A-League 2008-09
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A-League 2008-09 | |||||
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League | A-League | ||||
Sport | Association football | ||||
Duration | 2008-2009 | ||||
Number of teams | 8 | ||||
Total attendance | - | ||||
TV partner/s | Fox Sports Sky Sports (UK Highlights) |
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A-League season | |||||
Champions | TBA | ||||
Premiers | TBA | ||||
Top scorer | - | ||||
Pre-season Cup | |||||
Champions | TBA | ||||
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The A-League's 2008-09 season will be the fourth season of the Australian A-League football competition.
Based on their 2007-08 performances, Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets will compete in the 2009 AFC Champions League for the first time.
Changes to the league include:
- Adelaide United playing an increased number of games at Adelaide Oval.[1]
- The introduction of a youth league aligned with A-League clubs.[2]
- An increase in the salary cap to AU$ 1.9 million. [3]
- The addition of a Junior Marquee player. (A player under the age of 23 who has up to $AU 150,000 of his salary outside of the cap. [4]
- Injury replacement players can only match the injured players' salary, or have any excess included within the total Salary Cap. [5]
- A-League squads will be increased to 30 or 35 [6] (inclusive of Youth Team Players)
Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and the Gold Coast Galaxy.[7][8] had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for season 2008-09 on March 12th 2008. [9] Expansion plans now seem on hold until season 2009-10.
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[edit] Pre-Season Challenge Cup
All A-League clubs will play the pre-season cup competition to be held in July and August, and have been drawn into two groups. Group A is Newcastle Jets, Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory, Perth Glory and Group B is Sydney FC, Queensland Roar, Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix. The winner of each group will meet in the cup final on 6 August 2008.[10]
[edit] A-League
The 2008-09 A-League season will again be played over 21 rounds, followed by a finals series.[11]
[edit] Round 1
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Newcastle Jets | – | Central Coast Mariners | 15 August 2008 | EnergyAustralia Stadium | ||||
Sydney FC | – | Melbourne Victory | 16 August 2008 | Sydney Football Stadium | ||||
Wellington Phoenix | – | Queensland Roar | 17 August 2008 | Westpac Stadium | ||||
Adelaide United | – | Perth Glory | 17 August 2008 | Hindmarsh Stadium |
[edit] Round 2
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Perth Glory | – | Newcastle Jets | 22 August 2008 | Members Equity Stadium | ||||
Central Coast Mariners | – | Sydney FC | 23 August 2008 | Bluetongue Stadium | ||||
Wellington Phoenix | – | Melbourne Victory | 24 August 2008 | Westpac Stadium | ||||
Queensland Roar | – | Adelaide United | 24 August 2008 | Suncorp Stadium |
[edit] Round 3
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Melbourne Victory | – | Newcastle Jets | 29 August 2008 | Telstra Dome | ||||
Adelaide United | – | Wellington Phoenix | 30 August 2008 | Hindmarsh Stadium | ||||
Sydney FC | – | Perth Glory | 31 August 2008 | Sydney Football Stadium | ||||
Queensland Roar | – | Central Coast Mariners | 31 August 2008 | Suncorp Stadium |
[edit] Round 4
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Melbourne Victory | – | Adelaide United | 12 September 2008 | Telstra Dome | ||||
Newcastle Jets | – | Sydney FC | 13 September 2008 | EnergyAustralia Stadium | ||||
Perth Glory | – | Queensland Roar | 14 September 2008 | Members Equity Stadium | ||||
Wellington Phoenix | – | Central Coast Mariners | 14 September 2008 | Westpac Stadium |
[edit] Round 5
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Queensland Roar | – | Newcastle Jets | 19 September 2008 | Suncorp Stadium | ||||
Sydney FC | – | Adelaide United | 19 September 2008 | Sydney Football Stadium | ||||
Central Coast Mariners | – | Melbourne Victory | 20 September 2008 | Bluetongue Stadium | ||||
Perth Glory | – | Wellington Phoenix | 21 September 2008 | Westpac Stadium |
[edit] Round 6
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Central Coast Mariners | – | Perth Glory | 26 September 2008 | Bluetongue Stadium | ||||
Adelaide United | – | Newcastle Jets | 27 September 2008 | Hindmarsh Stadium | ||||
Wellington Phoenix | – | Sydney FC | 28 September 2008 | Westpac Stadium | ||||
Melbourne Victory | – | Queensland Roar | 28 September 2008 | Telstra Dome |
[edit] Round 7
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Adelaide United | – | Central Coast Mariners | 3 October 2008 | Hindmarsh Stadium | ||||
Melbourne Victory | – | Perth Glory | 4 October 2008 | Telstra Dome | ||||
Sydney FC | – | Queensland Roar | 4 October 2008 | Sydney Football Stadium | ||||
Newcastle Jets | – | Wellington Phoenix | 6 October 2008 | EnergyAustralia Stadium |
[edit] Round 8
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | Crowd | Reports | |||||
Queensland Roar | – | Adelaide United | 17 October 2008 | Suncorp Stadium | ||||
Newcastle Jets | – | Melbourne Victory | 18 October 2008 | EnergyAustralia Stadium | ||||
Central Coast Mariners | – | Wellington Phoenix | 19 October 2008 | Bluetongue Stadium | ||||
Perth Glory | – | Sydney FC | 19 October 2008 | Members Equity Stadium |
[edit] Round 9
[edit] Round 10
[edit] Round 11
[edit] Round 12
[edit] Round 13
[edit] Round 14
[edit] Round 15
[edit] Round 16
[edit] Round 17
[edit] Round 18
[edit] Round 19
[edit] Round 20
[edit] Round 21
[edit] Finals
[edit] Player transfers
