2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

The 2009–10 season was Gold Coast United's inaugural season in the A-League, becoming one of two new expansion clubs in the Australian state of Queensland.

Gold Coast United
2009–10 season
ChairmanClive Palmer
ManagerMiron Bleiberg
A-League3rd
A-League FinalsSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Shane Smeltz (19)
All: Shane Smeltz (19)
Highest home attendance10,024 vs Brisbane Roar
(26 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance2,616 vs North Queensland Fury
(31 October 2009)
Average home league attendance5,434
(20 February 2010)
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Season review

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Transfers

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Squad

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As of match played 20 February 2010
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[N 1]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Jess Vanstrattan   GK (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 27) Verona 2008 2010[1] 18 0
20 Scott Higgins   GK (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 33) Wellington Phoenix 2009 10 0
Defenders
3 Michael Thwaite   DF (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 26) Brann 2009 28 0
4 Daniel Piorkowski   DF (1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 26) Newcastle Jets 2009 2011[6] 2 0
13 Bas van den Brink   DF (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 27) Omniworld 2009 27 1
16 Kristian Rees   DF (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 30) Adelaide City 2009 2011[6] 26 2
22 Adama Traoré   DF (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 20) EF Yéo Martial 2009 11 0
36 Dino Djulbic   DF (1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 27) Rot Weiss Ahlen 2010 8 0
Zac Anderson   DF (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 18) QAS 2009 3 0
Ben Wearing   DF (1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (aged 20) Musgrave 2009 1 0
Midfielders
2 Steve Pantelidis   MF (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 26) Melbourne Victory 2009 2011[6] 20 0
5 Robson   MF (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 23) Cabofriense 2009 2010[5] 11 1
7 Zenon Caravella   MF (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 26) Omniworld 2009 2011[6] 24 1
8 Jefferson   MF (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 27) 2009 2010[5] 1 0
10 Jason Culina   MF (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 29) PSV Eindhoven 2009 2012[11] 26 3
11 Charlie Miller   MF (1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 33) Brisbane Roar 2009 2010[12] 10 1
17 Matthew Osman   MF (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 26) Central Coast Mariners 2009 2011[6] 15 0
18 James Brown   MF (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 20) AIS 2009 2012[7] 9 1
21 Richard Greer   MF 2009 0 0
23 Steve Fitzsimmons   MF (1976-09-07)7 September 1976 (aged 33) Beenleigh 2009 2010[6] 19 2
24 Anderson   MF (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 27) Loan from Criciúma 2009 2010[15] 26 0
Mitch Bevan   MF (1991-02-20)20 February 1991 (aged 19) Brisbane Roar 2009 1 0
Forwards
9 Shane Smeltz   FW (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 28) Wellington Phoenix 2008 2012 26 19
14 Joel Porter   FW (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 31) Hartlepool United 2009 24 5
15 Tahj Minniecon   FW (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 21) AIS 2009 2012[9] 17 1
19 Andrew Barisic   FW (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights 2009 2010[8] 6 1
26 Golgol Mebrahtu   FW (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 19) Brisbane Strikers 2009 6 0
Left during the season
6 Adam Griffiths   FW (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 30) Newcastle Jet 2009 2012[3] 1 0
11 Milson   FW (1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 32) Tombense 2009 2010[8] 9 0
27 Mark Byrnes   DF (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 28) APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2009 2009[16] 1 0

