2010–11 A-League

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A-League
Season2010–11
Dates5 August 2010 – 13 March 2011
ChampionsBrisbane Roar (1st title)
PremiersBrisbane Roar (1st title)
AFC Champions LeagueBrisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners
Adelaide United
Matches played165
Goals scored434 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerSergio van Dijk
(16 goals)
Best goalkeeperMichael Theoklitos
Biggest home winAdelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury
(21 January 2011)
Biggest away winCentral Coast Mariners 1–5 Brisbane Roar
(28 November 2010)
Highest scoringAdelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury
(21 January 2011)
(9 goals)
Highest attendance32,231
Lowest attendance1,003
Average attendance8,393 ( 1,403)

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer 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 brought the total number of teams to 11. 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 in the Grand Final.

Rule changes[edit]

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 a certain number of qualifications to be determined by FFA. This replaces the previous ruling of only one salary cap exempt player in previous seasons.

Clubs[edit]

Team City Home Ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119
Gold Coast United Gold Coast Skilled Park 27,400
Melbourne Heart Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park
Etihad Stadium
30,050
56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle EnergyAustralia Stadium 26,164
North Queensland Fury Townsville Dairy Farmers Stadium 26,500
Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000

Transfers[edit]

Managerial changes[edit]

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

Foreign players[edit]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Argentina Marcos Flores Brazil Cássio Croatia Dario Bodrušić Indonesia Sergio van Dijk Uruguay Francisco Usúcar England Joe Keenan3
Netherlands Andwélé Slory4
Ghana Lloyd Owusu
South Korea Shin In-seob
Brisbane Roar Brazil Henrique Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano Germany Thomas Broich New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Brazil Reinaldo1
Central Coast Mariners Argentina Patricio Pérez Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk New Zealand Michael McGlinchey Scotland Chris Doig Malta John Hutchinson2
Gold Coast United Brazil Anderson Brazil Robson England John Curtis Germany Peter Perchtold Ivory Coast Adama Traoré New Zealand Glen Moss2
South Korea Kim Sung-Kil4
Netherlands Bas van den Brink
Melbourne Heart Brazil Alex Terra Netherlands Gerald Sibon Netherlands Rutger Worm
Melbourne Victory Brazil Ricardinho Costa Rica Marvin Angulo Costa Rica Carlos Hernández England Geoff Kellaway Thailand Surat Sukha Scotland Grant Brebner1
Newcastle Jets China Zhang Shuo England Michael Bridges Italy Marcello Fiorentini New Zealand Jeremy Brockie Iraq Ali Abbas1
Slovenia Tomislav Mišura3
England Francis Jeffers4
North Queensland Fury England Mark Hughes Germany André Kilian Netherlands Antilles Dyron Daal Togo Eric Akoto Uganda Eugene Sseppuya Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald2
Sri Lanka Jack Hingert2
Perth Glory England Robbie Fowler England Andy Todd Netherlands Victor Sikora Serbia Branko Jelić Scotland Steven McGarry
Sydney FC Brazil Bruno Cazarine Finland Juho Mäkelä Japan Hirofumi Moriyasu South Korea Byun Sung-Hwan Switzerland Stephan Keller Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn1
Wellington Phoenix Argentina Toto Cornejo Barbados Paul Ifill Brazil Daniel Brazil Diego Walsh England Chris Greenacre Malta Manny Muscat2

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains[edit]

Club Australian Marquee International Marquee Junior Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United None None None Australia Travis Dodd[9] Australia Lucas Pantelis[9]
Brisbane Roar None None None Australia Matt McKay[10][11] Australia Shane Stefanutto[12]
Central Coast Mariners None None Australia Oliver Bozanic[13] Australia Alex Wilkinson[14] Malta John Hutchinson[15]
Gold Coast United Australia Jason Culina[16] None Australia Tahj Minniecon[17][18] Australia Jason Culina[19][20] Australia Michael Thwaite[19][20]
Melbourne Heart Australia Josip Skoko[21][22] Netherlands Gerald Sibon[23][24] None Australia Simon Colosimo[25] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Archie Thompson[26][27] Brazil Ricardinho[28][note 1] None Australia Kevin Muscat[30]
Australia Adrian Leijer[note 2][32]
Australia Adrian Leijer[33]
Newcastle Jets None England Michael Bridges[34][35] None England Michael Bridges[36] Australia Ljubo Milicevic[36]
Australia Kasey Wehrman[36]
North Queensland Fury None None None Australia Ufuk Talay[37] Australia Gareth Edds[37]
Perth Glory Australia Mile Sterjovski[38] England Robbie Fowler[39] None Australia Jacob Burns[40] None
Sydney FC Australia Nick Carle[41] None None Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn[42] Australia Alex Brosque[42]
Australia Hayden Foxe[42]
Wellington Phoenix Australia Jade North[43] None None New Zealand Andrew Durante[44] New Zealand Tim Brown[44]

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19
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 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
    Second 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[edit]

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. Mid week games were played to accommodate this extra team.[45] The official 2010–11 fixture list was released on 18 May 2010.[46]

Round 1[edit]

5 August 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EST Report
Summary
Wilkinson 16' Attendance: 11,050
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 2[edit]

14 August 2010 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EST Report
Summary
Harnwell 23'
Sterjovski 49'
Attendance: 20,358
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 3[edit]

20 August 2010 Adelaide United 3–2 Melbourne Heart Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST Leckie 2'
Ramsay 52', 88'
Report
Summary
Worm 42'
Babalj 74'
Attendance: 7,370
Referee: Ben Williams
21 August 2010 Perth Glory 1–0 Newcastle Jets nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 15:15 WST Jelić 45+1' Report
Summary
Attendance: 12,031
Referee: Matthew Breeze
21 August 2010 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 EST McKay 53' Report
Summary
Attendance: 10,339
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 4[edit]

29 August 2010 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EST Sibon 5' (pen.)
Kalmar 37'
Report
Summary
Marrone 20' (o.g.)
Fowler 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,878
Referee: Kurt Ams

Round 5[edit]

4 September 2010 Sydney FC 1–3 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EST Keller 58' Report
Summary
van Dijk 9', 53'
Leckie 37'
Attendance: 7,557
Referee: Peter Green
5 September 2010 Perth Glory 2–1 Wellington Phoenix nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 15:00 WST Sterjovski 6'
Fowler 61'
Report
Summary
Sigmund 73' Attendance: 10,844
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 6[edit]

11 September 2010 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:15 NZST Ifill 50' (pen.)
Ward 72'
Report
Summary
Cazarine 67' Attendance: 8,453
Referee: Chris Beath
11 September 2010 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00 CST Leckie 22'
Flores 65'
Report
Summary
Rooney 89' Attendance: 9,571
Referee: Ben Williams
12 September 2010 Perth Glory 0–1 Gold Coast United nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 15:00 WST Report
Summary
Culina 23' Attendance: 10,450
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 7[edit]

18 September 2010 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 EST Broich 35' Report
Summary
Leckie 28' Attendance: 7,080
Referee: Ben Williams
19 September 2010 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST Aloisi 50'
Alex 66'
Report
Summary
Brown 75' Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Peter Green
19 September 2010 Gold Coast United 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 17:00 EST Report
Summary
Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Matthew Gillett
22 September 2010 Gold Coast United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 19:30 EST Curtis 89' Report
Summary
Attendance: 2,091
Referee: Peter Green

Round 8[edit]

24 September 2010 Adelaide United 2–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST van Dijk 70', 73' (pen.) Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 September 2010 Sydney FC 1–1 Gold Coast United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 15:00 EST Cazarine 20' Report
Summary
Djite 45+1' Attendance: 9,977
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 9[edit]

1 October 2010 Gold Coast United 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 20:00 EST Djite 6', 70'
J. Brown 82'
Report
Summary
Ifill 9' (pen.) Attendance: 2,943
Referee: Matthew Gillett
3 October 2010 Perth Glory 1–2 Brisbane Roar nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 17:00 WST Neville 6' Report
Summary
Reinaldo 2'
Visconte 90+4'
Attendance: 9,758
Referee: Ben Williams
4 October 2010 Sydney FC 1–2 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Monday 17:00 EDT A. Brosque 40' (pen.) Report
Summary
Cole 57' (o.g.)
Ramsay 90+1'
Attendance: 7,071
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 10[edit]

