2008–09 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners
2008–09 season
Executive Chairman	Lyall Gorman
Manager	Lawrie McKinna
Stadium	Bluetongue Stadium
A-League	4th
A-League finals	4th
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group stage
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Simon (11); All: Matt Simon (13)
Highest home attendance	15,546 vs Perth Glory (31 December 2008, A-League)
Lowest home attendance	5,843 vs Tianjin Teda; (19 May 2009, AFC Champions League)
Average home league attendance	10,465
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Matthew Nash	GK	2008	(1981-04-03) 3 April 1981 (age 43)	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0	0
20	Danny Vuković	GK	2005	(1985-03-27) 27 March 1985 (age 39)	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	26	0
30	Andrew Redmayne	GK	2007	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35)	Australian Institute of Sport	2	0
Defenders
4	Pedj Bojić	RB, LB	2008	(1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 40)	Sutherland Sharks	27	0
5	Brad Porter	RB, CM	2006	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37)	Australian Institute of Sport	53	1
6	David D'Apuzzo	LB	2008	(1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 (age 36)	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	10	0
8	Dean Heffernan	LB	2005	(1980-05-19) 19 May 1980 (age 44)	Sutherland Sharks	60	9
13	Paul O'Grady	CB	2005	(1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 (age 45)	Marconi Stallions	41	3
15	Andrew Clark	RB	2005	(1974-08-24) 24 August 1974 (age 50)	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	83	0
16	Nigel Boogaard	CB	2005	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38)	Central Coast Lightning	41	1
17	Matthew Osman	RB, RM	2005	(1983-07-29) 29 July 1983 (age 41)	Penrith United	77	4
18	Alex Wilkinson	CB, RB	2005	(1984-08-30) 30 August 1984 (age 40)	Manly United	109	1
25	Nathan Sherlock	CB	2009	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)	Central Coast Mariners youth	0	0
Midfielders
2	André Gumprecht	RM, CM	2005	(1974-11-26) 26 November 1974 (age 49)	Singapore Armed Forces FC	83	5
3	Shane Huke	DM, CM, RB	2009	(1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39)	Rushden & Diamonds	5	0
7	John Hutchinson	LM, CM, DM	2005	(1979-12-29) 29 December 1979 (age 44)	Manly United	95	12
10	Adrian Caceres	LW, AM	2008	(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 42)	Melbourne Victory	29	3
12	Greg Owens	AM, RW	2007	(1981-01-27) 27 January 1981 (age 43)	Adelaide United	17	2
21	Ahmad Elrich	RW	2008	(1981-05-30) 30 May 1981 (age 43)	Wellington Phoenix	9	1
22	Nick Rizzo	LW	2009	(1979-06-09) 9 June 1979 (age 45)	Perth Glory	1	0
28	Matthew Lewis	LW	2009	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990 (age 34)	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0
Strikers
9	Nik Mrdja	FW	2005	(1978-11-30) 30 November 1978 (age 45)	AIK	44	11
11	Dylan Macallister	FW	2008	(1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)	Lyn	26	5
19	Matt Simon	FW	2006	(1986-07-21) 21 July 1986 (age 38)	Central Coast Lightning	49	14
23	Adam Kwasnik	FW, RW, LW	2009	(1983-05-31) 31 May 1983 (age 41)	Wellington Phoenix	79	21
25	Brady Smith	FW	2009	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 35)	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0

2008–09 A-League squad

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	AUS	Matthew Nash
2	MF	GER	André Gumprecht
4	DF	AUS	Predrag Bojić
5	MF	AUS	Brad Porter
6	DF	AUS	David D'Apuzzo
7	MF	MLT	John Hutchinson
8	DF	AUS	Dean Heffernan
9	FW	AUS	Nik Mrdja
10	MF	AUS	Adrian Caceres
11	FW	AUS	Dylan Macallister
12	MF	AUS	Greg Owens
13	DF	AUS	Paul O'Grady
15	DF	AUS	Andrew Clark
16	DF	AUS	Nigel Boogaard


