2016–17 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners

2016–17 season

Chairman

Michael Charlesworth

Manager

Tony Walmsley
(to 8 August 2016)
John Hutchinson
(caretaker 8–29 August 2016)
Paul Okon
(from 29 August 2016)

Stadium

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

A-League

6th

FFA Cup

Round of 32

Top goalscorer

League: Roy O'Donovan (4 goals)
All: Roy O'Donovan (4 goals)

Highest home attendance

11,075 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(3 December 2016)

Lowest home attendance

5,296 vs. Perth Glory
(24 November 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Central Coast Mariners FC season is the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 12th time and the FFA Cup for the 3rd 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	GK	Ivan Necevski
2	DF	Storm Roux
3	DF	Scott Galloway
4	MF	Jacob Poscoliero
5	DF	Harry Ascroft
6	FW	Blake Powell
7	MF	Fábio Ferreira
8	MF	Nick Montgomery (captain)
9	FW	Roy O'Donovan
10	MF	Mickaël Tavares
11	MF	Connor Pain
12	FW	Trent Buhagiar

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Kwabena Appiah
14	MF	Adam Berry (Youth)
15	DF	Brad McDonald
16	MF	Liam Rose
17	FW	Josh Bingham
18	FW	Matthew Fletcher
19	DF	Jacques Faty
20	GK	Paul Izzo
21	DF	Michael Neill
22	MF	Jake McGing
23	DF	Jake Adelson (Youth)

From youth squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
14	DF		Adam Berry	19	^[1]
23	DF		Jake Adelson	20	^[1]

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
19	DF	Jacques Faty	32	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[2]
10	MF	Mickaël Tavares	33	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]
1	GK	Ivan Necevski	36	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[4]
11	MF	Connor Pain	22	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[5]
6	FW	Blake Powell	25		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[6]
13	MF	Kwabena Appiah	24		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[7]
3	DF	Scott Galloway	21	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Round 3	2017	Free	^[8]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
10	MF	Luis García	37		Released	Pre-season		^[9]
14	FW	Daniel Heffernan	28		Released	Pre-season		^[10]
17	FW	Francesco Stella	24		Released	Pre-season		^[10]
23	DF	Tomislav Uskok	24	Sydney United !Sydney United	Released	Pre-season		^[10]
20	MF	Anthony Kalik	18	Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	Transfer	Pre-season	$50,000	^[11]^[12]
13	GK	Alastair Bray	23		Released	Pre-season		^[4]
6	MF	Mitch Austin	25	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]
3	DF	Joshua Rose	34	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[13]
40	GK	Tom Heward-Belle	19		Released	Round 9		^[14]

Contracts extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Adam Berry	Midfielder	2 years	2019	^[15]
Liam Rose	Midfielder	1 year	2018	^[16]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Paul Okon
Assistant coach	Ivan Jolic
Goalkeeping coach	Matthew Nash
Strength and conditioning coach	Brice Johnson
Physiotherapist	Andrew Nealon
Youth football coach	Ben Cahn
Head of sports science	Tim Knight

Other information

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

Source: ccmariners.com.au

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ivan Necevski	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Storm Roux	9	0	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Scott Galloway	6	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Jacob Poscoliero	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Harry Ascroft	4	1	0	0	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	FW		Blake Powell	10	2	1	0	0	8+1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Fábio Ferreira	8	0	1	0	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Nick Montgomery	8	0	2	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Roy O'Donovan	10	4	2	0	0	9	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Mickaël Tavares	9	0	2	0	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Connor Pain	10	1	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Trent Buhagiar	9	0	0	0	0	4+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Kwabena Appiah	3	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Adam Berry	7	1	0	0	0	4+2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Brad McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Liam Rose	6	0	0	1	0	2+3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Josh Bingham	3	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Matthew Fletcher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Jacques Faty	6	0	3	0	0	5+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Paul Izzo	7	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Michael Neill	9	0	1	0	0	4+4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Jake McGing	10	1	1	0	0	8+1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Jake Adelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Ryan Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Adam Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
40	GK		Tom Heward-Belle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

12 July 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	9–0	Central Coast Football XI	Lisarow, Australia
18:00 AEST	Powell 6' Ferreira 8', 64' O'Donovan 24', 26', 47', 54', 85' Giverin 61'	Report		Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Steve Lucas

12 July 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Lisarow, Australia
20:00 AEST	Appiah 10' Cholakian 63'	Report	Hornery 77'	Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Steve Lucas

21 July 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Young Socceroos	Gosford, Australia
	O'Donovan 16' Ferreira 44' (pen.)	Report	Prasad 23' Maia 29'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

27 July 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Tuggerah, Australia
	O'Donovan	Report	W. Brown	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

13 August 2016	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Tamworth, Australia
16:00 AEST	Clut 36'	Report	Powell 39' Pain 50'	Stadium: Scully Park Regional Sporting Precinct Attendance: 2,154

17 August 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	5–0	Rydalmere FC	Tuggerah, Australia
14:00 AEST	McGing 68' Buhagiar 77', 83' Fletcher 82', 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

25 August 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Young Socceroos	Gosford, Australia
	McGing 75' Lyons 90'	Report	Antoniou 23'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

6 September 2016	Capital North Region Select	2–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Canberra, Australia
18:00 AEST	Tsekenis 16', 38'	Report	O'Donovan 18' (pen.) Appiah 63'	Stadium: Woden Park

6 September 2016	Capital South Region Select	0–4	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Canberra, Australia
19:45 AEST		Report	Bingham 47', 67', 70', 72'	Stadium: Woden Park

10 September 2016	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Cancelled	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane, Australia
16:00 AEST		Cancellation		Stadium: Corporate Travel Management Stadium

17 September 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Wahroonga, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Watson 38'	Stadium: Knox Grammar School Attendance: 1,500

24 September 2016	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Nelson, New Zealand
16:00 NZST	Barbarouses 22' (pen.) Krishna 49'	Report	Pain 31'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	6th		8 October 2016	14 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	2 August 2016	2 August 2016

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	9	7	2	0	20	3	+17	23	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne City	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne Victory	8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	Qualification to Finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	9	3	5	1	9	10	−1	14
5	Perth Glory	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	12
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	9	2	5	2	13	16	−3	11
7	Central Coast Mariners	9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9
8	Adelaide United	9	1	3	5	9	13	−4	6
9	Newcastle Jets	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
10	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	0	6	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9	1	0	3	3	7	−4	1	3	1	7	10	−3

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L
Position	3	8	9	8	8	9	9	6

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3–3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Perth
Saturday 19:00 AWST	Taggart 4', 27' Castro 35' (pen.)	Report	O'Donovan 56', 86' (pen.) Reddy 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,501 Referee: Chris Beath

15 October 2016 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	4–0	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
Saturday 17:35 AEDT	Hološko 18', 65' (pen.) Bobô 38' Brosque 70'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,082 Referee: Stephen Lucas

22 October 2016 3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Gosford
Saturday 17:35 AEDT		Report	Kristensen 33'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 7,073 Referee: Adam Fielding

29 October 2016 4	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
Saturday 19:50 AEDT	Šantalab 2'	Report	Berry 61'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 12,168 Referee: Shaun Evans

6 November 2016 5	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT	Guardiola 27' (pen.)	Report	O'Donovan 47' Pain 57'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,974 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 November 2016 6	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Canberra
Saturday 17:35 AEDT		Report	Krishna 49' Watson 56'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Stephen Lucas

20 November 2016 7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Nordstrand 64'	Report	McGing 42'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,238 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

24 November 2016 8	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Gosford
Thursday 19:50 AEDT	Ascroft 30' O'Donovan 63'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Shaun Evans

3 December 2016 9	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1–4	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
Saturday 17:35 AEDT	Powell 5'	Report	Kusukami 6' N. Martínez 30' McGing 50' (o.g.) Šantalab 88'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 11,075 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

10 December 2016 10	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Hamilton
Saturday 15:35 NZDT				Stadium: Waikato Stadium

18 December 2016 11	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

28 December 2016 12	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Wednesday 19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

31 December 2016 13	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Gosford
Saturday 19:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

8 January 2017 14	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

14 January 2017 15	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
Saturday 15:35 NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

19 January 2017 16	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Thursday 19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

28 January 2017 17	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Gosford
Saturday 17:35 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

5 February 2017 18	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Canberra
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: GIO Stadium

12 February 2017 19	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Spotless Stadium

19 February 2017 20	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

26 February 2017 21	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

5 March 2017 22	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

10 March 2017 23	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
Friday 19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

25 March 2017 24	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Gosford
Saturday 17:35 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

2 April 2017 25	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
Sunday 19:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

9 April 2017 26	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEST				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

14 April 2017 27	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Friday 19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

2 August 2016 Round of 32	Green Gully	2–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEST	Jones 86' Boland 90+2'	Report	Powell 15'	Stadium: Green Gully Reserve Attendance: 876 Referee: Daniel Elder

References

1 2 "Berry & Adelson sign maiden professional contracts". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 6 May 2016.
↑ "Jacques Faty signs with Mariners". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 11 April 2016.
↑ "Mariners sign Mickael Tavares". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 18 April 2016.
1 2 "Mariners net Necevski". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 7 June 2016.
1 2 "Mitch Austin joins Melbourne Victory, who send Connor Pain to Central Coast". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Mariners sign Blake Powell". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 14 July 2016.
↑ "Kwabena Appiah returns to the Central Coast". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 14 July 2016.
↑ "Victory defender exits club". FourFourTwo. 19 October 2016.
↑ Hearn, Chris (5 April 2016). "Luis Garcia bids farewell to Central Coast Mariners". Outside 90.
1 2 3 "Mariners part ways with three players". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 11 April 2016.
↑ Vulas, Frane (28 May 2016). "Kalik remains at Poljud, Milic wants to Genoa". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
↑ "Kalik Completes Split from Coast to Croatia". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 1 June 2016.
↑ "Rose departs Mariners for Melbourne City". The World Game. SBS. 11 August 2016.
↑ Fruci, Joel (1 December 2016). "Central Coast Mariners agree to release young goalkeeper". Outside 90. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
↑ "Adam Berry signs contract extension". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 26 August 2016.
↑ "Liam Rose signs contract extension". Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners. 31 October 2016.

External links

Official Website

Central Coast Mariners FC

Women's Youth and Academy

Club	History Players Records Seasons Centre of Excellence Asia

Home stadium	Central Coast Stadium

Seasons (12)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Managers	Lawrie McKinna (2005–10) Graham Arnold (2010–13) Phil Moss (2013–15) Tony Walmsley (2015–16)

Captains	Noel Spencer (2005–07) Alex Wilkinson (2007–12) John Hutchinson (2012–15) Nick Montgomery (2015–)

Rivalries	F3 Derby League record by opponent

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National competitions

A-League
National Premier Leagues ('16, '17)
FFA Cup ('16, '17) (Preliminary Rounds ('16, '17) * Final ('16, '17))
National Youth League
W-League

National Premier Leagues

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League ('16, '17)

National teams

Men's	Results ('16, '17)

Women's	Results

Club seasons

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W-League

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Canberra United
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
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