2008–09 in Australian soccer

none Australia 2008–09 A-League Champions Melbourne Victory A-League Premiers Melbourne Victory National Youth League Champions Sydney FC National Youth League Premiers Sydney FC Pre-Season Cup Melbourne Victory W-League Champions Queensland Roar W-League Premiers Queensland Roar 2007–08 2009–10 yes yes The 2008–09 season was the 40th season of national competitive soccer in Australia and 126th overall. Domestic leagues A-League 2008–09 A-League Regular season Standings Finals series Bracket W-League 2008–09 W-League Regular season Finals series Semi-finals Grand Final 1 Queensland Roar 1 (5) 4 Sydney FC 1 (4) 2 Newcastle Jets 0 3 Canberra United 1 1 Queensland Roar 2 3 Canberra United 0 National Youth League 2008–09 A-League National Youth League Regular season Grand Final #eeeeee 21 February 200914:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United 0 – 2 ReportWilson Marcus http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=26722&pageid=2776 Sydney Youth take title 21 February 2009 Football Federation Australia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110403124325/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=yleague_newsdisplay&id=26722 3 April 2011 26 June 2015 Sydney FC Haydar 21 Mileski 77 Hindmarsh Stadium Domestic cups A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group A Group A Group B Group B Final #eeeeee 6 August 2008 19:30 (UTC+12:00) Wellington Phoenix 0–0 7–8 Vargas Pondeljak López Ward Hernández Ryall Allsopp Kemp Berger Smeltz Bertos Hearfield Coveny Daniel Ferrante McKain Johnson Dodd Report Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium Wellington, New Zealand 9,208 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) International club competitions FIFA Club World Cup 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Adelaide United Play-off 11 December 2008 19:45 (UTC+09:00) Adelaide United AUS 2–1 Report NZL Waitakere United Mullen 39Dodd 83 Seaman 34 National Stadium Tokyo, Japan 19,777 Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) W Quarter-final 14 December 2008 19:30 (UTC+09:00) Adelaide United AUS 0–1 Report JPN Gamba Osaka Endō 23 Toyota Stadium Toyota, Japan 38,141 Pablo Pozo (Chile) L Match for fifth place 18 December 2008 16:30 (UTC+09:00) Al Ahly EGY 0–1 Report AUS Adelaide United Cristiano 7 International Stadium Yokohama Yokohama, Japan 35,154 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) W AFC Champions League 2009 AFC Champions League Central Coast Mariners Group Stage 11 March 2009 20:00 AEDT Central Coast Mariners AUS 0 – 0 Report South Korea Pohang Steelers Bojić 40Simon 82 Shin Hyung-min 78 Bluetongue Stadium Gosford, Australia 6,870 Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) D Group Stage 18 March 2009 20:00 CST Tianjin Teda China 2 – 2 Report AUS Central Coast Mariners Éber 37Tan Wangsong 41Wu Weian 66Cao Yang 84 Simon 6 61Boogaard 30Bojić 40Caceres 48 TEDA Football Stadium Tianjin, China 27,005 Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) D Group Stage 8 April 2009 20:00 (AEST) Central Coast Mariners AUS 0 – 5 Report JPN Kawasaki Frontale Osman 10 Jong Tae-se 8Taniguchi 22Juninho 37Nakamura 49Renatinho 70 Bluetongue Stadium Gosford, Australia 9,419 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) L Group Stage 21 April 2009 JST Kawasaki Frontale JPN 2 – 1 Report AUS Central Coast Mariners Igawa 19Juninho 47Mori 73Renatinho 81 Boogaard 39Osman 39Simon 59Clark 79Gumprecht 84 Todoroki Athletics Stadium Kawasaki, Japan 8,419 Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) L