2008–09 Queensland Roar FC season

The 2008–09 Queensland Roar season was the club's fourth season participating in the A-League where they would finish in 3rd place in the regular season.

Queensland Roar FC
2008–09 season
ChairmanN/A
ManagerFrank Farina
A-League3rd
Pre-Season Cup8th
Top goalscorerLeague: Serginho van Dijk – 11 Goals
All: Serginho van Dijk – 12 Goals
Highest home attendance23,705 v Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance9,118 v Perth Glory
Average home league attendance13,968

Squad
Full time squad as of 31 July 2008

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Liam Reddy
2 MF Andrew Packer
3 DF Luke de Vere
4 DF Craig Moore (c)
5 DF Josh McCloughan
6 FW David Dodd
7 MF Michael Zullo
8 MF Massimo Murdocca
9 FW Sergio van Dijk
10 MF Charlie Miller
11 FW Reinaldo
12 FW Tahj Minniecon
No. Position Player
13 MF Chris Grossman
14 DF Ben Griffin
15 MF Matt McKay
16 DF Seo Hyuk-Su
17 MF Mitch Nichols
18 MF Danny Tiatto
19 MF Isaka Cernak-Okanya
20 GK Griffin McMaster
21 MF Thomas Oar
22 FW Robbie Kruse
23 FW Tim Smits

Player Movement

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Luke DeVere (Moved from AIS)
6 MF David Dodd (Moved from Palm Beach)
9 FW Sergio van Dijk (Moved from FC Emmen)
10 MF Charlie Miller (Moved from Lierse S.K.)
11 FW Reinaldo¤ (Moved from Busan I'Park)
19 MF Isaka Cernak (Moved from AIS)
21 MF Tommy Oar (Moved from QAS)
23 FW Tim Smits (Moved from Rochedale Rovers)
33 MF Henrique (Loaned from América Mineiro)
No. Position Player
6 DF Stuart McLaren (Moved to Perth Glory)
9 FW Simon Lynch (Moved to Airdrie United)
10 FW Ante Miličić (Moved to Shahzan Muda FC)
11 FW Reinaldo¤ (Moved to Busan I'Park)
13 FW Zoran Petrevski (Moved to Melbourne Knights)
19 DF Sasa Ognenovski (Moved to Adelaide United)
20 GK Matthew Ham (Moved to Redlands United)
23 MF Marcinho (Released)


¤ Reinaldo transferred to Busan I'Park at the end of the 2007/08 A-League season and returned to Queensland in July 2008 on a free transfer.

Pre-Season

Roar Roadshow
Brisbane Olympic0–6Queensland Roar
(Report) Smits  23', 35'
Packer  49'
Grossman  57', 70', 80'
Goodwin Park
Yeronga, Queensland
Rochedale Rovers2–5Queensland Roar
Tabulo
Unknown 		(Report) Nichols
Smits
Close
Thurtell
Underwood Park
Rochedale, Queensland
Redlands United0–4Queensland Roar
(Report) van Dijk
Grossman
Kruse
Cleveland Showgrounds
Cleveland, Queensland
Gold Coast Representative XI0–2Queensland Roar
(Report) van Dijk
Murdocca
Brisbane Strikers1–2Queensland Roar
Hews (Report) Kruse
Oar
Luxury Paints Stadium
Richlands, Queensland
Sunshine Coast F.C.1–0Queensland Roar
Muta  47' (Report)
One Mile Ovals
Gympie, Queensland
Peninsula Power0–1Queensland Roar
(Report) Oar  44'
A.J. Kelly Field
Kippa Ring, Queensland
Brisbane City0–4Queensland Roar
(Report) Smits  53'
McKay  58'
Minniecon  60'
Nichols  65'
Easts Invitational XI1–8Queensland Roar
Baty  14' (pen.) (Report) Packer  3'
Smits  24'  29'  90'
van Dijk
McKay  69'
Oar  70'
Carroll (g.k.)  74' (o.g.)
Queensland Roar3–1 Palmeiras B
Smits  35'
McKay  43'
Murdocca  90+2'		 (Report) Portela  57'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Peter Green

