2010–11 A-League

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

Rule changes
A new rule at the start of the season allows for two marquee players to be signed without salary cap restraints so long as one is Australian with a certain number of qualifications to be determined by FFA. This replaces the previous ruling of only one salary cap exempt player in previous seasons.

Foreign players
The following do not fill a Visa position:

1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);

2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;

3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;

4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Home and away season
The 2010–11 A-League season had each team play 30 matches over 27 rounds. The regular season started on Thursday, 5 August 2010 and ended on Sunday, 13 February 2011. The opening game was played at the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (AAMI Park) and marked the A-League debut of the new franchise, Melbourne Heart. Mid week games were played to accommodate this extra team. The official 2010–11 fixture list was released on 18 May 2010.

Round 13
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 * date = 6 November 2010
 * time = Saturday 20:15 EST
 * team1 = Brisbane Roar
 * score = 4–0
 * report = Report Summary
 * team2 = Adelaide United
 * goals1 = Reinaldo {{goal|43}} { M. Smith {{goal|55}} Barbarouses {{goal|61||66}}
 * goals2 =
 * stadium = Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
 * attendance = 13,248
 * referee = Matthew Breeze
 * result =

Round 27

 * Notes

Attendance
These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.

Updated to the end of season.


 * A Gold Coast United match held on 19 December 2010 was postponed due to the poor playing surface of the pitch and torrential rain after the 21st minute of the game had been played. Spectators were allowed free entry prior to the postponement, of which there were 10,146 in attendance of the 21,000+ who applied for the free tickets. The abandoned game's attendance is not taken into account.

Discipline
The Fair Play Award will go to the team with the lowest points on the fair play ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season. It was awarded to Premiers Brisbane Roar who beat last year's Champions Sydney FC by 6 points.

Updated to End of Week 27 (End of Regular Season)

End-of-season awards
Source:
 * Johnny Warren Medal – 🇦🇷 Marcos Flores
 * NAB Young Footballer of the Year – 🇦🇺 Mathew Ryan
 * Golden Boot Award – 🇳🇱 Sergio Van Dijk
 * Goalkeeper of the Year – 🇦🇺 Michael Theoklitos
 * Manager of the Year – 🇦🇺 Ange Postecoglou
 * Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
 * Referee of the Year – Matthew Breeze
 * Foreign Player of the Year – 🇦🇷 Marcos Flores
 * Solo Goal of the Year – 🇦🇺 Erik Paartalu

All-Star team
Formation: 4–3–3

Team season articles

 * 2010–11 Adelaide United FC season
 * 2010–11 Brisbane Roar FC season
 * 2010–11 Central Coast Mariners FC season
 * 2010–11 Gold Coast United FC season
 * 2010–11 Melbourne Heart FC season
 * 2010–11 Melbourne Victory FC season
 * 2010–11 Newcastle Jets FC season
 * 2010–11 North Queensland Fury FC season
 * 2010–11 Perth Glory FC season
 * 2010–11 Sydney FC season
 * 2010–11 Wellington Phoenix FC season
 * Official season draw