2008–09 A-League

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A-League
Season2008–09
Dates15 August 2008 – 28 February 2009
ChampionsMelbourne Victory (2nd title)
PremiersMelbourne Victory (2nd title)
AFC Champions LeagueMelbourne Victory, Adelaide United
Matches played84
Goals scored249 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerShane Smeltz
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperEugene Galekovic
Highest attendance31,564
Lowest attendance4,433
Average attendance12,180 ( 2430)

The 2008–09 A-League was the 32nd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the fourth season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy[1][2] had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008.[3] Expansion plans are on hold until the 2009–10 season. Based on their 2007–08 performances, the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Jets competed in the 2009 AFC Champions League for the first time.

Changes to the league included:

  • The introduction of both a youth league and women's league aligned with A-League clubs.[4]
  • An increase in the salary cap to A$1.9 million.[5]
  • The addition of a Junior Marquee player. (A player under the age of 23 who has up to A$150,000 of his salary outside of the cap.[5]
  • Injury replacement players can only match the injured players' salary, or have any excess included within the total Salary Cap.[5]

Clubs[edit]

Further information: A-League § Clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Bluetongue Stadium 20,119
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Telstra Dome 56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Energy Australia Stadium 26,164
Perth Glory Perth Members Equity Stadium 18,156
Queensland Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 52,500
Sydney FC Sydney Aussie Stadium 42,500
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500

Foreign players[edit]

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Brazil Alemão Brazil Cássio Brazil Cristiano Brazil Diego Walsh Ivory Coast Jonas Salley1
Central Coast Mariners Germany André Gumprecht Italy Andrea Merenda3
Malta John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory Brazil Ney Fabiano Costa Rica Carlos Hernández Costa Rica José Luis López Scotland Grant Brebner1
Newcastle Jets Denmark Jesper Håkansson South Korea Song Jin-hyung Ecuador Edmundo Zura
Perth Glory Argentina Adrian Trinidad Brazil Amaral England James Robinson Ivory Coast Eugène Dadi Netherlands Victor Sikora3
Queensland Roar Brazil Reinaldo Indonesia Sergio van Dijk Scotland Charlie Miller Brazil Henrique3
South Korea Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC Netherlands Bobby Petta Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn United States Michael Enfield
Wellington Phoenix Brazil Daniel China Gao Leilei England Chris Greenacre Malta Manny Muscat2 Brazil Fred4

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)

Salary cap exemptions and captains[edit]

Club Marquee Junior Marquee Captain Vice-Captain
Adelaide United Australia Paul Agostino[6] None Australia Travis Dodd[7] Australia Lucas Pantelis[7]
Central Coast Mariners None None Australia Alex Wilkinson[8] None
Melbourne Victory Australia Archie Thompson[9][10] Australia Nick Ward[11][12][13] Australia Kevin Muscat[14][15] None
Newcastle Jets Ecuador Edmundo Zura[16][note 1] Australia Adam D'Apuzzo[12] Australia Jade North[18]
Australia Matt Thompson[note 2][19] 		Australia Ante Covic[citation needed]
Australia Adam Griffiths[citation needed]
Perth Glory None Australia Nikita Rukavytsya[20] Australia Jamie Coyne[21] None
Queensland Roar Australia Craig Moore[22] None Australia Craig Moore[23] None
Sydney FC Australia John Aloisi[24] Australia Mark Bridge[12] Australia Steve Corica[25] None
Wellington Phoenix None None New Zealand Andrew Durante[26] New Zealand Tim Brown[26]
Australia Jon McKain[26][27]
Australia Richard Johnson[26]

Pre-season Challenge Cup[edit]

Main article: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

All A-League clubs played the pre-season cup competition held in July and August, and were drawn into two groups. Group A consisted of Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets and Perth Glory. Group B was Central Coast Mariners, Queensland Roar, Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix.

The winner of each group, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix, met in Wellington on 6 August 2008 for the Pre-Season Cup Final.[28] With the score at 0–0 after 90 minutes, the game went to penalties, Melbourne Victory eventually prevailing 8–7, thus becoming the first team in A-League history to claim all three available trophies, after winning the Premiership and Championship in the 2006–07 season.

