2009 A-League results
2009/2010 Season Round 01 Results
written by Thomas Esamie

Played (06/08/09) Docklands Stadium
Referee : Matthew Breeze, Crowd : 18855
Melbourne Victory
Glenn Moss, Kevin Muscat (Billy Celeski 73), Leigh Broxham, Matthew Kemp, Grant Brebner (Nick Ward 76), Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak (Ney Fabiano 64), Carlos Hernandez, Evan Berger
Coach : Ernie Merrick
0 - 2 Central Coast Mariners
Danny Vukovic, Pedj Bojic, Brad Porter, John Hutchinson, Dean Heffernan, Michael McGlinchey (Nicky Travis 80), Nigel Boogaard, Chris Doig (Ahmad Elrich 72), Alex Wilkinson, Matt Simon (Dylan Macallister 64), Adam Kwasnik
Goals : Simon 10, McGlinchey 15
Coach : Lawrie McKinna
Match report by Con Stamocostas
Note : Some sources credit McGlinchey's goal as a Vargas own goal but we're going with Football Federation Australia's call.

Played (07/08/09) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Craig Zetter, Crowd : 13847
Adelaide United
Eugene Galekovic, Robert Cornthwaite, Everson Arantes de Oliveira, Iain Fyfe, Cassio Jose de Abreu Oliveira, Lucas Pantelis (Michael Marrone 17), Cristiano Dos Santos, Adam Hughes, Paul Reid (Joe Costa 58), Travis Dodd, Scott Jamieson
Goal : Dodd 31pk
Coach : Aurelio Vidmar
1 - 0 Perth Glory
Tando Velaphi, Jamie Coyne (Todd Howarth 39), Andy Todd, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns, Victor Sikora, Scott Neville, Eugene Dadi (Branko Jelic 64), Adriano Pellegrino (Andrija Jukic 79), Naum Sekulovski, Mile Sterjovski
Coach : David Mitchell
Match report by Con Stamocostas

Played (08/08/09) Willows Sports Complex
Referee : Stebre Delovski, Crowd : 8897
North Queensland Fury
Paul Henderson, Robbie Middleby, Jason Spagnuolo (James Robinson 68), Robbie Fowler, Jack Hingert, Paul Kohler (Daniel McBreen 82), John Tambouras, Karl Dodd, Rostyn Griffiths, Dyron Daal (David Williams 53), Kojiro Kaimoto
Goals : Griffiths 41, Fowler 60pk
Coach : Ian Ferguson
2 - 3 Sydney FC
Clint Bolton, Stephan Keller, Simon Colosimo, Karol Kisel, Brendan Gan (Steve Corica 66), John Aloisi, Kofi Danning (Matthew Jurman 86), Shannon Cole, Alex Brosque, Terry McFlynn, Sung Hwan Byun
Goals : Aloisi 4, 73pk, Danning 28
Coach : Vitezslav Lavicka
Match report by Con Stamocostas

Played (08/08/09) Lang Park
Referee : Peter Green, Crowd : 19902
Brisbane Roar
Liam Reddy, Andrew Packer (Luke DeVere 10), Craig Moore, Josh McCloughan, Sergio Van Dijk, Henrique de Andrade Silva (Michael Zullo 66), Matt McKay, Bob Malcolm, Mitch Nichols, Danny Tiatto (Charlie Miller 58), Robbie Kruse
Goal : van Dijk 89pk
Coach : Frank Farina
1 - 3 Gold Coast United
Scott Higgins, Michael Thwaite, Daniel Piorkowski (Kristian Rees 46), Robson Alves da Silva, Adam Griffiths, Shane Smeltz, Jason Culina, Bas Van Den Brink, Joel Porter (Milson Ferreira Dos Santos 71), Tahj Minniecon (Steve Pantelidis 59), Matt Osman
Goals : Smeltz 18, Culina 58, Milson 90
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
Match report by Ahmed

Played (09/08/09) Newcastle International Sports Centre
Referee : Chris Beath, Crowd : 6655
Newcastle United Jets
Ben Kennedy, Angelo Costanzo, Adam D'Apuzzo, Ljubo Milicevic, Jin-Hyung Song, Matt Thompson, Sasho Petrovski (Jason Naidovski 68), Tarek Elrich, Jason Hoffman, Fabio Vignaroli (Sean Rooney 77), Chris Triantis (Nikolai Topor-Stanley 90)
Goals : Hoffman 12, 20, Naidovski 84
Coach : Branko Culina
3 - 2 Wellington Phoenix
Mark Paston, Manny Muscat, Tony Lochhead, Jon McKain, Tim Brown, Leo Bertos, Paul Ifill (Daniel Lins Cortes 69), Chris Greenacre, Troy Hearfield (Diego Walsh 77), Ben Sigmund, Andrew Durante
Goals : Sigmund 26, Greenacre 43
Coach : Ricki Herbert
Match report by N Bosworth