 FW Australia David Williams 1 0 0

Last updated on 6 April 2012

Goal scorers

Total Player Goals per 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 F
9 Australia Babalj 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
7 Australia Dugandzic 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
4 Australia Thompson 1 1 2 0
3 Argentina Germano 1 1 1 0
3 Brazil Alex Terra 1 1 1 0
2 Australia Sarkies 1 1 0
1 Australia Williams 1 0
1 Brazil Maycon 1 0
1 Australia Hamill 1 0
1 Brazil Fred 1 0
1 Australia Behich 1 0
1 Australia Hoffman 1 0
1 Australia Good 1 0
35 Total 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0

Competitions

Pre-season

A-League

League table

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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 9 10 9 35 37  −2 37 5 5 4 17 15  +2 4 5 5 18 22  −4

Source: Competitive Matches

  • "Home" record includes a game at a neutral venue

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHAANAAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHHA
Result L L D D D W W L W W W W W L D L L D L D L W W D D D D
Position 8 10 9 10 10 8 6 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6

Source: Competitive Matches N = Neutral
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Finals

National Youth League

League table

edit ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners Academy (C) 18 11 3 4 41 16 +25 36
2 Brisbane Roar Youth 18 9 5 4 50 33 +17 32
3 Perth Glory Youth 18 9 5 4 36 31 +5 32
4 Gold Coast United Youth 18 7 5 6 33 30 +3 26
5 Melbourne Heart Youth 18 8 2 8 35 37 −2 26
6 Sydney FC Youth 18 7 4 7 40 31 +9 25
7 Adelaide United Youth 18 6 5 7 30 34 −4 23
8 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 5 5 8 27 29 −2 20
9 AIS Football Program 18 5 1 12 28 59 −31 16
10 Melbourne Victory Youth 18 4 3 11 15 34 −19 15
Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Matches

Hawaiian Islands Invitational

The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational took place from 23–25 February 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taking part in the Invitational were to be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids. Due to the competitions scheduling, Melbourne Heart were forced to field their youth team, because the competition overlaps with the domestic A-League season.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.melbourneheartfc.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=40256
  2. ↑ http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40354
  3. ↑ http://www.wodonga.vic.gov.au/events/images/Westpac_Community_Football_Festival_-_Albury_Wodonga_poster.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/InsideFFA/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem&id=39657
  5. ↑ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/InsideFFA/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem&id=39656
  6. ↑ "Melbourne Heart - Product Range". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20.
  7. ↑ http://www.therealgame.com.au/news/football-news/659/melbourne-heart-third-jersey-competition-winner-revealed
  8. ↑ http://www.melbourneheartfc.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=39986
  9. ↑ "Mate Dugandzic quits Melbourne Victory for Melbourne Heart". Melbourne Heart FC. Herald Sun. 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  10. ↑ "Good joins Melbourne Heart". Melbourne Heart FC. sportal.com.au. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  11. 1 2 http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1061475/Heart-swoops-for-star-duo
  12. ↑ "Heart signs Brazilian striker". The Age. Melbourne. 20 July 2011.
  13. ↑ http://www.sportal.com.au/football-news-display/germano-heads-to-heart-136919
  14. ↑ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/215370,freds-a-smart-heart.aspx
  15. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/soccer/adrian-madaschi-joins-melbourne-heart-instead-of-melbourne-victory/story-e6frfg8x-1226183953012
  16. ↑ http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/news-display/Reid-Signs-On-Short-Term-Deal/44559
  17. 1 2 "Van 't Schip scouring Europe for star recruits". The Age. Melbourne. 2011-05-07.
  18. ↑ "Launch of the NSW Premier League". Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  19. ↑ "Bolton: I've Been Reborn". Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  20. ↑ Sibon als pinchhitter terug bij sc Heerenveen
  21. ↑ "Glory lock up Reds' Hughe". Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  22. ↑ "Signs for the future: Sydney's double deal for rising youth team stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2011-05-18.
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