2008–09 Sydney FC season
 | This Sydney FC Season 2008-09 documents a current sporting event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this Sydney FC Season 2008-09 may not reflect the most current information. |
| 2008-2009 season | |
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| Chairman | Andrew Kemeny |
| Manager | John Kosmina |
| A-League | tbd |
| A-League Preseason Challenge Cup | tbd |
The 2007–08 season is Sydney FC's fourth season of football (soccer) in Australia, and will compete in the A-League 2008-09 season.
Fixtures
Preseason training is set to commence on 28 April 2008.
Sydney will play in the A-League Preseason Challenge Cup and the A-League (fixtures to be determined).
Player details
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Juninho is still at the club, but a contract for 2008-09 has not been confirmed.
Transfers
The later parts of the 2007-08 season saw the departure of Mark Rudan to Japanese second division side Avispa Fukuoka and the club released David Zdrilic, Ruben Zadkovich and Patrick da Silva at seasons end. Ufuk Talay joined his former team mate Mark Rudan and coach Pierre Littbarski at Avispa Fukuoka the end of the season.
New signings for the 2008-09 season started in earnest in March with the official announcements of Simon Colosimo from Perth, Mark Bridge from Jets and a new marquee player in John Aloisi reportedly with a pay packet of up to AU$1.4m a season.[1]
In
| Player | From | League | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Simon Colosimo
|
Perth Glory (released) | A-League
|
– | 3 March 2008[2] |
| Mark Bridge
|
Newcastle United Jets FC | A-League
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Free | 3 March 2008[3] |
| John Aloisi
|
Central Coast Mariners | A-League
|
Free | 3 March 2008[3] |
| Stuart Musialik
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Newcastle United Jets | A-League
|
Free | 11 March 2008[4] |
Out
| Player | To | League | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ufuk Talay
|
Avispa Fukuoka |  J.League 2nd Division
|
– | 12 February 2008[3] |
| Ruben Zadkovich
|
Newcastle United Jets | A-League
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Free | 3 March 2008[3] |
| David Zdrilić
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Released | – | – | 3 March 2008[3] |
 Patrick da Silva
|
Released | – | – | 3 March 2008[3] |
| Mark Robertson
|
Released | – | – | 3 March 2008 |
| Brendan Renaud
|
Retired | – | – | 3 March 2008 |
| Mark Milligan
|
Racing Lens |  Ligue 1
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– | 10 March 2008 |
Short-term signings
| Player | Team | Start Date | End Date | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – |
Loan out
References
- ^ Cockerill,M (2008-03-04). "Aloisi is football's gold standard but Sydney play down bling envy". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
- ^ Announced 27 January 2008; will join the club for preseason in April; "Sydney FC signs Simon Colosimo to two year deal". sydneyfc.com. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sydney FC scores hat trick with Aloisi Bridge and Colosimo". sydneyfc.com. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ "Bling FC attracts Musialik". theworldgame.com.au. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ a b c d "Four Sydney FC players to help boost NSW Premier League". sydneyfc.com. 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
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