2010–11 A-League

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

Rule changes A new rule at the start of the season allows for two marquee players to be signed without salary cap restraints so long as one is Australian with a certain number of qualifications to be determined by FFA. This replaces the previous ruling of only one salary cap exempt player in previous seasons.

Clubs

Team City Home Ground Capacity Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000 Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500 Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119 Gold Coast United Gold Coast Skilled Park 27,400 Melbourne Heart Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050 Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI ParkEtihad Stadium 30,05056,347 Newcastle Jets Newcastle EnergyAustralia Stadium 26,164 North Queensland Fury Townsville Dairy Farmers Stadium 26,500 Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium 20,500 Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 45,500 Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000

Transfers

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentCentral Coast MarinersReassigned9 February 2010Lawrie McKinna explains departure as coach of Central Coast MarinersPre-season10 February 2010Melbourne Heart Inaugural 12 October 2009A-League club Melbourne Heart sign Dutchman John van't Schip as coachNorth Queensland FurySigned by Perth Glory (assistant)6 April 20107 June 2010Adelaide United Sacked3 June 2010Vidmar appointed Assistant Socceroos and Olyroos Coach 5 July 2010Perth Glory Reassigned, moved to director12 October 20107th 12 October 2010Melbourne VictorySacked12 March 2011Merrick and Melbourne Victory part waysPostseason21 June 2011

Foreign players Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s) Adelaide United Marcos Flores Cássio Dario Bodrušić Sergio van Dijk Francisco Usúcar Joe Keenan3 Andwélé Slory4 Iain Ramsay2 Lloyd Owusu Shin In-seob Brisbane Roar Henrique Jean Carlos Solórzano Thomas Broich Kosta Barbarouses Reinaldo1 Central Coast Mariners Patricio Pérez Patrick Zwaanswijk Michael McGlinchey Chris Doig John Hutchinson2 Gold Coast United Anderson Robson John Curtis Peter Perchtold Adama Traoré Glen Moss2 Kim Sung-Kil4 Bas van den Brink Melbourne Heart Alex Terra Gerald Sibon Rutger Worm Melbourne Victory Ricardinho Marvin Angulo Carlos Hernández Geoff Kellaway Surat Sukha Grant Brebner1 Newcastle Jets Zhang Shuo Michael Bridges Marcello Fiorentini Jeremy Brockie Ali Abbas1 Tomislav Mišura3 Francis Jeffers4 North Queensland Fury Mark Hughes André Kilian Dyron Daal Eric Akoto Eugene Sseppuya Brad McDonald2 Jack Hingert2 Perth Glory Robbie Fowler Andy Todd Victor Sikora Branko Jelić Steven McGarry Sydney FC Bruno Cazarine Juho Mäkelä Hirofumi Moriyasu Byun Sung-Hwan Stephan Keller Terry McFlynn1 Wellington Phoenix Toto Cornejo Paul Ifill Daniel Diego Walsh Chris Greenacre Manny Muscat2 The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team; 3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players; 4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains Club Australian Marquee International Marquee Junior Marquee Captain Vice-Captain Adelaide United None None None Travis Dodd Lucas Pantelis Brisbane Roar None None None Matt McKay Shane Stefanutto Central Coast Mariners None None Oliver Bozanic Alex Wilkinson John Hutchinson Gold Coast United Jason Culina None Tahj Minniecon Jason Culina Michael Thwaite Melbourne Heart Josip Skoko Gerald Sibon None Simon Colosimo None Melbourne Victory Archie Thompson Ricardinho None Kevin Muscat Adrian Leijer Adrian Leijer Newcastle Jets None Michael Bridges None Michael Bridges Ljubo Milicevic Kasey Wehrman North Queensland Fury None None None Ufuk Talay Gareth Edds Perth Glory Mile Sterjovski Robbie Fowler None Jacob Burns None Sydney FC Nick Carle None None Terry McFlynn Alex Brosque Hayden Foxe Wellington Phoenix Jade North None None Andrew Durante Tim Brown

Regular season League table

Home and away season The 2010–11 A-League season had each team play 30 matches over 27 rounds. The regular season started on Thursday, 5 August 2010 and ended on Sunday, 13 February 2011. The opening game was played at the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) and marked the A-League debut of the new franchise, Melbourne Heart. Mid week games were played to accommodate this extra team. The official 2010–11 fixture list was released on 18 May 2010.Official season draw .

