2010–11 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2010–11 season was the inaugural season in the history of Melbourne Heart FC since its establishment in 2009. The team played in the A-League for the first time with all of their home matches being played at AAMI Park. After being placed sixth for the better part of the season, the team would go on to finish eighth on the ladder.

Melbourne Heart
2010–11 season
ChairmanPeter Sidwell
ManagerJohn van't Schip
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League8th
Top goalscorerJohn Aloisi (8)
Highest home attendance25,897 vs. Melbourne Victory (4 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance2,754 vs. Newcastle Jets (8 December 2010)
Average home league attendance8,315

Former Australian international John Aloisi was the Heart's top goalscorer, with eight goals, in his final season in professional football.

Players

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  AUS Clint Bolton
2 DF  AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill
4 DF  AUS Simon Colosimo
5 DF  AUS Michael Beauchamp
6 MF  AUS Matt Thompson
7 MF  NED Rutger Worm
8 MF  AUS Kristian Sarkies
9 FW  NED Gerald Sibon
10 MF  AUS Wayne Srhoj
11 FW  BRA Alex Terra
12 GK  AUS Peter Zoïs
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  AUS Kamal Ibrahim
15 FW  AUS John Aloisi
16 DF  AUS Aziz Behich
17 DF  AUS Jason Hoffman
18 MF  AUS Ante Tomić
19 FW  AUS Eli Babalj
20 MF  AUS Josip Skoko
21 FW  AUS Kliment Taseski
22 MF  AUS Nick Kalmar
23 DF  AUS Dean Heffernan
25 MF  AUS Adrian Zahra

Injury replacement
Injured player Injury replacement Injury Replacement deal length Fee
Kristian Sarkies Aziz Behich[1] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[2] Seven weeks*[1] Loan from Hume City
Kristian Sarkies Adrian Zahra[3] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[2] Four weeks[4] Loan from Melbourne Knights
Eli Babalj Adrian Zahra[5][6] Hip and thigh problems[7][8] Unknown length* Loan From Melbourne Knights

*Note: Both Behich and Zahra signed long-term deals at the completion of their replacement deal period.

Transfers in
Date Pos. Name From Notes
19 November 2009 DF Matt Thompson Newcastle Jets Free[9]
24 November 2009 MF Kristian Sarkies Adelaide United Free[10]
24 November 2009 DF Dean Heffernan Central Coast Mariners Free[10]
26 December 2009 FW Eli Babalj AIS Free[11]
26 December 2009 MF Kamal Ibrahim AIS Free[12]
8 January 2010 FW Jason Hoffman Newcastle Jets Free[13]
16 February 2010 GK Clint Bolton Sydney FC Free[14]
23 February 2010 FW Rutger Worm N.E.C. Free[15]
6 March 2010 MF Wayne Srhoj Perth Glory Free[16]
19 March 2010 DF Simon Colosimo Sydney FC Free[17]
29 March 2010 FW John Aloisi Sydney FC Free[18]
31 March 2010 MF Kliment Taseski Melbourne Victory Youth Free[19]
23 April 2010 MF Brendan Hamill AIS Free[19]
30 April 2010 MF Michael Marrone Adelaide United Free[20]
10 May 2010 FW Alex Terra Rio Branco Free[21]
17 May 2010 DF Michael Beauchamp Al-Jazira Club Free[22]
18 May 2010 MF Josip Skoko Hajduk Split Free[23]
21 May 2010 FW Gerald Sibon Heerenveen Free[24]
22 May 2010 DF Dean Heffernan Huddersfield Town Return from Loan[25]
29 June 2010 MF Nick Kalmar Oakleigh Cannons Free[26]
26 July 2010 MF Ante Tomić Sydney United Free[27]
4 August 2010 GK Peter Zoïs South Melbourne Free[28]
25 October 2010 MF Aziz Behich Hume City Free[29]

Transfers out
Date Pos. Name To Fee
26 January 2010 DF Dean Heffernan Huddersfield Town Free[30]

Statistics

Squad statistics
No. Nat. Player Pos. Starts Subs Total Goals
1Clint BoltonGK300300
2Michael MarroneDF290290
3Brendan HamillDF57120
4Simon ColosimoDF224261
5Michael BeauchampDF194230
6Matt ThompsonMF290292
7Rutger WormMF224262
8Kristian SarkiesMF2460
9Gerald SibonFW243277
10Wayne SrhojMF251260
11Alex TerraFW146204
12Peter ZoisGK0000
14Kamal IbrahimMF1230
15John AloisiFW173208
16Aziz BehichDF234270
17Jason HoffmanDF39120
18Ante TomićMF0000
19Eli BabaljFW112132
20Josip SkokoMF211220
21Kliment TaseskiFW0440
22Nick KalmarMF1712293
23Dean HeffernanDF94130
25Adrian ZahraMF172192

Discipline
1 pointYellow card
2 pointsSecond caution red card
3 pointsDirect red card
Name Points
Wayne Srhoj 11 0 0 11
Matt Thompson 5 1 0 7
Michael Beauchamp 3 0 1 6
Dean Heffernan 3 1 0 5
Rutger Worm 4 0 0 4
Aziz Behich 2 1 0 4
Michael Marrone 4 0 0 4
Josip Skoko 4 0 0 4
Simon Colosimo 3 0 0 3
Gerald Sibon 1 1 0 3
Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 2
Alex Terra 2 0 0 2
Nick Kalmar 2 0 0 2
Adrian Zahra 2 0 0 2
Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 2
John Aloisi 2 0 0 2
Eli Babalj 1 0 0 1
Total 53 4 1 64

Goal scorers
Total Player Goals per Game
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
8John Aloisi1111121
7Gerald Sibon1111111
4Alex Terra1111
3Nick Kalmar111
2Eli Babalj11
2Adrian Zahra11
2Matt Thompson11
2Rutger Worm11
1Own goal1
1Simon Colosimo1
30Total0 12210202202031000001212112112
 A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 April 2010 Friendly Whittlesea Zebras 1–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10
  • Kalambokis ?'
 Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
17 June 2010 Friendly Wimmera South Coast Eagles 1–3 Melbourne Heart Geelong
19:00 UTC+10
  • Greechan 84'
 Report
Stadium: Elcho Park
25 June 2010 Friendly Brisbane Roar 2–0 Melbourne Heart Toowoomba
19:15 UTC+10
Report Stadium: Clive Berghofer Stadium
Attendance: 2,893
2 July 2010 Friendly Oakleigh Cannons 2–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
20:30 UTC+10
  • Palinic 28'
  • Gasparinatos 87'
 Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
8 July 2010 Melbourne Heart 1 – 2 Newcastle Jets LaTrobe City Stadium, Morwell, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Sibon 68' Report Bridges 6'
Abbas 27'		 Attendance: 3000+
14 July 2010 Everton 2 – 0 Melbourne Heart Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Rodwell 34'
Saha 60'		 Attendance: 19,261
22 July 2010 Loddon Mallee Lightning 1 – 9 Melbourne Heart Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve, Bendigo, Australia
16:00 UTC+10 Hargreaves ?' Behich 23', ?'
Alex Terra 27', 55', 57'
Hoffman ?', ?', ?'
Tolli 17'
July 2010 Melbourne Heart 3 – 0 Richmond Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: Closed game
2 January 2011 Melbourne Heart 6 – 1 South Melbourne La Trobe University, Melbourne

