A-League transfers for 2008–09 season

This is a list of Australian soccer transfers for the 2008–09 A-League. Only moves featuring at least one A-League club are listed.

Clubs were able to sign players at any time, but many transfers will only officially go through on 1 June because the majority of player contracts finish on 31 May.

Transfers

All players without a flag are Australian. Clubs without a flag are clubs participating in the A-League.

Pre-season
Date Name Moving from Moving to
12 January 2008 Ben Kantarovski Australia Broadmeadow Magic Newcastle Jets[1]
18 January 2008 Steven O'Dor Wellington Phoenix Unattached[2]
19 January 2008 Richie Alagich Adelaide United Retired[3]
21 January 2008 Nathan Elasi Australia Marconi Stallions Melbourne Victory[4]
24 January 2008 New Zealand Leo Bertos Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix[5]
29 January 2008 Netherlands Bobby Petta Adelaide United Unattached[6]
30 January 2008 David Zdrilic Sydney FC Unattached[7]
6 February 2008 Billy Celeski Perth Glory Melbourne Victory[8]
7 February 2008 Adrian Caceres Melbourne Victory Central Coast Mariners[9]
11 February 2008 Dez Giraldi Adelaide United Unattached[6]
11 February 2008 Daniel Mullen Australia AIS Adelaide United[6]
12 February 2008 Ufuk Talay Sydney FC Japan Avispa Fukuoka[10]
14 February 2008 Tony Vidmar Central Coast Mariners Retired[11]
20 February 2008 Sasa Ognenovski Queensland Roar Adelaide United[12]
22 February 2008 Ljubo Milicevic Melbourne Victory Unattached[13]
28 February 2008 Tom Pondeljak Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory[14]
28 February 2008 Andrew Durante Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix[15]
28 February 2008 Jonathan McKain Romania Politehnica Timișoara Wellington Phoenix[15]
28 February 2008 Tim Smits Australia Rochedale Rovers Brisbane Roar[16]
28 February 2008 David Dodd Australia Palm Beach Brisbane Roar[16]
29 February 2008 Kristian Rees Wellington Phoenix Unattached[17]
29 February 2008 Brazil Felipe Wellington Phoenix Unattached[17]
3 March 2008 John Aloisi Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC[18]
3 March 2008 Simon Colosimo Perth Glory Sydney FC[18]
3 March 2008 Mark Bridge Newcastle Jets Sydney FC[18]
4 March 2008 Royce Brownlie Wellington Phoenix Unattached[19]
6 March 2008 Stephen Eagleton Newcastle Jets Retired[20]
9 March 2008 Ahmad Elrich Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners[21]
12 March 2008 Stuart Musialik Newcastle Jets Sydney FC[22]
12 March 2008 Mark Milligan Sydney FC Unattached[23]
18 March 2008 China Gao Leilei Unattached Wellington Phoenix[24]
18 March 2008 Ben Vidaic Sydney FC Sydney United[25]
23 March 2008 Ivory Coast Eugène Dadi Unattached Perth Glory[26]
27 March 2008 New Zealand Jacob Spoonley Wellington Phoenix Unattached[27]
31 March 2008 Dylan Macallister Norway Lyn Central Coast Mariners[28]
31 March 2008 Troy Hearfield Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix[29]
31 March 2008 New Zealand Steven Old Wellington Phoenix Australia Macarthur Rams[29]
4 April 2008 Ross Aloisi Wellington Phoenix Retired[30]
7 April 2008 Josip Magdić Australia Floreat Athena Perth Glory[31]
8 April 2008 New Zealand Ben Sigmund New Zealand Auckland City Wellington Phoenix[32]
12 April 2008 Brazil Juninho Sydney FC Unattached[33]
21 April 2008 Stan Lazaridis Perth Glory Unattached[34]
24 April 2008 Robert Bajic Adelaide United Unattached[35]
24 April 2008 Milan Susak Adelaide United Unattached[35]
24 April 2008 Shaun Ontong Adelaide United Newcastle Jets[35]
2 May 2008 Adriano Pellegrino Australia MetroStars Perth Glory[36]
2 May 2008 Argentina Adrian Trinidad Unattached Perth Glory[36]
10 May 2008 Mitchell Prentice Perth Glory Sydney FC[37]
14 May 2008 Daniel Piorkowski Melbourne Victory Unattached[38]
15 May 2008 Brazil Alemão Brazil Juventus Adelaide United[39]
17 May 2008 Brazil Cristiano Netherlands Willem II Adelaide United[40]
21 May 2008 Chris Payne Australia Manly United Sydney FC[41]
23 May 2008 Brazil Ney Fabiano Thailand Chonburi Melbourne Victory[42]
23 May 2008 Brazil Leandro Love Melbourne Victory Japan Vissel Kobe (end of loan)[42]
28 May 2008 Bruce Djite Adelaide United Turkey Gençlerbirliği[43]
29 May 2008 Mark Birighitti Australia AIS Adelaide United[44]
2 June 2008 Damien Brown Central Coast Mariners Retired[45]
3 June 2008 Kaz Patafta Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets[46]
6 June 2008 Scott Jamieson Unattached Adelaide United[47]
10 June 2008 Nathan Burns Adelaide United Greece AEK Athens[48]
16 June 2008 David D'Apuzzo Australia APIA Leichhardt Central Coast Mariners[49]
16 June 2008 Netherlands Sergio van Dijk Unattached Brisbane Roar[50]
16 June 2008 Ian McAndrew Central Coast Mariners Unattached[49]
19 June 2008 Michael Thwaite Norway Brann Melbourne Victory (loan)[51]
19 June 2008 Matthew Trott Central Coast Mariners Unattached[52]
25 June 2008 Adam Kwasnik Central Coast Mariners Wellington Phoenix[53]
6 July 2008 Brazil Amaral Unattached Perth Glory[54]
7 July 2008 Antun Kovacic Australia Richmond Newcastle Jets[55]
13 July 2008 England Joe Keenan Melbourne Victory Unattached[56]
14 July 2008 Costa Rica José Luis López Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa Melbourne Victory (loan)[56]
21 July 2008 New Zealand Dave Mulligan Unattached Wellington Phoenix[57]
22 July 2008 Robert Younis Australia APIA Leichhardt Adelaide United[58]
28 July 2008 Pedj Bojic Australia Sutherland Sharks Central Coast Mariners[59]
28 July 2008 Dez Giraldi Australia Wollongong Sydney FC[60]
29 July 2008 Paul Reid Unattached Adelaide United[61]
31 July 2008 Denmark Jesper Håkansson Unattached Newcastle Jets[62]
1 August 2008 Ecuador Edmundo Zura Ecuador Imbabura Newcastle Jets (loan)[63]
1 August 2008 Scotland Charlie Miller Unattached Queensland Roar[63]
7 August 2008 Manny Muscat Australia Green Gully Wellington Phoenix[64]
11 August 2008 Scott Bulloch Australia Sorrento Perth Glory[65]
15 August 2008 Shannon Cole Australia Sydney Olympic Sydney FC[66]

