Soccer in Australia
Season2010–11
Men's soccer
A-League PremiershipBrisbane Roar (1st title)
A-League ChampionshipBrisbane Roar (1st title)
Women's soccer
W-League PremiershipSydney FC
W-League ChampionshipBrisbane Roar
Australia

The 2010–11 season was the 42nd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 128th overall.

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Teams promoted to the A-League 2010-11

Teams promoted to the New South Wales Premier League 2010

Teams demoted to the New South Wales Super League

Teams promoted to the Victorian Premier League 2010

Teams demoted to the Victorian State League Division One

Managerial changes

A-League

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Central Coast Mariners Lawrie McKinna Reassigned 9 February 2010[1] 8th (09–10) Graham Arnold 10 February 2010[2] Pre-season
Melbourne Heart
N/A (New Club)
John van 't Schip[3] 12 October 2009 Pre-season
North Queensland Fury Ian Ferguson Moved to Perth Glory (asst.) 6 April 2010[4] 7th (09-10) František Straka 7 June 2010 Pre-season
Adelaide United Aurelio Vidmar Promoted to Olyroos coach & Socceroos assistant coach 3 June 2010[5] 10th (09–10) TBA TBA Pre-season

New South Wales Premier League

Team Outgoing Manner Date Incoming Date
Sydney United FC Ante Milicic Mutual Agreement 18 November 2009[6] David Zdrilic 4 December 2009[7]
Blacktown City Demons FC Ken Schembri Resigned 15 October 2009[8] Aytek Genc 15 October 2009
Manly United Phil Moss Moved to CCM as assistant coach to Graham Arnold. 14 May 2010[9] Craig Midgley 14 May 2010

Victorian Premier League

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Retirements

National teams

Men's senior

Friendlies

11 August 2010 Slovenia  2–0  Australia Športni park Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia
UTC+2 Dedic 78'
Ljubijankic 90+1'
Report Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
3 September 2010 Switzerland  0 – 0  Australia AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland
UTC+2 Report Attendance: 14, 660
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
7 September 2010 Poland  1 – 2  Australia Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland
UTC+2 Lewandowski 18' Report Brett Holman 13'
Wilkshire pen' (26)
9 October 2010 Australia  1 – 0  Paraguay Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia
UTC+2 Carney 53' Report Attendance: 25,210
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
17 November 2010 Egypt  3 – 0  Australia Cairo, Egypt
UTC+2
29 March 2011 Germany  1 – 2  Australia Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 UTC+2 Gómez 26' Carney 61'
Wilkshire 64' (pen.)
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 20,000
5 June 2011 Australia  3 – 0  New Zealand Adelaide, Australia
17:00 UTC+9:30 Kennedy 10,59'
Troisi 93' (pen.)
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 21,281
Referee: Minoru Tōjō
7 June 2011 Australia  0 – 0  Serbia Melbourne, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 28,149
Referee: Minoru Tōjō

AFC Asian Cup

10 January 2011 Group Stage India  0 – 4  Australia Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 (Report) Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 24'
Holman 45+1'
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 11,749
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi
14 January 2011 Group Stage Australia  1 – 1  South Korea Doha, Qatar
16:15 UTC+3 Jedinak 62' (Report) Koo Ja-Cheol 24' Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 15,526
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
22 January 2011 Quarter-finals Australia  1 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq Doha, Qatar
16:25 UTC+3 Kewell 117' (Report) Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou
25 January 2011 Semi-finals Uzbekistan  0 – 6  Australia Doha, Qatar
19:25 UTC+3 (Report) Kewell 5'
Ognenovski 35'
Carney 65'
Emerton 74'
Valeri 82'
Kruse 83'
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi
29 January 2011 Final Australia  0 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Japan Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3 Report Lee 109' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 37,174
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Men's under-23

Friendlies

22 November 2011 Vietnam  0 – 2  Australia Hanoi, Vietnam
Report Hoffman 19'
Minniecon 36'
24 November 2011 Australia  0 – 0  Kuwait Hanoi, Vietnam
Report
1 June 2011 Japan  3 – 1  Australia Niigata, Japan
Nagai 45', 63'
Yuya Osako 85'
Report Nichols 4' Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium

Olympic qualifying

19 June 2011 Preliminary Round 2 Australia  3 – 0  Yemen Gosford, Australia
15:00 (UTC+10) Hoffman 14', 90'
Nichols 67'
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 2,597
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
23 June 2011 Preliminary Round 2 Yemen  0 – 4
(0 – 7 agg.)
 Australia Newcastle, Australia
18:30 (UTC+10) Report Hoffman 18', 31', 52'
Mooy 68'
Stadium: Ausgrid Stadium
Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Men's under-20

