The Hyundai A-League festive season has arrived and another blockbuster weekend of football awaits. Here are how all the squads will shape up for Round 12.
Friday, 26 December 2014
Melbourne City FC v Perth Glory
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 5:30 PM (Local) (5:30 PM AEDT)
Referee: Alan Milliner
Assistant Referee 1: George Lakrindis
Assistant Referee 2: Jonathan Barreiro
Fourth Official: Lucien Laverdure
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #MCYvPER
Melbourne City FC Squad: 1.Andrew REDMAYNE (GK), 3.Robbie WIELAERT, 4.Connor CHAPMAN, 5.Erik PAARTALU, 6.Aaron MOOY, 7.Iain RAMSAY, 10.Robert KOREN, 11.Damien DUFF, 14.James BROWN, 15.David WILLIAMS, 17.Jason HOFFMAN, 19.Benjamin GARUCCIO, 20.Tando VELAPHI (GK), 21.Stefan MAUK, 23.Mate DUGANDZIC, 24.Patrick KISNORBO (C), 25.Jacob MELLING, 27.Ross ARCHIBALD
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 11.Damien DUFF (returns from injury), 27.Ross ARCHIBALD (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 8.Massimo MURDOCCA (ankle – 1-2 weeks)
Perth Glory Squad: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 2.Jack CLISBY, 3.Brandon O’NEILL, 5.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 9.Andy KEOGH, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC, 11.Richard GARCIA, 14.Chris HAROLD, 15.Jamie MACLAREN, 16.Sidnei SCIOLA, 19.Josh RISDON, 20.Daniel DE SILVA, 21.Scott JAMIESON, 23.Michael THWAITE (c), 24.Matthew DAVIES, 30.Jordan THURTELL (GK)
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 2.Jack CLISBY (promoted), 19.Josh RISDON (return from suspension)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 7.Youssouf HERSI (Hamstring – indefinite), 17.Mitch NICHOLS (Hamstring – 6 weeks)
Friday, 26 December 2014
Sydney FC v Adelaide United
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-Off: 7:45 PM (Local) (7:45 PM AEDT)
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: James Tesoriero
Fourth Official: Chris Young
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.30pm (AEDT), Live Coverage on SBS HD & SBS One from 7.30pm AEDT and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 891 ABC Adelaide, ABC Local Radio SA, 702 ABC Sydney & ABC Local Radio NSW, Grandstand Digital, Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #SFCvADL
Sydney FC squad: 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 4.Pedj BOJIC, 6.Nikola PETKOVIC, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 11.Bernie IBINI, 12. Hagi GLIGOR, 13.Christopher NAUMOFF, 14.Alex BROSQUE (c), 16.Alex GERSBACH, 17.Terry ANTONIS, 18.Peter TRIANTIS, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Mark JANKO, 23. Rhyan GRANT, 25. Aaron CALVER, 28. Max BURGESS
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 14.Alex BROSQUE (return form injury), 28. Max BURGESS (promoted).
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 3.Sasa OGNENOVSKI (hip – indefinite)7.Corey GAMEIRO (knee – indefinite), 22.Ali ABBAS (knee – indefinite), 5. Matt JURMAN (illness – 2 weeks), 19. Nick CARLE (knee – indefinite)
Adelaide United squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (c) (GK), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Nigel BOOGAARD, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 7.PABLO SÁNCHEZ, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE, 14.Cameron WATSON, 15.Ben WARLAND, 16.Craig GOODWIN, 17.Awer MABIL, 18.Jimmy JEGGO, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 24.Bruce KAMAU, 30.John HALL (GK), 32.Nathan KONSTANDOPOPOULOS
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 15.Ben WARLAND (promoted)
Outs: 22.Fabio FERREIRA (hamstring – 2-3 weeks)
Unavailable: 5.Osama MALIK (calf – 2 weeks), 20.Paul IZZO (calf – 1 week), 22.Fabio FERREIRA (hamstring – 2-3 weeks), 23.Jordan ELSEY (knee – indefinite)
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar FC
Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Kick-Off: 5:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Matthew Conger
Assistant Referee 1: David Walsh
Assistant Referee 2: Sarah Ho
Fourth Official: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 4.30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 1 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: Online/ABC Radio Mobile phone app. Coast FM
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvBRI
Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1.Matt NASH (Gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Zac ANDERSON, 7.John HUTCHINSON (C), 8.Nick MONTGOMERY, 9.Mitchell DUKE, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 12.Liam REDDY (Gk), 15.Matt SIM, 17.Richard VERNES, 18.Glen TRIFIRO, 19.Matt SIMON, 23.Isaka CERNAK, 25.Eddy BOSNAR, 26.KIM Seung-yong
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 4. Jacob POSCOLIERO (promoted), 8. Nick MONTGOMERY (returns from injury), 23. Isaka CERNAK (promoted)
