2008 A-League results
2008/2009 Season Round 01 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (15/08/08) EnergyAustralia Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 16022
Newcastle United Jets
Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, James Holland (Noel Spencer 76), Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Jin-Hyung Song, Tarek Elrich, Jobe Wheelhouse, Adam D'Apuzzo, Ben Kantarovski, Edmundo Salomon Zura de Jesus (Jason Hoffman 66)
Goal : J Griffiths 90pk
Coach : Gary van Egmond
1 - 1 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Pedj Bojic, Bradley Porter, David D'Apuzzo, John Hutchinson, Adrian Caceres (Nik Mrdja 66), Andrew Clark, Matthew Osman, Alex Wilkinson, Ahmad Elrich, Sasho Petrovski (Matt Simon 67)
Goal : Simon 87
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Paul Green
Match report by Robert Szomolnoki

Played (16/08/08) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : Mark Shield, Crowd : 16277
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Nick Tsattalios, Simon Colosimo, Robbie Middleby, Steve Corica, Shannon Cole, Terry McFlynn, Chris Payne (Mark Bridge 60), Jacob Timpano, Adam Casey
Coach : John Kosmina
0 - 0 Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Michael Thwaite, Matthew Kemp, Danny Allsopp, Ney Fabiano, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak (Leigh Broxham 46), Carlos Hernandez, Jose Luis Lopez, Evan Berger (Billy Celeski 64)
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Match report by Stephen Webb

Played (17/08/08) Westpac Stadium
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 10516
Wellington Phoenix
Glen Moss, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Karl Dodd (Richard Johnson 89), Leo Bertos, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante, Daniel Lins Cortes (Troy Hearfield 72), Adam Kwasnik, Andrew Durante, Manny Muscat
Goal : Smeltz 53
Coach : Ricki Herbert
1 - 1 Queensland Roar
Liam Reddy, Luke Devere, Josh McCloughan, Dave Dodd, Massimo Murdocca, Sergio Van Dijk, Charlie Miller (Michael Zullo 77), Matt McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Danny Tiatto, Tim Smits (Reinaldo Elias da Costa 72)
Goals : Miller 46
Coach : Frank Farina
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Played (17/08/08) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 10510
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Everson Arantes de Oliveira, Angelo Costanzo, Lucas Pantelis, Paul Agostino (Jonas Salley 69), Cristiano dos Santos (Robert Younis 82), Paul Reid, Travis Dodd, Scott Jamieson, Sasa Ognenovski, Jason Spagnuolo (Fabian Barbiero 75)
Goal : Dodd 41
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Frank Juric, David Tarka, Jamie Coyne, Dino Djulbic, Alexander Da Silva Mariano, Scott Bulloch, Eugene Dadi (Nikita Rukavytsya 46), Hayden Doyle (Nikolai Topor-Stanley 46), Adriano Pellegrino, James Downey (Anthony Skorich 70), Mark Lee
Coach : David Mitchell