2017–18 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners
2017–18 season
ChairmanMichael Charlesworth
ManagerPaul Okon
(to 20 March 2018)
Wayne O'Sullivan (caretaker)
(from 20 March 2018)
StadiumCentral Coast Stadium, Gosford
A-League10th
A-League Finals SeriesDNQ
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Blake Powell, Connor Pain (4 goals)
All: Blake Powell, Connor Pain (4 goals)
Highest home attendance12,044 vs. Newcastle Jets
(7 October 2017)
Lowest home attendance4,973 vs. Wellington Phoenix
(23 February 2018)
Average home league attendance7,194

The 2017–18 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

Review and events

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Pre-season

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Immediately after the end of the 2016–17 season, it was announced that goalkeepers Paul Izzo and Ivan Necevski; and attacking players Roy O'Donovan and Fábio Ferreira would be leaving the club.[1]

Players

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Squad information

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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 Ben Kennedy
2 DF New Zealand NZL Storm Roux
3 DF Australia AUS Joshua Rose
4 DF Australia AUS Jake McGing
5 DF Australia AUS Antony Golec
6 MF Netherlands NED Tom Hiariej
7 MF Australia AUS Andrew Hoole
8 FW Australia AUS Blake Powell
10 MF Australia AUS Daniel De Silva
11 FW Australia AUS Connor Pain
12 FW Australia AUS Trent Buhagiar
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Australia AUS Adam Berry
15 DF Spain ESP Alan Baró (Captain)
16 MF Australia AUS Liam Rose
17 FW Australia AUS Josh Bingham
18 GK Australia AUS Tom Glover (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
19 DF Australia AUS Jacob Poscoliero
20 GK Australia AUS Adam Pearce (Youth)
21 DF Australia AUS Kye Rowles
22 MF Australia AUS Jacob Melling
23 MF Netherlands NED Wout Brama
27 FW Australia AUS Peter Skapetis


Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
1 GK Ben Kennedy Newcastle Jets Free transfer 1 year 31 March 2017 [2]
6 MF Netherlands Tom Hiariej Netherlands Groningen Free transfer 2 years 23 May 2017 [3]
15 DF Spain Alan Baró Free transfer 2 years 28 May 2017 [4]
5 DF Antony Golec Free transfer 1 year 30 May 2017 [5]
7 MF Andrew Hoole Free transfer 2 years 31 May 2017 [6]
21 DF Kye Rowles Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1 year 26 June 2017 [7]
3 DF Joshua Rose Free transfer 1 year 3 July 2017 [8]
10 MF Daniel De Silva Free transfer 3 years 7 July 2017 [9]
18 GK Tom Glover England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 1 year 26 July 2017 [10]
9 FW Spain Asdrúbal Free transfer 1 year 28 July 2017 [11]
23 MF Netherlands Wout Brama Netherlands Utrecht Undisclosed 2 years 29 July 2017 [12]
22 MF Jacob Melling Free transfer 6 months 3 January 2018 [13]
27 FW Peter Skapetis Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1 year 18 January 2018 [14]
19 DF Jacob Poscoliero Free transfer 6 months 31 January 2018 [15]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
20 GK Paul Izzo Adelaide United Free transfer 18 April 2017 [16]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Newcastle Jets Free transfer 18 April 2017 [17]
1 GK Ivan Necevski Released 20 April 2017 [18]
7 MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira Malaysia PKNS Free transfer 21 April 2017 [19]
8 MF Scotland Nick Montgomery Australia Wollongong Wolves Free transfer 12 May 2017 [20]
4 DF Jacob Poscoliero Perth Glory Free transfer 14 May 2017 [21]
3 DF Scott Galloway Released 19 May 2017 [22]
10 MF Senegal Mickaël Tavares End of contract 19 May 2017 [22]
19 DF Senegal Jacques Faty End of contract 19 May 2017 [22]
21 DF Michael Neill Australia Sydney United End of contract 23 June 2017 [23]
23 DF Jake Adelson End of contract 7 July 2017 [24]
19 DF Harry Ascroft Malta Balzan Free transfer 18 January 2018 [25]
9 FW Spain Asdrúbal Mutual contract termination 19 January 2018 [26]
13 MF Kwabena Appiah South Korea Incheon United Undisclosed 31 January 2018 [27]

Contracts extensions

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No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
13 Kwabena Appiah Winger 1 year 29 May 2017 [28]
4 Jake McGing Central defender 2 years 30 January 2018 [29]

Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Republic of Ireland Wayne O'Sullivan (Caretaker)
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach Australia Matthew Nash
Strength and
conditioning coach
Physiotherapist
Youth football coach Australia Ben Cahn
Head of sports science Australia Tim Knight