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	AUS	Matthew Osman
18	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson (Captain)
19	FW	AUS	Matt Simon
20	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic
21	MF	AUS	Ahmad Elrich
22	FW	AUS	Sasho Petrovski
23	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak
23	FW	AUS	Adam Kwasnik
24	MF	ITA	Andrea Merenda (Injury replacement)
26	MF	AUS	Chris Tadrosse (Injury replacement)
28	MF	AUS	Matthew Lewis
30	GK	AUS	Andrew Redmayne
40	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich (Guest player)

2009 AFC Champions League squad

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	AUS	Matthew Nash
2	MF	GER	André Gumprecht
3	MF	AUS	Shane Huke
4	DF	AUS	Predrag Bojić
5	MF	AUS	Brad Porter
6	DF	AUS	David D'Apuzzo
7	MF	MLT	John Hutchinson
8	DF	AUS	Dean Heffernan
9	FW	AUS	Nik Mrdja
10	MF	AUS	Adrian Caceres
11	FW	AUS	Dylan Macallister
12	MF	AUS	Greg Owens
13	DF	AUS	Paul O'Grady


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	Andrew Clark
16	DF	AUS	Nigel Boogaard
17	MF	AUS	Matthew Osman
18	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson (captain)
19	FW	AUS	Matt Simon
20	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic
21	MF	AUS	Ahmad Elrich
22	MF	AUS	Nick Rizzo
23	FW	AUS	Adam Kwasnik
25	DF	AUS	Nathan Sherlock
26	FW	AUS	Brady Smith
27	MF	AUS	Matthew Lewis
30	GK	AUS	Andrew Redmayne

Youth squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Matt Nemes
—	DF	AUS	Nick Kapsis
—	DF	AUS	Nathan Sherlock (Captain)
—	DF	AUS	Steven Tibbetts
—	DF	AUS	Scott Wright
—	MF	AUS	Ashley Balcomb
—	MF	AUS	Laurence Braude
—	MF	AUS	Matthew Lewis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Tim McGowan
—	MF	AUS	Sean Mitchell
—	MF	AUS	Glen Trifiro
—	FW	AUS	Ty Owens
—	FW	AUS	Brady Smith
—	FW	AUS	Daniel Taylor
—	FW	AUS	Darko Vidovic

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
7 February 2008	MF	Adrian Caceres	Melbourne Victory	Free^[1]
9 March 2008	MF	Ahmad Elrich	Wellington Phoenix	Free^[2]
28 March 2008	FW	Dylan Macallister	Lyn	Free^[3]
16 July 2008	DF	David D'Apuzzo	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Undisclosed^[4]
28 July 2008	DF	Pedj Bojić	Sutherland Sharks	Undisclosed^[5]
19 August 2008	GK	Mark Bosnich	Unattached	Free^[6]
20 August 2008	GK	Matthew Nash	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Undisclosed^[7]
1 October 2008	DF	Chris Tadrosse	Unattached	Free^[8]
20 October 2008	MF	Andrea Merenda	Unattached	Free^[9]
2 February 2009	MF	Shane Huke	Rushden & Diamonds	Free^[10]
9 February 2009	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Wellington Phoenix	Free^[11]
10 February 2009	MF	Nick Rizzo	Perth Glory	Free^[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 January 2008	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Adelaide United	Free^[13]
24 February 2008	DF	Tony Vidmar	Retired^[14]
27 February 2008	MF	Tom Pondeljak	Melbourne Victory	Free^[15]
4 March 2008	FW	John Aloisi	Sydney FC	Free^[16]
2 June 2008	DF	Damien Brown	Retired^[17]
16 June 2008	MF	Ian McAndrew	Released	Free^[4]
25 June 2008	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Wellington Phoenix	Free^[18]
18 July 2008	GK	Matthew Trott	Released	Free^[19]
19 October 2008	GK	Mark Bosnich	Released	Free^[20]
25 December 2008	MF	Mile Jedinak	Gençlerbirliği	$821,500^[21]
4 February 2009	FW	Sasho Petrovski	Newcastle Jets	Free^[22]

Club

Coaching staff

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

Other information

Executive chairman	Lyall Gorman
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Central Coast Stadium (20,059 / 105x68 metres)

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Kit

Supplier: Reebok

Home

Home alt.

Away

Away alt.

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Pre-season and friendlies

20 May 2008 Central Coast Challenge Cup	Central Coast Lightning	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Gosford
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

28 May 2008	Spirit FC	2–5	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Cunningham 50' (pen.) Orgad 70'		Macallister 10', 81' Brown 15' Brad Porter 20' Petrovski 80'	Stadium: Christie Park

6 June 2008	Capricorn Cougars	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Rockhampton
19:30 AEST		Report	Simon 36', 78', 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Jardine Park Referee: Chris Beath

8 June 2008	Whitsunday Miners	0–5	Central Coast Mariners	Mackay
18:00 AEST			Petrovski 27' Hutchinson 49' Macallister 60', 76', 83'	Stadium: Harrup Park

21 June 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Budgewoi
14:45 AEST		Report	Song Jin-hyung 31'	Stadium: Frank Millington Field Referee: Stuart Wolfe

25 June 2008	Belconnen United	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra
19:00 AEST	Wells 33'	Report	Beaton 68', 90'	Stadium: Belconnen Soccer Centre Attendance: 850 Referee: Gary Vanderburgt

27 June 2008	ACT Rockets	0–4	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra
19:00 AEST		Report	Bojić 14' Lagana 38' Petrovski 45' Osman 71'	Stadium: Deakin Football Centre

1 July 2008	Northern Tigers	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:30 AEST			Jedinak 5' Petrovski 40' Smith 69'	Stadium: Mills Park Attendance: 1,000

12 July 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Newcastle Jets	Canberra
13:00 AEST	Jedinak 4', 61' Petrovski 5'	Report		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 4,873 Referee: Ben Williams

15 July 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	New Zealand U-23	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Macallister 73'	Report	20' (o.g.) Ellensohn 40'	Stadium: Knox Grammar School Attendance: 750 Referee: Matthew Gillett

22 February 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sunshine Coast	Budgewoi
10:00 AEDT	Osman 30' Mrdja 80'		85'	Stadium: Frank Millington Field

24 February 2009	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Budgewoi
11:00 AEDT	Petrovski 64'			Stadium: Frank Millington Field

28 February 2009	Jiangsu Sainty	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Kunshan, China
14:30 CST	70' 90+2'	Report	Osman 40'	Stadium: Kunshan Sports Centre

3 March 2009	Shandong Luneng	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Jinan, China
15:00 CST	Li Jinyu 12' Lü Zheng 90'	Report		Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium

28 April 2009 Central Coast Challenge Cup	Central Coast Lightning	0–4	Central Coast Mariners	Gosford
19:00 (AEDT			Kwasnik (pen.) Boogaard Caceres Elrich	Stadium: Pluim Park

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

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Wellington Phoenix	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advances to final
Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Sydney FC	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Queensland Roar	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 July 2008 1	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
16:00 NZST	Daniel 72' Hearfield 75' Dodd 83'	Report	Clark 22' Macallister 59'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Michael Hester

27 July 2008 2	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Sydney FC	Gosford
15:00 AEST	D'Apuzzo 32' Clark 35' Porter 41' 70' Petrovski 56' 61' Mrdja 68' (pen.)	Report	Corica 49' Brosque 63' Fyfe 68' Colosimo 74' Payne 78' Giraldi 86'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 7,107 Referee: Chris Beath

3 August 2008 3	Queensland Roar	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	van Dijk 19' Moore 48' Zullo 50' Dodd 70'	Report	Hutchinson 19' Elrich 28' Macallister 32' Boogaard 60'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Peter Green

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v 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	Qualification for Finals series
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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	7	7	7	35	32	+3	28	5	2	4	19	14	+5	2	5	3	16	18	−2

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2008 1	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
20:00 EAST	J. Griffiths 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Simon 87'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 16,022 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 August 2008 2	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:00 AEST	Petrovski 13' (pen.), 67' 55' Clark 48' Bojić 56' Boogaard 80'	Report	Corica 6', 14' Middleby 30' Colosimo 45' Musialik 68' 68' Cole 81' 90+1' Fyfe 90+3'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,932 Referee: Ben Williams

