2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season

The 2012–13 Melbourne Heart FC season was the club's third since its establishment in 2009. The club participated in the A-League for the third time.

Melbourne Heart

2012–13 season
Chairman	Peter Sidwell
Manager	John Aloisi
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   AUS Clint Bolton 2 DF   AUS Michael Marrone 3 MF   AUS Cameron Edwards (Youth) 4 DF   AUS Simon Colosimo 5 MF   BRA Fred (Captain) 6 DF   LBR Patrick Gerhardt 8 MF   AUS Matt Thompson (Vice Captain) 9 FW   AUS Dylan Macallister 10 FW   CRO Josip Tadić 11 MF   AUS Richard Garcia 13 MF   ARG Jonatan Germano 14 FW   AUS Golgol Mebrahtu 15 FW   AUS David Williams 16 DF   AUS Aziz Behich 16 MF   NED Marcel Meeuwis

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   AUS Jason Hoffman 18 DF   AUS David Vranković (Youth) 19 MF   AUS Ben Garuccio (Youth) 20 GK   AUS Andrew Redmayne 21 DF   IRL Steven Gray 21 DF   AUS Jamie Coyne 22 MF   AUS Nick Kalmar 23 FW   AUS Mate Dugandžić 24 DF   AUS Sam Mitchinson (Youth) 25 DF   AUS Jeremy Walker (Youth) 26 MF   AUS Ersin Kaya (Youth) 27 MF   AUS Stefan Mauk (Youth) 31 MF   AUS Vince Grella 36 FW   AUS Eli Babalj

Transfers in

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Andrew Redmayne	Goalkeeper	Brisbane Roar	2-year contract^[1]
Patrick Nyema Gerhardt	Midfielder	Željezničar	2-year contract (with visa)^[2]
Golgol Mebrahtu	Forward	Gold Coast United	2-year contract^[3]
Steven Gray	Defender	Oakleigh Cannons	1-year contract (VISA)^[3]
Josip Tadić	Forward	Lechia Gdańsk	1-year contract (VISA) ^[4]
Dylan Macallister	Forward	Gold Coast United	2-year contract^[5]
David Vranković	Defender	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2-year contract^[6]
Richard Garcia	Midfielder	Hull City	1-year contract^[7]
Ben Garuccio	Midfielder	Australian Institute of Sport	1-year contract^[8]
Vince Grella	Midfielder	Blackburn Rovers	1-year contract^[9]
Cameron Edwards	Midfielder	Reading	Half-year contract^[10]
Eli Babalj	Striker	Red Star Belgrade	1 and 1/2-year contract^[11]
Jamie Coyne	Defender	Sriwijaya	Half-year contract^[12]
Marcel Meeuwis	Midfielder	VVV-Venlo	Half-year contract (VISA)^[13]

