International commitments, injuries and movement in the transfer market have had a big impact on Hyundai A-League squads for Round 14. Here are all the ins-and-outs for this weekend’s matches.
Friday, 8 January 2016
Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory
Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Kick-Off: 7:40 PM (Local) (7:40 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Brennan
Assistant Referee 2: Wilson Brown
Fourth Official: Lucien Laverdure
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT), SBS TWO from 7:30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 92.5 ABC Central Coast, 774 ABC Melbourne, ABC Local Radio Vic, ABC Grandstand Digital, online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live. Crocmedia A-League Live (www.facebook.com/A-leagueLIVERadio)
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #CCMvMVC
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Central Coast Mariners squad: 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 6.Mitch AUSTIN, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Alastair BRAY (GK), 15.Matthew SIM, 16.Liam ROSE, 17.Francesco STELLA, 19.Josh BINGHAM, 20.Anthony KALIK, 21.Michael NEILL, 22.Jake McGING, 23.Tomislav USKOK, 40.Tom HEWARD-BELLE (GK)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 12.Trent BUHAGIAR (new signing), 15.Matthew SIM (promoted), 13.Alastair BRAY (GK) (new signing), 17.Francesco STELLA (new signing), 20.Anthony KALIK (promoted)
Outs: 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (suspended – 8 matches), 14.Daniel HEFFERNAN (not selected), 30.Adam PEARCE (GK)
Unavailable: 1.Paul IZZO (GK) (Olyroos duty)
Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 6.Leigh BROXHAM (c), 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 13.Oliver BOZANIC, 14.Fahid BEN KHALFALLAH, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.Matthieu DELPIERRE, 18.Dylan MURNANE, 19.George HOWARD, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 23.Jai INGHAM, 33.Joey KATEBIAN
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 4.Nick ANSELL (returns from injury), 7.Gui FINKLER (returns from injury), 19.George HOWARD (promoted), 23.Jai INGHAM (new signing), 33.Joey KATEBIAN (promoted)
Outs: 2.Jason GERIA (Olyroos duty), 11.Connor PAIN (Olyroos duty), 24.Thomas DENG (Olyroos duty)
Unavailable: 3.Scott GALLOWAY (Olyroos duty), 15.Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO (Olyroos duty), 21.Carl VALERI (ill – indefinite)
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park
Kick-Off: 5:15 PM (Local) (5:15 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
Assistant Referee 1: Allyson Flynn
Assistant Referee 2: Lance Greenshields
Fourth Official: Kris Griffiths-Jones
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 5.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 702 ABC Sydney, 1233 ABC Newcastle, ABC Local Radio NSW, ABC Grandstand Digital, online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #SYDvNEW
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Sydney FC squad: 1.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 5.Matt JURMAN, 6.Robert STAMBOLZIEV, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Milos NINKOVIC, 11.Christopher NAUMOFF, 18.Matt SIMON, 19.Jacques FATY, 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21.Filip HOLOSKO, 22.Ali ABBAS, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 24.George BLACKWOOD, 25.Aaron CALVER, 27.Mickael TAVARES, 29.Alex MULLEN
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 6.Robert STAMBOLZIEV (promoted), 18.Matt SIMON (return from suspension), 22.Ali ABBAS (return from injury), 25.Aaron CALVER (promoted), 29.Alex MULLEN (promoted)
Outs: 3.Alex GERSBACH, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 13.Brandon O’NEILL (all Olyroos duty)
Unavailable: 14.Alex BROSQUE (hamstring – 3/4 weeks)
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (Gk), 2.Daniel MULLEN, 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Cameron WATSON, 7.Enver ALIVODIC, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Milos TRIFUNOVIC, 10.LEONARDO, 14.Mitch COOPER, 17.Radovan PAVICEVIC, 20.Ben KENNEDY (Gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.David CARNEY, 24.Nicholas COWBURN, 27.Braedyn CROWLEY, 28.Ryan KITTO
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 10.LEONARDO (returns from injury), 23.David CARNEY (returns from suspension)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 11.Labinot HALITI (knee – season), 13.Lee KI-JE (international transfer pending)
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Melbourne City FC v Western Sydney Wanderers FC
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-Off: 7:30 PM (Local) (7:30 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: Brad Hobson
Fourth Official: Shaun Evans
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 7.00pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 774 ABC Melbourne, 702 ABC Sydney, 666 ABC Canberra, ABC Local Radio Vic, ABC Local Radio NSW, Grandstand Digital, online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #MCYvWSW
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Melbourne City FC squad: 1.Thomas SORENSEN (GK), 3.Aaron HUGHES, 6.Erik PAARTALU, 8.Aaron MOOY, 9.Harry NOVILLO, 10.Robert KOREN, 11.Michael ZULLO, 15.David WILLIAMS, 16.Jason TRIFIRO, 18.Paul RETRE, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (GK), 22.Jack CLISBY, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI, 24.Patrick KISNORBO (c), 25.Jacob MELLING, 36.Matt MILLAR, 39.Ali EYIGUN
