2010–11 North Queensland Fury FC season

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Chairman Rabieh Krayem A-League 11th Highest home attendance 7,195		Manager Frantisek Straka Top goalscorer David Williams (5) Lowest home attendance 2,761

The 2010–11 season was North Queensland Fury's second, and final, season in the Hyundai A-League

First team squad

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

* Injury replacement player for Matt Ham.

Injury Replacement List

Note: Sebastian Usai replaced Jerrad Tyson on the short term deal after he was called up for the U23 National side.

Out

Note: Michael Marrone had initially signed with the Fury but pulled out on his deal.

Key Dates

20 February 2010: Former employee at the Fury Doug Kingston sues the club for $372,500 over a contract breach. An agreement is reached five days later by both parties in Supreme Court.

3 March 2010: North Queensland Fury’s future is put into disarray when sole owner Don Matheson withdraws his support to the club.

31 March 2010: North Queensland Fury is saved by various local businessmen and by the Townsville City Council.

6 April 2010: Manager, Ian Ferguson, leaves the club to join Perth Glory as an assistant coach.

27 April 2010: Former marquee player for the Fury, Robbie Fowler, officially joins Perth Glory as their marquee player.

14 May 2010: North Queensland Fury sign former A-League player, Stuart McLaren, as an assistant coach.

7 June 2010: The Fury sign Frantisek Straka as head coach on a one-year contract.

10 June 2010: Rabieh Krayem is announced as the new CEO.

29 July 2010: The club announces Ufuk Talay as the Captain and Gareth Edds as Vice-Captain for the upcoming season.

5 August 2010: The club announces Mission Australia as one of the major sponsors for the next three seasons as well as a three-year sponsorship deal with People Resourcing.

17 September 2010: The CEO Circle is signed on as a sleeve sponsor.

21 January 2011: North Queensland Fury suffer the worst defeat in A-League history going down 8–1 to Adelaide United.

2010–11 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Notes

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2011 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Last updated on 19 February 2010.(Substitute appearances in brackets)

References

2010–11 North Queensland Fury FC season Wikipedia

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