2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners
2014–15 season
Chairman Michael Charlesworth
Manager

Phil Moss
(to 6 March 2015)
Tony Walmsley (Head Coach) &

John Hutchinson (Interim Player/Coach)
(from 6 March 2015)
Stadium Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
A-League 8th
FFA Cup Semi-finals
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
Top goalscorer League: Mitchell Duke,
Matt Simon,
Fábio Ferreira, Eddy Bosnar (3 goals)

All: Matt Sim (5 goals)
Highest home attendance 12,102 vs Sydney FC
24 January 2015
Lowest home attendance 4,508 vs Adelaide United
7 February 2015
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

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 Matthew Nash
2 New Zealand DF Storm Roux
3 Australia DF Joshua Rose
4 Australia MF Jacob Poscoliero
5 Australia DF Zachary Anderson
6 Australia DF Brent Griffiths
7 Malta MF John Hutchinson (Captain)
8 Scotland MF Nick Montgomery (Vice-captain)
10 Australia MF Anthony Cáceres
11 Australia FW Nick Fitzgerald
12 Australia GK Liam Reddy
15 Australia MF Matt Sim
No. Position Player
16 Australia MF Liam Rose
17 Hungary MF Richárd Vernes (on loan from Budapest Honvéd)
18 Australia MF Glen Trifiro
19 Australia FW Matt Simon
20 Australia MF Anthony Kalik
21 Australia DF Michael Neill
22 Australia MF Tom Slater
23 Australia MF Isaka Cernak
24 Australia DF Hayden Morton
25 Australia DF Eddy Bosnar
26 Portugal MF Fábio Ferreira
29 Australia MF Dejan Pandurevic

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
20 MF Australia Anthony Kalik 16 Australian Institute of Sport Transfer Pre-season 2017 smh.com.au
16 MF Australia Liam Rose 17 Australian Institute of Sport Transfer Pre-season 2016 smh.com.au
14 FW Senegal Malick Mané 25 IFK Göteborg Sweden Loan Pre-season 2015 footballaustralia.com.au
1 GK Australia Matthew Nash 33 Bonnyrigg White Eagles Transfer Pre-season 2016 ccmariners.com.au
17 MF Hungary Richárd Vernes 22 Budapest Honvéd Hungary Loan Pre-season 2016 ccmariners.com.au
4 MF Australia Jacob Poscoliero 24 Blacktown City Transfer Pre-season 2015 a-league.com
27 DF Australia Zachary Cairncross 24 Blacktown City Injury replacement Round 2 2015 ccmariners.com.au
14 FW Australia Travis Major 24 Blacktown City Transfer Round 13 2015 ccmariners.com.au
29 MF Australia Dejan Pandurevic 17 Nike Academy England Transfer Round 14 2015 ccmariners.com.au
26 MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira 25 Adelaide United Transfer Round 16 2015 ccmariners.com.au

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
21 FW Australia Mile Sterjovski 34 Retired Pre-season footballaustralia.com.au
23 FW Australia Adam Kwasnik 30 Retired Pre-season smh.com.au
1 GK Australia Justin Pasfield 29 Tampines Rovers Singapore Released Pre-season tampinesroversfc.com
10 MF Argentina Marcos Flores 28 Newcastle Jets End of contract Pre-season footballaustralia.com.au
4 DF Netherlands Marcel Seip 32 FC Emmen Netherlands Released Pre-season fcemmen.nl
14 MF New Zealand Michael McGlinchey 27 Wellington Phoenix Contract buyout Pre-season ccmariners.com.au
14 FW Senegal Malick Mané 25 IFK Göteborg Sweden Loan terminated Round 10 ccmariners.com.au
26 MF South Korea Kim Seung-yong 29 Qingdao Hainiu China Released Round 13 ccmariners.com.au
14 FW Australia Travis Major 25 Blacktown City Released Round 27 ccmariners.com.au

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Australia Tony Walmsley
Player/Coach Malta John Hutchinson
Goalkeeping Coach Australia John Crawley
Physiotherapist Australia Tim Knight

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Matthew Nash 2 0 0 0 0 200000000000000
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 20 0 4 0 0 15+204002000010000
3 FW Australia Josh Rose 28 3 5 0 0 2425003100010000
4 MF Australia Jacob Poscoliero 18 0 4 0 0 1703000000010100
5 DF Australia Zac Anderson 26 0 7 0 0 2206004010000000
6 DF Australia Brent Griffiths 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
7 MF Malta John Hutchinson 30 1 8 0 0 25+118003+1000000000
8 MF Scotland Nick Montgomery 23 1 5 1 0 18+214102010010000
10 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 31 1 0 0 0 25+110003+1000010000
11 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 31 3 2 0 0 22+52100310000+10100
12 GK Australia Liam Reddy 30 0 2 0 0 2502004000010000
15 MF Australia Matt Sim 22 5 2 0 0 8+1001002+1510010000
16 MF Australia Liam Rose 7 0 1 0 0 3+401000000000000
17 MF Hungary Richárd Vernes 10 1 1 0 0 5+311002000000000
18 MF Australia Glen Trifiro 25 4 1 0 0 7+1410002+121000+11000
19 FW Australia Matt Simon 13 4 3 0 0 8+333000+1100010000
20 MF Australia Anthony Kalik 8 0 0 0 0 3+400000+1000000000
21 DF Australia Michael Neill 9 0 0 0 0 800001000000000
22 MF Australia Tom Slater 1 0 0 0 0 000000+1000000000
23 MF Australia Isaka Cernak 23 2 5 0 0 12+613003+112000+10000
24 DF Australia Hayden Morton 5 0 1 0 0 301002000000000
25 DF Australia Eddy Bosnar 22 3 7 0 0 17+136003010010000
26 DF Portugal Fábio Ferreira 10 3 1 0 0 931000000010000
30 GK Australia Adam Pearce 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
Players no longer at the club:
9 FW Australia Mitchell Duke 18 3 1 0 0 12+331003000000000
14 FW Senegal Malick Mané 6 0 0 0 0 3+100001+1000000000
14 FW Australia Travis Major 10 1 0 0 0 0+910000000010000
26 MF South Korea Kim Seung-Yong 6 1 1 0 0 2+311001000000000
27 DF Australia Zachary Cairncross 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000
28 MF Australia Josh Bingham 4 0 0 0 0 0+300000+1000000000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 8th 11 October 2014 26 April 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Semi-finals 20 August 2014 12 November 2014
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Qualifying play-off 17 February 2015 17 February 2015

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 1 34
7 Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 32 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. 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 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 5 8 14 26 50  −24 23 5 2 6 13 20  −7 0 6 8 13 30  −17

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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ResultWLDLLDLDLDLDDWLWLLDWLDLLWLL
Position466\7[lower-alpha 1]677768888888888888888888

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Notes

  1. Round 3 was postponed (played between rounds 6 and 7) due to Western Sydney Wanderers hosting the home leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League Final. The first position (6) is after the non-postponed matches of round 3. The second position (7) is after the postponed match.

References

  1. "Hutchinson Testimonial team announced". Central Coast Mariners. 6 May 2015.
  2. "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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