2011–12 A-League
Encyclopedia
The A-League's 2011–12 season (known as the Hyundai
A-League
for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the Australasia
n A-League football 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.
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||style="text-align:left;"| Thomas Broich
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||style="text-align:left;"| Peter Jungschlager
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||style="text-align:left;"| Mitch Nichols
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Matt Simon
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||style="text-align:left;"| Archie Thompson
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||style="text-align:left;"| Besart Berisha
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| ||style="text-align:left:"| Pascal Bosschaart
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Dylan MacAllister
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Nick Ward
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Ivan Franjic
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Tony Lochhead
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| ||style="text-align:left;"| Nigel Boogaard
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! Attendance !! Round !! Date !! Home !! Score !! Away !! Venue !! Weekday !! Time of Day
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| 40,351 || 1 || 8 October 2011 || || 0 – 0 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 39,309 || 3 || 22 October 2011 || || 0 – 0 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 24,820 || 5 || 5 November 2011 || || 2 – 2 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 20,078 || 7 || 19 November 2011 || || 1 – 1 || || Eden Park
|| Saturday || Afternoon
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| 19,339 || 8 || 26 November 2011 || || 4 – 0 || || Suncorp Stadium
|| Saturday || Night
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| 18,404 || 7 || 20 November 2011 || || 2 – 2 || || Etihad Stadium || Sunday || Afternoon
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| 16,522 || 3 || 27 November 2011 || || 3 – 2 || || AAMI Park || Sunday || Afternoon
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| 16,428 || 6 || 13 November 2011 || || 1 – 1 || || Suncorp Stadium
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| 15,789 || 2 || 15 October 2011 || || 0 – 2 || || Sydney Football Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 14,753 || 2 || 14 October 2011 || || 1 – 0 || || Hindmarsh Stadium
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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.
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| October 2011 || James Brown
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A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
n A-League football 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
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
, due to financial reasons.
Stadia and Locations
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Adelaide United Adelaide United FC Adelaide United Football Club is a professional football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It currently participates in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League. The club's home ground is... |
Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... |
Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United.... |
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| Brisbane Roar | Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... |
Suncorp Stadium | |
| Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners FC Central Coast Mariners Football Club is a professional football club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. They participate in the A-League and are one of three teams from the state of New South Wales playing in the competition... |
Gosford Gosford, New South Wales Gosford is a city located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 76 km north of the Sydney central business district... |
Bluetongue Stadium | |
| Gold Coast United | Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous... |
Skilled Park | |
| Melbourne Heart Melbourne Heart FC Melbourne Heart FC is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2008, the club has competed in the A-League, the highest division of football in Australia, since its inaugural 2010–2011 season. It is the twelfth club to have played in the league... |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
AAMI Park Melbourne Rectangular Stadium The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field on Olympic Boulevard in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct, in inner Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
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| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
Etihad Stadium AAMI Park Melbourne Rectangular Stadium The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field on Olympic Boulevard in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct, in inner Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
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| Newcastle Jets | Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas... |
Ausgrid Stadium | |
| Perth Glory Perth Glory FC Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League... |
Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... |
NIB Stadium | |
| Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... |
Sydney Football Stadium | |
| Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix FC Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The club competes in the Football Federation of Australia A-League. Ricki Herbert has been the coach since the club's inception to the A-League in July 2007. The current club captain is... |
Wellington | Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders... |
Personnel and kits
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| Adelaide United | |
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Erreà Erreà Erreà is a sportswear trademark founded in 1988, in Torrile... |
Coopers Coopers Brewery Coopers Brewery is an Australian beer company. Its shares are primarily owned by the extended Cooper family, and the company's constitution and classes of shares makes it difficult to sell shares outside the family. Coopers is known for making a variety of high quality beers, the most famous of... |
| Brisbane Roar | |
Matt Smith Matt Smith (footballer) Matt Smith is an English-Australian professional football player, currently playing with the Brisbane Roar in the Hyundai A-League... |
Puma PUMA AG Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two... |
The Coffee Club The Coffee Club The Coffee Club is a coffeehouse-style café chain. Originally created in 1989 as a place to get "an excellent coffee", the concept now includes cafébar/restaurant stores with expanded menus and full table service.-History:... |
| Central Coast Mariners | |
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Hummel Hummel International hummel International is a Denmark-based sportswear company. The firm was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparel for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian football, shinty and volleyball... |
