2008–09 Sydney FC season

March 2020 August 2011 Sydney FC 2008–09 John Kosmina Andrew Kemeny A-League 5th A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group stage (3rd) Alex Brosque 5 Goals 18,251 v Central Coast Mariners (Round 10) 8,502 v Queensland Roar (Round 13) 2007–08 2009–10 6698FF 6698FF 6698FF 000066 6698FF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 6698FF FFFFFF The 2008–09 season is Sydney FC's fourth season of football (soccer) in Australia, and will compete in the 2008–09 A-League season. 2008-09 Squad 1 AUS GK Clint Bolton 2 AUS DF Iain Fyfe 3 AUS DF Nikolas Tsattalios 4 AUS MF Simon Colosimo 5 AUS MF Mitchell Prentice 7 AUS DF Robbie Middleby 8 AUS MF Stuart Musialik 10 AUS MF Steve Corica captain 11 AUS FW Brendon Santalab 12 AUS MF Shannon Cole 14 AUS FW Alex Brosque 15 NIR MF Terry McFlynn 16 AUS FW Chris Payne 17 AUS DF Jacob Timpano 18 AUS FW Adam Casey 19 AUS FW Mark Bridge 20 AUS GK Ivan Necevski 21 AUS MF Adam Biddle 22 USA MF Michael Enfield 23 AUS FW John Aloisi 25 AUS MF Robbie Mileski 27 AUS DF Matthew Jurman 28 NED MF Bobby Petta 29 AUS DF Beau Busch 30 AUS GK John Filan 31 AUS DF Antony Golec 32 AUS MF Brendan Gan 34 AUS MF Rhyan Grant 35 AUS FW Kofi Danning 36 AUS DF Zachary Cairncross Pre-season Sydney commenced pre-season training on 28 April 2008, and have been actively promoting the club to the Sydney community in the lead up to the season. May 2025 A number of friendly matches against NSW Premier League opposition are expected to be arranged in May and June. Sydney played their first pre-season match against NSW Premier League side Blacktown City Demons at Gabbie Stadium which ended in a 0–0 draw. The match was significant in which Michael Enfield played his first game in almost a season, and fellow American Matt Taylor played his first trial game for the club. Sydney lost their 2nd trial match against Sutherland a week later losing 2–1 on artificial turf. Jacob Timpano scored Sydney's goal late in the 1st half. It was his first goal for the club after almost a year and a half on the sidelines through injury. Sydney's 3rd and final Pre-season friendly ended up a 2–0 win over Manly United, with Newly signed 17yr old Chris Payne scoring the double for the Sky Blues against his former club. It is their last Pre-season friendly before starting in the annual pre-season cup which starts later this month. A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Sydney have been drawn into Group B for the A-League Preseason Challenge Cup along with Queensland Roar, Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix.2008 Pre-Season Cup Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110518042209/http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00000680-source.pdf 18 May 2011 , Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008 Fixtures Round 1 19 July 2008 Sydney FC 2–1 (Report) Queensland Roar Terry McFlynn 17 Chris Payne 54 Mitchell Prentice 59 Adam Casey 79 Simon Colosimo 86 Andrew Packer 44 Sergio van Dijk 49 Hyuk-Su Seo 0 57 Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown, NSW 4,222 Matthew Breeze Round 2 19 July 2008 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 (Report) Sydney FC David D’Apuzzo 32 Andrew Clark 34 Brad Porter 43 70 Sasho Petrovski 56 60 Nik Mrdja 69 Steve Corica 49 Alex Brosque 63 Iain Fyfe 68 Simon Colosimo 74 Chris Payne 77 Dez Giraldi 90 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, NSW 7,107 Chris Beath Round 3 2 August 2008 Sydney FC 2–3 (Report) Wellington Phoenix Alex Brosque 16 69 Iain Fyfe 36 Dez Giraldi 61 Mitchell Prentice 1 61 91 Ryan Walsh 61 Leo Bertos 24 Andrew Durante 2 35 91 Troy Hearfield 57 Shane Smeltz 62 pen Adam Kwasnik 80 Leilei Gao 82 WIN Stadium, Wollongong, NSW 6,124 Strebre Delovski On a freezing cold night at Campbelltown Sydney came victorious against Queensland Roar 2–1. After a scoreless 1st half, Queensland scored first through their new Dutch import, before Sydney hit back minutes later through newly signed 17-year-old Chris Payne, late in the 2nd Half Alex Brosque was fouled near the penalty area and former Perth Glory midfielder Mitchell Prentice took a shot that fired