31 August 2008 3	Queensland Roar	2–4	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
17:00 AEST	Reddy 15' Tiatto 28' Miller 69' van Dijk 73' (pen)	Report	Simon 15' 31' Jedinak 18' 48' Macallister 64', 71' 78' Clark 76'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Peter O'Leary

14 September 2008 4	Wellington Phoenix	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
17:00 NZST	Hutchinson 51' Bojić 54'	Report	Johnson 6' Dodd 18' Hearfield 45'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,928 Referee: Strebre Delovski

20 September 2008 5	Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
19:00 AEST	Simon 11', 82'	Report	Thompson 15', 90+4' Theoklitos 53' Kemp 71'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Peter Green

26 September 2008 6	Central Coast Mariners	4–1	Perth Glory	Gosford
20:00 AEST	Petrovski 9' 58' Simon 20' Jedinak 29' 39' Caceres 45' Osman 64' Bojić 79'	Report	Tarka 38' Rukavytsya 63' Trinidad 90+2'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Mark Shield

3 October 2008 7	Adelaide United	3–3	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:30 ACST	Dodd 7' (pen.) Cornthwaite 19' 85' Cristiano 32' 50' Costanzo 66' Jamieson 74' Ognenovski 79'	Report	Clark 9' Jedinak 66' (pen.), 76' Simon 84' Bojić 88'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,074 Referee: Ben Williams

19 October 2008 8	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
15:00 AEDT	Jedinak 18' Simon 61'	Report	Dodd 53' McKain 62' Gao Leilei 83'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,011 Referee: Ben Williams

24 October 2008 9	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
20:00 AEDT	Macallister 33' Wilkinson 56' O'Grady 86'	Report	Håkansson 38' North 63'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Matthew Breeze

1 November 2008 10	Sydney FC	3–3	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Bridge 28' Casey 39' McFlynn 57'	Report	Jedinak 18' Petrovski 34' Simon 63', 81' Mrdja 78' Hutchinson 90+4'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,251 Referee: Strebre Delovski

15 November 2008 11	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:30 AEDT	Simon 18' Petrovski 44' Caceres 50' Wilkinson 90+2'	Report	Barbiero 65' Spagnuolo 72'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 7,865 Referee: Matthew Breeze

21 November 2008 12	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Pondeljak 37' Thompson 60'	Report	Hutchinson 34' Bojić 84'	Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 21,455 Referee: Strebre Delovski

29 November 2008 13	Perth Glory	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
18:00 WDT	Dadi 29' Harnwell 30' Shroj 34' Rukavytsya 55', 62' Trinidad 76' Djulbic 79'	Report	Jedinak 31' Porter 53' Simon 55' Boogaard 90' Petrovski 90+2'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,496 Referee: Peter O'Leary

6 December 2008 14	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Queensland Roar	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	D'Apuzzo 10' Bojić 72' Gumprecht 83'	Report	van Dijk 11' DeVere 90+1'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,995 Referee: Ben Williams

13 December 2008 15	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Macallister 11' Vuković 63' Bojić 64' Jedinak 90' (pen.)	Report	Aloisi 65' (pen.) Cole 90+2' Fyfe 90+3'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,220 Referee: Peter Green

19 December 2008 16	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
19:30 NZDT	Smeltz 2' 62' Durante 90' Brown 90+2'	Report	Caceres 45' Porter 49' Macallister 52'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2008 17	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT	A. Griffiths 7' J. Griffiths 9' (pen.)	Report	Petrovski 43' 67' Simon 80' 90+4' Macallister 90+4'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 11,413 Referee: Peter O'Leary

31 December 2008 18	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Perth Glory	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	Heffernan 42' Hutchinson 80'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 15,546 Referee: Strebre Delovski

10 January 2009 19	Central Coast Mariners	3–4	Queensland Roar	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Mrdja 5' Simon 55', 81' Porter 59' Caceres 73' Clark 76'	Report	Moore 12' van Dijk 43', 48' Minniecon 60' Bojić 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,454 Referee: Matthew Breeze

