2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season

Melbourne Heart
2012–13 season
Chairman Peter Sidwell
Manager John Aloisi
Stadium AAMI Park
A-League 9th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season was the clubs third since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the third time.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Clint Bolton
2 Australia DF Michael Marrone
3 Australia MF Cameron Edwards (Youth)
4 Australia DF Simon Colosimo
5 Brazil MF Fred (Captain)
6 Liberia DF Patrick Gerhardt
8 Australia MF Matt Thompson (Vice Captain)
9 Australia FW Dylan Macallister
10 Croatia FW Josip Tadić
11 Australia MF Richard Garcia
13 Argentina MF Jonatan Germano
14 Australia FW Golgol Mebrahtu
15 Australia FW David Williams
16 Australia DF Aziz Behich
16 Netherlands MF Marcel Meeuwis
No. Position Player
17 Australia MF Jason Hoffman
18 Australia DF David Vranković (Youth)
19 Australia MF Ben Garuccio (Youth)
20 Australia GK Andrew Redmayne
21 Republic of Ireland DF Steven Gray
21 Australia DF Jamie Coyne
22 Australia MF Nick Kalmar
23 Australia FW Mate Dugandžić
24 Australia DF Sam Mitchinson (Youth)
25 Australia DF Jeremy Walker (Youth)
26 Australia MF Ersin Kaya (Youth)
27 Australia MF Stefan Mauk (Youth)
31 Australia MF Vince Grella
36 Australia FW Eli Babalj

Transfers in

Name Position Moving from Notes
Australia Andrew Redmayne Goalkeeper Australia Brisbane Roar 2-year contract[1]
Liberia Patrick Nyema Gerhardt Midfielder Bosnia and HerzegovinaFK Željezničar 2-year contract (VISA)[2]
Australia Golgol Mebrahtu Forward Australia Gold Coast United 2-year contract[3]
Republic of Ireland Steven Gray Defender Australia Oakleigh Cannons 1-year contract (VISA)[3]
Croatia Josip Tadić Forward Poland Lechia Gdańsk 1-year contract (VISA) [4]
Australia Dylan Macallister Forward Australia Gold Coast United 2-year contract[5]
Australia David Vranković Defender Australia Bonnyrigg White Eagles 2-year contract[6]
Australia Richard Garcia Midfielder England Hull City 1-year contract[7]
Australia Ben Garuccio Midfielder Australia Australian Institute of Sport 1-year contract[8]
Australia Vince Grella Midfielder England Blackburn Rovers 1-year contract[9]
Australia Cameron Edwards Midfielder England Reading Half-year contract[10]
Australia Eli Babalj Striker Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1 and 1/2-year contract[11]
Australia Jamie Coyne Defender Indonesia Sriwijaya Half-year contract[12]
Netherlands Marcel Meeuwis Midfielder Netherlands VVV-Venlo Half-year contract (VISA)[13]

Transfers out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Netherlands Rutger Worm Winger Netherlands FC Emmen Released[14]
Australia Kristian Sarkies Midfield Australia Heidelberg United Released[14]
Brazil Maycon Forward Malaysia Pahang FA Released[14]
Brazil Alex Terra Forward South Korea Daejeon Citizen Released[14]
Australia Kamal Ibrahim Winger Australia Heidelberg United Released[14]
Australia Kliment Taseski Midfield Australia Moreland Zebras Released[14]
Australia Nikola Roganovic Goalkeeper Australia Green Gully Released[14]
Australia Adrian Zahra Winger Australia Perth Glory Allowed to leave[15]
Australia Craig Goodwin Winger Australia Newcastle Jets Rejected new deal[16]
Australia Eli Babalj Striker Serbia Red Star Belgrade $430,000 transfer fee[17]
Australia Wayne Srhoj Midfield Free agent Released[18]
Australia Brendan Hamill Defender South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [19]
Australia Curtis Good Defender England Newcastle United $600,000 transfer fee[20]
Australia Michael Marrone Defender China Shanghai Shenxin Undisclosed transfer fee[21]
Australia Vince Grella Midfielder Retired Retired[22]
Australia Aziz Behich Defender Turkey Bursaspor Undisclosed transfer free[23]
Republic of Ireland Steven Gray Defender Free agent Released [24]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Clint Bolton 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 13 0 3 0 0 13 0 3 0 0
2 DF Australia Michael Marrone 13 0 1 0 0 13 0 1 0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Steven Gray 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Simon Colosimo 21 0 5 0 2 21 0 5 0 2
6 DF Liberia Patrick Gerhardt 23 1 9 0 1 23 1 9 0 1
16 DF Australia Aziz Behich 14 0 5 0 0 14 0 5 0 0
17 MF Australia Jason Hoffman 17 0 5 0 0 9+ 8 0 5 0 0
18 DF Australia David Vranković 13 0 4 0 0 8+ 5 0 4 0 0
21 DF Australia Jamie Coyne 7 0 4 0 0 7 0 4 0 0
24 DF Australia Sam Mitchinson 9 0 2 0 0 8+ 1 0 2 0 0
25 DF Australia Jeremy Walker 13 0 2 0 0 13 0 2 0 0
5 MF Brazil Fred 19 2 3 0 0 15+ 4 2 3 0 0
8 MF Australia Matt Thompson 27 1 3 0 0 27 1 3 0 0
11 MF Australia Richard Garcia 24 6 6 0 0 24 6 6 0 0
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 13 1 2 0 0 12+ 1 1 2 0 0
16 DF Netherlands Marcel Meeuwis 6 0 1 0 0 3+ 3 0 1 0 0
19 MF Australia Ben Garuccio 5 0 0 0 0 3+ 2 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 17 2 1 0 0 10+ 7 2 1 0 0
26 MF Australia Ersin Kaya 1 0 0 0 0 0+ 1 0 0 0 0
27 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 1 0 0 0 0 0+ 1 0 0 0 0
28 MF Australia Paulo Retre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Vince Grella 1 0 0 0 0 0+ 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Australia Dylan Macallister 20 1 2 0 0 5+15 1 2 0 0
10 MF Croatia Josip Tadic 22 6 3 0 0 19+ 3 6 3 0 0
14 FW Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 14 4 0 0 0 4+10 4 0 0 0
15 FW Australia David Williams 24 5 6 0 1 20+ 4 5 6 0 1
23 FW Australia Mate Dugandžić 7 0 1 0 0 6+ 1 0 1 0 0
36 MF Australia Eli Babalj 9 1 2 0 0 5+ 4 1 2 0 0

