2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

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.

Gold Coast United
2009–10 season
ChairmanClive Palmer
ManagerMiron Bleiberg
A-League3rd
A-League FinalsSemi Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Shane Smeltz (19)
All: Shane Smeltz (19)
Highest home attendance10,024 vs Brisbane Roar
(26 December 2009)
Lowest home attendance2,616 vs North Queensland Fury
(31 October 2009)
Average home league attendance5,434
(20 February 2010)

Season review

Transfers

Squad
As of match played 20 February 2010
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[N 1]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Jess Vanstrattan GK (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 27) Verona 2008 2010[1] 18 0
20 Scott Higgins GK (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 33) Wellington Phoenix 2009 10 0
Defenders
3 Michael Thwaite DF (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 26) Brann 2009 28 0
4 Daniel Piorkowski DF (1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 26) Newcastle Jets 2009 2011[6] 2 0
13 Bas van den Brink DF (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 27) Omniworld 2009 27 1
16 Kristian Rees DF (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 30) Adelaide City 2009 2011[6] 26 2
22 Adama Traoré DF (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 20) EF Yéo Martial 2009 11 0
36 Dino Djulbic DF (1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 27) Rot Weiss Ahlen 2010 8 0
Zac Anderson DF (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 18) QAS 2009 3 0
Ben Wearing DF (1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (aged 20) Musgrave 2009 1 0
Midfielders
2 Steve Pantelidis MF (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 26) Melbourne Victory 2009 2011[6] 20 0
5 Robson MF (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 23) Cabofriense 2009 2010[5] 11 1
7 Zenon Caravella MF (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 26) Omniworld 2009 2011[6] 24 1
8 Jefferson MF (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 27) 2009 2010[5] 1 0
10 Jason Culina MF (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 29) PSV Eindhoven 2009 2012[11] 26 3
11 Charlie Miller MF (1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 33) Brisbane Roar 2009 2010[12] 10 1
17 Matthew Osman MF (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 26) Central Coast Mariners 2009 2011[6] 15 0
18 James Brown MF (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 20) AIS 2009 2012[7] 9 1
21 Richard Greer MF 2009 0 0
23 Steve Fitzsimmons MF (1976-09-07)7 September 1976 (aged 33) Beenleigh 2009 2010[6] 19 2
24 Anderson MF (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 27) Loan from Criciúma 2009 2010[15] 26 0
Mitch Bevan MF (1991-02-20)20 February 1991 (aged 19) Brisbane Roar 2009 1 0
Forwards
9 Shane Smeltz FW (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 28) Wellington Phoenix 2008 2012 26 19
14 Joel Porter FW (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 31) Hartlepool United 2009 24 5
15 Tahj Minniecon FW (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 21) AIS 2009 2012[9] 17 1
19 Andrew Barisic FW (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights 2009 2010[8] 6 1
26 Golgol Mebrahtu FW (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 19) Brisbane Strikers 2009 6 0
Left during the season
6 Adam Griffiths FW (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 30) Newcastle Jet 2009 2012[3] 1 0
11 Milson FW (1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 32) Tombense 2009 2010[8] 9 0
27 Mark Byrnes DF (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 28) APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2009 2009[16] 1 0

Friendlies
23 June 2009 Gold Coast United2–0North Queensland FuryGold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Pantelidis  85'
Lustica  89'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 3,000
27 June 2009 New Caledonia0–5Gold Coast UnitedNouméa, New Caledonia
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Report Barisic  5'
Osman  68'
Mebrahtu  78'
Pantelidis  86'
Thwaite  89'		 Stadium: Stade Numa Daly
1 July 2009 Young Lions0–4Gold Coast UnitedHougang, Singapore
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Report Qalyyim  27' (o.g)
Thwaite  35'
Porter  51'
Culina  81'		 Stadium: Hougang Stadium
3 July 2009 Hong Kong0–5Gold Coast UnitedHappy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson  30', 31'
Mebrahtu  46'
Barisic  51', 81'		 Stadium: Happy Valley
8 July 2009 Gold Coast United2–1FulhamGold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson  80'
Smeltz  86'		 Murphy  15' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 10,336
12 July 2009 Byron Bay Select XI1–5Gold Coast UnitedByron Bay
15:30 AEST (UTC+10) Milson  80'
Smeltz  86'		 Murphy  15' Stadium: Byron Recreation Grounds
Attendance: 2,000
14 July 2009 Rochedale Rovers1–1Gold Coast UnitedGold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Spencer  66' Stadium: Skilled Park
16 July 2009 Tweed Valley Kings0–5Gold Coast UnitedGold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Stadium: Skilled Park
18 July 2009 Gold Coast United2–2Central Coast MarinersGold Coast
15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Thwaite
Traore  81'
Smeltz  90+1'		 Bojic  49'
Kwasnik  53'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Referee: Matthew Gillett
25 July 2009 Perth Glory0–1Gold Coast UnitedSouth Bunbury
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Porter  23' Stadium: Hands Oval

