2005–06 Central Coast Mariners FC season

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The 2005–06 season was the first for both the Central Coast Mariners and the A-League

Central Coast Mariners FC 2005–06 football season

Central Coast Mariners FC2005–06 season

Manager| Lawrie McKinna
A-League| 3rd
Finals| 2nd
Pre-season cup| 1st
Top goalscorer| S. Petrie (8)

2006–07 ->

Compared with its Sydney rival, the Central Coast Mariners had a far more low-key buildup to the inaugural A-League season. The majority of its squad were experienced players from the defunct National Soccer League. They generally exceeded most expectations, having a very successful season, culminating in two solid displays in the preliminary competitions and reaching the grand final in the A-League.

## Players

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### First team squad

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

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1  | GK |  AUS | John Crawley
2  | MF |  IRL | Wayne O'Sullivan
3  | DF |  AUS | Paul O'Grady
4  | MF |  AUS | Noel Spencer (captain)
5  | DF |  AUS | Michael Beauchamp
6  | MF |  GER | André Gumprecht
7  | MF |  AUS | John Hutchinson
8  | DF |  AUS | Dean Heffernan
9  | FW |  AUS | Nick Mrdja
10  | MF |  AUS | Tom Pondeljak
11  | MF |  AUS | Damien Brown
12  | FW |  SCO | Stewart Petrie
13  | FW |  AUS | Russell Woodruffe
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14  | MF |  AUS | Leo Carle
15  | DF |  AUS | Andrew Clark
16  | DF |  AUS | Nigel Boogaard
17  | MF |  AUS | Matthew Osman
18  | DF |  AUS | Alex Wilkinson
19  | FW |  AUS | Adam Kwasnik
20  | GK |  AUS | Danny Vukovic
21  | MF |  SCO | Ian Ferguson Short term cover
22  | MF |  AUS | Jamie McMaster Short term cover
23  | MF |  AUS | Brad Porter Short term cover
24  | FW |  AUS | Dez Giraldi Short term cover
30  | GK |  AUS | Matthew Trott Short term cover

See also: List of Central Coast Mariners F.C. players

## Matches

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### 2005-06 Pre-season fixtures

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Round | Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Crowd

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1  | 30 March 2005 | Central Coast | 3-0 | Gladesville Spirit | Unknown
2  | 14 April 2005 | Central Coast | 9-0 | Wyoming FC | Unknown
3  | 19 April 2005 | Central Coast | 3-3 | Manly United | Unknown
4  | 25 April 2005 | Central Coast | 3-0 | Blacktown City | No public access
5  | 27 April 2005 | Central Coast | 2-0 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | Unknown
6  | 8 July 2005 | Central Coast | 6-0 | Townsville | Unknown
7  | 9 July 2005 | Central Coast | 1-2 | Queensland Roar | Unknown
8  | 12 July 2005 | Central Coast | 3-0 | Central Coast Select XI | 1500
9  | 16 July 2005 | Central Coast | 2-0 | New Zealand Knights | Unknown

### Phillips International Soccer Sevens

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The Mariners competed in Phillips International soccer sevens tournament played in Hong Kong. Their group featured three of the biggest teams in the world, PSV, Manchester United and Celtic. The Mariners caused one of the upsets of the tournament by defeating a somewhat understrength Manchester United 2–1.

Round | Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Crowd

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1  | 28 May 2005 | HKF Association Chairman's Select | 2-1 | Central Coast | Unknown
2  | 28 May 2005 | Central Coast | 2-0 | Hong Kong Football Club 2 | Unknown
3  | 28 May 2005 | Central Coast | 0-0 | Celtic | Unknown
Quarter Final  | 29 May 2005 | Central Coast | 2-1 | Manchester United | Unknown
Semi Final  | 29 May 2005 | Central Coast | 0-1 | PSV | Unknown

### Club World Cup Qualification Competition

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The Mariners were runners-up to Sydney FC in the qualifying tournament held to determine Australia's entry in the FIFA Club World Cup, losing in the grand final 1–0.

| Round 1
(7 May) | | | Semi-finals
(11 May) | | | Finals
(15 May) |

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|  | Sydney FC | 3 |

|  | Queensland Roar | 0 |
| |  | Central Coast Mariners | 0 |
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|  | Central Coast Mariners (PEN) | 0 (4) | |

|  | Newcastle Jets | 0 (2) |
| |  | Central Coast Mariners | 4 |
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|  | Adelaide United (PEN) | 0 (4) |

|  | Melbourne Victory | 0 (1) |

### 2005 Pre-Season Cup

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Group B

Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA

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Sydney FC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1
Central Coast | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3
Queensland Roar FC  | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3
New Zealand Knights FC  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| Melbourne Victory| 1

| 21 August

| Central Coast Mariners| 3 |

| Central Coast Mariners| 1

| 14 August

| | Perth Glory| 0

| Sydney FC| 0

| Perth Glory| 1 |

### 2005-06 A-League fixtures

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Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners 26 August 2005 Round 1|  Perth Glory | 0 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Members Equity Stadium

