2011–12 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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The 2011–12 Central Coast Mariners season will be

A-League season. It includes the 2011–12 A-League season as well as any other competitions of the 2011–12 football (soccer) season. This will include competing in the 2012 AFC Champions League
.

Pre-season and friendlies

The 2011 off-season is longer than usual (March–October) as

NRL and AFL
finals.

In May, it was announced that the Mariners would play Celtic on their tour of Australia in July, a game which the Mariners won 1–0 through a late Troy Hearfield long range effort.

The Mariners also agreed to a deal with a new kit supplier, Hummel International.

Much of the news at the club in pre-season related to the future of young talent Mustafa Amini, who had attracted interest from many European clubs, including German champions Borussia Dortmund and Scottish side Celtic, amongst others. After an extended negotiation period, Amini was sold to Dortmund, and immediately loaned back to the Mariners until May 2012.[1]

Pre-season fixtures included the annual tour of the

Michael Baird
was the top-scorer in pre-season, scoring 7 goals.

Pre-Season triallists

Pre-Season fixtures/ friendlies

Games in New South Wales unless specified. Games in this section are in local time.

22 June 2011
Central Coast Mariners
Gabbie Stadium, Seven Hills
Wednesday, 6:45 pm Report
Michael Baird 40'
Adam McGeorge
87'
Attendance: 200
28 June 2011
Marsfield
Tuesday, 7:00 pm Report
Michael Baird
40'
Attendance: 400
2 July 2011
ANZ Stadium
, Sydney
Saturday, 7:30 pm Troy Hearfield 87' Report Attendance: 19 482
Referee: Matthew Breeze
7 July 2011
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Thursday
Michael Baird
54' (pen)
Report Dimitri Petratos 56' Attendance: Training match
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
12 July 2011
Central Coast Mariners
Belconnen Soccer Centre, McKellar, Australian Capital Territory
Tuesday, 7:00 pm Report
Michael Baird 35', 79', 85'
Pedj Bojic
40'
Attendance: 950
Referee: Brett Woodford
14 July 2011
Central Coast Mariners
Deakin Stadium, Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Thursday, 7:00 pm Paul Ivanic 12' Report Troy Hearfield 22'
Oliver Bozanic 57'
Referee: Luke Withell
7 September 2011
Central Coast Mariners
Jensen Park, Sefton
Wednesday, 7:30 pm Report
Michael Baird 9'
Michael McGlinchey
49'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Gerard Parsons
11 September 2011
Cringila
Sunday, 5:00 pm Report
Matt Simon
33'
Referee: Matt Cropper
14 September 2011
Speers Point
Wednesday, 7:00 pm Report Daniel McBreen 20', 75' (pen)
Brent Griffiths 35'
Referee: Andrew Higgins
18 September 2011
Perth Glory
Knox Grammar School, Sydney
Sunday, 2:00 pm Adriano Pellegrino 45' Report Referee: Regis Queffelec
11 April 2012
Bossley Park
Tuesday, 7:00 pm Nathan Elasi 3' Report
Mitchell Duke
78'
Attendance: Training match

2011–12 A-League

Fixtures for the

Gold Coast United
.

October

The Mariners' season got off to a rough start, with no wins in their first three games, picking up only one point. This included a draw with

.

November

November was a successful period for the club, with the Mariners undefeated in their four games in the month. This included an eventful 3–2 win over

A-League
's young player of the month for November.

December

The Mariners completed a second consecutive undefeated month in December, with four wins and one draw. This included wins in

A-League
young player of the month for December.

January

In January, the Mariners were again undefeated, extending their undefeated streak to a club record 15 games by the end of the month.

A-League
's young player of the month for January.

February

February saw the end of the Mariners' extended undefeated run, and two other losses in the month saw the lead at the top of the table reduced ahead of

A-League
young player of the month award for February- the fourth consecutive month in which the Mariners had won the award.

March

March was a mixed month for the club, with two wins, one draw and two losses in

Brisbane Roar. This earned the team a spot in the 2013 AFC Champions League. The Mariners campaign in the 2012 AFC Champions League
began in March, with two draws.

April

On the field, April was a less successful month for the Mariners, with the team eliminated from the

Joshua Rose
were named in the team of the season, with Arnold named as coach.

May

May saw the season finish with the end of the

Tianjin Teda FC- the club's first in the AFC Champions League- saw the Mariners travel to Japan needing to beat Nagoya Grampus
to progress in the competition. However, a loss in this game saw the Mariners finish third in the group.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 27 15 6 6 40 24 +16 51 Qualification for
finals series[a]
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28 +22 49 Qualification for
finals series
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35 +5 43 Qualification for 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
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

