Melbourne Heart FC

The Melbourne Heart FC is a football club based in the Australian city of Melbourne in the state of Victoria, the first participates in the season 2010/ 11 at the A-League.

History

Upon introduction of the A-League for the 2005/06 season was the eight selected teams, including Melbourne Victory, granted the exclusive rights in the respective city for the next five years. Given the wide audience popularity, Melbourne Victory, the show by far the highest average attendance, came early to voices that held a second A-League team Melbourne conceivable.

In addition to the application from a consortium for the businessman Peter Sidwell, which was under the working title of Melbourne Heart, also the multimillionaire Colin DeLutis and the Association of South Melbourne FC competed for a second Melbourne A-League license for the season 2010/11. After DeLutis withdrew his application a few months before the award decision, the consortium was to Sidwell clear favorite for the award, as the Football Federation Australia ethnically neutral teams preferred, which detracted from the opportunities of the Greek dominated South Melbourne FC.

In September 2008, the Australian Association announced finally that leads one through a licensing exclusively in the consortium that Sidwell talks, in June 2009 the license was issued.

As a coach, was established in October 2009, the Dutchman John van ' t Schip presented, and the announcement of the first players commitments made ​​at the end of November 2009., 2012, John Aloisi as the new coach committed.

Squad of the 2013/14 season

See also: List of players from Melbourne Heart