# 2017–18 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2017–18 Central Coast Mariners FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

## Review and events
### Pre-season

Immediately after the end of the 2016–17 season, it was announced that goalkeepers Paul Izzo and Ivan Necevski; and attacking players Roy O'Donovan and Fábio Ferreira would be leaving the club.

## 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 | Ben Kennedy |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rose |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Antony Golec |
| 6 | MF | NED | Tom Hiariej |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Andrew Hoole |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Blake Powell |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Connor Pain |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Adam Berry |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Alan Baró (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Liam Rose |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Josh Bingham |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Tom Glover (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jacob Poscoliero |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Adam Pearce (Youth) |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jacob Melling |
| 23 | MF | NED | Wout Brama |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Peter Skapetis |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 1 | GK | Ben Kennedy | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 March 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Tom Hiariej | Groningen | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 May 2017 |
| 15 | DF | Alan Baró | | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 May 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Antony Golec | | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 May 2017 |
| 7 | MF | Andrew Hoole | | Free transfer | 2 years | 31 May 2017 |
| 21 | DF | Kye Rowles | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 June 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Joshua Rose | | Free transfer | 1 year | 3 July 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Daniel De Silva | | Free transfer | 3 years | 7 July 2017 |
| 18 | GK | Tom Glover | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 1 year | 26 July 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Asdrúbal | | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 July 2017 |
| 23 | MF | Wout Brama | Utrecht | Undisclosed | 2 years | 29 July 2017 |
| 22 | MF | Jacob Melling | | Free transfer | 6 months | 3 January 2018 |
| 27 | FW | Peter Skapetis | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 January 2018 |
| 19 | DF | Jacob Poscoliero | | Free transfer | 6 months | 31 January 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 20 | GK | Paul Izzo | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 18 April 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 18 April 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Ivan Necevski | | Released | 20 April 2017 |
| 7 | MF | Fábio Ferreira | PKNS | Free transfer | 21 April 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Nick Montgomery | Wollongong Wolves | Free transfer | 12 May 2017 |
| 4 | DF | Jacob Poscoliero | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 14 May 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Galloway | | Released | 19 May 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Mickaël Tavares | | End of contract | 19 May 2017 |
| 19 | DF | Jacques Faty | | End of contract | 19 May 2017 |
| 21 | DF | Michael Neill | Sydney United | End of contract | 23 June 2017 |
| 23 | DF | Jake Adelson | | End of contract | 7 July 2017 |
| 19 | DF | Harry Ascroft | Balzan | Free transfer | 18 January 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Asdrúbal | | Mutual contract termination | 19 January 2018 |
| 13 | MF | Kwabena Appiah | Incheon United | Undisclosed | 31 January 2018 |

### Contracts extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 13 | Kwabena Appiah | Winger | 1 year | 29 May 2017 | |
| 4 | Jake McGing | Central defender | 2 years | 30 January 2018 | |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Wayne O'Sullivan (Caretaker) |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Matthew Nash |
| Strength and conditioning coach | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Youth football coach | Ben Cahn |
| Head of sports science | 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 |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Ben Kennedy | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Joshua Rose | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Jake McGing | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20+4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Antony Golec | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Tom Hiariej | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Andrew Hoole | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23+0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Blake Powell | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Connor Pain | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Adam Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Alan Baró | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24+0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Liam Rose | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Josh Bingham | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | | Tom Glover | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jacob Poscoliero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Adam Pearce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Kye Rowles | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jacob Melling | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Wout Brama | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Lachlan Wales | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Peter Kekeris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Peter Skapetis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Jordan Smylie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Asdrúbal | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Kwabena Appiah | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Harry Ascroft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 14 April 2018
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 10th | 7 October 2017 | 13 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 August 2017 | 2 August 2017 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ 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 |
Last updated: 14 April 2018. 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |