2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners
2020–21 season
Chairman	Michael Charlesworth
Manager	Alen Stajcic
Stadium	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
A-League	1st

The 2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season is the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Players

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	Mark Birighitti
3	DF	AUS	Lewis Miller
4	MF	AUS	Josh Nisbet
5	DF	AUS	Stefan Nigro
6	MF	NZL	Gianni Stensness
7	MF	SRB	Stefan Janković
8	MF	AUS	Oliver Bozanic (captain)
10	MF	AUS	Daniel De Silva
11	DF	AUS	Jack Clisby
12	FW	CRC	Marco Ureña
14	MF	AUS	Daniel Bouman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	Kye Rowles
19	FW	AUS	Matt Simon
20	GK	AUS	Adam Pearce
21	DF	AUS	Ruon Tongyik
22	MF	POL	Michał Janota
23	DF	AUS	Dan Hall
25	DF	AUS	Matt Hatch (scholarship)
26	MF	AUS	Jaden Casella (scholarship)
29	FW	AUS	Alou Kuol (scholarship)
30	FW	AUS	Dylan Ruiz-Diaz (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	MF	Oliver Bozanic	Unattached	Free transfer	2+ years	21 October 2020	[2]
14	MF	Daniel Bouman	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	30 October 2020	[3][4]
5	DF	Stefan Nigro	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	9 December 2020	[5]
22	MF	Michał Janota	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	17 December 2020	[6]
26	MF	Jaden Casella	Rockdale City Suns	Scholarship	1 year	18 December 2020	[7]
7	MF	Stefan Janković	OFK Beograd	Undisclosed		18 December 2020	[8]
12	FW	Marco Ureña	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	22 December 2020	[9]

From academy squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
25	DF		Matt Hatch	20	scholarship contract[10]
23	DF		Dan Hall	21	1-year senior contract[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	FW	Tommy Oar	Macarthur FC	End of contract	15 January 2020	[12]
7	MF	Milan Đurić	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[13]
29	FW	Jair	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[13]
8	MF	Michael McGlinchey	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[13]
22	MF	Jacob Melling	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[13]
17	MF	Samuel Silvera	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed	4 September 2020	[14]
16	DF	Dylan Fox	NorthEast United	End of contract	2 October 2020	[15][16]
24	MF	Chris Harold	Retired		9 October 2020	[17]
9	FW	Jordan Murray	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed	19 October 2020	[18]
2	DF	Ziggy Gordon	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	17 December 2020	[19][20]
25	FW	John Roberts	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	End of contract	22 December 2020	[21][22]

Contracts extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
1	Mark Birighitti	Goalkeeper	1 year	6 October 2020	with option for a second year[23]
19	Matt Simon	Striker	1 year	12 November 2020	[24]
2	Ziggy Gordon	Full-back	1 year	13 November 2020	[25]

Pre-season and friendlies

31 October 2020	Central Coast Mariners	4–2	Edgeworth FC	Tuggerah, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

13 November 2020	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Australia
		Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

27 November 2020	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Mariners	Blacktown, Australia
	Müller 58' Triantis 73'	Report	Bonada 38' Stensness 54' McCarthy 110'	Stadium: Wanderers Centre of Excellence Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

6 December 2020	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Waine 1' Piscopo 37'	Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

11 December 2020	Central Coast Mariners	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney, Australia
	Simon 24' Nisbet 68' Kuol 88'	Report	Powell 10'	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park

20 December 2020	Central Coast Mariners	Cancelled	Australia U-20	Gosford, Australia
		Cancellation		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

20 December 2020	Central Coast Mariners	Cancelled	Marconi Stallions	Gosford, Australia
		Cancellation		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	31 December 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	075.00
Total				4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	075.00

Last updated: 19 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Qualification to Finals Series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32, and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Brisbane Roar	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1]
3	Perth Glory	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
5	Sydney FC	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
6	Adelaide United	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
7	Macarthur FC	5	2	1	2	4	7	−3	7	Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 2]
8	Melbourne City	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	6	Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 2]
9	Western United	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
10	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3]	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
11	Melbourne Victory	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
12	Newcastle Jets	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[26]
Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions 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
4	3	0	1	5	1	+4	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: 22 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W			L	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 A-League fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.[27]

31 December 2020 1	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:05 AEDT	Kuol 43'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Stephen Lucas

3 January 2021 2	Macarthur FC	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Campbelltown
16:05 AEDT		Report	De Silva 35' Smylie 89'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Daniel Elder

