2008/2009 Season Championship Match written by Thomas Esamie
Played (21/02/09) Hindmarsh Stadium Referee : Kris Griffiths-Jones, Crowd :
Sydney FC Vedran Janjetovic, Rhyan Grant, Chris Triantis (Luke Austin 80), Matthew Jurman, Chris Payne (sent off 90), Antony Golec (Zach Cairncross 85), Kofi Danning, Ibrahim Haydar, Sam Munro, Brendan Gan, Matthew Hall (Robbie Mileski 66) Goals : Haydar 21, Mileski 77 Coach : Steve O'Connor	2	-	0	Adelaide United Mark Birighitti, Michael Doyle (Angelo Arambatsis 76), Scott Weidenbach (Andrew Ciarla 56), Shane Tobias, Alexander Sunasky, Joel Allwright, Matthew Mullen, Osama Malik, Michael Valkanis, Francesco Monterosso, Michael De Bono (Joseph Costa 67) Coach : Joe Mullen
Because this match was scheduld to be the curtainraiser match for the A-League preliminary final, which as it turned out was being contested by Adelaide and Queensland, Sydney ended up not only losing homeground advantage after finishing top of the table but their opponents gaining it.