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1 Season summary  





2 Players  



2.1  First team squad  





2.2  Transfers  







3 Matches  



3.1  2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures  





3.2  2008-09 Hyundai A-League fixtures  





3.3  2008-09 finals series  







4 Statistics  



4.1  Goals  







5 A-League  



5.1  Ladder  





5.2  Finals series  





5.3  200809 Awards  







6 W-League  



6.1  200809 Westfield W-League fixtures  







7 References  





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Melbourne Victory
2008–2009 season
ManagerErnie Merrick
A-League Championship1st
Pre-Season Challenge CupChampions
A-League Premiership1st
Top goalscorerDaniel Allsopp (13)
Highest home attendance53,273 vs Adelaide United (28 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance18,036 vs Perth Glory (4 October 2008)
Average home league attendance24,516

Home colours

Away colours

← 2007–08
2009–10 →

The 2008-09 Hyundai A-League season was Melbourne Victory's fourth season. They finished top of the table at the end of the regular season and defeated Adelaide United in the Grand Final to take their second A-League title.

Season summary[edit]

The 2008–09 season brought the start of the A-League Youth League and the introduction of the W-League with Melbourne fielding teams in both competitions. Melbourne actively recruited, bringing in Socceroo Michael Thwaite on a one-year loan,[1] Costa Rican World Cup player José Luis López,[2] as well as Ney Fabiano from Asian Champions League rivals Chonburi FC.[3]

Melbourne's season got off to an optimal start, winning the Pre-Season Challenge Cup. A 0–0 draw resulted in a penalty shoot-out, with Victory winning 8–7 on penalties against Wellington Phoenix.[4]

After winning the pre-season cup, the Victory were held to a 0–0 draw away against Sydney FC.[5] They reinforced their premiership favouritism by coasting to 4–2 and 5–0 victories against Wellington Phoenix and the Newcastle Jets respectively.[6][7] Despite this, they succumbed 0–2 to an undermanned Sydney side at the Telstra Dome in front of 31,564 fans.[8]

On 6 December 2008, Melbourne Victory became the first A-League club to amass total crowd figures of 1,000,000 after their away match against Perth Glory.

On 24 January 2009, Melbourne Victory won its final game of the season against Wellington Phoenix.[9] The 2–0 win in front of 28,905 fans placed Victory ahead of Adelaide United on goals scored for the premiership title, a margin United failed to achieve in its 1–0 win over the Central Coast Mariners.

The Victory kicked off their finals campaign on 7 February 2009 in the major semi-final first leg against bitter rival Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium, a game which was won courtesy of goals from Carlos Hernández and Danny Allsopp.[10] In the second leg Melbourne defeated Adelaide United 4–0 with goals from Archie Thompson, Hernandez, Allsopp and Tom Pondeljak, granting Melbourne passage to the Grand Final on a 6–0 aggregate.[11]

Adelaide then defeated Queensland Roar to set up a rematch with Melbourne in the Grand Final,[12] which the Victory won 1–0 with Tom Pondeljak scoring in the 59th minute to regain the A-League Championship and becoming the first A-League team to win their second championship,[13] a feat since achieved by Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Michael Theoklitos
2 MF Australia AUS Kevin Muscat (captain)
3 DF Australia AUS Michael Thwaite (loan)
4 DF Australia AUS Steven Pace
5 DF Australia AUS Sebastian Ryall (youth)
6 DF Australia AUS Steve Pantelidis
7 DF Australia AUS Matthew Kemp
8 MF Scotland SCO Grant Brebner
9 FW Australia AUS Danny Allsopp
10 FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson (marquee)
11 FW Brazil BRA Ney Fabiano
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Australia AUS Rodrigo Vargas
13 FW Australia AUS Nathan Elasi (youth)
14 MF Australia AUS Billy Celeski
15 MF Australia AUS Tom Pondeljak
16 MF Costa Rica CRC Carlos Hernández (loan)
17 MF Costa Rica CRC José Luis López
18 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham
19 MF Australia AUS Evan Berger
20 GK Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak
21 DF Australia AUS Daniel Vasilevski
22 MF Australia AUS Nick Ward (marquee youth)

Transfers[edit]

In

Player From League Fee Date
Australia Billy Celeski Perth Glory Australia A-League February 2008
Australia Tom Pondeljak Central Coast Mariners Australia A-League February 2008
Australia Nathan Elasi Marconi Stallions Australia New South Wales Premier League February 2008
Australia Steve Mautone* Retired Australia None February 2008
Brazil Ney Fabiano[14] Chonburi FC Thailand Thailand Premier League US$13,500 1 July 2008
Australia Michael Thwaite SK Brann Norway Norwegian Premier League Loan 1 July 2008
Costa Rica José Luis López Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica Primera División de Costa Rica Loan 14 July 2008

