2011–12 Gold Coast United FC season

The 2011–12 Gold Coast United season was the Gold Coast United's third and final season in the A-League.

Gold Coast United
2011–12 season
ChairmanClive Palmer
ManagerMiron Bleiberg
(until 19 February 2012)
Mike Mulvey
(from 20 February 2012)
A-League10th
Top goalscorerLeague: James Brown (6)
All: James Brown (6)

Season overview

On 23 September 2011, it was announced the club would start a youth academy consisting of 22 players who missed out on a place in the NYL squad. It has been speculated that the aim of this project is to address issues of community engagement.[1]

On 19 February 2012, Miron Bleiberg was fired as manager,[2][3] with Mike Mulvey taking over the following day.[4]

Transfers

Squad
As of match played 9 March 2012
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[N 1]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Glen Moss GK (1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (aged 29) Melbourne Victory 2010 2012[14] 41 0
20 Jerrad Tyson GK (1989-09-21)21 September 1989 (aged 22) Brisbane Strikers 2010 15 0
30 Brendan White GK (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 19) 2011 0 0
40 Chris O'Connor GK (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 26) Bohemian 2011 3 0
Defenders
3 Michael Thwaite DF (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 28) Brann 2009 82 1
4 Zac Anderson DF (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 20) QAS 2009 19 1
5 Kristian Rees DF (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 32) Adelaide City 2009 2011[15] 73 4
13 Ante Rožić DF (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 26) Arka Gdynia 2011 11 0
15 Adama Traoré DF (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 22) EF Yéo Martial 2009 69 3
26 Samuel Tesfagabr DF (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 26) Western Strikers 2011[5] 0 0
27 Ambesager Yosief DF (1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 27) Western Strikers 2011[5] 3 0
28 Daniel Bowles DF (1991-10-19)19 October 1991 (aged 20) Brisbane Roar 2011 12 2
Midfielders
2 Joshua Brillante MF (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 18) QAS 2010 17 0
6 Paul Beekmans MF (1982-01-03)3 January 1982 (aged 30) Cambuur 2011 14 0
8 Robson MF (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 25) Cabofriense 2009 34 2
11 Jake Barker-Daish MF (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 18) AIS 2011 7 0
14 Ben Halloran MF (1992-06-14)14 June 1992 (aged 19) QAS 2010 26 4
21 Daniel Severino MF (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 30) Sydney Olympic 2011 12 1
22 Peter Jungschläger MF (1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 27) De Graafschap 2011 22 2
24 Jonas Salley MF (1982-03-16)16 March 1982 (aged 29) Chengdu Blades 2011 12 0
31 Daniel Bragg MF (1982-08-03)3 August 1982 (aged 29) Blacktown City 2012 3 0
33 Mitch Cooper MF (1994-09-18)18 September 1994 (aged 17) QAS 2012 6 1
Forwards
7 Golgol Mebrahtu FW (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 21) Brisbane Strikers 2009 26 0
9 Joel Porter FW (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 33) Hartlepool United 2009 43 7
10 Tahj Minniecon FW (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 23) AIS 2009 2012[16] 39 1
12 Dylan Macallister FW (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 (aged 29) Breiðablik 2011 15 3
16 Maceo Rigters FW (1984-01-22)22 January 1984 (aged 28) Blackburn Rovers 2011 22 4
17 Chris Harold FW (1992-07-14)14 July 1992 (aged 19) Brisbane Force 2010 25 2
18 James Brown MF (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 22) AIS 2009 2012[17] 38 9
28 Mitch Bevan MF (1991-02-20)20 February 1991 (aged 21) Brisbane Roar 2009 8 0
32 Chris Lucas FW (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 30) Palm Beach Sharks 2011 1 0

Competitions

A-League
Main article: 2011–12 A-League

League table
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 Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28 +22 49 Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35 +5 43 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
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage.
    Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 4 9 14 29 42  −13 21 3 5 4 16 14  +2 1 4 10 13 28  −15

