2010–11 A-League

A-League
Season	2010–11
Dates	5 August 2010 – 13 March 2011
Champions	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
Premiers	Brisbane Roar (1st title)
AFC Champions League	Brisbane Roar; Central Coast Mariners; Adelaide United
Matches played	165
Goals scored	434 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergio van Dijk; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Michael Theoklitos
Biggest home win	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury; (21 January 2011)
Biggest away win	Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Brisbane Roar; (28 November 2010)
Highest scoring	Adelaide United 8–1 North Queensland Fury; (21 January 2011); (9 goals)
Highest attendance	32,231
Lowest attendance	1,003
Average attendance	8,393 ( 1,403)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

Rule changes

A new rule at the start of the season allows for two marquee players to be signed without salary cap restraints so long as one is Australian with a certain number of qualifications to be determined by FFA. This replaces the previous ruling of only one salary cap exempt player in previous seasons.

Clubs

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Gold Coast United

Melbourne Heart

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

North Queensland Fury

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Team	City	Home Ground	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Gold Coast United	Gold Coast	Skilled Park	27,400
Melbourne Heart	Melbourne	AAMI Park	30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	AAMI Park Etihad Stadium	30,050 56,347
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	EnergyAustralia Stadium	26,164
North Queensland Fury	Townsville	Dairy Farmers Stadium	26,500
Perth Glory	Perth	NIB Stadium	20,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Sydney Football Stadium	45,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	36,000

Transfers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Central Coast Mariners	Lawrie McKinna	Reassigned	9 February 2010^[1]	Pre-season	Graham Arnold	10 February 2010^[2]
Melbourne Heart	Inaugural				John van 't Schip	12 October 2009^[3]
North Queensland Fury	Ian Ferguson	Signed by Perth Glory (assistant)	6 April 2010^[4]		Frantisek Straka	7 June 2010^{[citation needed]}
Adelaide United	Aurelio Vidmar	Sacked	3 June 2010^[5]		Rini Coolen	5 July 2010^[6]
Perth Glory	David Mitchell	Reassigned, moved to director	12 October 2010	7th	Ian Ferguson	12 October 2010^[7]
Melbourne Victory	Ernie Merrick	Sacked	12 March 2011^[8]	Post-season	Mehmet Durakovic	21 June 2011^{[citation needed]}

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Marcos Flores	Cássio	Dario Bodrušić	Sergio van Dijk	Francisco Usúcar	Joe Keenan³ Andwélé Slory⁴	Lloyd Owusu Shin In-seob
Brisbane Roar	Henrique	Jean Carlos Solórzano	Thomas Broich	Kosta Barbarouses			Reinaldo¹
Central Coast Mariners	Patricio Pérez	Patrick Zwaanswijk	Michael McGlinchey	Chris Doig		John Hutchinson²
Gold Coast United	Anderson	Robson	John Curtis	Peter Perchtold	Adama Traoré	Glen Moss² Kim Sung-Kil⁴	Bas van den Brink
Melbourne Heart	Alex Terra	Gerald Sibon	Rutger Worm
Melbourne Victory	Ricardinho	Marvin Angulo	Carlos Hernández	Geoff Kellaway	Surat Sukha	Grant Brebner¹
Newcastle Jets	Zhang Shuo	Michael Bridges	Marcello Fiorentini	Jeremy Brockie		Ali Abbas¹ Tomislav Mišura³	Francis Jeffers⁴
North Queensland Fury	Mark Hughes	André Kilian	Dyron Daal	Eric Akoto	Eugene Sseppuya	Brad McDonald² Jack Hingert²
Perth Glory	Robbie Fowler	Andy Todd	Victor Sikora	Branko Jelić	Steven McGarry
Sydney FC	Bruno Cazarine	Juho Mäkelä	Hirofumi Moriyasu	Byun Sung-Hwan	Stephan Keller	Terry McFlynn¹
Wellington Phoenix	Toto Cornejo	Paul Ifill	Daniel	Diego Walsh	Chris Greenacre	Manny Muscat²

The following do not fill a Visa position:
¹Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
²Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
⁴Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club	Australian Marquee	International Marquee	Junior Marquee	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	None	None	None	Travis Dodd^[9]	Lucas Pantelis^[9]
Brisbane Roar	None	None	None	Matt McKay^[10]^[11]	Shane Stefanutto^[12]
Central Coast Mariners	None	None	Oliver Bozanic^[13]	Alex Wilkinson^[14]	John Hutchinson^[15]
Gold Coast United	Jason Culina^[16]	None	Tahj Minniecon^[17]^[18]	Jason Culina^[19]^[20]	Michael Thwaite^[19]^[20]
Melbourne Heart	Josip Skoko^[21]^[22]	Gerald Sibon^[23]^[24]	None	Simon Colosimo^[25]	None
Melbourne Victory	Archie Thompson^[26]^[27]	Ricardinho^[28]^{[note 1]}	None	Kevin Muscat^[30] Adrian Leijer^{[note 2]}^[32]	Adrian Leijer^[33]
Newcastle Jets	None	Michael Bridges^[34]^[35]	None	Michael Bridges^[36]	Ljubo Milicevic^[36] Kasey Wehrman^[36]
North Queensland Fury	None	None	None	Ufuk Talay^[37]	Gareth Edds^[37]
Perth Glory	Mile Sterjovski^[38]	Robbie Fowler^[39]	None	Jacob Burns^[40]	None
Sydney FC	Nick Carle^[41]	None	None	Terry McFlynn^[42]	Alex Brosque^[42] Hayden Foxe^[42]
Wellington Phoenix	Jade North^[43]	None	None	Andrew Durante^[44]	Tim Brown^[44]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	30	18	11	1	58	26	+32	65	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^[a]
2	Central Coast Mariners	30	16	9	5	50	31	+19	57
3	Adelaide United	30	15	5	10	51	36	+15	50	Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Gold Coast United	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46	Qualification for 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

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

^ 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.

