South NSW derby
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The NSW derby involves two of the teams from NSW in the Australian A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

, the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

. The rivalry has developed due to the relatively short distance between the clubs as well as a number of notable games contested between the two.

The rivalry began when the two sides contested the final of the first ever competition of A-league clubs- the Oceania Club Championship, which Sydney won 1-0. The two went on to meet in the first ever A-League grand final, where Sydney again won 1-0. Other notable games include Sydney's 5-4 win over the Mariners- the most goals ever scored in an A-league game. There was also controversy in the 2010-11 season, when Mariners debutant Patricio Perez
Patricio Pérez
Patricio Pablo Pérez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently playing for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...

 came on, won and scored a penalty to secure a 1-1 draw, only to be suspended after the match for diving.

The fixture is also notable for its very high number of goals, with an average of over 3 goals per game, and its high number of penalties, with almost one every two games.

League Matches

Game
|Date
Round
|Home team
|Away team
Score
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
1 16 September 2005 4 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 2-3 Packer
Andrew Packer
Andrew Packer is a former Australian football player who last played for .-Biography:...

 (13), Yorke
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke is a Trinidad and Tobago former football player. He played for Aston Villa for most of his career, followed by stints with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland...

 (72)
Petrie
Stewart Petrie
Stewart Petrie is a former Scottish football player who is currently assistant manager of Arbroath F.C. who compete in the Irn Bru Scottish Third Division.-Career:...

 (20 pen), Gumprecht
Andre Gumprecht
André Gumprecht is a former German football player who is currently playing for Australian club Lake Macquarie City FC-Club career:...

 (35), Spencer
Noel Spencer
Noel Spencer was an Australian football player.-NSL:Noel played for his hometown of Wollongong from 1996–2000 and was part of Wollongong Wolves championship-winning team of the 1999/2000 season. After the championship win Noel left for Northern Spirit which he played for and later captained until...

 (90+1)
2 5 November 2005 11 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 1-5 Hutchinson
John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson may refer to:*John Hutchinson , leader in the 17th century Puritan revolt in Britain*John Hutchinson , English writer...

 (40)
Yorke
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke is a Trinidad and Tobago former football player. He played for Aston Villa for most of his career, followed by stints with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland...

 (10 pen), Talay
Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney United FC. Talay is suited to play in central midfield and is known for his good distribution and on-field vision.-Club career:...

 (14), Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

 (23, 68, 83)
3 14 January 2006 18 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-1 Carney
David Carney
David Raymond Carney is an Australian football player who plays left winger for Spanish club AD Alcorcón and as a left-back or left winger for the Australian national team.- Junior career :...

 (61)
Pondeljak
Tom Pondeljak
Tomislav Pondeljak is an Australian football player, who is currently playing for A-league club Melbourne Victory.-Club career:...

 (52)
4 5 March 2006 Grand Final Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Corica
Steve Corica
Stephen Christopher Corica is a former Australian football player who last played for Australian A-League team Sydney FC. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a...

 (61)
5 27 August 2006 1 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Fyfe
Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe is an Australian football player who currently plays as defender for Busan I'Park in the K-League.- Club career :On completion of his SASI program in 2000, Iain joined hometown NSL club Adelaide City...

 (51)
6 13 October 2006 8 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 3-1 O'Grady
Paul O'Grady
Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...

 (40), Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...

 (52, 90)
Carbone
Benito Carbone
Benito known as Benny Carbone is a retired Italian professional footballer and former manager of Serie B club Varese. He played as a forward, winger or midfielder...

 (12)
7 3 December 2006 15 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 0-0
8 24 August 2007 1 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 0-1 Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

 (7)
9 28 October 2007 10 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 3-2 Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

 (16, 26), Popovic
Tony Popovic
Anthony Popovic is a Croatian Australian former football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He is currently the First Team Coach of Crystal Palace. Popovic grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales.-Early career:...

 (31)
Hutchinson
John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson may refer to:*John Hutchinson , leader in the 17th century Puritan revolt in Britain*John Hutchinson , English writer...

 (27, 56)
10 22 December 2007 15 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 4-5 Jedinak
Mile Jedinak
Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian professional football player. He is currently contracted to Crystal Palace of the English Championship...

 (3), J. Aloisi
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

 (15), Owens
Greg Owens
Greg Owens is an Australian football player who plays in the position of attacking midfielder...

 (63 pen), Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (86)
Fyfe
Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe is an Australian football player who currently plays as defender for Busan I'Park in the K-League.- Club career :On completion of his SASI program in 2000, Iain joined hometown NSL club Adelaide City...

 (33), McFlynn
Terry McFlynn
Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn is a football player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current captain.-Club career:...

 (49), Biddle
Adam Biddle (footballer)
Adam Biddle is an Australian football player who plays for Blacktown City Demons.-Club career:...

 (71), Santalab
Brendon Santalab
Brendon Šantalab is an Australian football player, currently playing as striker for Chengdu Blades.-Club career:...

 (76), Talay
Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney United FC. Talay is suited to play in central midfield and is known for his good distribution and on-field vision.-Club career:...

 (90+5 pen)
11 23 August 2008 2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 2-3 Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

 (13 pen, 66)
Corica
Steve Corica
Stephen Christopher Corica is a former Australian football player who last played for Australian A-League team Sydney FC. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a...

 (6, 14), Cole
Shannon Cole
Shannon Cole is a midfielder who currently plays in the Australian football A-League for Sydney FC.-Early life:Shannon attended St Ambrose primary school, Concord West, and St Patrick's College, Strathfield...

 (81)
12 1 November 2008 10 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 3-3 Bridge
Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Newcastle United Jets FC:...

 (28), Casey
Adam Casey
Adam Casey is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for Dandaloo FC in the Illawarra Premier League.-Club career:...

 (40), McFlynn
Terry McFlynn
Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn is a football player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current captain.-Club career:...

 (57)
Simon
Matt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (63, 80), Mrdja
Nik Mrdja
Nik Mrdja is an Australian football player of Serbian ethnicity. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (77)
13 13 December 2008 15 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 2-1 Macallister
Dylan Macallister
Dylan Jacob Macallister is an Australian football player who plays as a forward for A-League club Gold Coast United...

 (11), Jedinak
Mile Jedinak
Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian professional football player. He is currently contracted to Crystal Palace of the English Championship...

 (90+1 pen)
J. Aloisi
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

 (65 pen)
14 22 August 2009 3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 0-0
15 5 October 2009 9 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-0 McFlynn
Terry McFlynn
Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn is a football player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current captain.-Club career:...

 (21)
16 23 December 2009 19 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Brosque
Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

 (34)
17 28 August 2010 4 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 1-1 Grant
Rhyan Grant
Rhyan Grant is an Australian football player who currently plays for A-League club Sydney FC as well as Australia's U-20 team.-Sydney FC:...

 (47)
Perez
Patricio Pérez
Patricio Pablo Pérez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently playing for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...

 (73 pen)
18 4 December 2010 17 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 4-0 Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (1, 23), Simon
Matt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (5), Ryall
Sebastian Ryall
Sebastian Ryall is an Australian football player who currently plays as a defender for Sydney FC.-Melbourne Victory:Ryall played junior football for West Pymble Soccer Club in Sydney...

 (46 og)
19 23 January 2011 24 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 2-2 Perez
Patricio Pérez
Patricio Pablo Pérez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently playing for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...

 (49), Simon
Matt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (57)
Petratos (17, 27)
20 19 November 2011 7 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 2-3 Carle
Nick Carle
Nicholas Alberto "Nick" Carle is an Australian football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Sydney FC.- Club career :...

 (77), Emerton
Brett Emerton
Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...

 (88)
Zwaanswijk
Patrick Zwaanswijk
Patrick Zwaanswijk is a Dutch professional footballer currently playing for Central Coast Mariners as a central defender.-Club career:Zwaanswijk played for 11 seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie including 5 years with NAC Breda....

 (41), McGlinchey
Michael McGlinchey
Michael Ryan McGlinchey is an association footballer currently playing for A-League club Central Coast Mariners....

 (66), Hearfield
Troy Hearfield
Troy Hearfield is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.Married to Deanne Hearfield.-Club career:Hearfield signed for Newcastle Jets in 2006...

 (82)
21 7 January 2012 15 Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners
22 3 March 2012 24 Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC

Non-League Matches

Date
Match |Home team
|Away team
Score
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
Attendance
15 May 2005 OCC Qualfiers Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 0-1 Carney
David Carney
David Raymond Carney is an Australian football player who plays left winger for Spanish club AD Alcorcón and as a left-back or left winger for the Australian national team.- Junior career :...

 (18)
30 July 2005 2005 Challenge Cup Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 0-2 Corica
Steve Corica
Stephen Christopher Corica is a former Australian football player who last played for Australian A-League team Sydney FC. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a...

 (57), Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

 (79)
29 July 2007 2007 Challenge Cup
2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
The 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August in the lead-up to the start of the A-League 2007-08 season. The opening round started on 14 July 2007...

Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 0-3 Osman
Matthew Osman
Matthew Osman is a football player. He currently plays as a right midfielder for the Australian A-League club Gold Coast United.-Club career:...

 (36), Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (44), Gumprecht
Andre Gumprecht
André Gumprecht is a former German football player who is currently playing for Australian club Lake Macquarie City FC-Club career:...

 (51)
5735
27 July 2008 2008 Challenge Cup
2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
The 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August 2008, in the lead up to the start of the Australian A-League football 2008-09 season....

Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC 3-0 B. Porter
Brad Porter
Bradley "Brad" Porter is an football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (40), Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

 (60), Mrdja
Nik Mrdja
Nik Mrdja is an Australian football player of Serbian ethnicity. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (68)
7107
17 July 2010 Friendly Sydney FC Central Coast Mariners 2-2 Brosque
Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

 (1), Bridge
Mark Bridge
Mark Bridge is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Newcastle United Jets FC:...

