# 2021–22 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2021–22 season is the 17th in the history of the Central Coast Mariners Football Club. This is the Central Coast Mariners' 17th season in the A-League. In addition to the domestic league, Central Coast also participated in the FFA Cup.

## Players

    As of 13 November 2021
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 | Mark Birighitti |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Lewis Miller |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Josh Nisbet |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Noah Smith |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Cy Goddard |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic (captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Moresche |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Béni Nkololo |
| 12 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Max Balard (scholarship) |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Damian Tsekenis (scholarship) |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jacob Farrell |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Matt Simon |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Ruon Tongyik |
| 23 | DF | FIJ | Dan Hall |
| 24 | GK | AUS | Yaren Sözer |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Matt Hatch (scholarship) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 27 | MF | Nicolai Müller | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Noah Smith | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 July 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Cy Goddard | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 20 August 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Béni Nkololo | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 August 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Storm Roux | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 October 2021 |
| 24 | GK | Yaren Sözer | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 October 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Moresche | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 October 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Jason Cummings | Dundee | Undisclosed | 1.5 years | 24 January 2022 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 18 | DF | | Jacob Farrell | 18 | senior contract |
| 17 | FW | | Damian Tsekenis | 18 | scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 29 | FW | Alou Kuol | VfB Stuttgart | Free transfer | 16 April 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Jack Clisby | Perth Glory | End of contract | 21 June 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Daniel De Silva | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 24 June 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Daniel Bouman | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2021 |
| 26 | MF | Jaden Casella | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Nigro | Melbourne Victory | End of contract | 19 July 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Gianni Stensness | Viking | Undisclosed | 9 August 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Michał Janota | Podbeskidzie | End of contract | 16 August 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Stefan Janković | Pembroke Athleta | End of contract | 2 September 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Jordan Smylie | Blacktown City | Mutual contract termination | 23 September 2021 |
| 20 | GK | Adam Pearce | Newcastle Olympic | End of contract | 23 September 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Matthew Cahill | APIA Leichhardt | Mutual contract termination | 9 October 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 14 | Kye Rowles | Centre-back | 2 years | 16 June 2021 | |
| 1 | Mark Birighitti | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 23 June 2021 | |
| 19 | Matt Simon | Striker | 1 year | 24 June 2021 | |
| 23 | Dan Hall | Defender | 2 years | 25 June 2021 | |
| 12 | Marco Ureña | Striker | 2 years | 30 June 2021 | |
| 21 | Ruon Tongyik | Centre-back | 1 year | 13 August 2021 | |
| 16 | Max Balard | Midfielder | 1 year | 9 November 2021 | upgraded to senior contract |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

### Overview

| 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 regular season | 21 November 2021 | 7 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 046.15 |
| A-League Men finals | 15 May 2022 | 15 May 2022 | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| FFA Cup | 13 November 2021 | 5 February 2022 | Round of 32 | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 20 February 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Western United (C) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 7 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
* ↑ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Lewis Miller | 16+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | Josh Nisbet | 22+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Noah Smith | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Cy Goddard | 12+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Jason Cummings | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| 10 | FW | Moresche | 10+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 26 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | Béni Nkololo | 18+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| 12 | FW | Marco Ureña | 20+5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 29 | 8 |
| 14 | DF | Kye Rowles | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Storm Roux | 9+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Max Balard | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Damian Tsekenis | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Jacob Farrell | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Matt Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dan Hall | 20+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| 24 | GK | Yaren Sözer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Matt Hatch | 2+12 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 18 | 5 |
| 27 | MF | Nicolai Müller | 8+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | James Bayliss | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Manyluak Aguek | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Harry McCarthy | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | Harrison Steele | 8+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Cameron Windust | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Garang Kuol | 0+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 46 | MF | Dor Jok | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | Lawrence Caruso | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |