2009-10_A-League

2009–10 A-League

2009–10 A-League

33rd season of top-tier soccer league in Australia


The 2009–10 A-League was the 33rd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the fifth season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. The season marked the addition of two new teams from Queensland. Gold Coast United FC and the North Queensland Fury FC made their A-League debuts at the start of the season.[1] Because of this, Queensland Roar were renamed to Brisbane Roar, as they were no longer the only A-League club from Queensland. With the inception of the two new clubs, many club transfers took place both within Australia and New Zealand, and around the world.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

The length of the regular season was longer than in previous years, with 27 rounds rather than 21, plus finals. The season began on 6 August, with Melbourne hosting the Central Coast at home.[2] As well as these major changes to the league, the Pre-Season Challenge Cup was no longer held as part of the 2009–10 season due to a busier regular season schedule,[3] and clubs attracting higher profile pre-season friendlies. The Premiership and Championship double was completed by Sydney FC with victory over Melbourne in the final match of the regular season and on penalties in the Championship Grand Final.

Clubs

Transfers

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Foreign players

The following do not fill a Visa position:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Home and away season

The 2009–10 A-League season was played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.[2]

Round 1

6 August 2009 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Central Coast Mariners Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Simon 10'
McGlinchey 16'
Attendance: 18,885
Referee: Matthew Breeze
7 August 2009 Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 UTC+9:30 T. Dodd 30' (pen.) Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,847
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 2

Round 3

23 August 2009 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Shroj 24'
Pellegrino 73'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,398
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 4

Round 5

5 September 2009 Gold Coast United 2–1 Sydney FC Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10 Smeltz 45+1', 56' Report
Summary
Corica 75' Attendance: 6,406
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 6

13 September 2009 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
15:00 UTC+10 Hernández 4' Report
Summary
T. Brown 30' Attendance: 17,644
Referee: Craig Zetter
13 September 2009 Perth Glory 2–2 Gold Coast United ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Jelić 14'
Sikora 16'
Report
Summary
Burns 53' (o.g.)
Smeltz 90+1'
Attendance: 9,408
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

2 October 2009 Gold Coast United 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Attendance: 4,209
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

31 October 2009 Gold Coast United 0–2 North Queensland Fury Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Fowler 64', 76' (pen.) Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Craig Zetter
1 November 2009 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Bridge 15', 35'
Corica 32'
Report
Summary
Barbarouses 81' Attendance: 10,653
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 14

6 November 2009 Adelaide United 0–2 Brisbane Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Report
Summary
van Dijk 35' (pen.), 51' Attendance: 11,209
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
8 November 2009 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13 Ifill 82' Report
Summary
Shroj 68' Attendance: 6,930
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 15

22 November 2009 Perth Glory 2–0 Sydney FC ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Bulloch 57'
Jelić 88'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,932
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 16

27 November 2009 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,857
Referee: Gerard Parsons
29 November 2009 Brisbane Roar 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Reinaldo 17', 56'
van Dijk 79'
D. Dodd 90+1'
Report
Summary
Greenacre 27' Attendance: 6,307
Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 17

4 December 2009 Adelaide United 0–2 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Report
Summary
M. Thompson 45+1'
Song 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,502
Referee: Kevin Docherty

Round 18

Round 19

16 December 2009 Brisbane Roar 2–0 North Queensland Fury Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10 van Dijk 20', 42' Report
Summary
Attendance: 11,530
Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 20

18 December 2009 Adelaide United 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Alemão 57' Report
Summary
Cáceres 77' Attendance: 9,070
Referee: Craig Zetter
19 December 2009 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Brisbane Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Travis 35'
Macallister 77'
Report
Summary
Oar 10'
van Dijk 22'
McKay 90+1'
Attendance: 5,684
Referee: Alan Milliner
20 December 2009 Newcastle Jets 3–2 North Queensland Fury EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Tadrosse 24' (o.g.)
Song 38'
Petrovski 83'
Report
Summary
Daal 44', 61' Attendance: 7,026
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 21

26 December 2009 Gold Coast United 5–1 Brisbane Roar Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10 Rees 45+1', 53'
Smeltz 50' (pen.), 61', 77'
Report
Summary
McKay 7' Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 22

10 January 2010 Perth Glory 0–0 Sydney FC ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,319
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 23

Round 24

22 January 2010 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix ME Bank Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 McBreen 23'
Howarth 42'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,368
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
23 January 2010 North Queensland Fury 1–1 Brisbane Roar Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 Williams 55' Report
Summary
DeVere 49' Attendance: 7,610
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 25

31 January 2010 Perth Glory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 McBreen 1', 13'
Jukic 45+1'
Report
Summary
Kwasnik 49' Attendance: 8,160
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 26

