Melbourne Heart FC

Melbourne Heart

Full name	Melbourne Heart FC
Nickname(s)	Heart
Founded	2008
Ground	AAMI Park, Melbourne (Capacity: 30,050)
Chairman	Peter Sidwell
Head Coach	John Aloisi
League	A-League
2012–13	6th (League) 6th (Elimination Final)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Melbourne Heart FC is an Australian professional football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2008, the club has competed in the A-League, the highest division of football in Australia, since its inaugural 2010–2011 season. It is the 12th club to have played in the league.^[1][2] It plays its home matches at AAMI Park, which it shares with crosstown rivals Melbourne Victory. From its initiation, Melbourne Heart was built on the philosophy of producing an attractive brand of football and a commitment to developing the growth of young Australian players.^[3]

History

Bidding process

Large crowd numbers for Melbourne Victory in their second A-League season suggested to the FFA that the Melbourne market could support a second A-League side, but due to a five year exclusivity clause that exists to protect the original 8 A-League sides, no new Melbourne team could be introduced until the 2010/11 season. During February 2007, Victorian Major Projects Minister Theo Theophanous floated the idea of a second Melbourne franchise being formed, to be a founding tenant at the newly built ground Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, as Victory were reluctant to sign a full tenancy with the stadium.^[4]

On 12 February 2007, South Melbourne FC revealed that they were courting approaches from private investors with the prospect of being the second A-League club based in Melbourne.^[5] As part of the South Melbourne bid, the club was to be privatised and the bid name was to be 'Southern Cross FC'.^[6]

On 1 March 2008 former Carlton Football Club vice-president and businessman Colin DeLutis expressed his interest in a second Melbourne A-League side, with an approach to the FFA to become sole owner of the second licence with the bid name of 'Melbourne City'.^[7] FFA chief executive Ben Buckley raised the possibility of expanding the A-League from 8 to 12 teams in May 2008, in readiness for the 2009-10 season. Buckley also revealed the existence of a third Melbourne bid tentatively known as 'Melbourne Heart' backed by Peter Sidwell, who had some former involvement with Melbourne Victory as a potential investor, to compete with the two other bids of Southern Cross FC and Melbourne City.^[8] On 25 July 2008, the Melbourne City bid dropped out of the bidding process leaving the Melbourne Heart and Southern Cross FC bids as the last two bids standing.^[9] By September 2008, the Melbourne Heart bid was awarded exclusive negotiating rights for the league's 11th licence, beating out the South Melbourne-backed Southern Cross FC bid. Negotiations continued until Sidwell's group was awarded the licence to join the A-League's 2010–11 season by the FFA on 12 June 2009.^[10]

First Season, 2010-11

Melbourne Heart was the eleventh franchise to enter the A-League (at the time of its first season), and the twelfth to ever play in it overall. Heart started its inaugural A-League season against Central Coast Mariners on 5 August 2010, at their home ground AAMI Park, losing 1–0.^[11] The club's first ever goal was, bizarrely, an own goal scored by Ben Kantarovski in the Heart's second league game, a 1–1 draw against Newcastle Jets. Melbourne Heart's first win was a 1–0 defeat of North Queensland Fury, which came in the fifth round of their first A-League season on 4 September 2010.^[12] They contested the first ever Melbourne Derby against Melbourne Victory on 8 October 2010, and won 2-1. In the middle of their season, they went seven matches without winning (six losses and a draw) and over five hours without scoring a goal. This was turned around when they travelled to play Adelaide United and beat them 2-1 in the final five minutes, despite trailing at 1-0 for all of the second half up to that time. Heart finished their first season on equal points with Newcastle Jets, but behind on goal difference in eighth position. They failed to make it into the top six teams to reach the finals, despite sitting in sixth position for majority of the season.