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| Gold Coast United |  |
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Fi-ta | Hyatt Regency Coolum Clive Palmer (businessman) Clive Palmer is a businessman from Queensland, Australia. he is Australia's fifth richest man and the wealthiest in Queensland. BRW estimated his worth at around A$3 billion, with others putting it at $6 billion.- Private life :... |
| Melbourne Heart | |
 FredHelbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, commonly known as Fred is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for A-League club Melbourne Heart, and is also the team captain.-Brazil:... |
ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ... |
Westpac Westpac Westpac , is a multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand.... |
| Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League.... |
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Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
Adecco Adecco Adecco S.A. is a human resources company, based in Glattbrugg near Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco employs 700,000 temporary workers and contractors who are supplied to business clients, and has over 32,000 employees and 5,500 offices in 60 countries and territories around the world... |
| Newcastle Jets | |
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ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ... |
Hunter Sports Group |
| Perth Glory |  |
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X-blades | QBE Insurance QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
| Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
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Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
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| Wellington Phoenix | |
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Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
Sony Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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| Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League.... |
Ernie Merrick Ernie Merrick Ernest 'Ernie' Merrick is the Scottish former head coach for the Australian A-League football team, Melbourne Victory.-Melbourne Victory:... |
Sacked | 12 March 2011 | Pre-season | Mehmet Durakovic Mehmet Durakovic Mehmet Duraković is a retired Australian-Albanian soccer player and currently serving football manager. As of June 2011, he is the currently serving head manager of Melbourne Victory... |
21 June 2011 |
| Newcastle Jets | Branko Čulina Branko Culina Branko Čulina is a football coach and former player. He is currently without a club after being sacked by Newcastle Jets.-Club career:... |
Sacked | 4 October 2011 | Pre-season | Gary Van Egmond Gary van Egmond Gary van Egmond is an Australian football manager of Dutch heritage who is currently the manager of Newcastle Jets in the A-League.-Playing career:Van Egmond began his playing career with APIA Leichhardt in 1982... |
20 October 2011 |
Home and away season
2011-12 will see each team will play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 weeks. On 4th January, over 11 hours of football will be broadcasted with all games being covered back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season will kick off on 8th October, the day after Australia plays an international friendly, and will conclude at the end of April.Week 1
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Table of results
Positions by round
| Team / 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 |
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| Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Coast Mariners | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | ||||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League.... |
5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League... |
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| Perth Glory | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Newcastle Jets | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | ||||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Heart | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide United | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Coast United | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | |
Leading goalscorers
Updated to end of Round 8| Total | Player | Club | Goals per Round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Besart Berisha Besart Berisha Besart Berisha is an Albanian footballer who plays for Brisbane Roar in the A-League and internationally as a striker for the Albania national football team.-Youth and Hamburger SV:... |
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James Brown James Brown (Australian footballer) James Brown is an Indigenous Australian football player who is currently signed to play for Gold Coast United FC.-Club career:... |
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Henrique Henrique Andrade Silva Henrique De Andrade Silva is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Hyundai A-League club Brisbane Roar. He is nicknamed the Slippery Fish.-Biography:... |
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Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League... |
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Archie Thompson Archie Thompson Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record... |
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Mate Dugandžić Mate Dugandžic Mate Dugandžić is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Melbourne Heart FC in the Hyundai A-League. He was the first player ever to make a direct switch between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Heart.... |
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Ryan Griffiths Ryan Griffiths (footballer) Ryan Griffiths is an Australian football player who plays for Newcastle United Jets.-Club career:... |
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Matt Simon Matt Simon Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:... |
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Patrick Zwaanswijk Patrick Zwaanswijk Patrick Zwaanswijk is a Dutch professional footballer currently playing for Central Coast Mariners as a central defender.-Club career:Zwaanswijk played for 11 seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie including 5 years with NAC Breda.... |
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Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...
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Assists
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||style="text-align:left;"| Thomas BroichThomas Broich
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||style="text-align:left;"| Peter JungschlagerPeter Jungschläger
Peter Jungschläger is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Gold Coast United.He previously played for VVV-Venlo, RBC Roosendaal and ADO Den Haag....
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||style="text-align:left;"| Mitch NicholsMitch Nichols
Mitchell Ian "Mitch" Nichols is an Australian football player for the Brisbane Roar of the A-League.-Brisbane Roar:...
