A-League 2008-09

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A-League 2008-09
A-League 2008-09
League A-League
Sport Association football
Duration 2008-2009
Number of teams 8
Total attendance -
TV partner/s Fox Sports
Sky Sports (UK Highlights)
A-League season
Champions TBA
Premiers TBA
Top scorer -
Pre-season Cup
Champions TBA

A-League seasons

< 2007-08

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.

Contents

[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Flag of Australia Sasa Ognenovski Defender Queensland Roar
Flag of Australia Daniel Mullen Defender Australian Institute of Sport
Flag of Brazil Cristiano Forward Willem II Tilburg
Flag of Brazil Alemão Defender CA Juventus
Flag of Australia Mark Birighitti Goalkeeper Australian Institute of Sport
Flag of Australia Scott Jamieson Defender Bolton Wanderers

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Dez Giraldi Forward A.G. Nocerina 1910
Flag of the Netherlands Bobby Petta Midfielder Released
Flag of Australia Robert Bajic Goalkeeper Released
Flag of Australia Milan Susak Defender Released
Flag of Australia Richie Alagich Defender Retired
Flag of Australia Shaun Ontong Midfield Newcastle Jets
Flag of Australia Bruce Djite Forward Gençlerbirliği

[edit] Central Coast Mariners

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Australia Adrian Caceres Midfielder Melbourne Victory
Flag of Australia Ahmad Elrich Midfielder Wellington Phoenix
Flag of Australia Dylan Macallister Striker FC Lyn Oslo

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Tom Pondeljak Midfielder Melbourne Victory
Flag of Australia John Aloisi Striker Sydney FC
Flag of Australia Tony Vidmar Defender Retired

[edit] Melbourne Victory

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Australia Billy Celeski Midfielder Perth Glory
Flag of Australia Tom Pondeljak Midfielder Central Coast Mariners

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Adrian Caceres Midfielder Central Coast Mariners
Flag of Australia Ljubo Milicevic Defender Released
Flag of Australia Daniel Piorkowski Defender Released

[edit] Newcastle Jets

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Australia Shaun Ontong Midfielder Adelaide United
Flag of Australia Jason Naidovski Forward AIS

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Andrew Durante Defender Wellington Phoenix
Flag of Australia Mark Bridge Midfielder Sydney FC
Flag of Australia Stuart Musialik Midfielder Sydney FC
Flag of Australia Troy Hearfield Midfielder Wellington Phoenix
Flag of Australia Stephen Laybutt Defender Contract not renewed
Flag of Brazil Denni Midfielder Released
Flag of Australia Paul Kohler Defender Released
Flag of Australia Steve Eagleton Defender Retired
Flag of Australia Scott Tunbridge Forward Adelaide United


[edit] Perth Glory

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Eugene Dadi Striker Flag of IsraelHapoel Acre F.C.
Flag of Australia Josip Magdic Midfielder Floreat Athena
Flag of Argentina Adrian Trinidad Midfielder Flag of MalaysiaKL PLUS FC
Flag of Australia Adriano Pellegrino Midfielder North Eastern MetroStars

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Simon Colosimo Midfielder Sydney FC
Flag of Australia Billy Celeski Midfielder Melbourne Victory
Flag of New Zealand Leo Bertos Defender Wellington Phoenix
Flag of Liberia Jerry Karpeh Striker Whittlesea Zebras
Flag of Australia Stan Lazaridis Midfielder Released

[edit] Queensland Roar

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Australia Tim Smits Striker Palm Beach
Flag of Australia David Dodd Midfielder Rochedale Rovers
Flag of Australia Thomas Oar Midfielder QAS
Flag of Brazil Bruno Mezenga Striker Flamengo

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Sasa Ognenovski Defender Adelaide United
Flag of Australia Justin Pasfield Goal Keeper Sydney United
Flag of Brazil Reinaldo Forward Flag of South Korea Busan I'Park
Flag of Scotland Simon Lynch Forward Released
Flag of Brazil Marcinho Midfielder Released

[edit] Sydney FC

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of Australia Simon Colosimo Midfielder Perth Glory
Flag of Australia Mark Bridge Midfielder Newcastle Jets
Flag of Australia John Aloisi Striker Central Coast Mariners
Flag of Australia Stuart Musialik Midfielder Newcastle Jets

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Ufuk Talay Midfielder Flag of Japan Avispa Fukuoka
Flag of Australia Ruben Zadkovich Midfielder Flag of England Derby County F.C.
Flag of Australia Ben Vidaic Striker Sydney United
Flag of Australia Mark Milligan Midfielder Uncontracted
Flag of Australia David Zdrilić Striker Released
Flag of Brazil Patrick Striker Released
Flag of Australia Mark Robertson Midfielder Released
Flag of Australia Brendan Renaud Defender Retired
Flag of Brazil Juninho Midfielder Released

[edit] Wellington Phoenix

In

Name Position Moving from
Flag of New Zealand Leo Bertos Midfielder Perth Glory
Flag of Australia Andrew Durante Defender Newcastle Jets
Flag of Australia Jon McKain Defender Flag of Romania FCU Politehnica Timişoara
Flag of the People's Republic of China Gao Leilei Midfielder Flag of Finland MyPa
Flag of Australia Troy Hearfield Midfielder Newcastle Jets

Out

Name Position Moving to
Flag of Australia Ahmad Elrich Midfielder Central Coast Mariners
Flag of New Zealand Steven Old Defender Macarthur Rams
Flag of Brazil Felipe Midfielder Released
Flag of Australia Kristian Rees Defender Released
Flag of Australia Royce Brownlie Striker Released
Flag of New Zealand Jacob Spoonley Goalkeeper Released

[edit] References