Home and away season

The 2010–11 A-League season had each team play 30 matches over 27 rounds. The regular season started on Thursday, 5 August 2010 and ended on Sunday, 13 February 2011. The opening game was played at the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) and marked the A-League debut of the new franchise, Melbourne Heart. Mid week games were played to accommodate this extra team.^[45] The official 2010–11 fixture list was released on 18 May 2010.^[46]

Round 1

5 August 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Wilkinson 16'	Attendance: 11,050 Referee: Chris Beath

6 August 2010	Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,479 Referee: Gerard Parsons

6 August 2010	Perth Glory	3–3	North Queensland Fury	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 20:00 WST	Jelić 5' Neville 74' Sterjovski 79'	Report Summary	Payne 34' Williams 64' Grossman 90+2'	Attendance: 16,019 Referee: Kevin Docherty

7 August 2010	Sydney FC	3–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 20:00 EST	A. Brosque 36' McFlynn 53' Cole 86'	Report Summary	Broxham 66' Dugandžić 68' Celeski 73'	Attendance: 12,106 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 August 2010	Gold Coast United	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 6,394 Referee: Peter Green

Round 2

13 August 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3–3	Gold Coast United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Ifill 6' Greenacre 37', 56'	Report Summary	Smeltz 35', 74' Culina 88'	Attendance: 8,398 Referee: Peter O'Leary

13 August 2010	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Melbourne Heart	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Brockie 60'	Report Summary	Kantarovski 79' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,735 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

14 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–1	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Grossman 65' Daal 83'	Report Summary	Jamieson 82'	Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Peter Green

14 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Harnwell 23' Sterjovski 49'	Attendance: 20,358 Referee: Gerard Parsons

15 August 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 15:00 EST	Simon 86'	Report Summary	Fyfe 45+2'	Attendance: 8,447 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Round 3

20 August 2010	Adelaide United	3–2	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST	Leckie 2' Ramsay 52', 88'	Report Summary	Worm 42' Babalj 74'	Attendance: 7,370 Referee: Ben Williams

21 August 2010	Perth Glory	1–0	Newcastle Jets	nib Stadium, Perth
Friday 15:15 WST	Jelić 45+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,031 Referee: Matthew Breeze

21 August 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Sydney FC	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 EST	McKay 53'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,339 Referee: Chris Beath

22 August 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 15:00 NZST	Bertos 10' Ifill 61'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,553 Referee: Peter O'Leary

22 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–2	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	K. Muscat 30' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report Summary	Sseppuya 16' Payne 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Chris Boyle (Scotland)

Round 4

27 August 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 20:00 EST	Barbarouses 73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,339 Referee: Chris Beath

28 August 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–3	Adelaide United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST	Cernak 7' Williams 87'	Report Summary	Flores 22' Studman 50' (o.g.) D. Mullen 56'	Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Peter Green

28 August 2010	Sydney FC	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EST	Grant 47'	Report Summary	Pérez 73' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,147 Referee: Matthew Breeze

29 August 2010	Gold Coast United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary	Kruse 20'	Attendance: 3,624 Referee: Ben Williams

29 August 2010	Melbourne Heart	2–2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EST	Sibon 5' (pen.) Kalmar 37'	Report Summary	Marrone 20' (o.g.) Fowler 90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,878 Referee: Kurt Ams

Round 5

3 September 2010	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST	Rostyn Griffiths 21' McBreen 50'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Chris Beath

4 September 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–0	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:15 EST	Kalmar 11'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Gerard Parsons

4 September 2010	Sydney FC	1–3	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EST	Keller 58'	Report Summary	van Dijk 9', 53' Leckie 37'	Attendance: 7,557 Referee: Peter Green

5 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Brisbane Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

5 September 2010	Perth Glory	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 15:00 WST	Sterjovski 6' Fowler 61'	Report Summary	Sigmund 73'	Attendance: 10,844 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 6

10 September 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST	McBreen 20'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,326 Referee: Peter Green

11 September 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Sydney FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:15 NZST	Ifill 50' (pen.) Ward 72'	Report Summary	Cazarine 67'	Attendance: 8,453 Referee: Chris Beath

11 September 2010	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00 CST	Leckie 22' Flores 65'	Report Summary	Rooney 89'	Attendance: 9,571 Referee: Ben Williams

12 September 2010	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	Pondeljak 51' Ricardinho 56' Brebner 71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,792 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

12 September 2010	Perth Glory	0–1	Gold Coast United	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 15:00 WST		Report Summary	Culina 23'	Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Matthew Breeze

15 September 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 11,513 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7

17 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST	Bridges 10' Haliti 89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,977 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

18 September 2010	North Queensland Fury	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Chris Beath

18 September 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 EST	Broich 35'	Report Summary	Leckie 28'	Attendance: 7,080 Referee: Ben Williams

19 September 2010	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	Aloisi 50' Alex 66'	Report Summary	Brown 75'	Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Peter Green

19 September 2010	Gold Coast United	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 17:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Matthew Gillett

22 September 2010	Gold Coast United	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 19:30 EST	Curtis 89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Peter Green

Round 8

24 September 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Friday 19:30 NZST	Greenacre 3' Bertos 13'	Report Summary	M. Hughes 67'	Attendance: 7,212 Referee: Peter O'Leary

24 September 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST	van Dijk 70', 73' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,310 Referee: Matthew Breeze

25 September 2010	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Melbourne Heart	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 17:15 EST	Barbarouses 24' Paartalu 38' Reinaldo 48' (pen.) Nichols 76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,342 Referee: Chris Boyle (Scotland)

25 September 2010	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,652 Referee: Chris Beath

26 September 2010	Sydney FC	1–1	Gold Coast United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 15:00 EST	Cazarine 20'	Report Summary	Djite 45+1'	Attendance: 9,977 Referee: Ben Williams

29 September 2010	Sydney FC	1–1	North Queensland Fury	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 19:30 EST	Cole 37'	Report Summary	Williams 76'	Attendance: 6,978 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 9

1 October 2010	Gold Coast United	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 20:00 EST	Djite 6', 70' J. Brown 82'	Report Summary	Ifill 9' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,943 Referee: Matthew Gillett

2 October 2010	Central Coast Mariners	3–2	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:15 EST	Simon 47' Pérez 57' (pen.) Zwaanswijk 90+1'	Report Summary	Storey 12' McBreen 78' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,656 Referee: Kurt Ams

3 October 2010	Perth Glory	1–2	Brisbane Roar	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 17:00 WST	Neville 6'	Report Summary	Reinaldo 2' Visconte 90+4'	Attendance: 9,758 Referee: Ben Williams

4 October 2010	Sydney FC	1–2	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Monday 17:00 EDT	A. Brosque 40' (pen.)	Report Summary	Cole 57' (o.g.) Ramsay 90+1'	Attendance: 7,071 Referee: Gerard Parsons

8 October 2010^{[Note 1]}	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 EDT	Aloisi 11' Alex 48'	Report Summary	Kruse 37'	Attendance: 25,897 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 10

15 October 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Friday 19:30 EST	Payne 16' Williams 72'	Report Summary	Baird 22'	Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Gerard Parsons

16 October 2010	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 18:45 EDT	Vargas 20' Hernández 49' Kruse 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 17,299 Referee: Ben Williams

16 October 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 19:45 EST	Reinaldo 77'	Report Summary	M. Smith 18' (o.g.)	Attendance: 10,191 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 October 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Greenacre 6' Bertos 59'	Report Summary	Aloisi 14' (pen.) M. Thompson 36'	Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Matthew Breeze

