2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's second since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the second time. 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 Melbourne Victory, but FFA forbade all A-League clubs from competing. The season saw the addition of a youth team to the club, which competed in the 2011–12 A-League National Youth League season.

Melbourne Heart

2011–12 season
Chairman	Peter Sidwell
Manager	John van 't Schip
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	6th
A-League Finals Series	6th
Top goalscorer	Babalj (9)
Average home league attendance	9,553
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season overview

On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.[1]

Melbourne Heart, along with major sponsor Westpac will again stage the Westpac Community Football Festival. This will be three, three-day celebrations of football as well as a thank you to all of the club's regional supporters.[2] The three regional centers will be set up in Albury-Wodonga on 4–6 August,[3] in Morwell from 18–20 August[4] and in Shepparton from 25–27 August[5] with a practice match being played at each venue.

Team kit

From 1 April 2011, all A-League clubs were able to negotiate new kit supplier deals as the previous contract with Reebok had elapsed and as such, Melbourne Heart negotiated a one-year deal with ISC.[6]

In conjunction with new apparel partner ISC, the club offered supporters the chance to submit designs for a ‘Third Jersey’. A design created by Red and White Unite co-founder Steven Forbes was judged the winner.[7] The design was manufactured in a limited run of 150 and sold to the public.[8]

Players

Squad

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  AUS Clint Bolton 2 DF  AUS Michael Marrone 3 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill 4 DF  AUS Simon Colosimo 5 MF  BRA Fred 6 DF  AUS Matt Thompson 7 MF  NED Rutger Worm 8 MF  AUS Kristian Sarkies 9 FW  BRA Maycon 10 MF  AUS Wayne Srhoj 11 FW  BRA Alex Terra 13 DF  ARG Jonatan Germano 14 MF  AUS Kamal Ibrahim

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  AUS David Williams 16 DF  AUS Aziz Behich 17 FW  AUS Jason Hoffman 18 DF  AUS Curtis Good 19 FW  AUS Eli Babalj 20 MF  AUS Adrian Zahra 21 MF  AUS Kliment Taseski 22 MF  AUS Nick Kalmar 23 MF  AUS Mate Dugandžić 24 GK  AUS Nikola Roganović 27 MF  AUS Craig Goodwin 30 GK  AUS Sebastian Mattei

Transfers in

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Mate Dugandžić	Midfielder	Melbourne Victory	3 year contract[9]
Curtis Good	Defender	AIS	2 year contract[10]
Fred	Midfielder	D.C. United	2 year contract[11]
David Williams	Forward	Free Agent	Signed 3-year deal[11]
Maycon	Forward	Nova Iguacu FC	1 year contract[12]
Jonatan Germano	Midfielder	Estudiantes	2 year contract[13]
Nikola Roganovic	Goalkeeper	Green Gully Cavaliers	1 year contract[14]
Adrian Madaschi	Defender	Free Agent	Injury replacement contract[15]
Paul Reid	Midfielder	Free Agent	Injury replacement contract[16]

Transfers out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
John Aloisi	Striker	Retired	Retired[17]
Josip Skoko	Midfielder	Retired	Retired[17]
Ante Tomić	Midfielder	Sydney United	Released[18]
Peter Zois	Goalkeeper	Oakleigh	Returned as Goalkeeping coach[19]
Gerald Sibon	Striker	SC Heerenveen	Signed as free agent[20]
Dean Heffernan	Defender	Perth Glory	Released from contract[21]
M. Beauchamp	Defender	Sydney FC	Released from contract[22]
Adrian Madaschi	Defender	Jeju United	Injury replacement contract expired
Paul Reid	Midfielder	Free Agent	Injury replacement contract expired

Youth Team

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  AUS Chris Maynard 3 MF  AUS Kristian Konstantinidis 5 MF  AUS Craig Goodwin 7 FW  AUS Zac Walker 8 FW  AUS Brodie Patterson 9 MF  AUS Stipo Andrijasevic 10 FW  AUS Dusan Bosnjak 11 MF  AUS Josh Groenewald 12 MF  AUS Jeremy Walker

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS Billy Liolios 15 DF  AUS Philip Petreski 20 GK  AUS Thomas Dunn 30 GK  AUS Sebastian Mattei –– DF  AUS Charlie King –– DF  AUS Daniel Peluso –– DF  AUS Bradley Treloar –– MF  AUS Alon Blumgart

Statistics

Squad statistics

Updated on 2 April 2012
Players in italics left the team during the season.