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||style="text-align:left;"| Matt SimonMatt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...
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||style="text-align:left;"| Archie ThompsonArchie Thompson
Archibald Gerald Thompson is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record...
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||style="text-align:left;"| Besart BerishaBesart Berisha
Besart Berisha is an Albanian footballer who plays for Brisbane Roar in the A-League and internationally as a striker for the Albania national football team.-Youth and Hamburger SV:...
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||style="text-align:left:"| Pascal BosschaartPascal Bosschaart
Pascal Bosschaart is a Dutch footballer who is playing for A-League club Sydney FC. Prior to this, he played and captained Dutch side ADO Den Haag which played in the Eredivisie...
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||style="text-align:left;"| Dylan MacAllisterDylan Macallister
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||style="text-align:left;"| Nick WardNick Ward
Nick Ward may refer to:*Nick Ward , Australian football player*Nick Ward , Welsh football player*Nick Ward, in original lineup of Australian band The Church...
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||style="text-align:left;"| Ivan FranjicIvan Franjic
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||style="text-align:left;"| Tony LochheadTony Lochhead
Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001...
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Own goals
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||style="text-align:left;"| Nigel BoogaardNigel Boogaard
Nigel Boogaard is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a central defender for the Australian A-League club Adelaide United.-Central Coast Mariners:...
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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.Updated to the 29/11/11
Top 10 Attendances
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! Attendance !! Round !! Date !! Home !! Score !! Away !! Venue !! Weekday !! Time of Day
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| 40,351 || 1 || 8 October 2011 || || 0 – 0 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 39,309 || 3 || 22 October 2011 || || 0 – 0 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 24,820 || 5 || 5 November 2011 || || 2 – 2 || || Etihad Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 20,078 || 7 || 19 November 2011 || || 1 – 1 || || Eden Park
Eden Park
Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable...
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| 19,339 || 8 || 26 November 2011 || || 4 – 0 || || Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...
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| 18,404 || 7 || 20 November 2011 || || 2 – 2 || || Etihad Stadium || Sunday || Afternoon
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| 16,522 || 3 || 27 November 2011 || || 3 – 2 || || AAMI Park || Sunday || Afternoon
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| 16,428 || 6 || 13 November 2011 || || 1 – 1 || || Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...
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| 15,789 || 2 || 15 October 2011 || || 0 – 2 || || Sydney Football Stadium || Saturday || Night
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| 14,753 || 2 || 14 October 2011 || || 1 – 0 || || Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
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Discipline
Updated to end of round 8.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.
- 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.Nominees
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| October 2011 || James Brown
James Brown (Australian footballer)
James Brown is an Indigenous Australian football player who is currently signed to play for Gold Coast United FC.-Club career:...
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Team season articles
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- 2011–12 Gold Coast United season2011–12 Gold Coast United seasonThe 2011–12 Gold Coast United season will be Gold Coast United's third season in the A-League.-Season overview:On the 23 September 2011, it was announced the club would start a youth academy consisting of 22 players who missed out on a place in the NYL squad...
- 2011–12 Melbourne Heart season2011–12 Melbourne Heart seasonThe 2011–12 season will be Melbourne Heart's second season in the A-League. 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 , but the FFA forbade all A-League clubs from competing...
- 2011–12 Melbourne Victory season2011–12 Melbourne Victory seasonThe Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is 's seventh A-League season. It is the first A-League season that the Victory will wear a kit not made by Reebok.-First team squad:-In:...
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- 2011–12 Perth Glory season2011–12 Perth Glory seasonThe 2011–12 season is Perth Glory FC's 7th season since the inception of the A-League and 15th since the club's founding, in 1996. This season Perth Glory kits are no longer supplied by Reebok and are now supplied by X Blades.-Pre-season friendlies:...
- 2011–12 Sydney FC season2011–12 Sydney FC seasonThe 2011-12 season will be Sydney FC's seventh consecutive season in the Hyundai A-League since its foundation season in 2005-2006. The club will not compete in the 2011 AFC Champions League after failing to qualify during the previous season. The 2011-12 season also marks a new chapter in the...
- 2011–12 Wellington Phoenix season2011–12 Wellington Phoenix season-Key dates:*1 July 2011: Herbert no longer the only coaching staff as Phoenix sign strength and conditioning coach Lee Taylor who has had spells at Leyton Orient, Notts County and Liverpool....