2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

Gold Coast United
2009–10 season
Chairman	Clive Palmer
Manager	Miron Bleiberg
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Shane Smeltz (19); All: Shane Smeltz (19)
Highest home attendance	10,024 vs Brisbane Roar ; (26 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance	2,616 vs North Queensland Fury ; (31 October 2009)
Average home league attendance	5,434 ; (20 February 2010)
Home colours	Away colours
	← First 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Gold Coast United's inaugural season in the A-League, becoming one of two new expansion clubs in the Australian state of Queensland.

Season review[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
7 October 2008	GK	Jess Vanstrattan	Juventus	Free	^[1]
5 November 2008	FW	Shane Smeltz	Wellington Phoenix	Free	^[2]
3 December 2008	DF	Adam Griffiths	Newcastle Jets	Free	^[3]
3 December 2008	MF	Robson	Cabofriense	Free	^[4]^[5]
3 December 2008	MF	Jefferson		Free	^[4]^[5]
3 December 2008	DF	Daniel Piorkowski	Newcastle Jets	Free	^[6]
3 December 2008	DF	Kristian Rees	Adelaide City	Free	^[6]
3 December 2008	MF	Matthew Osman	Central Coast Mariners	Free	^[6]
3 December 2008	MF	Zenon Caravella	Omniworld	Free	^[6]
3 December 2008	FW	Steve Fitzsimmons	Beenleigh	Free	^[6]
3 December 2008	MF	Steve Pantelidis	Melbourne Victory	Free	^[6]
9 December 2008	MF	James Brown	AIS	Free	^[7]
10 December 2008	FW	Andrew Barisic	Melbourne Knights	Free	^[8]
15 December 2008	FW	Milson	Tombense	Free	^[5]
3 January 2009	FW	Tahj Minniecon	AIS	Free	^[9]
5 January 2009	DF	Michael Thwaite	Brann	Free
14 January 2009	DF	Bas van den Brink	Omniworld	Free	^[10]
14 January 2009	FW	Joel Porter	Hartlepool United	Free	^[10]
14 January 2009	MF	Jason Culina	PSV Eindhoven	Free	^[11]
11 December 2009	MF	Charlie Miller	Brisbane Roar	Free	^[12]
10 January 2010	DF	Dino Djulbic	Rot Weiss Ahlen	Free	^[13]
	GK	Scott Higgins	Wellington Phoenix	Free
	DF	Adama Traoré	EF Yéo Martial	Free
	MF			Free

Out[]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
14 August 2009	DF		Adam Griffiths	Al-Shabab		^[14]

Loans in[]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
22 June 2009	MF		Anderson	Criciúma	End of season	^[15]
23 September 2009	DF		Mark Byrnes	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Four weeks	^[16]

Released[]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
14 January 2010^[17]	FW		Milson
2010^[18]	MF		Charlie Miller	Clyde	10 February 2011^[19]

Squad[]

