2008–09 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC
2008-09 season
Chairman N/A
Manager Frank Farina
A-League 3rd
Pre-Season Cup 8th
Top goalscorer League: Serginho van Dijk - 11 Goals
All: Serginho van Dijk - 12 Goals
Highest home attendance 23,705 v Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance 9,118 v Perth Glory
Average home league attendance 13,968
Home colours
Away colours

Squad

Full time squad as of 31 July 2008

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Liam Reddy
2 Australia MF Andrew Packer
3 Australia DF Luke de Vere
4 Australia DF Craig Moore (c)
5 Australia DF Josh McCloughan
6 Australia FW David Dodd
7 Australia MF Michael Zullo
8 Australia MF Massimo Murdocca
9 Indonesia FW Sergio van Dijk
10 Scotland MF Charlie Miller
11 Brazil FW Reinaldo
12 Australia FW Tahj Minniecon
No. Position Player
13 Australia MF Chris Grossman
14 Australia DF Ben Griffin
15 Australia MF Matt McKay
16 South Korea DF Seo Hyuk-Su
17 Australia MF Mitch Nichols
18 Australia MF Danny Tiatto
19 Australia MF Isaka Cernak-Okanya
20 Australia GK Griffin McMaster
21 Australia MF Thomas Oar
22 Australia FW Robbie Kruse
23 Australia FW Tim Smits

Player Movement

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

No. Position Player
3 Australia DF Luke DeVere (Moved from A.I.S.)
6 Australia MF David Dodd (Moved from Palm Beach)
9 Indonesia FW Sergio van Dijk (Moved from FC Emmen)
10 Scotland MF Charlie Miller (Moved from Lierse S.K.)
11 Brazil FW Reinaldo¤ (Moved from Busan I'Park)
19 Australia MF Isaka Cernak (Moved from A.I.S.)
21 Australia MF Tommy Oar (Moved from Q.A.S.)
23 Australia FW Tim Smits (Moved from Rochedale Rovers)
33 Brazil MF Henrique (Loaned from América Mineiro)
No. Position Player
6 Australia DF Stuart McLaren (Moved to Perth Glory)
9 Scotland FW Simon Lynch (Moved to Airdrie United)
10 Australia FW Ante Miličić (Moved to Shahzan Muda FC)
11 Brazil FW Reinaldo¤ (Moved to Busan I'Park)
13 Australia FW Zoran Petrevski (Moved to Melbourne Knights)
19 Australia DF Sasa Ognenovski (Moved to Adelaide United)
20 Australia GK Matthew Ham (Moved to Redlands United)
23 Brazil MF Marcinho (Released)


¤ Reinaldo transferred to Busan I'Park at the end of the 2007/08 A-League season and returned to Queensland in July 2008 on a free transfer.

Pre-Season

Roar Roadshow

14 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10
Brisbane Olympic 0 6 Queensland Roar
(Report) Smits  23', 35'
Packer  49'
Grossman  57', 70', 80'
Goodwin Park
Yeronga, Queensland

20 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10
Rochedale Rovers 2 5 Queensland Roar
Tabulo
Unknown
(Report) Nichols
Smits
Close
Thurtell
Underwood Park
Rochedale, Queensland







1 July 2008
19:15 UTC+10
Easts Invitational XI 1 8 Queensland Roar
Baty  14' (pen.) (Report) Packer  3'
Smits  24'  29'  90'
van Dijk
McKay  69'
Oar  70'
Carroll (g.k.)  74' (o.g.)

Translink Cup

12 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 3 1 Brazil Palmeiras B
Smits  35'
McKay  43'
Murdocca  90+2'
(Report) Portela  57'

2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

19 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Sydney FC 2 1 Queensland Roar
Payne  53'
Prentice  57'
(Report) van Dijk  49'
Seo Red card 57'

27 July 2008
14:30 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 1 1 Wellington Phoenix
van Dijk  18' (Report) Kwasnik  74'
Stockland Park
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Regis Queffelec

3 August 2008
15:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 1 2 Central Coast Mariners
Zullo  51'
Moore Red card 49'
(Report) Elrich  29'
Macallister  32'

Hyundai A-League 2008-09

Round 1

17 August 2008
15:00 UTC+12
Wellington Phoenix 1 1 Queensland Roar
Smeltz  53' (Report)
(Summary)
Miller  46'

Round 2

24 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 1 1 Adelaide United
Miller  47' (Report)
(Summary)
Dodd  8' (pen.)

