2013–14 Melbourne Heart FC season

Melbourne Heart
2013–14 season
Chairman	Peter Sidwell
Manager	John Aloisi; (until 28 December 2013); John van 't Schip; (from 30 December 2013)
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	10th
Top goalscorer	David Williams (12)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2013–14 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's fourth since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the fourth time. This season was the club's last season under the "Melbourne Heart" name. After being taken over and rebranded by Manchester City, from mid-2014 onwards, the club was to be called "Melbourne City FC".

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Andrew Redmayne	35	2012	32	0	2016	Free
2	DF	Jeremy Walker	31	2011	16	0	2014	Youth system
3	DF	Rob Wielaert	45	2013	19	0	2014	Free	Visa player
4	MF	Orlando Engelaar	44	2013	4	1	2014	Free	International marquee
5	DF	Sam Mitchinson	31	2012	10	0	2014	Youth system
6	DF	Patrick Gerhardt	38	2012	38	1	2014	Free	Visa player
7	MF	Iain Ramsay	36	2013	18	1	2014	Free
8	MF	Massimo Murdocca	39	2013	19	0	2015	Free
10	MF	Harry Kewell (captain)	45	2013	11	1	2014	Free
13	MF	Jonatan Germano	36	2011	38	5	2014	Free	Visa player
15	FW	David Williams	36	2011	57	15	2014	Free	Domestic marquee
16	DF	Aziz Behich	33	2010	84	1	2014	Free
17	MF	Jason Hoffman	35	2010	58	1	2014	Free
18	DF	David Vranković	30	2012	13	0	2014	Free
19	MF	Ben Garuccio	29	2012	9	0	2015	Free
20	GK	Tando Velaphi	37	2013	0	0	2014	Free
21	MF	Stefan Mauk	28	2012	10	0	2014	Youth system
22	MF	Nick Kalmar	36	2010	63	6	2014	Free
23	FW	Mate Dugandžić	34	2011	48	9	2014	Free
24	DF	Patrick Kisnorbo	43	2013	13	2	2014	Free
25	MF	Andrea Migliorini	36	2014	9	0	2014	Free	Injury replacement

Last updated: 18 February 2014
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age
26	GK	Marko Stevanja
27	MF	Luke O'Dea	34
28	MF	Paulo Retre	31
29	MF	Alexander Dao
30	MF	Ross Archibald	29

Transfers in

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Jeremy Walker	Defender	Melbourne Heart Youth	1-year contract^[1]
Sam Mitchinson	Defender	Melbourne Heart Youth	1-year contract^[2]
Stefan Mauk	Midfielder	Melbourne Heart Youth	1-year contract
Iain Ramsay	Midfielder	Adelaide United	1-year contract^[2]
Massimo Murdocca	Midfielder	Brisbane Roar	2-year contract^[3]
Harry Kewell	Midfielder	Al-Gharafa	1-year contract^[4]
Rob Wielaert	Defender	Roda JC Kerkrade	1-year contract^[5]
Aziz Behich	Defender	Bursaspor	1-year loan ^[6]
Tando Velaphi	Goalkeeper	Melbourne Victory	1-year contract ^[6]
Orlando Engelaar	Midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	1-year contract^[7]
Patrick Kisnorbo	Defender	Leeds United	1-year contract ^[8]
Michael Mifsud	Striker	Valletta	1-year contract^[9]
Andrea Migliorini	Midfielder	Koper	3-month injury replacement^[10]
Luke O'Dea	Midfielder	Melbourne Victory	Youth player^[11]

Transfers out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Vince Grella	Midfielder	Retired	Retired^[12]
Steven Gray	Defender	Free agent	Released^[13]
Matt Thompson	Midfielder	Sydney FC	Released^[2]
Clint Bolton	Goalkeeper	Retired	Released^[2]
Fred	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[2]
Simon Colosimo	Defender	Dempo	Released^[2]
Cameron Edwards	Midfielder	Perth Glory	Released^[2]
Jamie Coyne	Defender	Free agent	Released^[2]
Marcel Meeuwis	Midfielder	FC Eindhoven	Released^[2]
Josip Tadić	Striker	HNK Rijeka	Released
Eli Babalj	Striker	AZ Alkmaar	Transfer^[14]
Richard Garcia	Midfielder	Sydney FC	Released^[15]
Dylan Macallister	Forward	Eastern Salon	Released^[16]
Golgol Mebrahtu	Forward	Free agent	Released^[17]
Michael Mifsud	Forward	Free agent	Released^[18]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	John van 't Schip
Assistant manager	Gerard Nus
Goalkeeping coach	Peter Zoïs
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Physiotherapist	Belinda Pacella