Competitions

A-League
Main article: 2009–10 A-League

League table
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 Finals series and 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 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 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 13 5 9 39 35  +4 44 9 2 3 25 11  +14 4 3 6 14 24  −10

Last updated: 13 February 2010.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Results
8 August 2009 1Brisbane Roar1–3Gold Coast UnitedBrisbane
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Nichols  4'
Kruse  26'
Tiatto  41'
Moore  45'
Miller  62'
van Dijk  89' (pen.)		 Summary Smeltz  17' 82'
Culina  59' 89'
Robson  64' 90'
Pantelidis  66'
Higgins  90'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 19,902
Referee: Peter Green
15 August 2009 2Gold Coast United5–0North Queensland FuryGold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz  30', 55' (pen.), 63', 64'
Pantelidis  79'
Minniecon  80'		 Summary Busch  54'
Dodd  56'
Griffiths  60'
Middleby  69'
Kohler  86'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Chris Beath
21 August 2009 3Adelaide United0–2Gold Coast UnitedAdelaide
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Summary Smeltz  13'
Fitzsimmons  23' 51'
van den Brink  40'
Pantelidis  82'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,741
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 August 2009 4Newcastle Jets1–0Gold Coast UnitedNewcastle
15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milicevic  38'
Rooney  39'
Petrovski  45'		 Summary Traoré  51'
Thwaite  88'		 Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,390
Referee: Matthew Breeze
5 September 2009 5Gold Coast United2–1SydneyGold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson  6'
Smeltz  45+1', 56'		 Summary Corica  75' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 September 2009 6Perth Glory2–2Gold Coast UnitedPerth
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Jelić  14'
Sikora  16'		 Summary Pantelidis  39'
Burns  53' (o.g.)
Smeltz  90+1'		 Stadium: ME Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,408
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 September 2009 7Central Coast Mariners3–0Gold Coast UnitedGosford
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Travis  16' 26'
Simon  54'
Heffernan  63'
Hutchinson  70'		 Summary Smeltz  9'  69'
Thwaite  83'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 7,394
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 September 2009 8Gold Coast United2–3Melbourne VictoryGold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Culina  18' (pen.)
Fitzsimmons  29'
Porter  45'
Pantelidis  69'
van den Brink  86'		 Summary Hernández  22'
A.Thompson  43'
Brebner  45'
K.Muscat  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 5,063
Referee: Peter Green
2 October 2009 9Gold Coast United0–0Wellington PhoenixGold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson  89' Summary Lia  89' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,209
Referee: Gerard Parsons
11 October 2009 10Brisbane Roar0–1Gold Coast UnitedBrisbane
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) McCloughan  42'
Nichols  63'
McKay  67'
Karlović  71'		 Summary Porter  31' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,882
Referee: Ben Williams
18 October 2009 11Gold Coast United2–1Perth GloryGold Coast
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Neville  13' (o.g.)
Smeltz  56'
Pantelidis  84'		 Summary Howarth  55'
Pellegrino  68'
Coyne  90'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,509
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 October 2009 12Wellington Phoenix6–0Gold Coast UnitedWellington
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Greenacre  25' 54'
Daniel  28', 53'
Brown  48' 56'
Ifill  59'
Jiang  78'
Hearfield  82'		 Summary Pantelidis  38'
Robson  88'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,571
Referee: Peter O'Leary
31 October 2009 13Gold Coast United0–2North Queensland FuryGold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Summary Griffiths  39'
Fowler  64', 76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Craig Zetter
7 November 2009 14Gold Coast United1–0SydneyGold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz  36'
Culina  39'
Pantelidis  89'		 Summary McFlynn  36'
Cole  25'
Musialik  39'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Ben Williams
20 November 2009 15Adelaide United1–1Gold Coast UnitedAdelaide
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Hughes  7'
Leckie  90+3'		 Summary Rees  33'
Anderson  45'
Fitzsimmons  64'
Brown  85'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 9,578
Referee: Chris Beath
28 November 2009 16Melbourne Victory4–0Gold Coast UnitedMelbourne
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Kruse  28'
Ward  45+1'
A. Thompson  54'
Vargas  68'		 Summary Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,537
Referee: Ben Williams
5 December 2009 17Gold Coast United2–1Central Coast MarinersGold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz  67'
Rees  74'
Barisić  76'
Culina  87'		 Summary Simon  38'
Heffernan  40'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,117
Referee: Daniel Goodwin
13 December 2009 18Newcastle Jets3–2Gold Coast UnitedNewcastle
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Wheelhouse  6' 25'
Kantarovski  43'
Elrich  53'
Rooney  70'
Petrovski  82'		 Summary Smeltz  44' (pen.), 84'
Anderson  50'
Pantelidis  65'
van den Brink  77'		 Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Ben Williams
20 December 2009 19Gold Coast United2–0Perth GloryGold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz  3'
Pantelidis  40'
Miller  69' 76'
Barisic  90'		 Summary Todd  18'
Sterjovski  62'
Coyne  65'
Srhoj  75'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,310
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2009 20Gold Coast United5–1Brisbane RoarGold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Rees  23' 45+1', 53'
Pantelidis  25'
Smeltz  50' (pen.), 61', 77'		 Summary McKay  7'
Moore  88'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Strebre Delovski
9 January 2010 21Gold Coast United1–1Adelaide UnitedGold Coast
20:00 AEST (UTC+10) Smeltz  41' 90'
Caravella  66'		 Summary T.Dodd  20' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Peter Green
13 January 2010 22Gold Coast United2–0Newcastle JetsGold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Culina  33'
Anderson  36'
Brown  37'		 Summary Abbas  57' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Chris Beath
17 January 2010 23Sydney0–1Gold Coast UnitedSydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10) Colosimo  26'
Bridge  55'		 Summary Porter  19'
Brown  70'
Fitzsimmons  87'
Culina  90'		 Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 14,941
Referee: Ben Williams
22 January 2010 24Central Coast Mariners1–1Gold Coast UnitedGosford
AEST (UTC+10) Clark  21'
Mrdja  68' (pen.)
Boogaard  69'  71'
Hutchinson  71'		 Summary Porter  66' Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Chris Beath
29 January 2010 25Gold Coast United1–0Melbourne VictoryGold Coast
19:30 AEST (UTC+10) Pantelidis  34'
Miller  45'
Caravella  77' 78'
Smeltz  85'		 Summary Hernández  53'
Muscat  66'
Behich  90'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Chris Beath
7 February 2010 26Gold Coast United0–1Wellington PhoenixGold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10) Miller  20'
Caravella  41'
Anderson  44'		 Summary Muscat  21'
Durante  42'
Ifill  45' (pen.)		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,202
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 February 2010 27North Queensland Fury2–1Gold Coast UnitedTownsville
20:10 AEST (UTC+10) Williams  7' 57'
Griffiths  55'
Daal  70'
Cooke  83'
Spagnuolo  90'		 Summary Caravella  37'
Djulbic  40'
Culina  61'
Porter  62'
Miller  79'		 Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Attendance: 8,517
Referee: Ben Williams

