2008–09 Adelaide United season

Adelaide United FC

2008-2009 season
Manager	Chairman-Mel Patzwald Manager-Aurelio Vidmar
A-League	2nd
Pre-Season Cup	2nd Group A
AFC Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Cristiano (8) All: Cristiano (10)
Highest home attendance	23,002 (vs Sydney FC, 3 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance	7,832 (vs Wellington Phoenix, 30 August 2008)
Average home attendance	12,500
Home colours Away colours
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The Adelaide United 2008-09 season was Adelaide United's A-League 2008-09, AFC Champions League 2008 and 2008 FIFA Club World Cup season. It was the Reds' fourth A-League season since the inception in the Australian football league since it first started in 2005.

The off season saw the departure of Socceroo Bruce Djite and Nathan Burns. The club's season began at Hindmarsh Stadium against Perth Glory on 17 August. An early highlight for the season was Adelaide's run to the final of the AFC Champions League against Gamba Osaka.^[1][2] Because of this performance, Adelaide participated in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. They played in the play-off round against Waitakere United on 11 December, defeating them 2-1.^[3][4] The Reds' next game was played against AFC Champions League rivals, Gamba Osaka, in the quarterfinal round on 14 December in Toyota, Japan. This match, despite Adelaide's grown skill since their first meeting with ACL champions, was won by Gamba Osaka 0-1.^[5][6] Adelaide's last appearance in the Club World Cup was against Al-Ahly, from Egypt, to determine the fifth-placed club. The match was played on 18 December, and Adelaide defeated Al-Ahly 0-1.^[7][8]

After the Round 18 A-League clash with Sydney FC at the Adelaide Oval (which Adelaide won 1-0), A$23,002 was donated to the Starlight Foundation as $1 from every ticket sold for the match went to the charity.^[9]

This season also saw the introduction of the Adelaide United W-League team and the A-League National Youth League team. Former Adelaide player Richie Alagich, along with Michael Barnett and former Socceroos Tony Vidmar and Joe Mullen joined the coaching staff of these teams.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 Squad Information 1.1.1 First Team Roster 1.1.2 Youth Team Roster 1.2 2008-09 Transfers 1.2.1 First Team 1.2.2 Youth Team 1.3 Squad statistics 1.3.1 First team 2 Club 2.1 Technical staff 3 Domestic 3.1 Pre-season 3.1.1 Fixtures 3.1.2 Standings 3.2 A-League 3.2.1 Regular season 3.2.1.1 Fixtures 3.2.1.2 Standings 3.2.1.3 Scorers 3.2.2 Finals series 3.2.2.1 Fixtures 3.2.2.2 Bracket 3.2.3 Attendance at home games 4 International 4.1 AFC Champions League 4.1.1 Group stage 4.1.1.1 Fixtures 4.1.1.2 Standings 4.1.2 Knockout stage 4.1.2.1 Fixtures 4.1.2.2 Bracket 4.1.3 Scorers 4.1.4 Attendance at home games 4.2 FIFA Club World Cup 4.2.1 Fixtures 4.2.2 Bracket 4.2.2.1 Goal scorers 5 References 6 External links

Players

Squad Information

First Team Roster

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 Daniel Beltrame 2 DF Robert Cornthwaite 3 DF Alemão 4 DF Angelo Costanzo 5 DF Michael Valkanis 6 DF Cássio 7 MF Lucas Pantelis 8 MF Kristian Sarkies 9 FW Paul Agostino 10 FW Cristiano 13 MF Travis Dodd (captain) 14 DF Scott Jamieson

No. Position Player 15 MF Jonas Salley 16 DF Daniel Mullen 17 DF Isyan Erdoğan 18 MF Fabian Barbiero 19 DF Saša Ognenovski 20 GK Eugene Galeković 21 MF Jason Spagnuolo 22 MF Diego 24 MF Paul Reid 25 FW Robert Younis 28 MF Rostyn Griffiths 30 GK Mark Birighitti

