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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 71 | 209 | 2.94 | 35 | 49.30% | 18 | 25.35% | 18 | 25.35% |
| 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 | 2 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 32 | WWWL | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |
| 2 | 1 | Adelaide United | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 30 | LWWW | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 3 | 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 28 | WWLW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 26 | LWWX | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | -5 | 25 | WLWX | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 6 | Sydney FC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 20 | LLLL | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 7 | Perth Glory | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 19 | LLWX | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -13 | 15 | LLWL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 12 | +2 | Shane SMELTZ (Wellington Phoenix, 5p) |
| 9 | Matt SIMON (Central Coast Mariners) | |
| +1 | Danny ALLSOPP (Melbourne Victory) | |
| 8 | Eugène DADI (Perth Glory, 3p) | |
| Nikita RUKAVYTSYA (Perth Glory) | ||
| 7 | CRISTIANO dos Santos (Adelaide United) | |
| 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) | ||
| Archie THOMPSON (Melbourne Victory) | ||
| 5 | Sergio VAN DIJK (Brisbane Roar, 2p) | |
| 4 | +1 | CÁSSIO José (Adelaide United) |
| Dylan MacALLISTER (Central Coast Mariners) | ||
| Matt THOMPSON (Newcastle Jets) | ||
| Matt McKAY (Brisbane Roar) | ||
| Steve CORICA (Sydney FC, 1p) | ||
| Kevin MUSCAT (Melbourne Victory, 3p) | ||
| NEY FABIANO de Oliveira (Melbourne Victory) | ||
| 3 | Jamie HARNWELL (Perth Glory) | |
| Stuart MUSIALIK (Sydney FC) | ||
| Shannon COLE (Sydney FC) | ||
| Sasa OGNENOVSKI (Adelaide United) | ||
| Mark BRIDGE (Sydney FC) | ||
| Alex BROSQUE (Sydney FC) | ||
| Tim BROWN (Wellington Phoenix) |
| Wednesday, 31 December 2008 | |||||
| 18 | Central Coast Mariners | 1-0 | Perth Glory | ||
| 80 | Hutchinson | ||||
| Friday, 2 January 2009 | |||||
| 18 | Melbourne Victory | 2-1 | Brisbane Roar | ||
| 55 | Allsopp | 74 | Moore | ||
| 67 | Vargas | ||||
| Saturday, 3 January 2009 | |||||
| 18 | Adelaide United | 2-0 | Sydney FC | ||
| 45 | Cássio | ||||
| 83 | Alemão | ||||
| Sunday, 4 January 2009 | |||||
| 18 | Wellington Phoenix | 3-0 | Newcastle Jets | ||
| 62 | Bertos | ||||
| 67 | Smeltz | ||||
| 86(p) | Smeltz | ||||
| Tuesday, 6 January 2009 | |||||
| 15 | Melbourne Victory | 1-0 | Adelaide United | ||
| 58 | Ward | ||||