A-League Finals
20 February 2010 Semi-Final 3 v 6Gold Coast United0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		Newcastle JetsGold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Robson  27'
Thwaite  73'		 Summary
Report
Summary		 Pavlović  90' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 4,109
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Penalties
Culina
Djulbic
Thwaite
Anderson
Smeltz
Rees
Caravella 		T.Elrich
Petrovski
Patafta
M.Thompson
Miličević
Song
Topor-Stanley

Squad statistics
As of match played 20 February 2010

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Jess Vanstrattan 18017010
2 MF Steve Pantelidis 20017+3000
3 DF Michael Thwaite 28027010
4 DF Daniel Piorkowski 202000
5 MF Robson 1118+2110
7 MF Zenon Caravella 24120+3110
8 MF Jefferson 101000
9 FW Shane Smeltz 2619251910
10 MF Jason Culina 26325310
11 MF Charlie Miller 1017+2110
13 DF Bas van den Brink 27126110
14 FW Joel Porter 24521+2510
15 FW Tahj Minniecon 1717+10100
16 DF Kristian Rees 26224+1210
17 MF Matthew Osman 1505+900+10
18 MF James Brown 912+610+10
19 FW Andrew Barisic 611+5100
20 GK Scott Higgins 11010+1000
22 DF Adama Traoré 11011000
23 MF Steve Fitzsimmons 19210+9200
24 MF Anderson 26018+7010
25 MF Steven Lustica 201+1000
26 FW Golgol Mebrahtu 602+4000
36 DF Dino Djulbic 805+200+10
DF Zac Anderson 302+1000
MF Mitch Bevan 100+1000
DF Ben Wearing 101000
Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:
6 DF Adam Griffiths 101000
11 FW Milson 901+8000
27 DF Mark Byrnes 100+1000

Goal scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
1FW9Shane Smeltz19019
2FW14Joel Porter505
3MF10Jason Culina303
4DF16Kristian Rees202
MF23Steve Fitzsimmons202
6MF5Robson101
FW19Andrew Barisic101
DF13Bas van den Brink101
MF11Charlie Miller101
FW15Tahj Minniecon101
MF18James Brown101
MF7Zenon Caravella101
Own goal101
Total 39039

Disciplinary record
Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
2MFSteve Pantelidis12000120
3DFMichael Thwaite301040
5MFRobson501060
7MFZenon Caravella400040
9FWShane Smeltz510051
10MFJason Culina500050
11MFCharlie Miller400040
13DFBas van den Brink300030
16DFKristian Rees210021
18MFJames Brown200020
19FWAndrew Barisic100010
20GKScott Higgins100010
22DFAdama Traoré100010
23MFSteve Fitzsimmons310031
24MFAnderson300030
36DFDino Djulbic100010
DFZac Anderson100010
Total 56320583

Notes
  1. Age as of the end of the season

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