[edit] Adelaide United
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Sasa Ognenovski | Defender | Queensland Roar |
Daniel Mullen | Defender | Australian Institute of Sport |
Cristiano | Forward | Willem II Tilburg |
Alemão | Defender | CA Juventus |
Mark Birighitti | Goalkeeper | Australian Institute of Sport |
Scott Jamieson | Defender | Bolton Wanderers |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Dez Giraldi | Forward | A.G. Nocerina 1910 |
Bobby Petta | Midfielder | Released |
Robert Bajic | Goalkeeper | Released |
Milan Susak | Defender | Released |
Richie Alagich | Defender | Retired |
Shaun Ontong | Midfield | Newcastle Jets |
Bruce Djite | Forward | Gençlerbirliği |
[edit] Central Coast Mariners
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Adrian Caceres | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory |
Ahmad Elrich | Midfielder | Wellington Phoenix |
Dylan Macallister | Striker | FC Lyn Oslo |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Tom Pondeljak | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory |
John Aloisi | Striker | Sydney FC |
Tony Vidmar | Defender | Retired |
[edit] Melbourne Victory
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Billy Celeski | Midfielder | Perth Glory |
Tom Pondeljak | Midfielder | Central Coast Mariners |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Adrian Caceres | Midfielder | Central Coast Mariners |
Ljubo Milicevic | Defender | Released |
Daniel Piorkowski | Defender | Released |
[edit] Newcastle Jets
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Shaun Ontong | Midfielder | Adelaide United |
Jason Naidovski | Forward | AIS |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Andrew Durante | Defender | Wellington Phoenix |
Mark Bridge | Midfielder | Sydney FC |
Stuart Musialik | Midfielder | Sydney FC |
Troy Hearfield | Midfielder | Wellington Phoenix |
Stephen Laybutt | Defender | Contract not renewed |
Denni | Midfielder | Released |
Paul Kohler | Defender | Released |
Steve Eagleton | Defender | Retired |
Scott Tunbridge | Forward | Adelaide United |
[edit] Perth Glory
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Eugene Dadi | Striker | Hapoel Acre F.C. |
Josip Magdic | Midfielder | Floreat Athena |
Adrian Trinidad | Midfielder | KL PLUS FC |
Adriano Pellegrino | Midfielder | North Eastern MetroStars |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Simon Colosimo | Midfielder | Sydney FC |
Billy Celeski | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory |
Leo Bertos | Defender | Wellington Phoenix |
Jerry Karpeh | Striker | Whittlesea Zebras |
Stan Lazaridis | Midfielder | Released |
[edit] Queensland Roar
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Tim Smits | Striker | Palm Beach |
David Dodd | Midfielder | Rochedale Rovers |
Thomas Oar | Midfielder | QAS |
Bruno Mezenga | Striker | Flamengo |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Sasa Ognenovski | Defender | Adelaide United |
Justin Pasfield | Goal Keeper | Sydney United |
Reinaldo | Forward | Busan I'Park |
Simon Lynch | Forward | Released |
Marcinho | Midfielder | Released |
[edit] Sydney FC
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Simon Colosimo | Midfielder | Perth Glory |
Mark Bridge | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets |
John Aloisi | Striker | Central Coast Mariners |
Stuart Musialik | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
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Ufuk Talay | Midfielder | Avispa Fukuoka |
Ruben Zadkovich | Midfielder | Derby County F.C. |
Ben Vidaic | Striker | Sydney United |
Mark Milligan | Midfielder | Uncontracted |
David Zdrilić | Striker | Released |
Patrick | Striker | Released |
Mark Robertson | Midfielder | Released |
Brendan Renaud | Defender | Retired |
Juninho | Midfielder | Released |
[edit] Wellington Phoenix
In
Name | Position | Moving from |
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Leo Bertos | Midfielder | Perth Glory |
Andrew Durante | Defender | Newcastle Jets |
Jon McKain | Defender | FCU Politehnica Timişoara |
Gao Leilei | Midfielder | MyPa |
Troy Hearfield | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets |
Out
Name | Position | Moving to |
---|---|---|
Ahmad Elrich | Midfielder | Central Coast Mariners |
Steven Old | Defender | Macarthur Rams |
Felipe | Midfielder | Released |
Kristian Rees | Defender | Released |
Royce Brownlie | Striker | Released |
Jacob Spoonley | Goalkeeper | Released |
[edit] References
- ^ "Red sea sings oval's praise", Fox Sports, 2007-12-29. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ "FFA: A-League WILL Get Bigger", FourFourTwo, 2007-01-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ "New season to start with a bang sea", AU FourFourTwo, 2008-05-02. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ "New season to start with a bang sea", AU FourFourTwo, 2008-05-02. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ "New season to start with a bang sea", AU FourFourTwo, 2008-05-02. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ "New initiatives to plug player drain", Fox Sports, 2008-05-02. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ "Galaxy, Thunder to join A-League", Fox Sports, 2008-02-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Thunder, Galaxy get go-ahead", FourFourTwo, 2008-02-21. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ "A-League expansion plans postponed", SBS, 2008-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ 2008 Pre-Season Cup Draw, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
- ^ Hyundai A-League 2008/09 Season Draw, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
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