17 October 2010	Gold Coast United	0–0	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 16:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Chris Beath

20 October 2010	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Wednesday 19:00 EST	Broich 21' I. Franjic 61'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,051 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 11

22 October 2010	Adelaide United	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	van Dijk 70' Flores 72' Dodd 76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,206 Referee: Alan Milliner

23 October 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–0	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary		Attendance: 6,105 Referee: Chris Beath

23 October 2010	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Nichols 26' Solórzano 77'	Report Summary	Kruse 48'	Attendance: 9,425 Referee: Peter Green

24 October 2010	Perth Glory	0–3	Sydney FC	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST		Report Summary	Cazarine 25', 78' A. Brosque 53'	Attendance: 8,870 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 12

29 October 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT	Kruse 22' Hernández 68'	Report Summary	Fyfe 2'	Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Ben Williams

30 October 2010	Sydney FC	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 17:15 EDT	A. Brosque 34'	Report Summary	DeVere 8'	Referee: Peter Green

30 October 2010	Central Coast Mariners	5–0	Perth Glory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EDT	Rostyn Griffiths 37' Simon 60' Kwasnik 78' Lewis 87' Sekulovski 90' (o.g.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,746 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

31 October 2010	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Melbourne Heart	Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie
Sunday 15:00 EDT		Report Summary	Kalmar 53' Sibon 90+4' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

31 October 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–2	Gold Coast United	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Sunday 17:00 EST	M. Hughes 45'	Report Summary	Traoré 11' Djulbic 85'	Attendance: 7,195 Referee: Matthew Breeze

3 November 2010	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	Brisbane Roar	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT	T. Brown 37'	Report Summary	Barbarouses 4' Broich 45' Murdocca 76' Nichols 90+2'	Attendance: 5,529 Referee: Peter O'Leary

3 November 2010	Perth Glory	0–0	Melbourne Heart	nib Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST		Report Summary		Attendance: 5,745 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 13

5 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Friday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Zwaanswijk 36'	Attendance: 3,625 Referee: Gerard Parsons

6 November 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Gold Coast United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Vargas 55' (o.g.)	Attendance: 15,534 Referee: Peter Green

6 November 2010	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Adelaide United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Reinaldo 43' { M. Smith 55' Barbarouses 61', 66'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Matthew Breeze

7 November 2010	Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Cazarine 76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,512 Referee: Chris Beath

7 November 2010	Perth Glory	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST		Report Summary	T. Brown 1'	Attendance: 6,676 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

10 November 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Wednesday 18:30 CDT	Fyfe 64' van Dijk 90+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

10 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	2–3	Melbourne Heart	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Daal 12' Talay 85' (pen.)	Report Summary	Babalj 50' Sibon 59' Zahra 64'	Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Round 14

12 November 2010	Gold Coast United	3–1	Sydney FC	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 19:30 EST	J. Porter 15', 54' Culina 44'	Report Summary	Cazarine 58'	Attendance: 2,536 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

13 November 2010	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:30 NZDT		Report Summary	Rose 17', 80' Kwasnik 86'	Attendance: 5,778 Referee: Peter Green

13 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:45 EDT	Topor-Stanley 4' Jesic 13', 52'	Report Summary	Fyfe 79'	Attendance: 8,278 Referee: Kurt Ams

14 November 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–2	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Sibon 11'	Report Summary	Barbarouses 65' Solórzano 88'	Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

14 November 2010	Perth Glory	3–1	Melbourne Victory	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST	Fowler 13', 64', 71'	Report Summary	Dugandžić 79'	Attendance: 6,217 Referee: Chris Beath

17 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Wednesday 19:30 EDT	Kantarovski 54'	Report Summary	Solórzano 80'	Attendance: 7,829 Referee: Peter Green

18 November 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EDT	Vargas 62' Hernández 64'	Report Summary	McBreen 29' Kwasnik 78'	Attendance: 9,674 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 15

19 November 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–2	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT		Report Summary	Cornthwaite 5' Bolton 73' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,538 Referee: Chris Beath

20 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Jesic 55'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,147 Referee: Gerard Parsons

20 November 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–1	North Queensland Fury	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Franjic 85'	Report Summary	Edds 9'	Attendance: 10,126 Referee: Alan Milliner

21 November 2010	Sydney FC	2–0	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney^{[Note 2]}
Sunday 15:00 EDT	Cole 75' A. Brosque 81'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,654 Referee: Peter Green

21 November 2010	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Simon 42' Kwasnik 71'	Report Summary	Djulbic 45' Pantelidis 69' Barisić 73'	Attendance: 9,732 Referee: Matthew Gillett

24 November 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Melbourne Heart	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wednesday 19:00 NZDT	Ifill 62', 73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Jarred Gillett

24 November 2010	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle^{[Note 3]}
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Petrovski 90+2'	Report Summary	Simon 49'	Attendance: 7,730 Referee: Matthew Breeze

24 November 2010	Brisbane Roar	3–2	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane^{[Note 4]}
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Solórzano 41', 76' (pen.) M. Smith 58'	Report Summary	Fowler 66' (pen.) Pellegrino 83'	Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 16

26 November 2010	Adelaide United	2–1	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Reid 10' T. Dodd 47'	Report Summary	van den Brink 45+2'	Attendance: 12,005 Referee: Peter Green

27 November 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 18:00 NZDT	T. Brown 18' Ifill 84'	Report Summary	A. Thompson 21' Kruse 40'	Attendance: 6,475 Referee: Peter O'Leary

27 November 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–0	Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 20:15 EDT		Report Summary		Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Alan Milliner

28 November 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Brisbane Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford^{[Note 3]}
Sunday 16:00 EDT	Kwasnik 50'	Report Summary	Solórzano 8', 10' Nichols 24' Reinaldo 87' Wilkinson 89' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,858 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

28 November 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Sunday 17:00 EST	M. Hughes 80'	Report Summary	Fowler 23'	Attendance: 4,491 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

1 December 2010	Sydney FC	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Gan 14' Bridge 73' A. Brosque 76'	Report Summary	Macallister 83'	Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Gerard Parsons

1 December 2010	Gold Coast United	1–2	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Robson 10'	Report Summary	Williams 28' Talay 68'	Attendance: 1,714 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 17

3 December 2010	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT	Kruse 63', 77' A. Thompson 71'	Report Summary	Kemp 30' (o.g.) Solórzano 45+1' McKay 90+4'	Attendance: 11,886 Referee: Peter Green

4 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	4–0	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Kwasnik 1', 23' Simon 5' Ryall 46' (o.g.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,160 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST		Report Summary	Topor-Stanley 79' Petrovski 90+3'	Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Kurt Ams