2011–12 squad

Players who have been announced as contracted to the Central Coast Mariners senior squad for the 2011–12 season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Mathew Ryan
2 FW Australia AUS Daniel McBreen
3 DF Australia AUS
Joshua Rose
4 DF Australia AUS Pedj Bojic
5 MF Australia AUS Brad Porter
6 DF Netherlands NED Patrick Zwaanswijk
7 MF Malta MLT John Hutchinson
8 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
9 FW Australia AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei
10 MF Australia AUS Adriano Pellegrino
11 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic
12 MF Australia AUS Troy Hearfield
13 MF Australia AUS Stuart Musialik
14 MF New Zealand NZL Michael McGlinchey
15 MF Papua New Guinea PNG Brad McDonald
16 DF Australia AUS Trent Sainsbury
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Australia AUS
Michael Baird
17 MF Australia AUS Tom Rogic
18 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson
19 FW Australia AUS
Matt Simon
19 FW England ENG John Sutton
20 GK Australia AUS Justin Pasfield
21 DF Australia AUS
Sam Gallagher
22 MF Australia AUS Mustafa Amini
23 FW Australia AUS Adam Kwasnik
24 MF Australia AUS Anthony Caceres
25 FW Australia AUS
Mitchell Duke
27 DF Australia AUS Trent McClenahan
30 GK Australia AUS Nathan Denham
31 GK Australia AUS Brody Crane
?? DF Australia AUS James Oates

Transfers

Loan deals

Injuries

Name Position Injury Duration
Australia Mathew Ryan Goalkeeper Knee May 2011– September 2011
Australia Mustafa Amini Midfielder Osteitis pubis August 2011– October 2011
Australia Alex Wilkinson Defender Arm September 2011– October 2011
Australia Stuart Musialik Midfielder Hip September 2011– December 2011
Australia Rostyn Griffiths Midfielder Hip December 2011– January 2012

2011–12 A-League fixtures/results

All times

AEDST
, and PM

Regular season

8 October 2011 1
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 8:45 Mitch Nichols 72' Report Attendance: 13 467
Referee: Chris Beath
15 October 2011 2
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30 Patrick Zwaanswijk 87' Report
James Brown
47'
Attendance: 10 374
Referee: Peter O'Leary
23 October 2011 3
Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 5:00 Jeremy Brockie 25' Report Attendance: 14 421
Referee: Jarred Gillett
29 October 2011 4 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30
Matt Simon 27'
Bernie Ibini-Isei
45'
Report Travis Dodd 6' Attendance: 6 883
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
4 November 2011 5
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 5:30 Chris Greenacre 68' Report
Matt Simon
81'
Attendance: 5 090
Referee: Gerard Parsons
12 November 2011 6 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 7:45 Report Attendance: 10 521
Referee: Strebre Delovski
26 November 2011 8 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Melbourne Heart Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30
Matt Simon 45+1'
Daniel McBreen 83' (pen)
Patrick Zwaanswijk
87'
Report Eli Babalj 78' Attendance: 7 242
Referee: Gerard Parsons
10 December 2011 10 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30
Matt Simon
59'
Report Attendance: 10 643
Referee: Strebre Delovski
17 December 2011 11
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 7:45 Kofi Danning 83' Report Mustafa Amini 6'
Pedj Bojic 45'
Attendance: 10 006
Referee: Peter Green
23 December 2011 12
Perth
Friday 10:00 Josh Mitchell Red card 26'
Steven McGarry 84'
Report
Matt Simon
64'
Attendance: 6 620
Referee: Matt Gillett
31 December 2011 13 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Gold Coast United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 6:15 Report Attendance: 14 838
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
4 January 2012 14 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Wednesday 7:45
Matt Simon
1', 84'
Report Attendance: 12 284
Referee: Peter Green
7 January 2012 15 Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 4:00 Report Oliver Bozanic 9' Attendance: 11 866
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 January 2012 16 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30 Patrick Zwaanswijk 59' Report Labinot Haliti 17' Attendance: 10 904
Referee: Matt Gillett
18 January 2012 17
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 7:30 Report Adam Kwasnik 89' Attendance: 5 522
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 January 2012 18 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30
Joshua Rose
78'
Report Sergio van Dijk 16'
Bruce Djite 19'
Attendance: 7 478
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
4 February 2012 19 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Brisbane Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30 Report
Paartalu 5'
Berisha
39'
Attendance: 10 217
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 February 2012 20
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 8:00
Carlos Hernandez 15'
Harry Kewell
50'
Report Tom Rogic 8'
Trent Sainsbury Red card 62'
Attendance: 14 060
Referee: Peter Green
18 February 2012 21 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30 Tom Rogic 52'
Patrick Zwaanswijk 83'
Report Attendance: 7 845
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 February 2012* 22
Skilled Park, Robina
Wednesday 8:00 Chris Harold 10' (pen)
Ben Halloran 18'
Mitch Cooper 56'
Report Adam Kwasnik 4', 66'
Bernie Ibini-Isei 60'
Attendance: 1 141
Referee: Matthew Gillett
26 February 2012 23
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 5:00 Eli Babalj 50' Report Attendance: 5 034
Referee: Jarred Gillett
3 March 2012 24 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 7:45 Troy Hearfield 91' Report Joel Chianese 56' Attendance: 8 658
Referee: Chris Beath
11 March 2012 25
nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 7:30 Travis Dodd 24' Report Attendance: 6 502
Referee: Chris Beath
17 March 2012 26 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 5:30 Bernie Ibini-Isei 47' Report Attendance: 7 275
Referee: Ben Williams
25 March 2012 27
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 2:00 Leo Bertos 80' Report John Sutton 45'
Bernie Ibini-Isei 51'
Attendance: 9 740
Referee: Strebre Delovski
  • *Match rescheduled from 27 January 2012 due to flooding risk in and around
    Skilled Park
    .