19 January 2021 5	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
19:05 AEDT		Report	Müller 83'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Kurt Ams

22 January 2021 6	Sydney FC	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:05 AEDT		Report	Warland 53' (o.g.) Kuol 74'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,320 Referee: Ben Abraham

TBD 3	Central Coast Mariners	Postponed	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

TBD 4	Brisbane Roar	Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

31 January 2021 7	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Kuol 41'	Report	Dávila 15' Sotirio 88'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 4,748 Referee: Daniel Elder

TBD 8	Melbourne City	Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

3 February 2021 25	Central Coast Mariners	3–2	Melbourne City	Gosford
19:05 AEST	Casella 41' Simon 57' (pen.) De Silva 80'	Report	Luna 23' Maclaren 31'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Stephen Lucas

7 February 2021 9	Central Coast Mariners	v	Western United	Gosford
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

TBD 10	Newcastle Jets	Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
18:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

14 February 2021 22	Wellington Phoenix	v	Central Coast Mariners	Wollongong
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium

19 February 2021 24	Adelaide United	v	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
18:35 ACDT		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium

22 February 2021 11	Macarthur FC	v	Central Coast Mariners	Campbelltown
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

27 February 2021 12	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium

8 March 2021 13	Central Coast Mariners	v	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

13 March 2021 14	Perth Glory	v	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
18:20 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park

17 March 2021 15	Central Coast Mariners	v	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

22 March 2021 16	Melbourne City	v	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

27 March 2021 17	Central Coast Mariners	v	Western United	Gosford
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

4 April 2021 18	Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

11 April 2021 19	Central Coast Mariners	v	Macarthur FC	Gosford
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

18 April 2021 20	Central Coast Mariners	v	Sydney FC	Gosford
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

23 April 2021 21	Western United	v	Central Coast Mariners	TBC
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: TBC

8 May 2021 23	Central Coast Mariners	v	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

30 May 2021 26	Central Coast Mariners	v	Perth Glory	Gosford
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 22 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mark Birighitti	4	0	4	0
3	DF		Lewis Miller	0(3)	0	0(3)	0
4	MF		Josh Nisbet	4	0	4	0
5	DF		Stefan Nigro	4	0	4	0
6	MF		Gianni Stensness	4	0	4	0
8	MF		Oliver Bozanic	4	0	4	0
10	MF		Daniel De Silva	3(1)	1	3(1)	1
11	DF		Jack Clisby	4	0	4	0
12	FW		Marco Ureña	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
14	MF		Daniel Bouman	2(1)	0	2(1)	0
15	DF		Kye Rowles	4	0	4	0
19	FW		Matt Simon	4	0	4	0
21	DF		Ruon Tongyik	4	0	4	0
23	MF		Daniel Hall	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
26	MF		Jaden Casella	1(3)	0	1(3)	0
29	FW		Alou Kuol	3(1)	2	3(1)	2
30	FW		Jordan Smylie	0(4)	1	0(4)	1
32	DF		Max Balard	0(1)	0	0(1)	0

Goalscorers

As of 22 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League	Total
1	29	FW	Alou Kuol	2	2
2	10	MF	Daniel De Silva	1	1
2	30	FW	Jordan Smylie	1	1
Own Goals				1	1
Total				5	5

Disciplinary record

As of 22 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League			Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name
1	19	FW		Matt Simon	3	0	0	3	0	0
2	29	FW		Alou Kuol	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	6	MF		Gianni Stensness	1	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF		Oliver Bozanic	1	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Daniel Bouman	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					8	0	0	8	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 22 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total
1	1	GK		Mark Birighitti	3	3
Total					3	3