Regular season[edit]

The 2008–09 A-League season was played over 21 rounds, followed by a finals series.[29]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for Finals series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32 +3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32 +1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 31 −8 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

15 August 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths 90+1' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Simon 87' Attendance: 16,022
Referee: Matthew Breeze
16 August 2008 Sydney FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 16,227
Referee: Mark Shield
17 August 2008 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Smeltz 51' Report
Summary		 Miller 46' Attendance: 10,516
Referee: Ben Williams
17 August 2008 Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30 T. Dodd 41' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,510
Referee: Peter Green

Round 2[edit]

22 August 2008 Perth Glory 3–3 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 Trinidad 35' (pen.)
Dadi 58'
Rukavytsya 81'		 Report Summary J. Griffiths 20' (pen.)
Coyne 49' (o.g.)
North 90+5'		 Attendance: 8,876
Referee: Craig Zetter
23 August 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10 Petrovski 13' (pen.), 67' Report Summary Corica 6', 14'
Cole 81'		 Attendance: 10,932
Referee: Ben Williams
24 August 2008 Wellington Phoenix 2–4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Smeltz 29', 65' (pen.) Report Summary Allsopp 16', 35'
Ney Fabiano 47'
K. Muscat 68' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Strebre Delovski
24 August 2008 Queensland Roar 1–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 Miller 47' Report Summary T. Dodd 8' (pen.) Attendance: 12,761
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 3[edit]

29 August 2008 Melbourne Victory 5–0 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+10 Hernández 41'
A. Thompson 45+2'
Allsopp 61', 64'
Brebner 90'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 22,589
Referee: Mark Shield
30 August 2008 Adelaide United 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+9:30 Pantelis 15'
Cristiano 49', 60'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,832
Referee: Matthew Breeze
31 August 2008 Sydney FC 5–2 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+10 Brosque 3'
Corica 21' (pen.)
Bridge 39'
Cole 43'
Topor-Stanley 88' (o.g.)		 Report
Summary		 Dadi 12', 67' (pen.) Attendance: 11,732
Referee: Peter Green
31 August 2008 Queensland Roar 2–4 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 Miller 69'
van Dijk 73' (pen)		 Report
Summary		 Simon 31'
Jedinak 48'
Macallister 64', 71'		 Attendance: 12,185
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 4[edit]

12 September 2008 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+10 K. Muscat 64' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 24,812
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 September 2008 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 11,535
Referee: Peter O'Leary
14 September 2008 Perth Glory 0–3 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Moore 14'
McKay 23'
Miller 45+2'		 Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Ben Williams
14 September 2008 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 5[edit]

19 September 2008 Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths 83' Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Craig Zetter
20 September 2008 Sydney FC 3–0 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 McFlynn 2'
Brosque 34'
Santalab 79'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 12,462
Referee: Ben Williams
20 September 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+10 Simon 12', 84' Report
Summary		 A. Thompson 16', 90+4' Attendance: 9,010
Referee: Peter Green
21 September 2008 Perth Glory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Dadi 79' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Attendance: 4,433
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 6[edit]

26 September 2008 Central Coast Mariners 4–1 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10 Petrovski 9'
Jedinak 29'
Caceres 45'
Osman 64'		 Report
Summary		 Rukavytsya 63' Attendance: 8,016
Referee: Mark Shield
27 September 2008 Adelaide United 2–0 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+9:30 Cristiano 72', 89' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,111
Referee: Strebre Delovski
28 September 2008 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Smeltz 42'
Brown 76'		 Report
Summary		 Brosque 20' Attendance: 6,729
Referee: Chris Beath
28 September 2008 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Minniecon 83'
Zullo 90+4'		 Attendance: 22,266
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7[edit]

