The 2010–11 season was the inaugural season in the history of Melbourne Heart FC since its establishment in 2009. The team played in the A-League for the first time with all of their home matches being played at AAMI Park. After being placed sixth for the better part of the season, the team would go on to finish eighth on the ladder. Former Australian international John Aloisi was the Heart's top goalscorer, with eight goals, in his final season in professional football.
First-team squad
Transfers Transfers in Date Pos. Name From Notes 19 November 2009 DF Matt Thompson Newcastle Jets Free 24 November 2009 MF Kristian Sarkies Adelaide United Free 24 November 2009 DF Dean Heffernan Central Coast Mariners Free 26 December 2009 FW Eli Babalj AIS Free 26 December 2009 MF Kamal Ibrahim AIS Free 8 January 2010 FW Jason Hoffman Newcastle Jets Free 16 February 2010 GK Clint Bolton Sydney FC Free 23 February 2010 FW Rutger Worm N.E.C. Free 6 March 2010 MF Wayne Srhoj Perth Glory Free 19 March 2010 DF Simon Colosimo Sydney FC Free 29 March 2010 FW John Aloisi Sydney FC Free 31 March 2010 MF Kliment Taseski Melbourne Victory Youth Free 23 April 2010 MF Brendan Hamill AIS Free 30 April 2010 MF Michael Marrone Adelaide United Free 10 May 2010 FW Alex Terra Rio Branco Free 17 May 2010 DF Michael Beauchamp Al-Jazira Club Free 18 May 2010 MF Josip Skoko Hajduk Split Free 21 May 2010 FW Gerald Sibon Heerenveen Free 22 May 2010 DF Dean Heffernan Huddersfield Town Return from Loan 29 June 2010 MF Nick Kalmar Oakleigh Cannons Free 26 July 2010 MF Ante Tomić Sydney United Free 4 August 2010 GK Peter Zoïs South Melbourne Free 25 October 2010 MF Aziz Behich Hume City Free
Transfers out Date Pos. Name To Fee 26 January 2010 DF Dean Heffernan Huddersfield Town Free
Injury replacements Injured playerInjury replacementInjuryReplacement deal lengthFee Kristian Sarkies Aziz Behich Broken fibula and tibia in right leg Seven weeks* Loan from Hume City Kristian Sarkies Adrian Zahra Broken fibula and tibia in right leg Four weeks Loan from Melbourne Knights Eli Babalj Adrian ZahraAdrian Zahra signs two-year Heart deal Herald Sun. Retrieved 29 December 2010.Heart Maintains Youth Focus With Zahra Signing Melbourne Heart FC. Retrieved 29 December 2010. Hip and thigh problemsWellington Phoenix v Melbourne Heart preview Yahoo!7 Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2010.Heart just can't beat the goalkeeper OneHD. Retrieved 29 December 2010. Unknown length* Loan From Melbourne Knights *Note: Both Behich and Zahra signed long-term deals at the completion of their replacement deal period.
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Statistics Overall Players with no appearances not included in the list. Name Starts Total Goals 1 GK 30 0 30 0 2 DF 29 0 29 0 3 DF 5 7 12 0 4 DF 22 4 26 1 5 DF 19 4 23 0 6 MF 29 0 29 2 7 MF 22 4 26 2 8 MF 2 4 6 0 9 FW 24 3 27 7 10 MF 25 1 26 0 11 FW 14 6 20 4 12 GK 0 0 0 0 14 MF 1 2 3 0 15 FW 17 3 20 8 16 DF 23 4 27 0 17 DF 3 9 12 0 18 MF 0 0 0 0 19 FW 1 12 13 2 20 MF 21 1 22 0 21 FW 0 4 4 0 22 MF 17 12 29 3 23 DF 9 4 13 0 25 MF 17 2 19 2
Disciplinary record Players with no cards not included in the list. Name Points Wayne Srhoj110011 Matt Thompson5107 Michael Beauchamp3016 Dean Heffernan3105 Rutger Worm4004 Aziz Behich2104 Michael Marrone4004 Josip Skoko4004 Simon Colosimo3003 Gerald Sibon1103 Brendan Hamill2002 Alex Terra2002 Nick Kalmar2002 Adrian Zahra2002 Jason Hoffman2002 John Aloisi2002 Eli Babalj1001Total 53 4 1 64
Goal-scorers Players with no goals not included in the list. TotalPlayerGoals per Game 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 28 29 30 8 John Aloisi 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 Gerald Sibon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Alex Terra 1 1 1 1 3 Nick Kalmar 1 1 1 2 Eli Babalj 1 1 2 Adrian Zahra 1 1 2 Matt Thompson 1 1 2 Rutger Worm 1 1 1 Own goal 1 1 Simon Colosimo 1 30 Total 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 A goal was scored from a penalty kick
References
External links Official website