2008–09 Central Coast Mariners FC season

Central Coast Mariners

2008–09 season
Executive Chairman	Lyall Gorman
Manager	Lawrie McKinna
Stadium	Bluetongue Stadium
A-League	4th
A-League finals	4th
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group stage
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Simon (11) All: Matt Simon (13)
Highest home attendance	15,546 vs Perth Glory (31 December 2008, A-League)
Lowest home attendance	5,843 vs Tianjin Teda (19 May 2009, AFC Champions League)
Average home league attendance	10,465
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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	3 April 1981	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0	0
20	Danny Vuković		GK	2005	27 March 1985	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	26	0
30	Andrew Redmayne		GK	2007	13 January 1989	Australian Institute of Sport	2	0
Defenders
4	Pedj Bojić		RB, LB	2008	9 April 1984	Sutherland Sharks	27	0
5	Brad Porter		RB, CM	2006	19 February 1987	Australian Institute of Sport	53	1
6	David D'Apuzzo		LB	2008	5 September 1988	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	10	0
8	Dean Heffernan		LB	2005	19 May 1980	Sutherland Sharks	60	9
13	Paul O'Grady		CB	2005	6 November 1978	Marconi Stallions	41	3
15	Andrew Clark		RB	2005	24 August 1974	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	83	0
16	Nigel Boogaard		CB	2005	14 August 1986	Central Coast Lightning	41	1
17	Matthew Osman		RB, RM	2005	29 July 1983	Penrith United	77	4
18	Alex Wilkinson		CB, RB	2005	30 August 1984	Manly United	109	1
25	Nathan Sherlock		CB	2009	2 February 1990	Central Coast Mariners youth	0	0
Midfielders
2	André Gumprecht		RM, CM	2005	26 November 1974	Singapore Armed Forces FC	83	5
3	Shane Huke		DM, CM, RB	2009	2 October 1985	Rushden & Diamonds	5	0
7	John Hutchinson		LM, CM, DM	2005	29 December 1979	Manly United	95	12
10	Adrian Caceres		LW, AM	2008	10 January 1982	Melbourne Victory	29	3
12	Greg Owens		AM, RW	2007	27 January 1981	Adelaide United	17	2
21	Ahmad Elrich		RW	2008	30 May 1981	Wellington Phoenix	9	1
22	Nick Rizzo		LW	2009	9 June 1979	Perth Glory	1	0
28	Matthew Lewis		LW	2009	6 June 1990	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0
Strikers
9	Nik Mrdja		FW	2005	30 November 1978	AIK	44	11
11	Dylan Macallister		FW	2008	17 May 1982	Lyn	26	5
19	Matt Simon		FW	2006	21 July 1986	Central Coast Lightning	49	14
23	Adam Kwasnik		FW, RW, LW	2009	31 May 1983	Wellington Phoenix	79	21
25	Brady Smith		FW	2009	10 August 1989	Central Coast Mariners youth	1	0

2008–09 A-League squad

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 Matthew Nash 2 MF André Gumprecht 4 DF Predrag Bojić 5 MF Brad Porter 6 DF David D'Apuzzo 7 MF John Hutchinson 8 DF Dean Heffernan 9 FW Nik Mrdja 10 MF Adrian Caceres 11 FW Dylan Macallister 12 MF Greg Owens 13 DF Paul O'Grady 15 DF Andrew Clark 16 DF Nigel Boogaard

No. Position Player 17 MF Matthew Osman 18 DF Alex Wilkinson (Captain) 19 FW Matt Simon 20 GK Danny Vukovic 21 MF Ahmad Elrich 22 FW Sasho Petrovski 23 MF Mile Jedinak 23 FW Adam Kwasnik 24 MF Andrea Merenda (Injury replacement) 26 MF Chris Tadrosse (Injury replacement) 28 MF Matthew Lewis 30 GK Andrew Redmayne 40 GK Mark Bosnich (Guest player)

2009 AFC Champions League squad

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 Matthew Nash 2 MF André Gumprecht 3 MF Shane Huke 4 DF Predrag Bojić 5 MF Brad Porter 6 DF David D'Apuzzo 7 MF John Hutchinson 8 DF Dean Heffernan 9 FW Nik Mrdja 10 MF Adrian Caceres 11 FW Dylan Macallister 12 MF Greg Owens 13 DF Paul O'Grady

