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2008–09 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Field	Value
club	Central Coast Mariners
season	2008–09
manager	Lawrie McKinna
chairman	Lyall Gorman
chrtitle	Executive Chairman
stadium	Bluetongue Stadium
league	A-League
league result	4th
cup1	A-League finals
cup1 result	4th
cup2	A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
cup2 result	Group stage
cup3	AFC Champions League
cup3 result	Group stage
league topscorer	Matt Simon (11)
season topscorer	Matt Simon (13)
highest attendance	15,546 vs Perth Glory (31 December 2008, A-League)
lowest attendance	5,843 vs Tianjin Teda
(19 May 2009, AFC Champions League)
average attendance	10,465
prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

(19 May 2009, AFC Champions League)

The 2008–09 season was Central Coast Mariners Football Club's 4th season since the inception of the A-League.

Central Coast's A-League season commenced on 15 August 2008. After losing in the Grand Final in the previous season, they again made the finals series after finishing fourth, only to be eliminated by Queensland Roar.

The Mariners also competed in the Pre-Season Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stage.

In Asia, the Mariners lost in the Champions League group stage, drawing two games and losing four.

Players

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Signed from	Games played	Goals scored
1	Matthew Nash	AUS	GK	2008	AUS APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0	0
20	Danny Vuković	AUS	GK	2005	AUS Bonnyrigg White Eagles	26	0
30	Andrew Redmayne	AUS	GK	2007	AUS Australian Institute of Sport	2	0
4	Pedj Bojić	AUS	RB, LB	2008	AUS Sutherland Sharks	27	0
5	Brad Porter	AUS	RB, CM	2006	AUS Australian Institute of Sport	53	1
6	David D'Apuzzo	AUS	LB	2008	AUS APIA Leichhardt Tigers	10	0
8	Dean Heffernan	AUS	LB	2005	AUS Sutherland Sharks	60	9
13	Paul O'Grady	AUS	CB	2005	AUS Marconi Stallions	41	3
15	Andrew Clark	AUS	RB	2005	AUS APIA Leichhardt Tigers	83	0
16	Nigel Boogaard	AUS	CB	2005	AUS Central Coast Lightning	41	1
17	Matthew Osman	AUS	RB, RM	2005	AUS Penrith United	77	4
18	Alex Wilkinson	AUS	CB, RB	2005	AUS Manly United	109	1
25	Nathan Sherlock	AUS	CB	2009	Central Coast Mariners youth	0	0
Midfielders
2	André Gumprecht	GER	RM, CM	2005	SIN Singapore Armed Forces FC	83	5
3	Shane Huke	AUS	DM, CM, RB	2009	ENG Rushden & Diamonds	5	0
7	John Hutchinson	Malta	LM, CM, DM	2005	AUS Manly United	95	12
10	Adrian Caceres	AUS	LW, AM	2008	AUS Melbourne Victory	29	3
12	Greg Owens	AUS	AM, RW	2007	AUS Adelaide United	17	2
21	Ahmad Elrich	AUS	RW	2008	NZL Wellington Phoenix	9	1
22	Nick Rizzo	AUS	LW	2009	AUS Perth Glory	1	0
28	Matthew Lewis	AUS	LW	2009	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0
Strikers
9	Nik Mrdja	AUS	FW	2005	SWE AIK	44	11
11	Dylan Macallister	AUS	FW	2008	NOR Lyn	26	5
19	Matt Simon	AUS	FW	2006	AUS Central Coast Lightning	49	14
23	Adam Kwasnik	AUS	FW, RW, LW	2009	NZL Wellington Phoenix	79	21
25	Brady Smith	AUS	FW	2009	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0

2008–09 A-League squad

2009 AFC Champions League squad

Youth squad

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
7 February 2008	MF	AUS Adrian Caceres	AUS Melbourne Victory	Free
9 March 2008	MF	AUS Ahmad Elrich	NZL Wellington Phoenix	Free
28 March 2008	FW	AUS Dylan Macallister	NOR Lyn	Free
16 July 2008	DF	AUS David D'Apuzzo	AUS APIA Leichhardt Tigers	url=http://www.nswpl.com.au/index.php?id=243&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2008&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=06&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=767&cHash=439b7d5aa55d0f253bf1eeca47f446d4	title=Mariners land exciting youth international D'Apuzzo	date=16 July 2008	publisher=Football NSW	accessdate=21 April 2015}}
28 July 2008	DF	AUS Pedj Bojić	AUS Sutherland Sharks	Undisclosed
19 August 2008	GK	AUS Mark Bosnich	Unattached	Free
20 August 2008	GK	AUS Matthew Nash	AUS APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Undisclosed
1 October 2008	DF	AUS Chris Tadrosse	Unattached	Free
20 October 2008	MF	ITA Andrea Merenda	Unattached	Free
2 February 2009	MF	AUS Shane Huke	ENG Rushden & Diamonds	Free
9 February 2009	FW	AUS Adam Kwasnik	NZL Wellington Phoenix	Free
10 February 2009	MF	AUS Nick Rizzo	AUS Perth Glory	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 January 2008	DF	AUS Alvin Ceccoli	AUS Adelaide United	Free
24 February 2008	DF	AUS Tony Vidmar	Retired
27 February 2008	MF	AUS Tom Pondeljak	AUS Melbourne Victory	Free
4 March 2008	FW	AUS John Aloisi	AUS Sydney FC	Free
2 June 2008	DF	AUS Damien Brown	Retired
16 June 2008	MF	AUS Ian McAndrew	Released	Free
25 June 2008	FW	AUS Adam Kwasnik	NZL Wellington Phoenix	Free
18 July 2008	GK	AUS Matthew Trott	Released	Free
19 October 2008	GK	AUS Mark Bosnich	Released	Free
25 December 2008	MF	AUS Mile Jedinak	TUR Gençlerbirliği	$821,500
4 February 2009	FW	AUS Sasho Petrovski	AUS Newcastle Jets	Free

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	AUS Lawrie McKinna
Assistant coach
Youth team coach
Development manager	AUS Alex Tobin
Goalkeeping coach	AUS John Crawley
Strength and conditioning coach	AUS Andrew Clark
Academy manager	AUS Tony Walmsley

Other information

Kit

Supplier: Reebok

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Pre-season and friendlies

Orgad Brown Brad Porter Petrovski

Hutchinson Macallister

Lagana Petrovski Osman

Petrovski Smith

Petrovski

Ellensohn

Mrdja

Lü Zheng Boogaard Caceres Elrich

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final
position / round	First match	Last match
Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group stage	Group stage	20 July 2008	3 August 2008
A-League	—	4th	15 August 2008	25 January 2008
A-League finals	Minor semi-final	Minor semi-final	6 February 2009	13 February 2009
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	11 March 2009	19 May 2009

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Main article: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup#Group B

Hearfield Dodd Macallister

Clark Porter
Petrovski
Mrdja Brosque Fyfe Colosimo Payne Giraldi

Moore Zullo Dodd Elrich Macallister Boogaard

A-League

Main article: 2008–09 A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

Clark Bojić Boogaard Middleby Colosimo Musialik Cole
Fyfe

Tiatto Miller van Dijk Jedinak
Macallister
Clark

Bojić Dodd Hearfield

Theoklitos Kemp

Simon Jedinak
Caceres Osman Bojić Rukavytsya Trinidad

Cornthwaite
Cristiano
Costanzo Jamieson Ognenovski Jedinak Simon Bojić

Simon McKain Gao Leilei

Wilkinson O'Grady North

Casey McFlynn Petrovski Simon Mrdja Hutchinson

Petrovski Caceres Wilkinson Spagnuolo

Thompson Bojić

Harnwell Shroj Rukavytsya Trinidad Djulbic Porter Simon Boogaard Petrovski

Bojić Gumprecht DeVere

Vuković Bojić Jedinak Cole Fyfe

Durante Brown Porter Macallister

J. Griffiths Simon
Macallister

Hutchinson

Simon Porter Caceres Clark van Dijk Minniecon Bojić

Hernández Thompson Hutchinson Heffernan Porter

Cornthwaite Cristiano

Finals series

Main article: 2008–09 A-League#Finals series

Minor semi-final

Tiatto van Dijk Packer Zullo

McKay O'Grady Mrdja Heffernan Hutchinson

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2009 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2009 AFC Champions League group stage#Group H

Simon Tan Wangsong Wu Weian Cao Yang Boogaard Bojić Caceres Taniguchi Juninho Nakamura Renatinho Juninho Mori Renatinho Osman Simon Clark Gumprecht Simon Kwasnik Ma Leilei Mao Biao Zhao Yanming Fan Baiqun

Statistics

Appearances

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Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

