2008–09 Central Coast Mariners season

The 2008-09 season is the Central Coast Mariners FC's 4th season since the inception of the A-League. And due to finishing atop of the ladder for the 2007-08 A-League season, the Mariners will also be competing in the AFC Asian Champions League for the first time, at season's end.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 Coaching staff 1.2 Squad changes for 2008-09 season 2 Pre-season 3 Hyundai A-League 2008-09 fixtures 3.1 2008-09 Finals series 4 Home-and-Away Season 5 Goal scorers 6 See also

Squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Matthew Trott 2 MF André Gumprecht 4 DF Predrag Bojić 5 MF Brad Porter 6 DF David D'Apuzzo 7 MF John Hutchinson 8 DF Dean Heffernan 9 FW Nik Mrdja 10 MF Adrian Caceres 11 FW Dylan Macallister 12 MF Greg Owens 13 DF Paul O'Grady

No. Position Player 15 DF Andrew Clark 16 DF Nigel Boogaard 17 MF Matthew Osman 18 DF Alex Wilkinson (captain) 19 FW Matt Simon 20 GK Danny Vukovic 21 MF Ahmad Elrich 22 FW Sasho Petrovski 23 MF Mile Jedinak 26 MF Chris Tadrosse ** 30 GK Andrew Redmayne 40 GK Mark Bosnich *

• Played 5 matches of a 7 match Guest stint with the club, from August–September 2008.
• Signed as a short term injury replacement for Dean Heffernan, from Round 7 to Round 11.

Coaching staff

• Football Manager: Lawrie McKinna
• Head Coach: Ian Ferguson
• Development Manager: Alex Tobin
• Strength & Conditioning: Andrew Clark
• Goalkeeping Coach: John Crawley

Squad changes for 2008-09 season

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In

Player	From	League	Date
Adrian Caceres	Melbourne Victory	A-League	7 February 2008
Ahmad Elrich	Wellington Phoenix	A-League	10 March 2008

Out

Player	To	League	Date
Alvin Ceccoli	Adelaide United FC	A-League
Tony Vidmar	retired
Tom Pondeljak	Melbourne Victory	A League
John Aloisi	Sydney FC	A League

Pre-season

Fixtures TBA

Hyundai A-League 2008-09 fixtures

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

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' Musialik  69', 69' Cole  81'	Attendance: 10,932 Referee: Ben Williams

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

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

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' Theoklitos  57'	Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Peter Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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' Boogaard  90' Petrovski  90+2'	Attendance: 6,496 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

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

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

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' Dylan Macallister  90+5'	Attendance: 11,413 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

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

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	Heffernan  87'	Attendance: 24,003 Referee: Peter Green

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

2008-09 Finals series

Minor Semi-Final Leg 1 6 February 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 2	Queensland Roar	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Nichols  30' van Dijk  54' (pen.) Tiatto  33', 75'	Attendance: 9,514 Referee: Ben Williams

Minor Semi-Final Leg 2 13 February 2009	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

Home-and-Away Season

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Melbourne Victory	21	12	2	7	39	27	+12sm=n	38
2	Adelaide United	21	11	5	5	31	19	+12sm=n	38
3	Queensland Roar	21	10	6	5	36	25	+11sm=n	36
4	Central Coast Mariners	21	7	7	7	35	32	+3sm=n	28
5	Sydney FC	21	7	5	9	33	32	+1sm=n	26
6	Wellington Phoenix	21	7	5	9	23	31	-8sm=n	26
7	Perth Glory	21	6	4	11	31	44	-13sm=n	22
8	Newcastle Jets	21	4	6	11	21	39	-18sm=n	18

Goal scorers

Last updated 20 February 2009

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals	Total
Matt Simon	0	11	0	11
Mile Jedinak	0	06	0	06
Sasho Petrovski	0	06	0	06
Dylan Macallister	0	04	0	04
Nik Mrdja	0	02	1	03
Adrian Caceres	0	02	0	02
John Hutchinson	0	02	0	02
Matthew Osman	0	01	0	01
Andre Gumprecht	0	01	0	01

See also

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