Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian association football club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club was formed in 2004 under the backing of the technical director Alex Tobin and Ian Kiernan who would be the first chairman of the club.[1] They played their first competitive match in the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup against Queensland Roar on the 23 July 2005 with their first league match being on the 26 August 2005 against Perth Glory which they would win 1-0.[2] They would later go on to reach the first A-League Grand Final on 5 March 2006 before losing to Sydney FC by a single goal.[3]

The club was formed in 2004 to be one of the original teams in the A-League, which replaced the National Soccer League. The team had great early successes, winning the first A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and coming second in the first A-League Championship. Lawrie McKinna was the club's first manager, for five seasons, in which time the team won an A-League Premiership and competed in the AFC Champions League.

Following McKinna's time in charge Graham Arnold was appointed as the club's head coach. Under Arnold, the side won another A-League Premiership and their first A-League Championship, as well as progressing past the group stage of the AFC Champions League for the first time.

The club has won the A-League Premiership twice, the A-League Championship twice and the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup once. This list shows the team's competitive records since their inaugural 2005-06 season. Top scorers in bold also won the A-League Men Golden Boot that season.

Seasons

Season League Pre-Season Cup
(2005–08)
FFA / Australia Cup
(2014–present)		 Oceania (2005) / Asia (2006–) Top scorer
Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Finals Competition Result Player(s) Goals
2005–06 218853328323rdRunners-upWinnersOCLAustralian Qualifying runners-upStewart Petrie9
2006–07 216692226246thRunners-upAdam Kwasnik9
2007–08 211047302534PremiersRunners-up4thSasho Petrovski9
2008–09 217773532284th4thGroup stageACLGroup stageMatt Simon13
2009–10 2779113229308thMatt Simon7
2010–11 3016955031572ndRunners-upMatt Simon11
2011–12 271566402451Premiers3rdACLGroup stagePatrick Zwaanswijk8
2012–13 2716654822542ndChampionsACLRound of 16Daniel McBreen19
2013–14 2712693336423rdSemi-finalsACLGroup stageBernie Ibini-Isei6
2014–15 2758142650238thSemi-finalsACLQualifying play-off roundMatt Sim5
2015–16 27342033701310thRound of 32Roy O'Donovan8
2016–17 2765163152238thRound of 32Roy O'Donovan11
2017–18 27481528492010thRound of 32Blake Powell, Connor Pain4
2018–19 27342031701310thRound of 32Matt Simon7
2019–20 26531826551811thSemi-finalsMilan Đurić5
2020–21 2612683531423rdElimination-finalsMatt Simon10
2021–22 2612684935425thElimination-finalsRunners-upJason Cummings10
2022–23 2613585535442ndChampionsRound of 32Jason Cummings21
2023–24 2002150Round of 32AFC CupGroup StageMarco Túlio6

References

  1. ↑ "And then there were eight ... who's likely to make the cut, who's not" (subscription required). The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 9 September 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2006.
  2. ↑ "Spencer strike steals Glory". A-League. 27 August 2005. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Lucas, Adam (5 March 2006). "Sydney FC prevails". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.
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