16 January 2009 20	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Allsopp 68' Hernández 71' Thompson 75'	Report	Clark 44' Hutchinson 80' Heffernan 87' Porter 90+3'	Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 24,003 Referee: Peter Green

25 January 2009 21	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Simon 74'	Report	Barbiero 26' Cornthwaite 45+2' Cristiano 82'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Finals series

Minor semi-final

6 February 2009 First leg	Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Queensland Roar	Gosford
20:00 AEDT		Report	Nichols 30' Tiatto 34' 75' van Dijk 54' (pen.) Packer 56' Zullo 58'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,514 Referee: Ben Williams

13 February 2009 Second leg	Queensland Roar	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
19:30 AEST	Nichols 21' McKay 49'	Report	Boogaard 38' O'Grady 45' Mrdja 64' Heffernan 80' Hutchinson 85'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 23,705 Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
4	Central Coast Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2

Source: WorldFootball.net

11 March 2009 1	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Pohang Steelers	Gosford, Australia
20:00 AEDT	Bojić 40' Simon 82'	Report	Shin Hyung-min 78'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 6,870 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

18 March 2009 2	Tianjin Teda	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Tianjin, China
20:00 CST	Éber 37' Tan Wangsong 41' Wu Weian 66' Cao Yang 84'	Report	Simon 6' 61' Boogaard 30' Bojić 40' Caceres 48'	Stadium: TEDA Football Stadium Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

8 April 2009 3	Central Coast Mariners	0–5	Kawasaki Frontale	Gosford, Australia
20:00 (AEST)	Osman 10'	Report	Jong Tae-se 8' Taniguchi 22' Juninho 37' Nakamura 49' Renatinho 70'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,419 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

21 April 2009 4	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Kawasaki, Japan
JST	Igawa 19' Juninho 47' Mori 73' Renatinho 81'	Report	Boogaard 39' Osman 39' Simon 59' Clark 79' Gumprecht 84'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 8,419 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

5 May 2009 5	Pohang Steelers	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Pohang, South Korea
13:00 (KST	Denílson 8' (pen.), 71' (88)	Report	Bojić 7' Simon 27' Kwasnik 54', 57'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 11,539 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

19 May 2009 6	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Tianjin Teda	Gosford, Australia
20:00 (AEST	Caceres 90+5'	Report	Han Yanming 12' Ma Leilei 34' Mao Biao 64' Zhao Yanming 90+3' Fan Baiqun 90+4'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		A-League finals		Pre-Season Cup		AFC Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Matthew Nash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	GER	Andre Gumprecht	17	1	5 + 6	1	1	0	2	0	2 + 1	0
3	MF	AUS	Shane Huke	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 + 1	0
4	DF	AUS	Pedj Bojić	27	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
5	DF	AUS	Brad Porter	32	1	20 + 1	0	2	0	3	1	3 + 3	0
6	DF	AUS	David D'Apuzzo	10	0	2 + 6	0	0	0	1 + 1	0	0	0
7	MF	MLT	John Hutchinson	31	2	20	2	2	0	3	0	6	0
8	DF	AUS	Dean Heffernan	14	0	5 + 1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
9	FW	AUS	Nik Mrdja	22	4	3 + 11	2	0 + 2	1	0 + 3	1	3	0
10	MF	AUS	Adrian Caceres	29	3	17 + 3	2	1 + 1	0	3	0	2 + 2	1
11	FW	AUS	Dylan Macallister	26	5	12 + 5	4	2	0	3	1	2 + 2	0
12	MF	AUS	Greg Owens	1	0	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	AUS	Paul O'Grady	9	0	3 + 4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	AUS	Andrew Clark	18	0	7 + 4	0	1 + 1	0	2	0	3	0
16	DF	AUS	Nigel Boogaard	18	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
17	MF	AUS	Matthew Osman	27	1	13 + 4	1	2	0	2 + 1	0	5	0
18	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson	32	0	21	0	2	0	3	0	6	0
19	FW	AUS	Matt Simon	25	13	16 + 3	11	2	0	0	0	4	2
20	GK	AUS	Danny Vuković	27	0	16	0	2	0	2 + 1	0	6	0
21	MF	AUS	Ahmad Elrich	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1 + 3	0
22	MF	AUS	Nick Rizzo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 + 1	0
23	MF	AUS	Adam Kwasnik	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 + 1	2
25	FW	AUS	Brady Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	AUS	Nathan Sherlock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	AUS	Matthew Lewis	1	0	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	AUS	Andrew Redmayne	2	0	1 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who made appearances but left the club during the season:
22	FW	AUS	Sasho Petrovski	25	7	16 + 4	6	0 + 2	0	3	1	0	0
23	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	15	6	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ITA	Andrea Merenda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	AUS	Chris Tadrosse	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich	6	0	4	0	0	0	1 + 1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	A-League	Finals	Pre-Season Challenge Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	FW	19	Matt Simon	11	0	0	2	13
2	FW	22	Sasho Petrovski	6	0	1	0	7
3	MF	23	Mile Jedinak	6	0	0	0	6
4	FW	11	Dylan Macallister	4	0	1	0	5
5	FW	9	Nik Mrdja	2	1	1	0	4
6	MF	10	Adrian Caceres	2	0	0	1	3
7	MF	7	John Hutchinson	2	0	0	0	2
7	FW	23	Adam Kwasnik	0	0	0	2	2
9	MF	2	André Gumprecht	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	17	Matthew Osman	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Brad Porter	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	21	Ahmad Elrich	0	0	1	0	1
Total				35	1	5	5	46