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20:00 UTC+8 |  | Report
Summary | Spencer 66' | Attendance: 11,113
Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets 4 September 2005 Round 2|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 1|  Newcastle Jets | Bluetongue Stadium

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15:00 UTC+10 | Petrie 69' | Report
Summary | Milicic 25' | Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Mark Shield

Central Coast Mariners v New Zealand Knights 10 September 2005 Round 3|  Central Coast Mariners | 0 : 2|  New Zealand Knights | Bluetongue Stadium

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19:35 UTC+10 |  | Report
Summary | Yeo 69'
Devine 80' | Attendance: 5,261
Referee: Ben Williams

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners 16 September 2005 Round 4|  Sydney FC | 2 : 3|  Central Coast Mariners | Aussie Stadium

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20:00 UTC+10 | Packer 13'
Yorke 72' | Report
Summary[permanent dead link‍] | Petrie 20' (pen.)
Gumprecht 35'
Spencer 90+1' | Attendance: 15,614
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners 25 September 2005 Round 5|  Adelaide United | 1 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Hindmarsh Stadium

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17:00 UTC+9:30 | Valkanis 34' | Report
Summary | Kwasnik 19' | Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Angelo Nardi

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory 30 September 2005 Round 6|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 2|  Melbourne Victory | Bluetongue Stadium

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20:00 UTC+10 | Heffernan 33' | Report
Summary | Thompson 73'
Leijer 81' | Attendance: 9,313
Referee: Ben Williams

Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners 7 October 2005 Round 7|  Queensland Roar | 1 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Suncorp Stadium

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20:00 UTC+10 | Seo 57' | Report
Summary | Spencer 41' | Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Perry Mur

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory 16 October 2005 Round 8|  Central Coast Mariners | 4 : 0|  Perth Glory | Bluetongue Stadium

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17:00 UTC+10 | Petrie 14', 48'
Heffernan 85'
Spencer 90+3' | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 6,494
Referee: Ben Williams

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners 23 October 2005 Round 9|  Newcastle Jets | 1 : 0|  Central Coast Mariners | Energy Australia Stadium

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17:00 UTC+10 | Parisi 88' | Report
Summary |  | Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Matthew Breeze

New Zealand Knights v Central Coast Mariners 29 October 2005 Round 10|  New Zealand Knights | 1 : 3|  Central Coast Mariners | North Harbour Stadium

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20:00 UTC+12 | Yeo 7' (pen.) | Report
Summary | Heffernan 4'
Petrie 49', 72' (pen.) | Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Neil Fox

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC 5 November 2005 Round 11|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 5|  Sydney FC | Bluetongue Stadium

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20:00 UTC+11 | Hutchinson 40' | Report
Summary | Yorke 9' (pen.)
Talay 14'
Petrovski 23', 68', 83' | Attendance: 10,529
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United 13 November 2005 Round 12|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 2|  Adelaide United | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Hutchinson 12' |  | Rech 90'
Dodd 85' | Attendance: 5,467
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners 18 November 2005 Round 13|  Melbourne Victory | 0 : 2|  Central Coast Mariners | Olympic Park Stadium

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|  |  | Heffernan 75'
Hutchinson 38' | Attendance: 13,892
Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Queensland Roar 25 November 2005 Round 14|  Central Coast Mariners | 2 : 2|  Queensland Roar | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Heffernan 89'
Osman 56' |  | Brosque 7', 78'
Baird 75' | Attendance: 5,194
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners 4 December 2005 Round 15|  Perth Glory | 2 : 2|  Central Coast Mariners | Members Equity Stadium

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| Ishida 65'
Ward 54' |  | Petrie 12'
Hutchinson 8' | Attendance: 7,428
Referee: Mark Shield

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets 31 December 2005 Round 16|  Central Coast Mariners | 4 : 1|  Newcastle Jets | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Hutchinson 71', 82'
Brown 30'
Gumprecht 3' |  | Coveny 85'
Corbo 56' | Attendance: 11,612
Referee: Mark Shield

Central Coast Mariners v New Zealand Knights 8 January 2006 Round 17|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 0|  New Zealand Knights | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Heffernan 90' |  |  | Attendance: 7,257
Referee: Srebre Delovski