2011-12

On 7 July 2011, the club announced it would take part in the inaugural Hawaiian Islands Invitational from 23–25 February 2012. The squad is set to be made up of emerging youth players as the tournament overlaps with the 2011–12 A-League season. Taking part in the Invitational will be Japan's Yokohama FC, South Korea's Incheon United FC and reigning MLS Cup winners the Colorado Rapids.^[13] Melbourne Heart drew against Busan IPark and lost 0-1 against Colorado Rapids.

Melbourne Heart signed former rival Melbourne Victory player Fred on 20 June 2011, as a marquee player^[14], he replaced Simon Colosimo as captian of Heart^[15]

On September 1 2011, Heart added the addition of a youth team to the club, which will compete in the A-League's National Youth League. The youth team launched with John Aloisi as the inaugural youth team head coach, while highly respected Victorian coach Arthur Papas was his assistant.^[16]

In 2012 the Melbourne Heart Futsal team was founded. They play in the F-League which is top tier of Australian Futsal.^[17][18][19]

Melbourne Heart's first game for the 2011-12 A-League season was against, Newcastle Jets at Ausgrid Stadium, Heart were defeated 3-2, after a goal by Byun Sung-Hwan in added time. Heart lost there first two matches in a row after being defeated by Perth Glory at home, however they then went ti go on to get 21 points out of thirty making them 3rd on the ladder.

On May 4 2012 the Melbourne Heart Futsal team was founded. They will play in the F-League which is top tier of Australian Futsal.^[20][21][22]

After there successful start to the first half of the season, Melbourne Heart only won two of there remaining matches, coinciding with the loss of Fred to injury,^[23] and Dugandzic, Aziz Behich and Jason Hoffman to international Olyroos duty,^[24] They finished 6th on the ladder, enough to make the finals, and had there best season in the clubs history.

Heart's first final was against Perth Glory, where they were defeated 3-0 at nib stadium. On 1 February 2012 Melbourne Heart coach, John van't Schip announced he was leaving the club at the end of the season due to family reasons.^[25]

2012-13

Melbourne Heart announced on 8 May 2012, that former socceroo and youth coach John Aloisi, had signed as head coach for 3 years.^[26]

Name, colours and badge

In October 2009, an online competition held by the Herald Sun gave the public the opportunity to submit their preferences for the name of the new Melbourne team. The preferred names were released on the Herald Sun website on 13 November 2009. The four options were 'Sporting Melbourne FC', 'Melburnians', 'Melbourne Revolution' and 'Melbourne Heart FC'. Some pondered if 'Revolution' had some context considering its intimation to the Eureka Stockade, the closest Australia has come to revolution.^[27] The name of the new club was to be announced before the end of 2009,^[28] but this was delayed until early 2010 due to AFL objections to the use of the words Melbourne, Football and Club^[29] in the name. The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation expressed concern that the name Melbourne Heart was too similar to its annual Heart of Melbourne Appeal, and lodged a protest with IP Australia in January 2010.^[30] The club's badge was lodged to IP Australia the same month by the FFA,^[31][32] and on 2 February 2010, the name of the club was announced as Melbourne Heart FC.^[33][34]

Kit

Melbourne Heart's strip is red stripes on front of the jersey with red shorts and red socks, the away kit is with a red sash on white, with white shorts and socks. The design for the team's third kit was chosen from entries submitted by fans,^[35] the jersey is grey with a red and white sash, the shorts are white.

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

On 16 February 2010, leading financial institution Westpac^[36] teamed up with the Melbourne Heart for a three-year agreement believed to be worth close to $2 million.^[37] They are be their principal partner, the Westpac logo appears on the front of the 'Home' and 'Away' Melbourne Heart kits. The club also hosts 3 'Westpac' community camps, annually across regional Victoria.^[38] Drake International, Metlink and PKF are the major sponsors of the club.^[39]

On 1 September 2011 ParkTrent was announced as the Melbourne Heart FC's youth teams primary sponsor. CEO Scott Munn said that the deal is the "largest ever National Youth League corporate partnership".^[40] ParkTrent is a well established company for property investment in Australia established by Ron Cross in 1989 and is committed to all aspects of the property market.

On 8 May 2012, along with the introduction of new head coach, John Aloisi, the clubs new kit supplier Kappa was announced.^[41] Kappa are on a two-year contract with Melbourne Heart.

Ownership and finances

Currently, the club is owned by:

• Peter Sidwell
• David Kobritz
• Michael Catalano
• Manny Galanos
• Patrick Prendergast
• Ghadir Razuki
• Jimmy Goh

FFA chief executive Ben Buckley raised the possibility of expanding the A-League from 8 to 12 teams in May 2008, in readiness for the 2009-10 season.^[44] One of 3 bids was Melbourne Heart owned by a consortium led by Peter Sidwell, his investor partners were property developer David Kobritz, furniture supplier Michael Catalano, former Victorian soccer executive Manny Galanos, lighting distributor Joe Mirabella and entertainment promoter Patrick Prendergast.^[45] on 12 June 2009, Melbourne Heart were awarded the 11th A-league license, to join for the 2010-11 A-league season.^[46]

In May 2011, Joe Mirabella a owner of Heart, left the club ownership due to disagreements with Peter Sidwell about the clubs coach John Van't Schip.^[47] in April 2011, two new investors, Jimmy Goh and Ghadir Razuki replaced Joe Mirabella.^[48]

In April 2012, Peter Sidwell denied rumours that Melbourne Heart, was to hand back its license to FFA.^[49]

Stadium

AAMI Park

Melbourne Heart's home ground is currently AAMI Park, which it shares with rivals Melbourne Victory, Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels and National Rugby League club Melbourne Storm.Melbourne Heart's largest average season attendance is 9,082, while Heart's largest ever attendance for a single match is 26,579 in round 12 of the 2011-12 A-League season.

Training facilities

Melbourne Heart base its training and administrative facilities at La Trobe University.^[50]

Club culture

Rivalries

• Melbourne Victory-(The Melbourne Derby). Melbourne Heart's rival is Melbourne Victory. Although there are many state or regional rivalries, this is the first and only local city derby in the A-League.^[51] The first match between the two clubs saw Melbourne Heart win 2-1 in front of a sold out AAMI Park crowd of over 25,000 spectators.^[52]

The rivalry became more intense in the third edition on 22 January 2011, when Victory's Kevin Muscat made a mis-timed tackle on Heart's Adrian Zahra, which earnt Muscat a red card and an eight-week suspension, and was the direct cause of a season-ending knee injury to Zahra.^[53] The rivalry has reached new heights off the field with rival supporters "declaring war on the streets" with a Melbourne Victory supporter group stealing a "Yarraside" banner and in retaliation, Heart supporters attempted to kidnap a Victory supporter in a reprisal attack.^[54]

Players

Current squad

As of 20 May 2012

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Clint Bolton 2 DF Michael Marrone 3 DF Brendan Hamill 4 DF Simon Colosimo 5 MF Fred 6 DF Matt Thompson 13 DF Jonatan Germano 16 DF Aziz Behich

No. Position Player 17 FW Jason Hoffman 18 DF Curtis Good 15 FW David Williams 19 FW Eli Babalj 22 MF Nick Kalmar 23 MF Mate Dugandžić - GK Andrew Redmayne

Youth Team

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

No. Position Player GK Thomas Dunn GK Chris Maynard DF Philip Petreski DF Charlie King DF Daniel Peluso DF Bradley Treloar MF Josh Groenewald

No. Position Player MF Jeremy Walker MF Billy Liolios MF Stipo Andrijasevic MF Kristian Konstantinidis FW Zac Walker FW Brodie Patterson FW Dusan Bosnjak

Notable former players

Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Melbourne Heart. For details of former players, see List of Melbourne Heart players.

Australia John Aloisi Michael Beauchamp Dean Heffernan Josip Skoko Brazil Maycon Alex Terra Netherlands Gerald Sibon Rutger Worm Retired number(s) Main article: Retired numbers in football 12 – Yarraside (Club Supports) Top Goal Scorers Last updated 6 April 2012 Name Years A-League inc. finals 1 Eli Babalj 2010- 11 (35) 2 John Aloisi 2010-11 8 (20) =3 Mate Dugandžić 2011- 7 (23) =3 Gerald Sibon 2010-11 7 (27) =3 Alex Terra 2010-12 7 (43) 6 Matt Thompson 2010- 6 (55) =7 Nick Kalmar 2010- 3 (33) =7 Jonatan Germano 2011- 3 (23) =9 Adrian Zahra 2010- 2 (19) =9 Rutger Worm 2010-12 2 (46) Game Record Holders Last updated 6 April 2012 Name Years A-League inc. finals 1 Michael Marrone 2010- 57 2 Clint Bolton 2010- 56 3 Matt Thompson 2010- 55 4 Aziz Behich 2010- 49 5 Rutger Worm 2010-12 46 =6 Alex Terra 2010-12 43 =6 Wayne Srhoj 2010- 43 8 Simon Colosimo 2010- 42 9 Brendan Hamill 2010- 35 10 Nick Kalmar 2010- 33 Records Main article: Melbourne Heart FC records and statistics (As of 16 May 2012) Record Win: 4-0 Sydney, 29 December 2011 Record Defeat: 0-4 Brisbane Roar, 25 September 2010 Undefeated Streak: 6 (17 February 2012 - 23 March 2012) Winning Streak: 5 (4 December 2011 - 29 December 2011) Winless Streak: 8 (4 January 2012 - 11 February 2012) Record High Attendance: 26,579 v (Melbourne Victory, 23 December 2011) Lowest Home Attendance: 2,754 v (Newcastle Jets, 8 December 2010) End of Season Awards Main article: Melbourne Heart FC end of season awards Current Winners: Player of the Year: Clint Bolton Supporters Player of the Year: Clint Bolton Fred(co-winners) John Aloisi Golden Boot Award: Eli Babalj Clubman Award: Aziz Behich Chairman’s Award: Rebecca May Volunteer of the Year: Peter Bradley All-time A-League win/loss (including finals) Last updated 3 March 2012 Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Adelaide United 6 1 2 3 7 11 -4 Brisbane Roar 6 1 2 3 6 11 -5 Central Coast Mariners 6 1 1 4 3 7 -4 Gold Coast United 6 2 3 1 5 6 -1 Melbourne Victory 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 Newcastle Jets 6 2 1 3 8 9 -1 North Queensland Fury 3 3 0 0 6 2 4 Perth Glory 7 1 3 3 7 11 -4 Sydney FC 6 2 4 0 10 5 5 Wellington Phoenix 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 Total 58 17 21 20 67 79 -12 Year-by-year history Melbourne League History Season Teams FFA Cup Premiership Position Championship Qualification Championship Position ACL Qualification ACL Placing 2010–11 11 N/A 8th DNQ 8th N/A 2011–12 10 N/A 6th Yes 6th No DNQ 2012–13 10 -1 TBC TBC TBC TBC DNQ 1FFA Cup scheduled to commence in TBA.[55] Position (Season) Club officials Administration[56] Chairman: Peter Sidwell Chief Executive Officer: Scott Munn Directors: Michael Catalano, David Kobritz, Patrick Prendergast, Ghadir Razuki, Jimmy Goh Football department[56] Football operations manager: John Didulica Team manager: John Aloisi Head coach:TBC Assistant coach: Ante Miličić Goalkeeping coach: TBC Youth team head coach: TBC Managers Dates Name Notes Honours 23 October 2009 – 1 April 2012 John van 't Schip Inaugural manager 8 May 2012 – Present John Aloisi First Australian Manager See also A-League portal Expansion of the A-League References ^ Ritson, Jon (4 August 2009). 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