# 2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's second since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the 2011–12 A-League season, finishing in 6th position, and qualifying for their first A-League finals series, where they were eliminated by Perth Glory in the elimination-finals.

## Kits

From 1 April 2011, all A-League clubs were able to negotiate new kit supplier deals as the previous contract with Reebok had elapsed and as such, Melbourne Heart negotiated a one-year deal with ISC.
In conjunction with new apparel partner ISC, the club offered supporters the chance to submit designs for a ‘Third Jersey’. A design created by Red and White Unite co-founder Steven Forbes was judged the winner. The design was manufactured in a limited run of 150 and sold to the public.

## Season summary

On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.
The club was originally scheduled to compete in the first ever edition of the Mirabella Cup, along with fellow A-League side and fierce rival Melbourne Victory, but FFA forbade all A-League clubs from competing. The season saw the addition of a youth team to the club, which competed in the 2011–12 A-League National Youth League season.
Melbourne Heart, along with major sponsor Westpac will again stage the Westpac Community Football Festival. This will be three, three-day celebrations of football as well as a thank you to all of the club's regional supporters. The three regional centers will be set up in Albury-Wodonga on 4–6 August, in Morwell from 18–20 August and in Shepparton from 25–27 August with a practice match being played at each venue.

## Players
### First-team 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 | Clint Bolton |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Brendan Hamill |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Simon Colosimo |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fred |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Matt Thompson |
| 7 | MF | NED | Rutger Worm |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Kristian Sarkies |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Maycon |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Wayne Srhoj |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Alex Terra |
| 13 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Germano |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Kamal Ibrahim |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | AUS | David Williams |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Curtis Good |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Adrian Zahra |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Kliment Taseski |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Nick Kalmar |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mate Dugandžić |
| 24 | GK | AUS | Nikola Roganović |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Sebastian Mattei |

### Youth team 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 | Chris Maynard |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Kristian Konstantinidis |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Zac Walker |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Brodie Patterson |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Stipo Andrijasevic |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Dusan Bosnjak |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Josh Groenewald |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Jeremy Walker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Billy Liolios |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Philip Petreski |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Thomas Dunn |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Sebastian Mattei |
| –– | DF | AUS | Charlie King |
| –– | DF | AUS | Daniel Peluso |
| –– | DF | AUS | Bradley Treloar |
| –– | MF | AUS | Alon Blumgart |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Name | Position | Moving from | Notes |
| Mate Dugandžić | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory | 3 year contract |
| Curtis Good | Defender | AIS | 2 year contract |
| Fred | Midfielder | D.C. United | 2 year contract |
| David Williams | Forward | Free Agent | Signed 3-year deal |
| Maycon | Forward | Nova Iguacu FC | 1 year contract |
| Jonatan Germano | Midfielder | Estudiantes | 2 year contract |
| Nikola Roganovic | Goalkeeper | Green Gully Cavaliers | 1 year contract |
| Adrian Madaschi | Defender | Free Agent | Injury replacement contract |
| Paul Reid | Midfielder | Free Agent | Injury replacement contract |

### Transfers out

| Name | Position | Moving to | Notes |
| John Aloisi | Striker | Retired | Retired |
| Josip Skoko | Midfielder | Retired | Retired |
| Ante Tomić | Midfielder | Sydney United | Released |
| Peter Zois | Goalkeeper | Oakleigh | Returned as Goalkeeping coach |
| Gerald Sibon | Striker | SC Heerenveen | Signed as free agent |
| Dean Heffernan | Defender | Perth Glory | Released from contract |
| M. Beauchamp | Defender | Sydney FC | Released from contract |
| Adrian Madaschi | Defender | Jeju United | Injury replacement contract expired |
| Paul Reid | Midfielder | Free Agent | Injury replacement contract expired |

## 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 | 8 October 2011 | 23 March 2012 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 033.33 |
| A-League Finals Series | 1 April 2012 | 1 April 2012 | Elimination-final | Elimination-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Hawaiian Islands Invitational | 23 February 2012 | 25 February 2012 | Semi-final | 4th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 030.00 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 29 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 25 | |
| 10 | Gold Coast United | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 21 | |
* ↑ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by matchday

| 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | N | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

#### Finals series
### Hawaiian Islands Invitational

The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational took place from 23–25 February 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taking part in the Invitational were to be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Busan IPark and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids. Due to the competitions scheduling, Melbourne Heart were forced to field their youth team due to the competition overlaps with the domestic A-League season.

