2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season
# 2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season

The 2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season is the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

## Players

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 | Mark Birighitti |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Lewis Miller |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Josh Nisbet |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Stefan Nigro |
| 6 | MF | NZL | Gianni Stensness |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Stefan Janković |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic (captain) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 12 | FW | CRC | Marco Ureña |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Daniel Bouman |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Matt Simon |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Adam Pearce |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Ruon Tongyik |
| 22 | MF | POL | Michał Janota |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Dan Hall |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Matt Hatch (scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Jaden Casella (scholarship) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol (scholarship) |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 October 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Daniel Bouman | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 October 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Nigro | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 December 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Michał Janota | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 17 December 2020 |
| 26 | MF | Jaden Casella | Rockdale City Suns | Scholarship | 1 year | 18 December 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Stefan Janković | OFK Beograd | Undisclosed | | 18 December 2020 |
| 12 | FW | Marco Ureña | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 December 2020 |

**From academy squad**

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | DF | | Matt Hatch | 20 | scholarship contract |
| 23 | DF | | Dan Hall | 21 | 1-year senior contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | FW | Tommy Oar | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 15 January 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Milan Đurić | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Jair | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Michael McGlinchey | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Jacob Melling | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Samuel Silvera | Paços de Ferreira | Undisclosed | 4 September 2020 |
| 30 | FW | Dylan Ruiz-Diaz | Unattached | End of contract | 1 October 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Dylan Fox | NorthEast United | End of contract | 2 October 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Chris Harold | Retired | Retired | 9 October 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Jordan Murray | Kerala Blasters | Undisclosed | 19 October 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual contract termination | 17 December 2020 |
| 25 | FW | John Roberts | Mt Druitt Town Rangers | End of contract | 22 December 2020 |

### Contracts extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark Birighitti | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 6 October 2020 | with option for a second year |
| 19 | Matt Simon | Striker | 1 year | 12 November 2020 | |
| 2 | Ziggy Gordon | Full-back | 1 year | 13 November 2020 | |
| 15 | Kye Rowles | Defender | 2 years | 16 June 2021 | |
| 1 | Mark Birighitti | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 23 June 2021 | |
| 19 | Matt Simon | Forward | 1 year | 24 June 2021 | |
| 23 | Dan Hall | Defender | 2 years | 25 June 2021 | |
| 12 | Marco Ureña | Striker | 2 years | 30 June 2021 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League regular season | 31 December 2020 | 5 June 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 046.15 |
| A-League finals | 12 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | Elimination finals | Elimination finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 044.44 |

Last updated: 7 June 2021 Source: Soccerway

### A-League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melbourne City (C) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 49 | Qualification to 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 47 | Qualification to 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 42 | Qualification to finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | Qualification to finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | Qualification to finals series |

* 1 2 3 The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 8 March 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League

**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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

**Matches**

The 2020–21 A-League fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

    As of 12 June 021

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Mark Birighitti | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Lewis Miller | 1(11) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Josh Nisbet | 17(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Stefan Nigro | 25(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Gianni Stensness | 21(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Stefan Janković | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 20(1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | | Marco Ureña | 18(3) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | | Daniel Bouman | 13(12) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Kye Rowles | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Matt Simon | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 10 |
| 21 | DF | | Ruon Tongyik | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Michal Janota | 5(10) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Daniel Hall | 3(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Matthew Hatch | 0(4) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | | Jaden Casella | 4(16) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 7(18) | 7 | 0(1) | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| 30 | FW | | Jordan Smylie | 0(12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | | Max Balard | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | | Jing Reec | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 12 June 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 29 | FW | | Matt Simon | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 29 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 12 | FW | | Marco Ureña | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Matt Hatch | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 26 | MF | | Jaden Casella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Jordan Smylie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 0 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 January 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Matt Simon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 29 | FW | | Alou Kuol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Gianni Stensness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Daniel Bouman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 March 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mark Birighitti | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |

## Awards

* Young Player of the Year nominee (February): Alou Kuol
* A-League Goalkeeper of the Year: Mark Birighitti
* PFA A-League Team of the Season: Mark Birighitti, Oliver Bozanic, Matt Simon, Ruon Tongyik
