# 2024–25 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2024–25 season is Central Coast Mariners Football Club's 20th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Central Coast Mariners also participated in this season's editions of the Australia Cup and is participating in the AFC Champions League Elite, returning to the premier Asian competition since 2015; an eight-year absence.

## Players

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 | Adam Pavlesic |
| 3 | DF | VAN | Brian Kaltak |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury (captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Noah Smith |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Christian Theoharous |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Alfie McCalmont |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Mikael Doka |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Vitor Feijão |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Lucas Mauragis |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Harry Steele |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Abdelelah Faisal |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Miguel Di Pizio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Diesel Herrington |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Brad Tapp |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Sasha Kuzevski |
| 28 | MF | KEN | Will Wilson |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Nicholas Duarte (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jack Warshawsky |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Nathan Paull |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Arthur de Lima (scholarship) |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Haine Eames (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Bailey Brandtman (scholarship) |
| 39 | FW | AUS | Logan Sambrook (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Dylan Peraić-Cullen |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Jai Ajanovic (scholarship) |
| 99 | FW | ENG | Ryan Edmondson |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 12 | DF | Lucas Mauragis | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 5 June 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Alfie McCalmont | Carlisle United | Free transfer | | 12 July 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Adam Pavlesic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 July 2024 |
| 24 | DF | Diesel Herrington | AGF | Free transfer | 2 years | 18 July 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Vitor Feijão | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 August 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Trent Sainsbury | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 23 August 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Sabit Ngor | Heidelberg United | Free transfer | 2 years | 12 September 2024 |
| 39 | FW | Logan Sambrook | North Coast Football | Free transfer | 1.5 years (scholarship) | 2 January 2025 |
| 21 | FW | Abdelelah Faisal | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 21 January 2025 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 36 | MF | Haine Eames | 16 | 3 year scholarship contract |
| 35 | FW | Arthur De Lima | 17 | 3 year scholarship contract |
| 50 | GK | Jai Ajanovic | 16 | 3 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Ángel Torres | Unattached | End of contract | 7 April 2024 |
| 20 | GK | Danny Vukovic | Retired | Retired | 26 May 2024 |
| 22 | FW | Ronald Barcellos | Portimonense | End of loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Jing Reec | AGF | End of loan | 4 June 2024 |
| 23 | DF | Dan Hall | Auckland FC | End of contract | 28 June 2024 |
| 29 | MF | Maksim Kasalovic | APIA Leichhardt | End of contract | 29 June 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Max Balard | NAC Breda | Mutual contract termination | 2 July 2024 |
| 4 | MF | Josh Nisbet | Ross County | End of contract | 9 July 2024 |
| 18 | DF | Jacob Farrell | Portsmouth | Undisclosed | 26 July 2024 |
| 23 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Penang | Mutual contract termination | 28 August 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Sabit Ngor | Heidelberg United | Loan | 5 February 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 2 | Mikael Doka | Right-back | 3 years | 3 June 2024 | New 3-year contract, replacing previous contract which was until end of 2024–25 |
| 16 | Harry Steele | Defensive midfielder | 3 years | 8 July 2024 | New 3-year contract, replacing previous contract which was until end of 2024–25 |
| 27 | Sasha Kuzevski | Right-back | 1 year | 10 July 2024 | Upgraded to full contract |
| 39 | Miguel Di Pizio | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 16 July 2024 | Upgraded to full contract |
| 40 | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | Goalkeeper | 3 years | 17 November 2024 | Upgraded to full contract until end of 2026–27 |

## 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 | 18 October 2024 | 2 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 019.05 |
| Australia Cup | 7 August 2024 | 7 August 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League Elite | 17 September 2024 | 18 February 2025 | League stage | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 013.79 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Macarthur FC | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 22 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 20 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.
* ↑ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Away figures include Central Coast Mariners' 2–1 win on neutral ground in Unite Round against Newcastle Jets on 22 November 2024.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | N | B | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | B | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | B | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | X | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | X | L | L | L | D | | | | | | |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### AFC Champions League Elite
#### League stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Shanghai Port | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 8 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 9 | Pohang Steelers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 6 | |
| 10 | Ulsan HD | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 1 | |
| 12 | Shandong Taishan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
* ↑ Shandong Taishan were considered withdrawn from the AFC Champions League Elite after the club confirmed that it did not intend to report for their league stage match against Ulsan HD on 19 February 2025.
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Elite | AFC Champions League Elite | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Adam Pavlesic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Trent Sainsbury | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Noah Smith | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Alfie McCalmont | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 16+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 29 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Mikael Doka | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Vitor Feijão | 5+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Lucas Mauragis | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Storm Roux | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Harry Steele | 20+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | | Abdelelah Faisal | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Miguel Di Pizio | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Diesel Herrington | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Brad Tapp | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Sasha Kuzevski | 7+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | William Wilson | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Nicholas Duarte | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 30 | GK | | Jack Warshawsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Nathan Paull | 18+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | | Arthur De Lima | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | | Haine Eames | 10+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 37 | FW | | Bailey Brandtman | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+6 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 40 | GK | | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Lucas Scicluna | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Ryan Edmondson | 6+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | | Sabit Ngor | 0+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 15 | 2 |

### 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 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Elite | AFC Champions League Elite | AFC Champions League Elite | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | | | | | | | | | | | | \ |
| 1 | 40 | GK | | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Adam Pavlesic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Brian Kaltak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Trent Sainsbury | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Alfie McCalmont | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Christian Theoharous | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Mikael Doka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Harry Steele | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Lucas Mauragis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Sasha Kuzevski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | | Nathan Paull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | FW | | Vitor Feijão | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | DF | | Diesel Herrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 99 | FW | | Ryan Edmondson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 29 | FW | | Nicholas Duarte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 36 | MF | | Haine Eames | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Sabit Ngor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Elite | Total |
| 1 | 40 | | Dylan Peraić-Cullen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |