2008–09 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Melbourne Victory
2008–2009 season
Manager Ernie Merrick
A-League Championship 1st
Pre-Season Challenge Cup Champions
A-League Premiership 1st
Top goalscorer Daniel 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
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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.

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Season summary

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

First team squad

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

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

Transfers

In

PlayerFromLeagueFeeDate
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Celeski Perth Glory Flag of Australia (converted).svg A-League –February 2008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Pondeljak Central Coast Mariners Flag of Australia (converted).svg A-League –February 2008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Elasi Marconi Stallions Flag of Australia (converted).svg New South Wales Premier League –February 2008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Mautone*Retired Flag of Australia (converted).svg None–February 2008
Flag of Brazil.svg Ney Fabiano [14] Chonburi FC Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Premier League US$13,5001 July 2008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Thwaite SK Brann Flag of Norway.svg Norwegian Premier League Loan1 July 2008
Flag of Costa Rica.svg José Luis López Deportivo Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg Primera División de Costa Rica Loan14 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

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

Matches

2008 Pre-Season Cup fixtures

Group A
Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Melbourne Victory 320132+16Advances to final
Adelaide United 312021+15
Newcastle Jets 302112−12
Perth Glory 302112−12
Source: [ citation needed ]
20 July 2008Group Stage Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 1 : 2 AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Aurora Stadium, Launceston
13:00 UTC+10 Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg8' Report Soccerball shade.svg33', 90' Cristiano Attendance: 4,720
Referee: Ben Williams
26 July 2008Group Stage Perth Glory PerthGloryColours.png 0 : 1 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report Soccerball shade.svg11' M. Thwaite Attendance: 3,020

2008-09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

16 August 2008Round 1 Sydney FC SYDicon.png 0 : 0 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+10 Report Attendance: 16,227
Referee: Mark Shield
24 August 2008Round 2 Wellington Phoenix WellingtonPhoenixColours.png 2 : 4 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12 Smeltz Soccerball shade.svg29', Soccerball shade.svg65' (Pen) Report Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg16', Soccerball shade.svg35'
Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg47'
Muscat Soccerball shade.svg68' (Pen)		Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Strebre Delovski
29 August 2008Round 3 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 5 : 0 NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+10 Hernández Soccerball shade.svg41'
A. Thompson Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg61'Soccerball shade.svg64'
Brebner Soccerball shade.svg90'		Attendance: 22,589
Referee: Mark Shield
12 September 2008Round 4 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 1 : 0 AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+10 Ney Fabiano Red card.svg 29'
Muscat Soccerball shade.svg64'		Attendance: 24,812
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 September 2008Round 6 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 2 BrisbaneRoarColours.png Queensland Roar Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Hernández Yellow card.svg 48' Yellow-red card.svg 58' Report
Summary 		Minniecon Soccerball shade.svg83'
Zullo Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		Attendance: 22,266
Referee: Ben Williams
4 October 2008Round 7 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 4 : 0 PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory Telstra Dome, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Brebner Soccerball shade.svg25'
Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg39'Soccerball shade.svg71'
Vargas Soccerball shade.svg46'		Attendance: 18,036
Referee: Srebre Delovski
25 October 2008Round 9 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 2 SYDicon.png Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Summary Bridge Soccerball shade.svg20'
Aloisi Soccerball shade.svg62'		Attendance: 31,654
Referee: Ben Williams
8 November 2008Round 11 Queensland Roar BrisbaneRoarColours.png 0 : 1 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+10 Summary Thompson Soccerball shade.svg71'Attendance: 12,022
Referee: Peter O'Leary
28 November 2008Round 13 Wellington Phoenix WellingtonPhoenixColours.png 2 : 1 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13 Brown Soccerball shade.svg21'
Smeltz Soccerball shade.svg58'		 Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg20'Attendance: 7,593
Referee: Craig Zetter
6 December 2008Round 14 Perth Glory PerthGloryColours.png 3 : 1 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Dadi Soccerball shade.svg19', Soccerball shade.svg23'
Pellegrino Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report
Summary 		Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg55'Attendance: 6,621
Referee: Peter Green
19 December 2008Round 15 Newcastle Jets NewcastleJetsColours.png 4 : 2 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson Soccerball shade.svg16', Soccerball shade.svg45', Soccerball shade.svg49'
Song Soccerball shade.svg60'		 Report
Summary 		Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg66'
Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg87'		Attendance: 6,268
Referee: Craig Zetter
27 December 2008Round 16 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 3 : 2 SYDicon.png Sydney FC Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 Thompson Soccerball shade.svg14'
Ward Soccerball shade.svg71'
Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report
Summary 		Cole Soccerball shade.svg1'
Gan Soccerball shade.svg4'		Attendance: 25,395
Referee: Matthew Breeze
6 January 2009 [16] Round 18 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 1 : 0 AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11 Ward Soccerball shade.svg58' Report
Summary 		Attendance: 27,196
Referee: Matthew Breeze
11 January 2009Round 19 Perth Glory PerthGloryColours.png 3 : 2 MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Dadi Soccerball shade.svg32', Soccerball shade.svg76'
Rukavytsya Soccerball shade.svg36'		 Summary Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg3'
Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg48'
Kemp Yellow card.svg 33' Yellow-red card.svg 88'		Attendance: 9,381
Referee: Chris Beath

