# 2012–13 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2012–13 Central Coast Mariners season was the Central Coast Mariners's eighth A-League season. It included the 2012–13 A-League season (and the competition's subsequent finals) as well as the 2013 AFC Champions League.

## Squad

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 | Mathew Ryan |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Daniel McBreen |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rose |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Pedj Bojić |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Zachary Anderson |
| 6 | DF | NED | Patrick Zwaanswijk (Vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | MLT | John Hutchinson (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Adriano Pellegrino |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Bernie Ibini-Isei (Youth) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Tom Rogić (Youth) |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanić |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Troy Hearfield |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Brent Griffiths |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Michael McGlinchey |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | PNG | Brad McDonald |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury (Youth) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Caceres (Youth) |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Nick Montgomery |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Justin Pasfield |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Mile Sterjovski |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Jimmy Oates |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Adam Kwasnik |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Hayden Morton |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Michael Neill |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Nicholas Fitzgerald |
| 30 | GK | AUS | David Bradasevic |

### Transfers

| Name | Position | Moving from | Notes |
| Mitchell Duke | Forward | Youth Squad | Two year contract |
| James Oates | Defender | Youth Squad | One year contract |
| Anthony Caceres | Midfielder | Youth Squad | One year contract |
| Zachary Anderson | Defender | Gold Coast United | Two year contract |
| Mile Sterjovski | Forward | Dalian Aerbin | One year contract |
| Brent Griffiths | Defender | Wellington Phoenix | One year contract |
| Nick Montgomery | Midfielder | Sheffield United | Three year contract |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | Midfielder | Brisbane Roar | |
| Name | Position | Moving to | Notes |
| Stuart Musialik | Midfielder | Free Agent | Contract not renewed |
| John Sutton | Forward | Heart of Midlothian | End of loan deal |
| Sam Gallagher | Defender | Melbourne Victory | |
| Mustafa Amini | Midfielder | Borussia Dortmund | End of loan deal |
| Brad Porter | Midfielder | Retired | |
| Alex Wilkinson | Defender | Jeonbuk Motors | |
| Trent McClenahan | Defender | Sydney FC | ACL squad player |
| Tom Rogic | Midfielder | Celtic FC | Reported transfer fee: A$600 000 |

## Competitions

All times listed in Gosford local time.

### Overall

| Competition | Started Round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | — | runner-up | 6 October 2012 | 30 March 2013 |
| AFC Champions League | Group Stages | — | Round of 16 | 27 February 2013 | 22 May 2013 |
| A-League Final series | Semi-finals | — | champions | 14 April 2013 | 21 April 2013 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 57 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 54 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 32 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 31 | |
| 9 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 27 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 27 | |
* ↑ Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KSW | CCM | GUI | SUW |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Guizhou Renhe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 2–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of 22 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A League | A League | Finals | Finals | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mathew Ryan | 33 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Daniel McBreen | 33 | 19 | 24+1 | 17 | 2+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rose | 34 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Pedj Bojić | 30 | 4 | 23+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Zachary Anderson | 29 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Patrick Zwaanswijk | 31 | 2 | 22+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | MLT | John Hutchinson | 33 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Adriano Pellegrino | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Bernie Ibini-Isei | 35 | 7 | 16+9 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic | 23 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Brent Griffiths | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Michael McGlinchey | 33 | 7 | 24+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | PNG | Brad McDonald | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury | 33 | 1 | 24+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Caceres | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Nick Montgomery | 33 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke | 28 | 8 | 5+14 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Justin Pasfield | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Mile Sterjovski | 26 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Adam Kwasnik | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Hayden Morton | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Michael Neill | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Nicholas Fitzgerald | 15 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | David Bradasevic | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | AUS | Tom Rogić | 11 | 3 | 11+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Troy Hearfield | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Jimmy Oates | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Player | Player | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | A League | Finals | Finals | Finals | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| Rank | Player | Player | 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 | Total | SF | GF | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R16-1 | R16-2 | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | | Daniel McBreen | | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | | Mitchell Duke | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 6 | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | | Bernie Ibini-Isei | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 7 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | | Michael McGlinchey | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | 6 | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | | Pedj Bojić | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | Tom Rogić | | | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Patrick Zwaanswijk | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | Own Goal | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Joshua Rose | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Nick Montgomery | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | John Hutchinson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Nicholas Fitzgerald | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Mile Sterjovski | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Trent Sainsbury | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
* A goal was scored from a penalty kick
* 2 were scored from penalty kicks

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Position | Name | A League | A League | A League | Finals | Finals | Finals | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Mathew Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Daniel McBreen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Joshua Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Pedj Bojić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Patrick Zwaanswijk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | John Hutchinson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bernie Ibini-Isei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Tom Rogić | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Brent Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Michael McGlinchey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Trent Sainsbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Nick Montgomery | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mitchell Duke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Mile Sterjovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Hayden Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Nicholas Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards

* Australia U20 Player of the year: Mathew Ryan
* A-League Young Player of the Month (November): Tom Rogic
* A-League Young Player of the Month (February): Bernie Ibini-Isei
* A-League Young Player of the Month (March): Trent Sainsbury
* 2012-13 A-League Golden Boot: Daniel McBreen
* Joe Marston Medal: Daniel McBreen
* PFA A-League Team of the Year: Daniel McBreen, Michael McGlinchey, Trent Sainsbury