Last updated: 9 March 2012.
Source: See Results

Results
9 October 2011 1 Gold Coast United 1 – 1 Wellington Phoenix Gold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Brown  88' Summary Greenacre  17'
Durante  84'
Ward  90'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,113
Referee: Gerard Parsons
15 October 2011 2 Central Coast Mariners 1 – 1 Gold Coast United Gosford
16:30 AEST (UTC+10) Anderson  42'
Brown  47'
Macallister  63'
Beekmans  71'
Rožić  73'		 Summary Griffiths  35'
McGlinchey  48'
Zwaanswijk  87'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 10,374
Referee: Peter O'Leary
21 October 2011 3 Brisbane Roar 3 – 0 Gold Coast United Brisbane
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Paartalu  15'
Berisha  61'
Nichols  79'		 Summary Beekmans  16'
Macallister  52'
Traoré  74'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,425
Referee: Peter Green
30 October 2011 4 Gold Coast United 3 – 1 Newcastle Jets Gold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Rigters  11'
Rees  59'
Brown  83'
Thwaite  87'		 Summary Wheelhouse  68' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 November 2011 5 Sydney 3 – 2 Gold Coast United Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Bosschaart  20'
Cazarine  60'
Carle  63' 88'
McFlynn  66'
Emerton  80'
Kisel  90' (pen.)		 Summary Rees  22'
Macallister  46'
McGowan  81'
Beekmans  89'		 Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 11,051
Referee: Peter Green
11 November 2011 6 Adelaide United 2 – 1 Gold Coast United Adelaide
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Cássio  5'
McKain  49'
Djite  56'
Caravella  58'
Ramsay  69'		 Summary Halloran  17'
Traoré  22'
Brown  67'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,368
Referee: Chris Beath
18 November 2011 7 Gold Coast United 1 – 2 Melbourne Heart Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Jungschläger  62'
Mebrahtu  89'		 Summary Thompson  4' 90'
Worm  26'
Germano  68'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,031
Referee: Peter O'Leary
27 November 2011 8 Melbourne Victory 3 – 2 Gold Coast United Melbourne
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Kewell  3' (pen.)
Hernández  23' (pen.), 79'
Broxham  31'
Vargas  34'
Cernak  62'
Celeski  81'		 Summary Beekmans  1'
Salley  22'
Traoré  29'
Macallister  45+4' (pen.)
Jungschläger  47'
Rees  75'
Rigters  85'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,522
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 December 2011 9 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Gold Coast United Perth
21:00 AEST (UTC+10) McClenahan  14'
Sterjovski  20' (pen.)
Miller  36'
van den Brink  43'
Smeltz  54' (pen.)		 Summary Anderson  19'  62'
Salley  25'
Rees  77'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 6,484
Referee: Strebre Delovski
11 December 2011 10 Gold Coast United 0 – 0 Sydney Gold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) J.Brown  82'
Halloran  87'		 Summary Coyne  18'
Cazarine  29'
Cole  34'
Bosschaart  45+2'
McFlynn  68'
Kisel  73'
Beauchamp  82'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,984
Referee: Ben Williams
16 December 2011 11 Adelaide United 0 – 3 Gold Coast United Adelaide
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) McKain  34'
Dilevski  73'
Djite  84'		 Summary Halloran  19'
Rigters  37'
Macallister  42' 90+3'
Rožić  64'  76'
Thwaite  90'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 7,967
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
26 December 2011 12 Gold Coast United 1 – 0 Brisbane Roar Gold Coast
18:30 AEST (UTC+10) Brown  23'
Salley  41'
Beekmans  50'
McGowan  66'
Severino  88' (pen.) 88'
Harold  90+4'		 Summary Paartalu  24'
Adnan  45+1'
Theo  46'
Hingert  71'
Berisha  88'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
31 December 2011 13 Central Coast Mariners 0 – 0 Gold Coast United Gosford
17:15 AEST (UTC+10) Hutchinson  51'
Bojić  59'
Zwaanswijk  82'		 Summary Brown  70'
Salley  90+4'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 14,388
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
4 January 2012 14 Newcastle Jets 3 – 2 Gold Coast United Newcastle
16:30 AEST (UTC+10) Pepper  22'
Brockie  44', 65'
Zadkovich  62'
Elrich  68'
Haliti  79'		 Summary Halloran  72'
Traoré  78'		 Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,311
Referee: Gerard Parsons
8 January 2012 15 Gold Coast United 1 – 1 Melbourne Heart Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10) Jungschläger  43'
Rigters  71'		 Summary Sarkies  9' 90+2'
Hamill  20'
Fred  24'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,081
Referee: Matthew Gillett
15 January 2012 16 Gold Coast United 0 – 1 Wellington Phoenix Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10) Rees  24'
Thwaite  73'		 Summary Brown  58' 88'
Ifill  86'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Kurt Ams
22 January 2012 17 Sydney 2 – 1 Gold Coast United Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Emerton  64'
Kisel  71'
Grant  72'
Petratos  83'
Cazarine  89'		 Summary Halloran  55' Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 8,541
Referee: Strebre Delovski
1 February 2012 18 Melbourne Victory 1 – 1 Gold Coast United Adelaide
18:30 AEST (UTC+10) Kewell  66'
Leijer  73'
Fabinho  75'		 Summary Thwaite  61' 90+3'
Rees  65'
Adama Traoré  78'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 5,268
Referee: Matthew Gillett
6 February 2012 19 Perth Glory 4 – 0 Gold Coast United Perth
21:00 AEST (UTC+10) McGarry  18'
Pantelidis  32'
Miller  53'
Heffernan  57'
Dodd  67'
Hughes  81'
Traoré  84' (o.g.)		 Summary Thwaite  55'
Halloran  88'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,681
Referee: Alan Milliner
12 February 2012 20 Gold Coast United 1 – 2 Adelaide United Gold Coast
16:30 AEST (UTC+10) Boogaard  7' (o.g.)
Thwaite  20'		 Summary Watson  17'
Levchenko  35'
Djite  42' 49'
Vidošić  59'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 1,723
Referee: Chris Beath
17 February 2012 21 Melbourne Heart 1 – 0 Gold Coast United Melbourne
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Hamill  5'
Marrone  45+1'
Reid  67'
Babalj  80'		 Summary Bowles  25'
Halloran  75'
Harold  84'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,972
Referee: Alan Milliner
22 February 2012 22 Gold Coast United 3 – 3 Central Coast Mariners Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Harold  10' (pen.)
Halloran  17'
Cooper  56'
Thwaite  81'
Rigters  83'		 Summary Kwasnik  4', 66'
Griffiths  28'
Rose  45+1'
Ibini-Isei  59'
Bojić  75'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Matthew Gillett
25 February 2012 23 Gold Coast United 1 – 1 Melbourne Victory Gold Coast
18:45 AEST (UTC+10) Rigters  51' 78'
Barker-Daish  88'		 Summary Hernández  57'
Milligan  59'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Regis Queffelec
4 March 2012 24 Wellington Phoenix 2 – 0 Gold Coast United Wellington
13:30 AEST (UTC+10) Durante  29'
Smith  38'
Ward  90+3'		 Summary Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,431
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
9 March 2012 25 Newcastle Jets 1 – 1 Gold Coast United Newcastle
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Jeffers  41'
Pepper  60'
Topor-Stanley  90+1'		 Summary Bowles  25'
McGowan  26'
Rigters  86'
Traoré  90'		 Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 10,258
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
18 March 2012 26 Gold Coast United 3 – 0 Perth Glory Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10) Anderson  7'
Bowles  80'
Brown  83', 90+3' 89'
Minniecon  84'		 Summary Pantelidis  24'
Heffernan  36'
O'Neill  90+2'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
25 March 2012 27 Gold Coast United 1 – 2 Brisbane Roar Gold Coast
18:30 AEST (UTC+10) Bowles  30'
Thwaite  77'		 Summary Fitzgerald  57' 68'
Lambadaridis  90'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Peter Green

