2009 Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League
Season2009
ChampionsAltona Magic SC
PremiersDandenong Thunder SC
RelegatedWhittlesea Zebras
Preston Lions
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The 2009 Victorian Premier League season was held between February and September 2009.[1]

Teams

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Victorian Premier League teams for the 2009 season:

Club Stadium Capacity
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

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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

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The regular season concluded on 15 August.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dandenong Thunder 22 15 5 2 45 21 +24 50 Victorian Premier League Finals
2 Altona Magic (C) 22 11 5 6 36 26 +10 38
3 Green Gully 22 11 5 6 29 21 +8 38
4 Hume City 22 11 4 7 39 16 +23 37
5 South Melbourne 22 10 7 5 41 22 +19 37
6 Heidelberg United 22 10 4 8 35 26 +9 34
7 Oakleigh Cannons 22 9 6 7 24 22 +2 33
8 Sunshine George Cross 22 8 8 6 18 18 0 32
9 Melbourne Knights 22 7 6 9 26 25 +1 27
10 Richmond 22 7 3 12 28 31 −3 24
11 Whittlesea Zebras 22 2 4 16 15 42 −27 10 Relegation to Vic State League Div 1
12 Preston Lions 22 2 1 19 14 80 −66 7
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals Series

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Qualifying Final

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Altona Magic SC3–3 (AET)
(4–3 PSO)		Green Gully SC
Slave Bozinovski 42'
Nicholas Kalmar 72'
Carl Recchia 75'		 Report Mathew Sanders 6'
Pablo Cardozo 38'
Aziz Behich 94'

Elimination Final

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Hume City FC2–0South Melbourne FC
Alfonso Opazo 2'
Andrew Vlahos 47'		 Report

Minor Semi-Final

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Green Gully SC0–1Hume City FC
Report Tansel Başer 25'

Major Semi-Final

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Dandenong Thunder SC0–1Altona Magic SC
Report Kliment Taseski 56'

Preliminary final

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Dandenong Thunder SC3–1Hume City FC
Veton Korcarevski 9'
Hamlet Armenian 46'
Joseph Di Iorio 49'		 Report Isyan Erdogan 62'

Grand final

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Altona Magic SC1–1 (AET)
(5–4 PSO)		Dandenong Thunder SC
Nicholas Kalmar 65' Report Veton Korcarevski 51'

Victoria Men's Team 2009

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

Source

Melbourne Victory2–0Victorian Premier League Team
Ney Fabiano
Nathan Elasi 		Report
Attendance: 2,000
Victorian Premier League Team3–1Melbourne Victory
Joel Nikolic ,
Osagie Ederaro 		Report Tom Pondeljak
Attendance: 1,000
Melbourne Victory3–0Victorian Premier League Team
Leigh Broxham
Nathan Elasi
Kliment Taseski 		Report
Deakin Reserve,
Shepparton, Victoria
Attendance: 2,000

Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FFV Fixtures". Football Federation Victoria. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". premier.footballfedvic.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Talented VPL squad selected to take on Victory". Football Federation Victoria. 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  4. ^ "VPL boys get second crack at Melbourne Victory". Football Federation Victoria. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
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