2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

Gold Coast United FC
2009–10 season
Manager Miron Bleiberg
A-League 3rd
Top goalscorer S. Smeltz19
Home colours
Away colours

The 2009–10 season was Gold Coast United's inaugural season in the A-League, becoming one of two new expansion clubs in the Australian state of Queensland.

Players

First team 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 Jess Vanstrattan
2 Australia MF Steve Pantelidis
3 Australia DF Michael Thwaite
4 Australia DF Daniel Piorkowski
5 Brazil MF Robson
7 Australia MF Zenon Caravella
8 Brazil MF Jefferson
9 New Zealand FW Shane Smeltz
10 Australia MF Jason Čulina (Marquee) (Captain)
11 Scotland MF Charlie Miller
13 Netherlands DF Bas van den Brink
14 Australia FW Joel Porter
No. Position Player
15 Australia FW Tahj Minniecon (Junior Marquee)
16 Australia DF Kristian Rees
17 Australia MF Matthew Osman
18 Australia MF James Brown (Youth)
19 Australia FW Andrew Barisic
20 Australia GK Scott Higgins
21 Australia MF Richard Greer (Youth)
22 Ivory Coast DF Adama Traore (Youth)
23 Australia MF Steve Fitzsimmons
24 Brazil MF Anderson (Injury replacement player*)
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Dino Đulbić (Injury replacement player**)

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009–10 Finals series

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23+12 48 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32+15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35+4 44 2010 A-League Finals Series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29+8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34+6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 4512 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 4617 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29+3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 4210 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 339 29

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2010 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2010 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
4Second place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated February 16, 2010

Name Friendlies A-League Finals Total
New Zealand Shane Smeltz 2 19 0 21
Brazil Milson 3 1 0 4
Australia Andrew Barisic 3 1 0 4
Australia Jason Culina 1 3 0 4
Australia Joel Porter 1 5 0 6
Australia Michael Thwaite 2 0 0 2
Australia Gol Gol Mebrahtu 2 0 0 2
Australia Steve Pantelidis 2 0 0 2
Brazil Robson 0 1 0 1
Australia Tahj Minniecon 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Bas Van den Brink 0 1 0 1
Australia Steve Fitzsimmons 0 1 0 1
Ivory Coast Adama Traore 1 0 0 1
Australia Steve Lustica 1 0 0 1
Australia Matthew Osman 1 0 0 1

References

  1. North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009
  2. New Caledonia 0 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  3. Debut goal for Culina in 4–0 win for United www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  4. Barisic & Milson doubles sink Hong Kong FC www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  5. Gold Coast United confirm Byron Bay date www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  6. 1 2 Byron Bay Select 1 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
  7. Heroic comeback by ten-man United http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 18 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
  8. Perth Glory Bunbury bound Bunbury Mail, 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009

External links

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