2005–06 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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The 2005–06 season was the first for both the Central Coast Mariners and the A-League

Central Coast Mariners FC
2005–06 season
ManagerLawrie McKinna
A-League3rd
Finals2nd
Pre-season cup1st
Top goalscorerS. Petrie - 8

Compared with its Sydney rival, the Central Coast Mariners had a far more low-key buildup to the inaugural A-League season. The majority of its squad were experienced players from the defunct National Soccer League. They generally exceeded most expectations, having a very successful season, culminating in two solid displays in the preliminary competitions and reaching the grand final in the A-League.

Players[]

First team 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 Australia AUS John Crawley
2 MF Ireland EIR Wayne O'Sullivan
3 DF Australia AUS Paul O'Grady
4 MF Australia AUS Noel Spencer (captain)
5 DF Australia AUS Michael Beauchamp
6 MF Germany GER André Gumprecht
7 MF Australia AUS John Hutchinson
8 DF Australia AUS Dean Heffernan
9 FW Australia AUS Nick Mrdja
10 MF Australia AUS Tom Pondeljak
11 MF Australia AUS Damien Brown
12 FW Scotland SCO Stewart Petrie
13 FW Australia AUS Russell Woodruffe
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Australia AUS Leo Carle
15 DF Australia AUS Andrew Clark
16 DF Australia AUS Nigel Boogaard
17 MF Australia AUS Matthew Osman
18 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson
19 FW Australia AUS Adam Kwasnik
20 GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic
21 MF Scotland SCO Ian Ferguson Short term cover
22 MF Australia AUS Jamie McMaster Short term cover
23 MF Australia AUS Brad Porter Short term cover
24 FW Australia AUS Dez Giraldi Short term cover
30 GK Australia AUS Matthew Trott Short term cover
See also: List of Central Coast Mariners F.C. players

Matches[]

2005-06 Pre-season fixtures[]

Round Date Home Team Score Away Team Crowd
1 30 March 2005 Central Coast 3-0 Unknown
2 14 April 2005 Central Coast 9-0 Unknown
3 19 April 2005 Central Coast 3-3 Manly United Unknown
4 25 April 2005 Central Coast 3-0 Blacktown City No public access
5 27 April 2005 Central Coast 2-0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Unknown
6 8 July 2005 Central Coast 6-0 Townsville Unknown
7 9 July 2005 Central Coast 1-2 Queensland Roar Unknown
8 12 July 2005 Central Coast 3-0 Central Coast select XI 1500
9 16 July 2005 Central Coast 2-0 New Zealand Knights Unknown

Phillips International Soccer Sevens[]

The Mariners competed in Phillips International soccer sevens tournament played in Hong Kong. Their group featured three of the biggest teams in the world, PSV, Manchester United and Celtic. The Mariners caused one of the upsets of the tournament by defeating a somewhat understrength Manchester United 2–1.

Round Date Home Team Score Away Team Crowd
1 28 May 2005 Association Chairman's Select 2-1 Central Coast Unknown
2 28 May 2005 Central Coast 2-0 Hong Kong Football Club 2 Unknown
3 28 May 2005 Central Coast 0-0 Celtic Unknown
Quarter Final 29 May 2005 Central Coast 2-1 Manchester United Unknown
Semi Final 29 May 2005 Central Coast 0-1 PSV Unknown

Club World Cup Qualification Competition[]

The Mariners were runners-up to Sydney FC in the qualifying tournament held to determine Australia's entry in the FIFA Club World Cup, losing in the grand final 1–0.

Round 1
(7 May) 		Semi-finals
(11 May) 		Finals
(15 May)
         
Perth Glory 1
Sydney FC 2
Sydney FC 3
Queensland Roar 0
Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney FC 1
Central Coast Mariners (PEN) 0 (4)
Newcastle Jets 0 (2)
Central Coast Mariners 4
Adelaide United 0
Adelaide United (PEN) 0 (4)
Melbourne Victory 0 (1)

2005 Pre-Season Cup[]

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Sydney FC 7 3 2 1 0 5 1
Central Coast 6 3 2 0 1 4 3
Queensland Roar FC 4 3 1 1 1 6 3
New Zealand Knights FC 0 3 0 0 3 1 9
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
Melbourne Victory1
 
21 August
 
Central Coast Mariners3
 
Central Coast Mariners1
 
14 August
 
Perth Glory0
 
Sydney FC0
 
 
Perth Glory1
 

2005-06 A-League fixtures[]