As of match played 20 February 2010

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age^{[N 1]})	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Jess Vanstrattan	GK	(1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 27)	Verona	2008	2010^[1]	18	0
20	Scott Higgins	GK	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 33)	Wellington Phoenix	2009		10	0
Defenders
3	Michael Thwaite	DF	(1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 26)	Brann	2009		28	0
4	Daniel Piorkowski	DF	(1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 26)	Newcastle Jets	2009	2011^[6]	2	0
13	Bas van den Brink	DF	(1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 27)	Omniworld	2009		27	1
16	Kristian Rees	DF	(1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 30)	Adelaide City	2009	2011^[6]	26	2
22	Adama Traoré	DF	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 20)	EF Yéo Martial	2009		11	0
36	Dino Djulbic	DF	(1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 27)	Rot Weiss Ahlen	2010		8	0
	Zac Anderson	DF	(1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 18)	QAS	2009		3	0
	Ben Wearing	DF	(1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (aged 20)	Musgrave	2009		1	0
Midfielders
2	Steve Pantelidis	MF	(1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 26)	Melbourne Victory	2009	2011^[6]	20	0
5	Robson	MF	(1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 23)	Cabofriense	2009	2010^[5]	11	1
7	Zenon Caravella	MF	(1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 26)	Omniworld	2009	2011^[6]	24	1
8	Jefferson	MF	(1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 27)		2009	2010^[5]	1	0
10	Jason Culina	MF	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 29)	PSV Eindhoven	2009	2012^[11]	26	3
11	Charlie Miller	MF	(1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 33)	Brisbane Roar	2009	2010^[12]	10	1
17	Matthew Osman	MF	(1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 26)	Central Coast Mariners	2009	2011^[6]	15	0
18	James Brown	MF	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 20)	AIS	2009	2012^[7]	9	1
21		MF			2009		0	0
23	Steve Fitzsimmons	MF	(1976-09-07)7 September 1976 (aged 33)	Beenleigh	2009	2010^[6]	19	2
24	Anderson	MF	(1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 27)	Loan from Criciúma	2009	2010^[15]	26	0
	Mitch Bevan	MF	(1991-02-20)20 February 1991 (aged 19)	Brisbane Roar	2009		1	0
Forwards
9	Shane Smeltz	FW	(1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 28)	Wellington Phoenix	2008	2012	26	19
14	Joel Porter	FW	(1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 31)	Hartlepool United	2009		24	5
15	Tahj Minniecon	FW	(1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 21)	AIS	2009	2012^[9]	17	1
19	Andrew Barisic	FW	(1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 23)	Melbourne Knights	2009	2010^[8]	6	1
26	Golgol Mebrahtu	FW	(1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 19)	Brisbane Strikers	2009		6	0
Left during the season
6	Adam Griffiths	FW	(1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 30)	Newcastle Jet	2009	2012^[3]	1	0
11	Milson	FW	(1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 32)	Tombense	2009	2010^[8]	9	0
27	Mark Byrnes	DF	(1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 28)	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	2009	2009^[16]	1	0

Friendlies[]

23 June 2009	Gold Coast United	2–0	North Queensland Fury	Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Pantelidis 85' Lustica 89'			Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 3,000

27 June 2009	New Caledonia	0–5	Gold Coast United	Nouméa, New Caledonia
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)		Report	Barisic 5' Osman 68' Mebrahtu 78' Pantelidis 86' Thwaite 89'	Stadium:

1 July 2009	Young Lions	0–4	Gold Coast United	Hougang, Singapore
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)		Report	27' (o.g) Thwaite 35' Porter 51' Culina 81'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium

3 July 2009	Hong Kong	0–5	Gold Coast United	Happy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)			Milson 30', 31' Mebrahtu 46' Barisic 51', 81'	Stadium: Happy Valley

8 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2–1	Fulham	Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Milson 80' Smeltz 86'		Murphy 15'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 10,336

12 July 2009	Byron Bay Select XI	1–5	Gold Coast United	Byron Bay
15:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Milson 80' Smeltz 86'		Murphy 15'	Stadium: Attendance: 2,000

14 July 2009	Rochedale Rovers	1–1	Gold Coast United	Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)			Spencer 66'	Stadium: Skilled Park

16 July 2009	Tweed Valley Kings	0–5	Gold Coast United	Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)				Stadium: Skilled Park

18 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Gold Coast
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Thwaite Traore 81' Smeltz 90+1'		Bojic 49' Kwasnik 53'	Stadium: Skilled Park Referee: Matthew Gillett

25 July 2009	Perth Glory	0–1	Gold Coast United	South Bunbury
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)			Porter 23'	Stadium: Hands Oval

Competitions[]

A-League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Finals series and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47	Finals series and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

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

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	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	9	2	3	25	11	+14	4	3	6	14	24	−10

Last updated: 13 February 2010.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday[]

Results[]

8 August 2009 1	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Gold Coast United	Brisbane
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Nichols 4' Kruse 26' Tiatto 41' Moore 45' Miller 62' van Dijk 89' (pen.)	Summary	Smeltz 17' 82' Culina 59' 89' Robson 64' 90' Pantelidis 66' Higgins 90'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Peter Green

15 August 2009 2	Gold Coast United	5–0	North Queensland Fury	Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Smeltz 30', 55' (pen.), 63', 64' Pantelidis 79' Minniecon 80'	Summary	Busch 54' Dodd 56' Griffiths 60' Middleby 69' Kohler 86'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Chris Beath

21 August 2009 3	Adelaide United	0–2	Gold Coast United	Adelaide
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)		Summary	Smeltz 13' Fitzsimmons 23' 51' van den Brink 40' Pantelidis 82'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,741 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 August 2009 4	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Gold Coast United	Newcastle
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Milicevic 38' Rooney 39' Petrovski 45'	Summary	Traoré 51' Thwaite 88'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 6,390 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 September 2009 5	Gold Coast United	2–1	Sydney	Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Robson 6' Smeltz 45+1', 56'	Summary	Corica 75'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Strebre Delovski

13 September 2009 6	Perth Glory	2–2	Gold Coast United	Perth
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Jelić 14' Sikora 16'	Summary	Pantelidis 39' Burns 53' (o.g.) Smeltz 90+1'	Stadium: ME Bank Stadium Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 September 2009 7	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Gold Coast United	Gosford
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Travis 16' 26' Simon 54' Heffernan 63' Hutchinson 70'	Summary	Smeltz 9' 69' Thwaite 83'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 7,394 Referee: Matthew Breeze

26 September 2009 8	Gold Coast United	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Culina 18' (pen.) Fitzsimmons 29' Porter 45' Pantelidis 69' van den Brink 86'	Summary	Hernández 22' A.Thompson 43' Brebner 45' K.Muscat 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 5,063 Referee: Peter Green

2 October 2009 9	Gold Coast United	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Robson 89'	Summary	Lia 89'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,209 Referee:

11 October 2009 10	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Gold Coast United	Brisbane
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	McCloughan 42' Nichols 63' McKay 67' Karlović 71'	Summary	Porter 31'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,882 Referee: Ben Williams

18 October 2009 11	Gold Coast United	2–1	Perth Glory	Gold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Neville 13' (o.g.) Smeltz 56' Pantelidis 84'	Summary	Howarth 55' Pellegrino 68' Coyne 90'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Matthew Breeze

25 October 2009 12	Wellington Phoenix	6–0	Gold Coast United	Wellington
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Greenacre 25' 54' Daniel 28', 53' Brown 48' 56' Ifill 59' Jiang 78' Hearfield 82'	Summary	Pantelidis 38' Robson 88'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Peter O'Leary

31 October 2009 13	Gold Coast United	0–2	North Queensland Fury	Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)		Summary	Griffiths 39' Fowler 64', 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Craig Zetter

7 November 2009 14	Gold Coast United	1–0	Sydney	Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Smeltz 36' Culina 39' Pantelidis 89'	Summary	McFlynn 36' Cole 25' Musialik 39'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Ben Williams

20 November 2009 15	Adelaide United	1–1	Gold Coast United	Adelaide
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Hughes 7' Leckie 90+3'	Summary	Rees 33' Anderson 45' Fitzsimmons 64' Brown 85'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,578 Referee: Chris Beath

28 November 2009 16	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Gold Coast United	Melbourne
18:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Kruse 28' Ward 45+1' A. Thompson 54' Vargas 68'	Summary		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,537 Referee: Ben Williams

5 December 2009 17	Gold Coast United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Smeltz 67' Rees 74' Barisić 76' Culina 87'	Summary	Simon 38' Heffernan 40'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,117 Referee: Daniel Goodwin

13 December 2009 18	Newcastle Jets	3–2	Gold Coast United	Newcastle
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Wheelhouse 6' 25' Kantarovski 43' Elrich 53' Rooney 70' Petrovski 82'	Summary	Smeltz 44' (pen.), 84' Anderson 50' Pantelidis 65' van den Brink 77'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Ben Williams

