2008–09 Queensland Roar FC season

The 2008–09 Queensland Roar season was the club's fourth season participating in the A-League where they would finish in 3rd place in the regular season.

Queensland Roar FC

2008–09 season
Chairman	N/A
Manager	Frank Farina
A-League	3rd
Pre-Season Cup	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Serginho van Dijk – 11 Goals All: Serginho van Dijk – 12 Goals
Highest home attendance	23,705 v Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance	9,118 v Perth Glory
Average home league attendance	13,968
Home colours Away colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Squad

Full time squad as of 31 July 2008

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Liam Reddy 2 MF  AUS Andrew Packer 3 DF  AUS Luke de Vere 4 DF  AUS Craig Moore (c) 5 DF  AUS Josh McCloughan 6 MF  AUS David Dodd 7 MF  AUS Michael Zullo 8 MF  AUS Massimo Murdocca 9 FW  IDN Sergio van Dijk 10 MF  SCO Charlie Miller 11 FW  BRA Reinaldo 12 FW  AUS Tahj Minniecon

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Chris Grossman 14 DF  AUS Ben Griffin 15 MF  AUS Matt McKay 16 DF  KOR Seo Hyuk-Su 17 MF  AUS Mitch Nichols 18 MF  AUS Danny Tiatto 19 MF  AUS Isaka Cernak-Okanya 20 GK  AUS Griffin McMaster 21 MF  AUS Thomas Oar 22 FW  AUS Robbie Kruse 23 FW  AUS Tim Smits

Player Movement

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  AUS Luke DeVere (Moved from AIS) 6 MF  AUS David Dodd (Moved from Palm Beach) 9 FW  IDN Sergio van Dijk (Moved from FC Emmen) 10 MF  SCO Charlie Miller (Moved from Lierse S.K.) 11 FW  BRA Reinaldo¤ (Moved from Busan I'Park) 19 MF  AUS Isaka Cernak (Moved from AIS) 21 MF  AUS Tommy Oar (Moved from QAS) 23 FW  AUS Tim Smits (Moved from Rochedale Rovers) 33 MF  BRA Henrique (Loaned from América Mineiro)

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  AUS Stuart McLaren (Moved to Perth Glory) 9 FW  SCO Simon Lynch (Moved to Airdrie United) 10 FW  AUS Ante Miličić (Moved to Shahzan Muda FC) 11 FW  BRA Reinaldo¤ (Moved to Busan I'Park) 13 FW  AUS Zoran Petrevski (Moved to Melbourne Knights) 19 DF  AUS Sasa Ognenovski (Moved to Adelaide United) 20 GK  AUS Matthew Ham (Moved to Redlands United) 23 MF  BRA Marcinho (Released)

¤ Reinaldo transferred to Busan I'Park at the end of the 2007/08 A-League season and returned to Queensland in July 2008 on a free transfer.

Pre-Season

Roar Roadshow

14 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane Olympic	0–6	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Smits 23', 35' Packer 49' Grossman 57', 70', 80'

Goodwin Park
Yeronga, Queensland

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20 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Rochedale Rovers	2–5	Queensland Roar
Tabulo Unknown	(Report)	Nichols Smits Close Thurtell

Underwood Park
Rochedale, Queensland

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27 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Redlands United	0–4	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	van Dijk Grossman Kruse

Cleveland Showgrounds
Cleveland, Queensland

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29 May 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Gold Coast Representative XI	0–2	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	van Dijk Murdocca

Pizzey Park
Miami, Queensland

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5 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane Strikers	1–2	Queensland Roar
Hews	(Report)	Kruse Oar

Luxury Paints Stadium
Richlands, Queensland

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8 June 2008
14:00 UTC+10

Sunshine Coast F.C.	1–0	Queensland Roar
Muta 47'	(Report)

One Mile Ovals
Gympie, Queensland

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17 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Peninsula Power	0–1	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Oar 44'

A.J. Kelly Field
Kippa-Ring, Queensland

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24 June 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Brisbane City	0–4	Queensland Roar
	(Report)	Smits 53' McKay 58' Minniecon 60' Nichols 65'

Spencer Park
Newmarket, Queensland

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1 July 2008
19:15 UTC+10

Easts Invitational XI	1–8	Queensland Roar
Baty 14' (pen.)	(Report)	Packer 3' Smits 24' 29' 90' van Dijk McKay 69' Oar 70' Carroll (g.k.) 74' (o.g.)

Heath Park
East Brisbane, Queensland

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Translink Cup

12 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3–1	Palmeiras B
Smits 35' McKay 43' Murdocca 90+2'	(Report)	Portela 57'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Peter Green

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2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

19 July 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC	2–1	Queensland Roar
Payne 53' Prentice 57'	(Report)	van Dijk 49'

Campbelltown Stadium,
Campbelltown, New South Wales

Attendance: 4,222

Referee: Matthew Breeze

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27 July 2008
14:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–1	Wellington Phoenix
van Dijk 18'	(Report)	Kwasnik 74'

Stockland Park
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Attendance: 3,832

Referee: Regis Queffelec

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3 August 2008
15:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–2	Central Coast Mariners
Zullo 51'	(Report)	Elrich 29' Macallister 32'

Perry Park
Bowen Hills, Queensland

Attendance: 3,241

Referee: Peter Green

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Hyundai A-League 2008–09

Round 1

17 August 2008
15:00 UTC+12

Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Queensland Roar
Smeltz 53'	(Report) (Summary)	Miller 46'

Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand

Attendance: 10,516

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 2

24 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–1	Adelaide United
Miller 47'	(Report) (Summary)	Dodd 8' (pen.)