No. Position Player 15 DF Andrew Clark 16 DF Nigel Boogaard 17 MF Matthew Osman 18 DF Alex Wilkinson (captain) 19 FW Matt Simon 20 GK Danny Vukovic 21 MF Ahmad Elrich 22 MF Nick Rizzo 23 FW Adam Kwasnik 25 DF Nathan Sherlock 26 FW Brady Smith 27 MF Matthew Lewis 30 GK Andrew Redmayne

Youth squad

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

No. Position Player GK Matt Nemes DF Nick Kapsis DF Nathan Sherlock (Captain) DF Steven Tibbetts DF Scott Wright MF Ashley Balcomb MF Laurence Braude MF Matthew Lewis

No. Position Player MF Tim McGowan MF Sean Mitchell MF Glen Trifiro FW Ty Owens FW Brady Smith FW Daniel Taylor FW Darko Vidovic

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
7 February 2008	MF	Adrian Caceres	Melbourne Victory	Free[1]
9 March 2008	MF	Ahmad Elrich	Wellington Phoenix	Free[2]
28 March 2008	FW	Dylan Macallister	Lyn	Free[3]
16 July 2008	DF	David D'Apuzzo	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Undisclosed[4]
28 July 2008	DF	Pedj Bojić	Sutherland Sharks	Undisclosed[5]
19 August 2008	GK	Mark Bosnich	Unattached	Free[6]
20 August 2008	GK	Matthew Nash	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Undisclosed[7]
1 October 2008	DF	Chris Tadrosse	Unattached	Free[8]
20 October 2008	MF	Andrea Merenda	Unattached	Free[9]
2 February 2009	MF	Shane Huke	Rushden & Diamonds	Free[10]
9 February 2009	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Wellington Phoenix	Free[11]
10 February 2009	MF	Nick Rizzo	Perth Glory	Free[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 January 2008	DF	Alvin Ceccoli	Adelaide United	Free[13]
24 February 2008	DF	Tony Vidmar	Retired[14]
27 February 2008	MF	Tom Pondeljak	Melbourne Victory	Free[15]
4 March 2008	FW	John Aloisi	Sydney FC	Free[16]
2 June 2008	DF	Damien Brown	Retired[17]
16 June 2008	MF	Ian McAndrew	Released	Free[4]
25 June 2008	FW	Adam Kwasnik	Wellington Phoenix	Free[18]
18 July 2008	GK	Matthew Trott	Released	Free[19]
19 October 2008	GK	Mark Bosnich	Released	Free[20]
25 December 2008	MF	Mile Jedinak	Gençlerbirliği	$821,500[21]
4 February 2009	FW	Sasho Petrovski	Newcastle Jets	Free[22]

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Lawrie McKinna
Assistant coach Youth team coach Development manager	Alex Tobin
Goalkeeping coach	John Crawley
Strength and conditioning coach	Andrew Clark
Academy manager	Tony Walmsley

Other information

Executive chairman	Lyall Gorman
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Central Coast Stadium (20,059 / 105x68 metres)

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Home

Home alt.

Away

Away alt.

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Pre-season and friendlies

Central Coast Lightning v Central Coast Mariners

20 May 2008 Central Coast Challenge Cup	Central Coast Lightning	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Gosford
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Spirit FC v Central Coast Mariners

28 May 2008	Spirit FC	2 – 5	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Cunningham  50' (pen.) Orgad  70'		Macallister  10', 81' Brown  15' Brad Porter  20' Petrovski  80'	Stadium: Christie Park

Capricorn Cougars v Central Coast Mariners

6 June 2008	Capricorn Cougars	0 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Rockhampton
19:30 AEST		Report	Simon  36', 78', 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Jardine Park Referee: Chris Beath

Whitsunday Miners v Central Coast Mariners

8 June 2008	Whitsunday Miners	0 – 5	Central Coast Mariners	Mackay
18:00 AEST			Petrovski  27' Hutchinson  49' Macallister  60', 76', 83'	Stadium: Harrup Park

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

21 June 2008	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Budgewoi
14:45 AEST		Report	Song Jin-hyung  31'	Stadium: Frank Millington Field Referee: Stuart Wolfe

Belconnen United v Central Coast Mariners

25 June 2008	Belconnen United	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra
19:00 AEST	Wells  33'	Report	Beaton  68', 90'	Stadium: Belconnen Soccer Centre Attendance: 850 Referee: Gary Vanderburgt

ACT Rockets v Central Coast Mariners

27 June 2008	ACT Rockets	0 – 4	Central Coast Mariners	Canberra
19:00 AEST		Report	Bojić  14' Lagana  38' Petrovski  45' Osman  71'	Stadium: Deakin Football Centre

