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. 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. 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.
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.
In 2021, Nick Montgomery was appointed the head coach role, and under him the club would win another A-League Championship, as well as progressing to the Australia Cup final for the first time.
After Montgomery's tenure, Mark Jackson became the club's head coach, leading the club to a historic treble, winning the A-League Men Premiership. A-League Men Championship and AFC Cup in his first season.
The club has won the A-League Men Premiership three times, the A-League Men Championship three times, the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup once and the AFC 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 SeasonLeaguePre-Season Cup(2005–08)FFA / Australia Cup(2014–present) Oceania (2005) / Asia (2006–)Top scorerPositionFinalsCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals2005–0621885332832ChampionsOCLAustralian Qualifying runners-upStewart Petrie92006–0721669222624 Runners-up Adam Kwasnik92007–082110473025344th Sasho Petrovski92008–0921777353228Group stageACLGroup stageMatt Simon132009–10277911322930 Matt Simon72010–11301695503157 Matt Simon112011–12271566402451 ACLGroup stagePatrick Zwaanswijk82012–13271665482254 ACLRound of 16Daniel McBreen192013–14271269333642 ACLGroup stageBernie Ibini-Isei62014–15275814265023 Semi-finalsACLQualifying play-off roundMatt Sim52015–16273420337013 Round of 32 Roy O'Donovan82016–17276516315223 Round of 32 Roy O'Donovan112017–18274815284920 Round of 32 Blake Powell, Connor Pain42018–19273420317013 Round of 32 Matt Simon72019–20265318265518 Semi-finals Milan Đurić52020–21261268353142 Matt Simon102021–22261268493542Runners-up Jason Cummings102022–23261358553544 Round of 32 Jason Cummings212023–24271746492755 Round of 32 AFC Cup Ángel Torres 152024–252651110295126 Round of 32 ACL Elite Group Stage Mikael Doka, Alou Kuol 62025–26268810354232 Playoff Sabit Ngor 6
References
External links Ultimate A-League aleaguestats.com