2015–16 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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.

Central Coast Mariners
2015–16 season
ChairmanMichael Charlesworth
ManagerTony Walmsley
StadiumCentral Coast Stadium
A-League10th
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerRoy O'Donovan (8 goals)
Highest home attendance14,268 vs. Melbourne Victory
(8 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance4,514 vs. Melbourne City
(3 December 2015)
Average home league attendance8,111

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Paul Izzo
2 DF  NZL Storm Roux
3 DF  AUS Joshua Rose
4 MF  AUS Jacob Poscoliero
5 DF  AUS Harry Ascroft
6 MF  AUS Mitch Austin
7 MF  POR Fábio Ferreira
8 MF  SCO Nick Montgomery (captain)
9 FW  IRL Roy O'Donovan
10 MF  ESP Luis García
12 FW  AUS Trent Buhagiar
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  AUS Alastair Bray
14 FW  ENG Daniel Heffernan
15 DF  PNG Brad McDonald
16 MF  AUS Liam Rose
17 FW  AUS Francesco Stella
19 FW  AUS Josh Bingham
21 DF  AUS Michael Neill
22 MF  AUS Jake McGing
23 DF  AUS Tomislav Uskok
28 FW  AUS Matthew Fletcher

Transfers in
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
1 GK Paul Izzo 20 Adelaide United Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
5 DF Harry Ascroft 20 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2018 ccmariners.com.au
6 MF Mitch Austin 24 Cambridge United Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
9 FW Roy O'Donovan 29 Mitra Kukar Transfer Pre-season 2017 ccmariners.com.au
14 FW Daniel Heffernan 28 Heidelberg United Transfer Pre-season 2016 ccmariners.com.au
23 DF Tomislav Uskok 24 Melbourne Knights Transfer Round 7 2016 ccmariners.com.au
17 FW Francesco Stella 24 Avondale FC Transfer Round 14 2016 ccmariners.com.au
13 GK Alastair Bray 22 Green Gully Transfer Round 14 2016 ccmariners.com.au
15 DF Brad McDonald 25 Manly United Transfer Round 15 2017 ccmariners.com.au
10 MF Luis García 37 Free agent Transfer Round 15 2016 ccmariners.com.au
28 FW Matthew Fletcher 23 Free agent Transfer Round 15 2017 ccmariners.com.au

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

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach
Technical director		 Tony Walmsley
Assistant coach John Hutchinson
Goalkeeping coach Matthew Nash
Strength and
conditioning coach		 Brice Johnson
Physiotherapist Andrew Nealon
Youth football coach Stu Jacobs
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 Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Paul Izzo 22 0 0 1 0 21001010000
2 DF Storm Roux 21 1 1 0 0 20110010000
3 DF Joshua Rose 24 0 4 0 0 23040010000
4 MF Jacob Poscoliero 21 0 8 0 0 20+1080000000
5 DF Harry Ascroft 22 3 6 0 1 19+2350110100
6 MF Mitch Austin 24 5 3 1 0 22+153100+10000
7 MF Fábio Ferreira 22 7 1 1 0 18+3711010000
8 MF Nick Montgomery 23 0 11 0 1 220100110100
9 FW Roy O'Donovan 20 8 5 0 0 19850010000
10 MF Luis García 10 2 1 1 0 7+3211000000
12 FW Trent Buhagiar 5 0 0 0 0 2+3000000000
13 GK Alastair Bray 1 0 0 0 0 1000000000
14 FW Daniel Heffernan 7 0 0 0 0 3+4000000000
15 DF Brad McDonald 8 0 0 0 0 0+8000000000
16 MF Liam Rose 25 0 5 0 0 18+605000+10000
17 FW Francesco Stella 8 0 0 0 0 3+5000000000
19 MF Josh Bingham 20 3 3 0 0 7+13330000000
21 DF Michael Neill 21 1 3 1 0 16+4131010000
22 MF Jake McGing 23 0 4 0 1 20+2040110000
23 DF Tomislav Uskok 6 0 2 0 0 4+2020000000
24 DF Jake Adelson 2 0 1 0 0 1+1010000000
25 DF Adam Berry 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
26 DF Brian Jamba 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
28 FW Matthew Fletcher 7 0 0 0 0 2+5000000000
30 GK Adam Pearce 2 0 0 0 0 1+1000000000
40 GK Tom Heward-Belle 3 0 0 0 0 2+1000000000
Players no longer at the club:
10 MF Anthony Cáceres 13 0 1 0 0 11+1010010000
11 MF Nick Fitzgerald 12 1 1 1 0 11111010000
12 GK Liam Reddy 2 0 0 0 0 2000000000
15 MF Matt Sim 7 2 1 0 0 2+4210010000
18 MF Glen Trifiro 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000
20 MF Anthony Kalik 5 0 0 0 0 0+5000000000
23 DF Eddy Bosnar 1 0 0 0 0 0+1000000000

