2008–09 Perth Glory season

Perth Glory FC

2008–09 season
Manager	David Mitchell
A-League	7th
Top goalscorer	10 goals Eugene Dadi Nikita Rukavytsya
Highest home attendance	12,581 v Adelaide 26 December 2008
Lowest home attendance	4,433 v Wellington 21 September 2008
Average home attendance	7,941
Home colours Away colours
← 7th – 2007–08 5th – 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Perth Glory FC's 4th season since the inception of the A-League and 12th since the club's founding, in 1996.

Contents 1 2008–09 Squad 1.1 Squad changes for 2008–09 season 2 Friendlies 2.1 China Tour 2.2 Local Friendlies 2.3 Indonesia Tour 3 Pre-Season Cup 4 2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures 5 Home-and-Away Season 6 Goal scorers 7 Notes and references 8 See also

2008–09 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 Jason Petkovic 2 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley 3 DF David Tarka 4 DF Jamie Coyne 5 DF Jamie Harnwell 6 DF Dino Djulbic 7 MF Nick Rizzo 8 FW James Robinson 9 MF Adrian Trinidad 10 MF Amaral 11 MF Scott Bulloch 12 MF Josip Magdic 13 FW Nikita Rukavytsya

No. Position Player 14 FW Eugene Dadi 15 DF Hayden Doyle 16 MF Adriano Pellegrino 17 MF Jimmy Downey 18 DF Hayden Foxe 19 MF Naum Sekulovski 20 GK Frank Juric 21 MF Mark Lee 22 MF Wayne Srhoj 25 MF Marc Anthony 29 FW Victor Sikora 30 GK Tando Velaphi 31 DF Scott Neville

Squad changes for 2008–09 season

In: Eugene Dadi – From Hapoel Acre F.C. Josip Magdic – From Floreat Athena Adriano Pellegrino – From North Eastern MetroStars Adrian Trinidad – From KL PLUS FC Frank Jurić – From Hannover 96 Mark Lee – From ECU Joondalup Hayden Doyle – From Niki Volou FC Amaral – From Grêmio Recreativo Barueri Scott Bulloch – From Sorrento FC Wayne Srhoj – From FC Timişoara Victor Sikora – From FC Dallas 96	Out: Leo Bertos – To Wellington Phoenix Simon Colosimo – To Sydney FC Billy Celeski – To Melbourne Victory Jerry Karpeh – To Whittlesea Zebras Jordan Simpson – Released David Micevski – To Western Knights Tyler Simpson – To Blacktown City Demons Stan Lazaridis – Retired Mitchell Prentice – To Sydney FC

Friendlies

China Tour

Perth Glory began their pre-season early, with a three match trip to China, in early March.^[1] The team played three matches against three Chinese Super League sides, Changchun Yatai, Changsha Ginde and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. Glory lost all three matches, but the tour was successful for trialling many new players in the lineup.^[2]

Local Friendlies

In June, the Perth Glory squad took on Football West State League side Rockingham City in Port Kennedy, defeating the side 8–0 in front of a crowd of around 1,500.^[3] Glory also played the WA State Team, losing 2–3, with David Tarka making a successful return to competitive football in the match, after being out of the game through a hamstring injury for the past ten months.

Indonesia Tour

Finally in July, Perth Glory embarked on a short pre-season tour of Indonesia, playing and defeating Indonesian Super League sides, Persik Kediri and Deltras Sidoarjo, 2–1^[4] and 1–0 respectively. Mitchell was able to give new recruits, like Eugene Dadi, Adrian Trinidad and Amaral a good run as well as a competitive hit out for younger State League recruits to impress, like Josip Magdic who scored the winner against Deltras Sidoarjo.^[5]

1	Persik Kediri		1–2		Perth Glory	Brawijaya Stadium, Kediri

2	Deltras Sidoarjo		0–1		Perth Glory	Gelora Delta Sidoarjo, Sidoarjo

Pre-Season Cup

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd	Stadium
1	19 July 2008	Perth Glory	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	3,825	Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah, Western Australia
2	26 July 2008	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory	3,020	Members Equity Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
3	2 August 2008	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Perth Glory	3,000	Vansittart Park, Mount Gambier, South Australia

Unlike last season, Perth were not as successful in this season's Pre-Season Cup, though also unlike last season, Glory had some pre-season cup games scheduled at home this time. Adrian Trinidad impressed, including creating and scoring a penalty in the first match against the Newcastle Jets, in Mandurah.

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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

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

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.) Djulbic  20', 20'	Attendance: 11,732 Referee: Peter Green

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

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

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

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

19 October 2008	Perth Glory	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
14:00 UTC+8	Harnwell  5', 47'	Report Summary	Santalab  11' Fyfe  90+1'	Attendance: 7,759 Referee: Peter O'Leary

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

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

9 November 2008	Perth Glory	2 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9	Rukavytsya  27' Dadi  90+2' (pen.) Coyne  60'	Report Summary	J. Griffiths  17' T. Elrich  45' Piorkowski  68'	Attendance: 7,837 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

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	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

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

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

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

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

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' Kemp  33', 88'	Attendance: 9,381 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

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

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 24 January 2009

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals	Total
Eugene Dadi	0	10	0	10
Nikita Rukavytsya	0	10	0	10
Jamie Harnwell	0	3	0	3
Adriano Pellegrino	0	2	0	2
Adrian Trinidad	1	1	0	2
Wayne Srhoj	0	1	0	1
Scott Bulloch	0	1	0	1
Anthony Skorich	0	1	0	1

Notes and references

See also

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