5 December 2010	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Adelaide United	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	T. Brown 46' Sigmund 90+4'	Report Summary	van Dijk 14'	Attendance: 14,108 Referee: Peter O'Leary

5 December 2010	Gold Coast United	3–0	Melbourne Heart	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 16:00 EST	van den Brink 41' Culina 58' (pen.), 77'	Report Summary		Attendance: 1,658 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 December 2010	Melbourne Heart	0–2	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Jeffers 12' Jesic 18'	Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 18

10 December 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Flores 5' van Dijk 16'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,786 Referee: Matthew Gillett

11 December 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–3	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Sibon 17'	Report Summary	Kruse 12', 28' Leijer 54'	Attendance: 23,059 Referee: Chris Beath

11 December 2010	Gold Coast United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Saturday 20:15 EST	van den Brink 21' J. Brown 66'	Report Summary		Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Alan Milliner

12 December 2010	Sydney FC	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 EDT		Report Summary	Barbarouses 41'	Attendance: 7,554 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 December 2010	Perth Glory	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 17:00 WST	Mitchell 4'	Report Summary	Zwaanswijk 87'	Attendance: 6,536 Referee: Gerard Parsons

15 December 2010	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Gold Coast United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Abbas 77' Petrovski 82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,046 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

15 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–0	Sydney FC	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Talay 71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,761 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 19

17 December 2010	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	van Dijk 45+1'	Report Summary	Colosimo 89' Aloisi 90+2'	Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

18 December 2010	Wellington Phoenix	4–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 19:00 NZDT	T. Brown 18' Rojas 31' Greenacre 41' Macallister 88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Jarred Gillett

18 December 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	A. Thompson 45+4' Vargas 64'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,124 Referee: Matthew Breeze

18 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST		Report Summary	Barbarouses 7', 76'	Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Peter Green

22 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	North Queensland Fury	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Wednesday 19:30 EDT	Kwasnik 28'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,979 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

22 December 2010	Perth Glory	4–2	Adelaide United	nib Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST	J. Coyne 6' Sterjovski 35' Fowler 67', 77' (pen.)	Report Summary	Keenan 22' van Dijk 51'	Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 20

23 December 2010	Sydney FC	0–1	Melbourne Heart	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Thursday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Zahra 86'	Attendance: 6,639 Referee: Ben Williams

26 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Simon 50' van Dijk 78' (o.g.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,249 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

26 December 2010	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 18:15 EST	Barbarouses 30' Solórzano 66' (pen.)	Report Summary	Djulbic 13' Robson 55'	Attendance: 13,065 Referee: Chris Beath

27 December 2010	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Monday 18:00 EDT	Hernández 20' Ricardinho 90'	Report Summary	Zadkovich 54'	Attendance: 16,378 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 December 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Monday 19:15 EST	Payne 12'	Report Summary	Macallister 76'	Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Jarred Gillett

29 December 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Sydney FC	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Wednesday 19:30 CDT	van Dijk 35' Foxe 58' (o.g.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 16,429 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 21

31 December 2010	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 18:00 EDT	Leijer 48' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Ferreira 85' Brebner 87'	Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Ben Williams

2 January 2011	Melbourne Heart	2–0	North Queensland Fury	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Aloisi 58' Sibon 82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,482 Referee: Peter Green

2 January 2011	Adelaide United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Sunday 18:30 CDT		Report Summary	Solórzano 69'	Attendance: 14,420 Referee: Chris Boyle (Scotland)

3 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Monday 17:00 EDT	Haliti 66'	Report Summary	Moriyasu 36' Cazarine 45+1'	Attendance: 12,118 Referee: Matthew Gillett

3 January 2011	Gold Coast United	0–0	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Monday 18:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 2,931 Referee: Peter O'Leary

5 January 2011	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT	Macallister 67' Rojas 72'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,496 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 22

7 January 2011	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Friday 19:30 EST	Nichols 63'	Report Summary	Sterjovski 31'	Attendance: 11,574 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 January 2011	Sydney FC	2–0	Gold Coast United	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Petratos 32' Mäkelä 90+2'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,135 Referee: Chris Beath

8 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 20:15 EST	M. Hughes 90+5' (pen.)	Report Summary	Zadkovich 13' Haliti 16' Ryan Griffiths 70'	Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

9 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	1–4	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EDT	Dugandžić 90+4'	Report Summary	Flores 12' van Dijk 57', 78' Barbiero 74'	Attendance: 18,558 Referee: Peter Green

9 January 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	McGlinchey 41'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,844 Referee: Matthew Breeze

11 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	1–0	North Queensland Fury	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Tuesday 7:30 EDT	Jesic 13'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Gerard Parsons

12 January 2011	Central Coast Mariners	3–3	Brisbane Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Wednesday 19:30 EDT	Kwasnik 37' Simon 47' Pérez 74' (pen.)	Report Summary	Paartalu 23' Broich 65' Meyer 79'	Attendance: 7,312 Referee: Peter Green

Round 23

14 January 2011	Gold Coast United	4–0	North Queensland Fury	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Friday 19:30 EST	Djite 22', 43' Smeltz 52' Harold 82'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Matthew Gillett

15 January 2011	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EDT	Makela 90+1'	Report Summary	Allsopp 52'	Attendance: 11,387 Referee: Matthew Breeze

15 January 2011	Perth Glory	1–1	Melbourne Heart	nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:45 WST	Howarth 34'	Report Summary	Alex 70'	Attendance: 7,962 Referee: Gerard Parsons

16 January 2011	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 EDT		Report Summary	Simon 14' Hutchinson 87'	Attendance: 13,463 Referee: Chris Beath

19 January 2011	Melbourne Heart	1–1	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 20:00 EDT	Alex 17'	Report Summary	Djite 40'	Attendance: 5,187 Referee: Strebre Delovski

19 January 2011	Perth Glory	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST	Howarth 38'	Report Summary	McBreen 22' Simon 23'	Attendance: 6,828 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 24

21 January 2011	Adelaide United	8–1	North Queensland Fury	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Flores 4', 37', 87' T. Dodd 28' Ramsay 42' van Dijk 46', 67', 83'	Report Summary	Nikas 71'	Attendance: 10,986 Referee: Peter Green

22 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Allsopp 10' Hernández 31'	Report Summary	Aloisi 45+2', 51'	Attendance: 32,231 Referee: Chris Beath

22 January 2011	Gold Coast United	5–1	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Saturday 20:15 EST	Traoré 9' Djite 36', 79', 87' Smeltz 61'	Report Summary	Zhang 75'	Attendance: 14,783 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 January 2011	Wellington Phoenix	4–0	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Velaphi 9' (o.g.) Macallister 48' Lia 59' Greenacre 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Peter O'Leary

