2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

The 2009–10 season was the inaugural season of North Queensland Fury. It began on 1 May 2009 and concluded on 30 April 2010, with competitive matches played in the A-League between August and February. The club finished the 2009–10 A-League in seventh place, with eight wins, eight draws and eleven losses, narrowly missing qualification for the finals series.

North Queensland Fury
2009–10 season
ManagerIan Ferguson
A-League7th

The Fury signed former Scottish international Ian Ferguson to be their inaugural manager, while former Liverpool and England forward Robbie Fowler was the team's marquee player.

A slow start to the A-League season saw the team fail to win any of its first five games, and record only one win in their first eleven matches. The Fury's form improved in the second half of the season, winning seven of their remaining sixteen games.

27 players represented the club in the A-League and there were 10 different goalscorers. The team's top scorer was Fowler, who scored 9 goals in 26 games.

Backgrounds

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Transfers

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Players

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First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Paul Henderson
2 DF   AUS Robbie Middleby
3 DF   AUS Chris Tadrosse
4 DF   SCO Scott Wilson
5 DF   AUS Jacob Timpano
6 MF   AUS Ufuk Talay
7 MF   AUS Jason Spagnuolo
8 DF   AUS Shane Stefanutto
9 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler
10 FW   NZL Jeremy Brockie
11 FW   AUS David Williams
12 DF   SRI Jack Hingert (Youth)
13 DF   AUS Beau Busch
14 MF   AUS Chris Grossman
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   AUS Fred Agius
16 MF   AUS Paul Kohler
17 MF   AUS Osama Malik (Youth)
18 FW   ENG James Robinson
19 MF   AUS James Downey
20 GK   AUS Justin Pasfield
21 DF   AUS John Tambouras
22 DF   AUS Karl Dodd
23 MF   AUS Rostyn Griffiths (Youth)
24 FW   ANT Dyron Daal (Injury replacement player*)
25 DF   JPN Kojiro Kaimoto
26 DF   AUS Matt Smith (Injury replacement player**)
27 MF   ENG Terry Cooke (Injury replacement player***)

Matches

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Pre-season friendlies

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31 May 2009 Tampines Rovers   1 : 0   North Queensland Fury Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00 UTC+8[14] Yunus   76' Report Attendance: 3,000
14 June 2009 North Queensland Fury   0 : 4   Brisbane Roar Sologinkin Oval, Mackay
19:00 UTC+10 Report Murdocca   6'
Dodd   20'
van Dijk   40'
Cernak   74'
27 June 2009 Sydney FC   4 : 0   North Queensland Fury Shark Park
17:00 UTC+8[16] Corica   7'
Gan   47'
Danning   71'
McFlynn   87'
(Report) Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
15 July 2009 North Queensland Fury   1 : 2   Wolverhampton Members Equity Stadium
17:15 UTC+8[18] Fowler   66' (pen) Keogh   2'
Craddock   74'
Attendance: 14,903

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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28 August 2009 Adelaide United   3 : 3   North Queensland Fury Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 Pantelis   23', 90+3' (pen.)
Owusu   34'
Report
Summary
Fowler   5'
Daal   84'
McBreen   87'
Attendance: 10,773
Referee:   Peter Green
3 October 2009 Perth Glory   1 : 1   North Queensland Fury ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8 Sterjovski   49' (pen.) Report
Summary
Talay   24'   45'
Velaphi   70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 12,822
Referee:   Ben Williams
31 October 2009 Gold Coast United   0 : 2   North Queensland Fury Skilled Park, Gold Coast
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Fowler   64', 76' (pen.) Attendance: 2,616
Referee:   Craig Zetter
16 December 2009 Brisbane Roar   2 : 0   North Queensland Fury Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10 van Dijk   20', 42' Report
Summary
Attendance: 11,530
Referee:   Matthew Gillett

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Player statistics

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The Fury used a total of 27 players during the 2009–10 season and there were 10 different goalscorers. There were also two squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign. Fowler featured in 26 matches – the most of any Fury player in the campaign, only missing one game.

The team scored a total of 29 goals. The highest scorer was Fowler, with 9 goals, followed by Daal who scored 5 goals. Two Fury players were sent off during the season: Kohler and Talay.

Key

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

No. Pos. Nat. Name Total Discipline
Apps Goals    
1 GK   AUS Paul Henderson 14 0 1 0
2 DF   AUS Robbie Middleby 21 0 2 0
3 DF   AUS Chris Tadrosse 23 1 1 0
4 DF   SCO Scott Wilson 3(1) 0 1 0
5 DF   AUS Jacob Timpano 0 0 0 0
6 MF   AUS Ufuk Talay 11 0 4 1
7 MF   AUS Jason Spagnuolo 8(11) 0 2 0
8 DF   AUS Shane Stefanutto 7 0 1 0
9 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler 26 9 3 0
10 FW   NZL Jeremy Brockie 9(5) 1 1 0
11 FW   AUS David Williams 14(7) 3 1 0
12 DF   SRI Jack Hingert 6(1) 0 1 0
13 DF   AUS Beau Busch 8 0 2 0
14 MF   AUS Chris Grossman 13(8) 2 1 0
15 MF   AUS Fred Agius 2(3) 0 0 0
16 MF   AUS Paul Kohler 10(11) 0 5 1
17 DF   AUS Osama Malik 4(2) 0 0 0
18 FW   ENG James Robinson 12(1) 0 0 0
19 DF   AUS Jimmy Downey 4 0 0 0
19 FW   AUS Daniel McBreen 16(5) 3 4 0
20 GK   AUS Justin Pasfield 13 0 0 0
21 DF   AUS John Tambouras 24 1 1 0
22 DF   AUS Karl Dodd 8 0 1 0
23 MF   AUS Rostyn Griffiths 21(2) 2 6 0
24 FW   ANT Dyron Daal 7(14) 5 4 0
25 DF   JPN Kojiro Kaimoto 1(1) 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Matt Smith 11 0 1 0
27 MF   ENG Terry Cooke 4(6) 2 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ritson, Jon (14 November 2008). "Fury thrilled to land Sydney trio". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Fury add Spag to squad". FTBL.com.au. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Fury picks up Roar's Grossman". ABC News. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Former Adelaide Utd's Agius signs with Fury". ABC News. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Fowler signs with Fury". 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Fury sign Scottish defender". 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Fury find Fowler foil". 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Fury snap up Rostyn Griffiths". FTBL.com.au. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Fury sign Henderson". 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  10. ^ a b "McBreen, Downey to switch clubs". A-League. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Fury release Felipe". 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  12. ^ "Official: North Queensland Fury Lose Brendon Santalab To Chinese Super League". Goal.com. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Fury sign young gun". 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009.
  14. ^ Fury Find fans in Asia http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009
  15. ^ North Queensland Fury FC v Gold Coast United http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 24 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009
  16. ^ Sky Blues fire in first clash with the Fury http://www.sydneyfc.com, 27 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009
  17. ^ Fury head to top end for pre-season trial http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au, 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009
  18. ^ Glory look for fixture bonanza Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine www.thewest.com.au, 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009
  19. ^ Perth Glory to play in town Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mandurah Mail, 11 June 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009
  20. ^ NQ Fury FC 1 v 0 Brisbane Roar FC http://nqfuryfcthejournal.blogspot.com, 26 July 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009
  21. ^ Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.

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