2010–11 Melbourne Heart FC season

Melbourne Heart
2010–11 season
ChairmanPeter Sidwell
ManagerJohn van't Schip
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League8th
Top goalscorerJohn Aloisi (8)
Highest home attendance25,897
vs. Melbourne Victory
(4 October 2010)
Lowest home attendance2,754
vs. Newcastle Jets
(8 December 2010)
Average home league attendance8,315
Biggest win2–0
vs. Newcastle Jets (A)
(31 October 2010)
2–0
vs. North Queensland Fury (H)
(2 January 2011)
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Brisbane Roar (A)
(25 September 2010)

The 2010–11 season was the inaugural season in the history of Melbourne Heart FC since its establishment in 2009. The team played in the A-League for the first time with all of their home matches being played at AAMI Park. After being placed sixth for the better part of the season, the team would go on to finish eighth on the ladder. Former Australian international John Aloisi was the Heart's top goalscorer, with eight goals, in his final season in professional football.

First-team 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 Australia AUS Clint Bolton
2 DF Australia AUS Michael Marrone
3 DF Australia AUS Brendan Hamill
4 DF Australia AUS Simon Colosimo
5 DF Australia AUS Michael Beauchamp
6 MF Australia AUS Matt Thompson
7 MF Netherlands NED Rutger Worm
8 MF Australia AUS Kristian Sarkies
9 FW Netherlands NED Gerald Sibon
10 MF Australia AUS Wayne Srhoj
11 FW Brazil BRA Alex Terra
12 GK Australia AUS Peter Zoïs
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Australia AUS Kamal Ibrahim
15 FW Australia AUS John Aloisi
16 DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich
17 DF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
18 MF Australia AUS Ante Tomić
19 FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj
20 MF Australia AUS Josip Skoko
21 FW Australia AUS Kliment Taseski
22 MF Australia AUS Nick Kalmar
23 DF Australia AUS Dean Heffernan
25 MF Australia AUS Adrian Zahra

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From Notes
19 November 2009 DF Australia Matt Thompson Australia Newcastle Jets Free[1]
24 November 2009 MF Australia Kristian Sarkies Australia Adelaide United Free[2]
24 November 2009 DF Australia Dean Heffernan Australia Central Coast Mariners Free[2]
26 December 2009 FW Australia Eli Babalj Australia AIS Free[3]
26 December 2009 MF Australia Kamal Ibrahim Australia AIS Free[4]
8 January 2010 FW Australia Jason Hoffman Australia Newcastle Jets Free[5]
16 February 2010 GK Australia Clint Bolton Australia Sydney FC Free[6]
23 February 2010 FW Netherlands Rutger Worm Netherlands N.E.C. Free[7]
6 March 2010 MF Australia Wayne Srhoj Australia Perth Glory Free[8]
19 March 2010 DF Australia Simon Colosimo Australia Sydney FC Free[9]
29 March 2010 FW Australia John Aloisi Australia Sydney FC Free[10]
31 March 2010 MF Australia Kliment Taseski Australia Melbourne Victory Youth Free[11]
23 April 2010 MF Australia Brendan Hamill Australia AIS Free[11]
30 April 2010 MF Australia Michael Marrone Australia Adelaide United Free[12]
10 May 2010 FW Brazil Alex Terra Brazil Rio Branco Free[13]
17 May 2010 DF Australia Michael Beauchamp United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira Club Free[14]
18 May 2010 MF Australia Josip Skoko Croatia Hajduk Split Free[15]
21 May 2010 FW Netherlands Gerald Sibon Netherlands Heerenveen Free[16]
22 May 2010 DF Australia Dean Heffernan England Huddersfield Town Return from Loan[17]
29 June 2010 MF Australia Nick Kalmar Australia Oakleigh Cannons Free[18]
26 July 2010 MF Australia Ante Tomić Australia Sydney United Free[19]
4 August 2010 GK Australia Peter Zoïs Australia South Melbourne Free[20]
25 October 2010 MF Australia Aziz Behich Australia Hume City Free[21]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
26 January 2010 DF Australia Dean Heffernan England Huddersfield Town Free[22]

Injury replacements

Injured player Injury replacement Injury Replacement deal length Fee
Australia Kristian Sarkies Australia Aziz Behich[23] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Seven weeks*[23] Loan from Hume City
Australia Kristian Sarkies Australia Adrian Zahra[25] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Four weeks[26] Loan from Melbourne Knights
Australia Eli Babalj Australia Adrian Zahra[27][28] Hip and thigh problems[29][30] Unknown length* Loan From Melbourne Knights

*Note: Both Behich and Zahra signed long-term deals at the completion of their replacement deal period.

