The 2011–12 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's second since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the 2011–12 A-League season, finishing in 6th position, and qualifying for their first A-League finals series, where they were eliminated by Perth Glory in the elimination-finals.
Kits From 1 April 2011, all A-League clubs were able to negotiate new kit supplier deals as the previous contract with Reebok had elapsed and as such, Melbourne Heart negotiated a one-year deal with ISC.
In conjunction with new apparel partner ISC, the club offered supporters the chance to submit designs for a ‘Third Jersey’. A design created by Red and White Unite co-founder Steven Forbes was judged the winner. The design was manufactured in a limited run of 150 and sold to the public.
Season summary On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.http://www.melbourneheartfc.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=40256
The club was originally scheduled to compete in the first ever edition of the Mirabella Cup, along with fellow A-League side and fierce rival Melbourne Victory, but FFA forbade all A-League clubs from competing. The season saw the addition of a youth team to the club, which competed in the 2011–12 A-League National Youth League season.
Melbourne Heart, along with major sponsor Westpac will again stage the Westpac Community Football Festival. This will be three, three-day celebrations of football as well as a thank you to all of the club's regional supporters. The three regional centers will be set up in Albury-Wodonga on 4–6 August,http://www.wodonga.vic.gov.au/events/images/Westpac_Community_Football_Festival_-_Albury_Wodonga_poster.pdf in Morwell from 18–20 August and in Shepparton from 25–27 August with a practice match being played at each venue.
Players First-team squad
Youth team squad
Transfers Transfers in Name Position Moving from Notes Mate Dugandžić Midfielder Melbourne Victory 3 year contract Curtis Good Defender AIS 2 year contract Fred Midfielder D.C. United 2 year contract David Williams Forward Free Agent Signed 3-year deal Maycon Forward Nova Iguacu FC 1 year contract Jonatan Germano Midfielder Estudiantes 2 year contract Nikola Roganovic Goalkeeper Green Gully Cavaliers 1 year contract Adrian Madaschi Defender Free Agent Injury replacement contract Paul Reid Midfielder Free Agent Injury replacement contract
Transfers out Name Position Moving to Notes John Aloisi Striker Retired Retired Josip Skoko Midfielder Retired Retired Ante Tomić Midfielder Sydney United Released Peter Zois Goalkeeper Oakleigh Returned as Goalkeeping coach Gerald Sibon Striker SC Heerenveen Signed as free agent Dean Heffernan Defender Perth Glory Released from contract M. Beauchamp Defender Sydney FC Released from contract Adrian Madaschi Defender Jeju United Injury replacement contract expired Paul Reid Midfielder Free Agent Injury replacement contract expired
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Finals series
Hawaiian Islands Invitational
The 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational took place from 23–25 February 2012 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taking part in the Invitational were to be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Busan IPark and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids. Due to the competitions scheduling, Melbourne Heart were forced to field their youth team due to the competition overlaps with the domestic A-League season.
National Youth League
League table
Matches
Statistics Overall Players in italics left the club mid-season. A-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesTotalNation No. Name GS App. Min. GS App. Min. GS App. Min. Goalkeepers 1 Bolton25 25 2250 0 1 1 90 0 262623400 24 Roganovic2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 221800 Defenders 2 Marrone27 27 2430 0 1 1 90 0 282825200 3 Hamill17 22 1480 1 1 1 90 0 182315701 4 Colosimo13 16 1149 0 0 0 0 0 131611490 16 Behich22 23 2000 1 1 1 90 0 232420901 18 Good18 23 1091 1 1 1 90 0 192411811 25 Madaschi8 9 726 0 0 0 0 0 897260 27 Goodwin3 4 298 0 0 0 0 0 342980 Midfielders 5 Fred17 18 1357 1 1 1 90 0 181914471 6 Thompson24 25 2056 4 1 1 46 0 252621024 7 Worm14 19 1131 0 0 1 44 0 142011750 8 Sarkies5 6 460 2 0 0 0 0 564602 10 Srhoj16 16 1334 0 1 1 90 0 171714240 13 Germano18 21 1577 3 1 1 90 0 192216673 26 Reid2 4 207 0 0 0 0 0 242070 14 Ibrahim0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 20 Zahra0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 21 Taseski0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 22 Kalmar0 2 74 0 0 1 9 0 03830 23 Dugandžić21 22 1788 7 1 1 81 0 222318697 Forwards 9 Maycon5 13 489 1 0 0 0 0 5134891 11 Terra11 23 1099 3 0 0 0 0 112310993 15 Williams7 15 773 1 0 0 0 0 7157731 17 Hoffman5 15 636 1 0 0 0 0 5156361 19 Babalj17 21 1501 9 1 1 90 0 182215919
Goal-scorers TotalPlayerGoals per 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 F 9 Babalj 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 Dugandzic 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Thompson 1 1 2 0 3 Germano 1 1 1 0 3 Alex Terra 1 1 1 0 2 Sarkies 1 1 0 1 Williams 1 0 1 Maycon 1 0 1 Hamill 1 0 1 Fred 1 0 1 Behich 1 0 1 Hoffman 1 0 1 Good 1 0 35 Total 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
Disciplinary records No.Pos.Nat.Player 10 MF Wayne Srhoj 9 0 0 4 DF Simon Colosimo 5 1 0 6 MF Matt Thompson 5 0 0 19 FW Eli Babalj 4 0 0 16 DF Aziz Behich 4 0 0 7 FW Rutger Worm 4 0 0 18 DF Curtis Good 3 1 0 5 MF Fred 3 0 0 13 MF Jonatan Germano 3 0 0 2 DF Michael Marrone 3 0 0 3 DF Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 17 FW Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 26 MF Paul Reid 2 0 0 1 GK Clint Bolton 1 0 0 23 MF Mate Dugandzic 1 0 0 25 DF Adrian Madaschi 1 0 0 9 FW Maycon 1 0 0 24 GK Nikola Roganovic 1 0 0 8 MF Kristian Sarkies 1 0 0 11 FW Alex Terra 1 0 0 15 FW David Williams 1 0 0
References
External links Official website note the name (and website) change to "city" from "heart."