2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

Central Coast Mariners

2014–15 season
Chairman	Michael Charlesworth
Manager	Phil Moss (to 6 March 2015) Tony Walmsley (Head Coach) & John Hutchinson (Interim Player/Coach) (from 6 March 2015)
Stadium	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
A-League	8th
FFA Cup	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off
Top goalscorer	League: Mitchell Duke, Matt Simon, Fábio Ferreira, Eddy Bosnar (3 goals) All: Matt Sim (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	12,102 vs Sydney FC 24 January 2015
Lowest home attendance	4,508 vs Adelaide United 7 February 2015
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad information

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 Matthew Nash 2 DF  NZL Storm Roux 3 DF  AUS Joshua Rose 4 MF  AUS Jacob Poscoliero 5 DF  AUS Zachary Anderson 6 DF  AUS Brent Griffiths 7 MF  MLT John Hutchinson (Captain) 8 MF  SCO Nick Montgomery (Vice-captain) 10 MF  AUS Anthony Cáceres 11 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald 12 GK  AUS Liam Reddy 15 MF  AUS Matt Sim

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  AUS Liam Rose 17 MF  HUN Richárd Vernes (on loan from Budapest Honvéd) 18 MF  AUS Glen Trifiro 19 FW  AUS Matt Simon 20 MF  AUS Anthony Kalik 21 DF  AUS Michael Neill 22 MF  AUS Tom Slater 23 MF  AUS Isaka Cernak 24 DF  AUS Hayden Morton 25 DF  AUS Eddy Bosnar 26 MF  POR Fábio Ferreira 29 MF  AUS Dejan Pandurevic

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
20	MF		Anthony Kalik	16	Australian Institute of Sport	Transfer	Pre-season	2017		smh.com.au
16	MF		Liam Rose	17	Australian Institute of Sport	Transfer	Pre-season	2016		smh.com.au
14	FW		Malick Mané	25	IFK Göteborg	Loan	Pre-season	2015		footballaustralia.com.au
1	GK		Matthew Nash	33	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Transfer	Pre-season	2016		ccmariners.com.au
17	MF		Richárd Vernes	22	Budapest Honvéd	Loan	Pre-season	2016		ccmariners.com.au
4	MF		Jacob Poscoliero	24	Blacktown City	Transfer	Pre-season	2015		a-league.com
27	DF		Zachary Cairncross	24	Blacktown City	Injury replacement	Round 2	2015		ccmariners.com.au
14	FW		Travis Major	24	Blacktown City	Transfer	Round 13	2015		ccmariners.com.au
29	MF		Dejan Pandurevic	17	Nike Academy	Transfer	Round 14	2015		ccmariners.com.au
26	MF		Fábio Ferreira	25	Adelaide United	Transfer	Round 16	2015		ccmariners.com.au

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
21	FW		Mile Sterjovski	34		Retired	Pre-season		footballaustralia.com.au
23	FW		Adam Kwasnik	30		Retired	Pre-season		smh.com.au
1	GK		Justin Pasfield	29	Tampines Rovers	Released	Pre-season		tampinesroversfc.com
10	MF		Marcos Flores	28	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	Pre-season		footballaustralia.com.au
4	DF		Marcel Seip	32	FC Emmen	Released	Pre-season		fcemmen.nl
14	MF		Michael McGlinchey	27	Wellington Phoenix	Contract buyout	Pre-season		ccmariners.com.au
14	FW		Malick Mané	25	IFK Göteborg	Loan terminated	Round 10		ccmariners.com.au
26	MF		Kim Seung-yong	29	Qingdao Hainiu	Released	Round 13		ccmariners.com.au
14	FW		Travis Major	25	Blacktown City	Released	Round 27		ccmariners.com.au

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Tony Walmsley
Player/Coach	John Hutchinson
Goalkeeping Coach	John Crawley
Physiotherapist	Tim Knight