### National Youth League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners Academy (C) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 36 |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar Youth | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 32 |
| 3 | Perth Glory Youth | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 32 |
| 4 | Gold Coast United Youth | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 26 |
| 5 | Melbourne Heart Youth | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 26 |
| 6 | Sydney FC Youth | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 25 |
| 7 | Adelaide United Youth | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 23 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets Youth | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 20 |
| 9 | AIS Football Program | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 16 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory Youth | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 15 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Overall

Players in italics left the club mid-season.
| | | | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Nation | No. | Name | GS | App. | Min. | | GS | App. | Min. | | GS | App. | Min. | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| | 1 | Bolton | 25 | 25 | 2250 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 2340 | 0 |
| | 24 | Roganovic | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| | 2 | Marrone | 27 | 27 | 2430 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 2520 | 0 |
| | 3 | Hamill | 17 | 22 | 1480 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 1570 | 1 |
| | 4 | Colosimo | 13 | 16 | 1149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 1149 | 0 |
| | 16 | Behich | 22 | 23 | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 2090 | 1 |
| | 18 | Good | 18 | 23 | 1091 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 1181 | 1 |
| | 25 | Madaschi | 8 | 9 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 726 | 0 |
| | 27 | Goodwin | 3 | 4 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| | 5 | Fred | 17 | 18 | 1357 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1447 | 1 |
| | 6 | Thompson | 24 | 25 | 2056 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 2102 | 4 |
| | 7 | Worm | 14 | 19 | 1131 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 1175 | 0 |
| | 8 | Sarkies | 5 | 6 | 460 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 460 | 2 |
| | 10 | Srhoj | 16 | 16 | 1334 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 1424 | 0 |
| | 13 | Germano | 18 | 21 | 1577 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 1667 | 3 |
| | 26 | Reid | 2 | 4 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 207 | 0 |
| | 14 | Ibrahim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 20 | Zahra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 21 | Taseski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | 22 | Kalmar | 0 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 0 |
| | 23 | Dugandžić | 21 | 22 | 1788 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 1869 | 7 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| | 9 | Maycon | 5 | 13 | 489 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 489 | 1 |
| | 11 | Terra | 11 | 23 | 1099 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 1099 | 3 |
| | 15 | Williams | 7 | 15 | 773 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 773 | 1 |
| | 17 | Hoffman | 5 | 15 | 636 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 636 | 1 |
| | 19 | Babalj | 17 | 21 | 1501 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 1591 | 9 |

### Goal-scorers

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round | Goals per round |
| | 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 | F |
| 9 | | Babalj | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | | Dugandzic | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 0 |
| 4 | | Thompson | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 3 | | Germano | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 3 | | Alex Terra | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 2 | | Sarkies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Williams | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Maycon | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Hamill | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Fred | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Behich | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Hoffman | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 1 | | Good | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Total | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary records

| No. | Pos. | Player | | | |
| 10 | MF | Wayne Srhoj | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Simon Colosimo | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Matt Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Eli Babalj | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Aziz Behich | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Rutger Worm | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Curtis Good | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Fred | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Jonatan Germano | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Marrone | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Brendan Hamill | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jason Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Paul Reid | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Clint Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mate Dugandzic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Adrian Madaschi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Maycon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Nikola Roganovic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kristian Sarkies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Alex Terra | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | David Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 |