2009–10_North_Queensland_Fury_FC_season

2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

2009–10 North Queensland Fury FC season

North Queensland Fury 2009–10 football 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.

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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

Transfers

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Players

First team squad

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

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Matches

Pre-season friendlies

31 May 2009 Tampines Rovers Singapore 1 : 0 Australia North Queensland Fury Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00 UTC+8[14] Yunus 76' Report Attendance: 3,000
14 June 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 0 : 4 Australia Brisbane Roar Sologinkin Oval, Mackay
19:00 UTC+10 Report Murdocca 6'
Dodd 20'
van Dijk 40'
Cernak 74'
23 June 2009 Gold Coast United Australia 2 : 0 Australia North Queensland Fury Skilled Park
17:00 UTC+10[15] Pantelidis 85'
Lustica 89'		 Report Attendance: 3,000
27 June 2009 Sydney FC Australia 4 : 0 Australia 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
2 July 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 3 : 2 Australia Adelaide United Darwin Football Stadium
17:00 UTC+9:30[17] Spagnuolo 15'
Agius 23', 60'		 Report Costa 39'
Alemao 50'		 Attendance: 2,547
15 July 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 1 : 2 England Wolverhampton Members Equity Stadium
17:15 UTC+8[18] Fowler 66' (pen) Keogh 2'
Craddock 74'		 Attendance: 14,903
18 July 2009 Perth Glory Australia 1 : 0 Australia North Queensland Fury Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah
15:00 UTC+8[19] Harnwell 17' Report Attendance: 2,780
26 July 2009 North Queensland Fury Australia 1 : 0 Australia Brisbane Roar Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
15:00 UTC+10[20] Moore 66' (own) Attendance: 6,000

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

8 August 2009 North Queensland Fury 2 : 3 Sydney FC Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:30 UTC+10 R. Griffiths 41'
Fowler 60' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Aloisi 4', 73' (pen.)
Danning 28'		 Attendance: 8,897
Referee: Australia Strebre Delovski
15 August 2009 Gold Coast United 5 : 0 North Queensland Fury Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:30 UTC+10 Smeltz 30', 54' (pen.), 63', 64'
Minniecon 80'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
22 August 2009 North Queensland Fury 0 : 1 Melbourne Victory Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 A. Thompson 45' Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Peter Green
5 September 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 1 Brisbane Roar Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:00 UTC+10 Fowler 7'
Kohler Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 31'		 Report
Summary		 Nichols 85' Attendance: 7,173
Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze
12 September 2009 Sydney FC 0 : 1 North Queensland Fury Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:30 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Fowler 54' Attendance: 16,699
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
20 September 2009 Wellington Phoenix 1 : 1 North Queensland Fury Westpac Stadium, Wellington
15:00 UTC+12 Bertos 6' Report
Summary		 Grossman 90+4' Attendance: 9,713
Referee: Australia Peter Green
27 September 2009 North Queensland Fury 0 : 2 Adelaide United Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Pantelis 60'
Leckie 90+2'		 Attendance: 6,745
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
3 October 2009 Perth Glory 1 : 1 North Queensland Fury ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8 Sterjovski 49' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Talay Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 45'
Velaphi 70' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 12,822
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
11 October 2009 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 1 North Queensland Fury Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+11 Simon 1' Report
Summary		 McBreen 75' Attendance: 8,042
Referee: Australia Ryan Shepheard
17 October 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 1 Wellington Phoenix Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10 Fowler 84' Report
Summary[dead link]		 T. Brown 6' Attendance: 6,191
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
24 October 2009 North Queensland Fury 2 : 1 Perth Glory Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10 Fowler 65'
Daal 71'		 Report
Summary		 Sikora 25' Attendance: 6,332
Referee: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Craig Zetter
8 November 2009 Newcastle Jets 2 : 0 North Queensland Fury EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson 55'
Bridges 85' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,271
Referee: Australia Ryan Shepheard
21 November 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 5 Central Coast Mariners Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 R. Griffiths 68' Report
Summary		 Bojić 22'
Mrdja 35', 59'
A. Elrich 62'
Hutchinson 82'		 Attendance: 7,587
Referee: Australia Gerard Parsons
28 November 2009 North Queensland Fury 2 : 1 Adelaide United Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 McBreen 38'
Fowler 67'		 Report
Summary		 Cristiano 90+2' Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Australia Peter Green
5 December 2009 Sydney FC 4 : 1 North Queensland Fury Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Aloisi 13'
Brosque 19', 58'
Corica 64'		 Report
Summary		 R. Griffiths 61' Attendance: 11,871
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
11 December 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 0 Perth Glory Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10 Williams 32' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Australia Peter Green
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: Australia Matthew Gillett
20 December 2009 Newcastle Jets 3 : 2 North Queensland Fury EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Tadrosse 24' (o.g.)
Song 38'
Petrovski 83'		 Report
Summary		 Daal 44', 61' Attendance: 7,026
Referee: Australia Gerard Parsons
27 December 2009 North Queensland Fury 1 : 0 Melbourne Victory Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 Daal 31' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,031
Referee: Australia Peter Green
9 January 2010 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 1 North Queensland Fury Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Mrdja 3' Report
Summary		 Brockie 20' Attendance: 6,556
Referee: Australia Ryan Shepheard
15 January 2010 Wellington Phoenix 3 : 0 North Queensland Fury Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13 Dadi 47'
Ifill 78'
McKain 90'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,727
Referee: Australia Peter Green
23 January 2010 North Queensland Fury 1 : 1 Brisbane Roar Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 Williams 55' Report
Summary		 DeVere 49' Attendance: 7,610
Referee: Australia Gerard Parsons
2 February 2010[21] North Queensland Fury 2 : 1 Newcastle Jets Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10 Grossman 39'
Tadrosse 81'		 Report
Summary		 M. Thompson 19' Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Australia Chris Beath
5 February 2010 Melbourne Victory 2 : 0 North Queensland Fury Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Hernández 36', 66' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 22,726
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
13 February 2010 North Queensland Fury 2 : 1 Gold Coast United Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10 Williams 9'
Cooke 83'		 Report
Summary		 J. Porter 62' Attendance: 8,517
Referee: Australia Ben Williams

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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Player statistics

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.

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    Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.

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