into the top right corner of the net. Sydney next travel up to Gosford To play the Central Coast Mariners. Sydney played the Mariners up at Bluetongue Stadium on 27 July. Central Coast had recently been in the News with former Socceroos and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich reportedly signing a 2-year contract. Sydney dominated the first 15 minutes until Brad Porter scored 2 minutes before half time. Sydney had several excellent chances early in the 2nd through Alex Brosque and Terry McFlynn but Bosnich denied any Sydney goal. 2 late goals for Central Coast through former Sydney player Sasho Petrovski and Nik Mrdja. Sydney had a 70th minute Steve Corica penalty stopped by Bosnich. Sydney now will hope to get through to the Pre-Season final with a win over Wellington Phoenix at WIN Stadium next Saturday Night. Sydney played Wellington at WIN stadium, needing a victory and the Central Coast Mariners beating the Queensland Roar in order to get into the Pre-Season cup final. Sydney started off well with early goals from Alex Brosque and Iain Fyfe both opening up their goal tally's for the season, and Sydney looked to have the game under control by half time. Until 15 minutes into the 2nd half Wellington got a goal back through Troy Hearfield. A last-man sliding tackle by Dez Giraldi earned Wellington a Penalty, as well as Giraldi's marching orders. The penalty was converted past Sydney's 2nd keeper Ivan Necevski leveling the scores at 2–2. with 9 minutes to go till full-time a defensive mistake cost Sydney the game when Jacob Timpano but a terrible pass-back to Necevski and Wellington's Chinese import Leilei Gao intercepted it, and slotted the ball past a stunned Necevski. Sydney now go into the start of the 4th A-League season short on players with Alex Brosque, Dez Giraldi, Mitchell Prentice, and Simon Colosimo all out on Suspension, and John Aloisi, Brendon Santalab, and Michael Enfield all injured, as well as Mark Bridge, and Stuart Musialik out on Olyroo duties for the Beijing Olympics. A-League 2008–09 A-League Sydney will again compete in the A-League competition.Hyundai A-League 2008/09 Season Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20110518042200/http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00000678-source.pdf 18 May 2011 , Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008 Home-and-Away fixtures Round 1 16 August 200819:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 0–0 ReportSummary Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium 16,227 Mark Shield Round 2 23 August 200819:00 UTC+10 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Report Summary Sydney FC Petrovski 13 Pen, 67 Corica 6, 14 Musialik 2 69 Cole 81 Bluetongue Stadium 10,932 Ben Williams Round 3 31 August 200815:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 5–2 Report Summary Perth Glory Brosque 3Corica 21 PenBridge 39Cole 43Topor-Stanley 88 o.g. Dadi 12, 67 Pen Djulbic 1 20 20 Sydney Football Stadium 11,732 Peter Green Round 4 13 September 200819:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 0–0 ReportSummary Sydney FC Prentice 2 83 87 EnergyAustralia Stadium 11,535 Peter O’Leary Round 5 20 September 200817:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 3–0 ReportSummary Adelaide United McFlynn 2Brosque 34 Santalab 79 Sydney Football Stadium 12,462 Ben Williams Round 6 28 September 200817:00 UTC+12 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Report Summary Sydney FC Smeltz 42 Brown 76 Brosque 20 Westpac Stadium 6,729 Chris Beath Round 7 4 October 200819:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 1–1 ReportSummary Queensland Roar Musialik 90+3 Miller 49 Sydney Football Stadium 12,403 Matthew Breeze Round 8 19 October 200814:00 UTC+8 Perth Glory 2–1 ReportSummary Sydney FC Harnwell 5, 47 Santalab 11 Fyfe 0 90+1 Members Equity Stadium 7,759 Peter O’Leary Round 9 25 October 200819:00 UTC+11 Melbourne Victory 0–1 ReportSummary Sydney FC Bridge 20 Telstra Dome 31,564 Ben Williams Round 10 1 November 200819:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 3–3 ReportSummary Central Coast Mariners Bridge 28Casey 39McFlynn 57 Simon 63, 