2012 A-League Playoff results
2011/2012 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 2011-2012 season.



Central Coast v Brisbane --------------winner-------------------------3___Grand Final
                            \____loser_________________              /
                                                       \2__winner___/
                                                       /
Wellington v Sydney   ---------winner___              /
                                        \1___winner__/
Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart __winner__/



Grand Final Match, winner becomes champion
Played (22/04/12) Lang Park
Referee : Jarred Gillett, Crowd : 50334
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matthew Smith, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Erik Paartalu (Nick Fitzgerald 64), Besart Berisha, Massimo Murdocca (Luke Brattan 64), Henrique de Andrade Silva (James Meyer 73), Mohamed Adnan, Mitch Nichols, Thomas Broich
Goals : Berisha 84, 90pk
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
2
- 1
Perth Glory
Danny Vukovic, Bas van den Brink, Billy Mehmet, Steve Pantelidis, Jacob Burns, Shane Smeltz (Steven McGarry 79), Liam Miller, Travis Dodd (Scott Neville 75), Todd Howarth, Joshua Risdon, Dean Heffernan (sent off 89)
Goal : Franjic 53og
Coach : Ian Ferguson
Match report by Andrew Demack

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (14/04/12) Central Coast Stadium
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 7572
Central Coast Stadium
Mathew Ryan, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk, John Hutchinson, Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Tomas Rogic (Daniel McBreen 81), Alex Wilkinson, John Sutton (Bernie Ibini-Isei 61), Adam Kwasnik (Troy Hearfield 101)
Goal : Kwasnik 32
Penalties : McBreen, Wilkinson, Ryan, McGlinchey (miss)
Coach : Graham Arnold
1
aet
- 1
aet
Perth Glory
Danny Vukovic, Bas van den Brink, Billy Mehmet, Steve Pantelidis (Josh Mitchell 108), Jacob Burns, Shane Smeltz, Liam Miller, Travis Dodd (Scott Neville 80), Joshua Risdon, Andre Lopez (Todd Howarth 58), Dean Heffernan
Goal : Smeltz 34
Penalties : Smeltz, Mehmet, Miller, Heffernan, Burns
Coach : Ian Ferguson
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final
1st leg Played (31/03/12) Lang Park
Referee : Strebre Delovski, Crowd : 15081
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matthew Smith, Shane Stefanutto, Ivan Franjic, Erik Paartalu, Besart Berisha, Massimo Murdocca (Luke Brattan 62), Henrique de Andrade Silva (Nick Fitzgerald 62), Mohamed Adnan, Mitch Nichols, Thomas Broich
Goals : Henrique 8, Paartalu 86
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
2
- 0
Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk, John Hutchinson, Bernie Ibini-Isei (Troy Hearfield 75), Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Tomas Rogic (Daniel Mcbreen 66), Alex Wilkinson, Mustafa Amini (Adam Kwasnik 82)
Coach : Graham Arnold
Match report by Andrew Demack
2nd leg Played (8/04/12) Central Coast Stadium
Referee : Jarred Gillett, Crowd : 9846
Central Coast Mariners
Mathew Ryan, Joshua Rose, Pedj Bojic, Patrick Zwaanswijk (Trent Sainsbury 72), John Hutchinson, Oliver Bozanic, Michael McGlinchey, Tomas Rogic (Mustafa Amini 72), Alex Wilkinson, John Sutton (Bernie Ibini-Isei 76), Adam Kwasnik
Goals : Zwaanswijk 29, Kwasnik 32
Coach : Graham Arnold
2
- 3
Brisbane Roar
Michael Theoklitos, Matthew Smith, Shane Stefanutto (Jack Hingert 69), Ivan Franjic (Matthew Jurman 83), Erik Paartalu, Besart Berisha, Massimo Murdocca (Luke Brattan 58), Henrique de Andrade Silva, Mohamed Adnan, Mitch Nichols, Thomas Broich
Goals : Broich 2, Nicholls 26, Henrique 68
Coach : Angelo Postecoglou
Match report by Chris Dunkerley

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (7/04/12) Perth Oval
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 13695
Perth Glory
Danny Vukovic, Bas van den Brink, Billy Mehmet (Scott Neville 108), Steve Pantelidis, Jacob Burns, Shane Smeltz, Liam Miller, Travis Dodd (Steven McGarry 69), Joshua Risdon, Andre Lopez (Todd Howarth 80), Dean Heffernan
Goals : van den Brink 13, Mehmet 72, Howarth 112
Coach : Ian Ferguson
3
aet
- 2
aet
Wellington Phoenix
Mark Paston, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos, Paul Ifill, Chris Greenacre (Mirjan Pavlovic 112), Vince Lia, Ben Sigmund (Alexander Smith 62), Dani Sanchez (Daniel Cortes 73), Andrew Durante
Goals : Greenacre 47, Muscat 55
Coach : Ricki Herbert
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Elimination Semi-Final 1, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (30/03/12) Wellington Stadium
Referee : Chris Beath, Crowd : 10019
Wellington Phoenix
Mark Paston, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos (Daniel Cortes 90), Paul Ifill, Chris Greenacre, Vince Lia, Ben Sigmund, Dani Sanchez (Alexander Smith 76), Andrew Durante
Goals : Brown 46, Sigmund 78, Ifill 85pk
Coach : Ricki Herbert
3
- 2
Sydney FC
Ivan Necevski, Pascal Bosschaart (Sebastian Ryall 51), Michael Beauchamp, Brett Emerton, Karol Kisel, Bruno Cazarine (Mark Bridge 59), Nick Carle, Shannon Cole, Terry McFlynn (Terry Antonis 80), Joel Chianese, Scott Jamieson
Goals : Chianese 79, 82
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Elimination Semi-Final 2, loser eliminated, winner into Minor Semi-Final
Played (1/04/12) Perth Oval
Referee : Jarred Gillett, Crowd : 12600
Perth Glory
Danny Vukovic, Bas van den Brink, Steve Pantelidis, Jacob Burns, Shane Smeltz, Liam Miller (Brandon O'Neill 90), Travis Dodd, Steven McGarry (Billy Mehmet 80), Joshua Risdon, Andre Lopez (Todd Howarth 86), Dean Heffernan
Goals : Smeltz 65, 72, 90
Coach : Ian Ferguson
3
- 0
Melbourne Heart
Clint Bolton, Michael Marrone, Brendan Hamill, Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Matt Thompson (Rutger Worm 46), Wayne Srhoj, Jonatan Germano, Aziz Behich, Curtis Good, Eli Babalj, Mate Dugandzic (Nick Kalmar 80)
Coach : John van't Schip