Youth Team Roster

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 GK Lucas Andreucci GK Luke Ostybe DF Michael Doyle DF Michael Marrone DF Alex Sunasky DF Scott Weidnebach MF Joel Allwright MF Travis Anderson MF Andrew Ciarla

No. Position Player MF Joseph Costa MF Osama Malik MF Matthew Mullen MF Ivan Pavlak FW Angelo Arambatsis FW Michael De Bono FW Francesco Monterosso FW Shane Tobias

2008-09 Transfers

First Team

In Name Position Moving from Fee Mark Birighitti Goalkeeper Australian Institute of Sport Free Saša Ognenovski Defender Queensland Roar Free Daniel Mullen Defender Australian Institute of Sport Free Scott Jamieson Defender Bolton Wanderers Free Alemão Defender CA Juventus Free Paul Reid Midfielder Brighton & Hove Albion Free Cristiano Striker Willem II Tilburg Free Robert Younis Striker APIA Leichhardt Free

Out Name Position Moving to Fee Robert Bajic Goalkeeper Released - Milan Susak Defender Released - Richie Alagich Defender Retired - Bobby Petta Midfielder Para Hills Knights Free Shaun Ontong Midfielder Newcastle Jets Free Bruce Djite Striker Gençlerbirliği €500,000 Dez Giraldi Striker Released - Nathan Burns Striker AEK Athens €290,000

Youth Team

In Name Position Moving from Fee Lucas Andreucci Goalkeeper South Australian Sports Institute Free Alex Sunasky Defender Australian Institute of Sport Free Michael Doyle Defender Adelaide Galaxy Free Scott Weidnebach Defender Adelaide City Free Michael Marrone Defender Para Hills Knights Free Joel Allwright Midfielder Para Hills Knights Free Andrew Ciarla Midfielder North Eastern MetroStars Free Matthew Mullen Midfielder Australian Institute of Sport Free Osama Malik Midfielder Adelaide Raiders Free Angelo Arambatsis Striker Adelaide Blue Eagles Free Francesco Monterosso Striker South Australian Sports Institute Free Shane Tobias Striker Para Hills Knights Free

Out

Squad statistics

First team

Last updated 1 March 2009

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League		A-League Finals		Pre-Season Cup		ACL		CWC		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Daniel Beltrame	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Robert Cornthwaite	17	2	3	0	3	0	10	21	3	0	35	41	10	0
3	DF	Alemão	18	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	25	2	2	0
4	DF	Angelo Costanzo	12	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	1	0	26	0	8	0
5	DF	Michael Valkanis	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
6	DF	Cássio	14	4	2	0	3	0	10	0	1	0	29	4	6	1
7	MF	Lucas Pantelis	10	2	4	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	26	3	2	0
8	MF	Kristian Sarkies	10	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	20	1	1	0
9	FW	Paul Agostino	7	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
10	FW	Cristiano	21	8	4	0	3	2	6	1	3	1	36	12	4	0
11	MF	Osama Malik**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
13	MF	Travis Dodd	20	7	4	0	3	0	12	3	2	1	40	11	6	0
14	DF	Scott Jamieson	21	2	2	0	3	0	6	0	3	0	36	0	7	0
15	MF	Jonas Salley	17	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	27	0	2	1
16	DF	Daniel Mullen	9	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	20	1	1	0
17	DF	Isyan Erdogan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Fabian Barbiero	15	1	4	1	3	0	6	1	2	0	29	3	6	0
19	DF	Saša Ognenovski	20	3	4	0	1	0	9	0	2	0	35	3	12	0
20	GK	Eugene Galekovic	18	0	4	0	3	0	11	0	3	0	38	0	2	0
21	MF	Jason Spagnuolo	10	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	1	0	23	0	2	0
22	MF	Diego	8	0	0	0	1	0	11	4	2	0	22	4	3	0
23	DF	Michael Marrone	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
24	MF	Paul Reid	18	1	4	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	29	1	3	0
25	FW	Robert Younis	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	17	0	1	0
26	MF	Matthew Mullen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	MF	Rostyn Griffiths	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
30	GK	Mark Birighitti	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
——	DF	Richie Alagich*	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	6	1	1	0
——	FW	Bruce Djite*	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
——	DF	Milan Susak*	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
——	FW	Nathan Burns*	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
——	FW	Dez Giraldi*	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
——	MF	Shaun Ontong*	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

