2011–12 A-League

A-League
Season 2011–12
Champions Brisbane Roar (2nd title)
Premiers Central Coast Mariners (2nd title)
Champions League Central Coast Mariners
Brisbane Roar
Matches played 142
Goals scored 390 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Besart Berisha (19)
Biggest home win Brisbane Roar 7–1 Adelaide United
(28 October 2011)
Biggest away win Adelaide United 0–4 Central Coast Mariners
(2 December 2011)
Sydney FC 0–4 Melbourne Heart
(29 December 2011)
Highest scoring Brisbane Roar 7–1 Adelaide United
(28 October 2011)
Perth Glory 4–2 Melbourne Victory
(24 March 2012)
Longest winning run Central Coast Mariners (6)
Longest unbeaten run Central Coast Mariners (15)
Longest winless run Gold Coast United (13)
Longest losing run Brisbane Roar
Gold Coast United (5)
Highest attendance 50,334
(22 April 2012)
Lowest attendance 1,141
(22 February 2012)
Average attendance 10,819

The 2011–12 A-League was the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.[1]

Clubs

Further information: A-League § 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 Etihad Stadium
AAMI Park		 55,000
30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Ausgrid Stadium 33,000
Perth Glory Perth NIB Stadium 20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 36,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Jersey sponsor
Adelaide United Australia Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina Australia Galeković, EugeneEugene Galeković Erreà Coopers
Brisbane Roar Australia Postecoglou, AngeAnge Postecoglou Australia Matt Smith Puma The Coffee Club
Central Coast Mariners Australia Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold Australia Wilkinson, AlexAlex Wilkinson Hummel Soccer5s
Gold Coast United England Mulvey, MikeMike Mulvey Australia Thwaite, MichaelMichael Thwaite Fi-ta Hyatt Regency Coolum
Melbourne Heart Netherlands van 't Schip, JohnJohn van 't Schip Brazil Fred ISC Westpac
Melbourne Victory Northern Ireland Magilton, JimJim Magilton Australia Leijer, AdrianAdrian Leijer Adidas Adecco
Newcastle Jets Australia van Egmond, GaryGary van Egmond Australia Wheelhouse, JobeJobe Wheelhouse ISC Hunter Ports
Perth Glory Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson Australia Burns, JacobJacob Burns X-blades QBE Insurance
Sydney FC Czech Republic Lavička, VítězslavVítězslav Lavička Northern Ireland McFlynn, TerryTerry McFlynn Adidas UNICEF
Wellington Phoenix New Zealand Herbert, RickiRicki Herbert Australia Durante, AndrewAndrew Durante Adidas Sony

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Newcastle Jets Australia Branko Čulina Sacked 4 October 2011[2] Pre-season Australia Gary Van Egmond 20 October 2011[3]
Adelaide United Netherlands Rini Coolen Sacked 18 December 2011 9th Australia John Kosmina 18 December 2011
Melbourne Victory Australia Mehmet Durakovic Sacked 6 January 2012[4] 8th Northern Ireland Jim Magilton 7 January 2012[5]
Gold Coast United Israel Miron Bleiberg Sacked/Resigned 19 February 2012[6][7] 10th England Mike Mulvey 20 February 2012[8]

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa Foreign
Adelaide United Brazil Cássio Indonesia Sergio van Dijk Ukraine Yevhen Levchenko Uruguay Francisco Usúcar None Portugal Ricardo1
Brisbane Roar Albania Besart Berisha Bahrain Sayed Mohamed Adnan Brazil Henrique Canada Issey Nakajima-Farran Germany Thomas Broich None
Central Coast Mariners England John Sutton Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk New Zealand Michael McGlinchey None None Malta John Hutchinson2
Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald2
Gold Coast United Brazil Robson Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Netherlands Paul Beekmans Netherlands Peter Jungschläger Netherlands Maceo Rigters Ivory Coast Jonas Salley1
Croatia Ante Rožić2
Eritrea Samuel Tesfagabr1
Eritrea Ambesager Yosief1
New Zealand Glen Moss2
Melbourne Heart Argentina Jonatan Germano Brazil Fred Brazil Maycon Brazil Alex Terra Netherlands Rutger Worm None
Melbourne Victory Brazil Fábio Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano New Zealand Marco Rojas Spain Ubay Luzardo Scotland Grant Brebner1
Newcastle Jets Brazil Tiago England Michael Bridges England Francis Jeffers South Korea Byun Sung-Hwan None Iraq Ali Abbas1
Perth Glory Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet Republic of Ireland Liam Miller Netherlands Bas van den Brink Netherlands Victor Sikora Scotland Steven McGarry Brazil Andrezinho3
New Zealand Shane Smeltz2
Sydney FC Brazil Bruno Cazarine Finland Juho Mäkelä Japan Hirofumi Moriyasu Netherlands Pascal Bosschaart Slovakia Karol Kisel Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn1
Wellington Phoenix Barbados Paul Ifill England Chris Greenacre Spain Dani Sánchez Trinidad and Tobago Tony Warner United States Alex Smith Brazil Daniel1
Malta 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;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Regular season

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 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28+22 49 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35+5 43 2012 A-League 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

Updated to games played on 25 March 2012..
Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2012 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Home and away season

The 2011–12 season saw each team play 27 games, host 13 and play 1 regional game over 25 rounds. On 4 January, over 11 hours of soccer was broadcast with all matches aired back to back starting in Wellington and ending in Perth. The season began on 8 October 2011 and concluded on 22 April 2012. All times are local unless otherwise stated.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Midweek Fixture[Note 1]

Round 10

Midweek Fixture

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Midweek Round

Round 14

Round 15

Midweek Fixture

Round 16

Midweek Fixture

Round 17

Midweek Fixture

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Postponed Round 17 Fixture[Note 2]

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Table of results

Abbreviation and Color Key:
  • Win
  • Loss
  • Draw
  • Home
Club Match
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 28 29 30
Adelaide United PG MV SFC BR MH GCU WP NUJ CCM MV GCU SFC WP MH BR MV CCM NUJ PG WP GCU SFC NUJ PG BR CCM MH
1–0 1–0 1–2 7–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 | | |
Brisbane Roar CCM SFC GCU AU MV WP NUJ PG SFC MH WP CCM GCU MV PG AU SFC MH NUJ CCM WP MV PG MH AU NUJ GCU
1–0 0–2 3–0 7–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 | | |
Central Coast Mariners BR GCU NUJ PG WP MV SFC MH AU NUJ BR PG GCU MV SFC NUJ MH AU GCU BR MV WP MH SFC PG AU WP
1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–3 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 | | |
Gold Coast United WP CCM BR NUJ SFC AU MH MV PG SFC AU BR CCM NUJ MH WP SFC CCM MV PG AU MH MV WP NUJ PG BR
1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 | | |
Melbourne Heart NUJ PG MV SFC AU NUJ GCU CCM WP BR PG MV SFC AU GCU PG CCM BR WP MV NUJ GCU CCM BR WP SFC AU
3–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–4 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 | | |
Melbourne Victory SFC AU MH WP BR CCM PG GCU NUJ AU WP MH BR CCM NUJ AU PG SFC GCU MH CCM BR GCU NUJ SFC WP PG
0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 4–2 | | |
Newcastle Jets MH WP CCM GCU PG MH BR AU MV CCM SFC WP PG GCU MV CCM WP AU BR SFC MH PG AU MV GCU BR SFC
3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 5–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–5 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 | | |
Perth Glory AU MH WP CCM NUJ SFC MV BR GCU SFC WP MH CCM NUJ BR WP MH MV AU GCU SFC NUJ BR AU CCM GCU MV
1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 0–3 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–3 4–2 | | |
Sydney FC MV BR AU MH GCU PG CCM WP BR PG GCU NUJ AU MH WP CCM BR GCU MV NUJ PG AU WP CCM MV MH NUJ
0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–4 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–5 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 | | |
Wellington Phoenix GCU NUJ PG MV CCM BR AU SFC MH PG BR MV NUJ AU SFC PG GCU NUJ MH AU BR CCM SFC GCU MH MV CCM
1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 5–2 2–0 4–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 | | |

Positions by round

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 M 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Central Coast Mariners97108552222111111*11**111*11111
Brisbane Roar2111111111*2332222332222222
Perth Glory2222334557877975*5444344333
Wellington Phoenix4347899884*6554443223433444
Sydney FC5956423435444556*6677677775
Melbourne Heart7109101085763322333*4556555556
Newcastle Jets15332 476467886999*765766667
Melbourne Victory587466637856686788*88888888
Adelaide United946997899991097887*999999999
Gold Coast United468571010101010109101010101010101010*1010101010

NOTE: Brisbane Roar were tied with Perth Glory at the end of Round 1

Finals series

  Semi Finals Week 1 Semi Finals Week 2 Preliminary Final Grand Final
    A – 31 March 2012       D – 8 April 2012               22 April 2012  
  1  Central Coast Mariners  0 —  Central Coast Mariners  2    Brisbane Roar  2
  2  Brisbane Roar  2 —  Brisbane Roar  3              Perth Glory  1
                    F – 14 April 2012          
    B – 1 April 2012                Central Coast Mariners  1 (3)        
  3  Perth Glory  3              Perth Glory (pen.)  1 (5)        
  6  Melbourne Heart  0     E – 7 April 2012                  
             Perth Glory  3                
    C – 30 March 2012        Wellington Phoenix  2                
  4  Wellington Phoenix  3                        
  5  Sydney FC  2                        

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

22 April 2012
16:00 AEST
(UTC+10)
Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory
Berisha  84', 90+7' (pen)
Franjic  87'		 Report Franjic  53' (o.g.)
Miller  9'
Burns  49'
Heffernan Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 57', 90'
Vukovic  90'
Mehmet  90+5'
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 50,334[12]
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Season statistics

Top scorers

Further information: A-League top scorers
As of end of regular season
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Albania Besart BerishaBrisbane Roar 19
2 New Zealand Shane SmeltzPerth Glory 13
3 Costa Rica Carlos HernándezMelbourne Victory 10
4 Australia Eli BabaljMelbourne Heart 9
New Zealand Jeremy BrockieNewcastle Jets
Australia Ryan GriffithsNewcastle Jets
Australia Mitch NicholsBrisbane Roar
8 Brazil Bruno CazarineSydney FC 8
Australia Harry KewellMelbourne Victory
Indonesia Sergio van DijkAdelaide United

Own goals

As of end of regular season
Player Team Against Week
Australia Nigel Boogaard Adelaide United Wellington Phoenix 7
Australia Vince Lia Wellington Phoenix Melbourne Victory 11
South Korea Byun Sung-Hwan Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory 14
South Korea Byun Sung-Hwan Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory 14
Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Gold Coast United Perth Glory 18
Australia Nigel Boogaard Adelaide United Gold Coast United 19

Attendances

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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory1320,28140,35111,231263,648
Brisbane Roar1313,38719,3399,293174,033
Newcastle Jets1312,11717,2459,311157,518
Sydney FC1411,86118,1805,505166,052
Central Coast Mariners139,60714,8386,883124,892
Melbourne Heart149,08226,5792,951127,142
Adelaide United148,79714,5732,363123,160
Wellington Phoenix148,69120,0783,898121,677
Perth Glory138,31512,3586,484108,101
Gold Coast United143,5466,9271,14149,649
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League total 135 10,488 40,351 1,141 1,415,872

Updated to the 25/3/12 note: Adelaide United's lowest crowd was at Bathurst's Carrington Park(NSW) as part of the regional round fixtures.

Top 10 Season Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
50,334 GF 22 April 2012 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium Sunday Afternoon
40,351 1 8 October 2011 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
39,309 3 22 October 2011 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
26,579 12 23 December 2011 Melbourne Heart 3–2 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Friday Night
26,395 18 4 February 2012 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park Saturday Night
24,820 5 5 November 2011 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Brisbane Roar Etihad Stadium Saturday Night
20,959 15 13 January 2012 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Adelaide United AAMI Park Friday Night
20,078 7 19 November 2011 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Eden Park Saturday Afternoon
20,053 17 26 January 2012 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Sydney FC AAMI Park Thursday Afternoon
19,339 8 26 November 2011 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium Saturday Night

Discipline

Updated to end of Week 17, 2 February 2012 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.

1 point Yellow Card
2 points Second Caution Red Card
3 points Direct Red Card
Team Points
Adelaide United 44 2 0 48
Brisbane Roar 30 0 1 33
Central Coast Mariners 33 0 0 33
Gold Coast United 38 2 0 42
Melbourne Heart 35 1 0 37
Melbourne Victory 34 2 4 50
Newcastle Jets 41 1 1 46
Perth Glory 35 0 3 44
Sydney FC 48 0 1 51
Wellington Phoenix 32 2 2 42
Melbourne Heart 0 0 0 0
Sydney Rovers 0 0 0 0
Totals 370 10 12

NAB Young footballer of the Year Award

The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award will be awarded to the finest U/21 player talent throughout the Hyundai A-League 2011–12 competition. One nominee is announced per month and all nominees will qualify to be named the NAB Footballer of the Year at the conclusion of the season. On 10 April at the End of season awards January nominee Matthew Ryan was named as NAB Young Footballer of the Year for the second year running.[13]

Nominees

Month Player Club
October 2011 Australia James Brown Gold Coast United
November 2011 Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei Central Coast Mariners
December 2011 Australia Mustafa Amini Central Coast Mariners
January 2012 Australia Mathew Ryan Central Coast Mariners
February 2012 Australia Tom Rogic Central Coast Mariners
March 2012 Australia Eli Babalj Melbourne Heart

End of season awards

All-Star team

Formation: 3–4–3[14]

Nat. Position Name Club
Australia GK Matt Ryan Central Coast Mariners
Australia RB Michael Marrone Melbourne Heart
Netherlands CB Patrick Zwaanswijk Central Coast Mariners
Australia LB Joshua Rose Central Coast Mariners
Australia RM Mitch Nichols Brisbane Roar
Germany CM Thomas Broich Brisbane Roar
Brazil CM Fred Melbourne Heart
Australia LM Aziz Behich Melbourne Heart
Barbados RF Paul Ifill Wellington Phoenix
Albania ST Besart Berisha Brisbane Roar
Australia LF Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory
Australia Coach Graham Arnold Central Coast Mariners
Substitutes:
Australia GK Clint Bolton Melbourne Heart
Australia CB Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix
Australia CM Nicky Carle Sydney FC
Costa Rica CM Carlos Hernandez Melbourne Victory
Australia LF Harry Kewell Melbourne Victory

See also

Team season articles

Notes

  1. ↑ Game was postponed due to severe weather in Perth, preventing travel for Perth Glory.
  2. ↑ Game was postponed due to risk of flooding in the Gold Coast.

References

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