23 January 2011	Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Pérez 49' Simon 57'	Report Summary	Petratos 17', 27'	Attendance: 10,546 Referee: Strebre Delovski

26 January 2011	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Skilled Park, Gold Coast^{[Note 5]}
Wednesday 17:00 EST	Meyer 85', 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 3,522 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

26 January 2011	North Queensland Fury	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 19:00 EST		Report Summary	Allsopp 27' Dugandzic 69', 73'	Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Round 25

29 January 2011	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Heart	Skilled Park, Gold Coast^{[Note 5]}
Saturday 16:30 EST	Solórzano 5' Meyer 62'	Report Summary	Sibon 75'	Attendance: 4,213 Referee: Matthew Breeze

29 January 2011	Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 19:00 CDT	T. Dodd 90+1'	Report Summary	Pérez 11' Rose 30'	Attendance: 12,109 Referee: Strebre Delovski

29 January 2011	Perth Glory	0–2	Sydney FC	nib Stadium, Perth
Saturday 18:45 WST		Report Summary	Carle 9' Cazarine 53'	Attendance: 5,576 Referee: Gerard Parsons

30 January 2011	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Macallister 20'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,917 Referee: Chris Beath

30 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Allsopp 25', 56'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Peter Green

2 February 2011	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Pondeljak 57' Kruse 69'	Report Summary		Attendance: 11,296 Referee: Strebre Delovski

2 February 2011	Gold Coast United	0–0	Adelaide United	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Wednesday 20:00 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 26

4 February 2011	Melbourne Heart	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 21:00 EDT	M. Thompson 49'	Report Summary	McBreen 50'	Attendance: 3,667 Referee: Strebre Delovski

5 February 2011	Adelaide United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 18:30 CDT		Report Summary	Greenacre 34'	Attendance: 7,498 Referee: Matthew Breeze

6 February 2011	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Petrovski 84'	Report Summary	Cazarine 77'	Attendance: 6,780 Referee: Peter Green

6 February 2011	Perth Glory	1–2	Gold Coast United	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 17:00 WST	Taggart 75'	Report Summary	Smeltz 33' (pen.), 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,617 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 February 2011	North Queensland Fury	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Skilled Park, Gold Coast^{[Note 6]}
Tuesday 19:00 EST	Grossman 65'	Report Summary	Nichols 14' Henrique 58'	Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Jarred Gillett

9 February 2011	Sydney FC	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Ward 54' (o.g.) Gan 69'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Peter Green

9 February 2011	Gold Coast United	1–3	Central Coast Mariners	Skilled Park, Gold Coast^{[Note 7]}
Wednesday 20:00 EST	Smeltz 84'	Report Summary	Ibini-Isei 13' Amini 40' Duke 67'	Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Chris Beath

10 February 2011	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Thursday 19:30 EDT	Haliti 13' Brockie 55' Petrovski 68' (pen.), 69'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 27

11 February 2011	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Reid 6' T. Dodd 78'	Report Summary	A. Thompson 65'	Attendance: 21,083 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

12 February 2011	Melbourne Heart	2–2	Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Worm 41' Aloisi 62'	Report Summary	Carle 34' (pen.), 88'	Attendance: 6,019 Referee: Ben Williams

12 February 2011	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Gold Coast United	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Barbarouses 3' Paartalu 41' Henrique 65' Broich 84'	Report Summary		Attendance: 20,831 Referee: Peter Green

13 February 2011	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	North Queensland Fury	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT	Greenacre 6' Macallister 11' Vukovic 90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary	Studman 66'	Attendance: 12,718 Referee: Peter O'Leary

13 February 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Pérez 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,975 Referee: Chris Beath

Notes

^ Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay [1] Archived 4 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Game was moved due to resurfacing of Sydney Football Stadium
^ ^a ^b Game was moved due to an exhibition match between Newcastle Jets and Los Angeles Galaxy which also resulted in the postponement of the F3 Derby.
^ Game was moved due to a U2 concert at Suncorp Stadium.
^ ^a ^b Roar matches against Phoenix and Heart were originally scheduled at Suncorp Stadium for 16 and 26 January, respectively, but were postponed and relocated due to the floods in Brisbane and throughout Queensland. [2]^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Game was postponed and shifted from Dairy Farmers Stadium due to the impact of Cyclone Yasi.
^ Originally scheduled for 19 December 2010, this round 19 fixture was cancelled in the 20th minute due to the poor playing condition of the pitch. It was later replayed in week 26.

Table of results

Abbreviation and Color Key: Adelaide United – AU Brisbane Roar – BR Central Coast Mariners – CCM Gold Coast United – GCU Melbourne Heart – MH Melbourne Victory – MV Newcastle Jets – NJ Perth Glory – PG Sydney FC – SFC Wellington Phoenix – WP Win Loss Draw Home
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Adelaide United	NJ	CCM	MH	NQF	SFC	NJ	BR	PG	SFC	GCU	WP	MV	BR	PG	NJ	MH	GCU	WP	NQF	MH	PG	CCM	SFC	BR	MV	NQF	CCM	GCU	WP	MV
Adelaide United	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	8–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1
Brisbane Roar	GCU	SFC	WP	NJ	MV	AU	MH	PG	NJ	CCM	MV	SFC	WP	AU	MH	NJ	NQF	PG	CCM	MV	SFC	NQF	GCU	AU	PG	CCM	WP	MH	NQF	GCU
Brisbane Roar	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–4	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	4 –0
Central Coast Mariners	MH	AU	WP	SFC	MV	MH	GCU	NQF	BR	PG	NQF	WP	MV	GCU	NJ	BR	SFC	PG	NQF	AU	MV	WP	BR	NJ	PG	SFC	AU	MH	GCU	NJ
Central Coast Mariners	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–5	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–0
Gold Coast United	BR	WP	MV	PG	CCM	NJ	SFC	WP	AU	MH	NQF	MV	SFC	CCM	AU	NQF	MH	WP	NJ	BR	PG	SFC	NQF	MH	NJ	MV	AU	PG	CCM	BR
Gold Coast United	0–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	4–0
Melbourne Heart	CCM	NJ	AU	PG	NQF	CCM	WP	BR	MV	WP	GCU	NJ	PG	NQF	BR	AU	WP	SFC	GCU	NJ	MV	AU	SFC	NQF	PG	GCU	MV	BR	CCM	SFC
Melbourne Heart	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Melbourne Victory	SFC	PG	NQF	GCU	CCM	BR	WP	NQF	NJ	MH	SFC	BR	AU	GCU	PG	CCM	WP	BR	MH	PG	NJ	CCM	WP	AU	SFC	MH	NQF	GCU	NJ	AU
Melbourne Victory	3–3	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–1
Newcastle Jets	AU	MH	PG	BR	AU	PG	GCU	MV	BR	MH	SFC	AU	BR	WP	CCM	NQF	MH	GCU	WP	MV	SFC	NQF	NQF	CCM	GCU	WP	MV	SFC	PG	CCM
Newcastle Jets	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–2	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0
North Queensland Fury	PG	SFC	MV	AU	MH	MV	WP	SFC	CCM	PG	GCU	CCM	MH	BR	PG	GCU	NJ	AU	SFC	BR	CCM	WP	MH	NJ	NJ	GCU	AU	MV	BR	WP
North Queensland Fury	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	8–1	0–3	1–2	3–1
Perth Glory	NQF	MV	NJ	MH	WP	GCU	NJ	AU	BR	NQF	SFC	CCM	MH	WP	AU	MV	SFC	BR	NQF	CCM	MV	AU	GCU	BR	MH	CCM	WP	SFC	GCU	NJ
Perth Glory	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–2	4–0
Sydney FC	MV	NQF	BR	CCM	AU	WP	GCU	NQF	AU	MV	PG	BR	NJ	GCU	PG	MH	WP	CCM	BR	NQF	MH	AU	NJ	GCU	MV	CCM	PG	NJ	WP	MH
Sydney FC	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2
Wellington Phoenix	GCU	CCM	BR	PG	SFC	MV	MH	NQF	GCU	MH	AU	BR	PG	CCM	NJ	MH	MV	SFC	AU	GCU	NJ	NQF	MV	CCM	PG	BR	NJ	AU	SFC	NQF
Wellington Phoenix	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–4	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1

Finals series


Elimination finals			Semifinals				Preliminary final		Grand final



			1	Brisbane Roar (agg.)	2	2			Brisbane Roar (pen.)	2 (4)

			2	Central Coast Mariners	0	2			Central Coast Mariners	2 (2)

							Central Coast Mariners	1
3	Adelaide United	1
							Gold Coast United	0
6	Wellington Phoenix	0
			Adelaide United			2

			Gold Coast United			3
4	Gold Coast United	1

5	Melbourne Victory	0

Semi-finals

18 February 2011	Adelaide United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 CDT	T. Dodd 70'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,285 Referee: Jarred Gillett

19 February 2011	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Barbarouses 52' McKay 73'	Attendance: 10,166 Referee: Matthew Breeze

20 February 2011	Gold Coast United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
16:30 EST	Djulbic 90+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 3,281 Referee: Strebre Delovski

26 February 2011	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 EST	Broich 63' Henrique 90+1'	Report Summary	M. Smith 39' (o.g.) Bozanic	Attendance: 25,168 Referee: Peter Green

27 February 2011	Adelaide United	2–3	Gold Coast United	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 CDT	van Dijk 56' (pen.) Leckie 69'	Report Summary	Smeltz 38', 79' (pen.) Djite 71'	Attendance: 15,028 Referee: Chris Beath

Preliminary final

5 March 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Gold Coast United	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 EDT	Kwasnik 75'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,539 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Grand Final

13 March 2011

16:00 EST

Brisbane Roar	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Mariners
Henrique 117' Paartalu 120'	Report Summary	Kwasnik 96' Bozanic 103'
Penalties
Franjic Paartalu McKay Henrique	4–2	Hutchinson Wilkinson McBreen Bojić

Suncorp Stadium

Attendance: 50,168

Referee: Matthew Breeze

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of end of regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United	16
2	Kosta Barbarouses	Brisbane Roar	11
	Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory
	Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners
	Jean Solórzano	Brisbane Roar
6	Bruno Cazarine	Sydney FC	9
	Bruce Djite	Gold Coast United
	Robbie Fowler	Perth Glory
	Adam Kwasnik	Central Coast Mariners
10	John Aloisi	Melbourne Heart	8
	Marcos Flores	Adelaide United
	Chris Greenacre	Wellington Phoenix

Own goals

	Club	Against	Round
Ben Kantarovski	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne Heart	2
Brett Studman	North Queensland Fury	Adelaide United	4
Michael Marrone	Melbourne Heart	Perth Glory	4
Daniel McBreen	Central Coast Mariners	North Queensland Fury	9
Shannon Cole	Sydney FC	Adelaide United	9
Matt Smith	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle Jets	10
Naum Sekulovski	Perth Glory	Central Coast Mariners	12
Rodrigo Vargas	Melbourne Victory	Gold Coast United	13
Clint Bolton	Melbourne Heart	Adelaide United	15
Alex Wilkinson	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane Roar	16
Matthew Kemp	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane Roar	17
Sebastian Ryall	Sydney FC	Central Coast Mariners	17
Wayne Srhoj	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne Victory	18
Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United	Central Coast Mariners	20
Hayden Foxe	Sydney FC	Adelaide United	20
Adrian Leijer	Melbourne Victory	Central Coast Mariners	21
Tando Velaphi	Perth Glory	Wellington Phoenix	24
Nick Ward	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney FC	26

Attendance

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Team	Hosted	Average	High	Low	Total
Melbourne Victory	15	15,234	32,321	8,287	228,517
Adelaide United	15	11,552	21,083	7,370	173,286
Brisbane Roar	15	9,279	20,831	3,522	139,182
Perth Glory	15	8,488	16,019	5,576	127,322
Newcastle Jets	15	8,429	13,463	3,114	126,439
Melbourne Heart	15	8,315	25,897	2,754	124,725
Wellington Phoenix	15	7,981	14,108	4,700	119,716
Central Coast Mariners	15	7,713	12,409	5,373	115,695
Sydney FC	15	7,656	12,106	4,012	114,834
North Queensland Fury	15	4,245	7,195	1,003	63,681
Gold Coast United	15	3,434	14,783	1,658	51,505
{{{T12}}}	0	0	0	0	0
League total	165	8,393	32,321	1,003	1,384,902

Updated to the end of season.

A Gold Coast United match held on 19 December 2010 was postponed due to the poor playing surface of the pitch and torrential rain after the 21st minute of the game had been played. Spectators were allowed free entry prior to the postponement, of which there were 10,146 in attendance of the 21,000+ who applied for the free tickets. The abandoned game's attendance is not taken into account.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
50,168	GF	13 March 2011	Brisbane Roar	2–2 (4–2 pen.)	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium	Sunday	Afternoon
32,321	24	22 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night
25,897	9	8 October 2010	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Friday	Night
25,168	SF Leg 2	26 February 2011	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp	Saturday	Night
23,059	18	11 December 2010	Melbourne Heart	1–3	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
21,083	27	11 February 2011	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide Oval	Friday	Night
20,831	27	12 February 2011	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Gold Coast United	Suncorp	Saturday	Night
20,358	2	14 August 2010	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park	Saturday	Night
18,558	22	9 January 2011	Melbourne Victory	1–4	Adelaide United	AAMI Park	Sunday	Afternoon
17,299	10	16 October 2010	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium	Saturday	Night

Discipline

The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season. It was awarded to Premiers Brisbane Roar who beat last year's Champions Sydney FC by 6 points.