6 February 2010 Adelaide United 2–0 Brisbane Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Barbiero 7'
Pantelis 51'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,244
Referee: Gerard Parsons
7 February 2010 Sydney FC 3–2 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Corica 24' (pen.)
Aloisi 48', 87'
Report
Summary
Shroj 45+2'
McBreen 79'
Attendance: 8,359
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 27

12 February 2010 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 Ali Abbas 41' Report
Summary
Barbiero 8'
Leckie 74'
Attendance: 6,880
Referee: Gerard Parsons

Finals series

18 February 2010 Major Semi-Final Leg 1 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11
Report
Summary
Aloisi 42' Attendance: 18,453
Referee: Australia Peter Green
7 March 2010 Minor Semi-Final Wellington Phoenix 3–1 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 UTC+13 T. Brown 33'
Ifill 105+1'
Dadi 115'
Report
Summary
M. Thompson 20' Attendance: 32,792
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
7 March 2010 Major Semi-Final Leg 2 Sydney FC 2–2 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Kisel 36' (pen.)
Bridge 54'
Report
Summary
Kruse 15'
A. Thompson 113'
Attendance: 23,818
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Victory won 4–3 on aggregate.

13 March 2010 Preliminary Final Sydney FC 4–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:30 UTC+11 Payne 21', 31'
Brosque 63'
Bridge 71'
Report
Summary
Durante 27'
Dadi 81'
Attendance: 13,196
Referee: Australia Peter Green

Season statistics

Top scorers

Attendance

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

More information Team, Hosted ...

Top 10 Attendances

More information Attendance, Round ...

Discipline

The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season. It was awarded to Premiers Sydney FC who scraped in by 4 points from rivals Melbourne Victory.

1 pointYellow Card
2 pointsSecond Caution Red Card
3 pointsDirect Red Card
More information Team, Points ...

* The Newcastle Jets' Tarek Elrich received a direct red card in their round 7 fixture against Sydney FC. However, this was successfully appealed by the club and expunged from Elrich and the team's records.[36]
* Adelaide United's Iain Fyfe received a direct red card in their round 19 fixture against Perth Glory. However, this was overruled by the match review panel and expunged from Fyfe and the team's records.[37]

See also

Team season articles


References

  1. "Gold Coast And Townsville Set For A-League". FourFourTwo. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  2. "Hyundai A-League 2009/10 Season Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2009. (2.33 MB) Football Federation Australia, 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  3. Hassett, Sebastian (20 April 2009). "Clubs ditch Pre-Season Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  4. "Ange Is The Man For Roar". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  5. "Introducing... Michael Zullo". The Equaliser. 12 April 2010. recently being named as the club's junior marquee player
  6. "No Reds Wooden Spoon Just Yet". FTBL. 6 February 2010. second-half send-off of captain Matt McKay...
  7. "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
  8. Pike, Chris (1 February 2010). "Hutchinson puts hand up as Mariners sink". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vice-captain John Hutchinson has accepted blame...
  9. "Gold Coast signs two more". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2009. Minniecon has also been confirmed as the club's under-23 marquee signing
  10. "Jason Culina Looks Ahead To Gold Coast United's Fulham Friendly". Goal. 30 June 2009. club's skipper, Jason Culina, and vice-captain, Michael Thwaite...
  11. Favager, Neil; Gallagher, Jamie (16 March 2010). "United leaders secure gongs". Tweed Daily News.
  12. Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
  13. "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
  14. "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
  15. "Vargas Ruled Out of Final Rematch". FTBL. 22 October 2009. vice-captain Rody Vargas ruled out...
  16. Ritson, Jon (8 August 2008). "Slow Start For Marquee Scheme". FTBL. Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets, confirmed they had signed junior marquees for the new season – Mark Bridge (Sydney), Nick Ward (Victory) and Adam D'Apuzzo (Jets).
  17. Gardiner, James (18 November 2009). "Matt Thompson to leave Jets". The Newcastle Herald. Thompson, who is the Jets most-capped player with 106 A-League games, was elevated to captain at the start of the Asian Champions League.
  18. "Three Year Deal For Sterj". FTBL. 12 June 2009.
  19. Chadwick, Justin (29 July 2009). "Jacob Burns to captain Perth Glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  20. "Sydney FC put players on notice". Fox Sports. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Aloisi, 32, signed a lucrative two-year deal as the marquee player...
  21. "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Ninemsn. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  22. Match rescheduled due to World Cup qualifying fixture for New Zealand
  23. Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.
  24. Originally to be played on 6 February but rescheduled due to drenched pitch caused by heavy rain.
  25. "Elrich red overturned". Football Federation Australia. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  26. "Outcome of independent Match Review Panel – Round 19". Football Federation Australia. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

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