A-League_2010-11

A-League
Season	2010–11
Dates	5 August 2010 – 13 March 2011
Champions	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
Premiers	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Brisbane Roar; Central Coast Mariners; Adelaide United
Matches played	165
Goals scored	434 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergio van Dijk; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Michael Theoklitos
Biggest home win	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury; (21 January 2011)
Biggest away win	Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Brisbane Roar; (28 November 2010)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury; (21 January 2011); (9 goals)
Highest attendance	32,231
Lowest attendance	1,003
Average attendance	8,393 ( 1,403)
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2010–11 A-League

34th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

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[table_note_res_GS0.067227995520098-47] First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

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Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay Archived 4 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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Game was moved due to resurfacing of Sydney Football Stadium

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Game was moved due to an exhibition match between Newcastle Jets and Los Angeles Galaxy which also resulted in the postponement of the F3 Derby.

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Game was moved due to a U2 concert at Suncorp Stadium.

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Roar matches against Phoenix and Heart were originally scheduled at Suncorp Stadium for 16 and 26 January, respectively, but were postponed and relocated due to the floods in Brisbane and throughout Queensland. ^{[permanent dead link]}

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Game was postponed and shifted from Dairy Farmers Stadium due to the impact of Cyclone Yasi.

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Lawrie McKinna explains departure as coach of Central Coast Mariners

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"Arnold to take over Mariners from McKinna". The Age. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.

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A-League club Melbourne Heart sign Dutchman John van't Schip as coach

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"News Display". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

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Vidmar appointed Assistant Socceroos and Olyroos Coach Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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"Reds appoint Dutchman as new Head Coach". Adelaide United FC. A-League. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

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"Mitchell steps down". Perth Glory. Sportal.com.au. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

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Merrick and Melbourne Victory part ways

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Brettig, Daniel (30 July 2008). "Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper". The Advertiser. Adelaide.

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"Football: Brisbane Roar win A-League title". Otago Daily Times. 14 March 2011. Theoklitos credited captain Matt McKay for inspiring the Roar

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"Matt McKay to begin second stint as Brisbane Roar captain following Matt Smith departure". Australia: ABC News. 22 December 2014. McKay led the Roar to their inaugural A-League title in 2010

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"Matt Smith to replace Matt McKay as Brisbane Roar skipper". The Courier-Mail. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012. Last season's vice-captain Stefanutto has vowed he will be as talkative as ever.

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"Local junior returns home". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 10 May 2010. Oliver Bozanic agreeing to link up with the club for the next two Hyundai A-League seasons as the club's Under 23 Marquee player

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"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

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"Mariners move to second after F3 Derby delight". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2011. Mariners vice-captain and goalscorer John Hutchinson...

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Hassett, Sebastian (9 January 2009). "Gold Coast lure Culina for $3.6m". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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"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

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Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2012). "It's make or break for Tahj Minniecon with the Wanderers". news.com.au. Now 23, Minniecon had a breakthrough 2008-09 season with the Roar, and it was enough for a Gold Coast side about to enter the league to offer him a three-year youth marquee deal worth about $140,000 a season.

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"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...

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Favager, Neil; Gallagher, Jamie (16 March 2010). "United leaders secure gongs". Tweed Daily News.

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"Skoko Signs For Heart - Official". FTBL. 19 May 2010.

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Lynch, Michael (4 August 2010). "Skoko ready to set beat in Heart's midfield". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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"Melbourne Heart Sign Dutchman Gerald Sibon From Heerenveen". Goal. 21 May 2010.

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"Marquee man forced out by Heart". Australia: ABC News. 9 February 2011.

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"Colosimo Appointed Inaugural Heart Captain". Melbourne City. Football Federation Australia. 13 July 2010.

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Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...

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"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

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"Victory sign marquee striker". Australia: ABC News. 19 August 2010.

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"Ricardinho loaned to Parana Clube". Melbourne Victory. Football Federation Australia. 22 March 2011.

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"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

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Bernard, Grantley (16 February 2011). "Tears flow as Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat retires". Herald Sun.

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Tito, Clement (21 December 2017). "Derby Q&A, Leijer: Victory are No.1". FTBL. Adrian Leijer assumed the role as Melbourne Victory captain after Kevin Muscat's retirement...

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Slevison, Andrew (21 June 2011). "Hernandez form defended by Melbourne Victory's Leijer". Tribal Football. Melbourne Victory midfielder Carlos Hernandez will soon hit top form according to club vice-captain Adrian Leijer.

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"Bridges Retires Shocker". FTBL. 29 April 2011. NEWCASTLE Jets marquee and skipper Michael Bridges has announced his retirement

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"Bridges back for Jets". Football Federation Australia. 25 November 2011. ...took the pragmatic view of retiring to allow the Jets to offer their marquee spot to another target.

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"Bridges to lead Jets in new campaign". Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011.