Pre-season and friendlies
5 August 2015 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Newcastle Jets Gosford
Wednesday Bosnar
Fitzgerald 		Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
7 August 2015 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Central Coast Mariners Coffs Harbour
Friday 19:00 AEST Castelen  69'
Macdonald  77'		 Report Heffernan  52', 53', 56' Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 3,248
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
18 August 2015 Canberra Olympic 2–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
Tuesday 18:00 AEST Cattanach  69', 90' Report Austin  2'
Bentham  4'
Sim  49'		 Stadium: Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
20 August 2015 Gungahlin United 1–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
Thursday 19:00 AEST Barac  16' Report O'Donovan  3', 6'
Bingham  71'		 Stadium: Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
10 September 2015 Sydney FC 1–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
Thursday Ninković O'Donovan
J. Rose
Sim 		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
14 September 2015 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Monday 14:00 AEST Georgievski  50'
Berisha  58', 60'		 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
17 September 2015 Western NSW Mariners 0–7 Central Coast Mariners Orange
Thursday 18:30 AEST Report Heffernan  7', 32', 37'
Ascroft  9'
Ferreira  16' (pen.), 21'
Bingham  42'		 Stadium: Wade Park
20 September 2015 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Orange
Sunday 15:00 AEST Report Hoffman  53' Stadium: Wade Park
Attendance: 2,142
Referee: Matthew Cropper
26 September 2015 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Sunshine Coast
Saturday 19:00 AEST Brown  51'
Petratos  59'
Borrello  83'		 Report Fitzgerald  13' Stadium: Sunshine Coast Stadium
Referee: Chris Beath

