Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club was formed in November 2004,[1] and the team played their first competitive match in May 2005, when they entered the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.[2] The Mariners play their home matches at Central Coast Stadium.[1] 181 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club; those players are listed here. Players are listed in order of their first appearance for the Mariners, and alphabetical order by surname for players who debuted simultaneously.
The Mariners' record appearance-maker is John Hutchinson, who made 271 appearances over a 10-year playing career, ahead of Matt Simon. Hutchinson also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 232 games. Simon is the club's top goalscorer with 66 goals in his eleven seasons with the club, twenty-three more than next-highest scorer Adam Kwasnik. Fifteen players have made 100 appearances or more, including six members of the 2013 A-League Grand Final winning team and three members of the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final and 2024 A-League Men Grand Final winning teams. Danny Vukovic is the only goalkeeper to have made over 100 appearances for the side. Eight players have held the position of club captain, Alex Wilkinson for the longest period (five years).
- ^ a b "History". Central Coast Mariners FC. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006.
- ^ "Complete fixture list: Central Coast Mariners". ALeagueStats.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.