List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

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 association football 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. [cite news
url = http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/leagues/aleague/season-review-central-coast.php
title = Season Review - Central Coast
publisher = Real Life News
date = 2006-03-28
accessdate = 2007-04-20] 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. [cite web | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=rules | title = Hyundai A-League > Rules | work = A-League.com.au | accessdate = 2007-04-20] Central Coast finished as runner-up in the 2005–06 season, losing in the Grand Final to Sydney FC. [cite news
url = http://a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=3603&pageid=18
title = Sydney FC prevails
publisher = A-League official website
date = 2006-03-05
accessdate = 2006-11-12]

Central Coast have had seven players compete for them who have been capped at international level – six 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 and two in the 2007–08 season.cite web
url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mori-intlg.html
title=Damian Mori - Goals in International Matches
publisher=RSSSF
accessdate=2007-03-25]

Records

:"As of October 13, 2007. Only A-League matches are counted."

Club captain Alex Wilkinson and striker Adam Kwasnik have 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. [cite news
url = http://www.theworldgame.com.au/a-league/index.php?pid=st&cid=83218&section=st&tid=141
title = New skipper for Mariners
date = 2007-02-14
accessdate = 2007-03-25
publisher = The World Game website]

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. [cite web
url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=playerprofile&pid=111
title = Player Profile: Adam Kwasnik
publisher = Central Coast Mariners official website
accessdate = 2007-03-30]

Notable players

The Mariners have secured the services of a number of internationally-capped players since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included six members of the Australian national team, including three (Tony Vidmar, Michael Beauchamp, Nik Mrdja) who played in the Socceroo team whilst playing for Central Coast. [cite news
url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=5241&pageid=261
title = Vidmar earns Socceroo call up
date = 2006-09-26
accessdate = 2006-09-29
publisher = Central Coast Mariners official website] [cite news
url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=ccfc_news_item&id=11310
title = Beauchamp stars in Socceroos triumph
date = 2006-02-24
accessdate = 2007-09-21
publisher = Central Coast Mariners official website] Central Coast have also had one Scottish international, Ian Ferguson make a short-term appearance. [cite news
url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1843
title = Ferguson set to play
date = 2005-10-07
accessdate = 2006-11-10
publisher = A-League official website]

*flagicon|Scotland 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. [cite web
url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=37&CFID=70388&CFTOKEN=44350204
title=Ian Ferguson - Scotland National Teams Player Details
publisher=The Scottish Football Association
accessdate=2007-03-25]

*flagicon|Australia Michael Beauchamp (2005–06), who has played nine international matches for Australian national team since debuting in 2006. [cite web
url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=soc_player_profile&id=26
title=Player Profile: Michael Beauchamp
publisher=Football Federation Australia
accessdate=2007-03-25] 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. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/australia/4920980.stm
title=World Cup 2006: Australia statistics
publisher=BBC
accessdate=2007-03-25] Beauchamp signed a one-year loan contract with the Bundesliga club 1. FC Nuremberg at the end of the 2005–06 A-League season. [cite news
title=Nürnberg add three
url=http://www.football.co.uk/news/nurnberg_add_three_227560.shtml
publisher=Football.co.uk
date=2006-05-11
accessdate=2007-03-25]

*flagicon|Australia 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. [cite web
url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/mori-intlg.html
title=Damian Mori - Goals in International Matches
publisher=RSSSF
accessdate=2007-03-25] He holds the record for most appearances (430) and most goals (235) in Australian domestic competition, predominantly from the now-defunct National Soccer League. [cite web
url=http://www.ausfootballreview.com/afr/pmwiki.php/ALeague/Round_8_Feature_Player_-_Damian_Mori
title=The More The Merrier For Mori The Mariner
publisher=AusFootballReview
accessdate=2007-03-25]

*flagicon|Australia Tony Vidmar (2006–08), who played 75 matches for the Australian national team between 1991 and 2005. [cite news
title=Doctors give Vidmar all clear to play again
url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/aussie-update/doctors-give-vidmar-all-clear-to-play-again/2006/07/08/1152240540556.html
publisher=Sydney Morning Herald
date=2006-06-09
accessdate=2007-03-27] Vidmar, the third most capped Australian ever at international level, [cite news
title=Vidmar out of World Cup
url=http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=70586
publisher=SBS: The World Game
date=2006-03-09
accessdate=2007-03-27] played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns; most notably, his converted penalty during the shootout against Uruguay in the qualification match for 2006. [cite web
url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/GUESTS/paul20060510.html
title=Shattered Dream
publisher=Planet World Cup
accessdate=2007-03-25]

*flagicon|Australia Sasho Petrovski (2007–"present"), who has made two appearances for Australia.cite web
url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/default.aspx?s=soc_player_profile&id=289
title=Player Profile: Sasho Petrovski
publisher=Football Federation Australia
accessdate=2007-03-27] 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-League grand final. [cite web
url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL2/20052006/Playoff.html
title=2006 A-League Playoff results
publisher=OzFootball
accessdate=2007-03-27]

*flagicon|Australia Tom Pondeljak (2005–08), who has made four appearances for Australia. Pondeljak made his four appearances all during 2002.cite web
url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=ccfc_playerprofile_item&pid=294
title=Player Profile: Tom Pondeljak
publisher=Central Coast Mariners FC
accessdate=2007-09-16]

*flagicon|Australia Nik Mrdja (2005–"present"), who made his international debut against Argentina when coming on as a late substitute.cite web
url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Socceroos/default.aspx?s=aus_soc_news_feat_news_news_item&id=19227
title=Argentina get home against gallant Australia
publisher=Football Federation Australia
accessdate=2007-09-16]

*flagicon|Australia John Aloisi (2007–08), who made his debut for the Socceroos back in 1997. He has made 54 appearances for the national team. He became an Australian hero by scoring the winning penalty in the 2005 World Cup Qualifier against Uruguay in Sydney.cite web
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/world-cup-here-we-come/2005/11/16/1132016866332.html
title=World Cup here we come!
publisher=The Age
accessdate=2007-10-20]

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 October 1, 2007."

Notes

References

*cite web|url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/Default.aspx?s=playerstats&competitioncode=HAL&seasonid=2&asc=true&asc=true|title=Player Statistics: Hyundai A-League 2005-06|accessdate=2007-04-20|publisher="Central Coast Mariners FC official website"
*cite web|url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/Default.aspx?s=playerstats&asc=true&asc=true&competitioncode=HAL&seasonid=18|title=Player Statistics: Hyundai A-League 2006-07|accessdate=2007-04-20|publisher="Central Coast Mariners FC official website"
*cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=5325&season=2005&cat=starts&view=2&cc=3436|title=Squad Statistics: 2005/06 Australian A-League|accessdate=2007-04-20|publisher="ESPN Soccernet website"
*cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad?id=5325&season=2006&cat=starts&view=2&cc=3436|title=Squad Statistics: 2006/07 Australian A-League|accessdate=2007-04-20|publisher="ESPN Soccernet website"