2013–14 Melbourne Heart FC season

Melbourne Heart
2013–14 season
ChairmanPeter Sidwell
ManagerJohn Aloisi
(until 28 December 2013)
John van 't Schip
(from 30 December 2013)
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League10th
Top goalscorerDavid Williams (12)

The 2013–14 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's fourth since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the fourth time. This season was the club's last season under the "Melbourne Heart" name. After being taken over and rebranded by Manchester City, from mid-2014 onwards, the club was to be called "Melbourne City FC".

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 35 2012 32 0 2016 Free
2 DF Australia Jeremy Walker 31 2011 16 0 2014 Youth system
3 DF Netherlands Rob Wielaert 46 2013 19 0 2014 Free Visa player
4 MF Netherlands Orlando Engelaar 45 2013 4 1 2014 Free International marquee
5 DF Australia Sam Mitchinson 32 2012 10 0 2014 Youth system
6 DF Liberia Patrick Gerhardt 39 2012 38 1 2014 Free Visa player
7 MF Australia Iain Ramsay 36 2013 18 1 2014 Free
8 MF Australia Massimo Murdocca 40 2013 19 0 2015 Free
10 MF Australia Harry Kewell (captain) 46 2013 11 1 2014 Free
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 37 2011 38 5 2014 Free Visa player
15 FW Australia David Williams 36 2011 57 15 2014 Free Domestic marquee
16 DF Australia Aziz Behich 34 2010 84 1 2014 Free
17 MF Australia Jason Hoffman 35 2010 58 1 2014 Free
18 DF Australia David Vranković 31 2012 13 0 2014 Free
19 MF Australia Ben Garuccio 29 2012 9 0 2015 Free
20 GK Australia Tando Velaphi 37 2013 0 0 2014 Free
21 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 29 2012 10 0 2014 Youth system
22 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 37 2010 63 6 2014 Free
23 FW Australia Mate Dugandžić 35 2011 48 9 2014 Free
24 DF Australia Patrick Kisnorbo 43 2013 13 2 2014 Free
25 MF Italy Andrea Migliorini 36 2014 9 0 2014 Free Injury replacement

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
26 GK Australia Marko Stevanja
27 MF Australia Luke O'Dea 34
28 MF Australia Paulo Retre 31
29 MF Australia Alexander Dao
30 MF Australia Ross Archibald 30

Transfers in

Name Position Moving from Notes
Australia Jeremy Walker Defender Australia Melbourne Heart Youth 1-year contract[1]
Australia Sam Mitchinson Defender Australia Melbourne Heart Youth 1-year contract[2]
Australia Stefan Mauk Midfielder Australia Melbourne Heart Youth 1-year contract
Australia Iain Ramsay Midfielder Australia Adelaide United 1-year contract[2]
Australia Massimo Murdocca Midfielder Australia Brisbane Roar 2-year contract[3]
Australia Harry Kewell Midfielder Qatar Al-Gharafa 1-year contract[4]
Netherlands Rob Wielaert Defender Netherlands Roda JC Kerkrade 1-year contract[5]
Australia Aziz Behich Defender Turkey Bursaspor 1-year loan [6]
Australia Tando Velaphi Goalkeeper Australia Melbourne Victory 1-year contract [6]
Netherlands Orlando Engelaar Midfielder Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1-year contract[7]
Australia Patrick Kisnorbo Defender England Leeds United 1-year contract [8]
Malta Michael Mifsud Striker Malta Valletta 1-year contract[9]
Italy Andrea Migliorini Midfielder Slovenia Koper 3-month injury replacement[10]
Australia Luke O'Dea Midfielder Australia Melbourne Victory Youth player[11]

Transfers out

Name Position Moving to Notes
Australia Vince Grella Midfielder Retired Retired[12]
Republic of Ireland Steven Gray Defender Free agent Released[13]
Australia Matt Thompson Midfielder Australia Sydney FC Released[2]
Australia Clint Bolton Goalkeeper Retired Released[2]
Brazil Fred Midfielder Free agent Released[2]
Australia Simon Colosimo Defender India Dempo Released[2]
Australia Cameron Edwards Midfielder Australia Perth Glory Released[2]
Australia Jamie Coyne Defender Free agent Released[2]
Netherlands Marcel Meeuwis Midfielder Netherlands FC Eindhoven Released[2]
Croatia Josip Tadić Striker Croatia HNK Rijeka Released
Australia Eli Babalj Striker Netherlands AZ Alkmaar Transfer[14]
Australia Richard Garcia Midfielder Australia Sydney FC Released[15]
Australia Dylan Macallister Forward Hong Kong Eastern Salon Released[16]
Australia Golgol Mebrahtu Forward Free agent Released[17]
Malta Michael Mifsud Forward Free agent Released[18]

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Netherlands John van 't Schip
Assistant manager Spain Gerard Nus
Goalkeeping coach Australia Peter Zoïs
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia
Physiotherapist Australia Belinda Pacella