Competitions

A-League
Main article: 2010–11 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 Finals series and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 Finals series and 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19 Disbanded at end of season
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
    Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Matches
5 August 2010 1 Melbourne Heart 0 : 1 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park
Thursday 19:30 EST Heffernan  71'
Hamill  83'
Behich  86'		 Report
Statistics		 Bojić  1'
Wilkinson 16'
Hutchinson  36'
Simon  72'		 Attendance: 11,050
Referee: Chris Beath
13 August 2010 2 Newcastle Jets 1 : 1 Melbourne Heart EnergyAustralia Stadium
Friday 20:00 EST Abbas  45'
Bridges  50'
Brockie 60'
Kantarovski  66'		 Report
Statistics		 Kantarovski 79' (o.g.) Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
20 August 2010 3 Adelaide United 3 : 2 Melbourne Heart Hindmarsh Stadium
Friday 19:30 CST Leckie 2'
Fyfe  5'
Ramsay 52', 88'		 Report
Statistics		 Worm 42'  45+1'
Srhoj  65'
Babalj 74'
Hoffman  75'
Beauchamp  84'		 Attendance: 7,370
Referee: Ben Williams
29 August 2010 4 Melbourne Heart 2 : 2 Perth Glory AAMI Park
Sunday 17:00 EST Sibon 5' (pen.)
Kalmar 37'
Srhoj  52'
Thompson  82'
Heffernan  88'
Hamill  89'		 Report
Statistics		 Sekulovski  4'
Marrone 19' (o.g.)
Fowler 90+4' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,878
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 September 2010 5 Melbourne Heart 1 : 0 North Queensland Fury AAMI Park
Saturday 17:15 EST Kalmar 11'
Alex  41'
Srhoj  66'		 Report
Statistics		 Attendance: 4,184
Referee: Gerard Parsons
10 September 2010 6 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 0 Melbourne Heart Bluetongue Stadium
Friday 20:00 EST McBreen 20'
Hutchinson  75'
Kwasnik  78'		 Report
Statistics		 Heffernan  22'
Beauchamp  52'		 Attendance: 6,326
Referee: Peter Green
19 September 2010 7 Melbourne Heart 2 : 1 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park
Sunday 15:00 EST Aloisi 50'
Alex 66'		 Report
Statistics		 Muscat  45+2'
T. Brown 75'		 Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Peter Green
25 September 2010 8 Brisbane Roar 4 : 0 Melbourne Heart Suncorp Stadium
Saturday 17:15 EST Barbarouses 23'
Paartalu 37'
Reinaldo 48' (pen.)  55'
Nichols 76'  77'
Stefanutto  90'		 Report
Statistics		 Heffernan  47'  54'
   Alex  80'
   Skoko  81'		 Attendance: 6,342
Referee: Chris Boyle
8 October 2010 9 Melbourne Heart 2 : 1 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park
Saturday 19:30 EDT Aloisi 10'  40'
Alex 56'
Behich  48'  74'		 Report
Statistics		 Leijer  22'
Kruse 37'
Muscat  43'
Brebner  55'
Celeski  65'
Ricardinho  68'		 Attendance: 25,897
Referee: Ben Williams
17 October 2010 10 Wellington Phoenix 2 : 2 Melbourne Heart Westpac Stadium
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Greenacre 6'
Bertos 59'
Ifill  79'		 Report
Statistics		 Aloisi 14' (pen.)
M. Thompson 36'
Colosimo  44'		 Attendance: 5,211
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 October 2010 11 Melbourne Heart 0 : 0 Gold Coast United AAMI Park
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj  52'
Worm  74'		 Report
Statistics		 van den Brink  35'
Curtis  88'
J. Brown  90'		 Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Chris Beath
31 October 2010 12 Newcastle Jets 0 : 2 Melbourne Heart Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Sunday 15:00 EDT Miličević  88' Report
Statistics		 Kalmar 53'
Srhoj  76'
Sibon 90+4' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 November 2010 13 Perth Glory 0 : 0 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium
Wednesday 19:00 WST Baird  10'
B. Griffiths  38'
Todd  72'
Fondyke  77'
Fowler  77'		 Report
Statistics		 Marrone  67'
Worm  72'		 Attendance: 5,745
Referee: Chris Beath
10 November 2010 14 North Queensland Fury 2 : 3 Melbourne Heart Dairy Farmers Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 EST Daal 12'
Spagnuolo  74'
Talay 85' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Marrone  24'
Srhoj  31'
Babalj 50',  90+1'
Sibon 59'
Zahra 64'
