2011–12 Central Coast Mariners season
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The 2011–12 Central Coast Mariners season will be 's seventh 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...

 season. It includes the 2011–12 A-League
2011–12 A-League
The A-League's 2011–12 season is the seventh season of the Australasian 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...

 season as well as any other competitions of the 2011-12 football (soccer) season. This will include competing in the 2012 AFC Champions League
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...

 as well as, potentially, a national elimination cup run by the FFA
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...

, proposed to begin in March 2012.

Pre-season and friendlies

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

 shifted the next season's start back to avoid clashing with the NRL and AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 finals.

In May, it was announced that the Mariners would play Celtic FC on their tour of Australia in July, a game which the Mariners won 1-0 through a late Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

 long range effort.

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

.

Much of the news at the club in pre-season related to the future of young talent Mustafa Amini
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini is an Australian football player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season...

, who had attracted interest from many European clubs, including German champions Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

 and Scottish giants Celtic FC, amongst others. After an extended negotiation period, Amini was sold to Dortmund, and immediately loaned back to the Mariners until May 2012.

Pre-season fixtures included the annual tour of the Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...

, and a tour of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Whilst in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

, the Mariners retained the Bank of Queensland
Bank of Queensland
Bank of Queensland , one of the oldest financial institutions in Queensland, Australia, is a retail bank with a network of almost 270 branches, including 152 in Queensland, 52 in New South Wales, 23 in Victoria and 34 in Western Australia. Following the Home Building Society and Pioneer mergers,...

 Cup
, winning their annual clash with Belconnen United FC 5-0. Overall, the Mariners enjoyed a successful pre-season, including wins over 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...

 opposition Perth Glory and Wellington Phoenix. They also won the annual Doug Turnbull cup, against Bankstown City Lions
Bankstown City Lions
Bankstown City Lions is an Australian football club from the Sydney suburb of Sefton in New South Wales, Australia...

. The Mariners were a game away from a second consecutive undefeated pre-season (after not losing a pre-season game in the 2010 pre-season), however, they were beaten 3-1 by Auckland City FC
Auckland City FC
Auckland City Football Club is a football club based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country...

 in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 in their final friendly before the season proper. Michael Baird was the top-scorer in pre-season, scoring 7 goals.

Pre-Season fixtures

Games in New South Wales unless specified. Games in this section are in local time.
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2011-12 A-League

Fixtures for the 2011–12 A-League
2011–12 A-League
The A-League's 2011–12 season is the seventh season of the Australasian 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...

 were announced in late May. Notable fixtures include a 2011 A-League Grand Final
2011 A-League Grand Final
The 2011 A-League Grand Final was the sixth A-League Grand Final taking place on 13 March 2011 at Suncorp Stadium. It was the final match in the A-League 2010–11 season, played between premiers and runners-up .-The match:...

 rematch in the opening fixture against Brisbane Roar, and the Mariners' traditional New Years Eve match, this year against Gold Coast United.

October

The Mariners' season got off to a mixed start, with no wins in their first three games, picking up only one point. This included a draw with Gold Coast United, thanks to a late 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....

 equaliser, and a loss in The F3 Derby
The F3 Derby
The F3 Derby involves Australia's Newcastle Jets and Central Coast Mariners. They are considered to be a fierce rivalry in the A-League due to being two of the closest teams geographically...

 against Newcastle. However, they managed to kick start their season with a come from behind win over Perth Glory at Bluetongue Stadium, winning 2-1 with goals from 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:...

 and Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei is a Nigerian-Australian football player who plays for the A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

.

2011-12 A-League Squad

Players who have been announced as contracted to the Central Coast Mariners senior squad for the 2011-12 season.

Transfers

In
Name Position Moving from Notes
  Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.He was part of the Joeys squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, and previously played for Bray Wanderers in the League of Ireland...

 
Goalkeeper   - 2 year senior contract
  Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

 
Midfielder
  Brad McDonald
Brad McDonald
Brad McDonald is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australia football player currently playing for Central Coast Mariners in the Hyundai A-League.-Career:...

 
Midfielder   - 1 year senior contract
  Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino is an Australian football player who plays as a right midfielder for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.-Club career:...

 
Midfielder   - 2 year senior contract
  Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...

 
Midfielder   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...

 
- 1 year senior contract

Out
Name Position Moving to Notes
  Nik Mrdja
Nik Mrdja
Nik Mrdja is an Australian football player of Serbian ethnicity. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 
Striker Retired
  Patricio Perez
Patricio Pérez
Patricio Pablo Pérez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently playing for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...

 
Midfielder   Club Atlético All Boys  - Due to personal reasons.
  Marc Warren
Marc Warren (footballer)
Marc Warren is an Australian footballer currently playing for Sheffield United in the Football League Championship. He is a product of the Australian Institute of Sport Football Program having played for them in the 2009–10 A-League National Youth League-Club career:Warren grew up in the...

 
Defender   Sheffield United  - Left during 2011 January transfer window.
  Chris Doig
Chris Doig
Christopher Ross "Chris" Doig , is a Scottish professional Association footballer who plays as a central defender. He currently plays for Pelita Jaya in the Indonesian Super League.-Queen of the South:...

 
Defender   Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya FC is an Indonesian football team located in Karawang, Indonesia founded in 1986. It was one of the most successful clubs in the Galatama era. The club's finance is mostly supported by The Bakrie Group....

 
  Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson (footballer)
Paul John Henderson is an Australian football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Sydney Olympic.-Club career:Henderson started his career in club football in Australia...

 
Goalkeeper   Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football club that plays in the NSW Premier League. It competed in the National Soccer League from 1977 until the league's demise in 2004, having won the championship in 1989–90, 2001–02, the League Cup in 1980, the minor premiership in 2002–03 and the...

 
-End of long term injury replacement contract.
  Jess Vanstrattan
Jess Vanstrattan
Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan is an Australian football goalkeeper currently without a club.-Club career:Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Vanstrattan started his career for Northern Spirit in Sydney, NSW.-Verona:...

 
Goalkeeper Released
  Mustafa Amini
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini is an Australian football player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season...

 
Midfielder   Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

 
-Loaned back to Mariners for 2011-12 season.
  Matthew Lewis
Matthew Lewis (footballer)
Matthew Lewis is an Australian football player currently playing for Central Coast Mariners....

 
Midfielder   Blacktown City FC  -Contract not renewed.
  Michael Baird  Striker   Sabah FA
Sabah FA
The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

 
-Left mid-season.

Loan Deals

In
Player Position Club Duration
  Mustafa Amini
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini is an Australian football player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season...

 
Midfielder   Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

 
July 2011- May 2012
  Nathan Denham  Goalkeeper   Sutherland Sharks
Sutherland Sharks
Sutherland Sharks Football Club is an Australian football club based in Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia and currently play in the New South Wales Premier League....

 
November 2011

Out
Player Position Club Duration
  Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

 
Midfielder   Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya
Pelita Jaya FC is an Indonesian football team located in Karawang, Indonesia founded in 1986. It was one of the most successful clubs in the Galatama era. The club's finance is mostly supported by The Bakrie Group....

 
March 2011- June 2011
  Alex Wilkinson
Alex Wilkinson
Alexander Wilkinson is an Australian football player. He is currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League...

 
Defender   Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty F.C. is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, China that currently participates in the Chinese Super League. Home matches are played at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center...

March 2011- July 2011
  Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 
Striker   Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades F.C. is a professional football club based in Chengdu, PR China who currently plays in the 42,000 seater Chengdu Sports Centre in the Chinese Super league...

 
March 2011- August 2011
  John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (footballer)
John Hutchinson is a Maltese-Australian football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners...

 
Midfielder   Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades F.C. is a professional football club based in Chengdu, PR China who currently plays in the 42,000 seater Chengdu Sports Centre in the Chinese Super league...

 
July 2011- October 2011

Injuries

Name Position Injury Duration
  Matthew Ryan
Matthew Ryan (goalkeeper)
Mathew Ryan is an Australian football goalkeeper currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club Career:...