Goal scorers

Total Player Goals per 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 27
6 Croatia Josip Tadić 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Australia Richard Garcia 1 2 1 1 1
4 Australia David Williams 1 1 1 1 1
4 Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 1 1 1 1
2 Brazil Fred 1 1
2 Australia Nick Kalmar 1 1
1 Australia Dylan Macallister 1
1 Australia Matt Thompson 1
1 Liberia Patrick Gerhardt 1
1 Australia Eli Babalj 1
1 Argentina Jonatan Germano 1
1 Own Goal 1
31 Total 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1

Competitions

Pre-season

A-League

League table

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21+20 57 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22+26 54
3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45+3 44 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37+1 41 2013 A-League Finals Series
5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29+4 35
6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31−2 32
7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51−10 32
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45−15 31
9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40−9 27
10 Wellington Phoenix 27 7 6 14 31 49−18 27

Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 8 3 16 31 40 −9 27 7 2 4 23 17 +6 1 1 12 8 23 −15

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAA
Result W D L L L W L D D W L L L W W L W L L W L W L L L L L
Position 3 3 7 9 10 6 9 8 9 7 8 8 10 9 6 7 5 6 7 5 8 6 7 9 9 9 9

Source: Competitive Matches date=8 April 2013
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

National Youth League

Youth Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Alistair Bray
2 Australia DF Jeremy Walker
3 Australia DF Sam Mitchinson
4 Australia DF Andrew Mullett
5 Australia DF William Abbott
6 Australia MF Joshua Groenewald (Captain)
7 Australia DF Ersin Kaya
8 Australia FW Paulo Retre
9 Australia FW Evan Batsis
No. Position Player
10 Australia MF Stefan Mauk
11 Australia DF Andrew Cartanos
12 Australia MF Philip Petreski
12 Australia MF James Karvelis
14 Australia MF Stipo Andrijašević
15 Australia FW Zac Walker
15 Australia FW Nicholas Epifano
16 Australia GK Christopher Maynard

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory Youth (C) 18 12 1 5 57 20 +37 37
2 Central Coast Mariners Academy 18 12 1 5 38 28 +10 37
3 Newcastle Jets Youth 18 10 1 7 54 36 +18 31
4 Brisbane Roar Youth 18 9 3 6 39 34 +5 30
5 Perth Glory Youth 18 8 1 9 45 45 0 25
6 Melbourne Heart Youth 18 8 1 9 32 34 −2 25
7 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 18 7 4 7 29 41 −12 25
8 Adelaide United Youth 18 6 4 8 35 42 −7 22
9 Sydney FC Youth 18 6 3 9 41 46 −5 21
10 AIS Football Program 18 2 1 15 23 58 −35 7
Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2013. Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches

Scorers

Total Player Goals per round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
8 Australia Joshua Groenewald 1 1 2 2 1 1
5 Australia Evan Batsis 1 1 2 1
4 Australia Zac Walker 1 1 2
3 Australia Stefan Mauk 1 1 1
2 Australia Andrew Cartanos 1 1
Australia Paulo Retre 1 1
Australia Nicholas Epifano 1 1
Australia Ben Garuccio 1 1
1 Australia Stipo Andrijašević 1
Republic of Ireland Steven Gray 1
Australia Dylan Macallister 1
Australia Andrew Mullett 1
32 Total 2 1 2 1 1 3 5 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 1

References

  1. ↑ "Goalkeeper Redmayne Signs For Heart". Football Federation Australia. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Heart sign Liberian international". Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Heart makes Gray and Mebrahtu double signing". Football Federation Australia. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Heart sign Croatian striker Tadic". Football Federation Australia. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Heart snare Macallister". Football Federation Australia. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Heart add Vrankovic to squad". Football Federation Australia. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Richard Garcia joins Heart". Football Federation Australia. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Heart sign Qantas Young Socceroo Garuccio". Football Federation Australia. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Heart confirm Grella signature". Football Federation Australia. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Heart confirms Edwards signing". Football Federation Australia. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Babalj returns to Heart". Football Federation Australia. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Tadic, Mitchinson join injured list, Gray Released and Coyne joins". Football Federation Australia. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Heart add Dutchman". Football Federation Australia. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Seven depart Heart". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Zahra, Harold join Perth Glory". Football Federation Australia. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "Jets secure Neville and Goodwin". Football Federation Australia. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  17. ↑ "Babalj signs for Red Star Belgrade". Football Federation Australia. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  18. ↑ "Hyundai A-League transfer round-up". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  19. ↑ "Hamill heading to Seongnam". Football Federation Australia. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "Six year deal for Good at Toon". 442 Australia. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "Marrone set for move to China". Football Federation Australia. 9 January 2013.
  22. ↑ "Grella hangs up the boots". Football Federation Australia. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Behich signs with Bursaspor". Football Federation Australia. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  24. ↑ "Tadic, Mitchinson join injured list, Gray Released and Coyne joins". Football Federation Australia. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

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