2011 A-League Playoff results
2010/2011 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 2010-2011 season.



Brisbane v Central Coast --------------winner-----------------------3___Grand Final
                            \____loser________________              /
                                                      \2__winner___/
                                                      /
Adelaide v Wellington ---------winner___              /
                                        \1___winner__/
Gold Coast v Melbourne Victory _winner__/



Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion
Played (13/03/11) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 50168
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matt Smith, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Erik Paartalu, Kosta Barbarouses (Henrique de Andrade Silva 71), Jean Carlos Solorzano, Matt Mckay, Mitch Nichols (Massimo Murdocca 82), Thomas Broich, Milan Susak (Rocky Visconte 102)
Goals : Henrique 117, Paartalu 120
Penalties : Franjic, Paartalu, McKay, Henrique
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
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Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Mustafa Amini (John Hutchinson 61), Adam Kwasnik, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk, Rostyn Griffiths (Bernie Ibini-Isei 89), Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon (Daniel McBreen 72)
Goals : Kwasnik 96, Bozanic 102
Penalties : Hutchinson, Wilkinson, McBreen (saved), Bojic (saved)
Coach : Graham Arnold
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Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (5/03/11) Bluetongue Stadium
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 7539
Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Daniel McBreen (Matt Simon 69), Joshua Rose, Patrick Zwaanswijk (John Hutchinson 86), Rostyn Griffiths, Patricio Perez (Mustafa Amini 66), Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Trent Sainsbury, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik
Goal : Kwasnik 75
Coach : Graham Arnold
1
- 0
Gold Coast United
Glen Moss, Steve Pantelidis (John Curtis 79), Michael Thwaite, Dino Djulbic, Zenon Caravella, Anderson Alves da Silva, Shane Smeltz, Bruce Djite, Bas van den Brink (Joel Porter 69), Tahj Minniecon (Adama Traore 78), Peter Perchtold
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
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Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final
1st leg Played (19/02/11) Bluetongue Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 10166
Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Daniel McBreen (Adam Kwasnik 64), Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk, John Hutchinson (Rostyn Griffiths 66), Patricio Perez, Oliver Bozanic (Mustafa Amini 78), Michael McGlinchey, Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon
Coach : Graham Arnold
0
- 2
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matt Smith, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Erik Paartalu, Kosta Barbarouses, Henrique de Andrade Silva (Jean Carlos Solorzano 65), Matt McKay, Mitch Nichols (Massimo Murdocca 65), Thomas Broich, Milan Susak
Goals : Barbarouses 52, McKay 73
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
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2nd leg Played (26/02/11) Suncorp Stadium
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 25168
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matt Smith, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Erik Paartalu, Kosta Barbarouses, Jean Carlos Solorzano (Massimo Murdocca 74), Matt McKay, Mitch Nichols (Henrique de Andrade Silva 57), Thomas Broich, Milan Susak
Goals : Broich 63, Henrique 90
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
2
- 2
Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Daniel McBreen, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic (sent off 90), Patrick Zwaanswijk, Rostyn Griffiths (Bernie Ibini Isei 81), Patricio Perez, Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Alex Wilkinson, Adam Kwasnik
Goals : Smith 39og, Bozanic 40
Coach : Graham Arnold
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Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (27/02/11) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Chris Beath , Crowd : 15028
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Nigel Boogaard (Robert Cornthwaite 90), Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Adam Hughes, Sergio van Dijk, Marcos Flores, Andy Slory (Mathew Leckie 40), Paul Reid, Travis Dodd, Cameron Watson (Iain Ramsay 84), Dario Bodrusic
Goals : van Dijk 56pk, Leckie 70
Coach : Rini Coolen
2
- 3
Gold Coast United
Glen Moss, Steve Pantelidis, Michael Thwaite, Dino Djulbic, Zenon Caravella, Anderson Alves da Silva, Shane Smeltz, Bruce Djite (Andrew Barisic 88), Bas van den Brink (Joel Porter 70), Tahj Minniecon (John Curtis 81), Peter Perchtold
Goals : Smeltz 38, 79pk, Djite 71
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
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Elimination Semi-Final 1, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (18/02/11) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Jarred Gillett, Crowd : 10285
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Nigel Boogaard, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Adam Hughes, Sergio van Dijk, Marcos Flores (Lucas Pantelis 75), Andy Slory (Mathew Leckie 61), Travis Dodd, Cameron Watson, Dario Bodrusic, Francisco Usucar (Robert Cornthwaite 84)
Goal : Dodd 70
Coach : Rini Coolen
1
- 0
Wellington Phoenix
Danny Vukovic, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Nick Ward, Tim Brown, Troy Hearfield (Chris Greenacre 73), Jade North, Ben Sigmund, Marco Rojas (Daniel Lins Cortes 88), Andrew Durante, Dylan Macallister (Paul Ifill 61)
Coach : Ricki Herbert
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Elimination Semi-Final 2, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (20/02/11) Skilled Park
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 3281
Gold Coast United
Glen Moss, Steve Pantelidis, Michael Thwaite, Dino Djulbic, Zenon Caravella, Anderson Alves da Silva, Shane Smeltz, Bruce Djite (Chris Harold 81), Tahj Minniecon (Kristian Rees 90), Adama Traore (Joel Porter 49), Peter Perchtold
Goal : Djulbic 90
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
1
- 0
Melbourne Victory
Michael Petkovic, Mate Dugandzic (Archie Thompson 53), Petar Franjic, Surat Sukha (Billy Celeski 34), Marvin Angulo, Rodrigo Vargas, Diogo Ferreira (Carlos Hernandez 68), Tom Pondeljak, Danny Allsopp, Robbie Kruse, Adrian Leijer
Coach : Ernie Merrick
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