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 24 0 2 0 0 24 0 2 0 0
2 DF Australia Jeremy Walker 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
3 DF Netherlands Rob Wielaert 26 0 7 0 0 26 0 7 0 0
4 MF Netherlands Orlando Engelaar 12 5 1 0 1 11+ 1 5 1 0 1
5 DF Australia Sam Mitchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Liberia Patrick Gerhardt 17 0 5 0 0 11+ 6 0 5 0 0
7 MF Australia Iain Ramsay 26 1 5 0 0 20+ 6 1 5 0 0
8 MF Australia Massimo Murdocca 27 0 3 0 0 26+ 1 0 3 0 0
9 FW Australia Dylan Macallister 1 0 0 1 0 0+ 1 0 0 1 0
10 MF Australia Harry Kewell 16 2 2 0 0 11+ 5 2 2 0 0
11 FW Malta Michael Mifsud 14 1 2 0 0 12+ 2 1 2 0 0
13 MF Argentina Jonatan Germano 10 2 4 0 0 8+ 2 2 4 0 0
14 FW Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 12 0 0 0 0 6+ 6 0 0 0 0
15 FW Australia David Williams 26 12 4 0 0 22+ 4 12 4 0 0
16 DF Australia Aziz Behich 24 1 6 0 0 23+ 1 1 6 0 0
17 MF Australia Jason Hoffman 22 1 4 0 0 22 1 4 0 0
18 DF Australia David Vranković 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Australia Ben Garuccio 12 0 2 0 0 6+ 6 0 2 0 0
20 GK Australia Tando Velaphi 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
21 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 16 0 2 0 0 3+13 0 2 0 0
22 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 20 1 1 0 0 7+13 1 1 0 0
23 FW Australia Mate Dugandžić 26 4 3 0 0 23+ 3 4 3 0 0
24 DF Australia Patrick Kisnorbo 21 2 5 0 1 20+ 1 2 5 0 1
25 MF Italy Andrea Migliorini 9 3 2 0 0 8+ 1 3 2 0 0
28 MF Australia Paulo Retre 4 0 0 0 0 2+ 2 0 0 0 0
30 MF Australia Ross Archibald 1 0 0 0 0 0+ 1 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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
12 Australia David Williams 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
5 Netherlands Orlando Engelaar 1 1 1 1 1
4 Australia Mate Dugandžić 2 1 1
3 Italy Andrea Migliorini 1 2
2 Australia Patrick Kisnorbo 1 1
Australia Harry Kewell 1 1
Argentina Jonatan Germano 1 1
1 Malta Michael Mifsud 1
Australia Nick Kalmar 1
Australia Iain Ramsay 1
Australia Aziz Behich 1
Australia Jason Hoffman 1
Own goal 1
36 TOTAL 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 5 1 4 0 2 1 1 2 2
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
2 were scored from penalty kicks

Home attendance

Round Opponent Attendance
2 Central Coast Mariners 8,734
5 Western Sydney Wanderers 8,070
6 Sydney FC 8,941
8 Adelaide United 6,002
10 Melbourne Victory 26,491
12 Wellington Phoenix 6,486
15 Newcastle Jets 5,046
17 Sydney FC 7,674
18 Perth Glory 7,218
20 Brisbane Roar 7,816
21 Melbourne Victory 25,546
23 Wellington Phoenix 5,614
24 Central Coast Mariners 5,480
26 Western Sydney Wanderers 10,003
Total Attendance 139,121
Average Attendance 9,937

Pre-season and friendlies

25 July 2013 GNEFA All Stars Australia 1–4 Australia Melbourne Heart Shepparton
20:00 Ellis 37' (pen.) Report Mebrahtu 30'
Macallister 35'
Garuccio 51'
Dugandžić 86'		 Stadium: McEwan Reserve
Attendance: 2800
Referee: Brenton Hayward
7 August 2013 friendly Melbourne Heart Australia 12–0 Australia La Trobe University XI Melbourne
15:00 Williams 10', 12', 14', 18', 38'
Macallister 11', 65', 67', 90'
Konstantinidis 21', 33'
Ramsay 85'		 Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
16 August 2013 Richmond Australia 0–4 Australia Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:30 Report Ramsay 3'
Dugandzic 4'
Mebrahtu 17'
Kewell 23' (pen.)		 Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve
25 August 2013 Brisbane Roar Australia 3–0 Australia Melbourne Heart Lismore
14:30 Berisha 1', 66', 83' Report Stadium: Oakes Oval
Attendance: 5,138
4 September 2013 Oakleigh Cannons Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne Heart Melbourne
19:30 Report Vranković 75' Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
11 September 2013 Perth Glory Australia 1–0 Australia Melbourne Heart Perth
17:30 EST Maclaren 9' Report Stadium: Intiga Stadium
14 September 2013 Perth Glory Australia 1–1 Australia Melbourne Heart Mandurah
Saturday 15:00 AWST McGarry 88' Report Kewell 84' Stadium: Hyundai Stadium
27 September 2013 Melbourne Heart Australia 1–2 Australia Adelaide United Melbourne
14:30 AEST Williams 65' Report Carrusca 26' (pen.), 33' Stadium: Epping Stadium
29 September 2013 Peninsula XI Australia 1–4 Australia Melbourne Heart Melbourne
15:00 Scott 68' Report Kaya 6'
Retre 13', 40' (pen.)
Bounis 50'		 Stadium: Frankston Park
Attendance: 2,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 10th 12 October 2013 12 April 2014
National Youth League — 5th 26 October 2013 2 March 2014

A-League

Main article: 2013–14 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 16 4 7 43 25 +18 52 Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 9 7 34 29 +5 42
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36 −3 42 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 42 43 −1 41 Qualification for Finals series
5 Sydney FC 27 12 3 12 40 38 +2 39
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36 +9 38
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 6 11 34 34 0 36
8 Perth Glory 27 7 7 13 28 37 −9 28
9 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 7 7 13 36 51 −15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42 −6 26
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
27 6 8 13 36 42  −6 26 5 3 6 23 22  +1 1 5 7 13 20  −7

Last updated: 12 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHHAHHAAH
ResultDDLLLLLDDLLLDLWDWWWWWLDLLDL
Position6581010101010101010101010101010101010999991010
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 October 2013 1 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Peter Green
19 October 2013 2 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Williams 53', 59' Report Flores 70' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Ben Williams
27 October 2013 3 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne Heart Perth
Sunday 14:00 AWST Maclaren 51' Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 13,856
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 November 2013 4 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST Henrique 48', 65'
Smith 77'		 Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
8 November 2013 5 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Report Cole 27' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,070
Referee: Peter O'Leary
15 November 2013 6 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Report Del Piero 26' (pen.)
Chianese 45+1'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,941
Referee: Alan Milliner
24 November 2013 7 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Taggart 38', 55', 62' Report Migliorini 57' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,806
Referee: Peter Green
1 December 2013 8 Melbourne Heart 3–3 Adelaide United Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Migliorini 54', 66'
Williams 71' (pen.)		 Report Luštica 4'
Cirio 15'
Carrusca 77'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 December 2013 9 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Melbourne Heart Sydney
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Mooy 44' Report Williams 38' Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,549
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
15 December 2013 10 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Heart Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Del Piero 43'
Despotović 45+1'		 Report Mifsud 72' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,008
Referee: Chris Beath
21 December 2013 11 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Kisnorbo Red card 21'
Kalmar 81'		 Report Nichols 38', 63'
Troisi 60'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 26,491
Referee: Ben Williams
27 December 2013 12 Melbourne Heart 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Report Huysegems 75' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,486
Referee: Strebre Delovski
5 January 2014 13 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Melbourne Heart Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 8,062
Referee: Jarred Gillett
10 January 2014 14 Perth Glory 3–0 Melbourne Heart Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Zahra 64'
Smeltz 86', 89'		 Report Macallister Yellow card 75' Red card 81' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Peter Green
17 January 2014 15 Melbourne Heart 3–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Ramsay 44'
Dugandžić 45+1', 68'		 Report Regan 37' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,046
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 January 2014 16 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT Djite 22'
Ry. Griffiths 90'		 Report Kewell 61' (pen.)
Kisnorbo 78'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
31 January 2014 17 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT Engelaar Red card 33'
Germano 52'
Williams 89'		 Report Gameiro 39' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,674
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 February 2014 18 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Perth Glory Albury
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Kisnorbo 51'
Williams 81'		 Report McGarry 73' Stadium: Lavington Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
16 February 2014 19 Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Melbourne Heart Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT Report Engelaar 9'
Williams 19', 51', 63'
Moss 54' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 9,767
Referee: Jarred Gillett
23 February 2014 20 Melbourne Heart 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Engelaar 61' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,816
Referee: Adam Kersey
1 March 2014 21 Melbourne Heart 4–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Engelaar 9'
Dugandžić 15'
Williams 83'
Kewell 86'		 Report Ansell Red card 41' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,546
Referee: Strebre Delovski
8 March 2014 22 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Taggart 53' Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,117
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 March 2014 23 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Sunday 19:00 AEDT Germano 29'
Williams 62' (pen.)		 Report Krishna 6'
Sigmund Yellow card 31' Red card 33'
Boyd 56'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,614
Referee: Ben Williams
23 March 2014 24 Melbourne Heart 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 AEDT Engelaar 34' Report Kim 45+2'
Ibini 77'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,480
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
28 March 2014 25 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Melbourne Heart Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST Petratos 36'
Berisha Red card 43'
Henrique 73'		 Behich 18' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,101
Referee: Chris Beath
4 April 2014 26 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Heart Adelaide
Friday 19:00 AEDT Carrusca 1'
Elrich Red card 35'
Ferreira 90+3'		 Williams 33' (pen.)
Dugandžić 42'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 13,845
Referee: Ben Williams
12 April 2014 27 Melbourne Heart 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Engelaar 34'
Hoffman 72'		 Report Topor-Stanley 27'
Šantalab 81'
Hersi 86'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Chris Johansen

Awards

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