* Steve Mautone is the current Melbourne Victory Goalkeeping coach and was named as the third choice goalkeeper for the AFC Champions League

Out

Player To League Fee Date
Australia Ljubo Milicevic Released Australia February 2008
Australia Steve Mautone Retired Australia June 2008
Australia Adrian Caceres Central Coast Mariners Australia A-League July 2008
Australia Daniel Piorkowski Released Australia July 2008
Brazil Leandro Love Vissel Kobe (loan ended) Japan J.League July 2008
Australia Kaz Patafta[15] Newcastle Jets Australia A-League July 2008

Matches[edit]

2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures[edit]

Group A
Team
  • t
  • e
  • Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    Melbourne Victory 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Advances to final
    Adelaide United 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
    Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
    Perth Glory 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
    Source: [citation needed]
    20 July 2008 Group Stage Melbourne Victory 1 : 2 Adelaide United Aurora Stadium, Launceston
    13:00 UTC+10 Fabiano 8' Report 33', 90' Cristiano Attendance: 4,720
    Referee: Ben Williams
    26 July 2008 Group Stage Perth Glory 0 : 1 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    15:00 UTC+8 Report 11' M. Thwaite Attendance: 3,020

    2008-09 Hyundai A-League fixtures[edit]

    16 August 2008 Round 1 Sydney FC 0 : 0 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
    19:00 UTC+10 Report Attendance: 16,227
    Referee: Mark Shield
    24 August 2008 Round 2 Wellington Phoenix 2 : 4 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    17:00 UTC+12 Smeltz 29', 65' (Pen) Report Allsopp 16', 35'
    Ney Fabiano 47'
    Muscat 68' (Pen)
    Attendance: 6,110
    Referee: Strebre Delovski
    29 August 2008 Round 3 Melbourne Victory 5 : 0 Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    18:00 UTC+10 Hernández 41'
    A. Thompson 45+2'
    Allsopp 61' 64'
    Brebner 90'
    Attendance: 22,589
    Referee: Mark Shield
    12 September 2008 Round 4 Melbourne Victory 1 : 0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    18:00 UTC+10 Ney Fabiano Red card 29'
    Muscat 64'
    Attendance: 24,812
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    28 September 2008 Round 6 Melbourne Victory 0 : 2 Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    17:00 UTC+10 Hernández Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 58' Report
    Summary
    Minniecon 83'
    Zullo 90+4'
    Attendance: 22,266
    Referee: Ben Williams
    4 October 2008 Round 7 Melbourne Victory 4 : 0 Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    17:00 UTC+10 Brebner 25'
    Allsopp 39' 71'
    Vargas 46'
    Attendance: 18,036
    Referee: Srebre Delovski
    25 October 2008 Round 9 Melbourne Victory 0 : 2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+11 Summary Bridge 20'
    Aloisi 62'
    Attendance: 31,654
    Referee: Ben Williams
    8 November 2008 Round 11 Queensland Roar 0 : 1 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
    19:00 UTC+10 Summary Thompson 71' Attendance: 12,022
    Referee: Peter O'Leary
    28 November 2008 Round 13 Wellington Phoenix 2 : 1 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
    19:30 UTC+13 Brown 21'
    Smeltz 58'
    Allsopp 20' Attendance: 7,593
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    6 December 2008 Round 14 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
    19 December 2008 Round 15 Newcastle Jets 4 : 2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
    20:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson 16', 45', 49'
    Song 60'
    Report
    Summary
    Allsopp 66'
    Ney Fabiano 87'
    Attendance: 6,268
    Referee: Craig Zetter
    27 December 2008 Round 16 Melbourne Victory 3 : 2 Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:00 UTC+11 Thompson 14'
    Ward 71'
    Ney Fabiano 80'
    Report
    Summary
    Cole 1'
    Gan 4'
    Attendance: 25,395
    Referee: Matthew Breeze
    11 January 2009 Round 19 Perth Glory 3 : 2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
    18:00 UTC+9 Dadi 32', 76'
    Rukavytsya 36'
    Summary Allsopp 3'
    Ney Fabiano 48'
    Kemp Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 88'
    Attendance: 9,381
    Referee: Chris Beath

    2008-09 finals series[edit]

    7 February 2009 Major Semi Final Leg 1 Adelaide United 0 : 2 Melbourne Victory, Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
    18:30 UTC+10:30

    Adelaide Starting XI

    S. Ognenovski Yellow card 5'
    S. Jamieson Yellow card 35'



    Adelaide

    (0:1)
    Report
    Summary
    Man of the Match:
    Costa Rica Carlos Hernández
    13' C. Hernández
    Yellow card 51' N. Ward
    Yellow card 54' K. Muscat
    89' D. Allsopp

    Melbourne

    Attendance: 14,119
    Referee: Australia Srebre Delovski

    Melbourne Starting XI

    14 February 2009 Major Semi Final Leg 2 Melbourne Victory 4 : 0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:30 UTC+11:30

    Melbourne Starting XI

    A. Thompson 10'
    C. Hernández 24'
    D. Allsopp 44'
    T. Pondeljak 48'
    Nick Ward Yellow card 51'

    Melbourne

    (3:0)
    Report
    Summary
    Man of the Match:
    Costa Rica Carlos Hernández
    Yellow card 30' S. Ognenovski
    Yellow card 53' R. Griffiths
    Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card 81' Cássio
        Yellow card 88' T. Dodd

    Adelaide

    Attendance: 34,736
    Referee: Australia Matthew Breeze

    Adelaide Starting XI

    28 February 2009 Grand Final Melbourne Victory 1 : 0 Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
    19:30 UTC+11

    Melbourne Starting XI

    T. Pondeljak 60' Yellow card 61'
    D. Allsopp Red card 65'




    Melbourne

    (0:0)Report
    Summary
    Joe Marston Medal:
    Australia Tom Pondeljak
    Red card 10' Cristiano
    Yellow card 37' S. Ognenovski
    Yellow card 56' S. Jamieson
    Yellow card 64' F. Barbiero
    Yellow card 81' R. Cornthwaite
    Yellow card 90' T. Dodd (c)

    Adelaide

    Attendance: 53,273
    Referee: Matthew Breeze

    Adelaide Starting XI

    Statistics[edit]

    Goals[edit]

    Total Player Goals per Round
     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 S1 S2 GF
    13 Australia Daniel Allsopp 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    9 Australia Archie Thompson 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
    5 Brazil Ney Fabiano 1 1 1 1 1
    5 Australia Kevin Muscat 1 1 2 1
    4 Costa Rica Carlos Hernández 1 1 1 1
    3 Australia Tom Pondeljak 1 1 1
    2 Scotland Grant Brebner 1 1
    2 Australia Rodrigo Vargas 1 1
    2 Australia Nick Ward 1 1
    1 Australia Billy Celeski 1
      A goal was scored from a penalty kick
      Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

    A-League[edit]

    Ladder[edit]

    Pos Team
  • t
  • e
  • Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
    2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
    3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for 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 31 −8 26
    7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
    8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
    Source: ultimatealeague.com
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
    (C) Champions

    Finals series[edit]

    2008–09 Awards[edit]

    W-League[edit]

    2008–09 Westfield W-League fixtures[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Thwaite Signs For Victory". FourFourTwo Australia. Haymarket Group. 19 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Pupy Lopez Signs For Victory (At Last)". FourFourTwo Australia. Haymarket Group. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ Desira, Peter (24 May 2008). "Ney Fabiano signs two-year deal with Melbourne Victory". Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Victory claim Pre-Season Cup". A-League Official Website. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Sydney and Melbourne share honours". A-League Official Website. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Clinical Victory blasts past Phoenix". A-League Official Website. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  • ^ "Victory run riot". A-League Official Website. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  • ^ "Sydney's double bonus". A-League Official Website. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Victory get jump in premiers' race". A-League Official Website. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Goraya, Raman (7 February 2009). "Victory head home with hefty advantage". ABC News.
  • ^ Maasdorp, James (14 February 2009). "Victory maul Adelaide en route to home final". ABC News. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Adelaide earns shot at redemption". ABC News. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ "Victory prevail in epic". A-League Official Website. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  • ^ FIFA.com Fabiano leaves Chonburi for Victory Accessed 31 May 2008
  • ^ a-league.com.au Patafta moves north to join Newcastle Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 May 2008
  • ^ Match rescheduled due to Adelaide's participation in FIFA Club World Cup
  • External links[edit]

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    Central Coast Mariners

    A-League Premiers
    2008–09
    Succeeded by

    Incumbent

    Preceded by

    Sydney FC

    A-League Champions
    2006–07
    Succeeded by

    Newcastle Jets


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