Goalkeeper Knee
Knee
The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the fibula and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest joint in the human body and is very complicated. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus , which permits flexion and extension as...

May 2011- September 2011
  Mustafa Amini
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini is an Australian football player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season...

Midfielder Osteitis pubis
Osteitis pubis
Since 1924, osteitis pubis has been known as a noninfectious inflammation of the pubis symphysis causing varying degrees of lower abdominal and pelvic pain. Osteitis pubis was first described in patients who had undergone suprapubic surgery and remains a well-known complication of invasive...

August 2011- October 2011
  Alex Wilkinson
Alex Wilkinson
Alexander Wilkinson is an Australian football player. He is currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League...

Defender Arm
Arm
In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow joints. In other animals, the term arm can also be used for analogous structures, such as one of the paired forelimbs of a four-legged animal or the arms of cephalopods...

September 2011- October 2011
  Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...

Midfielder Hip September 2011- November 2011

2011-12 A-League fixtures/results

All times AEST/AEDST, and PM

Squad stats

No. Pos. Name A-League Finals AFC Champions League
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League will be the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. The winner will participate in 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.-Allocation of entries per...

Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Matthew Ryan
Matthew Ryan (goalkeeper)
Mathew Ryan is an Australian football goalkeeper currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club Career:...

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
2 FW   Daniel McBreen
Daniel McBreen
Daniel James McBreen is a football player who plays for the Central Coast Mariners as a striker.-Club career:McBreen was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England but moved to Australia six weeks later after his father took up an offer to play football there...

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
3 DF   Joshua Rose
Joshua Rose
Joshua Rose is an Australian football player who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
4 DF   Pedj Bojic 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0
5 MF   Bradley Porter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
6 DF   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....

7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0
7 MF   John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (footballer)
John Hutchinson is a Maltese-Australian football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners...

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF   Rostyn Griffiths
Rostyn Griffiths
Rostyn John Griffiths is an Australian football player who currently plays for A-League team Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 0
9 FW   Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei is a Nigerian-Australian football player who plays for the A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
10 MF   Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino is an Australian football player who plays as a right midfielder for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.-Club career:...

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
11 MF   Oliver Bozanic
Oliver Bozanic
Oliver John Bozanic is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League...

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
12 MF   Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0
13 MF   Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Michael McGlinchey
Michael McGlinchey
Michael Ryan McGlinchey is an association footballer currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners....

7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 0
15 MF   Brad McDonald
Brad McDonald
Brad McDonald is a Papua New Guinean-born, Australia football player currently playing for Central Coast Mariners in the Hyundai A-League.-Career:...

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Trent Sainsbury
Trent Sainsbury
Trent Sainsbury in Perth, Western Australia, is an football player currently signed to the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:He grew up in the hills district and graduated from Muirfield High School in North Rocks....

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   Michael Baird 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
18 DF   Alex Wilkinson
Alex Wilkinson
Alexander Wilkinson is an Australian football player. He is currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League...

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
19 FW   Matthew Simon 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0
20 GK   Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.He was part of the Joeys squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, and previously played for Bray Wanderers in the League of Ireland...

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF   Sam Gallagher
Sam Gallagher
Sam Gallagher is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners.- Club career :Gallagher spent his junior career at Gladesville Spirit, the NSW Institute of Sport and then Manly United FC before being signed for the Sydney FC National Youth League team.He was called...

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Mustafa Amini
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini is an Australian football player currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners on loan from Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. He was signed from the AIS team which played in the 2009-10 Youth League season...

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
23 FW   Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
30 GK   Nathan Denham 0 0 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
2   Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei
Bernie Ibini-Isei is a Nigerian-Australian football player who plays for the A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 
1 1
  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:...

 
1 1
  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....

 
1 1
1   Michael McGlinchey
Michael McGlinchey
Michael Ryan McGlinchey is an association footballer currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners....

 
1
  Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

 
1
EWLINE
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
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...

EWLINE
Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

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