# 2019–20 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2019–20 season was the Central Coast Mariners's 15th season since its establishment in 2004.
During the pre-season, Alen Stajcic signed a 3-year contract as the new coach.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 15 October 2019
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 | Mark Birighitti |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ziggy Gordon |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Milan Đurić |
| 8 | MF | NZL | Michael McGlinchey |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jordan Murray |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Tommy Oar |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Adam Pearce |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Dylan Fox |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Samuel Silvera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NZL | Gianni Stensness |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Matt Simon |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Ruon Tongyik |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jacob Melling |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Chris Harold |
| 25 | FW | AUS | John Roberts (Scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Josh Nisbet (Scholarship) |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Lewis Miller (Scholarship) |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Jair |
| 30 | FW | AUS | Dylan Ruiz-Diaz (Scholarship) |
| 44 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol (Scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 6 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 May 2019 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel De Silva | Sydney FC | (1 year left on contract) | Loan return | 27 May 2019 |
| 21 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 29 May 2019 |
| 13 | MF | Jai Ingham | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 June 2019 |
| 14 | FW | Abraham Majok | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 21 June 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Samuel Silvera | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Scholarship | 1 year | 21 June 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 June 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 August 2019 |
| 4 | MF | Kim Eun-sun | Unattached | Undisclosed | 1 year | 2 August 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Milan Đurić | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 August 2019 |
| 16 | DF | Dylan Fox | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 21 August 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Gianni Stensness | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 August 2019 |
| 25 | FW | John Roberts | Unattached | Scholarship | | 15 October 2019 |
| 29 | FW | Jair | Unattached | Undisclosed | 1 year | 18 November 2019 |
| 24 | MF | Chris Harold | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 0.5 years | 31 January 2020 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 27 | DF | Lewis Miller | 19 | scholarship contract |
| 30 | FW | Dylan Ruiz-Diaz | 18 | scholarship contract |
| 44 | FW | Alou Kuol | 18 | 1.5 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 18 | DF | Matthew Millar | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1 February 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Western United | Free transfer | 15 April 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Connor Pain | Western United | Free transfer | 15 April 2019 |
| 28 | DF | Sam Graham | Sheffield United | Loan return | 1 May 2019 |
| 29 | MF | Stephen Mallon | Sheffield United | Loan return | 1 May 2019 |
| 17 | FW | Peter Kekeris | Unattached | Undisclosed | 8 May 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Tom Hiariej | Unattached | Free transfer | 22 May 2019 |
| 21 | FW | Corey Gameiro | Unattached | Undisclosed | 22 May 2019 |
| 24 | GK | Joe Gauci | Unattached | Free transfer | 22 May 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Andrew Hoole | Broadmeadow Magic | Free transfer | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Ben Kennedy | Unattached | Free transfer | 21 June 2019 |
| 13 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | Burnley | Loan return | 21 June 2019 |
| 68 | MF | Jem Karacan | Unattached | Undisclosed | 21 June 2019 |
| 13 | FW | Jai Ingham | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 August 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 31 January 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Abraham Majok | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 17 March 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Mario Shabow | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 17 March 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Kim Eun-sun | Unattached | End of contract | 19 June 2020 |

### Contracts extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 15 | Kye Rowles | Centre-back | 2 years | 8 May 2019 | |
| 12 | Adam Pearce | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 9 May 2019 | |
| 17 | Samuel Silvera | Attacking midfielder | 3 years | 8 October 2019 | upgraded to senior contract |
| 18 | Gianni Stensness | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 9 December 2019 | |
| 27 | Lewis Miller | Right-back | 2 years | 14 January 2020 | upgraded to senior contract |
| 26 | Josh Nisbet | Midfielder | 2 years | 3 March 2020 | upgraded to senior contract |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Alen Stajcic |
| Assistant coach | Nick Montgomery |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jess Vanstrattan |
| Physiotherapist | Murray Leyland |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jack Clisby | 21+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Kim Eun-sun | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Milan Đurić | 18+5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Michael McGlinchey | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Jordan Murray | 13+5 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Tommy Oar | 18+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel De Silva | 19+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Adam Pearce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Kye Rowles | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Dylan Fox | 10+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Samuel Silvera | 11+10 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Gianni Stensness | 25 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Matt Simon | 4+17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 |
| 21 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | 6+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Jacob Melling | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Chris Harold | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | John Roberts† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Josh Nisbet† | 9+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Lewis Miller† | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Jair | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Dylan Ruiz-Diaz | 1+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | Louis Khoury | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | Alou Kuol | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club |||||||||
| 6 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 9+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Abraham Majok | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Mark Moric† | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mario Shabow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
† = Scholarship or youth listed player.

### Disciplinary record

    As of 8 November 2019
| Rank | Position | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | DF | Jack Clisby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | FW | Tommy Oar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | FW | Matt Simon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | MF | Gianni Stensness | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Milan Đurić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kim Eun-sun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Dylan Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Abraham Majok | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Kye Rowles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 20 March 2020
| Rank | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Mark Birighitti | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Adam Pearce | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 019.23 |
| FFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 023.33 |
Updated to match played 27 July 2020 Source: Competitions

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 July 2020. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Result by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | B | A | A | H | H | A | B | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | B | H | A | H | H | A | B | H | A |
| Result | L | D | ✖ | W | L | L | W | L | ✖ | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | ✖ | L | L | L | D | W | ✖ | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |