2008–09 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC

2008-09 season

Chairman

N/A

Manager

Frank Farina

A-League

3rd

Pre-Season Cup

8th

Top goalscorer

League: Serginho van Dijk - 11 Goals
All: Serginho van Dijk - 12 Goals

Highest home attendance

23,705 v Central Coast Mariners

Lowest home attendance

9,118 v Perth Glory

Average home league attendance

13,968

Home colours

Away colours

← 2007-08

2009-10 →

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 A.I.S.)
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 A.I.S.)
21	MF	Tommy Oar (Moved from Q.A.S.)
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 !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 Olympic v Queensland Roar

14 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane Olympic	0 – 6	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Smits 23', 35' Packer 49' Grossman 57', 70', 80'

Goodwin Park
Yeronga, Queensland

Rochedale Rovers v Queensland Roar

20 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Rochedale Rovers	2 – 5	Queensland Roar
Tabulo Unknown	(Report)	Nichols Smits Close Thurtell

Underwood Park
Rochedale, Queensland

Redlands United v Queensland Roar

27 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Redlands United	0 – 4	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	van Dijk Grossman Kruse

Cleveland Showgrounds
Cleveland, Queensland

29 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Gold Coast Representative XI	0 – 2	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	van Dijk Murdocca

Pizzey Park
Miami, Queensland

Brisbane Strikers v Queensland Roar

5 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane Strikers	1 – 2	Queensland Roar
Hews	(Report)	Kruse Oar

Luxury Paints Stadium
Richlands, Queensland

Sunshine Coast F.C. v Queensland Roar

8 June 2008
14:00 UTC+10

Sunshine Coast F.C.	1 – 0	Queensland Roar
Muta 47'	(Report)

One Mile Ovals
Gympie, Queensland

Peninsula Power v Queensland Roar

17 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Peninsula Power	0 – 1	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Oar 44'

A.J. Kelly Field
Kippa Ring, Queensland

Brisbane City v Queensland Roar

24 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane City	0 – 4	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Smits 53' McKay 58' Minniecon 60' Nichols 65'

Spencer Park
Newmarket, Queensland

Easts Invitational XI v Queensland Roar

1 July 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Easts Invitational XI	1 – 8	Queensland Roar
Baty 14' (pen.)	(Report)	Packer 3' Smits 24' 29' 90' van Dijk McKay 69' Oar 70' Carroll (g.k.) 74' (o.g.)

Heath Park
East Brisbane, Queensland

Translink Cup

Queensland Roar v Palmeiras B

12 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3 – 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 FC !Sydney FC v Queensland Roar

19 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 – 1	Queensland Roar
Payne 53' Prentice 57'	(Report)	van Dijk 49' Seo 57'

Campbelltown Stadium,
Campbelltown, New South Wales
Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 July 2008
14:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1 – 1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
van Dijk 18'	(Report)	Kwasnik 74'

Stockland Park
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Regis Queffelec

3 August 2008
15:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Zullo 51' Moore 49'	(Report)	Elrich 29' Macallister 32'

Perry Park
Bowen Hills, Queensland
Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Peter Green

Hyundai A-League 2008-09

Round 1

17 August 2008
15:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	1 – 1	Queensland Roar
Smeltz 53'	(Report) (Summary)	Miller 46'

Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 10,516
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 2

24 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Miller 47'	(Report) (Summary)	Dodd 8' (pen.)

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,761
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 3

31 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2 – 4	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Miller 69' van Dijk 74' (pen.)	(Report) (Summary)	Simon 31' Jedinak 48' Macallister 64' 71'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,185
Referee: Peter O’Leary

Round 4

14 September 2008
15:00 UTC+8

Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0 – 3	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Moore 14' McKay 23' Miller 45+2'

Members Equity Stadium
Perth, Western Australia
Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

19 September 2008
20:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets
	(Report) (Summary)	Griffiths 83'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6

28 September 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 – 2	Queensland Roar
Hernández 48', 58'	(Report) (Summary)	Minniecon 83' Zullo 90+5'

Telstra Dome
Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 22,226
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7