Friendlies

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23 June 2009 Gold Coast United 2–0 North Queensland Fury Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Pantelidis   85'
Lustica   89'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 3,000
27 June 2009 New Caledonia 0–5 Gold Coast United Nouméa, New Caledonia
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Report Barisic   5'
Osman   68'
Mebrahtu   78'
Pantelidis   86'
Thwaite   89'
Stadium: Stade Numa Daly
1 July 2009 Young Lions 0–4 Gold Coast United Hougang, Singapore
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Report Qalyyim   27' (o.g)
Thwaite   35'
Porter   51'
Culina   81'
Stadium: Hougang Stadium
3 July 2009 Hong Kong 0–5 Gold Coast United Happy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson   30', 31'
Mebrahtu   46'
Barisic   51', 81'
Stadium: Happy Valley
8 July 2009 Gold Coast United 2–1 Fulham Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson   80'
Smeltz   86'
Murphy   15' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 10,336
12 July 2009 Byron Bay Select XI 1–5 Gold Coast United Byron Bay
15:30 AEST (UTC+10) Milson   80'
Smeltz   86'
Murphy   15' Stadium: Byron Recreation Grounds
Attendance: 2,000
14 July 2009 Rochedale Rovers 1–1 Gold Coast United Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)   Spencer   66' Stadium: Skilled Park
16 July 2009 Tweed Valley Kings 0–5 Gold Coast United Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Stadium: Skilled Park
18 July 2009 Gold Coast United 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Gold Coast
15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Thwaite  
Traore   81'
Smeltz   90+1'
Bojic   49'
Kwasnik   53'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Referee: Matthew Gillett
25 July 2009 Perth Glory 0–1 Gold Coast United South Bunbury
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Porter   23' Stadium: Hands Oval

Competitions

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A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 13 5 9 39 35  +4 44 9 2 3 25 11  +14 4 3 6 14 24  −10

Last updated: 13 February 2010.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

