LIST OF CENTRAL COAST MARINERS FC PLAYERS

Central Coast Mariners FC

This is a 'list of football (soccer) players who have played for Central Coast Mariners FC'. It includes players that have played at least one match, either as a starting player or a substitute, for the Mariners in the A-League competition and the finals series. The Pre-Season Cup competition is not included.
The A-League is the premier domestic football (soccer) competition in Australia. It was founded in 2004, and the Central Coast Mariners were one of the eight inaugural clubs to participate in the new competition.^[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.^[2] Central Coast finished as runner-up in the 2005–06 season, losing in the Grand Final to Sydney FC.^[3]
Central Coast have had five players compete for them who have been capped at international level - four Australians and one Scot. This includes the current record-holder for goals for the Australian national team, Damian Mori, who played eight matches for the Mariners in the 2006–07 A-League season.^[4]

Contents

Records

Notable players

List of players

Notes

References

Records

:''As of September 7, 2007. Only A-League matches are counted.''
Club captain Alex Wilkinson has played the most games for the Mariners in A-League competition, with 47. Wilkinson played in every competitive match for the Central Coast Mariners during the first two seasons of the A-League competition.^[5]
Australian Adam Kwasnik has scored the most goals for Central Coast in the A-League competition, with 11. Kwasnik has also converted the most penalty kicks for the Mariners, with four.^[6]

Notable players

The Mariners have had a number of internationally-capped players represent them in their two seasons since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included four members of the Australian national team, including one (Tony Vidmar) who was still in the Socceroo squad whilst playing for Central Coast.^[7] Central Coast have also had one Scottish international, Ian Ferguson make a short-term appearance.^[8]

★ Ian Ferguson (2005–06) who played nine international matches for Scotland between 1988 and 1997. This included six FIFA World Cup qualification matches, spanning the 1990, 1994 and 1998 qualifying series.^[9]

★ Michael Beauchamp (2005–06), who has played five international matches for Australian national team since debuting in 2006.^[10] He was a member of the 23-man Australian squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, however did not make an appearance during the tournament.^[11] Beauchamp signed a one-year loan contract with the Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg at the end of the 2005–06 A-League season.^[12]

★ Damian Mori (2006), who was capped 45 times for the Australian national team between 1992 and 2002. Mori, a striker, is the all-time top goal scorer for the Australian national team, with 29. He holds the record for most appearances (430) and most goals (235) in Australian domestic competition, mainly from the now-defunct National Soccer League.^[13]

★ Tony Vidmar (2006–''present''), who played 75 matches for the Australian national team between 1991 and 2005.^[14] Vidmar, the third most capped Australian ever at international level,^[15] played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns; most notably, his converted penalty during the shootout against Uruguay in the qualification match for 2006.^[16]

★ Sasho Petrovski (2007–''present''), who has made two appearances for Australia.^[17] Debuting in 2001 against Japan, he has scored one goal for the national team. Petrovski was a member of the Sydney FC team that defeated Central Coast in the inaugural A-Legaue grand final.^[18]

List of players

:''Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for A-League regular season and finals matches only. Substitute appearances included. "Matches for CCM" dates are from the season of first game for the Mariners to the season of last game for the Mariners, with 'present' used if still at the club. As of September 7, 2007.''

Position key

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward

Name	Nationality	Position	Matches for CCM	Appearances	Goals
		GK	2005–2007	5	0
		DF, MF	2005–2007	37	1
		MF	2005–2007	41	6
		DF	2005–''present''	19	1
		DF	2005–2006	22	0
		MF	2005–''present''	37	2
		FW	2005–''present''	36	7

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|DF||2005–2006
2007–''present''||25||8
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|MF||2005–2007||25||1
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|MF, FW||2005–''present''||37||5
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|DF||2005–''present''||35||1
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|MF, FW||2005–2007||41||10
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|FW||2005–2006||5||0
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|MF||2005–2006||7||0
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|DF||2005–''present''||37||0
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|DF||2005–''present''||4||0
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|MF||2005–''present''||36||2
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|DF||2005–''present''||47||0
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|FW||2005–''present''||43||11
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|GK||2005–''present''||42||0
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|MF||2005–2006||3||0
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|DF||2006–''present''||17||0
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|DF||2006–2007||11||0
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|MF||2006–''present''||11||0
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|FW||2006–2007||8||6
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|MF||2006–''present''||6||0
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|FW||2006–''present''||9||3
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|GK||2006–''present''||2||0
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|MF||2007–''present''||2||0
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|FW||2007–''present''||3||1
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|FW||2007–''present''||3||0
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Notes

1. Season Review - Central Coast
2. Hyundai A-League > Rules
3. Sydney FC prevails
4. Damian Mori - Goals in International Matches
5. New skipper for Mariners
6. Player Profile: Adam Kwasnik
7. Vidmar earns Socceroo call up
8. Ferguson set to play
9. Ian Ferguson - Scotland National Teams Player Details
10. Player Profile: Michael Beauchamp
11. World Cup 2006: Australia statistics
12. Nürnberg add three
13. The More The Merrier For Mori The Mariner
14. Doctors give Vidmar all clear to play again
15. Vidmar out of World Cup
16. Shattered Dream
17. Player Profile: Sasho Petrovski
18. 2006 A-League Playoff results

References

★ Player Statistics: Hyundai A-League 2005-06

★ Player Statistics: Hyundai A-League 2006-07

★ Squad Statistics: 2005/06 Australian A-League

★ Squad Statistics: 2006/07 Australian A-League