Pre-season and friendlies

28 April 2010 Whittlesea Zebras 1–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
17 June 2010 Wimmera South Coast Eagles 1–3 Melbourne Heart Geelong
19:00 UTC+10
  • Greechan 84'
 Report
Stadium: Elcho Park
25 June 2010 Brisbane Roar 2–0 Melbourne Heart Toowoomba
19:15 UTC+10
Report Stadium: Clive Berghofer Stadium
Attendance: 2,893
2 July 2010 Oakleigh Cannons 2–5 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
20:30 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
8 July 2010 Melbourne Heart 1–2 Newcastle Jets Morwell
19:30 UTC+10 Sibon 68' Report Bridges 6'
Abbas 27'		 Stadium: LaTrobe City Stadium,
Attendance: 3,000
14 July 2010 Everton England 2–0 Australia Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10 Rodwell 34'
Saha 60'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 19,261
22 July 2010 Loddon Mallee Lightning 1–9 Melbourne Heart Bendigo
16:00 UTC+10 Hargreaves ?' Behich 23', ?'
Alex Terra 27', 55', 57'
Hoffman ?', ?', ?'
Tolli 17'		 Stadium: Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve
July 2010 Melbourne Heart 3–0 Richmond Melbourne
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia)
2 January 2011 Melbourne Heart 6–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
Stadium: La Trobe University

Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2010–11 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
    Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 8 11 11 32 42  −10 35 4 6 5 15 18  −3 4 5 6 17 24  −7