1 point		Yellow Card
2 points		Second Caution Red Card
3 points		Direct Red Card

Team				Points
Brisbane Roar	37	2	0	41
Sydney FC	45	1	0	47
Central Coast Mariners	45	2	0	49
Adelaide United	42	1	2	50
Wellington Phoenix	56	1	0	58
Gold Coast United	52	1	2	60
Newcastle Jets	52	2	3	65
North Queensland Fury	54	1	3	65
Melbourne Heart	56	4	1	67
Melbourne Victory	67	1	1	72
Perth Glory	62	5	5	87
Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0
Totals	568	21	17

Updated to End of Week 27 (End of Regular Season)

Awards

End-of-season awards

Johnny Warren Medal – Marcos Flores
NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Mathew Ryan
Golden Boot Award – Sergio Van Dijk
Goalkeeper of the Year – Michael Theoklitos
Manager of the Year – Ange Postecoglou
Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
Referee of the Year – Matthew Breeze
Foreign Player of the Year – Marcos Flores
Solo Goal of the Year – Erik Paartalu

Source:^[47]^[48]

All-Star team

Formation: 4–3–3

Position	Name	Club
GK	Michael Theo	Brisbane Roar
RB	Ivan Franjic	Brisbane Roar
CB	Luke DeVere	Brisbane Roar
CB	Joshua Rose	Central Coast Mariners
LB	Cássio	Adelaide United
CM	Marcos Flores	Adelaide United
CM	Matt McKay	Brisbane Roar
CM	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
RF	Kosta Barbarouses	Brisbane Roar
CF	Sergio Van Dijk	Adelaide United
LF	Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory
Coach	Ange Postecoglou	Brisbane Roar

Notes

^ Ricardinho was loaned out to Paraná on 22 March 2011.^[29]
^ Leijer replaced Muscat as captain mid-season, on 16 February 2011 following Muscat's retirement^[31]

References

^ Lawrie McKinna explains departure as coach of Central Coast Mariners
^ "Arnold to take over Mariners from McKinna". The Age. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
^ A-League club Melbourne Heart sign Dutchman John van't Schip as coach
^ "News Display". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ Vidmar appointed Assistant Socceroos and Olyroos Coach Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Reds appoint Dutchman as new Head Coach". Adelaide United FC. A-League. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Mitchell steps down". Perth Glory. Sportal.com.au. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
^ Merrick and Melbourne Victory part ways
^ ^a ^b Brettig, Daniel (30 July 2008). "Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
^ "Football: Brisbane Roar win A-League title". Otago Daily Times. 14 March 2011. Theoklitos credited captain Matt McKay for inspiring the Roar
^ "Matt McKay to begin second stint as Brisbane Roar captain following Matt Smith departure". Australia: ABC News. 22 December 2014. McKay led the Roar to their inaugural A-League title in 2010
^ "Matt Smith to replace Matt McKay as Brisbane Roar skipper". The Courier-Mail. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012. Last season's vice-captain Stefanutto has vowed he will be as talkative as ever.
^ "Local junior returns home". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 10 May 2010. Oliver Bozanic agreeing to link up with the club for the next two Hyundai A-League seasons as the club's Under 23 Marquee player
^ "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
^ "Mariners move to second after F3 Derby delight". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2011. Mariners vice-captain and goalscorer John Hutchinson...
^ Hassett, Sebastian (9 January 2009). "Gold Coast lure Culina for $3.6m". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ "Gold Coast signs two more". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2009. Minniecon has also been confirmed as the club's under-23 marquee signing
^ Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2012). "It's make or break for Tahj Minniecon with the Wanderers". news.com.au. Now 23, Minniecon had a breakthrough 2008-09 season with the Roar, and it was enough for a Gold Coast side about to enter the league to offer him a three-year youth marquee deal worth about $140,000 a season.
^ ^a ^b "Jason Culina Looks Ahead To Gold Coast United's Fulham Friendly". Goal. 30 June 2009. club's skipper, Jason Culina, and vice-captain, Michael Thwaite...
^ ^a ^b Favager, Neil; Gallagher, Jamie (16 March 2010). "United leaders secure gongs". Tweed Daily News.
^ "Skoko Signs For Heart - Official". FTBL. 19 May 2010.
^ Lynch, Michael (4 August 2010). "Skoko ready to set beat in Heart's midfield". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ "Melbourne Heart Sign Dutchman Gerald Sibon From Heerenveen". Goal. 21 May 2010.
^ "Marquee man forced out by Heart". Australia: ABC News. 9 February 2011.
^ "Colosimo Appointed Inaugural Heart Captain". Melbourne City. Football Federation Australia. 13 July 2010.
^ Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
^ "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
^ "Victory sign marquee striker". Australia: ABC News. 19 August 2010.
^ "Ricardinho loaned to Parana Clube". Melbourne Victory. Football Federation Australia. 22 March 2011.
^ "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
^ Bernard, Grantley (16 February 2011). "Tears flow as Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat retires". Herald Sun.
^ Tito, Clement (21 December 2017). "Derby Q&A, Leijer: Victory are No.1". FTBL. Adrian Leijer assumed the role as Melbourne Victory captain after Kevin Muscat's retirement...
^ Slevison, Andrew (21 June 2011). "Hernandez form defended by Melbourne Victory's Leijer". Tribal Football. Melbourne Victory midfielder Carlos Hernandez will soon hit top form according to club vice-captain Adrian Leijer.
^ "Bridges Retires Shocker". FTBL. 29 April 2011. NEWCASTLE Jets marquee and skipper Michael Bridges has announced his retirement
^ "Bridges back for Jets". Football Federation Australia. 25 November 2011. ...took the pragmatic view of retiring to allow the Jets to offer their marquee spot to another target.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bridges to lead Jets in new campaign". Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Talay to lead Fury". The World Game. SBS. 29 July 2010.
^ "Three Year Deal For Sterj". FTBL. 12 June 2009.
^ Quartermain, Braden (27 April 2010). "Robbie Fowler signs with Perth Glory". The Sunday Times. Fowler's signing as a second marquee player...
^ Chadwick, Justin (29 July 2009). "Jacob Burns to captain Perth Glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
^ "Sydney FC gets their marquee man, Carle joins Champions". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Terry McFlynn Named Sydney FC Captain". Goal. 23 July 2010.
^ "Phoenix Swoop To Sign Jade". FTBL. 30 July 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
^ Cockerill, Michael (10 February 2010). "Sky Blues ready to raid Palace for Carle". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Official season draw Archived 1 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Soccer: Another foreigner wins A-League's top award". NZ Herald. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ "Marcos Flores wins A-League player award". Stuff. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[table_note_res_GS0.60742889605808-47] 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.

