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 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:

Finals series
30 August Elimination finalAltona Magic2–1Preston Lions FCPaisley Park Soccer Complex
Fa'arodo  44'
Curcija  89'		 Bosevski  14' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Laz Vassiliadis
30 August Elimination finalHeidelberg United2–1RichmondJohn Cain Memorial Reserve
Hockless  79' (pen.)
Alilovic  90+3'		 P. Cardozo  90+6' (pen.) Attendance: 900
Referee: Senko Rastocic
31 August Qualifying finalGreen Gully1–1
(5–6 p)		Melbourne KnightsGreen 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-finalGreen Gully0–2Heidelberg UnitedGreen Gully Reserve
Tsiorlas  16', 68' Attendance: 600
Referee: Phil Taverna
7 September 2008 Major semi-finalMelbourne Knights1–1
(3–4 p)		Altona MagicKnights 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 finalMelbourne Knights2–1Heidelberg UnitedEpping Stadium
Spiteri  18'
Barisic  35'		 Hockless  76' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Bruno D'Aniello
21 September Grand FinalAltona Magic1–0Melbourne KnightsLakeside 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
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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