# 2022–23 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2022–23 season is the 18th in the history of the Central Coast Mariners Football Club. This is the Central Coast Mariners' 18th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Central Coast also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | VAN | Brian Kaltak |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Josh Nisbet |
| 5 | DF | NZL | James McGarry |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Max Balard |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Samuel Silvera |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Moresche |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Béni Nkololo |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Harrison Steele |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Dylan Wenzel-Halls |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jacob Farrell |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic (captain) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Cameron Windust (scholarship) |
| 23 | DF | FIJ | Dan Hall |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | AUS | Yaren Sözer |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Nectarios Triantis |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Sasha Kuzevski (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | James Bayliss (scholarship) |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Christian Theoharous |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Dean Larson (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Joshua Hong (scholarship) |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Maksim Kasalovic (scholarship) |
| 37 | MF | AUS | Lachlan Bayliss (scholarship) |
| 39 | FW | AUS | Miguel Di Pizio (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Anthony Pavlesic (scholarship) |
| 47 | FW | AUS | Olayinka Sunmola (scholarship) |
| 90 | FW | GHA | Paul Ayongo |
| 98 | MF | BRA | Marco Túlio |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 2 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 June 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Michael Ruhs | Macarthur FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 June 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Samuel Silvera | Paços de Ferreira | Free transfer | 3 years | 22 June 2022 |
| 90 | FW | Paul Ayongo | Académico de Viseu | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 July 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Nectarios Triantis | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 26 July 2022 |
| 20 | GK | Danny Vukovic | NEC | Free transfer | | 5 August 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Kelechi John | Unattached | Free transfer | | 16 August 2022 |
| 98 | MF | Marco Túlio | Sporting CP B | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 September 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Brian Kaltak | Unattached | Free transfer | Injury replacement for Moresche | 27 September 2022 |
| 31 | FW | Christian Theoharous | Western United | Free transfer | 6 months | 17 January 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Western United | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 31 January 2023 |
| 5 | DF | James McGarry | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 6 months | 8 February 2023 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 14 | FW | Garang Kuol | 17 | 2-year senior contract |
| 38 | DF | Jakob Cresnar | 21 | scholarship contract |
| 22 | DF | Cameron Windust | 21 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 27 | DF | Sasha Kuzevski | 21 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 28 | MF | James Bayliss | 22 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 29 | FW | Dor Jok | 21 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 37 | MF | Lachlan Bayliss | 20 | 6-month scholarship contract |
| 33 | DF | Joshua Hong | 21 | 6-month scholarship contract |
| 32 | DF | Dean Larson | 20 | scholarship contract |
| 36 | MF | Maksim Kasalovic | 19 | scholarship contract |
| 47 | FW | Olayinka Sunmola | 20 | 6-month scholarship contract |
| 40 | GK | Anthony Pavlesic | 17 | scholarship contract |
| 39 | FW | Miguel di Pizio | 17 | scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Lewis Miller | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Noah Smith | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Matt Hatch | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Nicolai Müller | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Kye Rowles | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed | 9 June 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | Dundee United | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| 12 | FW | Marco Ureña | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 21 July 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Cy Goddard | Detroit City | Mutual contract termination | 26 July 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Matt Simon | Retired | Retired | 3 October 2022 |
| 14 | FW | Garang Kuol | Newcastle United | Undisclosed | 1 January 2023 |
| 17 | DF | Kelechi John | Belenenses SAD | Undisclosed | 1 February 2023 |
| 38 | DF | Jakob Cresnar | Sydney Olympic | Free transfer | 5 February 2023 |
| 21 | FW | Michael Ruhs | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 6 February 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | Newcastle Jets | Mutual contract termination | 8 February 2023 |
| 29 | FW | Dor Jok | Port Melbourne | Free transfer | 24 February 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 4 | Josh Nisbet | Midfielder | 2 years | 7 June 2022 | |
| 6 | Max Balard | Central midfielder | 1 year | 14 June 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |
| 23 | Dan Hall | Centre-back | 1 year | 14 June 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |
| 9 | Jason Cummings | Striker | 1 year | 16 June 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |
| 15 | Storm Roux | Right-back | 1 year | 17 June 2022 | |
| 24 | Yaren Sözer | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 17 June 2022 | |
| 11 | Béni Nkololo | Winger | 2 years | 21 June 2022 | New two-year contract signed, replacing previous contract which was until end of 2022–23. |
| 18 | Jacob Farrell | Left-back | 3 years | 22 July 2022 | |
| 13 | Harrison Steele | Central midfielder | 3 years | 25 July 2022 | |
| 3 | Brian Kaltak | Centre-back | 2 years | 11 January 2023 | |
| 15 | Storm Roux | Right-back | 1 year | 12 January 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |
| 27 | Sasha Kuzevski | Right-back | 1 year | 18 January 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |
| 5 | James McGarry | Left-back | 2 years | 10 March 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 16 October 2022 | 28 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 050.00 |
| A-League Men Finals | 13 May 2023 | 3 June 2023 | Semi-finals | Winners | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Australia Cup | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 053.33 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1$^1$ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 44 |

#### Finals series
### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 3 June 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Josh Nisbet | 23+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | James McGarry | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Max Balard | 20+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Samuel Silvera | 21+5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | | Jason Cummings | 24+1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 29 | 21 |
| 10 | FW | | Moresche | 0+8 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Béni Nkololo | 21+2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 |
| 13 | MF | | Harrison Steele | 9+12 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Storm Roux | 21+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Jacob Farrell | 14+8 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Danny Vukovic | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Cameron Windust | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Dan Hall | 9+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | | Yaren Sözer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Nectarios Triantis | 18+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Brad Tapp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Sasha Kuzevski | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | James Bayliss | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 2+12 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Maksim Kasalovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Miguel Di Pizio | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | | Nicholas Duarte | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | | Zac Zoricich | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Olayinka Sunmola | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | | Paul Ayongo | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 98 | FW | | Marco Túlio | 23+3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Garang Kuol | 3+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | | Kelechi John | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Michael Ruhs | 3+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | | Dor Jok | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 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 3 June 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Béni Nkololo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Moresche | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 23 | DF | | Dan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | DF | | Nectarios Triantis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | DF | | Jacob Farrell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 98 | FW | | Marco Túlio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | | Samuel Silvera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | MF | | Harrison Steele | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | James McGarry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | | Storm Roux | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | GK | | Danny Vukovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | FW | | Jason Cummings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | DF | | Cameron Windust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 31 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | MF | | Max Balard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | FW | | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 90 | FW | | Paul Ayongo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Garang Kuol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 17 | DF | | Kelechi John | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Michael Ruhs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 5 |

### 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 3 June 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Danny Vukovic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |