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

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Injury replacements

Injured player Injury replacement Injury Replacement deal length Fee
Kristian Sarkies Aziz Behich[23] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Seven weeks*[23] Loan from Hume City
Kristian Sarkies Adrian Zahra[25] Broken fibula and tibia in right leg[24] Four weeks[26] Loan from Melbourne Knights
Eli Babalj 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
  • Kalambokis ?'
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
  • Palinic 28'
  • Gasparinatos 87'
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 2–0 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

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  71'
Hamill  83'
Behich  86'
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Statistics
Bojić  1'
Wilkinson 16'
Hutchinson  36'
Simon  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  45'
Bridges  50'
Brockie 60'
Kantarovski  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  5'
Ramsay 52', 88'
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Statistics
Worm 42'  45+1'
Srhoj  65'
Babalj 74'
Hoffman  75'
Beauchamp  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  52'
Thompson  82'
Heffernan  88'
Hamill  89'
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Statistics
Sekulovski  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  41'
Srhoj  66'
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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  75'
Kwasnik  78'
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Statistics
Heffernan  22'
Beauchamp  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'
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Statistics
Muscat  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.)  55'
Nichols 76'  77'
Stefanutto  90'
Report
Statistics
Heffernan  47'  54'
   Alex  80'
   Skoko  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'  40'
Terra 56'
Behich  48'  74'
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Statistics
Leijer  22'
Kruse 37'
Muscat  43'
Brebner  55'
Celeski  65'
Ricardinho  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  79'
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Statistics
Aloisi 14' (pen.)
M. Thompson 36'
Colosimo  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  52'
Worm  74'
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Statistics
van den Brink  35'
Curtis  88'
J. Brown  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  88' Report
Statistics
Kalmar 53'
Srhoj  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  10'
B. Griffiths  38'
Todd  72'
Fondyke  77'
Fowler  77'
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Statistics
Marrone  67'
Worm  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  74'
Talay 85' (pen.)
Report
Summary
Marrone  24'
Srhoj  31'
Babalj 50',  90+1'
Sibon 59'
Zahra 64'
Colosimo  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  53'
Srhoj  73'
M. Thompson  76'
Report
Statistics
Barbarouses 65'
Solórzano 88'
Broich  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  36' Report
Statistics
Cornthwaite 5'
Bolton 73' (o.g.)
van Dijk  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  28'
Ifill 62', 73'
Sigmund  83'
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Statistics
M. Thompson  57'  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  17'
Behich  35'
Srhoj  38'
Marrone  71'
Kalmar  82'
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Statistics
Musialik  27'
Bridge  47'
Byun  90+2'  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'  84'
Culina 58' (pen.), 77'
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Statistics
Beauchamp  57'
Zahra  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  8'
Jeffers 12'  62'
Jesic 18'
Zadkovich  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  42'
Marrone  46'
Zahra  69'
Srhoj  90+2'
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Statistics
Kruse 12', 28'
Celeski  38'
Srhoj 54' (o.g.)
Hernández  68'
Ferreira  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  89'
Keenan  90+1'
Statistics M. Thompson  27'
Hoffman  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  44' Report
Summary
Srhoj  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  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  58'
Report
Statistics
Djite 40'
Perchtold  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'  38'
Hernández 31'  89'
Ferreira  43'
Kemp  50'
Angulo  54'
K. Muscat  60'  79'
Petkovic  90+2'
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Statistics
Aloisi 45+2', 51'
Skoko  48'
M. Thompson  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'  90+2'
Nichols  45'
Meyer 62'
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Statistics
Sibon  45+1' 75'
M. Thompson  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  55'
Amini  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  20'
Sibon  29'  44'
Skoko  34'
Worm 41'
Aloisi 62'  62'
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Statistics
Carle 34' (pen.), 88'
McFlynn  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 Clint Bolton GK 30 0 30 0
2 Michael Marrone DF 29 0 29 0
3 Brendan Hamill DF 5 7 12 0
4 Simon Colosimo DF 22 4 26 1
5 Michael Beauchamp DF 19 4 23 0
6 Matt Thompson MF 29 0 29 2
7 Rutger Worm MF 22 4 26 2
8 Kristian Sarkies MF 2 4 6 0
9 Gerald Sibon FW 24 3 27 7
10 Wayne Srhoj MF 25 1 26 0
11 Alex Terra FW 14 6 20 4
12 Peter Zois GK 0 0 0 0
14 Kamal Ibrahim MF 1 2 3 0
15 John Aloisi FW 17 3 20 8
16 Aziz Behich DF 23 4 27 0
17 Jason Hoffman DF 3 9 12 0
18 Ante Tomić MF 0 0 0 0
19 Eli Babalj FW 1 12 13 2
20 Josip Skoko MF 21 1 22 0
21 Kliment Taseski FW 0 4 4 0
22 Nick Kalmar MF 17 12 29 3
23 Dean Heffernan DF 9 4 13 0
25 Adrian Zahra MF 17 2 19 2

Disciplinary record

Players with no cards not included in the list.

Nat. Name Points
Wayne Srhoj 11 0 0 11
Matt Thompson 5 1 0 7
Michael Beauchamp 3 0 1 6
Dean Heffernan 3 1 0 5
Rutger Worm 4 0 0 4
Aziz Behich 2 1 0 4
Michael Marrone 4 0 0 4
Josip Skoko 4 0 0 4
Simon Colosimo 3 0 0 3
Gerald Sibon 1 1 0 3
Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 2
Alex Terra 2 0 0 2
Nick Kalmar 2 0 0 2
Adrian Zahra 2 0 0 2
Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 2
John Aloisi 2 0 0 2
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 John Aloisi 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
7 Gerald Sibon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Alex Terra 1 1 1 1
3 Nick Kalmar 1 1 1
2 Eli Babalj 1 1
2 Adrian Zahra 1 1
2 Matt Thompson 1 1
2 Rutger Worm 1 1
1 Own goal 1
1 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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