| 2008 VFL Season | |
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Current VFA/VFL logo, former VFL/AFL logo |
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| Teams | 14 |
| Premiers | North Ballarat Roosters (1st title) |
| Minor Premiers | Port Melbourne Borough |
| Matches played | 149 |
| Top Goal scorer(s) | Nick Sautner |
The 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring 13 teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.
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.
Contents |
| 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 |
| 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]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
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| 1 | Port Melbourne Boroughs | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | 1788 | 1274 | 140.35 | 52 |
| 2 | North Ballarat Roosters | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | 1983 | 1463 | 135.54 | 52 |
| 3 | Williamstown Seagulls | 16 | 12 | 4 | - | 1892 | 1436 | 131.75 | 48 |
| 4 | Werribee Tigers | 16 | 10 | 6 | - | 1672 | 1382 | 120.98 | 40 |
| 5 | Casey Scorpions | 16 | 9 | 7 | - | 1588 | 1683 | 94.36 | 36 |
| 6 | Coburg Tigers | 16 | 8 | 8 | - | 1568 | 1445 | 108.51 | 32 |
| 7 | Frankston Dolphins | 16 | 8 | 8 | - | 1624 | 1538 | 105.59 | 32 |
| 8 | Northern Bullants | 16 | 8 | 8 | - | 1351 | 1510 | 89.47 | 32 |
| 9 | Sandringham Zebras | 16 | 7 | 9 | - | 1739 | 1446 | 120.26 | 28 |
| 10 | Geelong Cats | 16 | 6 | 10 | - | 1516 | 1699 | 89.23 | 24 |
| 11 | Bendigo Bombers | 16 | 5 | 11 | - | 1380 | 1778 | 77.62 | 20 |
| 12 | Collingwood Magpies | 16 | 5 | 11 | - | 1221 | 1625 | 75.14 | 20 |
| 13 | Box Hill Hawks | 16 | 4 | 12 | - | 1311 | 1721 | 76.18 | 16 |
| 14 | Tasmanian Devils | 16 | 4 | 12 | - | 1345 | 1978 | 68.00 | 16 |
| Qualifying / Elimination finals | Semifinals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||
| QF1: Sep 7, TEAC Oval | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Port Melbourne | 20.10 (130) | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Werribee | 6.20 (56) | SF1: Sep 13, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 13.14 (92) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF1: Sep 6, Casey Fields | Frankston | 12.19 (91) | PF1: Sep 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: Sep 26, Telstra Dome | ||||||||||||
| North Ballarat | 18.12 (120) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF2: Sep 6, TEAC Oval | PF2: Sep 21, TEAC Oval | Port Melbourne | 11.9 (75) | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Coburg Tigers | 14.11 (95) | North Ballarat | 13.14 (92) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Frankston | 14.17 (101) | SF2: Sep 14, TEAC Oval | Werribee | 11.14 (80) | ||||||||||||
| Werribee | 19.16 (130) | ||||||||||||||||
| QF2: Sep 7, AUSTAR Arena | Casey Scorpions | 9.7 (61) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | North Ballarat | 15.16 (106) | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Williamstown | 12.14 (86) | |||||||||||||||
The VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy.
| Rank | Player | Team | Votes |
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| 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 |
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.[1]
| Rank | Player | Team | No. Games | Total Goals |
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| 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 |
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The Norm Goss Memorial Medal is awarded to the Best player in the VFL Grand Final.
The Fothergill-Round Medal is awarded to the most promising young talent in the VFL .
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