2008 A-League results
2008/2009 Season Round 16 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (19/12/08) Westpac Stadium
Referee : Chris Beath, Crowd : 6722
Wellington Phoenix
Glen Moss, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Karl Dodd, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos, Shane Smeltz, Michael Ferrante (Jeremy Christie 75), Troy Hearfield (Daniel Lins Cortes 65), Andrew Durante, Manny Muscat
Goal : Smeltz 2
Coach : Ricki Herbert
1 - 0 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Andre Gumprecht, Pedj Bojic, Bradley Porter, John Hutchinson, Dean Heffernan, Adrian Caceres (Nik Mrdja 70), Dylan Macallister, Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon (Sasho Petrovski 75), Mile Jedinak
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Jeremy Ruane

Played (19/12/08) Energy Australia Stadium
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 6268
Newcastle United Jets
Ante Covic, Adam Griffiths, Jade North, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Jin-Hyung Song (Sean Rooney 87), Tarek Elrich, Adam D'Apuzzo, Ben Kantarovski, Marko Jesic, Mark Milligan
Goals : Thompson 16, 45, 49, Song 60
Coach : Gary van Egmond
4 - 2 Melbourne Victory
Michael Theoklitos, Kevin Muscat, Michael Thwaite, Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Rodrigo Vargas, Billy Celeski (Tom Pondeljak 66), Carlos Hernandez (Ney Fabiano 66), Jose Luis Lopez, Evan Berger (Matthew Kemp 46), Nick Ward
Goals : Allsopp 66, Fabiano 88
Coach : Ernie Merrick
Match report by Robert Szomolnoki

Played (21/12/08) Sydney Football Stadium
Referee : Ben Williams, Crowd : 12165
Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Iain Fyfe, Rob Middleby, Stuart Musialik, Steve Corica (Bobby Petta 68), Shannon Cole, Alex Brosque, John Aloisi (Mark Bridge 55), Beau Busch, Antony Golec (Rhyan Grant 78), Brendan Gan
Goal : Musialik 60
Coach : John Kosmina
1 - 4 Perth Glory
Tando Velaphi, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jamie Harnwell, Nick Rizzo (Andrija Jukic 88), Nikita Rukavytsya, Eugene Dadi, Adriano Pellegrino, James Downey, Naum Sekulovski (David Tarka 90), Wayne Srhoj, Marc Anthony (Adrian Trinidad 86)
Goals : Pellegrino 12, Golec 34og, Srhoj 48, Middleby 69og
Coach :
Match report by Paul Green

Played (14/01/09) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Srebre Delovski, Crowd : 14450
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Robert Cornthwaite, Everson Arantes de Oliveira, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira (Jonas Salley 87), Lucas Pantelis, Travis Dodd, Scott Jamieson, Fabian Barbiero, Sasa Ognenovski, Paul Reid, Robert Younis (Cristiano Dos Santos 57)
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
0 - 0 Queensland Roar
Griffin McMaster, Andrew Packer, Luke DeVere (Ben Griffin 90), Craig Moore, Michael Zullo, Massimo Murdocca, Sergio Van Dijk, Tajh Minniecon (Tommy Oar 60), Matthew McKay, Hyuk-Su Seo, Mitch Nichols (Robbie Kruse 77)
Coach : Frank Farina
Match report by
This match moved from 20/12/08 by FFA due to Adelaide participation in the World Club Cup (move announced 29/10/08)