Season | 2008 |
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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.
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 |
30 AugustElimination final | Altona Magic | 2–1 | Preston Lions FC | Paisley Park Soccer Complex |
Fa'arodo Curcija | Bosevski | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Laz Vassiliadis |
30 AugustElimination final | Heidelberg United | 2–1 | Richmond | John Cain Memorial Reserve |
Hockless Alilovic | P. Cardozo | Attendance: 900 Referee: Senko Rastocic |
31 AugustQualifying final | Green Gully | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Melbourne Knights | Green Gully Reserve |
Nikolic | Franjic | Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergio Terceiro | ||
Penalties | ||||
Burton Adam Koce Delev Sanders Ivesic Vargas De Oliveira Medjedovic |
6 September 2008Minor semi-final | Green Gully | 0–2 | Heidelberg United | Green Gully Reserve |
Tsiorlas | Attendance: 600 Referee: Phil Taverna |
7 September 2008Major semi-final | Melbourne Knights | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Altona Magic | Knights Stadium |
Kiratzoglou | Recchia | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Perry Mur | ||
Penalties | ||||
Watson Barisic Kiratzoglou Spiteri Iosifidis |
14 SeptemberPreliminary final | Melbourne Knights | 2–1 | Heidelberg United | Epping Stadium |
Spiteri Barisic | Hockless | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bruno D'Aniello |
21 SeptemberGrand Final | Altona Magic | 1–0 | Melbourne Knights | Lakeside Stadium |
Recchia | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hakan Anaz |
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