Colosimo  83'		 Attendance: 2,866
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 November 2010 15 Melbourne Heart 1 : 2 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park
Sunday 17:00 EDT Sibon 11'
Skoko  53'
Srhoj  73'
M. Thompson  76'		 Report
Statistics		 Barbarouses 65'
Solórzano 88'
Broich  90'		 Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
19 November 2010 16 Melbourne Heart 0 : 2 Adelaide United AAMI Park
Friday 20:00 EDT Worm  36' Report
Statistics		 Cornthwaite 5'
Bolton 73' (o.g.)
van Dijk  87'		 Attendance: 6,538
Referee: Chris Beath
24 November 2010 17 Wellington Phoenix 2 : 0 Melbourne Heart Westpac Stadium
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT Daniel  28'
Ifill 62', 73'
Sigmund  83'		 Report
Statistics		 M. Thompson  57'  70' Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 November 2010 18 Melbourne Heart 0 : 0 Sydney FC AAMI Park
Saturday 20:15 EDT Colosimo  17'
Behich  35'
Srhoj  38'
Marrone  71'
Kalmar  82'		 Report
Statistics		 Musialik  27'
Bridge  47'
Byun  90+2'  90+3'		 Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 December 2010 19 Gold Coast United 3 : 0 Melbourne Heart Skilled Park
Sunday 16:00 EST van den Brink 41'  84'
Culina 58' (pen.), 77'		 Report
Statistics		 Beauchamp  57'
Zahra  65'		 Attendance: 1,658
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 December 2010 20 Melbourne Heart 0 : 2 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park
Wednesday 19:00 EDT Report
Statistics		 Wheelhouse  8'
Jeffers 12'  62'
Jesic 18'
Zadkovich  41'		 Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Peter Green
11 December 2010 21 Melbourne Heart 1 : 3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park
Saturday 19:00 EDT Sibon 17'
Kalmar  42'
Marrone  46'
Zahra  69'
Srhoj  90+2'		 Report
Statistics		 Kruse 12', 28'
Celeski  38'
Srhoj 54' (o.g.)
Hernández  68'
Ferreira  90+3'		 Attendance: 23,059
Referee: Chris Beath
17 December 2010 22 Adelaide United 1 : 2 Melbourne Heart Hindmarsh Stadium
Friday 19:30 CDT van Dijk 45+1'
Galeković  89'
Keenan  90+1'		 Statistics M. Thompson  27'
Hoffman  65'
Colosimo 89'
Aloisi 90+2'		 Attendance: 10,011
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
23 December 2010 23 Sydney FC 0 : 1 Melbourne Heart Sydney Football Stadium
Thursday 19:00 EDT Cazarine  44' Report
Summary		 Srhoj  1'
Zahra 86'		 Attendance: 6,639
Referee: Ben Williams
2 January 2011 24 Melbourne Heart 2 : 0 North Queensland Fury AAMI Park
Sunday 17:00 EDT Aloisi 58'
Sibon 83'		 Report
Statistics		 M. Hughes  90+4' Attendance: 6,482
Referee: Peter Green
15 January 2011 25 Perth Glory 1 : 1 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium
Saturday 18:45 WST Howarth 34' Report
Statistics		 Alex 70' Attendance: 7,962
Referee: Gerard Parsons
19 January 2011 26 Melbourne Heart 1 : 1 Gold Coast United AAMI Park
Wednesday 20:00 EDT Alex 17'
Beauchamp  58'		 Report
Statistics		 Djite 40'
Perchtold  43'		 Attendance: 5,187
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 January 2011 27 Melbourne Victory 2 : 2 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium
Saturday 19:00 EDT Allsopp 10'  38'
Hernández 31'  89'
Ferreira  43'
Kemp  50'
Angulo  54'
K. Muscat  60'  79'
Petkovic  90+2'		 Report
Statistics		 Aloisi 45+2', 51'
Skoko  48'
M. Thompson  76'		 Attendance: 32,231
Referee: Chris Beath
28 January 2011 28 Brisbane Roar 2 : 1 Melbourne Heart Suncorp Stadium
Friday 19:30 EST Solórzano 5'  90+2'
Nichols  45'
Meyer 62'		 Report
Statistics		 Sibon  45+1' 75'
M. Thompson  46'		 Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 February 2011 29 Melbourne Heart 1 : 1 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park
Friday 20:00 EDT M. Thompson 49' Report
Statistics		 McBreen 50'
McGlinchey  55'
Amini  90+3'		 Attendance: 3,667
Referee: Strebre Delovski
12 February 2011 30 Melbourne Heart 2 : 2 Sydney FC AAMI Park
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj  20'
Sibon  29'  44'
Skoko  34'
Worm 41'
Aloisi 62'  62'		 Report
Statistics		 Carle 34' (pen.), 88'
McFlynn  45+1'		 Attendance: 6,019
Referee: Ben Williams

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