¹ - does not include own goal(s)
* - player(s) who competed in the ACL but not in the A-League 2008-09 season or the CWC
** - player(s) who competed in the CWC but not in the A-League 2008-09 season or the ACL

Club

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Aurelio Vidmar
Assistant Coach	Phil Stubbins
Specialist Coach	Carl Veart
Goalkeeping Coach	Peter Blazincic
Youth Team Coach	Joe Mullen
Youth Team Assistant Coach	Tony Vidmar
Women's Team Coach	Michael Barnett
Women's Team Assistant Coach	Richie Alagich

Domestic

Pre-season

Fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
1	20 July 2008	Melbourne Victory	1 - 2 Cristiano  33',  90'	Adelaide United	4,720	Aurora Stadium
2	26 July 2008	Newcastle Jets	0 - 0	Adelaide United	2,756	Baddeley Park
3	2 August 2008	Adelaide United	0 - 0	Perth Glory	3,000	Vansittart Park

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Melbourne Victory	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Adelaide United	3	1	2	0	2	1	5
Newcastle Jets	3	0	2	1	1	2	2
Perth Glory	3	0	2	1	1	2	2

A-League

Regular season

Fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
1	17 August 2008	Adelaide United	1 - 0 Dodd  41'	Perth Glory	10,510	Hindmarsh Stadium
2	24 August 2008	Queensland Roar	1 - 1 Dodd  8' (pen)	Adelaide United	12,761	Suncorp Stadium
3	30 August 2008	Adelaide United	3 -0 Pantelis  15' Cristiano  49',  60'	Wellington Phoenix	7,832	Hindmarsh Stadium
4	12 September 2008	Melbourne Victory	1 - 0	Adelaide United	24,812	Telstra Dome
5	20 September 2008	Sydney FC	3 - 0	Adelaide United	12,462	Sydney Football Stadium
6	27 September 2008	Adelaide United	2 - 0 Cristiano  72',  60'	Newcastle Jets	8,111	Hindmarsh Stadium
7	3 October 2008	Adelaide United	3 - 3 Dodd  7' (pen) Cornthwaite  19' Cristiano  50'	Central Coast Mariners	9,074	Hindmarsh Stadium
8	17 October 2008	Queensland Roar	0 - 1 Cornthwaite  60'	Adelaide United	11,117	Suncorp Stadium
9	26 October 2008	Adelaide United	2 - 1 Alemão  80' Dodd  82' (pen)	Perth Glory	10,126	Hindmarsh Stadium
10	31 October 2008	Adelaide United	2 - 3 Dodd  28' (pen) Cassio  67'	Melbourne Victory	13,191	Hindmarsh Stadium
11	15 November 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3 - 0	Adelaide United	7,865	Bluetongue Stadium
12	22 November 2008	Adelaide United	2 - 0 Ognenovski  45+2' Dodd  78'	Sydney FC	9,509	Hindmarsh Stadium
13	30 November 2008	Newcastle Jets	1 - 1 Ognenovski  90+4'	Adelaide United	7,136	Energy Australia Stadium
14	5 December 2008	Adelaide United	6 - 1 Ognenovski  21' Cristiano  43',  74' Cassio  47',  70' Dodd  90+1'	Wellington Phoenix	9,442	Hindmarsh Stadium
15	6 January 2009[10]	Melbourne Victory	1 - 0	Adelaide United	27,196	Telstra Dome
16	14 January 2009[10]	Adelaide United	0 - 0	Queensland Roar	14,450	Hindmarsh Stadium
17	26 December 2008	Perth Glory	0 - 1 Sarkies  40'	Adelaide United	12,581	Members Equity Stadium
18	3 January 2009	Adelaide United	2 - 0 Cassio  45' Alemão  82'	Sydney FC	23,002	Adelaide Oval
19	9 January 2009	Adelaide United	2 - 0 Barbiero  23' Pantelis  74'	Newcastle Jets	13,585	Hindmarsh Stadium
20	18 January 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 - 1 Reid  9'	Adelaide United	8,241	Westpac Stadium
21	25 January 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 - 1 Cristiano  82'	Adelaide United	12,351	Bluetongue Stadium