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Notes

Table of results

Finals series

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sergio van DijkAdelaide United162 Kosta BarbarousesBrisbane Roar11 Robbie KruseMelbourne Victory Matt SimonCentral Coast Mariners Jean SolórzanoBrisbane Roar6 Bruno CazarineSydney FC9 Bruce DjiteGold Coast United Robbie FowlerPerth Glory Adam KwasnikCentral Coast Mariners10 John AloisiMelbourne Heart8 Marcos FloresAdelaide United Chris GreenacreWellington Phoenix

Own goals PlayerClubAgainstRound Ben Kantarovski Newcastle Jets Melbourne Heart 2 Brett Studman North Queensland Fury Adelaide United 4 Michael Marrone Melbourne Heart Perth Glory 4 Daniel McBreen Central Coast Mariners North Queensland Fury 9 Shannon Cole Sydney FC Adelaide United 9 Matt Smith Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 10 Naum Sekulovski Perth Glory Central Coast Mariners 12 Rodrigo Vargas Melbourne Victory Gold Coast United 13 Clint Bolton Melbourne Heart Adelaide United 15 Alex Wilkinson Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar 16 Matthew Kemp Melbourne Victory Brisbane Roar 17 Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 17 Wayne Srhoj Melbourne Heart Melbourne Victory 18 Sergio van Dijk Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners 20 Hayden Foxe Sydney FC Adelaide United 20 Adrian Leijer Melbourne Victory Central Coast Mariners 21 Tando Velaphi Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix 24 Nick Ward Wellington Phoenix Sydney FC 26

Attendance These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Updated to the end of season.

A Gold Coast United match held on 19 December 2010 was postponed due to the poor playing surface of the pitch and torrential rain after the 21st minute of the game had been played. Spectators were allowed free entry prior to the postponement, of which there were 10,146 in attendance of the 21,000+ who applied for the free tickets. The abandoned game's attendance is not taken into account.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day 50,168 GF 13 March 2011 Brisbane Roar 2–2 (4–2 pen.) Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium Sunday Afternoon 32,321 24 22 January 2011 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Saturday Night 25,897 9 8 October 2010 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Friday Night 25,168 SF Leg 2 26 February 2011 Brisbane Roar 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Saturday Night 23,059 18 11 December 2010 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night 21,083 27 11 February 2011 Adelaide United 2–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide Oval Friday Night 20,831 27 12 February 2011 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Gold Coast United Suncorp Saturday Night 20,358 2 14 August 2010 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Perth Glory AAMI Park Saturday Night 18,558 22 9 January 2011 Melbourne Victory 1–4 Adelaide United AAMI Park Sunday Afternoon 17,299 10 16 October 2010 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium Saturday Night

Discipline The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season. It was awarded to Premiers Brisbane Roar who beat last year's Champions Sydney FC by 6 points.

Updated to End of Week 27 (End of Regular Season)

Awards

End-of-season awards Johnny Warren Medal – Marcos Flores NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Mathew Ryan Golden Boot Award – Sergio Van Dijk Goalkeeper of the Year – Michael Theoklitos Manager of the Year – Ange Postecoglou Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar Referee of the Year – Matthew Breeze Foreign Player of the Year – Marcos Flores Solo Goal of the Year – Erik Paartalu Source:

All-Star team Formation: 4–3–3

PositionNameClub GK Michael Theo Brisbane Roar RB Ivan Franjic Brisbane Roar CB Luke DeVere Brisbane Roar CB Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners LB Cássio Adelaide United CM Marcos Flores Adelaide United CM Matt McKay Brisbane Roar CM Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar RF Kosta Barbarouses Brisbane Roar CF Sergio Van Dijk Adelaide United LF Robbie Kruse Melbourne Victory Coach Ange Postecoglou Brisbane Roar

2010–11 A-League

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