2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

The 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup competition was held in July and August 2008, in the lead up to the start of the Australian A-League football 2008-09 season.

All eight A-League clubs competed and were drawn into two groups of four teams. The format of the cup was modified from previous editions, reducing the number of matches. A group stage with three regular rounds saw team play each other in their group once, with the winner of each group advancing to the final. The final was played on 6 August, the first mid-week final in the competition history. The shortened format allowed clubs to schedule other matches in the lead up to the start of the A-League, and was completed before the 2008 Summer Olympics in which Australia competed.

Continuing from previous years, most Pre-Season Cup matches were played at venues in regional centres to expand the profile of the clubs and the league. Bunbury, Caloundra, Cessnock, Mandurah and Mount Gambier all hosted matches for the first time, while Launceston, Campbelltown, Port Macquarie and Wollongong hosted matches again.[1]

Fixtures and results

Group A

Fixtures

19 July 2008
19:00 UTC+8
Perth Glory 1 – 1 Newcastle Jets
Trinidad  12' Report Spencer  36'
Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah, Western Australia
Attendance: 3,825
Referee: Steven Gregory

20 July 2008
13:00 UTC+10
Melbourne Victory 1 – 2 Adelaide United
Ney Fabiano  8' Report Cristiano  33',  90'

26 July 2008
15:00 UTC+8
Perth Glory 0 – 1 Melbourne Victory
Report Thwaite  11'

26 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Newcastle Jets 0 – 0 Adelaide United
Report

2 August 2008
14:30 UTC+10
Newcastle Jets 0 – 1 Melbourne Victory
Report Pondeljak  82'

2 August 2008
14:30 UTC+9:30
Adelaide United 0 – 0 Perth Glory
Report
Vansittart Park,
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Attendance: 3,000

Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Melbourne Victory 3201326
Adelaide United 3120215
Newcastle Jets 3021122
Perth Glory 3021122

Group B

Fixtures

19 July 2008
19:00 UTC+8
Sydney FC 2 – 1 Queensland Roar
Payne  53'
Prentice  57' 		Report van Dijk  49'
Hyuk-Su Seo Red card 57'

20 July 2008
16:00 UTC+12
Wellington Phoenix 1 – 0 Central Coast Mariners
Daniel  72' Report

27 July 2008
15:00 UTC+10
Central Coast Mariners 3 – 0 Sydney FC
Porter  43'
Petrovski  60'
Mrdja  68' 		Report

27 July 2008
15:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 1 – 1 Wellington Phoenix
van Dijk  18' Report Kwasnik  74'

2 August 2008
19:00 UTC+10
Sydney FC 2 – 3 Wellington Phoenix
Brosque  16'
Fyfe  39'
Prentice Red card 90' 		Report Hearfield  57'
Smeltz  62'
Gao  82'
Durante Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 90'

3 August 2008
15:00 UTC+10
Queensland Roar 1 – 2 Central Coast Mariners
Moore Red card 49'
Zullo  51' 		Report Elrich  29'
MacAllister  32'

Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Wellington Phoenix 3210537
Central Coast Mariners 3201526
Sydney FC 3102473
Queensland Roar 3012351

Final

Top goalscorers

2 Goals:

1 Goal:

References

  1. ↑ "Football spreads its reach". Football Federation Australia. 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
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