Standings

#	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

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Scorers

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
8		Cristiano			2			2	1							2							1
7		Travis Dodd	1	1					1		1	1		1		1
4		Cassio										1				2				1
3		Saša Ognenovski												1	1	1
2		Robert Cornthwaite							1	1
2		Alemão									1									1
2		Lucas Pantelis			1																1
1		Kristian Sarkies																	1
1		Fabian Barbiero																			1
1		Paul Reid																				1

	A goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Finals series

Fixtures

Final	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
Semi (1)	7 February 2009	Adelaide United	0 - 2	Melbourne Victory	14,119	Hindmarsh Stadium
Semi (2)	14 February 2009	Melbourne Victory	4 - 0	Adelaide United	34,736	Telstra Dome
Preliminary	21 February 2009	Adelaide United	1 - 0	Queensland Roar	8,472	Hindmarsh Stadium
Grand	28 February 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 - 0	Adelaide United	53,273	Telstra Dome

Bracket

	Semifinals						Preliminary final					Grand final
			L1	L2
	1	Melbourne Victory	2	4
	2	Adelaide United	0	0									Melbourne Victory	1
								Adelaide United	1				Adelaide United	0
								Queensland Roar	0
	3	Queensland Roar	2	2
	4	Central Coast Mariners	0	1

Attendance at home games

Round	Date	Opponent	Score AUFC – Away	Attendance	Weekday
1	17 August 2008	Perth Glory	1 – 0	10,510	Sunday
3	30 August 2008	Wellington Phoenix	3 – 0	7,832	Saturday
6	27 September 2008	Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	8,111	Saturday
7	3 October 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 3	9,074	Friday
9	26 October 2008	Perth Glory	2 – 1	10,126	Sunday
10	31 October 2008	Melbourne Victory	2 – 3	13,191	Friday
12	22 November 2008	Sydney FC	2 – 0	9,509	Saturday
14	5 December 2008	Wellington Phoenix	6 – 1	9,442	Friday
16	14 January 2009	Queensland Roar	0 – 0	14,450	Wednesday
18	3 January 2009	Sydney FC	2 – 0	23,002	Saturday
19	9 January 2009	Newcastle Jets	2 – 0	13,585	Friday
SF1	7 February 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	14,119	Saturday
PF	21 February 2009	Queensland Roar	1 – 0	8,472	Saturday

International

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
1	12 March 2008	Pohang Steelers	0 - 2 Cornthwaite  3' Djite  59'	Adelaide United	8,436	Steelyard Stadium
2	19 March 2008	Adelaide United	0 - 0	Changchun Yatai	10,510	Hindmarsh Stadium
3	9 April 2008	Bình Dương	1 - 2 Diego  10' Alagich  78'	Adelaide United	15,000	Go Dau Stadium
4	23 April 2008	Adelaide United	4 - 1 Pantelis  56' Dodd  58',  62' Diego  77'	Bình Dương	13,802	Hindmarsh Stadium
5	7 May 2008	Adelaide United	1 - 0 Diego  63'	Pohang Steelers	11,805	Hindmarsh Stadium
6	22 May 2008	Changchun Yatai	0 - 0	Adelaide United	20,000	Changchun City Stadium