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrew Redmayne	24	0	2	0	0	24	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Jeremy Walker	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Rob Wielaert	26	0	7	0	0	26	0	7	0	0
4	MF		Orlando Engelaar	12	5	1	0	1	11+ 1	5	1	0	1
5	DF		Sam Mitchinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Patrick Gerhardt	17	0	5	0	0	11+ 6	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Iain Ramsay	26	1	5	0	0	20+ 6	1	5	0	0
8	MF		Massimo Murdocca	27	0	3	0	0	26+ 1	0	3	0	0
9	FW		Dylan Macallister	1	0	0	1	0	0+ 1	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Harry Kewell	16	2	2	0	0	11+ 5	2	2	0	0
11	FW		Michael Mifsud	14	1	2	0	0	12+ 2	1	2	0	0
13	MF		Jonatan Germano	10	2	4	0	0	8+ 2	2	4	0	0
14	FW		Golgol Mebrahtu	12	0	0	0	0	6+ 6	0	0	0	0
15	FW		David Williams	26	12	4	0	0	22+ 4	12	4	0	0
16	DF		Aziz Behich	24	1	6	0	0	23+ 1	1	6	0	0
17	MF		Jason Hoffman	22	1	4	0	0	22	1	4	0	0
18	DF		David Vranković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Ben Garuccio	12	0	2	0	0	6+ 6	0	2	0	0
20	GK		Tando Velaphi	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Stefan Mauk	16	0	2	0	0	3+13	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Nick Kalmar	20	1	1	0	0	7+13	1	1	0	0
23	FW		Mate Dugandžić	26	4	3	0	0	23+ 3	4	3	0	0
24	DF		Patrick Kisnorbo	21	2	5	0	1	20+ 1	2	5	0	1
25	MF		Andrea Migliorini	9	3	2	0	0	8+ 1	3	2	0	0
28	MF		Paulo Retre	4	0	0	0	0	2+ 2	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Ross Archibald	1	0	0	0	0	0+ 1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 28 March 2014
Source: espnfc.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Goal scorers

Total	Player		Goals per Game
Total	Player		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
12		David Williams		2						1	1								1	1	3		1		1			1
5		Orlando Engelaar																			1	1	1			1			1
4		Mate Dugandžić															2						1					1
3		Andrea Migliorini							1	2
2		Patrick Kisnorbo																1		1
		Harry Kewell																1					1
		Jonatan Germano																	1						1
1		Michael Mifsud										1
		Nick Kalmar											1
		Iain Ramsay															1
		Aziz Behich																									1
		Jason Hoffman																											1
		Own goal																			1
36	TOTAL		0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	5	1	4	0	2	1	1	2	2

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

2 were scored from penalty kicks

Home attendance

Round	Opponent	Attendance
2	Central Coast Mariners	8,734
5	Western Sydney Wanderers	8,070
6	Sydney FC	8,941
8	Adelaide United	6,002
10	Melbourne Victory	26,491
12	Wellington Phoenix	6,486
15	Newcastle Jets	5,046
17	Sydney FC	7,674
18	Perth Glory	7,218
20	Brisbane Roar	7,816
21	Melbourne Victory	25,546
23	Wellington Phoenix	5,614
24	Central Coast Mariners	5,480
26	Western Sydney Wanderers	10,003
Total Attendance		139,121
Average Attendance		9,937

Pre-season and friendlies

25 July 2013	GNEFA All Stars	1–4	Melbourne Heart	Shepparton
20:00	Ellis 37' (pen.)	Report	Mebrahtu 30' Macallister 35' Garuccio 51' Dugandžić 86'	Stadium: McEwan Reserve Attendance: 2800 Referee: Brenton Hayward

7 August 2013 friendly	Melbourne Heart	12–0	La Trobe University XI	Melbourne
15:00	Williams 10', 12', 14', 18', 38' Macallister 11', 65', 67', 90' Konstantinidis 21', 33' Ramsay 85'	Report		Stadium: Epping Stadium

16 August 2013	Richmond	0–4	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Ramsay 3' Dugandzic 4' Mebrahtu 17' Kewell 23' (pen.)	Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve

25 August 2013	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Melbourne Heart	Lismore
14:30	Berisha 1', 66', 83'	Report		Stadium: Oakes Oval Attendance: 5,138

4 September 2013	Oakleigh Cannons	0–1	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Vranković 75'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

11 September 2013	Perth Glory	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Perth
17:30 EST	Maclaren 9'	Report		Stadium: Intiga Stadium

14 September 2013	Perth Glory	1–1	Melbourne Heart	Mandurah
Saturday 15:00 AWST	McGarry 88'	Report	Kewell 84'	Stadium: Hyundai Stadium

27 September 2013	Melbourne Heart	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne
14:30 AEST	Williams 65'	Report	Carrusca 26' (pen.), 33'	Stadium: Epping Stadium