Last updated: 12 January 2024.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101127131415161718192021222324252612282930
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAAHHAHHAAHAHAAHH
ResultLDLDWLWLWDDWDWLLLDLLLWWWDDDLDD
Position1110111069888766
Points0112558811121317
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2010 1 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EST Heffernan Yellow card 71'
Hamill Yellow card 83'
Behich Yellow card 86'		 Report
Statistics		 Bojić Yellow card 1'
Wilkinson 16'
Hutchinson Yellow card 36'
Simon Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,050
Referee: Chris Beath
13 August 2010 2 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Friday 20:00 EST Abbas Yellow card 45'
Bridges Yellow card 50'
Brockie 60'
Kantarovski Yellow card 66'		 Report
Statistics		 Kantarovski 79' (o.g.) Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
20 August 2010 3 Adelaide United 3–2 Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CST Leckie 2'
Fyfe Yellow card 5'
Ramsay 52', 88'		 Report
Statistics		 Worm 42' Yellow card 45+1'
Srhoj Yellow card 65'
Babalj 74'
Hoffman Yellow card 75'
Beauchamp Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 7,370
Referee: Ben Williams
29 August 2010 4 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EST Sibon 5' (pen.)
Kalmar 37'
Srhoj Yellow card 52'
Thompson Yellow card 82'
Heffernan Yellow card 88'
Hamill Yellow card 89'		 Report
Statistics		 Sekulovski Yellow card 4'
Marrone 19' (o.g.)
Fowler 90+4' (pen.)		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,878
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 September 2010 5 Melbourne Heart 1–0 North Queensland Fury Melbourne
Saturday 17:15 EST Kalmar 11'
Alex Yellow card 41'
Srhoj Yellow card 66'		 Report
Statistics		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,184
Referee: Gerard Parsons
10 September 2010 6 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Melbourne Heart Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST McBreen 20'
Hutchinson Yellow card 75'
Kwasnik Yellow card 78'		 Report
Statistics		 Heffernan Yellow card 22'
Beauchamp Red card 52'		 Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 6,326
Referee: Peter Green
19 September 2010 7 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST Aloisi 50'
Alex 66'		 Report
Statistics		 Muscat Yellow card 45+2'
T. Brown 75'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Peter Green
25 September 2010 8 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Saturday 17:15 EST Barbarouses 23'
Paartalu 37'
Reinaldo 48' (pen.) Yellow card 55'
Nichols 76' Yellow card 77'
Stefanutto Yellow card 90'		 Report
Statistics		 Heffernan Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 54'
   Alex Yellow card 80'
   Skoko Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,342
Referee: Chris Boyle
8 October 2010 9 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EDT Aloisi 10' Yellow card 40'
Terra 56'
Behich Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 74'		 Report
Statistics		 Leijer Yellow card 22'
Kruse 37'
Muscat Yellow card 43'
Brebner Yellow card 55'
Celeski Yellow card 65'
Ricardinho Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,897
Referee: Ben Williams
17 October 2010 10 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne Heart Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Greenacre 6'
Bertos 59'
Ifill Yellow card 79'		 Report
Statistics		 Aloisi 14' (pen.)
M. Thompson 36'
Colosimo Yellow card 44'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,211
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 October 2010 11 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Gold Coast United Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj Yellow card 52'
Worm Yellow card 74'		 Report
Statistics		 van den Brink Yellow card 35'
Curtis Yellow card 88'
J. Brown Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Chris Beath
31 October 2010 12 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Melbourne Heart Port Macquarie
Sunday 15:00 EDT Miličević Yellow card 88' Report
Statistics		 Kalmar 53'
Srhoj Yellow card 76'
Sibon 90+4' (pen.)		 Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Attendance: 3,114
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 November 2010 13 Perth Glory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Perth
Wednesday 19:00 WST Baird Yellow card 10'
B. Griffiths Yellow card 38'
Todd Yellow card 72'
Fondyke Yellow card 77'
Fowler Yellow card 77'		 Report
Statistics		 Marrone Yellow card 67'
Worm Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,745
Referee: Chris Beath
10 November 2010 14 North Queensland Fury 2–3 Melbourne Heart Townsville
Wednesday 20:00 EST Daal 12'
Spagnuolo Yellow card 74'
Talay 85' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Marrone Yellow card 24'
Srhoj Yellow card 31'
Babalj 50', Yellow card 90+1'
Sibon 59'
Zahra 64'
Colosimo Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Attendance: 2,866
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 November 2010 15 Melbourne Heart 1–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT Sibon 11'
Skoko Yellow card 53'
Srhoj Yellow card 73'
M. Thompson Yellow card 76'		 Report
Statistics		 Barbarouses 65'
Solórzano 88'
Broich Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
19 November 2010 16 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT Worm Yellow card 36' Report
Statistics		 Cornthwaite 5'
Bolton 73' (o.g.)
van Dijk Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,538
Referee: Chris Beath
24 November 2010 17 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Melbourne Heart Wellington
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT Daniel Yellow card 28'
Ifill 62', 73'
Sigmund Yellow card 83'		 Report
Statistics		 M. Thompson Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 70' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 November 2010 18 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 20:15 EDT Colosimo Yellow card 17'
Behich Yellow card 35'
Srhoj Yellow card 38'
Marrone Yellow card 71'
Kalmar Yellow card 82'		 Report
Statistics		 Musialik Yellow card 27'
Bridge Yellow card 47'
Byun Yellow card 90+2' Yellow-red card 90+3'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 December 2010 19 Gold Coast United 3–0 Melbourne Heart Gold Coast
Sunday 16:00 EST van den Brink 41' Yellow card 84'
Culina 58' (pen.), 77'		 Report
Statistics		 Beauchamp Yellow card 57'
Zahra Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Skilled Park
Attendance: 1,658
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 December 2010 20 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT Report
Statistics		 Wheelhouse Red card 8'
Jeffers 12' Yellow card 62'
Jesic 18'
Zadkovich Yellow card 41'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,754
Referee: Peter Green
11 December 2010 21 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Sibon 17'
Kalmar Yellow card 42'
Marrone Yellow card 46'
Zahra Yellow card 69'
Srhoj Yellow card 90+2'		 Report
Statistics		 Kruse 12', 28'
Celeski Yellow card 38'
Srhoj 54' (o.g.)
Hernández Yellow card 68'
Ferreira Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,059
Referee: Chris Beath
17 December 2010 22 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT van Dijk 45+1'
Galeković Yellow card 89'
Keenan Yellow card 90+1'		 Statistics M. Thompson Yellow card 27'
Hoffman Yellow card 65'
Colosimo 89'
Aloisi 90+2'		 Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,011
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
23 December 2010 23 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne Heart Sydney
Thursday 19:00 EDT Cazarine Yellow card 44' Report
Summary		 Srhoj Yellow card 1'
Zahra 86'		 Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 6,639
Referee: Ben Williams
2 January 2011 24 Melbourne Heart 2–0 North Queensland Fury Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT Aloisi 58'
Sibon 83'		 Report
Statistics		 M. Hughes Yellow card 90+4' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,482
Referee: Peter Green
15 January 2011 25 Perth Glory 1–1 Melbourne Heart Perth
Saturday 18:45 WST Howarth 34' Report
Statistics		 Alex 70' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,962
Referee: Gerard Parsons
19 January 2011 26 Melbourne Heart 1–1 Gold Coast United Melbourne
Wednesday 20:00 EDT Alex 17'
Beauchamp Yellow card 58'		 Report
Statistics		 Djite 40'
Perchtold Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,187
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 January 2011 27 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Allsopp 10' Yellow card 38'
Hernández 31' Yellow card 89'
Ferreira Yellow card 43'
Kemp Yellow card 50'
Angulo Yellow card 54'
K. Muscat Yellow card 60' Red card 79'
Petkovic Yellow card 90+2'		 Report
Statistics		 Aloisi 45+2', 51'
Skoko Yellow card 48'
M. Thompson Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 32,231
Referee: Chris Beath
28 January 2011 28 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Friday 19:30 EST Solórzano 5' Yellow card 90+2'
Nichols Yellow card 45'
Meyer 62'		 Report
Statistics		 Sibon Yellow card 45+1' 75'
M. Thompson Yellow card 46'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 February 2011 29 Melbourne Heart 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT M. Thompson 49' Report
Statistics		 McBreen 50'
McGlinchey Yellow card 55'
Amini Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,667
Referee: Strebre Delovski
12 February 2011 30 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT Srhoj Yellow card 20'
Sibon Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 44'
Skoko Yellow card 34'
Worm 41'
Aloisi 62' Yellow card 62'		 Report
Statistics		 Carle 34' (pen.), 88'
McFlynn Yellow card 45+1'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,019
Referee: Ben Williams

