2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

Gold Coast United FC
	2009–10 season
Manager	Miron Bleiberg
A-League	3rd
Top goalscorer	S. Smeltz – 19
Home colours	Away colours
← First	2010–11 →

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.

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jess Vanstrattan
2	MF	Steve Pantelidis
3	DF	Michael Thwaite
4	DF	Daniel Piorkowski
5	MF	Robson
7	MF	Zenon Caravella
8	MF	Jefferson
9	FW	Shane Smeltz
10	MF	Jason Čulina (Marquee) (Captain)
11	MF	Charlie Miller
13	DF	Bas van den Brink
14	FW	Joel Porter

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Tahj Minniecon (Junior Marquee)
16	DF	Kristian Rees
17	MF	Matthew Osman
18	MF	James Brown (Youth)
19	FW	Andrew Barisic
20	GK	Scott Higgins
21	MF	Richard Greer (Youth)
22	DF	Adama Traore (Youth)
23	MF	Steve Fitzsimmons
24	MF	Anderson (Injury replacement player)*
36	DF	Dino Đulbić (Injury replacement player)

* Injury replacement player for Jefferson.
** Injury replacement player for Piorkowski.

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

23 June 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10^[1]	Pantelidis 85' Lustica 89'	Report		Attendance: 3,000

27 June 2009	New Caledonia	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Stade Numa Daly, Noumea
17:00 UTC+10^[2]		Report	Barisic 5' Osman 68' Mebrahtu 78' Pantelidis 86' Thwaite 89'

1 July 2009	Young Lions	0 : 4	Gold Coast United	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
17:00 UTC+10^[3]		Report	Qalyyim 27' (o.g) Thwaite 35' Porter 51' Culina 81'

3 July 2009	Hong Kong FC	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Happy Valley, Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+10^[4]		Report	Milson 30' 31' Mebrahtu 46' Barisic 51' 81'

8 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Fulham FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10	Milson 80' Smeltz 86'	Report	Murphy 15'	Attendance: 10,336

12 July 2009	Byron Bay Select XI	1 : 5	Gold Coast United	Byron Recreation Grounds, Byron Bay
15:30 UTC+10^[5]	Pantelidis 85' Lustica 89'	Report		Attendance: 2000

14 July 2009	Rochedale Rovers	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10^[6]		Report	Spencer 66'

16 July 2009	Tweed Valley Kings	0 : 5	Gold Coast United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10^[6]		Report	Spencer 66'

18 July 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
15:00 UTC+10^[7]	Traore 81' Smeltz 90+1' Thwaite	Report	Bojic 49' Kwasnik 53'	Referee: Matthew Gillett

25 July 2009	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Hands Oval
15:00 UTC+8^[8]		Report	Porter 23'

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

8 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1 : 3	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk 90+1' (pen.)	Report Summary	Smeltz 17' Culina 59' Robson 90+3'	Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Peter Green

15 August 2009	Gold Coast United	5 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:30 UTC+10	Smeltz 30', 54' (pen.), 63', 64' Minniecon 80'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Chris Beath

21 August 2009	Adelaide United	0 : 2	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30		Report Summary	Smeltz 13' Fitzsimmons 51'	Attendance: 12,741 Referee: Matthew Breeze

30 August 2009	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+10	Rooney 39'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,390 Referee: Matthew Breeze

5 September 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 45+1', 56'	Report Summary	Corica 75'	Attendance: 6,406 Referee: Strebre Delovski

13 September 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 2	Gold Coast United	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8	Jelić 14' Sikora 16'	Report Summary	Burns 53' (o.g.) Smeltz 90+1'	Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 September 2009	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+10	Travis 26' Simon 54' Hutchinson 70'	Report Summary	Smeltz 9', 69'	Attendance: 7,943 Referee: Matthew Breeze

26 September 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina 18' (pen.) Fitzsimmons 29' Porter 45'	Report Summary	Hernández 22' A. Thompson 43' K. Muscat 86' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,603 Referee: Peter Green

2 October 2009	Gold Coast United	0 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Gerard Parsons

11 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
16:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Porter 31'	Attendance: 8,882 Referee: Ben Williams

18 October 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
16:00 UTC+10	Neville 13' (o.g.) Smeltz 56'	Report Summary	Howarth 55'	Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Matthew Breeze