3 October 2008 Adelaide United 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 T. Dodd 7' (pen.)
Cornthwaite 19'
Cristiano 50'		 Report
Summary		 Jedinak 66' (pen.), 76'
Simon 84'		 Attendance: 9,074
Referee: Ben Williams
4 October 2008 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Brebner 25'
Allsopp 39', 71'
Vargas 46'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 18,036
Referee: Strebre Delovski
4 October 2008 Sydney FC 1–1 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Musialik 90+3' Report
Summary		 Miller 49' Attendance: 12,403
Referee: Matthew Breeze
6 October 2008 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+11 T. Elrich 59'
Patafta 68'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz 52' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 8[edit]

17 October 2008 Queensland Roar 0–1 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Cornthwaite 60' Attendance: 11,117
Referee: Mark Shield
18 October 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11 Jesic 85' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 11,384
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 October 2008 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 K. Dodd 53' Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Ben Williams
19 October 2008 Perth Glory 2–1 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
14:00 UTC+8 Harnwell 5', 47' Report
Summary		 Santalab 11' Attendance: 7,759
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 9[edit]

24 October 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11 Macallister 33' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,710
Referee: Matthew Breeze
25 October 2008 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Bridge 20'
Aloisi 62'		 Attendance: 31,564
Referee: Ben Williams
26 October 2008 Adelaide United 2–1 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+10:30 Alemão 80'
T. Dodd 82' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Rukavytsya 55' Attendance: 10,126
Referee: Strebre Delovski
26 October 2008 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Queensland Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13 Report
Summary		 McCloughan 40' Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10[edit]

31 October 2008 Adelaide United 2–3 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 T. Dodd 28' (pen.)
Cássio 67'		 Report
Summary		 K. Muscat 55' (pen.), 81' (pen.)
Celeski 84'		 Attendance: 13,191
Referee: Matthew Breeze
1 November 2008 Sydney FC 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Bridge 28'
Casey 39'
McFlynn 57'		 Report
Summary		 Simon 63', 81'
Mrdja 78'		 Attendance: 18,251
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 November 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths 23' Report
Summary		 McKay 24'
Miller 35'		 Attendance: 10,507
Referee: Craig Zetter
2 November 2008 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya 15', 70' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,228
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 11[edit]

7 November 2008 Sydney FC 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11 Musialik 77' Report
Summary		 Bertos 34'
Smeltz 89' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,856
Referee: Craig Zetter
8 November 2008 Queensland Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 A. Thompson 71' Attendance: 12,022
Referee: Peter O'Leary
9 November 2008 Perth Glory 2–2 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya 27'
Dadi 90+2' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths 17'
T. Elrich 45'		 Attendance: 7,837
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 November 2008 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+11 Simon 18'
Petrovski 44'
Caceres 50'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,865
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 12[edit]

21 November 2008 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Pondeljak 37'
A. Thompson 60'		 Report
Summary		 Hutchinson 34' Attendance: 21,455
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 November 2008 Adelaide United 2–0 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30 Ognenovski 45+2'
T. Dodd 78'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,509
Referee: Ben Williams
23 November 2008 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
18:00 UTC+13 Smeltz 79'
Hearfield 86'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 November 2008 Queensland Roar 4–1 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 van Dijk 45+1' (pen.)
Minniecon 45+3'
Miller 55'
Nichols 82'		 Report
Summary		 Harnwell 57' Attendance: 9,118
Referee: Peter Green

Round 13[edit]

28 November 2008 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13 Brown 21'
Smeltz 58'		 Report
Summary		 Allsopp 20' Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Craig Zetter
28 November 2008 Sydney FC 1–1 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+10 Corica 64' Report
Summary		 McKay 12' Attendance: 8,502
Referee: Matthew Breeze
29 November 2008 Perth Glory 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya 55', 62' Report
Summary		 Jedinak 31'
Petrovski 90+2'		 Attendance: 6,496
Referee: Peter O'Leary
30 November 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson 56' Report
Summary		 Ognenovski 90+4' Attendance: 7,136
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 14[edit]

5 December 2008 Adelaide United 6–1 Wellington Phoenix Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Ognenovski 21'
Cristiano 43', 74'
Cassio 57', 70'
T. Dodd 90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Fred 56' Attendance: 9,442
Referee: Matthew Breeze
6 December 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Gumprecht 83' Report
Summary		 van Dijk 11' Attendance: 8,995
Referee: Ben Williams
6 December 2008 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Dadi 19', 23'
Pellegrino 79'		 Report
Summary		 Ney Fabiano 55' Attendance: 6,621
Referee: Peter Green
7 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Wheelhouse 11' Report
Summary		 Fyfe 15'
Gan 78'		 Attendance: 7,872
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 15[edit]

13 December 2008 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+13 Brown 83' Report
Summary		 Dadi 76' Attendance: 6,362
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 December 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Macallister 11'
Jedinak 90+1' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Aloisi 65' (pen.) Attendance: 11,220
Referee: Peter Green
14 December 2008 Queensland Roar 2–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Nichols 45+2'
van Dijk 90+1'		 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths 26' Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Ben Williams
6 January 2009[30] Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11 Ward 58' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 27,196
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 16[edit]

19 December 2008 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13 Smeltz 2' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,722
Referee: Chris Beath
19 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 4–2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson 16', 45', 49'
Song 60'		 Report
Summary		 Allsopp 66'
Ney Fabiano 87'		 Attendance: 6,268
Referee: Craig Zetter
21 December 2008 Sydney FC 1–4 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Musialik 61' Report
Summary		 Pellegrino 11'
Golec 36' (o.g.)
Srhoj 49'
Middleby 69' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 12,165
Referee: Ben Williams
14 January 2009[30] Adelaide United 0–0 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 14,450
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 17[edit]

26 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths 9' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Petrovski 67'
Simon 80'		 Attendance: 11,413
Referee: Peter O'Leary
26 December 2008 Perth Glory 0–1 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Summary		 Sarkies 40' Attendance: 12,581
Referee: Craig Zetter
27 December 2008 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 A. Thompson 14'
Ward 71'
Ney Fabiano 80'		 Report
Summary		 Cole 1'
Gan 4'		 Attendance: 25,398
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 December 2008 Queensland Roar 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 McKay 39'
van Dijk 48'
Oar 90+1'		 Report
Summary		 de Vere 11' (o.g.)
Hearfield 46'		 Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 18[edit]

31 December 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Hutchinson 80' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 15,546
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Allsopp 55'
Vargas 67'		 Report
Summary		 Moore 75' Attendance: 23,447
Referee: Peter O'Leary
3 January 2009 Adelaide United 2–0 Sydney FC Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Cássio 45+1'
Alemão 83'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 23,002
Referee: Chris Beath
4 January 2009 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+13 Bertos 62'
Smeltz 67', 86' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,520
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 19[edit]

9 January 2009 Adelaide United 2–0 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Barbiero 23'
Pantelis 74'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,585
Referee: Peter Green
10 January 2009 Central Coast Mariners 3–4 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Mrdja 5'
Simon 55', 81'		 Report
Summary		 van Dijk 43', 48'
Minniecon 60'
Porter 69' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 11,454
Referee: Matthew Breeze
11 January 2009 Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
18:00 UTC+11 Danning 85' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,605
Referee: Ben Williams
11 January 2009 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Dadi 32', 76'
Rukavytsya 36'		 Report
Summary		 Allsopp 3'
Ney Fabiano 48'		 Attendance: 9,381
Referee: Chris Beath

Round 20[edit]

16 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Allsopp 68'
Hernández 71'
A. Thompson 75'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 24,003
Referee: Peter Green
17 January 2009 Queensland Roar 3–1 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 van Dijk 16', 28', 90+3' Report
Summary		 Danning 25' Attendance: 19,111
Referee: Craig Zetter
18 January 2009 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Adelaide United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13 Barbarouses 31' Report
Summary		 Reid 9' Attendance: 8,241
Referee: Chris Beath
18 January 2009 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Kovacic 41'
Milligan 55' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Bulloch 65' Attendance: 6,665
Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones

Round 21[edit]