Northern Tigers v Central Coast Mariners

1 July 2008	Northern Tigers	0 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:30 AEST			Jedinak  5' Petrovski  40' Smith  69'	Stadium: Mills Park Attendance: 1,000

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

12 July 2008	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Canberra
13:00 AEST	Jedinak  4', 61' Petrovski  5'	Report		Stadium: Canberra Stadium Attendance: 4,873 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v New Zealand U-23

15 July 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 2	New Zealand U-23	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Macallister  73'	Report	20' (o.g.) Ellensohn  40'	Stadium: Knox Grammar School Attendance: 750 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Central Coast Mariners v Sunshine Coast

22 February 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 1	Sunshine Coast	Budgewoi
10:00 AEDT	Osman  30' Mrdja  80'		85'	Stadium: Frank Millington Field

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

24 February 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Budgewoi
11:00 AEDT			Petrovski  64'	Stadium: Frank Millington Field

Jiangsu Sainty v Central Coast Mariners

28 February 2009	Jiangsu Sainty	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Kunshan, China
14:30 CST	70'  90+2'	Report	Osman  40'	Stadium: Kunshan Sports Centre

Shandong Luneng v Central Coast Mariners

3 March 2009	Shandong Luneng	2 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Jinan, China
15:00 CST	Li Jinyu  12' Lü Zheng  90'	Report		Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium

Central Coast Lightning v Central Coast Mariners

28 April 2009 Central Coast Challenge Cup	Central Coast Lightning	0 – 4	Central Coast Mariners	Gosford
19:00 (AEDT			Kwasnik (pen.) Boogaard Caceres Elrich	Stadium: Pluim Park

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pre-Season Challenge Cup	Group stage	Group stage	20 July 2008	3 August 2008
A-League	—	4th	15 August 2008	25 January 2008
A-League finals	Minor semi-final	Minor semi-final	6 February 2009	13 February 2009
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	11 March 2009	19 May 2009

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Wellington Phoenix	3	2	1	0	5	3	7
Central Coast Mariners	3	2	0	1	5	2	6
Sydney FC	3	1	0	2	4	7	3
Queensland Roar	3	0	1	2	3	5	1

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

20 July 2008 1	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
16:00 NZST	Daniel  72' Hearfield  75' Dodd  83'	Report	Clark  22' Macallister  59'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Michael Hester

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC

27 July 2008 2	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 0	Sydney FC	Gosford
15:00 AEST	D'Apuzzo  32' Clark  35' Porter  41'  70' Petrovski  56'  61' Mrdja  68' (pen.)	Report	Corica  49' Brosque  63' Fyfe  68' Colosimo  74' Payne  78' Giraldi  86'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 7,107 Referee: Chris Beath

Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners

3 August 2008 3	Queensland Roar	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	van Dijk  19' Moore  48' Zullo  50' Dodd  70'	Report	Hutchinson  19' Elrich  28' Macallister  32' Boogaard  60'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Peter Green

A-League

League table

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	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	2009 A-League 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: 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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	7	7	7	35	32	+3	28	5	2	4	19	14	+5	2	5	3	16	18	−2

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4

Last updated: 4 May 2014.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

15 August 2008 1	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
20:00 EAST	J. Griffiths  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Simon  87'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 16,022 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC

23 August 2008 2	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 3	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:00 AEST	Petrovski  13' (pen.), 67'  55' Clark  48' Bojić  56' Boogaard  80'	Report	Corica  6', 14' Middleby  30' Colosimo  45' Musialik  68', 68' Cole  81'  90+1' Fyfe  90+3'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,932 Referee: Ben Williams

Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners

31 August 2008 3	Queensland Roar	2 – 4	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
17:00 AEST	Reddy  15' Tiatto  28' Miller  69' van Dijk  73' (pen)	Report	Simon  15'  31' Jedinak  18'  48' Macallister  64', 71'  78' Clark  76'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,185 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

14 September 2008 4	Wellington Phoenix	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
17:00 NZST	Hutchinson  51' Bojić  54'	Report	Johnson  6' Dodd  18' Hearfield  45'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,928 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory

20 September 2008 5	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
19:00 AEST	Simon  11', 82'	Report	Thompson  15', 90+4' Theoklitos  53' Kemp  71'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Peter Green

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory

26 September 2008 6	Central Coast Mariners	4 – 1	Perth Glory	Gosford
20:00 AEST	Petrovski  9'  58' Simon  20' Jedinak  29'  39' Caceres  45' Osman  64' Bojić  79'	Report	Tarka  38' Rukavytsya  63' Trinidad  90+2'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Mark Shield

Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners

3 October 2008 7	Adelaide United	3 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Adelaide
19:30 ACST	Dodd  7' (pen.) Cornthwaite  19'  85' Cristiano  32'  50' Costanzo  66' Jamieson  74' Ognenovski  79'	Report	Clark  9' Jedinak  66' (pen.), 76' Simon  84' Bojić  88'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 9,074 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix

19 October 2008 8	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Gosford
15:00 AEDT	Jedinak  18' Simon  61'	Report	Dodd  53' McKain  62' Gao Leilei  83'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,011 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

24 October 2008 9	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
20:00 AEDT	Macallister  33' Wilkinson  56' O'Grady  86'	Report	Håkansson  38' North  63'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners

1 November 2008 10	Sydney FC	3 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Bridge  28' Casey  39' McFlynn  57'	Report	Jedinak  18' Petrovski  34' Simon  63', 81' Mrdja  78' Hutchinson  90+4'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 18,251 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United

15 November 2008 11	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 0	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:30 AEDT	Simon  18' Petrovski  44' Caceres  50' Wilkinson  90+2'	Report	Barbiero  65' Spagnuolo  72'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 7,865 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners

21 November 2008 12	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Pondeljak  37' Thompson  60'	Report	Hutchinson  34' Bojić  84'	Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 21,455 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners

29 November 2008 13	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
18:00 WDT	Dadi  29' Harnwell  30' Shroj  34' Rukavytsya  55', 62' Trinidad  76' Đulbić  79'	Report	Jedinak  31' Porter  53' Simon  55' Boogaard  90' Petrovski  90+2'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,496 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Central Coast Mariners v Queensland Roar

6 December 2008 14	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Queensland Roar	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	D'Apuzzo  10' Bojić  72' Gumprecht  83'	Report	van Dijk  11' DeVere  90+1'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,995 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC

13 December 2008 15	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 1	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Macallister  11' Vuković  63' Bojić  64' Jedinak  90' (pen.)	Report	Aloisi  65' (pen.) Cole  90+2' Fyfe  90+3'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,220 Referee: Peter Green

Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners

19 December 2008 16	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Wellington
19:30 NZDT	Smeltz  2'  62' Durante  90' Brown  90+2'	Report	Caceres  45' Porter  49' Macallister  52'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,722 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

26 December 2008 17	Newcastle Jets	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT	A. Griffiths  7' J. Griffiths  9' (pen.)	Report	Petrovski  43'  67' Simon  80'  90+4' Macallister  90+4'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 11,413 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory

31 December 2008 18	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	Heffernan  42' Hutchinson  80'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 15,546 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners v Queensland Roar

10 January 2009 19	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 4	Queensland Roar	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Mrdja  5' Simon  55', 81' Porter  59' Caceres  73' Clark  76'	Report	Moore  12' van Dijk  43', 48' Minniecon  60' Bojić  69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 11,454 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners

16 January 2009 20	Melbourne Victory	3 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Allsopp  68' Hernández  71' Thompson  75'	Report	Clark  44' Hutchinson  80' Heffernan  87' Porter  90+3'	Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 24,003 Referee: Peter Green

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United

25 January 2009 21	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Adelaide United	Gosford
19:00 AEDT	Simon  74'	Report	Barbiero  26' Cornthwaite  45+2' Cristiano  82'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Finals series

Minor semi-final

Central Coast Mariners v Queensland Roar

6 February 2009 First leg	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 2	Queensland Roar	Gosford
20:00 AEDT		Report	Nichols  30' Tiatto  34', 75' van Dijk  54' (pen.) Packer  56' Zullo  58'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,514 Referee: Ben Williams

Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners

13 February 2009 Second leg	Queensland Roar	2 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
19:30 AEST	Nichols  21' McKay  49'	Report	Boogaard  38' O'Grady  45' Mrdja  64' Heffernan  80' Hutchinson  85'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 23,705 Referee: Peter Green

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pohang Steelers	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tianjin Teda	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
Central Coast Mariners	6	0	2	4	5	13	−8	2

Central Coast Mariners v Pohang Steelers

11 March 2009 1	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 0	Pohang Steelers	Gosford, Australia
20:00 AEDT	Bojić  40' Simon  82'	Report	Shin Hyung-min  78'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 6,870 Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Tianjin Teda v Central Coast Mariners