25 October 2009	Wellington Phoenix	6 : 0	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13	Daniel 28', 53' T. Brown 48' Greenacre 54' Ifill 59' Hearfield 82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Peter O'Leary

31 October 2009	Gold Coast United	0 : 2	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Fowler 64', 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Craig Zetter

7 November 2009	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Sydney FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Ben Williams

20 November 2009	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Leckie 90+3'	Report Summary	Rees 33' Fitzsimmons 64'	Attendance: 9,578 Referee: Chris Beath

28 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	Gold Coast United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Kruse 28' Ward 45+1' A. Thompson 54', 68'	Report Summary		Attendance: 20,537 Referee: Ben Williams

5 December 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 67' Barisić 76'	Report Summary	Simon 38'	Attendance: 4,117 Referee: Peter Green

13 December 2009	Newcastle Jets	3 : 2	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Wheelhouse 6' Rooney 70' Petrovski 82'	Report Summary	Smeltz 44' (pen.), 84'	Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Ben Williams

20 December 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 3' Miller 76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2009	Gold Coast United	5 : 1	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10	Rees 45+1', 53' Smeltz 50' (pen.), 61', 77'	Report Summary	McKay 7'	Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Strebre Delovski

9 January 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 1	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10	Smeltz 90+3'	Report Summary	T. Dodd 20'	Attendance: 4,505 Referee: Peter Green

13 January 2010	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina 33' J. Brown 38'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Chris Beath

17 January 2010	Sydney FC	0 : 1	Gold Coast United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	J. Porter 19'	Attendance: 14,941 Referee: Ben Williams

22 January 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11	Mrdja 68' (pen.) Boogaard 69', 90+1'	Report Summary	J. Porter 66'	Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Chris Beath

29 January 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Caravella 77'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Chris Beath

7 February 2010	Gold Coast United	0 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Ifill 45+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,202 Referee: Matthew Breeze

13 February 2010	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Gold Coast United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Williams 9' Cooke 83'	Report Summary	J. Porter 62'	Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Ben Williams

2009–10 Finals series

20 February 2010 Semi-Final 3 v 6	Gold Coast United	0 : 0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10		(5–6 pen.) Report Summary		Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Matthew Breeze
		Penalties
	Culina Djulbic Thwaite Anderson Smeltz Rees Caravella		T. Elrich Petrovski Patafta M. Thompson Miličević Song Topor-Stanley

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	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47	2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	2010 A-League 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: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2010 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2010 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated February 16, 2010

Name	Friendlies	A-League	Total
Shane Smeltz	2	19	21
Milson	3	1	4
Andrew Barisic	3	1	4
Jason Culina	1	3	4
Joel Porter	1	5	6
Michael Thwaite	2	0	2
Gol Gol Mebrahtu	2	0	2
Steve Pantelidis	2	0	2
Robson	0	1	1
Tahj Minniecon	0	1	1
Bas Van den Brink	0	1	1
Steve Fitzsimmons	0	1	1
Adama Traore	1	0	1
Steve Lustica	1	0	1
Matthew Osman	1	0	1

References

↑ North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009
↑ New Caledonia 0 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
↑ Debut goal for Culina in 4–0 win for United www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
↑ Barisic & Milson doubles sink Hong Kong FC www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
↑ [1] Gold Coast United confirm Byron Bay date www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Byron Bay Select 1 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
↑ Heroic comeback by ten-man United http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 18 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009
↑ Perth Glory Bunbury bound Bunbury Mail, 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009

External links

Official website

[1] North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009

[2] New Caledonia 0 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009

[3] Debut goal for Culina in 4–0 win for United www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009

[4] Barisic & Milson doubles sink Hong Kong FC www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 4 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009

[5] [1] Gold Coast United confirm Byron Bay date www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009

[goldcoastunited.com.au-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Byron Bay Select 1 Gold Coast United 5 http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009

[7] Heroic comeback by ten-man United http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au, 18 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009

[8] Perth Glory Bunbury bound Bunbury Mail, 27 May 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009

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Seasons (3)	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2009–2012) Mike Mulvey (2012)
Captains	Jason Culina (2009–2011) Michael Thwaite (2011–2012)
Rivalries	Perth Glory (Iron Ore Cup) Brisbane Roar (M1 Derby)
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2009–10 Gold Coast United FC season

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First team squad

Matches

2009–10 Pre-season friendlies

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009–10 Finals series

Statistics

Goal scorers

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