81Mrdja 78 Sydney Football Stadium 18,251 Srebre Delovski Round 11 7 November 200820:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 1–2 ReportSummary Wellington Phoenix Musialik 77 Bertos 34Smeltz 89 Pen Sydney Football Stadium 12,856 Craig Zetter Round 12 22 November 200818:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United 2–0 ReportSummary Sydney FC Ognenovski 45+2 T. Dodd 78 McFlynn 1 29 61 Hindmarsh Stadium 9,509 Ben Williams Round 13 28 November 200820:00 UTC+10 Sydney FC 1–1 ReportSummary Queensland Roar Corica 64 McKay 12 Sydney Football Stadium 8,502 Matthew Breeze Round 14 7 December 200817:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 1–2 ReportSummary Sydney FC Wheelhouse 11 Fyfe 15Gan 78 EnergyAustralia Stadium 7,872 Srebre Delovski Round 15 13 December 200819:00 UTC+11 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 ReportSummary Sydney FC Macallister 11Jedinak 90+1 Pen Aloisi 65 Pen Bluetongue Stadium 11,220 Peter Green Round 16 21 December 200817:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 1–4 ReportSummary Perth Glory Musialik 61 Pellegrino 11Golec 36 o.g.Srhoj 49Middleby 69 o.g. Sydney Football Stadium 12,165 Ben Williams Round 17 27 December 200819:00 UTC+11 Melbourne Victory 3–2 ReportSummary Sydney FC Thompson 14Ward 71Ney Fabiano 80 Cole 1Gan 4 Telstra Dome 25,398 Matthew Breeze Round 18 3 January 200919:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United 2–0 ReportSummary Sydney FC Cássio 45+1Alemão 83 Jurman 0 90+3 Adelaide Oval 23,002 Chris Beath Round 19 11 January 200918:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 1–0 Summary Wellington Phoenix Danning 85 Hearfield 0 64 Sydney Football Stadium 9,605 Ben Williams Round 20 17 January 200919:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar 3–1 Summary Sydney FC Van Dijk 16, 28, 90+3 Danning 25Cairncross0 87 Suncorp Stadium 19,111 Craig Zetter Round 21 25 January 200917:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 4–0 ReportSummary Newcastle Jets Brosque 13, 41Milligan 77 o.g.Bridge 86 Sydney Football Stadium 9,551 Kevin Docherty Player details Scorers TotalPlayerGoals per Round  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 5 AUS Alex Brosque 1 1 1 2 4 AUS Mark Bridge 1 1 1 1 4 AUS Steve Corica 2 1 1 3 AUS Shannon Cole 1 1 1 3 AUS Stuart Musialik 1 1 1 2 AUS John Aloisi 1 1 2 AUS Kofi Danning 1 1 2 AUS Brendan Gan 1 1 2 AUS Brendon Santalab 1 1 2 NIR Terry McFlynn 1 1 1 AUS Adam Casey 1 1 AUS Iain Fyfe 1 A goal was scored from a penalty kick Two goals were scored from penalty kicks Transfers The later parts of the 2007–08 season saw the departure of Mark Rudan to Japanese second division side Avispa Fukuoka and the club released David Zdrilic, Ruben Zadkovich and Patrick da Silva at season's end. Ufuk Talay joined his former teammate Mark Rudan and coach Pierre Littbarski at Avispa Fukuoka the end of the season. New signings for the 2008–09 season started in earnest in March with the official announcements of Simon Colosimo from Perth, Mark Bridge and Stuart Musialik from Jets and a new marquee player in John Aloisi from the Mariners reportedly with a pay packet of up to A$1.4m a season.http://www.smh.com.au/news/a-league/aloisi-is-footballs-gold-standard-but-sydney-play-down-bling-envy/2008/03/03/1204402364990.html Aloisi is football's gold standard but Sydney play down bling envy Sydney Morning Herald Cockerill, M 4 March 2008 2008-03-06 With Aloisi joining as the marquee and other signings being under the salary cap, Sydney were unable to retain Brazilian Juninho at the club and he was unceremoniously released during the off-season. Ruben Zadkovich was snatched up by Newcastle but ended up heading over to England on a reported 2-year contract with relegated Premier League team Derby County. Manly United young gun Chris Payne caught Kosmina's eye during a pre-season trial and signed the youngster on a 2-year youth contract. And in mid-July Kosmina signed Wollongong Wolves striker Dez Giraldi on an 8-week loan spell to replace the injured Brendon Santalab. In PlayerFromLeagueFeeDate Australia Simon Colosimo Perth Glory (released) Australia A-League Free 3 March 