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matthew Nash	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Storm Roux	20	0	4	0	0	15+2	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	FW		Josh Rose	28	3	5	0	0	24	2	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Jacob Poscoliero	18	0	4	0	0	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Zac Anderson	26	0	7	0	0	22	0	6	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Brent Griffiths	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		John Hutchinson	30	1	8	0	0	25+1	1	8	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Nick Montgomery	23	1	5	1	0	18+2	1	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Anthony Cáceres	31	1	0	0	0	25+1	1	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	31	3	2	0	0	22+5	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0
12	GK		Liam Reddy	30	0	2	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Matt Sim	22	5	2	0	0	8+10	0	1	0	0	2+1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Liam Rose	7	0	1	0	0	3+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Richárd Vernes	10	1	1	0	0	5+3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Glen Trifiro	25	4	1	0	0	7+14	1	0	0	0	2+1	2	1	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Matt Simon	13	4	3	0	0	8+3	3	3	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Anthony Kalik	8	0	0	0	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Michael Neill	9	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Tom Slater	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Isaka Cernak	23	2	5	0	0	12+6	1	3	0	0	3+1	1	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Hayden Morton	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Eddy Bosnar	22	3	7	0	0	17+1	3	6	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Fábio Ferreira	10	3	1	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Adam Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
9	FW		Mitchell Duke	18	3	1	0	0	12+3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Malick Mané	6	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Travis Major	10	1	0	0	0	0+9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Kim Seung-Yong	6	1	1	0	0	2+3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Zachary Cairncross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Josh Bingham	4	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 26 April 2015
• Source: ccmariners.com.au
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

12 August 2014	Central Coast Mariners	4–1	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Lisarow
Tuesday 19:00 AEST	Bosnar  41' Trifiro  55' Fitzgerald  72' (pen.) Petrillo  84'	Report	L. Bozanic  60' (pen.)	Stadium: Pluim Park

26 August 2014	Marconi Stallions	Cancelled	Central Coast Mariners	Bossley Park
Tuesday 19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium

28 August 2014 Doug Turnbull Cup	Bankstown City	Cancelled	Central Coast Mariners	Sefton
Thursday 19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Jensen Oval

7 September 2014 Craig Foster Cup	Melbourne City	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Lismore
Sunday 14:30 AEST	Wielaert  56'	Report	Mané  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakes Oval Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 September 2014	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Herston
Friday 15:45 AEST	Henrique  79'	Report	Fitzgerald  43'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Referee: Jason Crow

20 September 2014	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Mudgee
Saturday 16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Glen Willow Regional Sporting Stadium Referee: Steve Lucas

24 September 2014	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Young Socceroos	Gosford
Wednesday		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

30 September 2014	Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Sydney Olympic	Lisarow
Tuesday 19:30 AEST	Sim  71'	Report	Spyrakis  47' Hatzimouratzis  56' Godoy-Bascur  65'	Stadium: Pluim Park

23 May 2015 John Hutchinson Testimonial Match	Hutch's XI^[A]	12–5	Central Coast Mariners	Lisarow
Sunday 18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 3,000

1. ^
   Hutch's XI are a squad handpicked and captained by John Hutchinson and includes: Danny Vuković, Andrew Clark, Tony Vidmar, Chris Doig, Nigel Boogaard, Michael Beauchamp, Patrick Zwaanswijk, Dean Heffernan, Matthew Osman, Vuko Tomasevic, Matt Crowell, André Gumprecht, Rostyn Griffiths, Sasho Petrovski, Tom Pondeljak, Bernie Ibini, Mile Sterjovski, Adam Kwasnik, Matt Simon.[1]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	8th	11 October 2014	26 April 2015
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Semi-finals	20 August 2014	12 November 2014
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	Qualifying play-off	17 February 2015	17 February 2015

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification to Finals series and Champions League group stage
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification to Finals series and Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1]	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification to Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2]	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
2. Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]

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
27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23	5	2	6	13	20	−7	0	6	8	13	30	−17

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	4	6	6\7[lower-alpha 1]	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

1. Round 3 was postponed (played between rounds 6 and 7) due to Western Sydney Wanderers hosting the home leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League Final. The first position (6) is after the non-postponed matches of round 3. The second position (7) is after the postponed match.

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 October 2014 1	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Duke  90+2'	Report		Attendance: 10,443 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

18 October 2014 2	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Doyle  12' (o.g.)	Report	McGlinchey  35' Burns  54'	Attendance: 7,237 Referee: Ben Williams

19 November 2014 Rescheduled 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 14,691 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

2 November 2014 4	Sydney FC	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Antonis  21' Ognenovski  25'	Report		Attendance: 17,761 Referee: Strebre Delovski

9 November 2014 5	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Perth Glory	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report	Marinković  43'	Attendance: 6,399 Referee: Peter Green

16 November 2014 6	Melbourne City	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Dugandzic  10' Paartalu  53'	Report	G. Trifiro  80' Hutchinson  90+4'	Attendance: 9,402 Referee: Adam Fielding