Friendlies

27 May 2011 Germany  0 – 1  Australia Kamen, Germany
Report Danning 44'

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

24 July 2010 Group stage  Australia 1 – 0  South Korea Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Petratos 23' Report Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
26 July 2010 Group stage  Thailand 1 – 1  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00 (UTC+7) Sokjoho 71' Report Hamill 4' Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
28 July 2010 Group stage  Vietnam 1 – 4  Australia Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30 (UTC+7) Nguyen Van Thanh 57' Report Amini 1'
Leckie 14'
Halloran 40'
Babalj 73'
Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
30 July 2010 Final  Australia 1 – 0  Thailand Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:00 (UTC+7) Babalj 81' Report Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium

AFC U-19 Championship

4 October 2010 Group stage  Australia 4 – 1  Yemen Zibo, China
17:30 (UTC+8) Danning 14'
Bulut 26' (pen.)
McGowan 30'
Fletcher 83'
Report Al-Baidhani 2' Stadium: Linzi Stadium
Attendance: 8,432
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman
6 October 2010 Group stage  Iran 0 – 3  Australia Zibo, China
14:30 (UTC+8) Report Amini 39'
Bulut 60'
Antonis 88'
Stadium: Linzi Stadium
Attendance: 8,761
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
8 October 2010 Group stage  South Korea 0 – 0  Australia Zibo, China
17:30 (UTC+8) Report Stadium: Zibo Sports Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
11 October 2011 Quarter-final  Australia 4 – 2 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates Zibo, China
18:00 (UTC+8) Bulut 6'
Amini 48'
Leckie 92'
Fletcher 104'
Report Khalil 23' (pen.), 84' Stadium: Linzi Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
14 October 2010 Semi-final  Saudi Arabia 0 – 2  Australia Zibo, China
16:30 (UTC+8) Report Bulut 70', 75' (pen.) Stadium: Linzi Stadium
Attendance: 5,430
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
17 October 2010 Final  North Korea 3 – 2  Australia Zibo, China
19:30 (UTC+8) Jong Il-gwan 10', 43', 89' Report Bulut 24', 30' Stadium: Zibo Sports Stadium
Attendance: 31,145
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

League tables

2010–11 Hyundai A-League

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[lower-alpha 1]
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.

2010 NSWPL

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 22 13 6 3 45 20 +25 45 Qualified for the 2010 NSW Premier League Finals
2 Blacktown City (C) 22 12 4 6 42 27 +15 40
3 Sydney United 22 11 6 5 39 26 +13 39
4 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 22 12 3 7 39 37 +2 39
5 Marconi Stallions 22 11 3 8 26 26 0 36
6 Sutherland Sharks 22 9 4 9 36 29 +7 31
7 Rockdale City Suns 22 6 12 4 23 23 0 30
8 Bankstown City 22 7 5 10 37 41 4 26
9 Manly United 22 7 4 11 24 31 7 25
10 South Coast Wolves 22 6 4 12 32 39 7 22
11 Sydney Olympic 22 6 3 13 29 40 11 21
12 West Sydney Berries (R) 22 2 6 14 17 50 33 12 Relegated to the 2011 NSW Super League
Source: socceraust.co.uk, NSW Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2010 VPL

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Richmond 22 12 4 6 33 26 +7 40 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Hume City 22 12 6 4 41 29 +12 39[lower-alpha 1]
3 Green Gully (C) 22 11 3 8 37 23 +14 36
4 Heidelberg United 22 10 6 6 34 33 +1 33[lower-alpha 1]
5 Northcote City 22 9 4 9 47 35 +12 31
6 South Melbourne 22 10 6 6 41 28 +13 30[lower-alpha 1]
7 Oakleigh Cannons 22 9 3 10 30 31 1 30
8 Dandenong Thunder 22 9 4 9 24 30 6 28[lower-alpha 1]
9 Melbourne Knights 22 7 5 10 30 37 7 23[lower-alpha 1]
10 Bentleigh Greens 22 5 6 11 19 36 17 21
11 Altona Magic 22 5 5 12 39 46 7 20 Relegation to Vic State League Div 1
12 Sunshine George Cross 22 5 4 13 20 41 21 19
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hume City, Heidelberg Utd & Melbourne Knights were given a situation pending 3 point deduction as a result of failure to adhere to Rules of Competition 2009 – Section 1.6. South Melbourne lost 6 points because of an incident during the Round 6 home fixture against Heidelberg United.

Trophy & League Champions

Competition Winner Details Match Report
Hyundai A-League Premiers
Hyundai A-League Champions
New South Wales Premier League Bonnyrigg White Eagles (Premiers)
Blacktown City Demons (champions)
Premiers Report
Championship Report
Victorian Premier League
NSW Waratah Cup Marconi Stallions 0–0 (7–6 penalties) Report Archived 7 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine

Australian clubs in international competition

Summary

Club Competition Final round
Melbourne Victory 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage
Sydney FC 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage

  Win   Tie   Loss

Melbourne Victory

Sydney FC

19 April 2011 2011 Champions League Group H Shanghai Shenhua 2–3 Sydney FC Shanghai, China
20:00 UTC+8 Jiajun 8'
Jamieson 52' (o.g.)
(Report) Cazarine 45+1', 59'
Bridge 90+3'
Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium
Attendance: 10,215
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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