16 October 2010 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 18:45 EDT Vargas 20'
Hernández 49'
Kruse 90'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 17,299
Referee: Ben Williams
16 October 2010 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:45 EST Reinaldo 77' Report
Summary
M. Smith 18' (o.g.) Attendance: 10,191
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Round 11[edit]

22 October 2010 Adelaide United 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT van Dijk 70'
Flores 72'
Dodd 76'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 11,206
Referee: Alan Milliner
23 October 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Gold Coast United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Report
Summary
Attendance: 6,105
Referee: Chris Beath
24 October 2010 Perth Glory 0–3 Sydney FC nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST Report
Summary
Cazarine 25', 78'
A. Brosque 53'
Attendance: 8,870
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 12[edit]

3 November 2010 Perth Glory 0–0 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST Report
Summary
Attendance: 5,745
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 13[edit]

6 November 2010 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST Reinaldo 43' {
M. Smith 55'
Barbarouses 61', 66'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,248
Referee: Matthew Breeze
7 November 2010 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 EDT Cazarine 76' Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Chris Beath
10 November 2010 Adelaide United 2–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday 18:30 CDT Fyfe 64'
van Dijk 90+1'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 10,023
Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 14[edit]

12 November 2010 Gold Coast United 3–1 Sydney FC Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 19:30 EST J. Porter 15', 54'
Culina 44'
Report
Summary
Cazarine 58' Attendance: 2,536
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 November 2010 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:45 EDT Topor-Stanley 4'
Jesic 13', 52'
Report
Summary
Fyfe 79' Attendance: 8,278
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 November 2010 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST Fowler 13', 64', 71' Report
Summary
Dugandžić 79' Attendance: 6,217
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 15[edit]

19 November 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT Report
Summary
Cornthwaite 5'
Bolton 73' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,538
Referee: Chris Beath
20 November 2010 Brisbane Roar 1–1 North Queensland Fury Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST Franjic 85' Report
Summary
Edds 9' Attendance: 10,126
Referee: Alan Milliner
21 November 2010 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium, Sydney[Note 2]
Sunday 15:00 EDT Cole 75'
A. Brosque 81'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 6,654
Referee: Peter Green
21 November 2010 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Gold Coast United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT Simon 42'
Kwasnik 71'
Report
Summary
Djulbic 45'
Pantelidis 69'
Barisić 73'
Attendance: 9,732
Referee: Matthew Gillett
24 November 2010 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Melbourne Heart Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wednesday 19:00 NZDT Ifill 62', 73' Report
Summary
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Jarred Gillett
24 November 2010 Brisbane Roar 3–2 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane[Note 4]
Wednesday 20:00 EST Solórzano 41', 76' (pen.)
M. Smith 58'
Report
Summary
Fowler 66' (pen.)
Pellegrino 83'
Attendance: 6,836
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 16[edit]

27 November 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 20:15 EDT Report
Summary
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 17[edit]

3 December 2010 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT Kruse 63', 77'
A. Thompson 71'
Report
Summary
Kemp 30' (o.g.)
Solórzano 45+1'
McKay 90+4'
Attendance: 11,886
Referee: Peter Green
4 December 2010 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:00 EDT Kwasnik 1', 23'
Simon 5'
Ryall 46' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,160
Referee: Matthew Breeze
8 December 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT Report
Summary
Jeffers 12'
Jesic 18'
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 18[edit]

10 December 2010 Adelaide United 2–0 North Queensland Fury Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT Flores 5'
van Dijk 16'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,786
Referee: Matthew Gillett
11 December 2010 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Sibon 17' Report
Summary
Kruse 12', 28'
Leijer 54'
Attendance: 23,059
Referee: Chris Beath
11 December 2010 Gold Coast United 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Saturday 20:15 EST van den Brink 21'
J. Brown 66'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 1,716
Referee: Alan Milliner
12 December 2010 Sydney FC 0–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 EDT Report
Summary
Barbarouses 41' Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Jarred Gillett
15 December 2010 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Gold Coast United

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