2008 VFL season

2008 VFL
Teams	14
Premiers	North Ballarat Roosters (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Port Melbourne Borough (18th minor premiership)
Matches played	149
Leading goalkicker	Nick Sautner (Sandringham)
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The 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) was a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring thirteen teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

It was the 127th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong and Collingwood team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.

AFL alignments

Bendigo Bombers	Essendon
Box Hill Hawks	Hawthorn
Casey Scorpions	Melbourne
Coburg Tigers	Richmond
Collingwood	Collingwood
Frankston
Geelong	Geelong
North Ballarat	North Melbourne
Northern Bullants	Carlton
Port Melbourne
Sandringham	St Kilda
Tasmania
Werribee	North Melbourne
Williamstown	Western Bulldogs

VFL season

Home \ Away1	BEN	BOX	CAS	COB	COLL	FRA	GEE	NBR	NBU	PMB	SAN	TAS	WER	WIL
Bendigo Bombers			92-133			83-80	117-69	99-112	98-66			119-90		90-127
Box Hill Hawks	84-119		94-61	70-122	86-112		90-104			92-140	76-164	85-88	90-82
Casey Scorpions	80-51	122-89			71-28	110-72	117-78		164-46		91-59	137-97
Coburg Tigers	145-94	79-67	98-151		121-68		178-103	91-92		58-133
Collingwood Magpies	136-46					98-105	67-123	46-125	42-117	87-74				68-102
Frankston Dolphins	120-63	62-69		92-71	83-100				97-81	92-66		161-95	148-52
Geelong Cats		131-81		51-85	77-78			52-84	100-111			96-68	140-87	112-80
North Ballarat Roosters	112-60	126-56		96-57		129-93	117-86				86-70	115-66	123-94	115-68
Northern Bullants		56-92		107-104	128-77			105-63		52-103	91-87	84-74	87-103	69-115
Port Melbourne Borough	150-65		106-76	155-107		109-51		108-87			109-108		168-108
Sandringham Zebras	159-89		119-82		79-49	90-102			105-60	75-142		163-76		105-119
Tasmanian Devils			111-92	101-95			125-101		86-91	112-115	51-203		56-121	49-200
Werribee Tigers	115-95		131-90	66-103	126-71	108-103	114-93			115-100	93-87			73-129
Williamstown Seagulls		153-90	111-95	92-110	162-94	121-107		123-106		151-114	130-66

Updated to games played on Round 16.
Source: [1]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ladder

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Against	%	Points
1	Port Melbourne	16	13	3	-	1788	1274	140.35	52
2	North Ballarat (P)	16	13	3	-	1983	1463	135.54	52
3	Williamstown	16	12	4	-	1892	1436	131.75	48
4	Werribee	16	10	6	-	1672	1382	120.98	40
5	Casey	16	9	7	-	1588	1683	94.36	36
6	Coburg	16	8	8	-	1568	1445	108.51	32
7	Frankston	16	8	8	-	1624	1538	105.59	32
8	Northern Bullants	16	8	8	-	1351	1510	89.47	32
9	Sandringham	16	7	9	-	1739	1446	120.26	28
10	Geelong reserves	16	6	10	-	1516	1699	89.23	24
11	Bendigo	16	5	11	-	1380	1778	77.62	20
12	Collingwood reserves	16	5	11	-	1221	1625	75.14	20
13	Box Hill	16	4	12	-	1311	1721	76.18	16
14	Tasmania	16	4	12	-	1345	1978	68.00	16

Finals Series

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1: September 7, TEAC Oval
	1	Port Melbourne	20.10 (130)
	4	Werribee	6.20 (56)			SF1: September 13, TEAC Oval
						Williamstown	13.14 (92)
		EF1: September 6, Casey Fields				Frankston	12.19 (91)					PF1: September 20, TEAC Oval
	5	Casey Scorpions	13.10 (88)									Port Melbourne	16.21 (117)
	8	Northern Bullants	12.11 (83)									Williamstown	13.18 (96)			GF: September 26, Telstra Dome
																North Ballarat	18.12 (120)
		EF2: September 6, TEAC Oval										PF2: September 21, TEAC Oval				Port Melbourne	11.9 (75)
	6	Coburg	14.11 (95)									North Ballarat	13.14 (92)
	7	Frankston	14.17 (101)			SF2: September 14, TEAC Oval						Werribee	11.14 (80)
						Werribee	19.16 (130)
		QF2: September 7, AUSTAR Arena				Casey Scorpions	9.7 (61)
	2	North Ballarat	15.16 (106)
	3	Williamstown	12.14 (86)

Season Awards

Best and Fairest

The VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy.

Rank	Player	Team	Votes
1	James Podsiadly	Werribee Tigers	16
=2	Peter Summers	Sandringham Zebras	15
=2	Brett Johnson	Williamstown Seagulls	15
=4	Greg Tivendale	Coburg Tigers	14
=4	Brett Goodes	North Ballarat Roosters	14
=4	Paul Kennedy	Frankston Dolphins	14

Leading Goalkickers

The VFL Leading Goalkicker at the end of the regular season is awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal. The 2008 winner was Nick Sautner of the Sandringham Zebras.

Rank	Player	Team	No. Games	Total Goals
1	Nick Sautner	Sandringham Zebras	16	74
2	James Podsiadly	Werribee Tigers	20	73
3	Justin Berry	Frankston Dolphins	20	50
4	Adrian Bonaddio	Port Melbourne Borough	20	49
=5	Patrick Rose	Williamstown Seagulls	20	48
=5	Robin Nahas	Port Melbourne Borough	20	48

See also

• List of VFA/VFL premiers
• Australian Rules Football
• Victorian Football League
• Australian Football League
• 2008 AFL season

External links

• AFL Victoria website
• Official VFL website
• Unofficial VFL website