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 Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
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 Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
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
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 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
ResultWLLLDDLLLLLLWDLLWLLLLLLDLLL
Position248988889101010101010101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
10 October 2015 1 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Perth Glory Gosford
Saturday 17:15 AEDT O'Donovan  9'
F. Ferreira  58' (pen.), 67' (pen.)		 Report R. Garcia  23'
Sándor  90+3'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,073
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 October 2015 2 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Borrello  14', 60' Report Bingham  88' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 14,471
Referee: Ben Williams
25 October 2015 3 Melbourne City 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Kisnorbo  11'
Fornaroli  53', 72'		 Report Fitzgerald  13' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,408
Referee: Chris Beath
31 October 2015 4 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Sydney FC Gosford
Saturday 17:15 AEDT O'Donovan  35'
Fitzgerald  40'  42'		 Report Smeltz  34'
Simon  82', 88'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,030
Referee: Adam Fielding
8 November 2015 5 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT O'Donovan  76' Report McGlinchey  8' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,460
Referee: Chris Beath
14 November 2015 6 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
Saturday 17:15 AEDT Trifunović  83' Report McGing  24'
Sim  90+2'		 Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 9,422
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
19 November 2015 7 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Thursday 20:00 AEDT Finkler  16', 19' Report Sim  89' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,669
Referee: Ben Williams
29 November 2015 8 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Šantalab  66'
Nichols  90+2'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,519
Referee: Alan Milliner
3 December 2015 9 Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Melbourne City Gosford
Thursday 20:00 AEDT Austin  86' (pen.) Report Novillo  26', 57'
Fornaroli  45'
Mauk  75'
Mooy  90+5'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,514
Referee: Strebre Delovski
12 December 2015 10 Perth Glory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
Saturday 18:40 AWST Marinković  62', 64' Report O'Donovan  28' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,590
Referee: Ben Williams
20 December 2015 11 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Brisbane Roar Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report D. Petratos  85' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,124
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2015 12 Sydney FC 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Brosque  12', 24' (pen.)
Tavares  30' (pen.)
McGing  84' (o.g.)		 Report Izzo  23'  27' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 12,648
Referee: Ben Williams
31 December 2015 13 Central Coast Mariners 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
Thursday 19:00 AEDT F. Ferreira  27' (pen.)
Austin  30'
Neill  70'		 Report Powell  67' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
8 January 2016 14 Central Coast Mariners 3–3 Melbourne Victory Geelong
Friday 19:40 AEDT Ascroft  12'
Bingham  30'
Austin  35'		 Report Berisha  60' (pen.), 90+2'
Thompson  66'		 Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Peter Green
16 January 2016 15 Adelaide United 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
Saturday 16:45 ACDT Goodwin  60'
Sánchez  80'
Dugandzic 90+2'		 Report F. Ferreria  67' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,125
Referee: Matthew Conger
23 January 2016 16 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEDT F. Ferreira  67'
Montgomery  79'		 Report Bridge  11'
Šantalab  87'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Ben Williams
30 January 2016 17 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Central Coast Mariners Christchurch
Saturday 19:15 NZDT Powell  90+2' Report L. García  50'
Roux  53'
Austin  85'		 Stadium: AMI Stadium
Attendance: 8,545
Referee: Strebre Delovski
6 February 2016 18 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Central Coast Mariners Brisbane
Saturday 16:15 AEST North  20'
Maclaren  36'
Corona  59'
Henrique  72' (pen.)		 Report Ascroft  71' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,788
Referee: Matthew Conger
14 February 2016 19 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Adelaide United Gosford
Sunday 19:00 AEDT F. Ferreira  32'
Bingham  90+4'		 Report Isaías  54'
Djite  66'
Mauk  90+2'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,096
Referee: Jarred Gillett
21 February 2016 20 Melbourne City 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Kisnorbo  48'
Mooy  66' (pen.), 90+10'
Garuccio  69'		 Report Austin  34'
Ferreira  55'  85'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,535
Referee: Stephen Lucas
28 February 2015 21 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Newcastle Jets Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Ugarković  57' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,528
Referee: Ben Williams
6 March 2016 22 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Melbourne Victory Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Neill  7'  48' Report Berisha  12'
Ben Khalfallah  90'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 March 2016 23 Perth Glory 4–0 Central Coast Mariners Perth
Saturday 14:15 AWST Castro  4' (pen.)
Keogh  53', 67' (pen.)
Harold  90+4'		 Report Austin  37'  49'
L. García  51'  54'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,127
Referee: Adam Fielding
19 March 2016 24 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Sydney FC Gosford
Saturday 17:15 AEDT O'Donovan  86'
Ascroft  90+1'		 Report Blackwood  11'
Smeltz  45'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,383
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima (Japan)
27 March 2016 25 Adelaide United 4–2 Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Isaías  29'
Mauk  35'
Djite  38'
Sánchez  81' (pen.)		 Report O'Donovan  16', 83' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,269
Referee: Stephen Lucas
1 April 2016 26 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT Castelen  8'
Šantalab  36', 52'
Nichols  83'		 Report L. García  21' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Chris Beath
9 April 2016 27 Central Coast Mariners 2–4 Newcastle Jets Gosford
Saturday 17:15 AEST F. Ferreira  51' (pen.)
O'Donovan  76'		 Report Nordstrand  1', 54'
Alivodić  18'
Poljak  79'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,355
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup
Main article: 2015 FFA Cup
11 August 2015 Round of 32 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Gosford
Tuesday 19:30 AEST Report Appiah  17' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,111
Referee: Stephen Lucas

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