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	A-League	Finals	Pre-Season Challenge Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	GK	20	Danny Vuković	3	0	0	1	4
2	GK	40	Mark Bosnich	1	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of 17 May 2014

R.	Name	A-League		A-League finals		Pre-Season Cup		AFC Champions League		Total
R.	Name
1	Pedj Bojić	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
2	Matt Simon	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
3	Andrew Clark	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
3	Nigel Boogaard	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	1
5	Dylan Macallister	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
6	Sasho Petrovski	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Brad Porter	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Dean Heffernan	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	John Hutchinson	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
10	Adrian Caceres	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	Alex Wilkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Paul O'Grady	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	David D'Apuzzo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Matthew Osman	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
15	Danny Vuković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	André Gumprecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Awards

PFA A-League Team of the Season: Mile Jedinak

The Mariners Medal dinner was held in early March 2009, in Tumbi Umbi:^[23]

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)

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[2] "Central Coast Mariners sign Ahmad Elrich". ESPN FC. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[3] "Mariners sign striker Macallister". Fox Sports. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[transfer-4] "Mariners land exciting youth international D'Apuzzo". Football NSW. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[5] "Bojic capture completes Mariners outfield line up". Football NSW. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[6] "Mark Bosnich signs with Mariners". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 19 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[7] "Matthew Nash signs for Central Coast Mariners". Football NSW. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[8] "Mariners sign Tadrosse for short stint". Tribal Football. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[9] "Forza Mariners after Merenda signs on for Italian job". Football NSW. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[10] "Mariners sign Cool Hand Huke for ACL". NBN Television. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[11] "Central Coast make Adam Kwasnik a Mariner once more". Fox Sports. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[12] "Mariners sign former Socceroo Rizzo". ABC. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[13] "Adelaide United snares Ceccoli". ABC. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[14] "Vidmar announces retirement". News.com.au. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[15] Grantley Bernard (28 February 2008). "Victory signs Tom Pondeljak and re-signs Nick Ward". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[16] Michael Cockerill (4 March 2008). "Aloisi deal heads Sydney signings". The Age. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[17] "New roles for local boy Brown after announcing retirement". Football NSW. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[18] "Phoenix sign Kwasnik". Nine's Wide World of Sports. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[19] "Mariners confirm Trott release". Football NSW. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[20] "Vukovic returns as Phoenix take the points". ABC. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[21] Sebastian Hassett (26 December 2008). "Turkish delight for $800,000 Jedinak". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[22] "Petrovski signs with Jets as Mariners prepare for A-League finals". NBN Television. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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