2008 Victorian Premier League

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.

Victorian Premier League
Season2008
ChampionsAltona Magic
PremiersGreen Gully
RelegatedWestern Suburbs
Fawkner Blues
Frankston Pines
Matches played189
Goals scored494 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerPablo Cardozo
(21 goals)
2007
2009

Teams

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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

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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

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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
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

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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
  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

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