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Ben Kennedy 23 0 0 0 0 23+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 20 0 0 0 0 13+6 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Joshua Rose 18 0 2 1 0 15+2 0 1 1 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Jake McGing 25 3 4 0 1 20+4 3 4 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Antony Golec 23 0 5 0 0 22+0 0 5 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Netherlands Tom Hiariej 20 0 3 0 0 19+0 0 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Australia Andrew Hoole 24 3 7 1 0 23+0 3 7 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Australia Blake Powell 19 4 2 0 0 10+9 4 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Australia Daniel De Silva 22 2 4 0 0 20+1 2 4 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Connor Pain 23 4 1 0 0 20+2 4 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Australia Trent Buhagiar 20 2 2 0 0 4+15 2 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
14 MF Australia Adam Berry 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Spain Alan Baró 25 1 8 1 0 24+0 1 7 1 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
16 MF Australia Liam Rose 19 0 3 0 0 9+9 0 3 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Josh Bingham 8 0 1 0 0 0+7 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
18 GK Australia Tom Glover 4 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Jacob Poscoliero 2 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Adam Pearce 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Kye Rowles 11 0 2 0 0 8+3 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Jacob Melling 11 0 3 0 0 7+4 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Netherlands Wout Brama 22 2 2 0 2 21+1 2 2 0 2 0+0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Australia Lachlan Wales 10 0 2 0 0 7+3 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Australia Peter Kekeris 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Australia Peter Skapetis 5 1 1 0 0 2+3 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Australia Jordan Smylie 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
9 FW Spain Asdrúbal 11 2 2 0 0 10+1 2 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Kwabena Appiah 19 2 0 0 0 12+6 0 0 0 0 1+0 2 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Harry Ascroft 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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5 July 2017 Central Coast Football All Stars Australia 0–6 Australia Central Coast Mariners Lisarow, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Pluim Park
14 July 2017 Australia U-23 Australia 0–0 Australia Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
11:00 AEST Report Stadium: Valentine Sport Park
19 July 2017 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1–0 Australia Hakoah Sydney City East Lisarow, Australia
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Pluim Park
26 July 2017 Central Coast Mariners Australia 2–0 Australia Newcastle Jets Tuggerah, Australia
 Report Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
16 August 2017 Melbourne City Australia 3–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
31 August 2017 Central Coast Mariners Australia 3–0 China China U-22 Gold Coast, Australia
11:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
12 September 2017 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1–0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Lisarow, Australia
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Pluim Park
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Stephen Lucas
20 September 2017 Melbourne Victory Australia 0–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
13:30 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
28 September 2017 Sydney FC Australia 0–0 Australia Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 10th 7 October 2017 13 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 2 August 2017 2 August 2017

A-League

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Main article: 2017–18 A-League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 40 −7 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 37 50 −13 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 4 8 15 28 49  −21 20 3 3 7 14 26  −12 1 5 8 14 23  −9

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLDLDDWLWWLLLDDLDDLLDWLLLLLL
Position10899869645779888799999999910
Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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7 October 2017 1 Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Newcastle Jets Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 12,044
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
14 October 2017 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 11,650
Referee: Chris Beath
22 October 2017 3 Perth Glory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,167
Referee: Alex King
29 October 2017 4 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne Victory Gosford
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,519
Referee: Adam Fielding
5 November 2017 5 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,485
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 November 2017 6 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Sydney FC Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,873
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 November 2017 7 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Adelaide United Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,073
Referee: Matthew Conger
25 November 2017 8 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Central Coast Mariners Wellington
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,679
Referee: Peter Green
3 December 2017 9 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,115
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 December 2017 10 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,170
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 December 2017 11 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,199
Referee: Alex King
26 December 2017 12 Adelaide United 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,313
Referee: Peter Green
31 December 2017 13 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
19:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 9,110
Referee: Daniel Elder
6 January 2018 14 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Geelong
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 8,370
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
9 January 2018 15 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 13,127
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 January 2018 16 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Melbourne City Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,263
Referee: Adam Kersey
20 January 2018 17 Sydney FC 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,511
Referee: Daniel Elder
27 January 2018 18 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Brisbane Roar Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,264
Referee: Adam Kersey
4 February 2018 19 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,046
Referee: Peter Green
17 February 2018 20 Adelaide United 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,262
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 February 2018 21 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,973
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 March 2018 22 Perth Glory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,277
Referee: Kurt Ams
18 March 2018 23 Melbourne Victory 5–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,076
Referee: Jarred Gillett
24 March 2018 24 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Sydney FC Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,082
Referee: Peter Green
31 March 2018 25 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
16:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,019
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
7 April 2018 26 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,156
Referee: Alex King
14 April 2018 27 Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,604
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

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Main article: 2017 FFA Cup
2 August 2017 Round of 32 Blacktown City 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Lily's Football Centre
Attendance: 1,667
Referee: Adrian Arndt

References

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