18 March 2009 2	Tianjin Teda	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Tianjin, China
20:00 CST	Éber  37' Tan Wangsong  41' Wu Weian  66' Cao Yang  84'	Report	Simon  6'  61' Boogaard  30' Bojić  40' Caceres  48'	Stadium: TEDA Football Stadium Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Central Coast Mariners v Kawasaki Frontale

8 April 2009 3	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 5	Kawasaki Frontale	Gosford, Australia
20:00 (AEST)	Osman  10'	Report	Jong Tae-se  8' Taniguchi  22' Juninho  37' Nakamura  49' Renatinho  70'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 9,419 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Kawasaki Frontale v Central Coast Mariners

21 April 2009 4	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Kawasaki, Japan
JST	Igawa  19' Juninho  47' Mori  73' Renatinho  81'	Report	Boogaard  39' Osman  39' Simon  59' Clark  79' Gumprecht  84'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 8,419 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

Pohang Steelers v Central Coast Mariners

5 May 2009 5	Pohang Steelers	3 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Pohang, South Korea
13:00 (KST	Denílson  8' (pen.), 71' (88)	Report	Bojić  7' Simon  27' Kwasnik  54', 57'	Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard Attendance: 11,539 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Central Coast Mariners v Tianjin Teda

19 May 2009 6	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Tianjin Teda	Gosford, Australia
20:00 (AEST	Caceres  90+5'	Report	Han Yanming  12' Ma Leilei  34' Mao Biao  64' Zhao Yanming  90+3' Fan Baiqun  90+4'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		A-League finals		Pre-Season Cup		AFC Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matthew Nash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Andre Gumprecht	17	1	5 + 6	1	1	0	2	0	2 + 1	0
3	MF		Shane Huke	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 + 1	0
4	DF		Pedj Bojić	27	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
5	DF		Brad Porter	32	1	20 + 1	0	2	0	3	1	3 + 3	0
6	DF		David D'Apuzzo	10	0	2 + 6	0	0	0	1 + 1	0	0	0
7	MF		John Hutchinson	31	2	20	2	2	0	3	0	6	0
8	DF		Dean Heffernan	14	0	5 + 1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
9	FW		Nik Mrdja	22	4	3 + 11	2	0 + 2	1	0 + 3	1	3	0
10	MF		Adrian Caceres	29	3	17 + 3	2	1 + 1	0	3	0	2 + 2	1
11	FW		Dylan Macallister	26	5	12 + 5	4	2	0	3	1	2 + 2	0
12	MF		Greg Owens	1	0	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Paul O'Grady	9	0	3 + 4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Andrew Clark	18	0	7 + 4	0	1 + 1	0	2	0	3	0
16	DF		Nigel Boogaard	18	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
17	MF		Matthew Osman	27	1	13 + 4	1	2	0	2 + 1	0	5	0
18	DF		Alex Wilkinson	32	0	21	0	2	0	3	0	6	0
19	FW		Matt Simon	25	13	16 + 3	11	2	0	0	0	4	2
20	GK		Danny Vuković	27	0	16	0	2	0	2 + 1	0	6	0
21	MF		Ahmad Elrich	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1 + 3	0
22	MF		Nick Rizzo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 + 1	0
23	MF		Adam Kwasnik	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 + 1	2
25	FW		Brady Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Nathan Sherlock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Matthew Lewis	1	0	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Andrew Redmayne	2	0	1 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who made appearances but left the club during the season:
22	FW		Sasho Petrovski	25	7	16 + 4	6	0 + 2	0	3	1	0	0
23	MF		Mile Jedinak	15	6	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Andrea Merenda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Chris Tadrosse	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Mark Bosnich	6	0	4	0	0	0	1 + 1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	A-League	Finals	Pre-Season Challenge Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
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	3
7	MF	7	John Hutchinson	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	23	Adam Kwasnik	0	0	0	2	2
9	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	1
Total				35	1	5	5	46

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	A-League	Finals	Pre-Season Challenge Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	GK	20	Danny Vuković	3	0	0	1	4
2	GK	40	Mark Bosnich	1	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

As of 17 May 2014

R.	Name	A-League		A-League finals		Pre-Season Cup		AFC Champions League		Total
1	Pedj Bojić	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
2	Matt Simon	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0
3	Andrew Clark	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
	Nigel Boogaard	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	1
5	Dylan Macallister	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
6	Sasho Petrovski	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Brad Porter	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Dean Heffernan	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	John Hutchinson	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
10	Adrian Caceres	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	Alex Wilkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Paul O'Grady	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	David D'Apuzzo	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Matthew Osman	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
15	Danny Vuković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	André 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:^[23]

• 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)

References

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