The 2009–10 season was Gold Coast United's inaugural season in the A-League, becoming one of two new expansion clubs in the Australian state of Queensland.
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 7 October 2008 GK Jess Vanstrattan Juventus Free 5 November 2008 FW Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix Free 3 December 2008 DF Adam Griffiths Newcastle Jets Free 3 December 2008 MF Robson Cabofriense Free 3 December 2008 MF Jefferson Free 3 December 2008 DF Daniel Piorkowski Newcastle Jets Free 3 December 2008 DF Kristian Rees Adelaide City Free 3 December 2008 MF Matthew Osman Central Coast Mariners Free 3 December 2008 MF Zenon Caravella Omniworld Free 3 December 2008 FW Steve Fitzsimmons Beenleigh Free 3 December 2008 MF Steve Pantelidis Melbourne Victory Free 9 December 2008 MF James Brown AIS Free 10 December 2008 FW Andrew Barisic Melbourne Knights Free 15 December 2008 FW Milson Tombense Free 3 January 2009 FW Tahj Minniecon AIS Free 5 January 2009 DF Michael Thwaite Brann Free 14 January 2009 DF Bas van den Brink Omniworld Free 14 January 2009 FW Joel Porter Hartlepool United Free 14 January 2009 MF Jason Culina PSV Eindhoven Free 11 December 2009 MF Charlie Miller Brisbane Roar Free 10 January 2010 DF Dino Djulbic Rot Weiss Ahlen Free GK Scott Higgins Wellington Phoenix Free DF Adama Traoré EF Yéo Martial Free MF Richard Greer Free
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 14 August 2009 DF Adam Griffiths Al-Shabab
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref. 22 June 2009 MF Anderson Criciúma End of season 23 September 2009 DF Mark Byrnes APIA Leichhardt Tigers Four weeks
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date 14 January 2010 FW Milson 2010 MF Charlie Miller Clyde 10 February 2011
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (AgeAge as of the end of the season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Jess Vanstrattan GK Verona 2008 2010 18 0 20 Scott Higgins GK Wellington Phoenix 2009 10 0 Defenders 3 Michael Thwaite DF Brann 2009 28 0 4 Daniel Piorkowski DF Newcastle Jets 2009 2011 2 0 13 Bas van den Brink DF Omniworld 2009 27 1 16 Kristian Rees DF Adelaide City 2009 2011 26 2 22 Adama Traoré DF EF Yéo Martial 2009 11 0 36 Dino Djulbic DF Rot Weiss Ahlen 2010 8 0 Zac Anderson DF QAS 2009 3 0 Ben Wearing DF Musgrave 2009 1 0 Midfielders 2 Steve Pantelidis MF Melbourne Victory 2009 2011 20 0 5 Robson MF Cabofriense 2009 2010 11 1 7 Zenon Caravella MF Omniworld 2009 2011 24 1 8 Jefferson MF 2009 2010 1 0 10 Jason Culina MF PSV Eindhoven 2009 2012 26 3 11 Charlie Miller MF Brisbane Roar 2009 2010 10 1 17 Matthew Osman MF Central Coast Mariners 2009 2011 15 0 18 James Brown MF AIS 2009 2012 9 1 21 Richard Greer MF 2009 0 0 23 Steve Fitzsimmons MF Beenleigh 2009 2010 19 2 24 Anderson MF Loan from Criciúma 2009 2010 26 0 Mitch Bevan MF Brisbane Roar 2009 1 0 Forwards 9 Shane Smeltz FW Wellington Phoenix 2008 2012 26 19 14 Joel Porter FW Hartlepool United 2009 24 5 15 Tahj Minniecon FW AIS 2009 2012 17 1 19 Andrew Barisic FW Melbourne Knights 2009 2010 6 1 26 Golgol Mebrahtu FW Brisbane Strikers 2009 6 0 Left during the season 6 Adam Griffiths FW Newcastle Jet 2009 2012 1 0 11 Milson FW Tombense 2009 2010 9 0 27 Mark Byrnes DF APIA Leichhardt Tigers 2009 2009 1 0
Friendlies
Competitions A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday Results
A-League Finals
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who left Gold Coast United during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameA-LeagueA-League FinalsTotal1 FW9 Shane Smeltz190192 FW14Joel Porter5053 MF10Jason Culina3034 DF16Kristian Rees202MF23Steve Fitzsimmons2026 MF5 Robson101FW19Andrew Barisic101DF13Bas van den Brink101MF11Charlie Miller101FW15Tahj Minniecon101MF18James Brown101MF7 Zenon Caravella101 Own goal101 Total39039
Disciplinary record Position Nation Number Name A-League A-League Finals Total2 MFSteve Pantelidis120001203 DFMichael Thwaite3010405 MFRobson5010607 MFZenon Caravella4000409 FWShane Smeltz51005110MFJason Culina50005011MFCharlie Miller40004013DFBas van den Brink30003016DFKristian Rees21002118MFJames Brown20002019FWAndrew Barisic10001020GKScott Higgins10001022DFAdama Traoré10001023MFSteve Fitzsimmons31003124MFAnderson30003036DFDino Djulbic100010 DFZac Anderson100010 Total56320583
Notes
References
External links Official website