Senior team
			2011–12 Hyundai A-League				2011–12 Hyundai A-League Finals				Total
Nation	No.	Name	GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.		GS	App.	Min.
Goalkeepers
	1	Bolton	25	25	2250	0	1	1	90	0	26	26	2340	0
	24	Roganovic	2	2	180	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	180	0
Defenders
	2	Marrone	27	27	2430	0	1	1	90	0	28	28	2520	0
	3	Hamill	17	22	1480	1	1	1	90	0	18	23	1570	1
	4	Colosimo	13	16	1149	0	0	0	0	0	13	16	1149	0
	16	Behich	22	23	2000	1	1	1	90	0	23	24	2090	1
	18	Good	18	23	1091	1	1	1	90	0	19	24	1181	1
	25	Madaschi	8	9	726	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	726	0
	27	Goodwin	3	4	298	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	298	0
Midfielders
	5	Fred	17	18	1357	1	1	1	90	0	18	19	1447	1
	6	Thompson	24	25	2056	4	1	1	46	0	25	26	2102	4
	7	Worm	14	19	1131	0	0	1	44	0	14	20	1175	0
	8	Sarkies	5	6	460	2	0	0	0	0	5	6	460	2
	10	Srhoj	16	16	1334	0	1	1	90	0	17	17	1424	0
	13	Germano	18	21	1577	3	1	1	90	0	19	22	1667	3
	26	Reid	2	4	207	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	207	0
	14	Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Zahra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	21	Taseski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Kalmar	0	2	74	0	0	1	9	0	0	3	83	0
	23	Dugandžić	21	22	1788	7	1	1	81	0	22	23	1869	7
Forwards
	9	Maycon	5	13	489	1	0	0	0	0	5	13	489	1
	11	Terra	11	23	1099	3	0	0	0	0	11	23	1099	3
	15	Williams	7	15	773	1	0	0	0	0	7	15	773	1
	17	Hoffman	5	15	636	1	0	0	0	0	5	15	636	1
	19	Babalj	17	21	1501	9	1	1	90	0	18	22	1591	9

Disciplinary records

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
10	MF		Wayne Srhoj	9	0	0
4	DF		Simon Colosimo	5	1	0
6	MF		Matt Thompson	5	0	0
19	FW		Eli Babalj	4	0	0
16	DF		Aziz Behich	4	0	0
7	FW		Rutger Worm	4	0	0
18	DF		Curtis Good	3	1	0
5	MF		Fred	3	0	0
13	MF		Jonatan Germano	3	0	0
2	DF		Michael Marrone	3	0	0
3	DF		Brendan Hamill	2	0	0
17	FW		Jason Hoffman	2	0	0
26	MF		Paul Reid	2	0	0
1	GK		Clint Bolton	1	0	0
23	MF		Mate Dugandzic	1	0	0
25	DF		Adrian Madaschi	1	0	0
9	FW		Maycon	1	0	0
24	GK		Nikola Roganovic	1	0	0
8	MF		Kristian Sarkies	1	0	0
11	FW		Alex Terra	1	0	0
15	FW		David Williams	1	0	0

Last updated on 6 April 2012

Goal 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	F
9		Babalj								1		1			1	1								1	1		1	1	1	0
7		Dugandzic	2					1			1		1		1													1		0
4		Thompson							1				1	2																0
3		Germano							1			1								1										0
3		Alex Terra												1	1						1									0
2		Sarkies															1	1												0
1		Williams		1																										0
1		Maycon				1																								0
1		Hamill					1																							0
1		Fred						1																						0
1		Behich						1																						0
1		Hoffman													1															0
1		Good																								1				0
35	Total		2	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0

Competitions

Pre-season

13 February 2011 1	Melbourne Heart	6–2	Northcote City	La Trobe University, Bundoora
11:00 AEST	Hoffman  11', 35', 66' Ibrahim 42' Tomic  74' Trialist  78'

6 March 2011 2	Pascoe Vale	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Hosken Reserve, Coburg North
17:00 AEST	Luca Santilli  48', 86'	Report	Thompson  59' (pen.) Trialist  76'	Attendance: 200

