# A-League transfers for 2008–09 season

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 | 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 | Marconi Stallions | Melbourne Victory |
| 24 January 2008 | Leo Bertos | Perth Glory | Wellington Phoenix |
| 29 January 2008 | 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 | AIS | Adelaide United |
| 12 February 2008 | Ufuk Talay | Sydney FC | 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 | Politehnica Timișoara | Wellington Phoenix |
| 28 February 2008 | Tim Smits | Rochedale Rovers | Brisbane Roar |
| 28 February 2008 | David Dodd | Palm Beach | Brisbane Roar |
| 29 February 2008 | Kristian Rees | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
| 29 February 2008 | 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 | Gao Leilei | Unattached | Wellington Phoenix |
| 18 March 2008 | Ben Vidaic | Sydney FC | Sydney United |
| 23 March 2008 | Eugène Dadi | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 27 March 2008 | Jacob Spoonley | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
| 31 March 2008 | Dylan Macallister | Lyn | Central Coast Mariners |
| 31 March 2008 | Troy Hearfield | Newcastle Jets | Wellington Phoenix |
| 31 March 2008 | Steven Old | Wellington Phoenix | Macarthur Rams |
| 4 April 2008 | Ross Aloisi | Wellington Phoenix | Retired |
| 7 April 2008 | Josip Magdić | Floreat Athena | Perth Glory |
| 8 April 2008 | Ben Sigmund | Auckland City | Wellington Phoenix |
| 12 April 2008 | 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 | MetroStars | Perth Glory |
| 2 May 2008 | 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 | Alemão | Juventus | Adelaide United |
| 17 May 2008 | Cristiano | Willem II | Adelaide United |
| 21 May 2008 | Chris Payne | Manly United | Sydney FC |
| 23 May 2008 | Ney Fabiano | Chonburi | Melbourne Victory |
| 23 May 2008 | Leandro Love | Melbourne Victory | Vissel Kobe (end of loan) |
| 28 May 2008 | Bruce Djite | Adelaide United | Gençlerbirliği |
| 29 May 2008 | Mark Birighitti | 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 | AEK Athens |
| 16 June 2008 | David D'Apuzzo | APIA Leichhardt | Central Coast Mariners |
| 16 June 2008 | Sergio van Dijk | Unattached | Brisbane Roar |
| 16 June 2008 | Ian McAndrew | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 19 June 2008 | Michael Thwaite | 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 | Amaral | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 7 July 2008 | Antun Kovacic | Richmond | Newcastle Jets |
| 13 July 2008 | Joe Keenan | Melbourne Victory | Unattached |
| 14 July 2008 | José Luis López | Deportivo Saprissa | Melbourne Victory (loan) |
| 21 July 2008 | Dave Mulligan | Unattached | Wellington Phoenix |
| 22 July 2008 | Robert Younis | APIA Leichhardt | Adelaide United |
| 28 July 2008 | Pedj Bojic | Sutherland Sharks | Central Coast Mariners |
| 28 July 2008 | Dez Giraldi | Wollongong | Sydney FC |
| 29 July 2008 | Paul Reid | Unattached | Adelaide United |
| 31 July 2008 | Jesper Håkansson | Unattached | Newcastle Jets |
| 1 August 2008 | Edmundo Zura | Imbabura | Newcastle Jets (loan) |
| 1 August 2008 | Charlie Miller | Unattached | Queensland Roar |
| 7 August 2008 | Manny Muscat | Green Gully | Wellington Phoenix |
| 11 August 2008 | Scott Bulloch | Sorrento | Perth Glory |
| 15 August 2008 | Shannon Cole | 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 | 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 | Andrea Merenda | Unattached | Central Coast Mariners |
| 16 October 2008 | John Filan | Unattached | Sydney FC |
| 16 October 2008 | Bobby Petta | Para Hills Knights | Sydney FC |
| 19 October 2008 | Mark Bosnich | Central Coast Mariners | Unattached |
| 24 October 2008 | Beau Busch | Manly United | Sydney FC |
| 4 November 2008 | Edmundo Zura | Newcastle Jets | Imbabura (end of loan) |
| 14 November 2008 | Fred | D.C. United | Wellington Phoenix (loan) |
| 19 November 2008 | Gao Leilei | Wellington Phoenix | Unattached |
| 10 December 2008 | Scott Higgins | Unattached | Wellington Phoenix |
| 18 December 2008 | Victor Sikora | Unattached | Perth Glory |
| 18 December 2008 | Fred | Wellington Phoenix | D.C. United (end of loan) |
| 25 December 2008 | Mile Jedinak | Central Coast Mariners | Gençlerbirliği |
| 4 February 2009 | Rostyn Griffiths | Blackburn Rovers | Adelaide United |
| 13 February 2009 | Henrique | América | Queensland Roar |