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"Talay to lead Fury". The World Game. SBS. 29 July 2010.

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"Three Year Deal For Sterj". FTBL. 12 June 2009.

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Quartermain, Braden (27 April 2010). "Robbie Fowler signs with Perth Glory". The Sunday Times. Fowler's signing as a second marquee player...

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Chadwick, Justin (29 July 2009). "Jacob Burns to captain Perth Glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

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"Sydney FC gets their marquee man, Carle joins Champions". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2010.

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"Terry McFlynn Named Sydney FC Captain". Goal. 23 July 2010.

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"Phoenix Swoop To Sign Jade". FTBL. 30 July 2010.

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"Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.

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Cockerill, Michael (10 February 2010). "Sky Blues ready to raid Palace for Carle". The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Official season draw Archived 1 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

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"Soccer: Another foreigner wins A-League's top award". NZ Herald. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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"Marcos Flores wins A-League player award". Stuff. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners	Lawrie McKinna	Reassigned	9 February 2010^[1]	Pre-season	Graham Arnold	10 February 2010^[2]
Melbourne Heart	Inaugural				John van 't Schip	12 October 2009^[3]
North Queensland Fury	Ian Ferguson	Signed by Perth Glory (assistant)	6 April 2010^[4]		Frantisek Straka	7 June 2010^{[citation needed]}
Adelaide United	Aurelio Vidmar	Sacked	3 June 2010^[5]		Rini Coolen	5 July 2010^[6]
Perth Glory	David Mitchell	Reassigned, moved to director	12 October 2010	7th	Ian Ferguson	12 October 2010^[7]
Melbourne Victory	Ernie Merrick	Sacked	12 March 2011^[8]	Post-season	Mehmet Durakovic	21 June 2011^{[citation needed]}

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Marcos Flores	Cássio	Dario Bodrušić	Sergio van Dijk	Francisco Usúcar	Joe Keenan³ Andwélé Slory⁴	Lloyd Owusu Shin In-seob
Brisbane Roar	Henrique	Jean Carlos Solórzano	Thomas Broich	Kosta Barbarouses			Reinaldo¹
Central Coast Mariners	Patricio Pérez	Patrick Zwaanswijk	Michael McGlinchey	Chris Doig		John Hutchinson²
Gold Coast United	Anderson	Robson	John Curtis	Peter Perchtold	Adama Traoré	Glen Moss² Kim Sung-Kil⁴	Bas van den Brink
Melbourne Heart	Alex Terra	Gerald Sibon	Rutger Worm
Melbourne Victory	Ricardinho	Marvin Angulo	Carlos Hernández	Geoff Kellaway	Surat Sukha	Grant Brebner¹
Newcastle Jets	Zhang Shuo	Michael Bridges	Marcello Fiorentini	Jeremy Brockie		Ali Abbas¹ Tomislav Mišura³	Francis Jeffers⁴
North Queensland Fury	Mark Hughes	André Kilian	Dyron Daal	Eric Akoto	Eugene Sseppuya	Brad McDonald² Jack Hingert²
Perth Glory	Robbie Fowler	Andy Todd	Victor Sikora	Branko Jelić	Steven McGarry
Sydney FC	Bruno Cazarine	Juho Mäkelä	Hirofumi Moriyasu	Byun Sung-Hwan	Stephan Keller	Terry McFlynn¹
Wellington Phoenix	Toto Cornejo	Paul Ifill	Daniel	Diego Walsh	Chris Greenacre	Manny Muscat²

Club	Australian Marquee	International Marquee	Junior Marquee	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	None	None	None	Travis Dodd^[9]	Lucas Pantelis^[9]
Brisbane Roar	None	None	None	Matt McKay^[10]^[11]	Shane Stefanutto^[12]
Central Coast Mariners	None	None	Oliver Bozanic^[13]	Alex Wilkinson^[14]	John Hutchinson^[15]
Gold Coast United	Jason Culina^[16]	None	Tahj Minniecon^[17]^[18]	Jason Culina^[19]^[20]	Michael Thwaite^[19]^[20]
Melbourne Heart	Josip Skoko^[21]^[22]	Gerald Sibon^[23]^[24]	None	Simon Colosimo^[25]	None
Melbourne Victory	Archie Thompson^[26]^[27]	Ricardinho^[28]^{[note 1]}	None	Kevin Muscat^[30] Adrian Leijer^{[note 2]}^[32]	Adrian Leijer^[33]
Newcastle Jets	None	Michael Bridges^[34]^[35]	None	Michael Bridges^[36]	Ljubo Milicevic^[36] Kasey Wehrman^[36]
North Queensland Fury	None	None	None	Ufuk Talay^[37]	Gareth Edds^[37]
Perth Glory	Mile Sterjovski^[38]	Robbie Fowler^[39]	None	Jacob Burns^[40]	None
Sydney FC	Nick Carle^[41]	None	None	Terry McFlynn^[42]	Alex Brosque^[42] Hayden Foxe^[42]
Wellington Phoenix	Jade North^[43]	None	None	Andrew Durante^[44]	Tim Brown^[44]