2008-09 finals series

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

AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide Starting XI
 S. Ognenovski Yellow card.svg 5'
S. Jamieson Yellow card.svg 35'



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Adelaide
(0:1)
Report
Summary
Man of the Match:
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos Hernández
2009-02-07-MSF-L1-AdeMelb.png
Soccerball shade.svg13' C. Hernández
Yellow card.svg 51' N. Ward
Yellow card.svg 54' K. Muscat
Soccerball shade.svg89' D. Allsopp

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Melbourne
Attendance: 14,119
Referee: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Srebre Delovski
MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Starting XI
14 February 2009Major Semi Final Leg 2 Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 4 : 0 AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11:30

MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Starting XI
 A. Thompson Soccerball shade.svg10'
C. Hernández Soccerball shade.svg24'
D. Allsopp Soccerball shade.svg44'
T. Pondeljak Soccerball shade.svg48'
Nick Ward Yellow card.svg 51'
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Melbourne
(3:0)
Report
Summary
Man of the Match:
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos Hernández
2009-02-14-MSF-L2-MelbAde.png
Yellow card.svg 30' S. Ognenovski
Yellow card.svg 53' R. Griffiths
Yellow card.svg 62' Yellow-red card.svg 81' Cássio
  Yellow card.svg 88' T. Dodd

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Adelaide
Attendance: 34,736
Referee: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Breeze
AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide Starting XI
28 February 2009Grand Final Melbourne Victory MelbourneVictoryColours.png 1 : 0 AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Telstra Dome, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11

MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Starting XI
 T. Pondeljak Soccerball shade.svg60'Yellow card.svg 61'
D. Allsopp Red card.svg 65'




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Melbourne
(0:0) Report
Summary
Joe Marston Medal:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Pondeljak 		Red card.svg 10' Cristiano
Yellow card.svg 37' S. Ognenovski
Yellow card.svg 56' S. Jamieson
Yellow card.svg 64' F. Barbiero
Yellow card.svg 81' R. Cornthwaite
Yellow card.svg 90' T. Dodd (c)
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Adelaide
Attendance: 53,273
Referee: Matthew Breeze
AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide Starting XI

Statistics

Goals

TotalPlayerGoals per Round
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718192021S1S2GF
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Allsopp 2221111111
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Archie Thompson 12111111
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Ney Fabiano 11111
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat 1121
4 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos Hernández 1111
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Pondeljak 111
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Brebner 11
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodrigo Vargas 11
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Ward 11
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Celeski 1
  A goal was scored from a penalty kick
  Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

A-League

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C)2112273927+1238Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 2111553119+1238
3 Queensland Roar 2110653625+1136Qualification for Finals series
4 Central Coast Mariners 217773532+328
5 Sydney FC 217593332+126
6 Wellington Phoenix 217592331−826
7 Perth Glory 2164113144−1322
8 Newcastle Jets 2146112139−1818
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals series

2008–09 Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Thwaite Signs For Victory". FourFourTwo Australia. Haymarket Group. 19 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Desira, Peter (24 May 2008). "Ney Fabiano signs two-year deal with Melbourne Victory". Herald Sun . Herald and Weekly Times . Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Victory claim Pre-Season Cup". A-League Official Website. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sydney and Melbourne share honours". A-League Official Website. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Clinical Victory blasts past Phoenix". A-League Official Website. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Victory run riot". A-League Official Website. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Sydney's double bonus". A-League Official Website. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Victory get jump in premiers' race". A-League Official Website. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ Goraya, Raman (7 February 2009). "Victory head home with hefty advantage". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009.
  11. ↑ Maasdorp, James (14 February 2009). "Victory maul Adelaide en route to home final". ABC News. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Adelaide earns shot at redemption". ABC News. 21 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Victory prevail in epic". A-League Official Website. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  14. ↑ FIFA.com Fabiano leaves Chonburi for Victory Accessed 31 May 2008
  15. ↑ a-league.com.au Patafta moves north to join Newcastle Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 May 2008
  16. ↑ Match rescheduled due to Adelaide's participation in FIFA Club World Cup
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2008–09		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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