20 December 2009 19	Gold Coast United	2–0	Perth Glory	Gold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Smeltz 3' Pantelidis 40' Miller 69' 76' Barisic 90'	Summary	Todd 18' Sterjovski 62' Coyne 65' Srhoj 75'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2009 20	Gold Coast United	5–1	Brisbane Roar	Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Rees 23' 45+1', 53' Pantelidis 25' Smeltz 50' (pen.), 61', 77'	Summary	McKay 7' Moore 88'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Strebre Delovski

9 January 2010 21	Gold Coast United	1–1	Adelaide United	Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Smeltz 41' 90' Caravella 66'	Summary	T.Dodd 20'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Peter Green

13 January 2010 22	Gold Coast United	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Culina 33' Anderson 36' Brown 37'	Summary	Abbas 57'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Chris Beath

17 January 2010 23	Sydney	0–1	Gold Coast United	Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Colosimo 26' Bridge 55'	Summary	Porter 19' Brown 70' Fitzsimmons 87' Culina 90'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 14,941 Referee: Ben Williams

22 January 2010 24	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Gold Coast United	Gosford
AEST (UTC+10)	Clark 21' Mrdja 68' (pen.) Boogaard 69' 71' Hutchinson 71'	Summary	Porter 66'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Chris Beath

29 January 2010 25	Gold Coast United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)	Pantelidis 34' Miller 45' Caravella 77' 78' Smeltz 85'	Summary	Hernández 53' Muscat 66' Behich 90'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Chris Beath

7 February 2010 26	Gold Coast United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Gold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Miller 20' Caravella 41' Anderson 44'	Summary	Muscat 21' Durante 42' Ifill 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,202 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 February 2010 27	North Queensland Fury	2–1	Gold Coast United	Townsville
20:10 AEST (UTC+10)	Williams 7' 57' Griffiths 55' Daal 70' Cooke 83' Spagnuolo 90'	Summary	Caravella 37' Djulbic 40' Culina 61' Porter 62' Miller 79'	Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Ben Williams

A-League Finals[]

20 February 2010 Semi-Final 3 v 6	Gold Coast United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Robson 27' Thwaite 73'	Summary Report Summary	Pavlović 90'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Penalties
	Culina Djulbic Thwaite Anderson Smeltz Rees Caravella		T.Elrich Petrovski Patafta M.Thompson Miličević Song Topor-Stanley

Squad statistics[]

As of match played 20 February 2010

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		A-League Finals
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Jess Vanstrattan	18	0	17	0	1	0
2	MF	AUS	Steve Pantelidis	20	0	17+3	0	0	0
3	DF	AUS	Michael Thwaite	28	0	27	0	1	0
4	DF	AUS	Daniel Piorkowski	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	BRA	Robson	11	1	8+2	1	1	0
7	MF	AUS	Zenon Caravella	24	1	20+3	1	1	0
8	MF	BRA	Jefferson	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	NZL	Shane Smeltz	26	19	25	19	1	0
10	MF	AUS	Jason Culina	26	3	25	3	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Charlie Miller	10	1	7+2	1	1	0
13	DF	NED	Bas van den Brink	27	1	26	1	1	0
14	FW	AUS	Joel Porter	24	5	21+2	5	1	0
15	FW	AUS	Tahj Minniecon	17	1	7+10	1	0	0
16	DF	AUS	Kristian Rees	26	2	24+1	2	1	0
17	MF	AUS	Matthew Osman	15	0	5+9	0	0+1	0
18	MF	AUS	James Brown	9	1	2+6	1	0+1	0
19	FW	AUS	Andrew Barisic	6	1	1+5	1	0	0
20	GK	AUS	Scott Higgins	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
22	DF	CIV	Adama Traoré	11	0	11	0	0	0
23	MF	AUS	Steve Fitzsimmons	19	2	10+9	2	0	0
24	MF	BRA	Anderson	26	0	18+7	0	1	0
25	MF	AUS	Steven Lustica	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
26	FW	AUS	Golgol Mebrahtu	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
36	DF	BIH	Dino Djulbic	8	0	5+2	0	0+1	0
	DF	AUS	Zac Anderson	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Mitch Bevan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Ben Wearing	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:
6	DF	AUS	Adam Griffiths	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Milson	9	0	1+8	0	0	0
27	DF	AUS	Mark Byrnes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers[]