Finals

31 March 2012 Major semi-final leg 1
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 5:30
Henrique 8'
Erik Paartalu
86'
Report Attendance: 15 081
Referee: Strebre Delovski
8 April 2012 Major semi-final leg 2
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 5:00 Patrick Zwaanswijk 29'
Adam Kwasnik 32'
Report
Henrique
65'
Attendance: 9 846
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 April 2012 Preliminary final
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 5:00 Adam Kwasnik 32' Report Shane Smeltz 34' Attendance: 7572
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Penalties
Daniel McBreen soccer ball with check mark
Alex Wilkinson soccer ball with check mark
Mathew Ryan soccer ball with check mark
Michael McGlinchey soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark
Jacob Burns

2012 AFC Champions League

The Mariners qualified for the

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea
.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIC NGY CCM
TTD
1 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 2 4 0 13 5 +8 10[a] Advance to knockout stage 1–1 5–0 1–1
2 Japan Nagoya Grampus 6 2 4 0 10 4 +6 10[a] 2–2 3–0 0–0
3 Australia Central Coast Mariners 6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6 1–1 1–1 5–1
4
Tianjin Teda
6 0 3 3 2 12 −10 3 0–3 0–3 0–0
  1. ^ a b Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and Nagoya Grampus are tied on their head-to-head record (2 pts, 0 GD, 3 GF), and so are ranked by their overall goal difference.
Central Coast Mariners v Nagoya Grampus
21 March 2012 2
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Wednesday 7:30 Patrick Zwaanswijk 28' Report
Tulio Tanaka
21'
Attendance: 5 130
Referee: Liu Kwok Man
3 April 2012 3
Seongnam Ilhwa
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 7:00
Joshua Rose
Red card 61'
Report
Everton Santos
57'
Attendance: 5 018
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko
1 May 2012 5
Tianjin Teda FC
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 7:30
Joshua Rose 49'
Michael McGlinchey 71'
Mustafa Amini
85'
Report Liao Bochao 72' Attendance: 4 155
Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim Al-Zarooni
Nagoya Grampus v Central Coast Mariners
15 May 2012 6
Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
Tuesday 8:00
Tulio Tanaka
87'
Report Attendance: 5 037
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou

Squad stats

No. Pos. Name A-League Finals AFC Champions League Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Mathew Ryan 21 0 3 0 6 0 30 0 1 0
2 FW Australia Daniel McBreen 23 2 2 0 5 2 30 4 3 0
3 DF
Joshua Rose
27 1 3 0 5 1 35 2 6 1
4 DF Australia Pedj Bojic 24 2 3 0 4 0 31 2 11 0
5 MF
Bradley Porter
5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0
6 DF Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk 26 6 3 1 6 1 35 8 9 0
7 MF Malta John Hutchinson 19 0 3 0 6 0 28 0 9 0
8 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 18 2 0 0 0 0 18 2 5 0
9 FW Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei 26 7 3 0 6 0 35 7 0 0
10 MF Australia Adriano Pellegrino 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0
11 MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 20 1 3 0 5 0 28 1 1 0
12 MF Australia Troy Hearfield 26 2 2 0 4 0 32 2 0 0
13 MF Australia Stuart Musialik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 27 1 3 0 6 1 36 2 2 0
15 MF Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Australia Trent Sainsbury 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0 3 1
17 FW
Michael Baird
2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
17 MF Australia Tom Rogic 9 2 3 0 4 0 16 2 2 0
18 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 24 0 3 0 6 0 33 0 3 0
19 FW
Matthew Simon
14 7 0 0 0 0 14 7 2 0
19 FW England John Sutton 6 1 2 0 2 0 10 1 1 0
20 GK Australia Justin Pasfield 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
21 DF
Sam Gallagher
1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Mustafa Amini 16 2 2 0 4 1 22 3 1 0
23 FW Australia Adam Kwasnik 16 4 3 2 5 1 24 7 5 0
24 MF Australia Anthony Caceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW
Mitchell Duke
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 DF Australia Trent McClenahan 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
30 GK Australia Nathan Denham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Australia Brody Crane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
?? DF Australia James Oates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top 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
7 Australia
Matt Simon
1 1 1 1 1 2
Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Australia Adam Kwasnik 1 1 2
2 Australia Rostyn Griffiths 1 1
Australia Mustafa Amini 1 1
Australia Pedj Bojic 1 1
Australia Daniel McBreen 1 1
Australia Tom Rogic 1 1
Australia Troy Hearfield 1 1
1 New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 1
Australia Oliver Bozanic 1
Australia
Joshua Rose
1
England John Sutton 1
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

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