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Adelaide United	6	4	2	0	9	2	7	14
Changchun Yatai	6	3	3	0	10	3	7	12
Pohang Steelers	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5
Bình Dương	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1

Knockout stage

Fixtures

Final	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
Quarter (1)	17 September 2008	Kashima Antlers	1 - 1 Dodd  38'	Adelaide United	7,004	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Quarter (2)	24 September 2008	Adelaide United	1 - 0 Cornthwaite  73'	Kashima Antlers	16,965	Hindmarsh Stadium
Semi (1)	8 October 2008	Adelaide United	3 - 0 Diego  57' Barbiero  70' Cristiano  89' (pen)	Bunyodkor	16,998	Hindmarsh Stadium
Semi (2)	22 October 2008	Bunyodkor	1 - 0	Adelaide United	17,000	MHSK Stadium
Grand (1)	5 November 2008	Gamba Osaka	3 - 0	Adelaide United	20,639	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Grand (2)	12 November 2008	Adelaide United	0 - 2	Gamba Osaka	17,000	Hindmarsh Stadium

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Al-Karamah		1	0	1
	Gamba Osaka		2	2	4
								Gamba Osaka		1	3	4
								Urawa Red Diamonds		1	1	2
	Al Qadisiya Kuwait		3	0	3
	Urawa Red Diamonds		2	2	4
															Gamba Osaka		3	2	5
															Adelaide United		0	0	0
	Saipa F.C.		2	1	3
	Bunyodkor		2	5	7
								Bunyodkor		0	1	1
								Adelaide United		3	0	3
	Kashima Antlers		1	0	1
	Adelaide United		1	1	2

Scorers

Total	Player		Goals per round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	GF1	GF2
4		Diego			1	1	1				1
3		Travis Dodd				2			1
2		Robert Cornthwaite	1							1
1		Bruce Djite	1
1		Richie Alagich			1
1		Lucas Pantelis				1
1		Fabian Barbiero									1
1		Cristiano									1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Attendance at home games

Round	Date	Against	Score AUFC – Away	Attendance	Weekday
2	19 March 2008	Changchun Yatai	0 – 0	10,510	Wednesday
4	23 April 2008	Bình Dương	4 – 1	13,802	Wednesday
5	7 May 2008	Pohang Steelers	1 – 0	11,805	Wednesday
QF2	24 September 2008	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	16,965	Wednesday
SF1	8 October 2008	Bunyodkor	3 – 0	16,998	Wednesday
GF2	12 November 2008	Gamba Osaka	0 – 2	17,000	Wednesday

FIFA Club World Cup

Fixtures

Final	Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance	Stadium
Play-off	11 December 2008	Adelaide United	2 – 1 Mullen  39' Dodd  83'	Waitakere United	19,777	National Stadium, Tokyo
Quarter	14 December 2008	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	38,141	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Fifth Place	18 December 2008	Al-Ahly	0 – 1 Cristiano  7'	Adelaide United	35,154	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Bracket

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

11 December - Tokyo

Adelaide United

2

14 December - Toyota

Waitakere United

1

Adelaide United

0

18 December - Yokohama

Gamba Osaka

1

Gamba Osaka

3

Manchester United

5

21 December - Yokohama

Manchester United

1

13 December - Tokyo

LDU Quito

0

Al-Ahly

2

17 December - Tokyo

Pachuca (a.e.t.)

4

Pachuca

0

Fifth place

Third place

LDU Quito

2

Adelaide United

1

Gamba Osaka

1

Al-Ahly

0

Pachuca

0

18 December - Yokohama

21 December - Yokohama

Goal scorers

1 goal

• Cristiano
• Travis Dodd
• Daniel Mullen

References

External links

• A-League website
• AFC Champions League (Knockout Stage Schedule)
• FIFA Club World Cup official site

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