Sydney FC !Sydney FC v Queensland Roar

4 October 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 1	Queensland Roar
Musialik 90+3'	(Report) (Summary)	Miller 48'

Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney, New South Wales
Attendance: 12,403
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 8

17 October 2008
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
	(Report) (Summary)	Cornthwaite 60'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 11,117
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 9

26 October 2008
17:00 UTC+13

Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	0 – 1	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan 40'

Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

2 November 2008
17:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 2	Queensland Roar
Griffiths 23'	(Report) (Summary)	McKay 24' Miller 35'

Energy Australia Stadium
Newcastle, New South Wales
Attendance: 10,507
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 11

8 November 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory
	(Report) (Summary)	Thompson 70'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 12,022
Referee: Peter O’Leary

Round 12

23 November 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	4 – 1	Perth Glory !Perth 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 FC !Sydney FC v Queensland Roar

28 November 2008
20:00 UTC+11

Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 – 1	Queensland Roar
Corica 64'	(Report) (Summary)	McKay 12'

Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,502
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 14

6 December 2008
18:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Queensland Roar
Gumprecht 83'	(Report) (Summary)	van Dijk 11'

Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,995
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 15

14 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets
Nichols 45+1' van Dijk 90'	(Report) (Summary)	Griffiths 26' Wheelhouse 11', 70'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16

14 January 2009
19:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0 – 0	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)

Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 14,450
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 17

28 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3 – 2	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix
McKay 38' van Dijk 48' Oar 90+1'	(Report) (Summary)	de Vere 11' (o.g.) Hearfield 46' Durante 37', 90'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 13,115
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 18

2 January 2009
20:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Queensland Roar
Allsopp 55' Vargas 67'	(Report) (Summary)	Moore 75'

Telstra Dome
Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 23,447
Referee: Peter O’Leary

Round 19

10 January 2009
19:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	3 – 4	Queensland 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
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 20

Queensland Roar v Sydney FC !Sydney FC

17 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3 – 1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC
van Dijk 15' 28' 90+3'	(Report) (Summary)	Danning 25' Cairncross 87'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 19,111
Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 21

24 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	4 – 2	Perth Glory !Perth 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

6 February 2009
20:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	0 – 2	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Nichols 30' van Dijk 54' (pen.) Tiatto 33', 75'

Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: Ben Williams

Minor Semi Final - Home Leg

13 February 2009
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners !Central 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)

21 February 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1 – 0	Queensland Roar
Barbiero 25'	(Report) (Summary)

Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Ladder position


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory (C)	21	12	2	7	39	27	+12	38	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	11	5	5	31	19	+12	38	2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	10	6	5	36	25	+11	36	2009 A-League Finals Series
4	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	7	7	7	35	32	+3	28	2009 A-League Finals Series
5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	21	7	5	9	33	32	+1	26
6	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	21	7	5	9	23	31	−8	26
7	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	6	4	11	31	44	−13	22
8	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	4	6	11	21	39	−18	18

Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2009 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2009 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

References

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

A-League

Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury

Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian

Rivalries	The Big Blue F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby

Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Young Footballer of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion

Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game

Brisbane Roar FC

Players Managers Seasons Records Captains Youth W-League Current season

Club	History

Home stadium	Suncorp Stadium

Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2005–06) Frank Farina (2006–09) Ange Postecoglou (2009–2012) Rado Vidošić (2012) Mike Mulvey (2012–2014) Frans Thijssen (2014–2015) John Aloisi (2015–)

Captains	Chad Gibson (2005–07) Craig Moore (2007–09) Matt McKay (2009–2011) Matt Smith (2011–2014) Matt McKay (2014–)

Rivalries	Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC

2008–09 in Australian soccer

« 2007–08 2009–10 »

Domestic leagues	A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final) National Youth League W–League (Grand Final)

International competitions	AFC Champions League ('08, '09) 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

National team	Results ('08, '09)

Club seasons

A-League	Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Queensland Roar Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix

W-League	Adelaide United Canberra United Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Queensland Roar Sydney FC

A-League transfers

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)

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