2008 Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League
Season	2008
Champions	Altona Magic
Premiers	Green Gully
Relegated	Western Suburbs ; Fawkner Blues ; Frankston Pines
Matches played	189
Goals scored	494 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pablo Cardozo; (21 goals)
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Victorian Premier League (also known as the 2008 Foxtel Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 97th season of top-tier football in Victoria. It began on 15 February 2008 and ended on 21 September 2008. Preston Lions was the defending champion.

Teams[edit]

Team	Home city	Home ground
Altona Magic	Altona North	Paisley Park Soccer Complex
Australian Institute of Sport	Canberra	Australian Institute of Sport
Coburg United	Coburg	Knights Stadium
Fawkner Blues	Fawkner	C.B. Smith Reserve
Frankston Pines	Frankston North	Monterey Reserve
Green Gully	Melbourne	Green Gully Reserve
Heidelberg United	Heidelberg	Olympic Village
Melbourne Knights	Melbourne	Knights Stadium
Oakleigh Cannons	Oakleigh	Jack Edwards Reserve
Preston Lions	Preston	B.T. Connor Reserve
Richmond	Richmond	Kevin Bartlett Reserve
South Melbourne	South Melbourne	Lakeside Stadium
Western Suburbs	Sunshine	Ralph Reserve
Whittlesea Zebras	Whittlesea	Epping Stadium

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Green Gully	26	15	8	3	41	17	+24	53	VPL 2008 Victorian Premier League Finals series
2	Melbourne Knights	26	14	10	2	47	25	+22	52
3	Altona Magic (C)	26	13	8	5	44	29	+15	47
4	Heidelberg United	26	11	9	6	41	30	+11	42
5	Richmond	26	11	7	8	57	35	+22	40
6	Preston Lions	26	12	3	11	37	46	−9	39
7	Oakleigh Cannons	26	10	7	9	28	24	+4	37
8	Australian Institute of Sport	26	10	6	10	41	35	+6	36
9	South Melbourne	26	10	4	12	35	32	+3	34
10	Hume City	26	9	4	13	29	40	−11	31
11	Whittlesea Zebras	26	7	9	10	31	33	−2	30
12	Western Suburbs	26	5	7	14	23	42	−19	22	Relegation to Victorian State League Division 1
13	Fawkner Blues	26	6	3	17	22	59	−37	21
14	Frankston Pines	26	4	5	17	19	48	−29	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Finals series[edit]

30 August Elimination final	Altona Magic	2–1	Preston Lions FC	Paisley Park Soccer Complex
	Fa'arodo 44' Curcija 89'		Bosevski 14'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Laz Vassiliadis

30 August Elimination final	Heidelberg United	2–1	Richmond	John Cain Memorial Park
	Hockless 79' (pen.) Alilovic 90+3'		P. Cardozo 90+6' (pen.)	Attendance: 900 Referee: Senko Rastocic

31 August Qualifying final	Green Gully	1–1 (5–6 p)	Melbourne Knights	Green Gully Reserve
	Nikolic 18'		Franjic 19'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergio Terceiro
	Penalties
	Burton Adam Koce Delev Sanders Ivesic Vargas De Oliveira Medjedovic		Franjic Watson Barisic Muriqi Iosifidis Elvin Timmons Kiratzoglou

6 September 2008 Minor semi-final	Green Gully	0–2	Heidelberg United	Green Gully Reserve
			Tsiorlas 16', 68'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Phil Taverna

7 September 2008 Major semi-final	Melbourne Knights	1–1 (3–4 p)	Altona Magic	Knights Stadium
	Kiratzoglou 7'		Recchia 63'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Perry Mur
	Penalties
	Watson Barisic Kiratzoglou Spiteri Iosifidis		Curcija Recchia Bozinovski Mladenovic Kalmar

14 September Preliminary final	Melbourne Knights	2–1	Heidelberg United	Epping Stadium
	Spiteri 18' Barisic 35'		Hockless 76'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bruno D'Aniello

21 September Grand Final	Altona Magic	1–0	Melbourne Knights	Lakeside Stadium
	Recchia 119'			Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hakan Anaz

Top goalscorers[edit]

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pablo Cardozo	Richmond	21
2	Andrew Barisic	Melbourne Knights	18
3	Michael Curcija	Altona Magic	16
4	Joel Nikolic	Green Gully	12
4	Jason Naidovski	AIS	12
6	Richard Cardozo	Richmond	10
	Frankie Lagana	Oakleigh Cannons	10
	Johnny Sapazovski	Preston Lions	10
9	Kofi Danning	AIS	9
	Fernando de Moraes	South Melbourne	9
	Graham Hockless	Heidelberg United	9
	Jerry Karpeh	Whittlesea Zebras	9
	Mark Tsiorlas	Heidelberg United	9

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Football Federation Victoria