Place	Position	Number	Name	A-League	Total
1	FW	9	Shane Smeltz	19	19
2	FW	14	Joel Porter	5	5
3	MF	10	Jason Culina	3	3
4	DF	16	Kristian Rees	2	2
4	MF	23	Steve Fitzsimmons	2	2
6	MF	5	Robson	1	1
	FW	19	Andrew Barisic	1	1
	DF	13	Bas van den Brink	1	1
	MF	11	Charlie Miller	1	1
	FW	15	Tahj Minniecon	1	1
	MF	18	James Brown	1	1
	MF	7	Zenon Caravella	1	1
			Own goal	1	1
Total				39	39

Disciplinary record[]

Position	Nation	Number	Name	A-League		A-League Finals		Total
Position	Nation	Number	Name
2		MF	Steve Pantelidis	12	0	0	0	12	0
3		DF	Michael Thwaite	3	0	1	0	4	0
5		MF	Robson	5	0	1	0	6	0
7		MF	Zenon Caravella	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Shane Smeltz	5	1	0	0	5	1
10		MF	Jason Culina	5	0	0	0	5	0
11		MF	Charlie Miller	4	0	0	0	4	0
13		DF	Bas van den Brink	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		DF	Kristian Rees	2	1	0	0	2	1
18		MF	James Brown	2	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Andrew Barisic	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		GK	Scott Higgins	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Adama Traoré	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Steve Fitzsimmons	3	1	0	0	3	1
24		MF	Anderson	3	0	0	0	3	0
36		DF	Dino Djulbic	1	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Zac Anderson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				56	3	2	0	58	3

Notes[]

^ Age as of the end of the season

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^ "Miller leaves Gold Coast United, Moore unlikely to join". tribalfootball.com. Tribal Football. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "Triple Capture". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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[20] Age as of the end of the season

[Vanstrattan_Signs-1] "Former Juventus 'keeper becomes United's first signing". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Smeltz_Signs-2] "Shane Smeltz agrees to join Gold Coast United". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Griffiths_Signs-3] "Adam Griffiths on board in 2009". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Two_Brazilians_Sign-4] "United set to inject samba swagger into 2009/10 roster". goldcoastunited.com. Gold Coast United. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Brazilian_trio_all_set_for_2009/10_campaign-5] "Brazilian trio all set for 2009/10 campaign". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Six_More_Signed-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Six more names confirmed for United". goldcoastunited.com. Gold Coast United. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Brown_Signs-7] "Highly rated youngster pens 3-year deal with United". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Barisic_Signs-8] "Gold Coast Add Their Twelfth Man". au.fourfourtwo.com. Four Four Two. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Minniecon_Signs-9] "United coup as they score Minniecon". goldcoast.com.au. Gold Coast. 3 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[van_den_Brink_&_Porter_Join-10] "Gold Coast unveil Culina". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. The World Game. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Culina_Signs-11] "Socceroo Jason Culina signs as Gold Coast United's marquee". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 14 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Miller_Signs-12] "Deadline for impact". goldcoast.com.au. Gold Coast. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[13] "Djulbic signs on as United add depth for finals race". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 10 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[14] "Big offer just too good to refuse". goldcoast.com.au. Gold Coast. 14 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Anderson_Signs-15] "Robson's brother to fill Jefferson void". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[Byrnes_Signs-16] "Bleiberg signs injury cover for Piorkowski". goldcoastunited.com.au. Gold Coast United. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[17] "Gold Coast United Release Brazilian Striker Milson". goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[18] "Miller leaves Gold Coast United, Moore unlikely to join". tribalfootball.com. Tribal Football. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[19] "Triple Capture". clydefc.co.uk. Clyde F.C. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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