23 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 K. Muscat 40' (pen.)
A. Thompson 90'		 Report[permanent dead link]
Summary		 Attendance: 28,905
Referee: Strebre Delovski
24 January 2009 Queensland Roar 4–2 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Nichols 27'
Tiatto 63'
van Dijk 76'
McCloughan 82'		 Report
Summary		 Rukavytsya 21'
Skorich 66'		 Attendance: 17,367
Referee: Peter O'Leary
25 January 2009 Sydney FC 4–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Brosque 13', 41'
Milligan 77' (o.g.)
Bridge 86'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,551
Referee: Kevin Docherty
25 January 2009 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Adelaide United Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Cristiano 82' Attendance: 12,351
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Finals series[edit]

6 February 2009 Minor Semi-Final Leg 1 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Queensland Roar Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: Ben Williams
7 February 2009 Major Semi-Final Leg 1 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30 Report
Summary		 Hernández 13'
Allsopp 89'		 Attendance: 14,119
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 February 2009 Minor Semi-Final Leg 2 Queensland Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10 Nichols 21'
McKay 49'		 Report
Summary		 Mrdja 64' Attendance: 23,705
Referee: Peter Green
14 February 2009 Major Semi-Final Leg 2 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11
Report
Summary		 Attendance: 34,736
Referee: Matthew Breeze
21 February 2009 Preliminary Final Adelaide United 1–0 Queensland Roar Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+10:30 Barbiero 25' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Strebre Delovski
See also: 2009 A-League Grand Final
28 February 2009 Grand Final Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11 Pondeljak 60' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 53,273
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Statistics[edit]

Leading scorers[edit]

Further information: A-League Top scorers
Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
12 New Zealand Shane Smeltz Wellington Phoenix 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
11 Australia Matt Simon Central Coast Mariners 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
11 Australia Daniel Allsopp Melbourne Victory 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
11 Indonesia Sergio van Dijk Queensland Roar 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1
10 Ivory Coast Eugène Dadi Perth Glory 1 2 1 1 2 1 2
10 Australia Nikita Rukavytsya Perth Glory 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
8 Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
8 Brazil Cristiano Adelaide United 2 2 1 2 1
8 Scotland Charlie Miller Queensland Roar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Australia Travis Dodd Adelaide United 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Australia Joel Griffiths Newcastle Jets 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 Australia Mile Jedinak Central Coast Mariners 1 1 2 1 1
6 Australia Sasho Petrovski Central Coast Mariners 2 1 1 1 1
5 Brazil Ney Fabiano de Oliveira Melbourne Victory 1 1 1 1 1
5 Australia Kevin Muscat Melbourne Victory 1 1 2 1
5 Australia Alex Brosque Sydney FC 1 1 1 2
As of the end of the home and away season
A goal was scored from a penalty kick
Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Attendance[edit]

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.

Team Hosted Average High Low Total
Melbourne Victory 11 24,516 31,564 18,036 269,671
Queensland Roar 10 12,995 19,111 9,118 129,947
Sydney FC 10 12,375 18,251 8,502 123,754
Adelaide United 11 11,712 23,002 7,832 128,832
Central Coast Mariners 11 10,465 15,546 7,865 115,110
Newcastle Jets 10 9,729 16,022 6,268 97,294
Perth Glory 10 7,942 12,581 4,433 79,415
Wellington Phoenix 11 7,193 10,516 5,500 79,124
{{{T9}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T10}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T11}}} 0 0 0 0 0
{{{T12}}} 0 0 0 0 0
League total 84 12,180 31,564 4,433 1,023,147

* Adelaide United played a one-off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.

Top 10 Attendances[edit]

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
53,273 Grand Final 28 February 2009 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome Saturday Night
34,736 Major SF (L2) 14 February 2009 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome Saturday Night
31,654 Round 9 25 October 2008 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome Saturday Night
28,905 Round 21 23 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Telstra Dome Friday Night
27,196 Round 15 6 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome Tuesday Night
25,398 Round 17 27 December 2008 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome Saturday Night
24,812 Round 4 12 September 2008 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome Friday Night
24,003 Round 20 16 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Telstra Dome Friday Night
23,705 Minor SF (L2) 13 February 2009 Queensland Roar 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium Friday Night
23,447 Round 18 2 January 2009 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome Friday Night

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Zura's contract was mutually terminated part-way through his marquee deal on 2 November 2008.[17]
  2. ^ Thompson replaced North as captain mid-season