26 August 2005 Round 1 Perth Glory 0 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Spencer 66' Attendance: 11,113
Referee: Ben Williams
4 September 2005 Round 2 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium
15:00 UTC+10 Petrie 69' Report
Summary		 Milicic 25' Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Mark Shield
10 September 2005 Round 3 Central Coast Mariners 0 : 2 New Zealand Knights Bluetongue Stadium
19:35 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Yeo 69'
Devine 80'		 Attendance: 5,261
Referee: Ben Williams
16 September 2005 Round 4 Sydney FC 2 : 3 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Packer 13'
Yorke 72'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Petrie 20' (pen.)
Gumprecht 35'
Spencer 90+1'		 Attendance: 15,614
Referee: Peter O'Leary
25 September 2005 Round 5 Adelaide United 1 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30 Valkanis 34' Report
Summary		 Kwasnik 19' Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Angelo Nardi
30 September 2005 Round 6 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 2 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Heffernan 33' Report
Summary		 Thompson 73'
Leijer 81'		 Attendance: 9,313
Referee: Ben Williams
7 October 2005 Round 7 Queensland Roar 1 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Seo 57' Report
Summary		 Spencer 41' Attendance: 13,195
Referee:
16 October 2005 Round 8 Central Coast Mariners 4 : 0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium
17:00 UTC+10 Petrie 14', 48'
Heffernan 85'
Spencer 90+3'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,494
Referee: Ben Williams
23 October 2005 Round 9 Newcastle Jets 1 : 0 Central Coast Mariners Energy Australia Stadium
17:00 UTC+10 Parisi 88' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Matthew Breeze
29 October 2005 Round 10 New Zealand Knights 1 : 3 Central Coast Mariners North Harbour Stadium
20:00 UTC+12 Yeo 7' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Heffernan 4'
Petrie 49', 72' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,583
Referee:
5 November 2005 Round 11 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 5 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium
20:00 UTC+11 Hutchinson 40' Report
Summary		 Yorke 9' (pen.)
Talay 14'
Petrovski 23', 68', 83'		 Attendance: 10,529
Referee:
13 November 2005 Round 12 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 2 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium
Hutchinson 12' Rech 90'
Dodd 85'		 Attendance: 5,467
Referee: Peter O'Leary
18 November 2005 Round 13 Melbourne Victory 0 : 2 Central Coast Mariners Olympic Park Stadium
Heffernan 75'
Hutchinson 38'		 Attendance: 13,892
Referee: Ben Williams
25 November 2005 Round 14 Central Coast Mariners 2 : 2 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium
Heffernan 89'
Osman 56'		 Brosque 7', 78'
Baird Red card 75'		 Attendance: 5,194
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 December 2005 Round 15 Perth Glory 2 : 2 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium
Ishida 65'
Ward 54'		 Petrie 12'
Hutchinson 8'		 Attendance: 7,428
Referee: Mark Shield
31 December 2005 Round 16 Central Coast Mariners 4 : 1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium
Hutchinson 71', 82'
Brown 30'
Gumprecht 3'		 Coveny 85'
Corbo Red card 56'		 Attendance: 11,612
Referee: Mark Shield
8 January 2006 Round 17 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 0 New Zealand Knights Bluetongue Stadium
Heffernan 90' Attendance: 7,257
Referee: Srebre Delovski
14 January 2006 Round 18 Sydney FC 1 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium
Carney 61' Pondeljak 52' Attendance: 15,977
Referee: Ben Williams
20 January 2006 Round 19 Adelaide United 1 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Veart 50' (pen.) Kwasnik 54' Attendance: 13,008
Referee: Mark Shield
27 January 2006 Round 20 Central Coast Mariners 3 : 1 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium
Heffernan 88'
Spencer 28', 62'		 Ferrante 13' Attendance: 11,945
Referee:
4 February 2006 Round 21 Queensland Roar 2 : 2 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium
Baird 60'
Brosque 3'		 O'Sullivan 81'
Petrie 33'		 Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

2005-06 Finals series[]

See also: A-League Grand Final 2006
10 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 1 Newcastle Jets 0 : 1 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium
Osman 76' Attendance: 10,236
Referee: Ben Williams
17 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 2 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium
Heffernan 79' Thompson 28' Attendance: 17,429
Referee:
26 February 2006 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 0 : 1 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium
Pondeljak 7' Attendance: 11,405
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 March 2006 Grand Final Sydney FC 1 : 0 Central Coast Mariners Aussie Stadium
Corica 62' Attendance: 41,689
Referee: Mark Shield

Ladder[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[a] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Finals[]

  Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
    L1 L2    
    February 10 & 17                        
1 Adelaide United 2 1     4 March
2 Sydney FC 2 2     25 February         Sydney FC 1
      Adelaide United 0     Central Coast Mariners 0
  February 12 & 19     Central Coast Mariners 1  
3 Central Coast Mariners 1 1
4 Newcastle Jets 0 1  

Statistics[]

Goal scorers[]

Player Goals
Stewart Petrie 8
Dean Heffernan 7
John Hutchinson 6
Noel Spencer 6
Andre Gumprecht 2
Adam Kwasnik 2

End of Year Awards[]

  • Mariners Medallist - player of the year, as voted by Club members:
  • Chairman's Award - awarded for outstanding service to the club:
  • Golden Boot (top goalscorer):
  • Jesters' Pies Marinators' Goal of the Year:
  • Central Coast Mariners Members Player of the Year Award:
    • Andre Gumprecht

References[]

External links[]

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