Round 3

31 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 2 4 Central Coast Mariners
Miller  69'
van Dijk  74' (pen.)
(Report)
(Summary)
Simon  31'
Jedinak  48'
Macallister  64'  71'

Round 4

14 September 2008
15:00 UTC+8
Perth Glory 0 3 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Moore  14'
McKay  23'
Miller  45+2'

Round 5

19 September 2008
20:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 0 1 Newcastle Jets
(Report)
(Summary)
Griffiths  83'

Round 6

28 September 2008
17:00 UTC+10
Melbourne Victory 0 2 Queensland Roar
Hernández Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 48', 58' (Report)
(Summary)
Minniecon  83'
Zullo  90+5'

Round 7

4 October 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Sydney FC 1 1 Queensland Roar
Musialik  90+3' (Report)
(Summary)
Miller  48'

Round 8

17 October 2008
19:30 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 0 1 Adelaide United
(Report)
(Summary)
Cornthwaite  60'

Round 9

26 October 2008
17:00 UTC+13
Wellington Phoenix 0 1 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
McCloughan  40'

Round 10

2 November 2008
17:00 UTC+11
Newcastle Jets 1 2 Queensland Roar
Griffiths  23' (Report)
(Summary)
McKay  24'
Miller  35'

Round 11

8 November 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 0 1 Melbourne Victory
(Report)
(Summary)
Thompson  70'

Round 12

23 November 2008
17:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 4 1 Perth Glory
van Dijk  45+1' (pen.)
Minniecon  45+3'
Miller  55'
Nichols  81'
(Report)
(Summary)
Harnwell  57'

Round 13

28 November 2008
20:00 UTC+11
Sydney FC 1 1 Queensland Roar
Corica  64' (Report)
(Summary)
McKay  12'

Round 14

6 December 2008
18:00 UTC+11
Central Coast Mariners 1 1 Queensland Roar
Gumprecht  83' (Report)
(Summary)
van Dijk  11'

Round 15

14 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 2 1 Newcastle Jets
Nichols  45+1'
van Dijk  90'
(Report)
(Summary)
Griffiths  26'
Wheelhouse Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 11', 70'

Round 16

14 January 2009
19:30 UTC+10:30
Adelaide United 0 0 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)

Round 17

28 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 3 2 Wellington Phoenix
McKay  38'
van Dijk  48'
Oar  90+1'
(Report)
(Summary)
de Vere  11' (o.g.)
Hearfield  46'
Durante Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 37', 90'

Round 18

2 January 2009
20:00 UTC+11
Melbourne Victory 2 1 Queensland Roar
Allsopp  55'
Vargas  67'
(Report)
(Summary)
Moore  75'

Round 19

10 January 2009
19:00 UTC+11
Central Coast Mariners 3 4 Queensland Roar
Mrdja  5'
Simon  55'  81'
(Report)
(Summary)
van Dijk  43'  48'
Minniecon  60'
Bojic  69' (o.g.)

Round 20

17 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 3 1 Sydney FC
van Dijk  15'  28'  90+3' (Report)
(Summary)
Danning  25'
Cairncross Red card 87'

Round 21

24 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 4 2 Perth Glory
Nichols  27'
Tiatto  63'
van Dijk  76'
McCloughan  82'
(Report)
(Summary)
Rukavytsya  21'
Skorich  66'

Finals Series

Minor Semi Final - Away Leg

6 February 2009
20:00 UTC+11
Central Coast Mariners 0 2 Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Nichols  30'
van Dijk  54' (pen.)
Tiatto Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 33', 75'

Minor Semi Final - Home Leg

13 February 2009
19:30 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 2 1 Central Coast Mariners
Nichols  21'
McKay  49'
(Report)
(Summary)
Mrdja  64'

Preliminary Final (One Leg - Played away to loser of Major Semi Final)

21 February 2009
19:00 UTC+10
Adelaide United 1 0 Queensland Roar
Barbiero  25' (Report)
(Summary)

Ladder position

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27+12 38 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19+12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25+11 36 2009 A-League Finals Series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32+3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32+1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 318 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 4413 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 3918 18

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2009 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2009 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
4Second place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

References

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