23 November 2014 7	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Adelaide United	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Montgomery  44'  71'	Report	Sánchez  40', 42'	Attendance: 6,404 Referee: Jarred Gillett

30 November 2014 8	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Montaño  48'	Report	Vernes  55'	Attendance: 11,031 Referee: Shaun Evans

5 December 2014 9	Central Coast Mariners	0–3	Melbourne Victory	North Sydney Oval, North Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT		Report	Berisha  62' Georgievski  68' Pain  73'	Attendance: 7,098 Referee: Strebre Delovski

13 December 2014 10	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday 17:00 NZDT	Krishna  76'	Report	Simon  40'	Attendance: 11,051 Referee: Allan Milliner

20 December 2014 11	Perth Glory	4–1	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST	Harold  33', 78' Keogh  35' De Silva  71'	Report	Simon  49'	Attendance: 9,660 Referee: Peter Green

27 December 2014 12	Central Coast Mariners	3–3	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Bosnar  57' Simon  63' Kim  80'	Report	Solórzano  45', 82' Donachie  71'	Attendance: 10,019 Referee: Matthew Conger

1 January 2015 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta
Thursday 19:30 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 14,137 Referee: Strebre Delovski

4 January 2015 14	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Melbourne City	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Duke  12', 27'	Report	Velaphi  58'	Attendance: 7,409 Referee: Peter Green

24 January 2015 15	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Sydney FC	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Major  66'	Report	Janko  15', 48' Naumoff  18' Ibini  44' Brosque  71'	Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Jarred Gillett

7 February 2015 16	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Adelaide United	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Fitzgerald  79' J. Rose  83'	Report	Mabil  29'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Alan Milliner

13 February 2015 17	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Friday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Solórzano  50' (pen.) Kaluđerović  90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

21 February 2015 18	Sydney FC	4–2	Central Coast Mariners	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Janko  14', 90+2' Grant  68' Smeltz  82'	Report	Ferreira  45+1', 58'	Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Matthew Conger

28 February 2015 19	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 17:00 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 7,991 Referee: Adam Fielding

8 March 2015 20	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Melbourne City	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Ferreira  74'	Report		Attendance: 6,079 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 March 2015 21	Adelaide United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Thursday 19:00 ACDT	Carrusca  25' Goodwin  67'	Report	Cáceres  23'	Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

22 March 2015 22	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Perth Glory	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Montgomery  90+2'	Report	Maclaren  79'	Attendance: 5,338 Referee: Ben Williams

27 March 2015 23	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Finkler  40', 78'	Report	Cernak  31'	Attendance: 18,205 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 April 2015 24	Brisbane Roar	6–1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Thursday 19:00 AEST	Kaluđerović  21' Lustica  28', 41', 79' Clut  48' Borrello  50'	Report	Bowles  64' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto (Japan)

11 April 2015 25	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEST	J. Rose  2'	Report		Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Adam Fielding

17 April 2015 26	Wellington Phoenix	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Bonevacia  65' Cunningham  79', 90+5'	Report	Fitzgerald  11' Bosnar  35'	Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Peter O'Leary

26 April 2015 27	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEST	Georgievski  32' Thompson  34' Berisha  47'	Report	Bosnar  45'	Attendance: 22,285 Referee: Peter Green

FFA Cup

20 August 2014 Round of 32	South Coast Wolves	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Wednesday 19:30 AEST		Report	G. Trifiro  13'	Attendance: 5,238 Referee: Ben Williams

16 September 2014 Round of 16	Olympic FC	1–3	Central Coast Mariners	QSAC, Brisbane
Tuesday 19:30 AEST	McLean  57'	Report	Fitzgerald  2' Sim  38' G. Trifiro  86'	Attendance: 1,374 Referee: Chris Beath

14 October 2014 Quarter-final	Palm Beach	0–5	Central Coast Mariners	Cbus Super Stadium, Robina
Tuesday 18:30 AEST		Report	Cernak  28' Sim  72', 75', 90', 90+2'	Attendance: 2,035 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 November 2014 Semi-final	Adelaide United	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday 19:00 ACDT	Cirio  40', 88' Mabil  44'	Report	Simon  48' J. Rose  90+3'	Attendance: 4,548 Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

17 February 2015 Play-off round	Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Guangzhou R&F	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT	G. Trifiro  90+2'	Report	Jiang  8' Lu  57' J. Rose  89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Notes

References

1. "Hutchinson Testimonial team announced". Central Coast Mariners. 6 May 2015.
2. "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

• Official Website