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Results

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8 August 2009 1 Brisbane Roar 1–3 Gold Coast United Brisbane
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Nichols   4'
Kruse   26'
Tiatto   41'
Moore   45'
Miller   62'
van Dijk   89' (pen.)
Summary Smeltz   17'  82'
Culina   59'  89'
Robson   64'  90'
Pantelidis   66'
Higgins   90'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 19,902
Referee: Peter Green
15 August 2009 2 Gold Coast United 5–0 North Queensland Fury Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz   30', 55' (pen.), 63', 64'
Pantelidis   79'
Minniecon   80'
Summary Busch   54'
Dodd   56'
Griffiths   60'
Middleby   69'
Kohler   86'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Chris Beath
21 August 2009 3 Adelaide United 0–2 Gold Coast United Adelaide
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Summary Smeltz   13'
Fitzsimmons   23'  51'
van den Brink   40'
Pantelidis   82'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,741
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 August 2009 4 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Gold Coast United Newcastle
15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milicevic   38'
Rooney   39'
Petrovski   45'
Summary Traoré   51'
Thwaite   88'
Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,390
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 September 2009 5 Gold Coast United 2–1 Sydney Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson   6'
Smeltz   45+1', 56'
Summary Corica   75' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 September 2009 6 Perth Glory 2–2 Gold Coast United Perth
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Jelić   14'
Sikora   16'
Summary Pantelidis   39'
Burns   53' (o.g.)
Smeltz   90+1'
Stadium: ME Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,408
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 September 2009 7 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Gold Coast United Gosford
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Travis   16'  26'
Simon   54'
Heffernan   63'
Hutchinson   70'
Summary Smeltz   9'   69'
Thwaite   83'
Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 7,394
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 September 2009 8 Gold Coast United 2–3 Melbourne Victory Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Culina   18' (pen.)
Fitzsimmons   29'
Porter   45'
Pantelidis   69'
van den Brink   86'
Summary Hernández   22'
A.Thompson   43'
Brebner   45'
K.Muscat   86' (pen.)
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 5,063
Referee: Peter Green
2 October 2009 9 Gold Coast United 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson   89' Summary Lia   89' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,209
Referee: Gerard Parsons
11 October 2009 10 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Gold Coast United Brisbane
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) McCloughan   42'
Nichols   63'
McKay   67'
Karlović   71'
Summary Porter   31' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,882
Referee: Ben Williams
18 October 2009 11 Gold Coast United 2–1 Perth Glory Gold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Neville   13' (o.g.)
Smeltz   56'
Pantelidis   84'
Summary Howarth   55'
Pellegrino   68'
Coyne   90'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,509
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 October 2009 12 Wellington Phoenix 6–0 Gold Coast United Wellington
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Greenacre   25'  54'
Daniel   28', 53'
Brown   48'  56'
Ifill   59'
Jiang   78'
Hearfield   82'
Summary Pantelidis   38'
Robson   88'
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,571
Referee: Peter O'Leary
31 October 2009 13 Gold Coast United 0–2 North Queensland Fury Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Summary Griffiths   39'
Fowler   64', 76' (pen.)
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Craig Zetter
7 November 2009 14 Gold Coast United 1–0 Sydney Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz   36'
Culina   39'
Pantelidis   89'
Summary McFlynn   36'
Cole   25'
Musialik   39'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Ben Williams
20 November 2009 15 Adelaide United 1–1 Gold Coast United Adelaide
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Hughes   7'
Leckie   90+3'
Summary Rees   33'
Anderson   45'
Fitzsimmons   64'
Brown   85'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,578
Referee: Chris Beath
28 November 2009 16 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Gold Coast United Melbourne
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Kruse   28'
Ward   45+1'
A. Thompson   54'
Vargas   68'
Summary Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,537
Referee: Ben Williams
5 December 2009 17 Gold Coast United 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz   67'
Rees   74'
Barisić   76'
Culina   87'
Summary Simon   38'
Heffernan   40'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,117
Referee: Daniel Goodwin
13 December 2009 18 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Gold Coast United Newcastle
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Wheelhouse   6'  25'
Kantarovski   43'
Elrich   53'
Rooney   70'
Petrovski   82'
Summary Smeltz   44' (pen.), 84'
Anderson   50'
Pantelidis   65'
van den Brink   77'
Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Ben Williams
20 December 2009 19 Gold Coast United 2–0 Perth Glory Gold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz   3'
Pantelidis   40'
Miller   69'  76'
Barisic   90'
Summary Todd   18'
Sterjovski   62'
Coyne   65'
Srhoj   75'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,310
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2009 20 Gold Coast United 5–1 Brisbane Roar Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Rees   23'  45+1', 53'
Pantelidis   25'
Smeltz   50' (pen.), 61', 77'
Summary McKay   7'
Moore   88'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Strebre Delovski
9 January 2010 21 Gold Coast United 1–1 Adelaide United Gold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz   41'  90'
Caravella   66'
Summary T.Dodd   20' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Peter Green
13 January 2010 22 Gold Coast United 2–0 Newcastle Jets Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Culina   33'
Anderson   36'
Brown   37'
Summary Abbas   57' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Chris Beath
17 January 2010 23 Sydney 0–1 Gold Coast United Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Colosimo   26'
Bridge   55'
Summary Porter   19'
Brown   70'
Fitzsimmons   87'
Culina   90'
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 14,941
Referee: Ben Williams
22 January 2010 24 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Gold Coast United Gosford
AEST (UTC+10) Clark   21'
Mrdja   68' (pen.)
Boogaard   69'   71'
Hutchinson   71'
Summary Porter   66' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Chris Beath
29 January 2010 25 Gold Coast United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Gold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Pantelidis   34'
Miller   45'
Caravella   77'  78'
Smeltz   85'
Summary Hernández   53'
Muscat   66'
Behich   90'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Chris Beath
7 February 2010 26 Gold Coast United 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Gold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Miller   20'
Caravella   41'
Anderson   44'
Summary Muscat   21'
Durante   42'
Ifill   45' (pen.)
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,202
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 February 2010 27 North Queensland Fury 2–1 Gold Coast United Townsville
20:10 AEST (UTC+10) Williams   7'  57'
Griffiths   55'
Daal   70'
Cooke   83'
Spagnuolo   90'
Summary Caravella   37'
Djulbic   40'
Culina   61'
Porter   62'
Miller   79'
Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Attendance: 8,517
Referee: Ben Williams

A-League Finals

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20 February 2010 Semi-Final 3 v 6 Gold Coast United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Newcastle Jets Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson   27'
Thwaite   73'
Summary
Report
Summary
Pavlović   90' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,109
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Penalties
Culina  
Djulbic  
Thwaite  
Anderson  
Smeltz  
Rees  
Caravella  
  T.Elrich
  Petrovski
  Patafta
  M.Thompson
  Miličević
  Song
  Topor-Stanley

Squad statistics

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As of match played 20 February 2010

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League A-League Finals
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUS Jess Vanstrattan 18 0 17 0 1 0
2 MF   AUS Steve Pantelidis 20 0 17+3 0 0 0
3 DF   AUS Michael Thwaite 28 0 27 0 1 0
4 DF   AUS Daniel Piorkowski 2 0 2 0 0 0
5 MF   BRA Robson 11 1 8+2 1 1 0
7 MF   AUS Zenon Caravella 24 1 20+3 1 1 0
8 MF   BRA Jefferson 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   NZL Shane Smeltz 26 19 25 19 1 0
10 MF   AUS Jason Culina 26 3 25 3 1 0
11 MF   SCO Charlie Miller 10 1 7+2 1 1 0
13 DF   NED Bas van den Brink 27 1 26 1 1 0
14 FW   AUS Joel Porter 24 5 21+2 5 1 0
15 FW   AUS Tahj Minniecon 17 1 7+10 1 0 0
16 DF   AUS Kristian Rees 26 2 24+1 2 1 0
17 MF   AUS Matthew Osman 15 0 5+9 0 0+1 0
18 MF   AUS James Brown 9 1 2+6 1 0+1 0
19 FW   AUS Andrew Barisic 6 1 1+5 1 0 0
20 GK   AUS Scott Higgins 11 0 10+1 0 0 0
22 DF   CIV Adama Traoré 11 0 11 0 0 0
23 MF   AUS Steve Fitzsimmons 19 2 10+9 2 0 0
24 MF   BRA Anderson 26 0 18+7 0 1 0
25 MF   AUS Steven Lustica 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
26 FW   AUS Golgol Mebrahtu 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
36 DF   BIH Dino Djulbic 8 0 5+2 0 0+1 0
DF   AUS Zac Anderson 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
MF   AUS Mitch Bevan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
DF   AUS Ben Wearing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:
6 DF   AUS Adam Griffiths 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 FW   BRA Milson 9 0 1+8 0 0 0
27 DF   AUS Mark Byrnes 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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Place Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
1 FW   9 Shane Smeltz 19 0 19
2 FW   14 Joel Porter 5 0 5
3 MF   10 Jason Culina 3 0 3
4 DF   16 Kristian Rees 2 0 2
MF   23 Steve Fitzsimmons 2 0 2
6 MF   5 Robson 1 0 1
FW   19 Andrew Barisic 1 0 1
DF   13 Bas van den Brink 1 0 1
MF   11 Charlie Miller 1 0 1
FW   15 Tahj Minniecon 1 0 1
MF   18 James Brown 1 0 1
MF   7 Zenon Caravella 1 0 1
Own goal 1 0 1
Total 39 0 39

Disciplinary record

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Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
           
2   MF Steve Pantelidis 12 0 0 0 12 0
3   DF Michael Thwaite 3 0 1 0 4 0
5   MF Robson 5 0 1 0 6 0
7   MF Zenon Caravella 4 0 0 0 4 0
9   FW Shane Smeltz 5 1 0 0 5 1
10   MF Jason Culina 5 0 0 0 5 0
11   MF Charlie Miller 4 0 0 0 4 0
13   DF Bas van den Brink 3 0 0 0 3 0
16   DF Kristian Rees 2 1 0 0 2 1
18   MF James Brown 2 0 0 0 2 0
19   FW Andrew Barisic 1 0 0 0 1 0
20   GK Scott Higgins 1 0 0 0 1 0
22   DF Adama Traoré 1 0 0 0 1 0
23   MF Steve Fitzsimmons 3 1 0 0 3 1
24   MF Anderson 3 0 0 0 3 0
36   DF Dino Djulbic 1 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Zac Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 56 3 2 0 58 3

Notes

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  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

References

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