# 2023–24 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2023–24 season is the 19th in the history of the Central Coast Mariners Football Club. This is the Central Coast Mariners' 19th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Central Coast also participated in the Australia Cup for the ninth time, and made their debut in the AFC Cup.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Mikael Doka |
| 3 | DF | VAN | Brian Kaltak |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Josh Nisbet |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Noah Smith |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Max Balard |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Christian Theoharous |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol |
| 11 | FW | COL | Ángel Torres |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Dylan Wenzel-Halls |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Harry Steele |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Jing Reec (on loan from AGF) |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jacob Farrell |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Ronald Barcellos (on loan from Portimonense) |
| 23 | DF | FIJ | Dan Hall |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Brad Tapp |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Sasha Kuzevski (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Will Wilson |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Maksim Kasalovic (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jack Warshawsky |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Nathan Paull |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Bailey Brandtman (scholarship) |
| 39 | FW | AUS | Miguel Di Pizio (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Dylan Peraić-Cullen (scholarship) |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Nicholas Duarte (scholarship) |
| 99 | FW | ENG | Ryan Edmondson |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 30 | GK | Jack Warshawsky | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 25 May 2023 |
| 33 | DF | Nathan Paull | Sydney FC NPL | Free transfer | 2 year scholarship | 22 June 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Alou Kuol | VfB Stuttgart | Undisclosed | 3 years | 10 July 2023 |
| 17 | FW | Jing Reec | AGF | Loan | 1 year | 14 July 2023 |
| 35 | DF | Trent Millard | Brisbane Roar NPL | Free transfer | 2 year scholarship | 28 July 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Noah Smith | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 August 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Mikael Doka | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 August 2023 |
| 28 | MF | William Wilson | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 August 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Torres | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 August 2023 |
| 22 | FW | Ronald Barcellos | Portimonense | Loan | 5 months | 21 January 2024 |
| 99 | FW | Ryan Edmondson | Carlisle United | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 26 January 2024 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 40 | GK | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | 17 | scholarship contract |
| 37 | FW | Bailey Brandtman | 18 | scholarship contract |
| 41 | FW | Nicholas Duarte | 19 | scholarship contract |
| 26 | MF | Brad Tapp | 22 | 2.5 year contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 25 | DF | Nectarios Triantis | Sunderland | £300,000 | 8 June 2023 |
| 33 | DF | Joshua Hong | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | Free transfer | 14 June 2023 |
| 24 | GK | Yaren Sözer | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2023 |
| 40 | GK | Anthony Pavlesic | Bayern Munich | Undisclosed | 19 June 2023 |
| 47 | FW | Olayinka Sunmola | Mt Druitt Town Rangers | Free transfer | 24 June 2023 |
| 37 | MF | Lachlan Bayliss | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 26 June 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Jason Cummings | Mohun Bagan | Undisclosed | 28 June 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Samuel Silvera | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed | 7 July 2023 |
| 90 | FW | Paul Ayongo | Swift Hesperange | Mutual contract termination | 12 July 2023 |
| 11 | MF | Béni Nkololo | Al-Orobah | Mutual contract termination | 1 August 2023 |
| 10 | FW | Moresche | Naft Al-Basra | End of contract | 9 August 2023 |
| 5 | DF | James McGarry | Aberdeen | Undisclosed | 11 August 2023 |
| 35 | DF | Trent Millard | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 19 December 2023 |
| 32 | DF | Dean Larson | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 26 December 2023 |
| 10 | FW | Marco Túlio | Kyoto Sanga | Undisclosed | 7 January 2024 |
| 22 | DF | Cameron Windust | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 23 January 2024 |
| 28 | MF | James Bayliss | Marconi Stallions | Free transfer | 6 February 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 7 | Christian Theoharous | Winger | | 30 June 2023 | Extension option triggered |
| 10 | Marco Túlio | Forward | 2 years | 5 August 2023 | |
| 33 | Nathan Paull | Central defender | | 25 October 2023 | Scholarship contract upgraded to senior contract |
| 15 | Storm Roux | Right-back | 2 years | 16 December 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2025–26 |
| 7 | Christian Theoharous | Winger | 1 year | 30 December 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2024–25 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 20 October 2023 | 29 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 062.96 |
| A-League Men Finals | 10 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Semi-finals | Winners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Australia Cup | 13 August 2023 | 13 August 2023 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| AFC Cup | 20 September 2023 | 5 May 2024 | Group stage | Winners | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 069.23 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 94 | 42 | +52 | 063.64 |
Last updated: 26 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
* 1 2 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.
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

Home figures include Central Coast Mariners' 1–1 draw on neutral ground against Melbourne Victory on 13 January 2024.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 May 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | N | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 55 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Finals series
### Australia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals |
| 2 | Terengganu | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | |
| 3 | Bali United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Stallion Laguna | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 1 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 25 May 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | 2 | DF | | Mikael Doka | 15+11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11+2 | 4 | 43 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Josh Nisbet | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Noah Smith | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Max Balard | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 13+10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+8 | 2 | 40 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 16+9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5+4 | 3 | 38 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | | Ángel Torres | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 2 | 33 | 15 |
| 14 | FW | | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Storm Roux | 21+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+4 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Harrison Steele | 3+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Jing Reec | 5+15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 | 30 | 4 |
| 18 | DF | | Jacob Farrell | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | | Danny Vukovic | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Ronald Barcellos | 1+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
| 23 | DF | | Dan Hall | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | | Brad Tapp | 11+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | William Wilson | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Jack Warshawsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Nathan Paull | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Bailey Brandtman | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Miguel Di Pizio | 6+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+6 | 3 | 31 | 5 |
| 41 | FW | | Nicholas Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Ryan Edmondson | 7+5 | 2 | 0+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 3 | 22 | 7 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | Marco Túlio | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 14 |
| 34 | FW | | Aydan Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 25 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 15 | DF | | Storm Roux | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Ángel Torres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 22 | FW | | Ronald Barcellos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | Harrison Steele | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 18 | DF | | Jacob Farrell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Mikael Doka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Dan Hall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | GK | | Danny Vukovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | MF | | William Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | | Max Balard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 26 | MF | | Brad Tapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | MF | | Josh Nisbet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | DF | | Noah Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 33 | DF | | Nathan Paull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 99 | FW | | Ryan Edmondson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Marco Túlio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 4 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 25 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Danny Vukovic | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 |

## Kits

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