| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 84 | 249 | 2.96 | 44 | 52.38% | 20 | 23.81% | 20 | 23.81% |
| 2008/09 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 38 | WWLW | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |
| 2 | 1 | Adelaide United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 38 | WXOW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 36 | WWOW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 28 | LLLW | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Sydney FC | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 26 | WLWL | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 26 | LXLW | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 22 | LLWL | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | ||
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 18 | LWLL | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | ||
| Play-offs | ||||||
| Friday, 13 February 2009 | ||||||
| sfl2 | Brisbane Roar | 2-1 | Central Coast Mariners | 4-1 | ||
| Saturday, 14 February 2009 | ||||||
| sfl2 | Melbourne Victory | 4-0 | Adelaide United | 6-0 | ||
| Saturday, 21 February 2009 | ||||||
| f | Adelaide United | 1-0 | Brisbane Roar | |||
| Saturday, 28 February 2009 | ||||||
| ff | Melbourne Victory | 1-0 | Adelaide United | |||
| 12 | Shane SMELTZ (Wellington Phoenix, 5p) | |
| 11 | +1 | Sergio VAN DIJK (Brisbane Roar, 2p) |
| Matt SIMON (Central Coast Mariners) | ||
| Danny ALLSOPP (Melbourne Victory) | ||
| 10 | Eugène DADI (Perth Glory, 3p) | |
| +1 | Nikita RUKAVYTSYA (Perth Glory) | |
| 8 | +1 | CRISTIANO dos Santos (Adelaide United) |
| +1 | Archie THOMPSON (Melbourne Victory) | |
| 7 | Joel GRIFFITHS (Newcastle Jets, 3p) | |
| Travis DODD (Adelaide United, 4p) | ||
| Charlie MILLER (Brisbane Roar) | ||
| 6 | Mile JEDINAK (Central Coast Mariners, 2p) | |
| Saso PETROVSKI (Central Coast Mariners, 1p) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Kevin MUSCAT (Melbourne Victory, 4p) |
| +2 | Alex BROSQUE (Sydney FC) | |
| NEY FABIANO de Oliveira (Melbourne Victory) | ||
| 4 | CÁSSIO José (Adelaide United) | |
| Dylan MacALLISTER (Central Coast Mariners) | ||
| Matt THOMPSON (Newcastle Jets) | ||
| Matt McKAY (Brisbane Roar) | ||
| Steve CORICA (Sydney FC, 1p) | ||
| +1 | Mark BRIDGE (Sydney FC) |