Melbourne Victory season 2008-09

Infobox Football club season
club = Melbourne Victory FC

season = 2008-2009
manager = flagicon|Scotlandflagicon|Australia Ernie Merrick
chairman =
league = A-League
league result = "TBD"
cup1 = A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
cup1 result = "Champions"
cup2 =
cup2 result =
league topscorer =

2008-09 Squad

"Players in bold have senior international caps."

2008 Hyundai A-League Pre-Season Cup fixtures

Round 1----footballbox
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date = 20 July, 2008
13:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague MV
score = 1 – 2
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=22868&pageid=1001 Report]
team2 = ALeague AU
goals1 = Ney Fabiano goal|8
goals2 = Cristiano goal|33, goal|90
stadium = Aurora Stadium,
Launceston, Tasmania
attendance = 4,720
referee = Ben Williams

Round 2----footballbox
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date = 26 July, 2008
15:00 UTC+8
team1 = ALeague PG
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=22951 Report]
team2 = ALeague MV
goals1 =
goals2 = Thwaite goal|11
stadium = Members Equity Stadium,
Perth, Western Australia
attendance = 3,020
referee =

Round 3----footballbox
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date = 2 August, 2008
14:30 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague NUJ
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=23040 Report]
team2 = ALeague MV
goals1 =
goals2 = Pondeljak goal|82
stadium = Port Macquarie Regional Stadium, Port Macquarie, New South Wales
attendance = 3,133
referee =

Final----footballbox
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date = 6 August, 2008
19:30 UTC+12
team1 = Wellington Phoenix
score = 0 – 0
(7 – 8 PSO)
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=23098 Report]
team2 = Melbourne Victory
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Westpac Stadium,
Wellington, New Zealand
attendance = 9,208
referee = Peter O'Leary

2008 Hyundai Results

Round 1----footballbox
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date = August 16, 2008
19:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague SFC
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=23239&pageid=2773 (Report)]
team2 = ALeague MV
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Sydney Football Stadium
attendance = 16,227
referee = Mark Shield

Round 2----footballbox
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date = August 24, 2008
17:00 UTC+12
team1 = ALeague WP
score = 2 – 4
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23331 (Report)]
team2 = ALeague MV
goals1 = Smeltz goal|29, goal|65|Pen
goals2 = Allsopp goal|16, goal|35
Ney Fabiano goal|47
Muscat goal|68|Pen
stadium = Westpac Stadium
attendance = 6,110
referee = Strebre Delovski

Round 3----footballbox
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date = August 29, 2008
18:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague MV
score = 5 – 0
report =
team2 = ALeague NUJ
goals1 = Hernández goal|41 A. Thompson goal|45+2 Allsopp goal|61 goal|64 Brebner goal|90
goals2 =
stadium = Telstra Dome
attendance = 22,589
referee = Mark Shield

Round 4----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 12, 2008
18:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague MV
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = ALeague AU
goals1 = Ney Fabiano sent off|0|29
Muscat goal|64
goals2 =
stadium = Telstra Dome
attendance = 24,812
referee = Matthew Breeze

Round 5----footballbox
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date = September 20, 2008
19:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague CCM
score = 2 – 2
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23738 Report] [http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000290021/scoreboard.html Summary]
team2 = ALeague MV
goals1 = Simon goal|12 goal|84
goals2 = A. Thompson goal|16 goal|90+4 Theoklitos sent off|0|57
stadium = Bluetongue Stadium
attendance = 9,009
referee = Peter Green

Round 6----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = September 28, 2008
17:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague MV
score = 0 – 2
report = [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23884 Report] [http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000290026/scoreboard.html Summary]
team2 = ALeague QR
goals1 = Hernández sent off|2|48|58
goals2 = Minniecon goal|83 Zullo goal|90+4
stadium = Telstra Dome
attendance = 22,226
referee = Ben Williams

Round 7----footballbox
bg = #eeeeee
date = October 4, 2008
17:00 UTC+10
team1 = ALeague MV
score = 4 – 0
report =
team2 = ALeague PG
goals1 = Brebner goal|25 Allsopp goal|39 goal|71 Vargas goal|46
goals2 =
stadium = Telstra Dome
attendance = 18,036
referee = Srebre Delovski

2008-09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

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References

External links

* [http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/ Melbourne] - Official Website
* [http://www.oztifo.com/gallery/v/melbournevictory/ Pictures of Melbourne supporters]