29 September 2013	Peninsula XI	1–4	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
15:00	Scott 68'	Report	Kaya 6' Retre 13', 40' (pen.) Bounis 50'	Stadium: Frankston Park Attendance: 2,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	10th	12 October 2013	12 April 2014
National Youth League	—	5th	26 October 2013	2 March 2014

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	16	4	7	43	25	+18	52	Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	11	9	7	34	29	+5	42
3	Central Coast Mariners	27	12	6	9	33	36	−3	42	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series^[a]
4	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	Qualification for Finals series
5	Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39
6	Adelaide United	27	10	8	9	45	36	+9	38
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36
8	Perth Glory	27	7	7	13	28	37	−9	28
9	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28
10	Melbourne Heart	27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26	5	3	6	23	22	+1	1	5	7	13	20	−7

Last updated: 12 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L
Position	6	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 October 2013 1	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,202 Referee: Peter Green

19 October 2013 2	Melbourne Heart	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Williams 53', 59'	Report	Flores 70' (pen.), 76' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,734 Referee: Ben Williams

27 October 2013 3	Perth Glory	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Perth
Sunday 14:00 AWST	Maclaren 51'	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 13,856 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

3 November 2013 4	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Melbourne Heart	Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Henrique 48', 65' Smith 77'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,011 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

8 November 2013 5	Melbourne Heart	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Cole 27'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Peter O'Leary

15 November 2013 6	Melbourne Heart	0–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Del Piero 26' (pen.) Chianese 45+1'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Alan Milliner

24 November 2013 7	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Melbourne Heart	Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Taggart 38', 55', 62'	Report	Migliorini 57'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 12,806 Referee: Peter Green

1 December 2013 8	Melbourne Heart	3–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Migliorini 54', 66' Williams 71' (pen.)	Report	Luštica 4' Cirio 15' Carrusca 77'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,002 Referee: Strebre Delovski

7 December 2013 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Melbourne Heart	Sydney
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Mooy 44'	Report	Williams 38'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,549 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

15 December 2013 10	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Heart	Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Del Piero 43' Despotović 45+1'	Report	Mifsud 72'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 16,008 Referee: Chris Beath

21 December 2013 11	Melbourne Heart	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Kisnorbo 21' Kalmar 81'	Report	Nichols 38', 63' Troisi 60'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 26,491 Referee: Ben Williams

27 December 2013 12	Melbourne Heart	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Huysegems 75'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,486 Referee: Strebre Delovski

5 January 2014 13	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Melbourne Heart	Gosford
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,062 Referee: Jarred Gillett

10 January 2014 14	Perth Glory	3–0	Melbourne Heart	Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST	Zahra 64' Smeltz 86', 89'	Report	Macallister 75' 81'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Peter Green

17 January 2014 15	Melbourne Heart	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Ramsay 44' Dugandžić 45+1', 68'	Report	Regan 37'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,046 Referee: Alan Milliner

25 January 2014 16	Adelaide United	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT	Djite 22' Ry. Griffiths 90'	Report	Kewell 61' (pen) Kisnorbo 78'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

31 January 2014 17	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Engelaar 33' Germano 52' Williams 89'	Report	Gameiro 39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,674 Referee: Jarred Gillett

9 February 2014 18	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Perth Glory	Albury
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Kisnorbo 51' Williams 81'	Report	McGarry 73'	Stadium: Lavington Sports Ground Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

16 February 2014 19	Wellington Phoenix	0–5	Melbourne Heart	Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT		Report	Engelaar 9' Williams 19', 51', 63' Moss 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Jarred Gillett

23 February 2014 20	Melbourne Heart	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Engelaar 61'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Adam Kersey

1 March 2014 21	Melbourne Heart	4–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Engelaar 9' Dugandžić 15' Williams 83' Kewell 86'	Report	Ansell 41'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 25,546 Referee: Strebre Delovski

8 March 2014 22	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Melbourne Heart	Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Taggart 53'	Report		Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,117 Referee: Adam Kersey

16 March 2014 23	Melbourne Heart	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Sunday 19:00 AEDT	Germano 29' Williams 62' (pen.)	Report	Krishna 6' Sigmund 31' 33' Boyd 56'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,614 Referee: Ben Williams

23 March 2014 24	Melbourne Heart	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Engelaar 34'	Report	Kim 45+2' Ibini 77'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

28 March 2014 25	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Heart	Brisbane
Friday 19:00 AEST	Petratos 36' Berisha 43' Henrique 73'		Behich 18'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Chris Beath

4 April 2014 26	Adelaide United	2–2	Melbourne Heart	Adelaide
Friday 19:00 AEDT	Carrusca 1' Elrich 35' Ferreira 90+3'		Williams 33' (pen.) Dugandžić 42'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 13,845 Referee: Ben Williams

12 April 2014 27	Melbourne Heart	2–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Engelaar 34' Hoffman 72'	Report	Topor-Stanley 27' Šantalab 81' Hersi 86'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Chris Johansen