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 6.Erik PAARTALU (returns from injury), 8.Aaron MOOY (returns from injury), 15.David WILLIAMS (promoted), 18.Paulo RETRE (returns from suspension), 20.Dean BOUZANIS (GK) (incoming transfer)
Outs: 20.Tando VELAPHI (released), 21.Stefan MAUK (international duty – Olyroos), 30.Hernan ESPINDOLA (omitted)
Unavailable: 4.Connor CHAPMAN (knee – 2-3 months), 5.Ivan FRANJIC (fitness test), 7.Corey GAMEIRO (knee – season), 14.James BROWN (foot – 1 week), 26.Marc MARINO (knee – 2-3 weeks)
Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 3.Scott JAMIESON, 4.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (c), 6.Mitch NICHOLS, 7.Romeo CASTELEN, 8.DIMAS, 9.Federico PIOVACCARI, 10.Dario VIDOSIC, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 14.Golgol MEBRAHTU, 15.Kearyn BACCUS, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 17.ALBERTO, 18.ANDREU, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Andrew REDMAYNE (gk), 21.Jacob PEPPER, 22.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS, 30.Liam REDDY (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 15.Kearyn BACCUS (promoted), 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO (promoted), 22.Jonathan ASPROPOTAMITIS (promoted), 30.Liam REDDY (gk) (new signing)
Outs: 1.Dean BOUZANIS (gk) (transfer – Melbourne City FC), 12.Scott NEVILLE (suspended – 1 week)
Unavailable: Nil
Saturday, 9 January 2016
Perth Glory v Adelaide United
nib Stadium, Perth
Kick-Off: 6:40 PM (Local) (9:40 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Assistant Referee 1: Josh Mannella
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew Southern
Fourth Official: David Bruce
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 9.30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 720 ABC Perth, 891 ABC Adelaide, ABC Local Radio WA, ABC Local Radio SA, Grandstand Digital, online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #PERvADL
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Perth Glory squad: 1.Ante COVIC (gk), 2.Alex GRANT, 5.Antony GOLEC, 7.Gyorgy SANDOR, 9.Andy KEOGH, 11.Richard GARCIA (c), 12.Jerrad TYSON (gk), 13.Diogo FERREIRA, 14.Chris HAROLD, 15.Hagi GLIGOR, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18.Mitch OXBORROW, 19.Josh RISDON, 23.Michael THWAITE, 24.Jamal REINERS, 25.Jacob COLLARD, 28.Joe KNOWLES, 29.Aryn WILLIAMS
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 9.Andy KEOGH (pending international clearance), 13.Diogo FERREIRA (returns from injury), 25.Jacob COLLARD (promoted)
Outs: 3.Marc WARREN (suspended)
Unavailable: 6.Dino DJULBIC (ankle – 6-8 weeks), 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH (knee – indefinite), 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC (hamstring – 1 week), 16.Sidnei SCIOLA (quad – 2 weeks)
Adelaide United squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Iacopo LA ROCCA, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 7.PABLO SANCHEZ, 8.ISAIAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE, 14.George MELLS, 16.Craig GOODWIN, 17.Mate DUGANDZIC, 18.Jimmy JEGGO, 19.Eli BABALJ, 20.John HALL (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 25.Ruon TONGYIK
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 19.Eli BABALJ (returns from injury), 25.Ruon TONGYIK (promoted from NYL)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 5.Osama MALIK (quadricep – 1 week), 24.Bruce KAMAU (hamstring – 2 weeks)
Sunday, 10 January 2016
Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar FC
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Kick-Off: 7:00 PM (Local) (5:00 PM (AEDT))
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Assistant Referee 1: Glen Lochrie
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Lount
Fourth Official: Alex King
TV Broadcast: Live coverage on FOX SPORTS 505 from 4.30pm (AEDT) and Sky Sport 3 (New Zealand)
Radio Broadcast: 612 ABC Brisbane, ABC Local Radio Qld, Grandstand Digital, Online & via the ABC Radio Mobile App – A-league Live
Join the conversation on Twitter using the hash-tag #WELvBRI
To purchase tickets visit www.a-league.com.au/tickets
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Glen MOSS (GK), 3.Justin GULLEY, 5.Troy DANASKOS, 6.Dylan FOX, 7.Jeffery SARPONG, 10.Michael MCGLINCHEY, 11.Kwabena APPIAH, 12.Blake POWELL, 14.Albert RIERA, 15.James McGARRY, 17.Vince LIA, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (GK), 22.Andrew DURANTE (c), 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 24.Logan ROGERSON, 25.Tamupiwa DIMAIRO, 28.Joel STEVENS
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 7.Jeffery SARPONG (returns from injury), 14.Albert RIERA (returns from suspension), 15.James McGARRY (promoted), 24.Logan ROGERSON (promoted), 25.Tamupiwa DIMAIRO (promoted), 28.Joel STEVENS (promoted)
Outs: 2.Manny MUSCAT (suspended – 2 matches), 4.Roly BONEVACIA (suspended), 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ (suspended), 21.Roy KRISHNA (ankle)
Unavailable: 14.Alex RUFER (broken tibia – season), 16.Louis FENTON (ankle – 2 weeks), 18.Ben SIGMUND (hamstring – 1 week)
Brisbane Roar FC squad: 3.Shane STEFANUTTO, 5.Corey BROWN, 6.Jerome POLENZ, 7.CORONA, 8.Steven LUSTICA, 10.HENRIQUE, 11.Jean Carlos SOLORZANO, 13.Jade NORTH, 14.Daniel BOWLES, 16.Devante CLUT, 17.Matt McKAY (c), 18.Javier HERVAS, 19.Jack HINGERT, 20.Shannon BRADY, 21.Jamie YOUNG (gk), 22.Thomas BROICH, 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 36.Andre JANNESE (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 5.Corey BROWN (promoted), 6.Jerome POLENZ (promoted), 8.Steven LUSTICA (return from injury), 16.Devante CLUT (promoted), 20.Shannon BRADY (promoted)
Outs: 9.Jamie MACLAREN, 15.James DONACHIE, 28.Brandon BORRELLO (all on Olyroos duty)
Unavailable: Nil
