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Melbourne Heart
Full nameMelbourne Heart FC
Nickname(s)Heart
Founded2008
GroundAAMI Park
Capacity30,050
ChairmanPeter Sidwell
Head CoachJohn Aloisi
LeagueA-League
2012–139th (League)
DNQ (Finals)
Websitehttp://www.melbourneheartfc.com.au/
Current season

Melbourne Heart FC is an Australian professional football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2008, the club has competed in the A-League, the highest division of football in Australia, since its inaugural 2010–2011 season. It is the 12th club to have played in the league.[1][2] It plays its home matches at AAMI Park.

History

Bidding process

After the dissolution of the National Soccer League in 2003, brought about by the Crawford Report. Plans were drawn up for a new revamped national competition to begin the following season. Two separate plans put forward by the Professional Footballers Association and Libero Consulting called for the new league to be established under the name "Australian/Australasian Premier League" with two Melbourne clubs to feature as foundation members of the competition. One to be playing in the North West of the city, and another to be playing in the South West of the city representing the two population loads of Melbourne.[3][4]

Despite the calls for the new soccer competition to feature two clubs from Melbourne, in 2004 the Football Federation of Australia announced that Melbourne Victory had won the sole licence to be the only Melbourne club to compete in the new national competition of the A-League, as well as bankrolling some of the clubs shares and finances as the club was unable to raise enough capital. A 5 year moratorium was also established preventing any other Melbourne side from entering the A-league competition until the 2010/11 season, allowing Victory 5 seasons to entrench itself in the Melbourne market.[5][6][7]

By 2007 the Victorian Victorian Major Projects Minister Theo Theophanous put forward the idea of a second Melbourne franchise being formed to be a founding tenant at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, so that construction could go ahead as it was being prevented by the unwillingness of Victory to sign a full tenancy deal with the stadium, due to their contract with Etihad Stadium.[8]

Speculation about a second Melbourne side progressed and on 12 February 2007, South Melbourne FC revealed that they were courting approaches from private investors with the prospect of being the second A-League club based in Melbourne.[9] As part of the South Melbourne bid, the club was to be privatised and the bid name was to be 'Southern Cross FC'.[10]

On 1 March 2008 former Carlton Football Club vice-president and businessman Colin DeLutis expressed his interest in a second Melbourne A-League side, with an approach to the FFA to become sole owner of the second licence with the bid name of 'Melbourne City'.[11] FFA chief executive Ben Buckley raised the possibility of expanding the A-League from eight to 12 teams in May 2008, in readiness for the 2009–10 season. Buckley also revealed the existence of a third Melbourne bid tentatively known as 'Melbourne Heart' backed by Peter Sidwell, to compete with the two other bids of Southern Cross FC and Melbourne City.[12] On 25 July 2008, the Melbourne City bid dropped out of the bidding process leaving the Melbourne Heart and Southern Cross FC bids as the last two bids standing.[13] By September 2008 the Melbourne Heart bid was awarded exclusive negotiating rights for the league's 11th licence, beating out the South Melbourne-backed Southern Cross FC bid. Negotiations continued until Sidwell's group was awarded the licence to join the A-League's 2010–11 season by the FFA on 12 June 2009.[14]

First Season, 2010–11

Main article: 2010–11 Melbourne Heart season

Melbourne Heart was the eleventh franchise to enter the A-League (at the time of its first season), and the twelfth to ever play in it overall. Heart started its inaugural A-League season against Template:ALeague CCM on 5 August 2010, at their home ground AAMI Park, losing 1–0.[15] The club's first ever goal was, bizarrely, an own goal scored by Ben Kantarovski in the Heart's second league game, a 1–1 draw against Newcastle Jets. Melbourne Heart's first win was a 1–0 defeat of Template:ALeague NQF, which came in the fifth round of their first A-League season on 4 September 2010.[16] They contested the first ever Melbourne Derby against Melbourne Victory on 8 October 2010, and won 2–1. In the middle of their season, they went seven matches without winning (six losses and a draw) and over five hours without scoring a goal. This was turned around when they travelled to play Adelaide United and beat them 2–1 in the final five minutes, despite trailing at 1–0 for all of the second half up to that time. Heart finished their first season on equal points with Newcastle Jets, but behind on goal difference in eighth position. They failed to make it into the top six teams to reach the finals, despite sitting in sixth position for majority of the season.

2011–12

Main article: 2011–12 Melbourne Heart season

On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.[17] Melbourne Heart drew against Busan IPark and lost 0–1 against Colorado Rapids.

Melbourne Heart signed former rival Template:ALeague MV player Fred on 20 June 2011, as a marquee player,[18] he replaced Simon Colosimo as captain of Heart[19]

On 1 September 2011, Heart added the addition of a youth team to the club, which will compete in the A-League's National Youth League. The youth team launched with John Aloisi as the inaugural youth team head coach, while highly respected Victorian coach Arthur Papas was his assistant.[20]

In 2012 the Melbourne Heart Futsal team was founded. They play in the F-League which is top tier of Australian Futsal.[21][22][23]

Melbourne Heart's first game for the 2011–12 A-League season was against Template:ALeague NUJ at Ausgrid Stadium. Heart were defeated 3–2, after a goal by Byun Sung-Hwan in added time. Heart lost their first two matches in a row after being defeated by Perth Glory at home, however they then went on to get 21 points out of thirty, making them 3rd on the ladder.

On 4 May 2012, the Melbourne Heart Futsal team was founded. They will play in the F-League, which is top tier of Australian Futsal.[21][22][23]

After their successful start to the first half of the season, Melbourne Heart only won two of their remaining matches, coinciding with the loss of Fred to injury,[24] and Dugandzic, Aziz Behich and Jason Hoffman to international Olyroos duty,[25] They finished 6th on the ladder, enough to make the finals, and had their best season in the club's history.

Heart's first final was against Perth Glory, where they were defeated 3–0 at nib stadium. On 1 February 2012, Melbourne Heart coach John van't Schip announced he was leaving the club at the end of the season due to family reasons.[26]

2012–13

Main article: 2012–13 Melbourne Heart season

Melbourne Heart announced on 8 May 2012, that former Socceroo and youth coach John Aloisi, had signed as head coach for 3 years.[27] During the off season Heart were stung by the transfer of several young key players in Curtis Good, Brendan Hamill and Eli Babalj. However key off season signings included Socceroos Richard Garcia and Vince Grella, and two VISA players in Croatian striker Josip Tadić and Swiss/Liberian defender Patrick Gerhardt.

Heart opened the season with a 2-1 win over rival Template:ALeague MV. The first half of the season was plagued however by inconsistent performances which left the club languishing in last place at the end of 2012, due mainly to second half fade outs.

During the January transfer window, Heart lost a further two key players in Michael Marrone and Aziz Behich on transfers, as well as midfielder Vince Grella to retirement. They bolstered the squad with returning striker Eli Babalj and Dutch midfielder Marcel Meeuwis.

The new year saw more consistent results at home with 4 wins in a row, resulting in a gradual climb up the table. However, a run of poor results saw the Heart finish in 9th place out of 10 teams on the A-League ladder, their worst ever A-League finish. Melbourne Heart veterans Clint Bolton, Simon Colosimo, Matt Thompson and Fred, were released by the Heart at the conclusion of the 2012-13 A-League season.[28]

Name, colours and badge

In October 2009, an online competition held by the Herald Sun gave the public the opportunity to submit their preferences for the name of the new Melbourne team. The preferred names were released on the Herald Sun website on 13 November 2009. The four options were 'Sporting Melbourne FC', 'Melburnians', 'Melbourne Revolution' and 'Melbourne Heart FC'. Some pondered if 'Revolution' had some context considering its intimation to the Eureka Stockade, the closest Australia has come to revolution.[29] The name of the new club was to be announced before the end of 2009,[30] but this was delayed until early 2010 due to AFL objections to the use of the words Melbourne, Football and Club[31] in the name. The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation expressed concern that the name Melbourne Heart was too similar to its annual Heart of Melbourne Appeal, and lodged a protest with IP Australia in January 2010.[32] The club's badge was lodged to IP Australia the same month by the FFA,[33][34] and on 2 February 2010, the name of the club was announced as Melbourne Heart FC.[35][36]

Initially, a colour scheme of either black and white, or red and white were the two options for the club. The eventual choice was red and white stripes, with a red sash on white for the away kit.[37]

Kit

Melbourne Heart's strip red with white stripes on the front of the jersey with red shorts and red socks, the away kit is with a red sash on white, with white shorts and socks. The design for the team's third kit was chosen from entries submitted by fans,[38] the jersey is grey with a red and white sash, the shorts are white.

On 16 February 2010, leading financial institution Westpac[39] teamed up with the Melbourne Heart for a three-year agreement believed to be worth close to $2 million.[40] They are be their principal partner, the Westpac logo appears on the front of the 'Home' and 'Away' Melbourne Heart kits. The club also hosts 3 'Westpac' community camps, annually across regional Victoria.[41] Drake International, Public Transport Victoria and BDO are the major sponsors of the club.[42]

On 1 September 2011 ParkTrent was announced as the Melbourne Heart FC's youth teams primary sponsor. CEO Scott Munn said that the deal is the "largest ever National Youth League corporate partnership".[43]

On 8 May 2012, along with the introduction of new head coach, John Aloisi, the clubs new kit supplier Kappa was announced.[44] Kappa are on a two-year contract with Melbourne Heart.

Period Kit maker Front sponsor Back sponsor Sleeve
sponsor 		NYL team
sponsor
2010–2011 Reebok Westpac PKF Drake N/A
2011–2012 ISC[45] ParkTrent
2012–2013 Kappa[44] BDO AXF Group (Home) Matchworks (Away)

Board

The following individuals comprise Melbourne Heart FC 's Board of Directors:

FFA chief executive Ben Buckley raised the possibility of expanding the A-League from 8 to 12 teams in May 2008, in readiness for the 2009–10 season.[46] One of 3 bids was Melbourne Heart owned by a consortium led by Peter Sidwell, his investor partners were property developer David Kobritz, local businessman Michael Catalano and entertainment promoter Patrick Prendergast.[47] on 12 June 2009, Melbourne Heart were awarded the 11th A-league license, to join for the 2010–11 A-league season.[47]

In April 2011, the club welcomed two new investors, Jimmy Goh and Ghadir Razuki to its board.[48]

Club facilities

Melbourne Heart bases its training and administrative facilities at La Trobe University.[49]

Stadium

See also: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

Melbourne Heart's home ground is currently Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. Melbourne Heart's largest average season attendance is 9,553, while Heart's largest ever attendance for a single match is 26,457 against Melbourne Victory in round 12 of the 2012–13 A-League season.

Rivalries

Main article: Melbourne derby

The rivalry became more intense in the third edition on 22 January 2011, when Victory's Kevin Muscat made a mis-timed tackle on Heart's Adrian Zahra, which earnt Muscat a red card and an eight-week suspension, and was the direct cause of a season-ending knee injury to Zahra.[52] The rivalry has reached new heights off the field with rival supporters "declaring war on the streets" with a Melbourne Victory supporter group stealing a "Yarraside" banner and in retaliation, Heart supporters attempted to kidnap a Victory supporter in a reprisal attack.[53]

Players

Current squad

As of 5 June 2013

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF Liberia LBR Patrick Gerhardt
7 MF Australia AUS Iain Ramsay
8 MF Australia AUS Massimo Murdocca
9 FW Australia AUS Dylan Macallister
10 MF Australia AUS Harry Kewell
11 MF Australia AUS Richard Garcia
13 MF Argentina ARG Jonatan Germano
14 FW Australia AUS Golgol Mebrahtu
15 FW Australia AUS David Williams
17 MF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
18 DF Australia AUS David Vranković (Youth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Australia AUS Ben Garuccio (Youth)
20 GK Australia AUS Andrew Redmayne
22 MF Australia AUS Nick Kalmar
23 FW Australia AUS Mate Dugandžić
-- DF Australia AUS Sam Mitchinson (Youth)
-- DF Australia AUS Jeremy Walker (Youth)
-- DF Netherlands NED Rob Wielaert
-- MF Australia AUS Stefan Mauk (Youth)
-- GK Australia AUS Tando Velaphi
-- DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich (on loan from Bursaspor)

Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Alistair Bray
4 DF Australia AUS Lloyd Clothier
5 DF Australia AUS William Abbott
6 MF Australia AUS Joshua Groenewald (Captain)
7 DF Australia AUS Ersin Kaya
8 MF Australia AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW Australia AUS Evan Batsis
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 DF Australia AUS Andrew Cartanos
12 MF Australia AUS Philip Petreski
13 MF Australia AUS James Karvelis
14 MF Australia AUS Stipo Andrijašević
15 FW Australia AUS Zac Walker
16 FW Australia AUS Nicholas Epifano
17 GK Australia AUS Nathan Scutti

Notable former players

Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Melbourne Heart. For details of former players, see List of Melbourne Heart players.

