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Australian football transfers for the 2008–09 A-League

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

Mid-season

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

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