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 12,761

Referee: Mark Shield

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Round 3

31 August 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2–4	Central Coast Mariners
Miller 69' van Dijk 74' (pen.)	(Report) (Summary)	Simon 31' Jedinak 48' Macallister 64' 71'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 12,185

Referee: Peter O’Leary

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Round 4

14 September 2008
15:00 UTC+8

Perth Glory	0–3	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Moore 14' McKay 23' Miller 45+2'

Members Equity Stadium
Perth, Western Australia

Attendance: 8,203

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 5

19 September 2008
20:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets
	(Report) (Summary)	Griffiths 83'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 12,103

Referee: Craig Zetter

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Round 6

28 September 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Melbourne Victory	0–2	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Minniecon 83' Zullo 90+5'

Telstra Dome
Melbourne

Attendance: 22,226

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 7

4 October 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Sydney FC	1–1	Queensland Roar
Musialik 90+3'	(Report) (Summary)	Miller 48'

Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney

Attendance: 12,403

Referee: Matthew Breeze

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Round 8

17 October 2008
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–1	Adelaide United
	(Report) (Summary)	Cornthwaite 60'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 11,117

Referee: Mark Shield

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Round 9

26 October 2008
17:00 UTC+13

Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan 40'

Westpac Stadium
Wellington, New Zealand

Attendance: 6,543

Referee: Peter O'Leary

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Round 10

2 November 2008
17:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	1–2	Queensland Roar
Griffiths 23'	(Report) (Summary)	McKay 24' Miller 35'

Energy Australia Stadium
Newcastle, New South Wales

Attendance: 10,507

Referee: Craig Zetter

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Round 11

8 November 2008
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–1	Melbourne Victory
	(Report) (Summary)	Thompson 70'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 12,022

Referee: Peter O’Leary

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Round 12

23 November 2008
17:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	4–1	Perth Glory
van Dijk 45+1' (pen.) Minniecon 45+3' Miller 55' Nichols 81'	(Report) (Summary)	Harnwell 57'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 9,118

Referee: Peter Green

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Round 13

28 November 2008
20:00 UTC+11

Sydney FC	1–1	Queensland Roar
Corica 64'	(Report) (Summary)	McKay 12'

Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney

Attendance: 8,502

Referee: Matthew Breeze

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Round 14

6 December 2008
18:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Queensland Roar
Gumprecht 83'	(Report) (Summary)	van Dijk 11'

Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales

Attendance: 8,995

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 15

14 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2–1	Newcastle Jets
Nichols 45+1' van Dijk 90'	(Report) (Summary)	Griffiths 26'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 11,048

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 16

14 January 2009
19:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	0–0	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)

Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 14,450

Referee: Strebre Delovski

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Round 17

28 December 2008
18:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3–2	Wellington Phoenix
McKay 38' van Dijk 48' Oar 90+1'	(Report) (Summary)	de Vere 11' (o.g.) Hearfield 46'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 13,115

Referee: Ben Williams

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Round 18

2 January 2009
20:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	2–1	Queensland Roar
Allsopp 55' Vargas 67'	(Report) (Summary)	Moore 75'

Telstra Dome
Melbourne

Attendance: 23,447

Referee: Peter O’Leary

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Round 19

10 January 2009
19:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	3–4	Queensland Roar
Mrdja 5' Simon 55' 81'	(Report) (Summary)	van Dijk 43' 48' Minniecon 60' Bojic 69' (o.g.)

Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales

Attendance: 11,454

Referee: Matthew Breeze

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Round 20

17 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	3–1	Sydney FC
van Dijk 15' 28' 90+3'	(Report) (Summary)	Danning 25'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 19,111

Referee: Craig Zetter

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Round 21

24 January 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	4–2	Perth Glory
Nichols 27' Tiatto 63' van Dijk 76' McCloughan 82'	(Report) (Summary)	Rukavytsya 21' Skorich 66'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 17,367

Referee: Peter O'Leary

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Finals series

Minor semi-final – away leg

6 February 2009
20:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	0–2	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Nichols 30' van Dijk 54' (pen.)

Bluetongue Stadium
Gosford, New South Wales

Attendance: 9,514

Referee: Ben Williams

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Minor semi-final – home leg

13 February 2009
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2–1	Central Coast Mariners
Nichols 21' McKay 49'	(Report) (Summary)	Mrdja 64'

Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Queensland

Attendance: 24,705

Referee: Peter Green

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Preliminary final (One Leg – Played away to loser of major semi-final)

21 February 2009
19:00 UTC+10

Adelaide United	1–0	Queensland Roar
Barbiero 25'	(Report) (Summary)

Hindmarsh Stadium
Adelaide, South Australia

Attendance: 8,472

Referee: Strebre Delovski

Ladder position

Pos	Team v t e	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