Statistics

Overall

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No. Nat. Name Pos. Starts Sub. Total Goals
1 Australia Clint Bolton GK 30 0 30 0
2 Australia Michael Marrone DF 29 0 29 0
3 Australia Brendan Hamill DF 5 7 12 0
4 Australia Simon Colosimo DF 22 4 26 1
5 Australia Michael Beauchamp DF 19 4 23 0
6 Australia Matt Thompson MF 29 0 29 2
7 Netherlands Rutger Worm MF 22 4 26 2
8 Australia Kristian Sarkies MF 2 4 6 0
9 Netherlands Gerald Sibon FW 24 3 27 7
10 Australia Wayne Srhoj MF 25 1 26 0
11 Brazil Alex Terra FW 14 6 20 4
12 Australia Peter Zois GK 0 0 0 0
14 Australia Kamal Ibrahim MF 1 2 3 0
15 Australia John Aloisi FW 17 3 20 8
16 Australia Aziz Behich DF 23 4 27 0
17 Australia Jason Hoffman DF 3 9 12 0
18 Australia Ante Tomić MF 0 0 0 0
19 Australia Eli Babalj FW 1 12 13 2
20 Australia Josip Skoko MF 21 1 22 0
21 Australia Kliment Taseski FW 0 4 4 0
22 Australia Nick Kalmar MF 17 12 29 3
23 Australia Dean Heffernan DF 9 4 13 0
25 Australia Adrian Zahra MF 17 2 19 2

Disciplinary record

Players with no cards not included in the list.

Nat. Name Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Points
Australia Wayne Srhoj 11 0 0 11
Australia Matt Thompson 5 1 0 7
Australia Michael Beauchamp 3 0 1 6
Australia Dean Heffernan 3 1 0 5
Netherlands Rutger Worm 4 0 0 4
Australia Aziz Behich 2 1 0 4
Australia Michael Marrone 4 0 0 4
Australia Josip Skoko 4 0 0 4
Australia Simon Colosimo 3 0 0 3
Netherlands Gerald Sibon 1 1 0 3
Australia Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 2
Brazil Alex Terra 2 0 0 2
Australia Nick Kalmar 2 0 0 2
Australia Adrian Zahra 2 0 0 2
Australia Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 2
Australia John Aloisi 2 0 0 2
Australia Eli Babalj 1 0 0 1
Total 53 4 1 64

Goal-scorers

Players with no goals not included in the list.

Total Player Goals per Game
 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 28 29 30
8 Australia John Aloisi 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
7 Netherlands Gerald Sibon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Brazil Alex Terra 1 1 1 1
3 Australia Nick Kalmar 1 1 1
2 Australia Eli Babalj 1 1
2 Australia Adrian Zahra 1 1
2 Australia Matt Thompson 1 1
2 Netherlands Rutger Worm 1 1
1 Own goal 1
1 Australia Simon Colosimo 1
30 Total 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

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