Squad statistics
As of match played 9 March 2012

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalA-League
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Glen Moss 110110
2 MF Joshua Brillante 1209+30
3 DF Michael Thwaite 261261
4 DF Zac Anderson 14112+21
5 DF Kristian Rees 21219+22
6 MF Paul Beekmans 145145
7 FW Golgol Mebrahtu 1208+40
8 MF Robson 403+10
9 FW Joel Porter 300+30
10 FW Tahj Minniecon 410+41
11 MF Jake Barker-Daish 714+31
12 FW Dylan Macallister 15311+43
13 DF Ante Rožić 11010+10
14 MF Ben Halloran 21420+14
15 DF Adama Traoré 271271
16 FW Maceo Rigters 22419+34
17 FW Chris Harold 1518+71
18 FW James Brown 17616+16
20 GK Jerrad Tyson 14013+10
21 MF Daniel Severino 1210+121
22 MF Peter Jungschläger 22121+11
23 DF Dylan McGowan 18014+40
24 MF Jonas Salley 124124
27 DF Ambesager Yosief 300+30
28 DF Daniel Bowles 1228+42
29 FW Mitch Bevan 703+40
31 MF Daniel Bragg 301+20
32 FW Chris Lucas 100+10
33 MF Mitch Cooper 605+10
40 GK Chris O'Connor 3030
Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:

Goal scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name A-League Total
1FW18James Brown66
2MF14Ben Halloran44
FW16Maceo Rigters44
4FW12Dylan Macallister33
5DF5Kristian Rees22
DF28Daniel Bowles22
MF22Peter Jungschläger22
8DF3Michael Thwaite11
DF15Adama Traoré11
MF33Mitch Cooper11
DF4Zac Anderson11
MF21Daniel Severino11
FW17Chris Harold11
Own goal11
Total 3030

Disciplinary record
Position Nation Number Name A-League Total
3DFMichael Thwaite8080
4DFZac Anderson3131
5DFKristian Rees4040
6MFPaul Beekmans5050
7FWGolgol Mebrahtu1010
10FWTahj Minniecon1010
11MFJake Barker-Daish1010
12FWDylan Macallister3030
13DFAnte Rožić3131
14MFBen Halloran4040
15DFAdama Traoré5050
16FWMaceo Rigters4040
17FWChris Harold2020
18MFJames Brown4040
21MFDaniel Severino1010
22MFPeter Jungschläger1010
23DFDylan McGowan3030
24MFJonas Salley4040
28DFDaniel Bowles2020
Total 592592

Notes
  1. Age as of the end of the season

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