2023–24 Central Coast Mariners FC (women) season

Central Coast Mariners (A-League Women)
2023–24 season
Chairman	Richard Peil
Manager	Emily Husband
Stadium	Industree Group Stadium
A-League Women	5th
A-League Women Finals	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Wurigumula (8); All: Wurigumula (8)
Highest home attendance	5,735; vs. Newcastle Jets; (14 October 2023); A-League Women
Lowest home attendance	1,273; vs. Melbourne CIty; (15 December 2023); A-League Women
Average home league attendance	3,015
Biggest win	3–0; vs. Canberra United (A); (23 December 2023); A-League Women
Biggest defeat	0–3; vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (A); (8 December 2023); A-League Women; 0–3; vs. Melbourne City (A); (23 March 2024); A-League Women
	← 2009 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 April 2024.

The 2023–24 season is the 3rd in the history of the Central Coast Mariners (A-League Women). The club rejoined the A-League Women, formerly known as the W-League after originally competing in the first two seasons of the competition.

Players

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	Sarah Langman
2	DF	ENG	Faye Bryson
3	DF	AUS	Ash Irwin
4	FW	AUS	Paige Hayward
5	DF	AUS	Annabel Martin
6	MF	AUS	Isabel Gomez
8	MF	CRO	Bianca Galic
9	FW	CHN	Wurigumula (on loan from Changchun Jiuyin Loans)
10	FW	USA	Rola Badawiya
11	FW	AUS	Annalise Rasmussen
12	FW	USA	Jazmin Wardlow
13	DF	AUS	Alexia Karrys-Stahl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	AUS	Sophie Nenadovic
16	MF	MEX	Briana Woodall
17	FW	AUS	Kyah Simon
18	DF	AUS	Taren King (captain)
19	MF	AUS	Tiarna Karambasis
20	GK	AUS	Chloe Carmichael (scholarship)
22	FW	AUS	Peta Trimis
24	FW	AUS	Shadeene Evans
27	DF	AUS	Maya Lobo (scholarship)
33	MF	AUS	Tess Quilligan (scholarship)
92	GK	AUS	Casey Dumont

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	MF	Bianca Galic	Sydney University	Free transfer	2 years	1 August 2023	^[1]^[2]
10	FW	Rola Badawiya	NWS Spirit	Free transfer	1 year	3 August 2023	^[3]
1	GK	Sarah Langman	Perth Glory	Free transfer	2 years	4 August 2023	^[4]^[2]
6	MF	Isabel Gomez	Northern Tigers	Free transfer	1 year	4 August 2023	^[5]
27	DF	Maya Lobo	Macarthur Rams	Scholarship	1 year	5 August 2023	^[6]
22	FW	Peta Trimis	Bulls FC Academy	Scholarship	1 year	5 August 2023	^[6]
33	MF	Tess Quilligan	Sydney University	Scholarship	1 year	5 August 2023	^[6]
5	DF	Annabel Martin	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	5 August 2023	^[7]^[2]
18	DF	Taren King	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	1 year	17 August 2023	^[8]
4	FW	Paige Hayward	Adelaide United	Free transfer	1 year	23 August 2023	^[9]
12	DF	Jazmin Wardlow	Fiorentina	Free transfer	1 year	26 August 2023	^[10]
24	FW	Shadeene Evans	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	9 September 2023	^[11]
3	DF	Ash Irwin	Sydney Olympic	Free transfer	1 year	10 September 2023	^[12]
14	DF	Sophie Nenadovic	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	10 September 2023	^[12]
17	FW	Kyah Simon	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	22 September 2023	^[13]
19	MF	Tiarna Karambasis	Lions FC	Free transfer	1 year	22 September 2023	^[14]
2	DF	Faye Bryson	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	23 September 2023	^[15]
20	GK	Chloe Carmichael	Nepean FC	Scholarship	1 year	23 September 2023	^[16]
9	FW	Wurigumula	Changchun Jiuyin Loans	Loan	1 year	29 September 2023	^[17]
13	DF	Alexia Karrys-Stahl	Bankstown City	Free transfer	1 year	7 October 2023	^[18]
30	GK	Courtney Newbon	Sydney Olympic	Free transfer		14 October 2023	^[19]
92	GK	Casey Dumont	Hawthorn (AFLW)	Free transfer	7 months	11 November 2023	^[20]
16	MF	Briana Woodall	Club León	Free transfer	7 months	18 November 2023	^[21]