2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Sydney FC2–1Queensland Roar
Payne  53'
Prentice  57'		 (Report) van Dijk  49'
Attendance: 4,222
Queensland Roar1–1Wellington Phoenix
van Dijk  18' (Report) Kwasnik  74'
Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Regis Queffelec
Queensland Roar1–2Central Coast Mariners
Zullo  51' (Report) Elrich  29'
Macallister  32'
Perry Park
Bowen Hills, Queensland
Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Peter Green

Hyundai A-League 2008–09

Round 1

Wellington Phoenix1–1Queensland Roar
Smeltz  53' (Report)
(Summary)		 Miller  46'
Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 10,516
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 2

Queensland Roar1–1Adelaide United
Miller  47' (Report)
(Summary)		 Dodd  8' (pen.)
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,761
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 3

Queensland Roar2–4Central Coast Mariners
Miller  69'
van Dijk  74' (pen.)		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Simon  31'
Jedinak  48'
Macallister  64'  71'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,185

Round 4

Perth Glory0–3Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Moore  14'
McKay  23'
Miller  45+2'
Members Equity Stadium
Perth, Western Australia
Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

Queensland Roar0–1Newcastle Jets
(Report)
(Summary)		 Griffiths  83'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6

Melbourne Victory0–2Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Minniecon  83'
Zullo  90+5'
Telstra Dome
Melbourne
Attendance: 22,226
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7

Sydney FC1–1Queensland Roar
Musialik  90+3' (Report)
(Summary)		 Miller  48'
Attendance: 12,403

Round 8

Queensland Roar0–1Adelaide United
(Report)
(Summary)		 Cornthwaite  60'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 11,117
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 9

Wellington Phoenix0–1Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 McCloughan  40'
Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

Newcastle Jets1–2Queensland Roar
Griffiths  23' (Report)
(Summary)		 McKay  24'
Miller  35'
Energy Australia Stadium
Newcastle, New South Wales
Attendance: 10,507
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 11

Queensland Roar0–1Melbourne Victory
(Report)
(Summary)		 Thompson  70'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,022

Round 12

Queensland Roar4–1Perth Glory
van Dijk  45+1' (pen.)
Minniecon  45+3'
Miller  55'
Nichols  81'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Harnwell  57'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 9,118
Referee: Peter Green

Round 13

Sydney FC1–1Queensland Roar
Corica  64' (Report)
(Summary)		 McKay  12'
Attendance: 8,502

Round 14

Central Coast Mariners1–1Queensland Roar
Gumprecht  83' (Report)
(Summary)		 van Dijk  11'
Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,995
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 15

Queensland Roar2–1Newcastle Jets
Nichols  45+1'
van Dijk  90'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Griffiths  26'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16

Adelaide United0–0Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 14,450

Round 17

Queensland Roar3–2Wellington Phoenix
McKay  38'
van Dijk  48'
Oar  90+1'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 de Vere  11' (o.g.)
Hearfield  46'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 18

Melbourne Victory2–1Queensland Roar
Allsopp  55'
Vargas  67'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Moore  75'
Telstra Dome
Melbourne
Attendance: 23,447

Round 19

Central Coast Mariners3–4Queensland Roar
Mrdja  5'
Simon  55'  81'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 van Dijk  43'  48'
Minniecon  60'
Bojic  69' (o.g.)
Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 11,454

Round 20

Queensland Roar3–1Sydney FC
van Dijk  15'  28'  90+3' (Report)
(Summary)		 Danning  25'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 19,111
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 21

Queensland Roar4–2Perth Glory
Nichols  27'
Tiatto  63'
van Dijk  76'
McCloughan  82'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Rukavytsya  21'
Skorich  66'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 17,367
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Finals Series

Minor Semi-final – Away Leg

Central Coast Mariners0–2Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Nichols  30'
van Dijk  54' (pen.)
Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: Ben Williams

Minor Semi-final – Home Leg

Queensland Roar2–1Central Coast Mariners
Nichols  21'
McKay  49'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Mrdja  64'
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 24,705
Referee: Peter Green

Preliminary Final (One Leg – Played away to loser of Major Semi-final)

Adelaide United1–0Queensland Roar
Barbiero  25' (Report)
(Summary)
Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 8,472

Ladder position
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Finals Series and 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 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) Champion.

References

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