Group Stage 5 May 2009 13:00 (KST Pohang Steelers South Korea 3 – 2 Report AUS Central Coast Mariners Denílson 8 pen. 71 88 Bojić 7Simon 27Kwasnik 54 57 Pohang Steel Yard Pohang, South Korea 11,539 Masoud Moradi (Iran) L Group Stage 19 May 2009 20:00 (AEST Central Coast Mariners AUS 0 – 1 Report China Tianjin Teda Caceres 90+5 Han Yanming 12Ma Leilei 34Mao Biao 64Zhao Yanming 90+3Fan Baiqun 90+4 Bluetongue Stadium Gosford, Australia 5,843 Muhsen Basma (Syria) L Newcastle Jets Group Stage 10 March 2009 20:00 Beijing Guoan CHN 2–0 Report AUS Newcastle Jets R. Griffiths 7 Du Wenhui 90 Workers Stadium Beijing, China 31,895 Mohsen Basma (Syria) L Group Stage 17 March 2009 20:00 Newcastle Jets AUS 2–0 Report KOR Ulsan Hyundai Petrovski 15 43 EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle, Australia 7,415 Masoud Moradi W Group Stage 7 April 2009 19:00 Nagoya Grampus JPN 1–1 Report AUS Newcastle Jets Tamada 65 Elrich 9 Mizuho Athletic Stadium Nagoya, Japan 7,198 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) D Group Stage 22 April 2009 Newcastle Jets AUS 0–1 JPN Nagoya Grampus Ogawa 57 EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle, Australia 8,492 Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi L Group Stage 6 May 2009 Newcastle Jets AUS 2–1 CHN Beijing Guoan Petrovski 88 Rooney 90+4 R. Griffiths 69 EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle, Australia 6,106 A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman W Group Stage 20 May 2009 Ulsan Hyundai KOR 0–1 AUS Newcastle Jets Hoffman 36 Munsu Cup Stadium Ulsan, South Korea Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir W Round of 16 24 June 2009 19:30 (UTC+9) Pohang Steelers KOR 6–0 Report AUS Newcastle United Jets Denilson 9 pen.Choi Hyo-Jin 15 63 72Kim Jae-Sung 56 Ristić 85 Steelyard Stadium Pohang, South Korea 15,253 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) L National teams Men's senior Friendlies 19 August 2008 Friendly Australia 2–2 (Report) South Africa Sterjovski 25 Kennedy 38 Nkosi 21 Modise 58 Loftus Road London, England 10,000 Howard Webb (England) D 6 September 2008 Friendly Netherlands 1–2 (Report) Australia Huntelaar 6 Kewell 45+1 pen. Kennedy 76 Philips Stadion Eindhoven, Netherlands 22,500 Martin Atkinson (England) W FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 10 September 2008 Fourth round Uzbekistan 0–1 [ (Report)] Australia Chipperfield 26 Pakhtakor Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 34,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) W 15 October 2008 Fourth round Australia 4–0 [ (Report)] Qatar Cahill 8 Emerton 17 58 Kennedy 76 Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, Australia 34,320 Khalil Al Ghamdi Saudi Arabia W 19 November 2008 Fourth round Bahrain 0–1 [ (Report)] Australia Bresciano 90+3 National Stadium Manama, Bahrain 10,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) W 11 February 2009 19:20 UTC+09:00 Fourth round JPN 0–0 Report AUS International Stadium Yokohama, Japan 66,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) D 1 April 2009 20:00 UTC+11:00 Fourth round AUS 2–0 Report UZB Kennedy 66 Kewell 73 pen. Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 59,292 Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) W 6 June 2009 19:00 UTC+03:00 Fourth round QAT 0–0 Report AUS Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha, Qatar 7,000 Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) D 10 June 2009 20:00 UTC+10:00 Fourth round AUS 2–0 Report BHR Sterjovski 55 Carney 88 Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 39,450 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) W 17 June 2009 20:20 UTC+10:00 Fourth round AUS 2–1 Report JPN Cahill 59 77 Tulio 40 MCG Melbourne, Australia 69,238 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) W AFC Asian Cup qualification 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification 28 January 2009 19:30 (UTC+07:00) IDN 0–0 Report AUS Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia 50,000 Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) D 5 March 2009 20:00 (UTC+11:00) AUS 0–1 Report KUW 38 Neda Canberra Stadium Canberra, Australia 20,032 Masoud Moradi (Iran) L Men's under-23 Friendlies 12 July 2008 14:00 23 AUS 3–2 Report 23 NZL Milligan 26 79Sarkies 38 Brockie 28 52 North Sydney Oval Sydney, Australia 2,312 Strebre Delovski (Australia) W 20 July 2008 23 CHN 1–0 Report 23 AUS Zhao Xuri 78 Changchun City Stadium Changchun, China L 24 July 2008 23 JPN 2–1 Report 23 AUS Kagawa 42Okazaki 90 Thompson 35 Kobe, Japan L 31 July 2008 23 KOR 1–0 Report 23 AUS Shin Young-rok 24 Seoul, South Korea L Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament 7 August 2008 17:00 (UTC+08:00) Group stage 23 AUS 1–1 Report 23 SRB Zadkovich 69 Rajković 78 Shanghai Stadium Shanghai, China 36,184 Jerome Damon (South Africa) D 10 August 2008 17:00 (UTC+08:00) Group stage 23 ARG 1–0 Report 23 AUS Lavezzi 76 Shanghai Stadium Shanghai, China 38,182 Viktor Kassai (Hungary) L 13 August 2008 19:45 (UTC+08:00) Group stage 23 CIV 1–0 Report 23 AUS Kalou 81 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Tianjin, China 50,437 Jair Marrufo (United States) L Men's under-20 Friendlies 23 August 2008 20 JPN 0–0 Report 5–4 20 AUS Shizuoka, Japan D 26 August 2008 20 AUS 0–2 Report 23 ARG Shizuoka, Japan L 26 May 2009 23 AUS 1–3 Report 23 EGY Nichols 65 Terborg, Netherlands L AFF U-19 Youth Championship 2008 AFF U-19 Youth Championship 5 October 2008 19:30 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 20 AUS 3–1 Report 20 CHN Lujic 6 18Nichols 74 Piao Cheng 3 Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand W 7 October 2009 17:00 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 20 KOR 0–0 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes 20 AUS Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand D 9 October 2009 19:30 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 20 THA 1–2 Report 20 AUS Jaroensuk 76 Nichols 52Elasi 61 Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand W 11 October 2008 19:30 (UTC+07:00) Final 20 AUS 0–0 3–1 Report 20 KOR Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand D Elasi Ryall Naidovski Minniecon Holland Lee Chang-ho Park Jong-woo Yang Jun-a Kim Jae-min AFC U-19 Championship 2008 AFC U-19 Championship 1 November 2008 18:45 (UTC+03:00) Group stage 20 AUS 1–0 Report 20 THA Munro 20 Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Khobar, Saudi Arabia 150 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) W 3 November 2008 16:15 (UTC+03:00) Group stage 20 UZB 1–1 Report 20 AUS Karimov 37 Minniecon 48 Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Khobar, Saudi Arabia 250 Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi (Oman) D 5 November 2008 18:45 (UTC+03:00) Group stage 20 JOR 1–2 Report 20 AUS Bani Attiah 81 Lujic 40 Ryall 71 pen. Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Dammam, Saudi Arabia 150 Hedayat Mombeini (Iran) W 8 November 2008 19:30 (UTC+03:00) Quarterfinal 20 AUS 2–1 yes Report 20 PRK Nichols 12 115 Myong Cha-Hyon 54 Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Khobar, Saudi Arabia 50 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) W 11 November 2008 19:30 (UTC+03:00) Semifinal 20 UAE 3–0 Report 20 AUS Khalil 4Essa 12Haikal 85 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Dammam, Saudi Arabia 1,000 Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) L Men's under-17 Friendlies 7 December 2008 11:00 (UTC−08:00) 17 USA 3–3 Report 17 AUS Sarle 10 42Gyau 61 Stanojevic 7Costa 9Bulut 68 pen. Los Angeles, United States 864 D 8 December 2008 13:00 (UTC−08:00) 17 AUS 1–4 Report 17 BRA Sidimar 43 o.g. Willen 9Neymar 20Giovani 52 67 Los Angeles, United States 267 L 10 April 2009 17 AUS 3–2 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes 17 JPN Da Silva 2 62Proia 30 Hayakawa 10Kanda 37 Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia 300 Richard Naumovski (Australia) W 12 April 2009 17 AUS 2–2 Report 17 JPN Hayakawa 50Hirasawa 79 Makarounas 66Musa 75 Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia D 24 April 2009 17 TUR 1–0 Report 17 AUS Sayan 64 Çanakkale, Turkey 1,000 Zafer Koçbay (Turkey) L 26 April 2009 17 TUR 2–1 Report 17 AUS Akçakın 63 80+1 Bulut 48 Çanakkale, Turkey 1,000 Ayberk Altunay L AFF U-16 Youth Championship 2008 AFF U-16 Youth Championship 9 July 2008 16:00 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 17 AUS 2–1 Report 17 BHR Ibrahim 34 Lum 88 pen. Saeed 20 Lebak Bulus Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia W 11 July 2008 19:00 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 17 INA 0–6 Report 17 AUS Hamill 15 Bulut 25 Yabio 32 Muhammad Abduh Lestaluhu 48 o.g. Ibrahim 57 Costa 83 Lebak Bulus Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia W 13 July 2008 16:00 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 17 AUS 4–1 Report 16 MAS Ibrahim 51 55 Bulut 83 90 D. Saarvindran 62 Lebak Bulus Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia W 15 July 2008 19:00 (UTC+07:00) Group stage 16 SIN 1–1 Report 17 AUS Muhammad Muhaymin Salim 46 Bulut 42 Lebak Bulus Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia D 19 July 2008 19:00 (UTC+07:00) Final 17 AUS 1–1 yes Report 17 BHR Warren 87 Ali Muneer Redha 44 Lebak Bulus Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia 5–4 D AFC U-16 Championship 2008 AFC U-16 Championship 5 October 2008 20:00 (UTC+05:00) Group stage 17 Saudi Arabia 1–3 Report Australia Australia Al-Ghamdi 83 Domenici 14 30 Hamill 49 Pakhtakor Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) W 7 October 2008 16:00 (UTC+05:00) Group stage Australia Australia 2–1 Report 17 China Lum 16 pen. Ibrahim 50 Jin Jingdao 45+1 pen. Pakhtakor Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 4,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) W 9 October 2008 15:00 (UTC+05:00) Group stage Australia Australia 6–0 Report 17 Turkmenistan Kantarovski 7 Yabio 32Gapare 43 48Petratos 63Warren 65 MHSK Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3,000 Salem Mujghef (Jordan W 12 October 2008 14:00 (UTC+05:00) Quarterfinal Australia Australia 2–3 Report 17 United Arab Emirates Kantarovski 48Sainsbury 57 Salim 7 62 Mohammad 90+1 MHSK Stadium Tashkent, Uzbekistan 500 Tojo (Japan) L Women's senior Friendlies 5 July 2008 CHN 5–0 Report AUS Han Duan 7 Zhang Ying 22 Li Jie 48 pen. Xu Yuan 74 87 Tianjin, China Tianjin Olympic Stadium Auxiliary Field 1,000 L 12 July 2008 AUS 1–0 Report NZL Khamis 35 Sydney, Australia North Sydney Oval 1,604 Krystyna Szokolai W 24 July 2008 JPN 3–0 Report AUS Sawa 43 Nagasato 47 Maruyama 86 pen. Kobe, Japan Home's Stadium Kobe 9,195 Sook Hee Kim (South Korea) L 