Outs: 21. Michael NEILL (injury – indefinite)
Unavailable: 6. Brent Griffiths (injury – indefinite), 21. Michael Neill (injury – indefinite)
Brisbane Roar FC Squad: 3.Shane STEFANUTTO, 4.Adam SAROTA, 5.Corey BROWN, 7.Mensur KURTISHI, 8.Steven LUSTICA, 10.HENRIQUE, 12.Jean Carlos SOLORZANO, 13.Jade NORTH, 14.Daniel BOWLES, 15.James DONACHIE, 16.Devante CLUT, 17.Matt McKAY (c), 18.Luke BRATTAN, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 28.Brandon BORRELLO, 30.Matt ACTON (gk), 34.Shannon BRADY
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 3.Shane STEFANUTTO (return from injury), 16.Devante CLUT (promoted), 34.Shannon BRADY (promoted)
Outs: 2.Matt SMITH (transfer)
Unavailable: 1.Michael THEO (wrist – 2 weeks), 6.George LAMBADARIDIS (knee – indefinite), 19.Jack HINGERT (knee – 2 weeks), 22.Thomas BROICH (ankle – 5 weeks)
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:30 PM (Local) (7:30 PM AEDT)
Referee: Ben Williams
Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream
Assistant Referee 2: Paul Cetrangolo
Fourth Official: Patrick Chaplin
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 1 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 774 ABC Melbourne, Local Radio VIC, 936 ABC Hobart & Northern Tasmania, 1233 Newcastle, Grandstand Digital, Online/ ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #MVCvNEW
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Nathan COE (GK), 2.Jason GERIA, 4.Nick ANSELL, 6.Leigh BROXHAM (C), 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Connor PAIN, 13.Andrew NABBOUT, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 18.Dylan MURNANE, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (GK), 21.Carl VALERI, 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 23.Adrian LEIJER, 24.Scott GALLOWAY.
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 13.Andrew NABBOUT (promoted), 24.Scott GALLOWAY (returns from injury)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 5.Mark MILLIGAN (suspension – 2 matches) 15.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI (ankle – 1 week), 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE (foot – tbc)
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 2.Scott NEVILLE, 3.Taylor REGAN, 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Adrian MADASCHI, 7.Jeronimo NEUMANN, 8.Zenon CARAVELLA, 9.Joel GRIFFITHS (c), 10.Marcos FLORES, 11.Andrew HOOLE, 12.Sam GALLAGHER, 13.Edson MONTANO, 16.Jacob PEPPER, 17.James VIRGILI, 18.Allan WELSH, 19.Mitch COOPER, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 23.David CARNEY
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 3.Taylor REGAN (returns from injury), 12.Sam GALLAGHER (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 4. Kew JALIENS (suspended – 1 weeks), 14.Billy CELESKI (groin – 2-3 weeks), 15.Josh BARRESI (knee – season), 22.Jonny STEELE (leave of absence)
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-Off: 7:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM AEDT)
Referee: Peter O’Leary
Assistant Referee 1: Jan Hintz
Assistant Referee 2: Mark Rule
Fourth Official: Nick Waldron
TV Broadcast: Live and exclusive coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: Online / ABC Radio Mobile phone app
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WELvWSW
Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1.Glen MOSS (GK), 4.Roly BONEVACIA, 5.Michael BOXALL, 7, Kenny CUNNINGHAM, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 9.Nathan BURNS, 10.Michael McGLINCHEY, 11.Jeremy BROCKIE, 12.Tyler BOYD, 13.Albert RIERA, 14.Alex RUFER, 16.Louis FENTON, 17.Vince LIA,18.Ben SIGMUND, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (GK), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c).
***two to be omitted***
Ins: 12.Vince LIA (returns from injury), 14.Alex RUFER (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 2. Manny MUSCAT (suspended – 1 match)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC Squad: 1.Ante COVIC (gk), 2.Shannon COLE, 3.Daniel MULLEN, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 6.Antony GOLEC, 7.Labinot HALITI, 9.Tomi JURIC, 10.Vitor SABA, 12.Nikita RUKAVYTSYA,13.Matthew SPIRANOVIC, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 18.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 20.Dean BOUZANIS(gk), 22.Seyi ADELEKE, 23.Jason TRIFIRO, 31.Alusine FOFANAH,32.Daniel ALESSI, 35.Kearyn BACCUS
Ins: 3.Daniel MULLEN (promoted), 22.Seyi ADELEKE (promoted), 31.Alusine FOFANAH (promoted), 32.Daniel ALESSI (promoted)
Outs: 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (suspended – 1 week), 19.Mark BRIDGE (Hamstring – 1 week)
Unavailable: 11.Brendon SANTALAB (shoulder – indefinite), 34.Golgol MEBRAHTU (knee – indefinite)
