2009 Victorian Premier League

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Victorian Premier League
Season2009
Champions Altona Magic SC
Premiers Dandenong Thunder SC
Relegated Whittlesea Zebras
Preston Lions
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The 2009 Victorian Premier League season was held between February and September 2009. [1]

Contents

Teams

Victorian Premier League teams for the 2009 season:

ClubStadiumCapacity
Altona Magic SC Paisley Park Soccer Complex 5,000
Dandenong Thunder SC George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Green Gully SC Green Gully Reserve 10,000
Heidelberg United FC Olympic Village 10,000
Hume City FC John Ilhan Memorial Reserve 5,000
Melbourne Knights FC Knights Stadium (Melbourne) 15,000
Oakleigh Cannons FC Jack Edwards Reserve 5,000
Preston Lions FC B.T. Connor Reserve 8,000
Richmond SC Kevin Bartlett Reserve 5,000
South Melbourne FC Bob Jane Stadium 14,000
Sunshine George Cross FC Chaplin Reserve 5,000
Whittlesea Zebras FC Epping Stadium 10,000

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Division 1:
(After the end of the 2008 season.)

Teams relegated to Division 1:
(After the end of the 2008 season.)

Teams ceasing competition
(After the end of the 2008 season.)

League table

The regular season concluded on 15 August.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dandenong Thunder 2215524521+2450 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Altona Magic (C)2211563626+1038
3 Green Gully 2211562921+838
4 Hume City 2211473916+2337
5 South Melbourne 2210754122+1937
6 Heidelberg United 2210483526+934
7 Oakleigh Cannons 229672422+233
8 Sunshine George Cross 228861818032
9 Melbourne Knights 227692625+127
10 Richmond 2273122831−324
11 Whittlesea Zebras 2224161542−2710Relegation to Vic State League Div 1
12 Preston Lions 2221191480−667
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Finals Series

Qualifying Final

Altona Magic SC 3–3 (AET)
(4–3 PSO)		 Green Gully SC
Slave Bozinovski Soccerball shade.svg42'
Nicholas Kalmar Soccerball shade.svg72'
Carl Recchia Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Report Mathew Sanders Soccerball shade.svg6'
Pablo Cardozo Soccerball shade.svg38'
Aziz Behich Soccerball shade.svg94'
Paisley Park Soccer Complex,
Altona North, Victoria

Elimination Final

Minor Semi-Final

Major Semi-Final

Preliminary final

Grand final

Victoria Men's Team 2009

A Victoria Men's Team consisting of Victorian Premier League players formed to compete against Melbourne Victory for two Victorian bushfire charity appeals matches. The games were scheduled for 12 May [3] and 20 May. [4] Victoria coach Chris Taylor stated that the players were selected "on the basis that some...may go on to play in the national competition in the future." [3]

The players selected to represent Victoria were:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Peter Zoïs (Richmond SC)
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack Hingert (Dandenong Thunder SC)
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Erhan Karahan (Richmond SC)
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Steven O'Dor (South Melbourne FC)
5 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ryan Davidson (Dandenong Thunder SC)
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dimitri Tsiaras (Richmond SC)
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mate Dugandžić (Melbourne Knights FC)
8 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Matthew Grbesa (Melbourne Knights FC)
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Hamlet Armenian (Dandenong Thunder SC)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
10 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Osagie Ederaro (Heidelberg United FC)
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joseph Youssef (South Melbourne FC)
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Shane Nunes (South Melbourne FC)
13 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Scott Webster (Oakleigh Cannons FC)
14 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu (South Melbourne FC)
15 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Graham Hockless (Heidelberg United FC)
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Frankie Lagana (Melbourne Knights FC)
17 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joel Nikolic (Green Gully SC)
18 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Peter Gavalas (Heidelberg United FC)

Source

Melbourne Victory 2–0 Victorian Premier League Team
Ney Fabiano Soccerball shade.svg
Nathan Elasi Soccerball shade.svg		 Report
Olympic Park Stadium,
Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 2,000
Victorian Premier League Team 3–1 Melbourne Victory
Joel Nikolic Soccerball shade.svg, Soccerball shade.svg
Osagie Ederaro Soccerball shade.svg		 Report Tom Pondeljak Soccerball shade.svg
Mansion Stadium,
Sunshine North, Victoria
Attendance: 1,000
Melbourne Victory 3–0 Victorian Premier League Team
Leigh Broxham Soccerball shade.svg
Nathan Elasi Soccerball shade.svg
Kliment Taseski Soccerball shade.svg		 Report
Deakin Reserve,
Shepparton, Victoria
Attendance: 2,000

Notes

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