Mid-season
Date Name Moving from Moving to
19 August 2008 Mark Bosnich Unattached Central Coast Mariners[67]
20 August 2008 Matthew Nash Australia APIA Leichhardt Central Coast Mariners[68]
23 August 2008 Marko Jesic Unattached Newcastle Jets[69]
4 September 2008 Wayne Srhoj Unattached Perth Glory[70]
12 September 2008 Daniel Piorkowski Unattached Newcastle Jets[71]
1 October 2008 Chris Tadrosse Unattached Central Coast Mariners[72]
16 October 2008 Italy Andrea Merenda Unattached Central Coast Mariners[73]
16 October 2008 John Filan Unattached Sydney FC[74]
16 October 2008 Netherlands Bobby Petta Australia Para Hills Knights Sydney FC[75]
19 October 2008 Mark Bosnich Central Coast Mariners Unattached[76]
24 October 2008 Beau Busch Australia Manly United Sydney FC[77]
4 November 2008 Ecuador Edmundo Zura Newcastle Jets Ecuador Imbabura (end of loan)[78]
14 November 2008 Brazil Fred United States D.C. United Wellington Phoenix (loan)[79]
19 November 2008 China Gao Leilei Wellington Phoenix Unattached[80]
10 December 2008 Scott Higgins Unattached Wellington Phoenix[81]
18 December 2008 Netherlands Victor Sikora Unattached Perth Glory[82]
18 December 2008 Brazil Fred Wellington Phoenix United States D.C. United (end of loan)[83]
25 December 2008 Mile Jedinak Central Coast Mariners Turkey Gençlerbirliği[84]
4 February 2009 Rostyn Griffiths England Blackburn Rovers Adelaide United[85]
13 February 2009 Brazil Henrique Brazil América Queensland Roar[86]

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