References

"Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.
"Oliver Bozanic returns to the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 21 October 2020.
"Olyroo Daniel Bouman signs on with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 30 October 2020.
Allan, Steve (30 October 2020). "BOUMAN ON BOARD WITH MARINERS". NBN News.
"Stefan Nigro signs with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 9 December 2020.
"Welcome Michal Janota!". Central Coast Mariners. 17 December 2020.
"Jaden Casella signs a scholarship deal!". Central Coast Mariners. 18 December 2020.
"Stefan Jankovic joins the Mariners!". Central Coast Mariners. 18 December 2020.
"Costa Rica to the Coast: Mariners sign Marcos Ureña!". Central Coast Mariners. 22 December 2020.
"Coast local Matt Hatch signs scholarship with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 2 November 2020.
"Mariners sign Academy Captain Dan Hall to senior deal". Central Coast Mariners. 3 November 2020.
Jackson, Ed (15 January 2020). "Newcomers Macarthur nab Oar from Mariners". FTBL.
"Squad update: Five players depart Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
"Sam Silvera completes transfer to Portugal". Central Coast Mariners. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
"NorthEast United FC sign Australian defender Dylan Fox". Indian Super League. 2 October 2020.
"NorthEast United FC Signs Striker VP Suhair and Australian Defender Dylan Fox". G Plus. 3 October 2020.
Bossi, Dominic (9 October 2020). "'It left me disenfranchised': State of game pushes Mariners player into early retirement". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
Radbourne, Lucas (19 October 2020). "Mariners A-League striker leaves for India". FTBL.
"Club Statement: Ziggy Gordon departs Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 17 December 2020.
"Wanderers sign Gordon". Western Sydney Wanderers. 17 December 2020.
Johnston, Ben (22 December 2020). "Central Coast Mariners 2020/21 season preview". The Football Sack.
Stavroulakis, Mark (24 September 2020). "Match Preview: Mt Druitt v Sydney FC". Sydney FC. The possible return of John Roberts, who missed out last week, could be the difference maker for the Rangers
Lewis, Dave (6 October 2020). "Birighitti re-signs, Bozanic on radar as Charlesworth continues search for Mariners buyer". The World Game. SBS.
"Matt Simon re-signs on the Coast for 20/21". Central Coast Mariners. 12 November 2020.
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"FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
"Central Coast Mariners fixtures are here!". Central Coast Mariners. Football Australia. 24 November 2020.

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[table_note_res_AFCGS0.045544577783693-26] The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_res_FFAC0.045544577783693-28] The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[26]

[table_note_WEL0.045544577783693-29] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.

[2] "Oliver Bozanic returns to the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 21 October 2020.

[3] "Olyroo Daniel Bouman signs on with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 30 October 2020.

[4] Allan, Steve (30 October 2020). "BOUMAN ON BOARD WITH MARINERS". NBN News.

[5] "Stefan Nigro signs with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 9 December 2020.

[6] "Welcome Michal Janota!". Central Coast Mariners. 17 December 2020.

[7] "Jaden Casella signs a scholarship deal!". Central Coast Mariners. 18 December 2020.

[8] "Stefan Jankovic joins the Mariners!". Central Coast Mariners. 18 December 2020.

[9] "Costa Rica to the Coast: Mariners sign Marcos Ureña!". Central Coast Mariners. 22 December 2020.

[10] "Coast local Matt Hatch signs scholarship with the Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 2 November 2020.

[11] "Mariners sign Academy Captain Dan Hall to senior deal". Central Coast Mariners. 3 November 2020.

[12] Jackson, Ed (15 January 2020). "Newcomers Macarthur nab Oar from Mariners". FTBL.

[1SepCCM-13] "Squad update: Five players depart Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[14] "Sam Silvera completes transfer to Portugal". Central Coast Mariners. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[15] "NorthEast United FC sign Australian defender Dylan Fox". Indian Super League. 2 October 2020.

[16] "NorthEast United FC Signs Striker VP Suhair and Australian Defender Dylan Fox". G Plus. 3 October 2020.

[17] Bossi, Dominic (9 October 2020). "'It left me disenfranchised': State of game pushes Mariners player into early retirement". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[18] Radbourne, Lucas (19 October 2020). "Mariners A-League striker leaves for India". FTBL.

[19] "Club Statement: Ziggy Gordon departs Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 17 December 2020.

[20] "Wanderers sign Gordon". Western Sydney Wanderers. 17 December 2020.

[21] Johnston, Ben (22 December 2020). "Central Coast Mariners 2020/21 season preview". The Football Sack.

[22] Stavroulakis, Mark (24 September 2020). "Match Preview: Mt Druitt v Sydney FC". Sydney FC. The possible return of John Roberts, who missed out last week, could be the difference maker for the Rangers

[23] Lewis, Dave (6 October 2020). "Birighitti re-signs, Bozanic on radar as Charlesworth continues search for Mariners buyer". The World Game. SBS.

[24] "Matt Simon re-signs on the Coast for 20/21". Central Coast Mariners. 12 November 2020.

[25] "Ziggy Gordon extends his stay on the Central Coast". Central Coast Mariners. 13 November 2020.

[27] "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[30] "Central Coast Mariners fixtures are here!". Central Coast Mariners. Football Australia. 24 November 2020.