From academy squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
11	MF		Annalise Rasmussen	18	Senior contract^[22]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
30	GK	Courtney Newbon	Unattached	End of contract	2 December 2023	^[23]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
22	Peta Trimis	Forward	5 months	20 January 2024	Signed a new full senior contract until the end of the 2023–24 season, replacing her scholarship contract.	^[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 September 2023	Newcastle Jets	2–3	Central Coast Mariners	Tamworth
11:00 AEST	Hammond 69' Haban 72'	Report	Badawiya 16' Wardlow 64' Rasmussen 80'	Stadium: Scully Park

7 October 2023	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Trimis ?' Galic ?'	Report	Main ?' Elliott ?' Knott ?'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: ~3,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Women	14 October 2023	30 March 2024	Matchday 1	5th	22	10	5	7	31	24	+7	045.45
A-League Women Finals	14 April 2024	27 April 2024	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					25	10	7	8	32	26	+6	040.00

Last updated: 27 April 2024
Source: Competitions

A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Western United	22	11	3	8	37	34	+3	36	Qualification to Finals series
4	Melbourne Victory	22	10	6	6	44	29	+15	36
5	Central Coast Mariners	22	10	5	7	31	24	+7	35
6	Newcastle Jets	22	10	3	9	43	36	+7	33
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	22	10	3	9	30	30	0	33

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away head-to-head results; 8) home head-to-head results; 9) toss of a coin^[25]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	9	5	7	29	23	+6	32	3	5	3	13	10	+3	6	0	4	16	13	+3

Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	3	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	N	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D
Position	10	6	6	5	6	10	10	7	9	10	9	4	7	5	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	5
Points	0	3	4	7	7	7	8	11	11	12	15	18	18	21	21	22	25	28	31	34	34	35

Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.^[26]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 October 2023 1	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:00 AEDT		Report	Ayres 81'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

20 October 2023 2	Adelaide United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	Tonkin 68'	Report	King 43' Wurigumula 56'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,185 Referee: Casey Reibelt

12 November 2023 4	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
14:15 AEDT	Badawiya 26'	Report	Norrie 27'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 3,281 Referee: Bec Mackie

18 November 2023 5	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	Rasmussen 76'	Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Azusa Sugino

26 November 2023 6	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT	Okino 60' Weinert 90+1'	Report	Bryson 71'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Asaka Koizumi

8 December 2023 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Harding 45+2', 69' King 54' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 968 Referee: Casey Reibelt

15 December 2023 8	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Melbourne City	Gosford
19:30 AEDT	Badawiya 53'	Report	Stott 78'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 1,273 Referee: Caitlin Williams
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19:00 AEDT. It was rescheduled to 19:30 AEDT due to power outages.

23 December 2023 9	Canberra United	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra
17:00 AEDT		Report	Wurigumula 29', 69' Trimis 74'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,285 Referee: Isabella Libri

31 December 2023 10	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Perth Glory	Gosford
16:15 AEDT	Badawiya 69'	Report	Farrow 7', 66'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 5,130 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

7 January 2024 11	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Sydney FC	Gosford
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 2,734 Referee: Isabella Blaess

12 January 2024 12	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Main 3'	Report	Badawiya 23' Trimis 34'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Bec Mackie
Note: Originally scheduled for 13 January 2024, was moved due to Unite Round.^[27]

17 January 2024 3	Sydney FC	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Hawkesby 90+2'	Report	McLean 34' (o.g.) Wurigumula 90+9'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Bec Mackie
Note: Originally scheduled for 3 November 2023, this match was postponed due to Sydney FC's participation in the 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship. It was rescheduled for 17 January 2024.

