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
Team Home city Home ground
Altona MagicAltona NorthPaisley Park Soccer Complex
Australian Institute of SportCanberraAustralian Institute of Sport
Coburg UnitedCoburgKnights Stadium
Fawkner BluesFawknerC.B. Smith Reserve
Frankston PinesFrankston NorthMonterey Reserve
Green GullyMelbourneGreen Gully Reserve
Heidelberg UnitedHeidelbergOlympic Village
Melbourne KnightsMelbourneKnights Stadium
Oakleigh CannonsOakleighJack Edwards Reserve
Preston LionsPrestonB.T. Connor Reserve
RichmondRichmondKevin Bartlett Reserve
South MelbourneSouth MelbourneLakeside Stadium
Western SuburbsSunshineRalph Reserve
Whittlesea ZebrasWhittleseaEpping Stadium

Standings
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:
(C) Champions

Finals series
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 soccer ball with check mark
Adam soccer ball with red X
Koce Delev soccer ball with check mark
Sanders soccer ball with check mark
Ivesic soccer ball with check mark
Vargas soccer ball with check mark
De Oliveira soccer ball with red X
Medjedovic soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Franjic
soccer ball with check mark Watson
soccer ball with check mark Barisic
soccer ball with red X Muriqi
soccer ball with check mark Iosifidis
soccer ball with check mark Elvin
soccer ball with red X Timmons
soccer ball with check mark 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 soccer ball with red X
Barisic soccer ball with check mark
Kiratzoglou soccer ball with check mark
Spiteri soccer ball with red X
Iosifidis soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Curcija
soccer ball with red X Recchia
soccer ball with check mark Bozinovski
soccer ball with check mark Mladenovic
soccer ball with check markKalmar
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
Pos Player Club Goals
1 Australia Pablo Cardozo Richmond 21
2 Australia Andrew Barisic Melbourne Knights 18
3 Australia Michael Curcija Altona Magic 16
4 Australia Joel Nikolic Green Gully 12
Australia Jason Naidovski AIS 12
6 Australia Richard Cardozo Richmond 10
Australia Frankie Lagana Oakleigh Cannons 10
Australia Johnny Sapazovski Preston Lions 10
9 Australia Kofi Danning AIS 9
Australia Fernando de Moraes South Melbourne 9
England Graham Hockless Heidelberg United 9
Australia Jerry Karpeh Whittlesea Zebras 9
Australia Mark Tsiorlas Heidelberg United 9

References
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