Transfers out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Rutger Worm	Winger	FC Emmen	Released^[14]
Kristian Sarkies	Midfield	Heidelberg United	Released^[14]
Maycon	Forward	Pahang FA	Released^[14]
Alex Terra	Forward	Daejeon Citizen	Released^[14]
Kamal Ibrahim	Winger	Heidelberg United	Released^[14]
Kliment Taseski	Midfield	Moreland Zebras	Released^[14]
Nikola Roganovic	Goalkeeper	Green Gully	Released^[14]
Adrian Zahra	Winger	Perth Glory	Allowed to leave^[15]
Craig Goodwin	Winger	Newcastle Jets	Rejected new deal^[16]
Eli Babalj	Striker	Red Star Belgrade	$430,000 transfer fee^[17]
Wayne Srhoj	Midfield	Free agent	Released^[18]
Brendan Hamill	Defender	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	^[19]
Curtis Good	Defender	Newcastle United	$600,000 transfer fee^[20]
Michael Marrone	Defender	Shanghai Shenxin	Undisclosed transfer fee^[21]
Vince Grella	Midfielder	Retired	Retired^[22]
Aziz Behich	Defender	Bursaspor	Undisclosed transfer free^[23]
Steven Gray	Defender	Free agent	Released ^[24]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Clint Bolton	14	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Andrew Redmayne	13	0	3	0	0	13	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Michael Marrone	13	0	1	0	0	13	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Steven Gray	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Simon Colosimo	21	0	5	0	2	21	0	5	0	2
6	DF		Patrick Gerhardt	23	1	9	0	1	23	1	9	0	1
16	DF		Aziz Behich	14	0	5	0	0	14	0	5	0	0
17	MF		Jason Hoffman	17	0	5	0	0	9+ 8	0	5	0	0
18	DF		David Vranković	13	0	4	0	0	8+ 5	0	4	0	0
21	DF		Jamie Coyne	7	0	4	0	0	7	0	4	0	0
24	DF		Sam Mitchinson	9	0	2	0	0	8+ 1	0	2	0	0
25	DF		Jeremy Walker	13	0	2	0	0	13	0	2	0	0
5	MF		Fred	19	2	3	0	0	15+ 4	2	3	0	0
8	MF		Matt Thompson	27	1	3	0	0	27	1	3	0	0
11	MF		Richard Garcia	24	6	6	0	0	24	6	6	0	0
13	MF		Jonatan Germano	13	1	2	0	0	12+ 1	1	2	0	0
16	DF		Marcel Meeuwis	6	0	1	0	0	3+ 3	0	1	0	0
19	MF		Ben Garuccio	5	0	0	0	0	3+ 2	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Nick Kalmar	17	2	1	0	0	10+ 7	2	1	0	0
26	MF		Ersin Kaya	1	0	0	0	0	0+ 1	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Stefan Mauk	1	0	0	0	0	0+ 1	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Paulo Retre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Vince Grella	1	0	0	0	0	0+ 1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Dylan Macallister	20	1	2	0	0	5+15	1	2	0	0
10	MF		Josip Tadic	22	6	3	0	0	19+ 3	6	3	0	0
14	FW		Golgol Mebrahtu	14	4	0	0	0	4+10	4	0	0	0
15	FW		David Williams	24	5	6	0	1	20+ 4	5	6	0	1
23	FW		Mate Dugandžić	7	0	1	0	0	6+ 1	0	1	0	0
36	MF		Eli Babalj	9	1	2	0	0	5+ 4	1	2	0	0

• Last updated: 7 October 2015
• 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 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
6		Josip Tadić					1	1		1						1	1		1
6		Richard Garcia						1		2								1	1										1
4		David Williams	1					1									1				1			1
4		Golgol Mebrahtu										1			1	1											1
2		Fred												1			1
2		Nick Kalmar																				1		1
1		Dylan Macallister	1
1		Matt Thompson		1
1		Patrick Gerhardt						1
1		Eli Babalj																				1
1		Jonatan Germano																						1
1		Own Goal													1
31	Total		2	1	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1

Competitions

Pre-season

Victorian Champions League XI v Melbourne Heart

27 July 2012 1	Victorian Champions League XI	0 – 4	Melbourne Heart	Stead Park, Geelong
20:00		Match highlights	Macallister   42', 52' Kalmar   74' Colosimo   89'	Attendance: 500

Port Melbourne Sharks v Melbourne Heart

1 August 2012 2	Port Melbourne Sharks	0 – 8	Melbourne Heart	JL Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
19:30		Match report	Macallister   20', 27', 33', 60' Grech   69' (o.g.) Z. Walker   70', 85' Williams   87'

Melbourne Knights v Melbourne Heart

8 August 2012 3	Melbourne Knights	0 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Knights Stadium, Sunshine
19:30		Match report	Macallister   18' Williams   83'

Northcote City v Melbourne Heart

15 August 2012 4	Northcote City	0 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Epping Stadium
19:30			Macallister   ?'