5 August 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Wilkinson 16'	Attendance: 11,050 Referee: Chris Beath

6 August 2010	Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,479 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Gold Coast United	Gold Coast	Skilled Park	27,400
Melbourne Heart	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	AAMI Park Etihad Stadium	30,050 56,347
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	EnergyAustralia Stadium	26,164
North Queensland Fury	Townsville	Dairy Farmers Stadium	26,500
Perth Glory	Perth	NIB Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Sydney Football Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46	Qualification for Finals series
5	Melbourne Victory	30	11	10	9	45	39	+6	43
6	Wellington Phoenix	30	12	5	13	39	41	−2	41
7	Newcastle Jets	30	9	8	13	29	33	−4	35
8	Melbourne Heart	30	8	11	11	32	42	−10	35
9	Sydney FC	30	8	10	12	35	40	−5	34
10	Perth Glory	30	5	8	17	27	54	−27	23
11	North Queensland Fury	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19

6 August 2010	Perth Glory	3–3	North Queensland Fury	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 20:00 WST	Jelić 5' Neville 74' Sterjovski 79'	Report Summary	Payne 34' Williams 64' Grossman 90+2'	Attendance: 16,019 Referee: Kevin Docherty

7 August 2010	Sydney FC	3–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 20:00 EST	A. Brosque 36' McFlynn 53' Cole 86'	Report Summary	Broxham 66' Dugandžić 68' Celeski 73'	Attendance: 12,106 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 August 2010	Gold Coast United	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 6,394 Referee: Peter Green

13 August 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3–3	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Ifill 6' Greenacre 37', 56'	Report Summary	Smeltz 35', 74' Culina 88'	Attendance: 8,398 Referee: Peter O'Leary

13 August 2010	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Melbourne Heart	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Brockie 60'	Report Summary	Kantarovski 79' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,735 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

14 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–1	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Grossman 65' Daal 83'	Report Summary	Jamieson 82'	Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Peter Green

14 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Harnwell 23' Sterjovski 49'	Attendance: 20,358 Referee: Gerard Parsons

15 August 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 EST	Simon 86'	Report Summary	Fyfe 45+2'	Attendance: 8,447 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

20 August 2010	Adelaide United	3–2	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST	Leckie 2' Ramsay 52', 88'	Report Summary	Worm 42' Babalj 74'	Attendance: 7,370 Referee: Ben Williams

21 August 2010	Perth Glory	1–0	Newcastle Jets	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 15:15 WST	Jelić 45+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Matthew Breeze

22 August 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 15:00 NZST	Bertos 10' Ifill 61'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,553 Referee: Peter O'Leary

22 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–2	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	K. Muscat 30' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report Summary	Sseppuya 16' Payne 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Chris Boyle (Scotland)

27 August 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 20:00 EST	Barbarouses 73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,339 Referee: Chris Beath

28 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–3	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Cernak 7' Williams 87'	Report Summary	Flores 22' Studman 50' (o.g.) D. Mullen 56'	Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Peter Green

29 August 2010	Gold Coast United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary	Kruse 20'	Attendance: 3,624 Referee: Ben Williams

3 September 2010	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST	Rostyn Griffiths 21' McBreen 50'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Chris Beath

4 September 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–0	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:15 EST	Kalmar 11'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Gerard Parsons

4 September 2010	Sydney FC	1–3	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EST	Keller 58'	Report Summary	van Dijk 9', 53' Leckie 37'	Attendance: 7,557 Referee: Peter Green

A-League_2010-11

Rule changes

Clubs

Transfers

Managerial changes

Foreign players

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Regular season

League table

Home and away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Round 24

Round 25

Round 26

Round 27

Table of results

Finals series

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Own goals

Attendance

Top 10 Attendances

Discipline

Awards

End-of-season awards

All-Star team

See also

Team season articles

Notes

References

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5 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Brisbane Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

10 September 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST	McBreen 20'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,326 Referee: Peter Green

11 September 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:15 NZST	Ifill 50' (pen.) Ward 72'	Report Summary	Cazarine 67'	Attendance: 8,453 Referee: Chris Beath

12 September 2010	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	Pondeljak 51' Ricardinho 56' Brebner 71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,792 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

15 September 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 11,513 Referee: Ben Williams

17 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Bridges 10' Haliti 89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,977 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

18 September 2010	North Queensland Fury	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Chris Beath

19 September 2010	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	Aloisi 50' Alex 66'	Report Summary	Brown 75'	Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Peter Green

22 September 2010	Gold Coast United	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 19:30 EST	Curtis 89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Peter Green

24 September 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Greenacre 3' Bertos 13'	Report Summary	M. Hughes 67'	Attendance: 7,212 Referee: Peter O'Leary