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Challenge Cup	width:75px;"	AFC Champions
League	width:75px;"	Total	Total	35	1	5	5	46
1	FW	19	AUS Matt Simon	11	0	0	2	13
2	FW	22	AUS Sasho Petrovski	6	0	1	0	7
3	MF	23	AUS Mile Jedinak	6	0	0	0	6
4	FW	11	AUS Dylan Macallister	4	0	1	0	5
5	FW	9	AUS Nik Mrdja	2	1	1	0	4
6	MF	10	AUS Adrian Caceres	2	0	0	1	3
7	MF	7	Malta John Hutchinson	2	0	0	0	2
FW	23	AUS Adam Kwasnik	0	0	0	2	2
9	MF	2	GER André Gumprecht	1	0	0	0	1
DF	17	AUS Matthew Osman	1	0	0	0	1
DF	5	AUS Brad Porter	0	0	1	0	1
MF	21	AUS Ahmad Elrich	0	0	1	0	1

Clean sheets

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Challenge Cup	width:75px;"	AFC Champions
League	width:75px;"	Total
1	GK	20	AUS Danny Vuković	3	0	0	1	4
2	GK	40	AUS Mark Bosnich	1	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

R.	Name	A-League	A-League finals	AFC Champions League	Total
1	Pedj Bojić	7	0	0	0
2	Matt Simon	6	0	0	0
3	Andrew Clark	5	0	0	2
Nigel Boogaard	1	1	1	1	0
5	Dylan Macallister	2	1	0	1
6	Sasho Petrovski	4	0	0	1
Brad Porter	4	0	0	1	0
Dean Heffernan	1	1	1	0	0
John Hutchinson	3	0	1	1	0
10	Adrian Caceres	2	0	0	0
11	Alex Wilkinson	2	0	0	0
Paul O'Grady	1	0	1	0	0
David D'Apuzzo	1	0	0	1	0
Matthew Osman	0	0	0	0	0
15	Danny Vuković	1	0	0	0
André Gumprecht	0	0	0	0	0

Awards

PFA A-League Team of the Season: Mile Jedinak

The Mariners Medal dinner was held in early March 2009, in Tumbi Umbi:

Mariners Medal (players' player of the year): Matt Simon
Marinators Goal of the Year (fan-voted): John Hutchinson, for his long-range strike against Perth Glory on 31 December 2008
Golden Boot: Matt Simon
Chairman's Award: Ben Coonan (media officer)

References

(7 February 2008). "Caceres swaps Victory for Mariners". [[News.com.au]].
(9 March 2008). "Central Coast Mariners sign Ahmad Elrich". [[ESPN FC]].
(31 March 2008). "Mariners sign striker Macallister". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
(16 July 2008). "Mariners land exciting youth international D'Apuzzo". [[Football NSW]].
(28 July 2008). "Bojic capture completes Mariners outfield line up". [[Football NSW]].
(19 August 2008). "Mark Bosnich signs with Mariners". [[Nine's Wide World of Sports]].
(20 August 2008). "Matthew Nash signs for Central Coast Mariners". [[Football NSW]].
(1 October 2008). "Mariners sign Tadrosse for short stint". Tribal Football.
(20 October 2008). "Forza Mariners after Merenda signs on for Italian job". [[Football NSW]].
(2 February 2009). "Mariners sign Cool Hand Huke for ACL". [[NBN Television]].
(9 February 2009). "Central Coast make Adam Kwasnik a Mariner once more". [[Fox Sports (Australia).
(10 February 2009). "Mariners sign former Socceroo Rizzo". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
(19 January 2008). "Adelaide United snares Ceccoli". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
(14 February 2008). "Vidmar announces retirement". [[News.com.au]].
Grantley Bernard. (28 February 2008). "Victory signs Tom Pondeljak and re-signs Nick Ward". [[Herald Sun]].
Michael Cockerill. (4 March 2008). "Aloisi deal heads Sydney signings". [[The Age]].
(2 June 2008). "New roles for local boy Brown after announcing retirement". [[Football NSW]].
(25 June 2008). "Phoenix sign Kwasnik". [[Nine's Wide World of Sports]].
(18 July 2008). "Mariners confirm Trott release". [[Football NSW]].
(19 October 2008). "Vukovic returns as Phoenix take the points". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Sebastian Hassett. (26 December 2008). "Turkish delight for $800,000 Jedinak". [[Sydney Morning Herald]].
(4 February 2009). "Petrovski signs with Jets as Mariners prepare for A-League finals". [[NBN Television]].
(9 March 2009). "Superb Simon receives Mariners Medal". [[Central Coast Mariners FC]].

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