2008Announced 27 January 2008; will join the club for preseason in April; http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21258 Sydney FC signs Simon Colosimo to two-year deal sydneyfc.com 27 January 2008 2008-01-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718121816/http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21258 18 July 2011 Australia Mark Bridge Newcastle United Jets FC Australia A-League Free 3 March 2008http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21644 Sydney FC scores hat trick with Aloisi Bridge and Colosimo sydneyfc.com 3 March 2008 2008-03-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718121920/http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21644 18 July 2011 Australia John Aloisi Central Coast Mariners Australia A-League Free 3 March 2008 Australia Stuart Musialik Newcastle United Jets Australia A-League Free 11 March 2008http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bling-fc-attract-musialik-108025/ Bling FC attracts Musialik theworldgame.com.au 10 March 2008 2008-03-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080313181032/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bling-fc-attract-musialik-108025/ 13 March 2008 dmy Australia Mitchell Prentice Perth Glory (released) Australia A-League Free 3 May 2008http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/75347,prentice-cat-out-of-sydney-bag.aspx au.fourfourtwo.com 5 May 2008 Prentice Cat Out of Sydney Bag 2013-05-06 10 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080510125845/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/75347,prentice-cat-out-of-sydney-bag.aspx dead Australia Chris Payne Manly United Australia NSW Premier League $3000 20 May 2008 Australia Shannon Cole Sydney Olympic Australia NSW Premier League Free 14 August 2008 Out PlayerToLeagueFeeDate Australia Ufuk Talay Avispa Fukuoka Japan J.League 2nd Division Free 12 February 2008 Australia Ruben Zadkovich Derby County (released) ENG Premier League – 3 March 2008 Australia David Zdrilić Released – – 3 March 2008 BRA Patrick da Silva Released – – 3 March 2008 AUS Ben Vidaic Sydney United AUS NSW Premier League Free 18 March 2008http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/72255,vidaic-released-by-sydney.aspx Vidaic released by Sydney FourFourTwo Australia 18 March 2008 2008-03-18 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080328074616/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/72255%2Cvidaic-released-by-sydney.aspx 28 March 2008 BRA Juninho Paulista Released – – 12 April 2008http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23526860-5000940,00.html Sydney have no room for Juninho FoxSports Australia 12 April 2008 2008-04-12 AUS Mark Milligan Released – – 28 April 2008 Short-term signings PlayerTeamStart DateEnd DateReasonUSA Matt TaylorHollywood United F.C. 26 June 2008 3 July 2008Trial Australia Dez Giraldi Wollongong FC 25 July 2008 29 September 2008 On loan to replace Injured Brendon Santalab Australia Ryan Walsh Blacktown City Demons 14 August 2008 21 August 2008 Suspension Replacement Australia John Filan Wigan Athletic 28 August 2008 1 November 2008 Suspension Replacement Netherlands Bobby Petta Para Hills Knights 25 October 2008 On loan to replace Injured Michael Enfield Australia Beau Busch Manly United 25 October 2008 Suspension Replacement Loan out PlayerTeamLeagueStart DateEnd Date AUS Adam Biddle Blacktown City Demons AUS NSW Premier League 1 March 2008 26 April 2008http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21632 Four Sydney FC players to help boost NSW Premier League sydneyfc.com 29 February 2008 2008-03-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718121907/http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21632 18 July 2011 AUS Ivan Necevski Blacktown City Demons AUS NSW Premier League 1 March 2008 26 April 2008 AUS Nikolas Tsattalios Penrith Nepean United AUS NSW Premier League 1 March 2008 26 April 2008 AUS Ben Vidaic Sydney United AUS NSW Premier League 1 March 2008 18 March 2008 References 2008–09 Category:2008–09 A-League by team Category:2008 in sport in Sydney Category:2009 in sport in Sydney