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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)
← First

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.

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 Australia GK (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 27) Verona 2008 2010[1] 18 0
20 Scott Higgins Australia GK (1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 33) Wellington Phoenix 2009 10 0
Defenders
3 Michael Thwaite Australia DF (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 26) Brann 2009 28 0
4 Daniel Piorkowski Australia DF (1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 26) Newcastle Jets 2009 2011[6] 2 0
13 Bas van den Brink Netherlands DF (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 27) Omniworld 2009 27 1
16 Kristian Rees Australia DF (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 30) Adelaide City 2009 2011[6] 26 2
22 Adama Traoré Ivory Coast DF (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 20) EF Yéo Martial 2009 11 0
36 Dino Djulbic Bosnia and Herzegovina DF (1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 27) Rot Weiss Ahlen 2010 8 0
Zac Anderson Australia DF (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 18) QAS 2009 3 0
Ben Wearing Australia DF (1989-05-08)8 May 1989 (aged 20) Musgrave 2009 1 0
Midfielders
2 Steve Pantelidis Australia MF (1983-08-17)17 August 1983 (aged 26) Melbourne Victory 2009 2011[6] 20 0
5 Robson Brazil MF (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 23) Cabofriense 2009 2010[5] 11 1
7 Zenon Caravella Australia MF (1983-05-17)17 May 1983 (aged 26) Omniworld 2009 2011[6] 24 1
8 Jefferson Brazil MF (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 27) 2009 2010[5] 1 0
10 Jason Culina Australia MF (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 29) PSV Eindhoven 2009 2012[11] 26 3
11 Charlie Miller Scotland MF (1976-03-18)18 March 1976 (aged 33) Brisbane Roar 2009 2010[12] 10 1
17 Matthew Osman Australia MF (1983-07-29)29 July 1983 (aged 26) Central Coast Mariners 2009 2011[6] 15 0
18 James Brown Australia MF (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 20) AIS 2009 2012[7] 9 1
21 Richard Greer Australia MF 2009 0 0
23 Steve Fitzsimmons Australia MF (1976-09-07)7 September 1976 (aged 33) Beenleigh 2009 2010[6] 19 2
24 Anderson Brazil MF (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 27) Loan from Criciúma 2009 2010[15] 26 0
Mitch Bevan Australia MF (1991-02-20)20 February 1991 (aged 19) Brisbane Roar 2009 1 0
Forwards
9 Shane Smeltz New Zealand FW (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 28) Wellington Phoenix 2008 2012 26 19
14 Joel Porter Australia FW (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 31) Hartlepool United 2009 24 5
15 Tahj Minniecon Australia FW (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 21) AIS 2009 2012[9] 17 1
19 Andrew Barisic Australia FW (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights 2009 2010[8] 6 1
26 Golgol Mebrahtu Australia FW (1990-08-28)28 August 1990 (aged 19) Brisbane Strikers 2009 6 0
Left during the season
6 Adam Griffiths Australia FW (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 30) Newcastle Jet 2009 2012[3] 1 0
11 Milson Brazil FW (1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 32) Tombense 2009 2010[8] 9 0
27 Mark Byrnes Australia DF (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 28) APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2009 2009[16] 1 0

Friendlies

23 June 2009 Gold Coast United 2–0 North Queensland Fury Gold Coast
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Pantelidis 85'
Lustica 89'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 3,000
27 June 2009 New Caledonia 0–5 Gold Coast United Nouméa, 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 Lions 0–4 Gold Coast United Hougang, Singapore
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Report Qalyyim 27' (o.g)
Thwaite 35'
Porter 51'
Culina 81'
Stadium: Hougang Stadium
3 July 2009 Hong Kong 0–5 Gold Coast United Happy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson 30', 31'
Mebrahtu 46'
Barisic 51', 81'
Stadium: Happy Valley
8 July 2009 Gold Coast United 2–1 Fulham Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Milson 80'
Smeltz 86'
Murphy 15' Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 10,336
12 July 2009 Byron Bay Select XI 1–5 Gold Coast United Byron Bay
15:30 AEST (UTC+10) Milson 80'
Smeltz 86'
Murphy 15' Stadium: Byron Recreation Grounds
Attendance: 2,000
14 July 2009 Rochedale Rovers 1–1 Gold Coast United Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Spencer 66' Stadium: Skilled Park
16 July 2009 Tweed Valley Kings 0–5 Gold Coast United Gold Coast
19:00 AEST (UTC+10) Stadium: Skilled Park
18 July 2009 Gold Coast United 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Gold Coast
15:00 AEST (UTC+10) Thwaite Red card
Traore 81'
Smeltz 90+1'
Bojic 49'
Kwasnik 53'
Stadium: Skilled Park
Referee: Matthew Gillett
25 July 2009 Perth Glory 0–1 Gold Coast United South Bunbury
17:00 AEST (UTC+10) Porter 23' Stadium: Hands Oval

Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for 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) Champions

Results summary

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

A-League Finals

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

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 February 2010

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League A-League Finals
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia AUS Jess Vanstrattan 18 0 17 0 1 0
2 MF Australia AUS Steve Pantelidis 20 0 17+3 0 0 0
3 DF Australia AUS Michael Thwaite 28 0 27 0 1 0
4 DF Australia AUS Daniel Piorkowski 2 0 2 0 0 0
5 MF Brazil BRA Robson 11 1 8+2 1 1 0
7 MF Australia AUS Zenon Caravella 24 1 20+3 1 1 0
8 MF Brazil BRA Jefferson 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand NZL Shane Smeltz 26 19 25 19 1 0
10 MF Australia AUS Jason Culina 26 3 25 3 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Miller 10 1 7+2 1 1 0
13 DF Netherlands NED Bas van den Brink 27 1 26 1 1 0
14 FW Australia AUS Joel Porter 24 5 21+2 5 1 0
15 FW Australia AUS Tahj Minniecon 17 1 7+10 1 0 0
16 DF Australia AUS Kristian Rees 26 2 24+1 2 1 0
17 MF Australia AUS Matthew Osman 15 0 5+9 0 0+1 0
18 MF Australia AUS James Brown 9 1 2+6 1 0+1 0
19 FW Australia AUS Andrew Barisic 6 1 1+5 1 0 0
20 GK Australia AUS Scott Higgins 11 0 10+1 0 0 0
22 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré 11 0 11 0 0 0
23 MF Australia AUS Steve Fitzsimmons 19 2 10+9 2 0 0
24 MF Brazil BRA Anderson 26 0 18+7 0 1 0
25 MF Australia AUS Steven Lustica 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
26 FW Australia AUS Golgol Mebrahtu 6 0 2+4 0 0 0
36 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dino Djulbic 8 0 5+2 0 0+1 0
DF Australia AUS Zac Anderson 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
MF Australia AUS Mitch Bevan 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
DF Australia AUS Ben Wearing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:
6 DF Australia AUS Adam Griffiths 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Milson 9 0 1+8 0 0 0
27 DF Australia AUS Mark Byrnes 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
1 FW New Zealand 9 Shane Smeltz 19 0 19
2 FW Australia 14 Joel Porter 5 0 5
3 MF Australia 10 Jason Culina 3 0 3
4 DF Australia 16 Kristian Rees 2 0 2
MF Australia 23 Steve Fitzsimmons 2 0 2
6 MF Brazil 5 Robson 1 0 1
FW Australia 19 Andrew Barisic 1 0 1
DF Netherlands 13 Bas van den Brink 1 0 1
MF Scotland 11 Charlie Miller 1 0 1
FW Australia 15 Tahj Minniecon 1 0 1
MF Australia 18 James Brown 1 0 1
MF Australia 7 Zenon Caravella 1 0 1
Own goal 1 0 1
Total 39 0 39

Disciplinary record

Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Australia MF Steve Pantelidis 12 0 0 0 12 0
3 Australia DF Michael Thwaite 3 0 1 0 4 0
5 Brazil MF Robson 5 0 1 0 6 0
7 Australia MF Zenon Caravella 4 0 0 0 4 0
9 New Zealand FW Shane Smeltz 5 1 0 0 5 1
10 Australia MF Jason Culina 5 0 0 0 5 0
11 Scotland MF Charlie Miller 4 0 0 0 4 0
13 Netherlands DF Bas van den Brink 3 0 0 0 3 0
16 Australia DF Kristian Rees 2 1 0 0 2 1
18 Australia MF James Brown 2 0 0 0 2 0
19 Australia FW Andrew Barisic 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Australia GK Scott Higgins 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Ivory Coast DF Adama Traoré 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 Australia MF Steve Fitzsimmons 3 1 0 0 3 1
24 Brazil MF Anderson 3 0 0 0 3 0
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Dino Djulbic 1 0 0 0 1 0
Australia DF Zac Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 56 3 2 0 58 3

Notes

  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

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