Melbourne Heart   v   Adelaide United

21 August 2012 5	Melbourne Heart	1 – 2	Adelaide United	Epping Stadium
19:30	Mebrahtu   28'	Match highlights	Vidošić   10', 73' (pen.)

Western Sydney Wanderers   v   Melbourne Heart

31 August 2012 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 0	Melbourne Heart	Oakes Oval, Lismore
19:30		Match report

Peninsula XI v Melbourne Heart

16 September 2012 7	Peninsula XI	0 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Langwarrin Soccer Club
15:00		Match report	Mebrahtu   26' Macallister   38'

Melbourne Heart   v   Perth Glory

23 September 2012 8	Melbourne Heart	0 – 5	Perth Glory	Epping Stadium
13:00			Smeltz   10' (pen.), 20' Burns   42' Makarounas   65' Nagai   67'

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	18	3	6	41	21	+20	57	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2	Central Coast Mariners (C)	27	16	6	5	48	22	+26	54
3	Melbourne Victory	27	13	5	9	48	45	+3	44	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series^[a]
4	Adelaide United	27	12	5	10	38	37	+1	41	Qualification for Finals series
5	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	29	+4	35
6	Perth Glory	27	9	5	13	29	31	−2	32
7	Sydney FC	27	9	5	13	41	51	−10	32
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	7	12	30	45	−15	31
9	Melbourne Heart	27	8	3	16	31	40	−9	27
10	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	27	7	6	14	31	49	−18	27

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2013. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
2. 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	8	3	16	31	40	−9	27	7	2	4	23	17	+6	1	1	12	8	23	−15

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	3	3	7	9	10	6	9	8	9	7	8	8	10	9	6	7	5	6	7	5	8	6	7	9	9	9	9

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Melbourne Victory   v   Melbourne Heart

5 October 2012 1	Melbourne Victory	1 - 2	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEST	Rojas   25'	Report	Williams   15' Macallister   45+2'	Attendance: 42,032 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne Heart   v   Wellington Phoenix

14 October 2012 2	Melbourne Heart	1 - 1	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 AEDT	Thompson   21' Colosimo   47'	Report	Ifill   48' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Perth Glory   v   Melbourne Heart

21 October 2012 3	Perth Glory	2 - 0	Melbourne Heart	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 14:00 AWST	Heffernan   39' Mehmet   85'	Report		Attendance: 7,548 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Melbourne Heart   v   Central Coast Mariners

28 October 2012 4	Melbourne Heart	0 - 1	Central Coast Mariners	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 AEDT		Report	Bojić   51'	Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Chris Beath

Western Sydney Wanderers   v   Melbourne Heart

2 November 2012 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	2 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
Friday 19:30 AEST	Bridge   28' Gerhardt   52' (o.g.)	Report	Tadić   57'	Attendance: 8,075 Referee: Regis Queffelec

Melbourne Heart   v   Brisbane Roar

9 November 2012 6	Melbourne Heart	4 - 1	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Gerhardt   20' Garcia   63' Tadić   72' (pen.) Williams   75'	Report	Henrique   82'	Attendance: 5,466 Referee: Shaun Evans

Adelaide United   v   Melbourne Heart

17 November 2012 7	Adelaide United	1 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Saturday 17:00 ACDT	Neumann   58'	Report		Attendance: 8,816 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Heart   v   Newcastle Jets

24 November 2012 8	Melbourne Heart	3 - 3	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Garcia   1', 72' Tadić   6' (pen.)	Report	Goodwin   56' Zadkovich   63' Griffiths   87' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,125 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Melbourne Heart

2 December 2012 9	Sydney FC	0 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT		Report		Attendance: 12,425 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Heart   v   Perth Glory

8 December 2012 10	Melbourne Heart	1 - 0	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Mebrahtu   89'	Report		Attendance: 4,505 Referee: Peter Green

