# 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2014–15 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Matthew Nash |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rose |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Jacob Poscoliero |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Zachary Anderson |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Brent Griffiths |
| 7 | MF | MLT | John Hutchinson (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Nick Montgomery (Vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Anthony Cáceres |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Nick Fitzgerald |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Matt Sim |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Liam Rose |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Richárd Vernes (on loan from Budapest Honvéd) |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Glen Trifiro |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Matt Simon |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Anthony Kalik |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Michael Neill |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Tom Slater |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Isaka Cernak |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Hayden Morton |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Eddy Bosnar |
| 26 | MF | POR | Fábio Ferreira |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Dejan Pandurevic |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Source |
| 20 | MF | Anthony Kalik | 16 | Australian Institute of Sport | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | smh.com.au |
| 16 | MF | Liam Rose | 17 | Australian Institute of Sport | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | smh.com.au |
| 14 | FW | Malick Mané | 25 | IFK Göteborg | Loan | Pre-season | 2015 | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 1 | GK | Matthew Nash | 33 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 17 | MF | Richárd Vernes | 22 | Budapest Honvéd | Loan | Pre-season | 2016 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 4 | MF | Jacob Poscoliero | 24 | Blacktown City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | a-league.com |
| 27 | DF | Zachary Cairncross | 24 | Blacktown City | Injury replacement | Round 2 | 2015 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 14 | FW | Travis Major | 24 | Blacktown City | Transfer | Round 13 | 2015 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 29 | MF | Dejan Pandurevic | 17 | Nike Academy | Transfer | Round 14 | 2015 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 26 | MF | Fábio Ferreira | 25 | Adelaide United | Transfer | Round 16 | 2015 | ccmariners.com.au |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Source |
| 21 | FW | Mile Sterjovski | 34 | | Retired | Pre-season | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 23 | FW | Adam Kwasnik | 30 | | Retired | Pre-season | smh.com.au |
| 1 | GK | Justin Pasfield | 29 | Tampines Rovers | Released | Pre-season | tampinesroversfc.com |
| 10 | MF | Marcos Flores | 28 | Newcastle Jets | End of contract | Pre-season | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 4 | DF | Marcel Seip | 32 | FC Emmen | Released | Pre-season | fcemmen.nl |
| 14 | MF | Michael McGlinchey | 27 | Wellington Phoenix | Contract buyout | Pre-season | ccmariners.com.au |
| 14 | FW | Malick Mané | 25 | IFK Göteborg | Loan terminated | Round 10 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 26 | MF | Kim Seung-yong | 29 | Qingdao Hainiu | Released | Round 13 | ccmariners.com.au |
| 14 | FW | Travis Major | 25 | Blacktown City | Released | Round 27 | ccmariners.com.au |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Tony Walmsley |
| Player/Coach | John Hutchinson |
| Goalkeeping Coach | John Crawley |
| Physiotherapist | Tim Knight |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Matthew Nash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | | Josh Rose | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Jacob Poscoliero | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Zac Anderson | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Brent Griffiths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | John Hutchinson | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Nick Montgomery | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Anthony Cáceres | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Nick Fitzgerald | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Matt Sim | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Liam Rose | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Richárd Vernes | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Glen Trifiro | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Matt Simon | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Anthony Kalik | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Michael Neill | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Tom Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Isaka Cernak | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Hayden Morton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Eddy Bosnar | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Fábio Ferreira | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Adam Pearce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Mitchell Duke | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Malick Mané | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Travis Major | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Kim Seung-Yong | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Zachary Cairncross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Josh Bingham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 26 April 2015
* Source: ccmariners.com.au
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Pre-season and friendlies

* ^ Hutch's XI are a squad handpicked and captained by John Hutchinson and includes: Danny Vuković, Andrew Clark, Tony Vidmar, Chris Doig, Nigel Boogaard, Michael Beauchamp, Patrick Zwaanswijk, Dean Heffernan, Matthew Osman, Vuko Tomasevic, Matt Crowell, André Gumprecht, Rostyn Griffiths, Sasho Petrovski, Tom Pondeljak, Bernie Ibini, Mile Sterjovski, Adam Kwasnik, Matt Simon.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 8th | 11 October 2014 | 26 April 2015 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 20 August 2014 | 12 November 2014 |
| AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-off | Qualifying play-off | 17 February 2015 | 17 February 2015 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
* ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 6\7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
* ↑ Round 3 was postponed (played between rounds 6 and 7) due to Western Sydney Wanderers hosting the home leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League Final. The first position (6) is after the non-postponed matches of round 3. The second position (7) is after the postponed match.