2010 A-League Playoff results

Coach : David Mitchell
2009/2010 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by Thomas Esamie

The top six teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown (only the 1 v 2 match is played over 2 legs, all others are single elimination games). Winner of Match 3 is crowned Champion of the 2009-2010 season.



Sydney v Melbourne -----------winner-----------------------3___Grand Final
                      \____loser________________              /
                                                \2__winner___/
                                                 /
Gold Coast v Newcastle --winner___              /
                                  \1___winner__/
Wellington v Perth  ______winner__/



Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion
Played (20/03/10) Docklands Stadium
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 44560
Melbourne Victory
Mitchell Langerak, Kevin Muscat, Surat Sukha (Evan Berger 70), Leigh Broxham, Grant Brebner, Archie Thompson (Marvin Angulo 16), Rodrigo Vargas, Carlos Hernandez, Robbie Kruse, Nick Ward (Aziz Behich 74), Adrian Leijer
Goal : Leijer 81
Penalties : Muscat (miss), Brebner, Angulo (saved), Broxham
Coach : Ernie Merrick
1
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- 1
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Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Sebastian Ryall, Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Stuart Musialik (Hayden Foxe 105), Alex Brosque (Leo Gibbs 115), Terry McFlynn, Chris Payne (Shannon Cole 73), Mark Bridge, Sung Hwan Byun
Goal : Bridge 62
Penalties : 1st Colosimo, Cole (saved), Foxe, Kisel, Byun
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
Sydney wins 4-2 on penalties
Match report by someone

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (13/03/10) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 13196
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Sebastian Ryall, Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Stuart Musialik, John Aloisi (Chris Payne 19), Alex Brosque (Brendan Gan 83), Terry McFlynn, Mark Bridge (Hayden Foxe 87), Sung-Hwan Byun
Goals : Payne 21, 30, Brosque 62, Bridge 71
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
4 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Liam Reddy, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Tim Brown (Eugene Dadi 65), Leo Bertos, Paul Ifill (Diego Walsh 79), Chris Greenacre, Troy Hearfield (Daniel Lins Cortes 58), Vince Lia, Andrew Durante
Goals : Durante 25, Dadi 80
Coach : Ricki Herbert
Match report by someone

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final
1st leg Played (18/02/10) Docklands Stadium
Referee : Peter Green , Crowd : 18453
Melbourne Victory
Mitchell Langerak, Kevin Muscat, Surat Sukha (Evan Berger 60), Leigh Broxham, Grant Brebner, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak (Matthew Foschini 90), Carlos Hernandez, Nick Ward (Marvin Angulo 84), Adrian Leijer, Nik Mrdja (sent off 74)
Goals : Mrdja 16, Hernandez 40
Coach : Ernie Merrick
2 - 1 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Brendan Gan (Chris Payne 79), Stuart Musialik, John Aloisi, Shannon Cole, Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn (Iain Ramsay 90), Sung-Hwan Byun
Goal : Aloisi (with a massive deflection off Muscat) 42
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
Match report by Peter Hummfray
2nd leg Played (07/03/10) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 23818
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Sebastian Ryall (Hayden Foxe 90), Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Stuart Musialik, John Aloisi, Alex Brosque (Chris Payne 112), Terry McFlynn (Brendan Gan 118), Mark Bridge, Sung-Hwan Byun
Goals : Kisel 35pk, Bridge 53
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
2
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- 2
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Melbourne Victory
Mitchell Langerak, Kevin Muscat, Surat Sukha (Marvin Angulo 79), Leigh Broxham, Grant Brebner, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak, Carlos Hernandez, Robbie Kruse (Archie Thompson 65), Nick Ward (Evan Berger 68), Adrian Leijer
Goals : Kruse 15, Thompson 114
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Match report by someone

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (07/03/10) Wellington Regional Stadium
Referee : Chris Beath, Crowd : 32792
Wellington Phoenix
Liam Reddy, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos (Daniel Lins Cortes 66), Paul Ifill, Chris Greenacre, Troy Hearfield (Eugene Dadi 74), Vince Lia (Diego Walsh 109), Ben Sigmund, Andrew Durante
Goals : Brown 33, Ifill 106, Dadi 125
Coach : Ricki Herbert
3 - 1 Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Adam D'Apuzzo, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Ljubo Milicevic, Ben Kantarovski, Jin-Hyung Song (Labinot Haliti 80), Matt Thompson (Sasho Petrovski 85), Tarek Elrich, Jobe Wheelhouse, Sean Rooney (Mirjan Pavlovic 68), Ali Abbas
Goal : Thompson 20
Coach : Branko Culina
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Elimination Semi-Final 1, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (20/02/10) Robina Stadium, Robina
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 4109
Gold Coast United
Jess Vanstrattan, Michael Thwaite, Robson Alves da Silva (James Brown 95), Zenon Caravella, Anderson Alves da Silva, Shane Smeltz, Jason Culina, Charlie Miller (Dino Djulbic 57), Bas Van Den Brink, Joel Porter (Matt Osman 114), Kristian Rees
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
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Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Adam D'Apuzzo, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Ljubo Milicevic, Jin-Hyung Song, Matt Thompson, Tarek Elrich, Jobe Wheelhouse (Kaz Patafta 81), Sean Rooney (Sasho Petrovski 64), Labinot Haliti (Mirjan Pavlovic 71), Ali Abbas
Coach : Branko Culina
Note : Newcastle wins 6-5 on penalties
Match report by Adrian Demack

Elimination Semi-Final 2, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (21/02/10) Wellington Regional Stadium
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 24278
Wellington Phoenix
Liam Reddy, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead (Eugene Dadi 76), Jon McKain (sent off 104), Tim Brown, Leo Bertos (Adrian Caceres 71), Paul Ifill, Chris Greenacre (Ben Sigmund 104), Troy Hearfield, Vince Lia, Andrew Durante
Goal : Greenacre 37
Coach : Ricki Herbert
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- 1
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Perth Glory
Tando Velaphi, Danny McBreen, Jamie Coyne, Andy Todd, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns (Adriano Pellegrino 112), Wayne Srhoj (Mile Sterjovski 56), Scott Neville, Steven McGarry, Todd Howarth (Scott Bulloch 56), Naum Sekulovski
Goal : Neville 67
Note : Wellington wins 4-2 on penalties
Match report by Jeremy Ruane