31 January 2009 AUS 2–2 Report ITA De Vanna 55 Salisbury 65 pen. Conti 58 Tuttino 78 Sydney, Australia Parramatta Stadium 2,921 Jacqui Melksham D 7 February 2009 AUS 1–5 Report ITA McCallum 64 Gabbiadini 7 Panico 10 58 81 Conti 16 Canberra, Australia Canberra Stadium 2,916 Sarah Hodson L AFF Women's Championship 2008 AFF Women's Championship Group stage 9 October 2008 AUS 2–0 Report THA Balomenos 71 86 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre W Group stage 11 October 2008 AUS 7–0 Report PHI Rollason 34 53 Tristram 36 81 Sykes 65 Balomenos 86 90 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre W Group stage 13 October 2008 SIN 0–6 Report AUS Colthorpe 6 22 Sykes 51 Tristram 69 Balomenos 78 Mastrantonio 90 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre W Semi-final 18 October 2008 AUS 5–1 Report MYA 1974 Chapman 3 Uzunlar 19 Colthorpe 27 pen. Tristram 42 Carroll 65 pen. unknown 72 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre W Final 20 October 2008 VIE 0–1 Report AUS 80 o.g. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thanh Long Sports Centre W Women's under-20 Friendlies 27 September 2008 20 AUS 2–1 Report 20 CHN Clifford 31 82 Li Lin 10 pen. Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia Richard Naumovski (Australia) W 29 September 2008 20 AUS 2–0 Report 20 CHN Butt 15Kerr 76 Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia Chris Young (Australia) W 25 May 2009 20 AUS 4–1 Report 20 FIN Tabain 4Butt 7Seaman 78Bolger 80 Raihala 79 Varese, Italy W 26 May 2009 20 AUS 7–0 Report 20 FIN Bolger 12Fimmano 15 57 70N. Sykes 21 50 52 Varese, Italy W 27 May 2009 20 AUS 3–0 Report 19 GER Schult 37 o.g.Simon 75Bolger 89 Varese, Italy W 6 June 2009 20 THA 0–1 Report 20 AUS Fimmano 55 Bangkok, Thailand W AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 29 October 2008 16:00 (UTC+08:00) 19 TPE 0–3 Report 20 AUS Simon 35 43Mastrantonio 58 KLFA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50 Rita Gani (Malaysia) W 2 November 2011 16:00 (UTC+08:00) 20 AUS 18–0 Report 19 IND Polias 7Kerr 9 14Hogben 13 20 48 69Sykes 22 27 37 43Quigley 33 52 79Studman 78Simon 80Gorry 83van Egmond 90+1 KLFA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20 Shen Huang Ying (China PR) W 5 November 2008 18:30 (UTC+08:00) 20 IRN 0–6 Report 20 AUS Tabain 5Simon 11 44van Egmond 70Butt 79Kerr 90+1 KLFA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50 Rita Gani (Malaysia) W 7 November 2008 16:00 (UTC+08:00) 20 AUS 1–2 Report 20 THA Quigley 25 Thongsombut 27Pittayanukulsup 47 KLFA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 40 Shen Huang Ying (China PR) L Women's under-17 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 8 November 2008 17 SIN 0–17 Report 17 AUS Foord 2 16 20 23 49 77Hatzirodos 5 10 34Searl 8Allen 17 40Wallace 67 81 89Azeman 77 o.g.Stott 87 MBPJ Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 150 Chaitali Paul (India) W 10 November 2008 17 AUS 4–0 Report 17 MYA 1974 Kerr 2Allen 48 59Bolger 53 MBPJ Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 80 Shen Huangying (China) W 15 November 2008 17 PHI 0–20 Report 17 AUS Hatzirodos 7 43 48Stott 13 31Foord 16 34 44Wallace 22 42Kennedy 29 87Gibbons 58Searl 60Andrews 62 72 90Whitfield 54 64 80 MBPJ Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 150 Chaitali Paul (India) W 17 November 2008 17 AUS 0–2 Report 17 THA van Egmond 49Andrews 89 MBPJ Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 300 W References External links Football Federation Australia official website Category:Soccer in Australia by season