21 January 2024 13	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	Gomez 48'	Report	Caspers 43' Wardlow 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 2,733 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

28 January 2024 14	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Wurigumula 4' Hayward 72'	Stadium: Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Bec Mackie

3 February 2024 15	Western United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Hobart
14:15 AEDT	Sawicki 2' Keane 28'	Report	Badawiya 6'	Stadium: North Hobart Oval Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Isabella Blaess

10 February 2024 16	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
17:00 AEDT	Trimis 6'	Report	Gielnik 66'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 4,226 Referee: Caitlin Williams

18 February 2024 17	Perth Glory	1–3	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
19:00 AWST	Farrow 25'	Report	Simon 46' Galic 76' Rasmussen 83'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 901 Referee: Bec Mackie

3 March 2024 18	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United	Gosford
15:15 AEDT	Karambasis 50' Wurigumula 64'	Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 1,573 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

9 March 2024 19	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
15:00 AEST		Report	Wurigumula 45' Simon 46'	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Casey Reibelt

17 March 2024 20	Central Coast Mariners	4–1	Canberra United	Gosford
15:00 AEDT	Wurigumula 4' Badawiya 6', 35' Simon 33' (pen.)	Report	Flannery 87'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 1,811 Referee: Caitlin Williams

23 March 2024 21	Melbourne City	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Wilkinson 24' Ekic 28' (pen.) Otto 87'	Report		Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 456 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

28 March 2024 22	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Western United	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Rasmussen 71'	Report	De Domizio 82'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Finals series

14 April 2024 Elimination-finals	Melbourne Victory	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 1,722 Referee: Rebecca Durcau
	Penalties
	Lowe Chidiac Murphy Zois		Dumont Bryson Wurigumula Galic

21 April 2024 Semi-finals 1st Leg	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Sydney FC	Gosford
15:00 AEST		Report	Hawkesby 54'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Isabella Mossin

27 April 2024 Semi-finals 2nd Leg	Sydney FC	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Hawkesby 30'	Report	Badawiya 43'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 7,063 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 27 April 2024

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League Women				Total
			Regular season		Finals series		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sarah Langman	9+1	0	0	0	10	0
2	DF	Faye Bryson	17+2	1	2	0	21	1
3	DF	Ash Irwin	21	0	3	0	24	0
4	MF	Paige Hayward	18+4	1	3	0	25	1
5	DF	Annabel Martin	15+3	0	3	0	21	0
6	MF	Isabel Gomez	20+1	1	3	0	24	1
8	DF	Bianca Galic	22	1	3	0	25	1
9	FW	Wurigumula	18+4	8	3	0	25	8
10	FW	Rola Badawiya	21+1	6	3	1	25	7
11	FW	Annalise Rasmussen	2+16	2	0+2	0	20	2
12	DF	Jazmin Wardlow	21+1	0	3	0	25	0
13	DF	Alexia Karrys-Stahl	1+13	0	0	0	14	0
14	DF	Sophie Nenadovic	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	Briana Woodall	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	Kyah Simon	6+3	3	3	0	12	3
18	MF	Taren King	10	1	0	0	10	1
19	MF	Tiarna Karambasis	10+6	1	1+1	0	18	1
22	FW	Peta Trimis	10+8	3	0+3	0	21	3
24	FW	Shadeene Evans	2+8	0	0+1	0	11	0
27	DF	Maya Lobo	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	Courtney Newbon	4	0	0	0	4	0
33	MF	Tess Quilligan	7+2	0	0+1	0	10	0
92	GK	Casey Dumont	9	0	3	0	12	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 21 April 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	A-League Women						Total
				Regular season			Finals series			Total

1	2	DF	Faye Bryson	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
2	1	GK	Sarah Langman	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
3	6	MF	Isabel Gomez	7	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
4	8	DF	Bianca Galic	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
5	3	DF	Ash Irwin	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
6	4	MF	Paige Hayward	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
6	18	MF	Taren King	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	9	FW	Wurigumula	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19	MF	Tiarna Karambasis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24	FW	Shadeene Evans	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	5	DF	Annabel Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11	FW	Annalise Rasmussen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	DF	Jazmin Wardlow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22	FW	Peta Trimis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				33	2	0	3	0	0	36	2	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.