2008–09 Sydney FC season
2008–09 season | |||
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Chairman | Andrew Kemeny | ||
Manager | John Kosmina | ||
A-League | 5th | ||
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup | Group stage (3rd) | ||
Top goalscorer | Alex Brosque 5 Goals | ||
Highest home attendance | 18,251 v Central Coast Mariners (Round 10) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 8,502 v Queensland Roar (Round 13) | ||
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The 2008–09 season is
2008-09 Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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.
A number of friendly matches against
Sydney played their first pre-season match against NSW Premier League side
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.[1]
Fixtures
Sydney FC | 2–1 | Queensland Roar |
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86' | (Report) | Hyuk-Su Seo 57' |
Central Coast Mariners | 3–0 | Sydney FC |
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David D’Apuzzo 32' 69' |
(Report) | 90' |
Sydney FC | 2–3 | Wellington Phoenix |
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Alex Brosque 16' 69' Iain Fyfe 36' Dez Giraldi 61' Mitchell Prentice 61' 91' Ryan Walsh 61' |
(Report) | Leo Bertos 24' Andrew Durante 35' 91' Troy Hearfield 57' Shane Smeltz 62' (pen) Adam Kwasnik 80' Leilei Gao 82' |
On a freezing cold night at Campbelltown Sydney came victorious against
Sydney played the
Sydney played Wellington at WIN stadium, needing a victory and the
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
A-League
Sydney will again compete in the
Home-and-Away fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Central Coast Mariners | 2–3 | Sydney FC |
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Petrovski 13' (Pen), 67' | Report Summary | Corica 6', 14' Musialik 69' Cole 81' |
Round 3
Sydney FC | 5–2 | Perth Glory |
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Brosque 3' Corica 21' (Pen) Bridge 39' Cole 43' Topor-Stanley 88' (o.g.) |
Report Summary |
20' 20' |
Round 4
Newcastle Jets | 0–0 | Sydney FC |
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Report Summary |
Prentice 83' 87' |
Round 5
Round 6
Wellington Phoenix | 2–1 | Sydney FC |
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Smeltz 42' Brown 76' |
Report Summary |
Brosque 20' |
Round 7
Round 8
Perth Glory | 2–1 | Sydney FC |
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Harnwell 5', 47' | Report Summary |
Santalab 11' Fyfe 90+1' |
Round 9
Melbourne Victory | 0–1 | Sydney FC |
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Report Summary |
Bridge 20' |
Round 10
Sydney FC | 3–3 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Bridge 28' Casey 39' McFlynn 57' |
Report Summary |
Mrdja 78' |
Round 11
Round 12
Adelaide United | 2–0 | Sydney FC |
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Ognenovski 45+2' T. Dodd 78' |
Report Summary |
McFlynn 29' 61' |
Round 13
Round 14
Newcastle Jets | 1–2 | Sydney FC |
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Wheelhouse 11' | Report Summary |
Fyfe 15' Gan 78' |
Round 15
Central Coast Mariners | 2–1 | Sydney FC |
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Macallister 11' Jedinak 90+1' (Pen) |
Report Summary |
Aloisi 65' (Pen) |
Round 16
Sydney FC | 1–4 | Perth Glory |
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Musialik 61' | Report Summary |
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Round 17
Melbourne Victory | 3–2 | Sydney FC |
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80' | Report Summary |
Cole 1' Gan 4' |
Round 18
Adelaide United | 2–0 | Sydney FC |
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Alemão 83' |
Report Summary |
Jurman 90+3' |
Round 19
Sydney FC | 1–0 | Wellington Phoenix |
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Danning 85' | Summary | Hearfield 64' |
Round 20
Queensland Roar | 3–1 | Sydney FC |
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Van Dijk 16', 28', 90+3' | Summary | Danning 25' Cairncross 87' |
Round 21
Player details
Scorers
Total | Player | Goals per Round | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||
5 | Alex Brosque | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Mark Bridge | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Steve Corica | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Shannon Cole | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Stuart Musialik | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | John Aloisi | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Kofi Danning | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Brendan Gan | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Brendon Santalab | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Terry McFlynn | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Adam Casey | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Iain Fyfe | 1 |
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A goal was scored from a penalty kick | |
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Two goals were scored from penalty kicks |
Transfers
The later parts of the 2007–08 season saw the departure of
New signings for the 2008–09 season started in earnest in March with the official announcements of