[Melbourne_derby-50] Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay [1] Archived 4 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[Parramatta-51] Game was moved due to resurfacing of Sydney Football Stadium

[LA-52] Game was moved due to an exhibition match between Newcastle Jets and Los Angeles Galaxy which also resulted in the postponement of the F3 Derby.

[U2-53] Game was moved due to a U2 concert at Suncorp Stadium.

[Floods-54] Roar matches against Phoenix and Heart were originally scheduled at Suncorp Stadium for 16 and 26 January, respectively, but were postponed and relocated due to the floods in Brisbane and throughout Queensland. [2]^{[permanent dead link]}

[Yasi-55] Game was postponed and shifted from Dairy Farmers Stadium due to the impact of Cyclone Yasi.

[Rain-56] Originally scheduled for 19 December 2010, this round 19 fixture was cancelled in the 20th minute due to the poor playing condition of the pitch. It was later replayed in week 26.

[30] Ricardinho was loaned out to Paraná on 22 March 2011.^[29]

[33] Leijer replaced Muscat as captain mid-season, on 16 February 2011 following Muscat's retirement^[31]

[1] Lawrie McKinna explains departure as coach of Central Coast Mariners

[2] "Arnold to take over Mariners from McKinna". The Age. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.

[3] A-League club Melbourne Heart sign Dutchman John van't Schip as coach

[4] "News Display". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2010.

[5] Vidmar appointed Assistant Socceroos and Olyroos Coach Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "Reds appoint Dutchman as new Head Coach". Adelaide United FC. A-League. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "Mitchell steps down". Perth Glory. Sportal.com.au. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

[8] Merrick and Melbourne Victory part ways

[DoddCaptain-9] Brettig, Daniel (30 July 2008). "Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper". The Advertiser. Adelaide.

[10] "Football: Brisbane Roar win A-League title". Otago Daily Times. 14 March 2011. Theoklitos credited captain Matt McKay for inspiring the Roar

[11] "Matt McKay to begin second stint as Brisbane Roar captain following Matt Smith departure". Australia: ABC News. 22 December 2014. McKay led the Roar to their inaugural A-League title in 2010

[12] "Matt Smith to replace Matt McKay as Brisbane Roar skipper". The Courier-Mail. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012. Last season's vice-captain Stefanutto has vowed he will be as talkative as ever.

[13] "Local junior returns home". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 10 May 2010. Oliver Bozanic agreeing to link up with the club for the next two Hyundai A-League seasons as the club's Under 23 Marquee player

[14] "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League

[15] "Mariners move to second after F3 Derby delight". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2011. Mariners vice-captain and goalscorer John Hutchinson...

[16] Hassett, Sebastian (9 January 2009). "Gold Coast lure Culina for $3.6m". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[17] "Gold Coast signs two more". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2009. Minniecon has also been confirmed as the club's under-23 marquee signing

[18] Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2012). "It's make or break for Tahj Minniecon with the Wanderers". news.com.au. Now 23, Minniecon had a breakthrough 2008-09 season with the Roar, and it was enough for a Gold Coast side about to enter the league to offer him a three-year youth marquee deal worth about $140,000 a season.

[CulinaCaptaincyGoal-19] "Jason Culina Looks Ahead To Gold Coast United's Fulham Friendly". Goal. 30 June 2009. club's skipper, Jason Culina, and vice-captain, Michael Thwaite...

[CulinaCaptaincyTweed-20] Favager, Neil; Gallagher, Jamie (16 March 2010). "United leaders secure gongs". Tweed Daily News.

[21] "Skoko Signs For Heart - Official". FTBL. 19 May 2010.

[22] Lynch, Michael (4 August 2010). "Skoko ready to set beat in Heart's midfield". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[23] "Melbourne Heart Sign Dutchman Gerald Sibon From Heerenveen". Goal. 21 May 2010.

[24] "Marquee man forced out by Heart". Australia: ABC News. 9 February 2011.

[25] "Colosimo Appointed Inaugural Heart Captain". Melbourne City. Football Federation Australia. 13 July 2010.

[26] Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...

[27] "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap

[28] "Victory sign marquee striker". Australia: ABC News. 19 August 2010.

[29] "Ricardinho loaned to Parana Clube". Melbourne Victory. Football Federation Australia. 22 March 2011.

[31] "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain

[32] Bernard, Grantley (16 February 2011). "Tears flow as Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat retires". Herald Sun.

[34] Tito, Clement (21 December 2017). "Derby Q&A, Leijer: Victory are No.1". FTBL. Adrian Leijer assumed the role as Melbourne Victory captain after Kevin Muscat's retirement...

[35] Slevison, Andrew (21 June 2011). "Hernandez form defended by Melbourne Victory's Leijer". Tribal Football. Melbourne Victory midfielder Carlos Hernandez will soon hit top form according to club vice-captain Adrian Leijer.

[36] "Bridges Retires Shocker". FTBL. 29 April 2011. NEWCASTLE Jets marquee and skipper Michael Bridges has announced his retirement

[37] "Bridges back for Jets". Football Federation Australia. 25 November 2011. ...took the pragmatic view of retiring to allow the Jets to offer their marquee spot to another target.

[BridgesCaptain-38] "Bridges to lead Jets in new campaign". Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011.

[FuryCaptain-39] "Talay to lead Fury". The World Game. SBS. 29 July 2010.

[40] "Three Year Deal For Sterj". FTBL. 12 June 2009.

[41] Quartermain, Braden (27 April 2010). "Robbie Fowler signs with Perth Glory". The Sunday Times. Fowler's signing as a second marquee player...

[42] Chadwick, Justin (29 July 2009). "Jacob Burns to captain Perth Glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.

[43] "Sydney FC gets their marquee man, Carle joins Champions". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2010.

[SydneyCaptaincy-44] "Terry McFlynn Named Sydney FC Captain". Goal. 23 July 2010.

[45] "Phoenix Swoop To Sign Jade". FTBL. 30 July 2010.

[DuranteCaptain-46] "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.

[48] Cockerill, Michael (10 February 2010). "Sky Blues ready to raid Palace for Carle". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[49] Official season draw Archived 1 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

[57] "Soccer: Another foreigner wins A-League's top award". NZ Herald. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[58] "Marcos Flores wins A-League player award". Stuff. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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