2015–16 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners
2015–16 season
Chairman Michael Charlesworth
Manager Tony Walmsley
Stadium Central Coast Stadium
A-League 10th
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer Roy O'Donovan (8 goals)
Highest home attendance 14,268 vs. Melbourne Victory
(8 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance 4,514 vs. Melbourne City
(3 December 2015)
Average home league attendance 8,111

The 2015–16 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 11th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the 2nd time.

Review

Pre-season

The Mariners entered the 2015–16 season with significant change, following a relatively unsuccessful 2014–15 season. It was announced in April 2015 that Tony Walmsley would be given the permanent manager position, having previously filled the role in an interim capacity.[1] Nick Montgomery was named club captain following the retirement of long-serving midfielder John Hutchinson in May 2015.[2] There was also significant early activity in the transfer market, with a number of players released.[3] The most notable of these was striker and club-record goalscorer Matt Simon.[4] The club's first signing of the season was Irish former Premier League striker Roy O'Donovan.[5] In July, after ten seasons with the club as a player, goalkeeping coach and assistant coach, John Crawley left the club to take up a position at Sydney FC. His position was taken by the retiring Matthew Nash, whose place in the squad was taken in turn by former Adelaide United and Young Socceroos goalkeeper Paul Izzo.[6]

The Mariners won their opening pre-season friendly, a 2–1 victory over F3 Derby rivals Newcastle Jets in a training match.[7] This was followed by a win over Western Sydney Wanderers two days later, with triallist Dan Heffernan scoring a hat-trick.[8]

Central Coast were eliminated in the first round of the 2015 FFA Cup by Wellington Phoenix, an error from goalkeeper Paul Izzo and a missed penalty from Roy O'Donovan consigning the team to a 1–0 loss.[9]

The club had a pre-season tour to Canberra in mid-August, which saw them pick up wins over Canberra Olympic and Gungahlin United.[10]

October

The Mariners started the 2015–16 A-League season with a win over Perth Glory. After Roy O'Donovan scored the opening goal of the season from a rebound, two second-half penalties scored by Fábio Ferreira gave Central Coast a 3–2 win.[11]

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Paul Izzo
2 New Zealand DF Storm Roux
3 Australia DF Joshua Rose
4 Australia MF Jacob Poscoliero
5 Australia DF Harry Ascroft
6 Australia MF Mitch Austin
7 Portugal MF Fábio Ferreira
8 Scotland MF Nick Montgomery (captain)
9 Republic of Ireland FW Roy O'Donovan
10 Spain MF Luis García
12 Australia FW Trent Buhagiar
No. Position Player
13 Australia GK Alastair Bray
14 England FW Daniel Heffernan
15 Papua New Guinea DF Brad McDonald
16 Australia MF Liam Rose
17 Australia FW Francesco Stella
19 Australia FW Josh Bingham
21 Australia DF Michael Neill
22 Australia MF Jake McGing
23 Australia DF Tomislav Uskok
28 Australia FW Matthew Fletcher

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
1 GK Australia Paul Izzo 20 Adelaide United Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
5 DF Australia Harry Ascroft 20 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2018 ccmariners.com.au
6 MF Australia Mitch Austin 24 Cambridge UnitedEngland Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 29 Mitra KukarIndonesia Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
14 FW England Daniel Heffernan 28 Heidelberg United Transfer Pre-season 2016 ccmariners.com.au
23 DF Australia Tomislav Uskok 24 Melbourne Knights Transfer Round 7 2016 ccmariners.com.au
17 FW Australia Francesco Stella 24 Avondale FC Transfer Round 14 2016 ccmariners.com.au
13 GK Australia Alastair Bray 22 Green Gully Transfer Round 14 2016 ccmariners.com.au
15 DF Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald 25 Manly United Transfer Round 15 2017 ccmariners.com.au
10 MF Spain Luis García 37 Free agent Transfer Round 15 2016 ccmariners.com.au
28 FW Australia Matthew Fletcher 23 Free agent Transfer Round 15 2017 ccmariners.com.au