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Galaxy, Thunder to join A-League". Fox Sports. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Thunder, Galaxy get go-ahead". FourFourTwo. 21 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  3. ^ "A-League expansion plans postponed". SBS. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  4. ^ "FFA: A-League WILL Get Bigger". FourFourTwo. 19 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  5. ^ a b c "New season to start with a bang sea". AU FourFourTwo. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Agostino fit for season kick-off". ABC News. 14 August 2008. Adelaide United marquee player Paul Agostino has been declared fit...
  7. ^ a b Brettig, Daniel (30 July 2008). "Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper". The Advertiser.
  8. ^ "Captain Wilkinson promoted to Centurion". Central Coast Mariners. Football Federation Australia. 8 February 2011. Wilkinson took the captain-s armband from an injured Noel Spencer late in the second season of the Hyundai A-League
  9. ^ Lynch, Michael (30 April 2016). "Archie Thompson should play on after leaving Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. As Victory's inauguaral marquee signing...
  10. ^ "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
  11. ^ Ritson, Jon (15 May 2008). "Marquee Glee For Victory's Ward". FTBL.
  12. ^ a b c Ritson, Jon (8 August 2008). "Slow Start For Marquee Scheme". FTBL. Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets, confirmed they had signed junior marquees for the new season – Mark Bridge (Sydney), Nick Ward (Victory) and Adam D'Apuzzo (Jets).
  13. ^ Lynch, Michael (7 January 2009). "Victory take top spot". Brisbane Times. A second-half goal by midfielder Nick Ward, who, injury-free, is finally finding the sort of form that justified making him the club's junior marquee player
  14. ^ "Muscat Takes on Coaching Role". FTBL. 29 August 2007. MELBOURNE Victory skipper Kevin Muscat has signed a new two-year contract that sees him taking on a coaching role as well as the captaincy
  15. ^ "Kevin Muscat appointed as new Melbourne Victory coach". The Guardian. 31 October 2013. Phoenix's Ernie Merrick was the Victory's inaugural coach and Muscat the club's inaugural captain
  16. ^ Gardiner, James (31 July 2008). "Newcastle Jets unveil Edmundo Zura as marquee signing". The Newcastle Herald.
  17. ^ Dillon, Robert; Gardiner, James (2 November 2008). "Exit Edmundo: Zura bids Jets farewell". The Newcastle Herald.
  18. ^ "North heading to Korea". Newcastle Jets. 13 December 2008. North is a Newcastle Jets foundation player, having been with the club since the 2005/06 Hyundai A-League season, and was instated as captain last season.
  19. ^ "Matt Thompson tipping Kaz Patafta to kick on". The Newcastle Herald. 23 January 2009. Stand-in Jets captain Matt Thompson has...
  20. ^ "Nikita Fills Marquee Role". FTBL. 17 November 2008. Perth Glory striking sensation Nikita Rukavytsya has been confirmed as the club's Under-23 marquee player for this season.
  21. ^ "Coyne leads the way for Glory". A-League. 15 August 2008.
  22. ^ Ritson, Jon (24 July 2007). "Moore Signs With Roar". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  23. ^ Lomax, Andrew (22 December 2008). "Former Rangers captain Craig Moore given all-clear after cancer". The Daily Telegraph. Moore, 32, had the operation at a hospital in Brisbane, where he is now captain of Queensland Roar.
  24. ^ "Sydney FC put players on notice". Fox Sports. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Aloisi, 32, signed a lucrative two-year deal as the marquee player...
  25. ^ "Teenage sensation Danning lifts Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 2009. Sydney Captain Steve Corica was left on the bench...
  26. ^ a b c d "Durante named Wellington Phoenix skipper". Nine MSN. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  27. ^ "You Can't Beat McKain: Herbert". FTBL. 11 August 2008. McKain, who will be Phoenix vice-captain this season
  28. ^ 2008 Pre-Season Cup Draw Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
  29. ^ Hyundai A-League 2008/09 Season Draw Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
  30. ^ a b Match rescheduled due to Adelaide's participation in FIFA Club World Cup

External links[edit]

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