Central Coast Mariners   v   Melbourne Heart

14 December 2012 11	Central Coast Mariners	2 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Bojić   49', 69'	Report		Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Melbourne Heart   v   Melbourne Victory

22 December 2012 12	Melbourne Heart	1 - 2	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT	Fred   81'	Report	Rojas   67' Thompson   90+3'	Attendance: 26,457 Referee: Alan Milliner

Wellington Phoenix   v   Melbourne Heart

27 December 2012 13	Wellington Phoenix	3 - 2	Melbourne Heart	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Thursday 19:30 NZDT	Fenton   21' Brockie   66' (pen.), 71'	Report	Mebrahtu   14' Durante   15' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,401 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne Heart   v   Newcastle Jets

1 January 2013 14	Melbourne Heart	2 - 1	Newcastle Jets	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Tuesday 16:00 AEDT	Mebrahtu   7' Tadić   27' (pen.)	Report	R. Griffiths   18' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,641 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Heart   v   Brisbane Roar

6 January 2013 15	Melbourne Heart	3 - 2	Brisbane Roar	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 16:00 AEDT	Williams   15' Tadić   37' Fred   53' Williams   67'	Report	Berisha   74' (pen.), 77'	Attendance: 6,303 Referee: Alan Milliner

Sydney FC   v   Melbourne Heart

13 January 2013 16	Sydney FC	2 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Emerton   85' Grant   90+3'	Report	Garcia   24'	Attendance: 13,125 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Melbourne Heart   v   Adelaide United

18 January 2013 17	Melbourne Heart	2 - 0	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Tadić   5' Garcia   50'	Report		Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Western Sydney Wanderers   v   Melbourne Heart

26 January 2013 18	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Parramatta Stadium , Sydney
Saturday 19:45 AEDT	Polenz   13' Ono   73' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 14,624 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Victory   v   Melbourne Heart

2 February 2013 19	Melbourne Victory	2 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 AEDT	Thompson   28' Milligan   55' (pen.)	Report	Williams   72'	Attendance: 41,203 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Heart   v   Perth Glory

9 February 2013 20	Melbourne Heart	2 - 0	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Kalmar   23' Babalj   57'	Report		Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Alan Milliner

Newcastle Jets   v   Melbourne Heart

15 February 2013 21	Newcastle Jets	2 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Heskey   10' R. Griffiths   81'	Report		Attendance: 11,396 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Heart   v   Sydney FC

24 February 2013 22	Melbourne Heart	3 - 1	Sydney FC	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Kalmar   31' Germano   36' Williams   55' (pen.)	Report	J. Griffiths   58'	Attendance: 13,752 Referee: Alan Milliner

Wellington Phoenix   v   Melbourne Heart

3 March 2013 23	Wellington Phoenix	1 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Sunday 16:30 NZDT	Brockie   19' Huysegems   45'   85'	Report		Attendance: 3,060 Referee: Brenton Hayward

Melbourne Heart   v   Adelaide United

11 March 2013 24	Melbourne Heart	0 - 2	Adelaide United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Monday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Vidošić   41' (pen.) Ramsay   54'	Attendance: 5,393 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne Heart   v   Western Sydney Wanderers

16 March 2013 25	Melbourne Heart	1 - 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	Mebrahtu   40' Colosimo   75'   79'	Report	Haliti   28', 59' La Rocca   88'	Attendance: 6,101 Referee: Ben Williams

Brisbane Roar   v   Melbourne Heart

24 March 2013 26	Brisbane Roar	2 - 0	Melbourne Heart	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Berisha   12' (pen.) Broich   32'	Report		Attendance: 9,869 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Central Coast Mariners   v   Melbourne Heart

30 March 2013 27	Central Coast Mariners	2 - 1	Melbourne Heart	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Saturday 17:30 AEDT	McBreen   35' (pen.) Duke   63'	Report	Gerhardt   33' Garcia   73'	Attendance: 8,271 Referee: Jarred Gillett

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