# 2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's third since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the third time.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Clint Bolton |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Cameron Edwards (Youth) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Simon Colosimo |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Fred (Captain) |
| 6 | DF | LBR | Patrick Gerhardt |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Matt Thompson (Vice Captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Dylan Macallister |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Josip Tadić |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Jonatan Germano |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Golgol Mebrahtu |
| 15 | FW | AUS | David Williams |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich |
| 16 | MF | NED | Marcel Meeuwis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 18 | DF | AUS | David Vranković (Youth) |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Ben Garuccio (Youth) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne |
| 21 | DF | IRL | Steven Gray |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Jamie Coyne |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Nick Kalmar |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Mate Dugandžić |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Sam Mitchinson (Youth) |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Jeremy Walker (Youth) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Ersin Kaya (Youth) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Stefan Mauk (Youth) |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Vince Grella |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj |

### Transfers in

| Name | Position | Moving from | Notes |
| Andrew Redmayne | Goalkeeper | Brisbane Roar | 2-year contract |
| Patrick Nyema Gerhardt | Midfielder | Željezničar | 2-year contract (with visa) |
| Golgol Mebrahtu | Forward | Gold Coast United | 2-year contract |
| Steven Gray | Defender | Oakleigh Cannons | 1-year contract (VISA) |
| Josip Tadić | Forward | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-year contract (VISA) |
| Dylan Macallister | Forward | Gold Coast United | 2-year contract |
| David Vranković | Defender | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 2-year contract |
| Richard Garcia | Midfielder | Hull City | 1-year contract |
| Ben Garuccio | Midfielder | Australian Institute of Sport | 1-year contract |
| Vince Grella | Midfielder | Blackburn Rovers | 1-year contract |
| Cameron Edwards | Midfielder | Reading | Half-year contract |
| Eli Babalj | Striker | Red Star Belgrade | 1 and 1/2-year contract |
| Jamie Coyne | Defender | Sriwijaya | Half-year contract |
| Marcel Meeuwis | Midfielder | VVV-Venlo | Half-year contract (VISA) |

### Transfers out

| Name | Position | Moving to | Notes |
| Rutger Worm | Winger | FC Emmen | Released |
| Kristian Sarkies | Midfield | Heidelberg United | Released |
| Maycon | Forward | Pahang FA | Released |
| Alex Terra | Forward | Daejeon Citizen | Released |
| Kamal Ibrahim | Winger | Heidelberg United | Released |
| Kliment Taseski | Midfield | Moreland Zebras | Released |
| Nikola Roganovic | Goalkeeper | Green Gully | Released |
| Adrian Zahra | Winger | Perth Glory | Allowed to leave |
| Craig Goodwin | Winger | Newcastle Jets | Rejected new deal |
| Eli Babalj | Striker | Red Star Belgrade | $430,000 transfer fee |
| Wayne Srhoj | Midfield | Free agent | Released |
| Brendan Hamill | Defender | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | |
| Curtis Good | Defender | Newcastle United | $600,000 transfer fee |
| Michael Marrone | Defender | Shanghai Shenxin | Undisclosed transfer fee |
| Vince Grella | Midfielder | Retired | Retired |
| Aziz Behich | Defender | Bursaspor | Undisclosed transfer free |
| Steven Gray | Defender | Free agent | Released |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Clint Bolton | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Michael Marrone | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Steven Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Simon Colosimo | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Patrick Gerhardt | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Aziz Behich | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Jason Hoffman | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9+ 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | David Vranković | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8+ 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Jamie Coyne | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Sam Mitchinson | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+ 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Jeremy Walker | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Fred | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15+ 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Matt Thompson | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Richard Garcia | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Jonatan Germano | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+ 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Marcel Meeuwis | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+ 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Ben Garuccio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+ 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Nick Kalmar | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+ 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Ersin Kaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+ 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+ 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Vince Grella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+ 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Dylan Macallister | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Josip Tadic | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19+ 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Golgol Mebrahtu | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | David Williams | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20+ 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Mate Dugandžić | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+ 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Eli Babalj | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+ 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 7 October 2015
* Source: espnfc.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

### 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 |
| | 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 |
| 6 | | Josip Tadić | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | | Richard Garcia | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 4 | | David Williams | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | | Golgol Mebrahtu | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | | Fred | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Nick Kalmar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | | Dylan Macallister | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Matt Thompson | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Patrick Gerhardt | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Eli Babalj | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Jonatan Germano | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | | Own Goal | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | Total | Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions
### 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.

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