13 April 2011 3	Ballarat Red Devils	0–0	Melbourne Heart	Eureka Stadium, Ballarat, Australia
20:15 AEST

20 April 2011 4	Green Gully	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Green Gully Reserve, Keilor Downs
19:00 AEST

4 May 2011 5	Geelong XI	1–6	Melbourne Heart	Elcho Park, Geelong, Australia
19:00 AEST	Player  16'		Hoffman  26' (pen.) 45+1', 58' Alon Blumgart  35' Trialist  60' Thompson 82'

11 May 2011 6	Port Melbourne	2–2	Melbourne Heart	JL Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
19:00 AEST			Jean-Charles Dubois  37', 61'

23 July 2011 7	La Trobe University	1–11	Melbourne Heart	La Trobe University, Bundoora
12:00 AEST			Terra  6' (pen.),  16' (pen.) Hoffman  10', 22', 69', 76' Ibrahim 14' Worm  37' Babalj  48', 73' Dugandzic  55'	Attendance: 100

30 July 2011 8	VCL All-Stars	0–6	Melbourne Heart	Veneto Social Club, Bulleen, Victoria
19:00 AEST		Report	Dugandzic  2' Hoffman  7', 15', 78' Srhoj  57' Ibrahim 79'	Attendance: 250

5 August 2011 9	Albury-Wodonga XI	0–3	Melbourne Heart	La Trobe University, Wodonga
19:30 AEST		Report	Terra  22' Kalmar  26' Behich  45+1'

13 August 2011 10	Melbourne Knights	1–2	Melbourne Heart	Knights Stadium, Sunshine, Victoria
15:00 AEST	A. Colosimo  35'	Report	Terra  12' Hoffman  52'	Attendance: 950

19 August 2011 11	Melbourne Heart	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Latrobe City Sports Stadium, Morwell
19:30 AEST		Report	Jesic  9'

26 August 2011 12	Melbourne Heart	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton
19:30 AEST	Hoffman  27' Williams  55'	Report	Sánchez  64' Bertos  78'

9 September 2011 13	Springvale White Eagles	0–7	Melbourne Heart	Serbian Sports Centre, Keysborough
19:30 AEST			Hoffman  7', 14' Maycon  22' Dugandzic  34' Williams  36', 42' Worm  82'

16 September 2011 14	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Northcote City	AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:00	Williams  5' Terra  88' (pen.)	Report	Covarrubias  24'

24 September 2011 15	Peninsula Select	0–1	Melbourne Heart	Lawton Park , Langwarrin
15:00 AEST			Fred

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners	27	15	6	6	40	24	+16	51	Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	14	7	6	50	28	+22	49	Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	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	Disbanded at end of season

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	9	10	9	35	37	−2	37	5	5	4	17	15	+2	4	5	5	18	22	−4

Source: Competitive Matches

• "Home" record includes a game at a neutral venue
  

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	N	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	D
Position	8	10	9	10	10	8	6	7	6	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2011 1	Newcastle Jets	3 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday, 16:30 AEST	Griffiths  31', 45+1' Byun  90+1'	Report	Dugandzic  24', 51'	Attendance: 12,467 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

16 October 2011 2	Melbourne Heart	1 – 2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 17:00 AEDT	Williams  45' (pen.)	Report	Smeltz  33', 66'	Attendance: 7,229 Referee: Gerard Parsons

22 October 2011 3	Melbourne Victory	0 – 0	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday, 19:45 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 39,309 Referee: Strebre Delovski

29 October 2011 4	Melbourne Heart	1 – 1	Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 19:30 AEDT	Maycon  88'	Report	Carle  90+4'	Attendance: 5,666 Referee: Chris Beath

4 November 2011 5	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday, 20:00 AEDT	Dilevski  78'	Report	Hamill	Attendance: 10,294 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 November 2011 6	Melbourne Heart	3 – 0	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:30 AEDT	Fred  66' Dugandzic  73' Behich  85'	Report		Attendance: 5,914 Referee: Kurt Ams

18 November 2011 7	Gold Coast United	1 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday, 20:00 AEDT	Jungschlager  63'	Report	Matt Thompson  4' Germano  68'	Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Peter O'Leary

26 November 2011 8	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday, 17:30 AEDT	Simon  45' McBreen  81' Zwaanswijk  87'	Report	Babalj  78'	Attendance: 7,242 Referee: Gerard Parsons

4 December 2011 9	Melbourne Heart	1 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Mobil Park, Morwell
Sunday, 15:00 AEDT	Dugandzic  41'	Report	2,951	Attendance: 2,951 Referee: Ben Williams

9 December 2011 10	Brisbane Roar	1 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday, 20:00 AEDT	Nichols  77'	Report	Germano  12' Babalj  27'	Attendance: 10,666 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

17 December 2011 11	Perth Glory	1 – 2	Melbourne Heart	NIB Stadium, Perth
Saturday, 22:00 AEDT	Mehmet  35'	Report	Matt Thompson  33' Dugandzic  87'	Attendance: 6,458 Referee: Jarred Gillett

23 December 2011 12	Melbourne Heart	3 – 2	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday, 20:00 AEDT	Thompson  37', 39' Terra  62'	Report	Thompson  21' Hernández  90+2'	Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Strebre Delovski

29 December 2011 13	Sydney FC	0 – 4	Melbourne Heart	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Thursday, 19:30 AEDT		report	Babalj  32' Dugandzic  45+1' Hoffman  76' Terra  84'	Attendance: 16,007 Referee: Peter Green

4 January 2012 14	Melbourne Heart	1 – 3	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 15:30 AEDT	Babalj  90'	Report	van Dijk  37' (pen.), 78' Vidošić  47'	Attendance: 8,272 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

8 January 2012 15	Gold Coast United	1 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday, 17:30 AEST	Rigters  72'	Report	Sarkies  8'	Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Jarred Gillett

15 January 2012 16	Melbourne Heart	1 – 2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 16:00 AEDT	Sarkies  66'	Report	Smeltz  16' McGarry  68'	Attendance: 7,223 Referee: Chris Beath

18 January 2012 17	Melbourne Heart	0 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19:30 AEDT		Report	Kwasnik  89'	Attendance: 5,522 Referee: Strebre Delovski

21 January 2011 18	Melbourne Heart	1 – 1	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 19:45 AEDT	Germano  31'	Report	Berisha  69'	Attendance: 7,118 Referee: Chris Beath

29 January 2011 19	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday, 16:30 NZDT	Ifill  3', 64' Greenacre  53'	Report	Alex Terra  35'	Attendance: 13,601 Referee: Peter Green

4 February 2012 20	Melbourne Heart	0 – 0	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 20:00 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 26,395 Referee: Jarred Gillett

11 February 2012 21	Newcastle Jets	3 – 0	Melbourne Heart	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday, 17:30 AEDT	Brockie  23' Griffiths  47' Bridges  76'	Report		Attendance: 10,619 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

17 February 2012 22	Melbourne Heart	1 – 0	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday, 20:00 AEDT	Babalj  79'	Report		Attendance: 4,972 Referee: Alan Milliner

26 February 2012 23	Melbourne Heart	1 - 0	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday, 17:00 AEDT	Babalj  50'	Report		Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 March 2012 24	Brisbane Roar	1 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday, 19:00 AEST	Nichols  32'	Report	Good  49'	Attendance: 10,998 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

10 March 2012 25	Melbourne Heart	1 - 1	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 17:30 AEDT	Babalj  32'	Report	Ifill  80'	Attendance: 6,759 Referee: Peter Green

17 March 2012 26	Melbourne Heart	2 - 2	Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday, 19:45 AEDT	Dugandžić  31' Babalj  36'		Jamieson  66' (77)	Attendance: 7,498

23 March 2012 27	Adelaide United	1 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30	van Dijk  37' (pen.)	Report	Babalj  68'	Attendance: 6,411 Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals

1 April 2012 Semi-finals	Perth Glory	3 – 0	Melbourne Heart	nib Stadium, Perth
17:00 AWST (UTC+8)	Smeltz  65', 72', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Jarred Gillett

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast Mariners Academy (C)	18	11	3	4	41	16	+25	36
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	9	5	4	50	33	+17	32
3	Perth Glory Youth	18	9	5	4	36	31	+5	32
4	Gold Coast United Youth	18	7	5	6	33	30	+3	26
5	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	2	8	35	37	−2	26
6	Sydney FC Youth	18	7	4	7	40	31	+9	25
7	Adelaide United Youth	18	6	5	7	30	34	−4	23
8	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	5	5	8	27	29	−2	20
9	AIS Football Program	18	5	1	12	28	59	−31	16
10	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	4	3	11	15	34	−19	15

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches

23 October 2011 1	Melbourne Heart	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
14:00 AEDT	Andrijasevic  33' Z Walker 76'	Report

29 October 2011 2	Sydney FC	5 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt
12:00 AEDT	Lum  19' (pen.) Mallia 32', 65', 87' Rufer 81'	Report	Kalmar  27'

5 November 2011 3	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Burton Park, Burton
16:30 ACDT		Report	Babalj  35'

13 November 2011 4	Melbourne Heart	3 – 1	Newcastle Jets	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
15:00 AEDT	Worm  2' Groenewald 64' Z Walker 74'	Report	Haliti  23'

19 November 2011 5	Gold Coast United	3 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Owen Park, Southport
15:00 AEST	Lucas  12' Bowles 51' Barker-Daish 63'	Report	Goodwin 71', 75'

27 November 2011 6	Melbourne Heart	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
14:30 AEDT	Andrijasevic  53' Z Walker 86'	Report	Hayward  73' (pen.)

3 December 2011 7	Australian Institute of Sport	0 – 2	Melbourne Heart	AIS Athletics Track, Canberra
16:00 AEDT		Report	Oxborrow  13' (o.g.) Williams  23'

11 December 2011 8	Brisbane Roar	2 – 5	Melbourne Heart	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Groenewald 4' (o.g.) Thurtell 8'	Report	Williams  70', 88' Z Walker 75', 76', 85'

18 December 2011 9	Perth Glory	3 – 0	Melbourne Heart	6PR Stadium, Inglewood
17:00 WST	Taggart  28' Arnez 59' Makarounas 90+2'	Report

7 January 2012 10	Melbourne Heart	1 – 3	Sydney FC	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
15:00 AEDT	Petreski  67'	Report	Powell  49', 90' Chianese  73'

10 January 2012 17	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Plium Park, Lisarow
16:00 AEDT	Treloar 7' (o.g.) Duke 57', 73'	Report	Z Walker 3'

16 January 2012 11	Melbourne Heart	3 – 4	Perth Glory	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
10:00 AEDT	Bosnjak 11', 26' (pen.) J Walker 29'	Report	Treloar 13' (o.g.) Clisby 62' Makeche 84' Arnez 87'

22 January 2012 12	Melbourne Heart	1 - 5	Brisbane Roar	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
16:00 AEDT	Goodwin  63'	Report	Fitzgerald  7' Thurtell  49', 75' Lambadaridis  73' Cirjak  90'

28 January 2012 13	Melbourne Heart	2 - 2	Gold Coast United	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
16:00 AEDT	Goodwin  6' Zahra  27'	Report	Severino  21' Russell  77'

5 February 2012 14	Melbourne Victory	2 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Kingston Heath, Cheltenham
16:00 AEDT		[ Report]	Zahra  32'

12 February 2012 15	Melbourne Heart	1 - 1	Adelaide United	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
15:00 AEDT	Z Walker  24'	[ Report]

18 February 2012 16	Melbourne Heart	4 - 0	Australian Institute of Sport	John Cain Memorial Park, Thornbury
15:00 AEDT	Z Walker  39', 58', 84' Peluso  90+1'	[ Report]

4 March 2012 18	Newcastle Jets	2 - 3	Melbourne Heart	Adamstown Oval, Newcastle
15:00 AEDT	Bradbery  28' Virgili  90+1'	[ Report]	Kalmar  30' Williams  50' Zac Walker  75' (pen.)

Hawaiian Islands Invitational

The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational took place from 23–25 February 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taking part in the Invitational were to be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids. Due to the competitions scheduling, Melbourne Heart were forced to field their youth team, because the competition overlaps with the domestic A-League season.

23 February 2012	Busan IPark	0 – 0 (4 – 3 p)	Melbourne Heart	Aloha Stadium, Hawaii
6:00pm UTC−10		Report		Attendance: 7,388 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Penalties
	Kwang-Hee Dong-Min Jong-Won Mota Fágner Jin-Ho Ji-Hoon		Z. Walker Bosnjak Groenwald Paterson Trifiro Gray Grossman

25 February 2012	Melbourne Heart	0 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Aloha Stadium, Hawaii
5:00pm UTC−10		Report	Cascio  30'	Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Richard Salazar

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External links

• Official website