 (60)
Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (59), Simon
Matt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

 (66)

Head to Head

Team Win Draw Loss Goals for
Sydney FC 8 6 6 33
Central Coast Mariners 6 6 8 32

Team Home Win Home Draw Home Loss
Sydney FC 5 3 3
Central Coast Mariners 3 3 3

Top Scorers

Player Club(s) Goals (in A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 matches)
  Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

Sydney, Mariners 6
  Matt Simon
Matt Simon
Matthew Simon is a football player. Simon currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

Mariners 4
  Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik
Adam Kwasnik is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...

Mariners 3
  Terry McFlynn
Terry McFlynn
Terence Martin "Terry" McFlynn is a football player from Swatragh, Northern Ireland. He plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League team Sydney FC. He is the current captain.-Club career:...

Sydney 3
  John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (footballer)
John Hutchinson is a Maltese-Australian football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners...

Mariners 3
  Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque
Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

Sydney 3
  Steve Corica
Steve Corica
Stephen Christopher Corica is a former Australian football player who last played for Australian A-League team Sydney FC. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a...

Sydney 3
  Patricio Perez
Patricio Pérez
Patricio Pablo Pérez is an Argentine football midfielder who is currently playing for Club Atlético All Boys in the Argentine Primera División.-Argentina:...

Mariners 2
  Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe
Iain Fyfe is an Australian football player who currently plays as defender for Busan I'Park in the K-League.- Club career :On completion of his SASI program in 2000, Iain joined hometown NSL club Adelaide City...

Sydney 2
  Mile Jedinak
Mile Jedinak
Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian professional football player. He is currently contracted to Crystal Palace of the English Championship...

Mariners 2
  Damian Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...

Mariners 2
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Yorke
Dwight Eversley Yorke is a Trinidad and Tobago former football player. He played for Aston Villa for most of his career, followed by stints with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland...

Sydney 2
  John Aloisi
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

Mariners, Sydney 2
  Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay
Ufuk Talay is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney United FC. Talay is suited to play in central midfield and is known for his good distribution and on-field vision.-Club career:...

Sydney 2
  Dimitri Petratos Sydney 2

Players who have played for both clubs

Player Sydney FC career Central Coast career
Span League
apps
League
goals
Span League
apps
League
goals
  Alvin Ceccoli
Alvin Ceccoli
Alvin Warren Ceccoli is an Australian football player of Sammarinese heritage who played for three A-League clubs and was capped internationally for Australia.-Club career:Alvin started his National Soccer League career at Wollongong Wolves in 1995 as a 21 year old...

2005-2007 43 2 2008 6 0
  Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...

2005-2007 50 20 2007-2009 39 13
  John Aloisi
John Aloisi
John Aloisi is a retired Australian football player who played as a striker, and the current youth team manager at Melbourne Heart....

2008-2010 40 12 2007-2008 15 7
  Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik
Stuart Musialik is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.- Club career :...

2008-2011 68 4 2011- 0 0
  Michael Beauchamp
Michael Beauchamp
Michael Francis Beauchamp is an Australian football player. He currently plays for Sydney FC. He was a member of the Australian 2006 World Cup squad.-Club career:...

2011- 7 0 2005-2006 22 0


Noel Spencer
Noel Spencer
Noel Spencer was an Australian football player.-NSL:Noel played for his hometown of Wollongong from 1996–2000 and was part of Wollongong Wolves championship-winning team of the 1999/2000 season. After the championship win Noel left for Northern Spirit which he played for and later captained until...

 (Mariners to Sydney) has been contracted for both teams, but did not play for Sydney in the A-league, only in the 2007 AFC Champions League. Matthew Nash
Matthew Nash
Matthew Nash is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Newcastle Jets.-Club career:...

 (Sydney to Mariners) has been contracted to both teams, but only made competitive matches for Sydney. Sam Gallagher
Sam Gallagher
Sam Gallagher is an Australian football player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners.- Club career :Gallagher spent his junior career at Gladesville Spirit, the NSW Institute of Sport and then Manly United FC before being signed for the Sydney FC National Youth League team.He was called...

 (Sydney to Mariners) has signed with both clubs, but is yet to play for either. Dez Giraldi
Dez Giraldi
Dezmon Wallace Giraldi is a football player.-Club career:Giraldi signed with Australian A-League club Adelaide United for the 2006-07 season, after a four-week stint with the Central Coast Mariners during the 2005-06 A-League season...

 (Mariners to Sydney) has signed for both clubs, but only made representative appearances for Sydney. Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield
Justin Pasfield is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Central Coast Mariners.He was part of the Joeys squad for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, and previously played for Bray Wanderers in the League of Ireland...

has signed for both clubs, but only made competitive appearances for the Central Coast
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