In
Player | From | League | Fee | Date |
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Simon Colosimo | Perth Glory (released)
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A-League
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Free | 3 March 2008[4] |
Mark Bridge | Newcastle United Jets FC
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A-League
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Free | 3 March 2008[5] |
John Aloisi | Central Coast Mariners
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A-League
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Free | 3 March 2008[5] |
Stuart Musialik | Newcastle United Jets
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A-League
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Free | 11 March 2008[6] |
Mitchell Prentice | Perth Glory (released)
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A-League
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Free | 3 May 2008[7] |
Chris Payne
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Manly United
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NSW Premier League
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$3000 | 20 May 2008 |
Shannon Cole | Sydney Olympic
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NSW Premier League
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Free | 14 August 2008 |
Out
Player | To | League | Fee | Date |
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Ufuk Talay | Avispa Fukuoka | J.League 2nd Division
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Free | 12 February 2008[5] |
Ruben Zadkovich | Derby County (released) | Premier League | – | 3 March 2008[5] |
David Zdrilić
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Released | – | – | 3 March 2008[5] |
Patrick da Silva
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Released | – | – | 3 March 2008[5] |
Ben Vidaic | Sydney United
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NSW Premier League
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Free | 18 March 2008[8] |
Juninho Paulista | Released | – | – | 12 April 2008[9] |
Mark Milligan | Released | – | – | 28 April 2008 |
Short-term signings
Player | Team | Start Date | End Date | Reason |
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Matt Taylor | Hollywood United F.C. | 26 June 2008 | 3 July 2008 | Trial |
Dez Giraldi | Wollongong FC
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25 July 2008 | 29 September 2008 | On loan to replace Injured Brendon Santalab |
Ryan Walsh | Blacktown City Demons
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14 August 2008 | 21 August 2008 | Suspension Replacement |
John Filan | Wigan Athletic
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28 August 2008 | 1 November 2008 | Suspension Replacement |
Bobby Petta | Para Hills Knights
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25 October 2008 | On loan to replace Injured Michael Enfield | |
Beau Busch | Manly United
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25 October 2008 | Suspension Replacement |
Loan out
Player | Team | League | Start Date | End Date |
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Adam Biddle | Blacktown City Demons
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NSW Premier League
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1 March 2008 | 26 April 2008[10] |
Ivan Necevski | Blacktown City Demons
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NSW Premier League
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1 March 2008 | 26 April 2008[10] |
Nikolas Tsattalios | Penrith Nepean United
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NSW Premier League
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1 March 2008 | 26 April 2008[10] |
Ben Vidaic | Sydney United
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NSW Premier League
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1 March 2008 | 18 March 2008[10] |
References
- ^ 2008 Pre-Season Cup Draw Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
- ^ Hyundai A-League 2008/09 Season Draw Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation Australia, 2 May 2008
- ^ Cockerill,M (4 March 2008). "Aloisi is football's gold standard but Sydney play down bling envy". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ Announced 27 January 2008; will join the club for preseason in April; "Sydney FC signs Simon Colosimo to two-year deal". sydneyfc.com. 27 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sydney FC scores hat trick with Aloisi Bridge and Colosimo". sydneyfc.com. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
- ^ "Bling FC attracts Musialik". theworldgame.com.au. 10 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Prentice Cat Out of Sydney Bag". au.fourfourtwo.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Vidaic released by Sydney". FourFourTwo Australia. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ^ "Sydney have no room for Juninho". FoxSports Australia. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Four Sydney FC players to help boost NSW Premier League". sydneyfc.com. 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.