Retired number(s)

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Yarraside (Club Supporters)

Top goal scorers

Last updated 9 April 2013

Name Years A-League
inc. finals
1 Australia Eli Babalj 2010–12, 2013– 12 (44)
2 Australia John Aloisi 2010–11 8 (20)
=3 Australia Mate Dugandžić 2011– 7 (30)
=3 Netherlands Gerald Sibon 2010–11 7 (27)
=3 Brazil Alex Terra 2010–12 7 (43)
=3 Australia Matt Thompson 2010–13 7 (82)
=7 Croatia Josip Tadic 2012–13 6 (22)
=7 Australia David Williams 2011– 6 (39)
=7 Australia Richard Garcia 2012– 6 (24)
=10 Australia Nick Kalmar 2010– 5 (50)
=10 Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 2012– 5 (14)

Game Record Holders

Last updated 9 April 2013

Name Years A-League
inc. finals
1 Australia Matt Thompson 2010–13 82
=2 Australia Michael Marrone 2010–13 70
=2 Australia Clint Bolton 2010–13 70
=4 Australia Aziz Behich 2010–13 63
=4 Australia Simon Colosimo 2010–13 63
6 Australia Nick Kalmar 2010– 50
7 Netherlands Rutger Worm 2010–12 46
8 Australia Jason Hoffman 2010– 44
=9 Australia Wayne Srhoj 2010–12 43
=9 Brazil Alex Terra 2010–12 43

Records

Main article: Melbourne Heart FC records and statistics
(As of 8 April 2013)
  • Record Win: 4–0 Sydney, 29 December 2011
  • Record Defeat: 0–4 Brisbane Roar, 25 September 2010
  • Undefeated Streak: 6 (17 February 2012 – 23 March 2012)
  • Winning Streak: 5 (4 December 2011 – 29 December 2011)
  • Winless Streak: 8 (4 January 2012 – 11 February 2012)
  • Record High Attendance: 26,579 v (Melbourne Victory, 23 December 2011)
  • Lowest Home Attendance: 2,754 v (Newcastle Jets, 8 December 2010)

Honours

Domestic

  • A-League:
    • Champions (0):
      • Runners-Up (0):
    • Premiership (0):
      • Runners-Up (0):
    • Finals Series Appearances (1): 2011–12

International

Minor Trophies

Craig Foster Cup

    • Winners (1): 2012

End of Season Awards

Main article: Melbourne Heart FC end of season awards

Current Winners:

  • Player of the Year: Australia Clint Bolton
  • Supporters Player of the Year:Australia Clint Bolton Brazil Fred(co-winners)
  • John Aloisi Golden Boot Award:Australia Eli Babalj
  • Clubman Award:Australia Aziz Behich
  • Chairman’s Award: Rebecca May
  • Volunteer of the Year: Peter Bradley & Lloyd Clothier

All-time A-League win/loss (including finals)

Last updated 30 March 2013

Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:ALeague AU 9 2 2 5 9 14 −5
Template:ALeague BR 9 3 2 4 13 16 −3
Template:ALeague CCM 9 1 1 7 4 12 −8
Template:ALeague GCU 6 2 3 1 5 6 −1
Template:ALeague MV 9 3 3 3 12 13 -1
Template:ALeague NUJ 9 3 2 4 13 15 -2
Template:ALeague NQF 3 3 0 0 6 2 4
Template:ALeague PG 10 3 3 4 10 13 −3
Template:ALeague SFC 9 3 5 1 14 8 6
Template:ALeague WP 9 2 3 4 10 14 -4
Template:ALeague WSW 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4
Total 85 25 24 36 98 119 -21

Year-by-year history

Melbourne League History
Season Teams FFA Cup Premiership Position Championship Qualification Championship Position ACL Qualification ACL Placing
2010–11 11 N/A 8th DNQ 8th N/A
2011–12 10 N/A 6th Yes 6th DNQ DNQ
2012–13 10 -1 9th DNQ 9th DNQ DNQ

1FFA Cup scheduled to commence in TBA.[54]

Position (Season)

Australian A-League

Club officials

Administration[55]

Managers

Dates Name Notes Honours
23 October 2009 – 1 April 2012 Netherlands John van 't Schip Inaugural manager
8 May 2012 – present Australia John Aloisi First Australian Manager

See also

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