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Australia Matthew Nash 34 Retired Pre-season ccmariners.com.au
5 DF Australia Zachary Anderson 24 Sydney FC Released Pre-season sydneyfc.com
6 DF Australia Brent Griffiths 25 Released Pre-season a-league.com.au
7 MF Malta John Hutchinson 35 Retired Pre-season
17 MF Hungary Richárd Vernes 23 Budapest HonvédHungary Loan terminated Pre-season nemzetisport.hu (Hungarian)
19 FW Australia Matt Simon 28 Sydney FC Released Pre-season sydneyfc.com
22 MF Australia Tom Slater 18 Released Pre-season a-league.com.au
23 MF Australia Isaka Cernak 26 SuperSport UnitedSouth Africa Released Pre-season goal.com
24 DF Australia Hayden Morton 21 Released Pre-season a-league.com.au
29 MF Australia Dejan Pandurevic 18 Manly United Released Pre-season a-league.com.au
23 DF Australia Eddy Bosnar 35 Released Round 5 ccmariners.com.au
12 GK Australia Liam Reddy 34 Released Round 10 ccmariners.com.au
11 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 23 Released Round 14 ccmariners.com.au
10 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 23 Manchester CityEngland Transfer Round 15 $300,000 [12] ccmariners.com.au
15 MF Australia Matt Sim 27 Released Round 15 ccmariners.com.au
20 MF Australia Anthony Kalik 18 Hajduk SplitCroatia Loan Round 18 ccmariners.com.au
18 MF Australia Glen Trifiro 26 Released Round 21 ccmariners.com.au

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach
Technical director
Australia Tony Walmsley
Assistant coachMalta John Hutchinson
Goalkeeping coachAustralia Matthew Nash
Strength and
conditioning coach
Australia Brice Johnson
PhysiotherapistAustralia Andrew Nealon
Youth football coachNew Zealand Stu Jacobs
Head of sports scienceAustralia Tim Knight

Other information

Majority Owner/Chairman England Michael Charlesworth
Executive Vice Chairman England Peter Storrie
Chief Executive Officer Australia Shaun Mielekamp
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Central Coast Stadium (20,059 / 105x68 metres)

Source: ccmariners.com.au

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Paul Izzo 22 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 21 1 1 0 0 20 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Joshua Rose 24 0 4 0 0 23 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 MF Australia Jacob Poscoliero 21 0 8 0 0 20+1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Harry Ascroft 22 3 6 0 1 19+2 3 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
6 MF Australia Mitch Austin 24 5 3 1 0 22+1 5 3 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
7 MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira 22 7 1 1 0 18+3 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Nick Montgomery 23 0 11 0 1 22 0 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 20 8 5 0 0 19 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Spain Luis García 10 2 1 1 0 7+3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Australia Trent Buhagiar 5 0 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Australia Alastair Bray 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England Daniel Heffernan 7 0 0 0 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Papua New Guinea Brad McDonald 8 0 0 0 0 0+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Liam Rose 25 0 5 0 0 18+6 0 5 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Francesco Stella 8 0 0 0 0 3+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Australia Josh Bingham 20 3 3 0 0 7+13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Michael Neill 21 1 3 1 0 16+4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Jake McGing 23 0 4 0 1 20+2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 DF Australia Tomislav Uskok 6 0 2 0 0 4+2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Jake Adelson 2 0 1 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Adam Berry 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Australia Brian Jamba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Australia Matthew Fletcher 7 0 0 0 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Adam Pearce 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Tom Heward-Belle 3 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
10 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 13 0 1 0 0 11+1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF Australia Nick Fitzgerald 12 1 1 1 0 11 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 GK Australia Liam Reddy 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Australia Matt Sim 7 2 1 0 0 2+4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Glen Trifiro 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Australia Anthony Kalik 5 0 0 0 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Australia Eddy Bosnar 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 10th 10 October 2015 9 April 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 11 August 2015 11 August 2015

A-League

Main article: 2015–16 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 37 13
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. 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 2017 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 3 4 20 33 70  −37 13 2 3 9 19 32  −13 1 1 11 14 38  −24

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAAH
Result W L L L D D L L L L L L W D L L W L L L L L L D L L L
Position 2 4 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

Main article: 2015 FFA Cup

References

  1. "Walmsley vows Gosford glamour". Central Coast Mariners. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. "Club Statement: Montgomery Named Skipper". Central Coast Mariners. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "Cernak axed as Mariners begin squad rebuild". Football Federation Australia. 1 May 2015.
  4. "Simon to part ways with Mariners". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2015.
  5. "Breaking News: Roy O'Donovan joins Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. "Mariners sign keeper Izzo from Adelaide". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "Jets go down in friendly". NBN Television. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  8. "Match summary: Heffernan hat-trick sinks Wanderers". Central Coast Mariners. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  9. "Wellington Phoenix, Perth Glory, Western Sydney Wanderers, Oakleigh Cannons advance to FFA Cup last 16". ABC. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  10. "Central Coast Mariners complete Canberra double with 3–1 win over Gungahlin United". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  11. "Ferreira shines as Mariners beat Perth Glory in Gosford". ABC. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  12. Davutovic, David (15 January 2016). "A-League 2015-16 Get Foxtel Melbourne City trumps A-League rivals for Central Coast's Anthony Caceres". Fox Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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