Perth Glory FC
2008–09 season
ManagerDavid Mitchell
A-League7th
Top goalscorer10 goals
Eugene Dadi
Nikita Rukavytsya
Highest home attendance12,581 v Adelaide
26 December 2008
Lowest home attendance4,433 v Wellington
21 September 2008
Average home league attendance7,941

The 2008–09 season was Perth Glory FC's 4th season since the inception of the A-League and 12th since the club's founding, in 1996.

2008–09 Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Jason Petkovic
2 DF Australia AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley
3 DF Australia AUS David Tarka
4 DF Australia AUS Jamie Coyne
5 DF Australia AUS Jamie Harnwell
6 DF Australia AUS Dino Djulbic
7 MF Australia AUS Nick Rizzo
8 FW England ENG James Robinson
9 MF Argentina ARG Adrian Trinidad
10 MF Brazil BRA Amaral
11 MF Australia AUS Scott Bulloch
12 MF Australia AUS Josip Magdic
13 FW Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Eugene Dadi
15 DF Australia AUS Hayden Doyle
16 MF Australia AUS Adriano Pellegrino
17 MF Australia AUS Jimmy Downey
18 DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe
19 MF Australia AUS Naum Sekulovski
20 GK Australia AUS Frank Juric
21 MF Australia AUS Mark Lee
22 MF Australia AUS Wayne Srhoj
25 MF Australia AUS Marc Anthony
29 FW Netherlands NED Victor Sikora
30 GK Australia AUS Tando Velaphi
31 DF Australia AUS Scott Neville

Squad changes for 2008–09 season

Friendlies

China Tour

Perth Glory began their pre-season early, with a three match trip to China, in early March.[1] The team played three matches against three Chinese Super League sides, Changchun Yatai, Changsha Ginde and Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. Glory lost all three matches, but the tour was successful for trialling many new players in the lineup.[2]

Local Friendlies

In June, the Perth Glory squad took on Football West State League side Rockingham City in Port Kennedy, defeating the side 8–0 in front of a crowd of around 1,500.[3] Glory also played the WA State Team, losing 2–3, with David Tarka making a successful return to competitive football in the match, after being out of the game through a hamstring injury for the past ten months.

Indonesia Tour

Finally in July, Perth Glory embarked on a short pre-season tour of Indonesia, playing and defeating Indonesian Super League sides, Persik Kediri and Deltras Sidoarjo, 2–1[4] and 1–0 respectively. Mitchell was able to give new recruits, like Eugene Dadi, Adrian Trinidad and Amaral a good run as well as a competitive hit out for younger State League recruits to impress, like Josip Magdic who scored the winner against Deltras Sidoarjo.[5]

Pre-Season Cup

RoundDateHome teamScoreAway teamCrowdStadium
1 19 July 2008Perth Glory1 – 1Newcastle Jets3,825Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah, Western Australia
2 26 July 2008Perth Glory0 – 1Melbourne Victory3,020Members Equity Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
3 2 August 2008Adelaide United0 – 0Perth Glory3,000Vansittart Park, Mount Gambier, South Australia

Unlike last season, Perth were not as successful in this season's Pre-Season Cup, though also unlike last season, Glory had some pre-season cup games scheduled at home this time. Adrian Trinidad impressed, including creating and scoring a penalty in the first match against the Newcastle Jets, in Mandurah.

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

17 August 2008 Adelaide United 1 : 0 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+9:30 T. Dodd 41' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,510
Referee: Australia Peter Green
22 August 2008 Perth Glory 3 : 3 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 Trinidad 35' (pen.)
Dadi 58'
Rukavytsya 81'		 Report Summary J. Griffiths 20' (pen.)
Coyne 49' (o.g.)
North 90+5'		 Attendance: 8,876
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
31 August 2008 Sydney FC 5 : 2 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
15:00 UTC+10 Brosque 3'
Corica 21' (pen.)
Bridge 39'
Cole 43'
Topor-Stanley 88' (o.g.)		 Report
Summary		 Dadi 12', 67' (pen.)
Djulbic Yellow card 20' Red card 20'		 Attendance: 11,732
Referee: Australia Peter Green
14 September 2008 Perth Glory 0 : 3 Queensland Roar Members Equity Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary		 Moore 14'
McKay 23'
Miller 45+2'		 Attendance: 8,203
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
19 October 2008 Perth Glory 2 : 1 Sydney FC Members Equity Stadium, Perth
14:00 UTC+8 Harnwell 5', 47' Report
Summary		 Santalab 11'
Fyfe Red card 90+1'		 Attendance: 7,759
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
23 November 2008 Queensland Roar 4 : 1 Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 van Dijk 45+1' (pen.)
Minniecon 45+3'
Miller 55'
Nichols 82'		 Report
Summary		 Harnwell 57' Attendance: 9,118
Referee: Australia Peter Green
21 December 2008 Sydney FC 1 : 4 Perth Glory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Musialik 61' Report
Summary		 Pellegrino 11'
Golec 36' (o.g.)
Srhoj 49'
Middleby 69' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 12,165
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
26 December 2008 Perth Glory 0 : 1 Adelaide United Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Summary		 Sarkies 40' Attendance: 12,581
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
11 January 2009 Perth Glory 3 : 2 Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
18:00 UTC+9 Dadi 32', 76'
Rukavytsya 36'		 Report
Summary		 Allsopp 3'
Ney Fabiano 48'
Kemp Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 88'		 Attendance: 9,381
Referee: Australia Chris Beath

Home-and-Away Season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for 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: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Goal scorers

Last updated 24 January 2009

Name Pre-Season A-League Finals Total
Ivory Coast Eugene Dadi010010
Australia Nikita Rukavytsya010010
Australia Jamie Harnwell0303
Australia Adriano Pellegrino0202
Argentina Adrian Trinidad1102
Australia Wayne Srhoj0101
Australia Scott Bulloch0101
Australia Anthony Skorich0101

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Glory road to China". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Mission accomplished in China". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Glory score on and off the pitch". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Glory's super start in Indonesia". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Magdic wins it for Glory". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
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