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 Date of birth (age) Signed from Games played Goals scored Goalkeepers 1 Matthew Nash GK 2008 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0 0 20 Danny Vuković GK 2005 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 26 0 30 Andrew Redmayne GK 2007 Australian Institute of Sport 2 0 Defenders 4 Pedj Bojić RB, LB 2008 Sutherland Sharks 27 0 5 Brad Porter RB, CM 2006 Australian Institute of Sport 53 1 6 David D'Apuzzo LB 2008 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 10 0 8 Dean Heffernan LB 2005 Sutherland Sharks 60 9 13 Paul O'Grady CB 2005 Marconi Stallions 41 3 15 Andrew Clark RB 2005 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 83 0 16 Nigel Boogaard CB 2005 Central Coast Lightning 41 1 17 Matthew Osman RB, RM 2005 Penrith United 77 4 18 Alex Wilkinson CB, RB 2005 Manly United 109 1 25 Nathan Sherlock CB 2009 Central Coast Mariners youth 0 0 Midfielders 2 André Gumprecht RM, CM 2005 Singapore Armed Forces FC 83 5 3 Shane Huke DM, CM, RB 2009 Rushden & Diamonds 5 0 7 John Hutchinson LM, CM, DM 2005 Manly United 95 12 10 Adrian Caceres LW, AM 2008 Melbourne Victory 29 3 12 Greg Owens AM, RW 2007 Adelaide United 17 2 21 Ahmad Elrich RW 2008 Wellington Phoenix 9 1 22 Nick Rizzo LW 2009 Perth Glory 1 0 28 Matthew Lewis LW 2009 Central Coast Mariners youth 1 0 Strikers 9 Nik Mrdja FW 2005 AIK 44 11 11 Dylan Macallister FW 2008 Lyn 26 5 19 Matt Simon FW 2006 Central Coast Lightning 49 14 23 Adam Kwasnik FW, RW, LW 2009 Wellington Phoenix 79 21 25 Brady Smith 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 Adrian Caceres Melbourne Victory Free 9 March 2008 MF Ahmad Elrich Wellington Phoenix Free 28 March 2008 FW Dylan Macallister Lyn Free 16 July 2008 DF David D'Apuzzo APIA Leichhardt Tigers Undisclosed 28 July 2008 DF Pedj Bojić Sutherland Sharks Undisclosed 19 August 2008 GK Mark Bosnich Unattached Free 20 August 2008 GK Matthew Nash APIA Leichhardt Tigers Undisclosed 1 October 2008 DF Chris Tadrosse Unattached Free 20 October 2008 MF Andrea Merenda Unattached Free 2 February 2009 MF Shane Huke Rushden & Diamonds Free 9 February 2009 FW Adam Kwasnik Wellington Phoenix Free 10 February 2009 MF Nick Rizzo Perth Glory Free
Out Date Pos. Name To Fee 19 January 2008 DF Alvin Ceccoli Adelaide United Free 24 February 2008 DF Tony Vidmar Retired 27 February 2008 MF Tom Pondeljak Melbourne Victory Free 4 March 2008 FW John Aloisi Sydney FC Free 2 June 2008 DF Damien Brown Retired 16 June 2008 MF Ian McAndrew Released Free 25 June 2008 FW Adam Kwasnik Wellington Phoenix Free 18 July 2008 GK Matthew Trott Released Free 19 October 2008 GK Mark Bosnich Released Free 25 December 2008 MF Mile Jedinak Gençlerbirliği$821,500 4 February 2009 FW Sasho Petrovski Newcastle Jets Free
Club
Coaching staff PositionStaffManager Lawrie McKinnaAssistant coachYouth team coachDevelopment manager Alex TobinGoalkeeping coach John Crawley Strength and conditioning coach Andrew Clark Academy manager Tony Walmsley
Other information
Kit Supplier: Reebok
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last matchPre-Season Challenge CupGroup stageGroup stage20 July 20083 August 2008A-League —4th15 August 200825 January 2008A-League finalsMinor semi-finalMinor semi-final6 February 200913 February 2009AFC Champions LeagueGroup stageGroup stage11 March 200919 May 2009
Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Group stage
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Finals series
Minor semi-final
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Statistics
Appearances
|colspan="14"|Players who made appearances but left the club during the season:
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerA-LeagueFinalsPre-SeasonChallenge CupAFC ChampionsLeagueTotal 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 37 MF 7 John Hutchinson 2 0 0 0 2 FW 23 Adam Kwasnik 0 0 0 2 29 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 1Total3515546
Clean sheets PlayerA-LeagueFinalsPre-SeasonChallenge CupAFC ChampionsLeagueTotal1GK20 Danny Vuković300142GK40 Mark Bosnich10001
Disciplinary record
Name A-League A-League finals Pre-Season Cup AFC Champions League Total 1Pedj Bojić 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 02Matt Simon 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 03Andrew Clark 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 0Nigel Boogaard 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 15Dylan Macallister 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 16Sasho Petrovski 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0Brad Porter 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0Dean Heffernan 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1John Hutchinson 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 010Adrian Caceres 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 011Alex Wilkinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Paul O'Grady 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0David D'Apuzzo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0Matthew Osman 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 015Danny Vuković 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0André 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: 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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