2008 Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League
Season	2008
Champions	Altona Magic
Premiers	Green Gully
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

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


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

Finals series

30 August Elimination final	Altona Magic	2–1	Frankston Pines	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 Reserve
	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

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

External links

Football Federation Victoria

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

Soccer in Australia by state and territory

Australian Capital Territory	Capital Football

New South Wales	Northern NSW Football Football NSW

Northern Territory	Football Federation Northern Territory

Queensland	Football Queensland

South Australia	Football Federation South Australia

Tasmania	Football Federation Tasmania

Victoria	Football Federation Victoria

Western Australia	Football West

Football Federation Victoria

A-League

Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory

NPL

NPL 2

East	Box Hill United Dandenong City Dandenong Thunder Eastern Lions Goulburn Valley Suns Kingston City Murray United Nunawading City Springvale White Eagles

West	Ballarat Red Devils Bendigo City Brunswick City Melbourne City Moreland City Moreland Zebras North Geelong Warriors St Albans Saints Sunshine George Cross Werribee City Whittlesea Ranges

State League 1

North-West	Altona East Phoenix Altona Magic Cairnlea Corio Diamond Valley United Keilor Park North Sunshine Eagles Preston Lions Sunbury United Sydenham Park Western Suburbs Westgate

South-East	Casey Comets Doncaster Rovers Clifton Hill Frankston Pines Langwarrin Malvern City Manningham United Blues Mornington Morwell Pegasus Noble Park United South Springvale Warragul United

State League 2

North-West	Banyule City Essendon Royals Essendon United Fitzroy City Geelong Heidelberg Stars Hume United University of Melbourne Moreland United Sporting Whittlesea Westvale Yarraville Glory

South-East	Beaumaris Berwick City Dingley Stars Doveton Heatherton United Mooroolbark North Caulfield Old Melburnians Old Scotch Peninsula Strikers Sandringham Seaford United

State League 3

North-West	Altona City Brunswick Zebras Darebin United Geelong Rangers Hoppers Crossing La Trobe University Lalor United Upfield Western Eagles Whittlesea United Williamstown

South-East	Ashburton United Carey EFC Caulfield United Cobras Croydon City Arrows East Brighton United Knox City Mazenod United Middle Park Monbulk Rangers Riversdale South Yarra St Kilda

State League 4

North	Brunswick Zebras Bundoora United Carey EFC Marcellin Old Collegians Mill Park North City Wolves Northern Falcons Plenty Valley Lions FC Strathmore Watsonia Heights West Preston

West	Altona North Balmoral Bell Park Brimbank Stallions Maribyrnong Greens Melton Phoenix Newmarket Phoenix Point Cook Sebastopol Vikings Spring Hills Surf Coast Truganina Hornets

South	Bayside Argonauts Dandenong South East Brighton United Endeavour Hills Fire Endeavour United Hampton Park United Sparrows Harrisfield Hurricanes Keysborough Lyndale United Noble Park Skye United Springvale City

East	Brandon Park Collingwood City Elwood City Kings Domain Monash University Old Camberwell Grammarians Old Xaverians Ringwood City Rowville Eagles St Kevins Old Boys Waverley Wanderers Whitehorse United

State League 5

North	Craigieburn City Greenvale United Heidelberg Eagles Keon Park Meadow Park Mitchell Rangers Moreland Eagles Reservoir Yeti RMIT University of Melbourne Thornbury Athletic North City Wolves Wombats

West	Gisborne Golden Plains Keilor Wolves Kyneton District Lara United Laverton Park Melbourne Lions North Melbourne Athletic

South	Baxter Casey Panthers Chelsea Dandenong Warriors East Bentleigh Strikers Old Mentonians Pakenham United Parkmore Rosebud Heart Sandown Lions Springvale City White Star Dandenong Soccer Club

East	Albert Park Chisholm United Glen Waverley Healesville Lilydale Eagles Monash City Mt Lilydale Old Collegians Old Ivanhoe Old Trinity Grammarians Swinburne Yarra Jets

Regional Leagues
& Associations

Albury Wodonga Football Association
Ballarat & District Soccer Association
Bayside Football Association
Bendigo Amateur Soccer League
Cobram Junior Soccer Association
Football Federation Victoria Geelong Region
Gippsland Soccer League
Goulburn North East Football Association
Moama-Echuca Soccer Association
Shepparton Junior Soccer Association
Football Federation Victoria Sunraysia
Swan Hill Soccer League
Warrnambool & District Soccer League

League Seasons

Dockerty Cup

Victorian Premier League seasons

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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