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners 14 January 2006 Round 18|  Sydney FC | 1 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Aussie Stadium

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| Carney 61' |  | Pondeljak 52' | Attendance: 15,977
Referee: Ben Williams

Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners 20 January 2006 Round 19|  Adelaide United | 1 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Hindmarsh Stadium

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| Veart 50' (pen.) |  | Kwasnik 54' | Attendance: 13,008
Referee: Mark Shield

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory 27 January 2006 Round 20|  Central Coast Mariners | 3 : 1|  Melbourne Victory | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Heffernan 88'
Spencer 28', 62' |  | Ferrante 13' | Attendance: 11,945
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners 4 February 2006 Round 21|  Queensland Roar | 2 : 2|  Central Coast Mariners | Suncorp Stadium

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| Baird 60'
Brosque 3' |  | O'Sullivan 81'
Petrie 33' | Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

### 2005-06 Finals series

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See also: A-League Grand Final 2006

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners 10 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 1|  Newcastle Jets | 0 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | EnergyAustralia Stadium

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|  |  | Osman 76' | Attendance: 10,236
Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets 17 February 2006 Semi-Final Leg 2|  Central Coast Mariners | 1 : 1|  Newcastle Jets | Bluetongue Stadium

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| Heffernan 79' |  | Thompson 28' | Attendance: 17,429
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners 26 February 2006 Preliminary Final|  Adelaide United | 0 : 1|  Central Coast Mariners | Hindmarsh Stadium

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|  |  | Pondeljak 7' | Attendance: 11,405
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners 5 March 2006 Grand Final|  Sydney FC | 1 : 0|  Central Coast Mariners | Aussie Stadium

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| Corica 62' |  |  | Attendance: 41,689
Referee: Mark Shield

### Ladder

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Pos | Team

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1  | Adelaide United | 21  | 13  | 4  | 4  | 33  | 25  | +8  | 43  | Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2  | Sydney FC (C) | 21  | 10  | 6  | 5  | 35  | 28  | +7  | 36
3  | Central Coast Mariners | 21  | 8  | 8  | 5  | 35  | 28  | +7  | 32  | Qualification for Finals series
4  | Newcastle Jets | 21  | 9  | 4  | 8  | 27  | 29  | −2  | 31
5  | Perth Glory | 21  | 8  | 5  | 8  | 34  | 29  | +5  | 29  |
6  | Queensland Roar | 21  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 27  | 22  | +5  | 28
7  | Melbourne Victory | 21  | 7  | 5  | 9  | 26  | 24  | +2  | 26
8  | New Zealand Knights[a] | 21  | 1  | 3  | 17  | 15  | 47  | −32  | 6

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

### Finals

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| Semifinals| | | Preliminary final| | | Final
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| Adelaide United| 2| 1| | Sydney FC| 1
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| Sydney FC| 2| 2| | | | | | Central Coast Mariners| 0
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| Central Coast Mariners| 1| 1| |
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| Newcastle Jets| 0| 1| | |
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## Statistics

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### Goal scorers

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Player | Goals

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Stewart Petrie | 8
Dean Heffernan | 7
John Hutchinson | 6
Noel Spencer | 6
Andre Gumprecht | 2
Adam Kwasnik | 2

## End of Year Awards

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* Mariners Medallist - player of the year, as voted by Club members:
* Michael Beauchamp
* Chairman's Award - awarded for outstanding service to the club:
* John Hutchinson and Ben Coonan (Mariners' media officer) (shared)
* Golden Boot (top goalscorer):
* Stewart Petrie
* Jesters' Pies Marinators' Goal of the Year:
* Noel Spencer, round 1 vs Perth Glory
* Central Coast Mariners Members Player of the Year Award:
* Andre Gumprecht

## References

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## External links

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* Official website

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2005–06 in Australian soccer

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National teams|

* Men's (2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, finals) (2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifying)
* Men's U20 (2006 AFC Youth Championship qualifying)
* Men's U17 (2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals) (2006 AFC Youth Championship qualifying)
* Women's U20 (2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualifying, finals)

League competitions|

* A-League (Grand Final)

Cup competitions|

* A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
* Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament

Club seasons

A-League|

* Adelaide United
* Central Coast Mariners
* Melbourne Victory
* New Zealand Knights
* Newcastle Jets
* Perth Glory
* Queensland Roar
* Sydney FC

* A-League transfers

*[No.]: Number
*[Pos.]: Position
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[DF]: Defender
*[FW]: Forward
*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points