2008 was South Melbourne Hellas' 49th season of senior men's competition.
Overview[]
League: Victorian Premier League (aka the Foxtel Cup)
Finishing Position: 9th of 14 (missed finals)
Coach: John Anastasiadis (until round 7), Michael Michalakopoulos (from round 8)
Captain: Dean Anastasiadis
Best and Fairest: Steven O'Dor
Leading goal scorer: Fernando De Moraes (9)
President: Leo Athanasakis
Major sponsor: Miroamer
Apparel sponsor: Kelme
Membership slogan: Passion is everything
No 1 ticket holder: Martin Foley[1]
Women: 2008 South Melbourne Women season
Match results and season summary[]
Summary[]
Following the disappointment of the 2007 season, South expected to return to the finals immediately. Instead, five losses from the first seven matches saw John Anastasiadis resign as coach. His replacement, Michael Michalakopoulos, managed to pull together a brief mid-season revival, but the side faltered during the final leg of the home and away season, finishing five points outside the finals.
At the end of the season, Michalokopoulos was re-appointed as coach[2], while Steven O'Dor won the club's best and fairest award.[3]
Southern Cross bid[]
On 14 February 2007, South Melbourne announced its interest in becoming the second Victorian club in the A-League.[4] In June 2008 South Melbourne FC sent a letter of interest to join the league[5] and lodged an application for the second Melbourne licence as part of the Southern Cross consortium.
On 26 September 2008 Football Federation Australia announced[6] it was commencing exclusive negotiations with the rival Melbourne Heart bid which went on to join the competition for the 2010-11 A-League season.
Pre-season matches[]
| Opposition | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 0-5 | |
| Heidelberg United | 2-1 | |
| Melbourne Knights | Chaplin Reserve | 3-1 |
Hellenic Cup matches[]
| Round | Opposition | Venue | Result |
| Group | Port Melbourne | The Grange Reserve | 1-0 |
| Group | South Springvale Aris | The Grange Reserve | 2-0 |
| Group | South Springvale Serres | The Grange Reserve | 2-0 |
| QF | Bentleigh Greens | The Grange Reserve | 0-1 |
Victorian Premier League season[]
Ladder[]
The top six teams made the finals. Altona Magic defeated Melbourne Knights in the grand final.
The bottom two teams were relegated.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Points | ||
| 1 | Green Gully | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne Knights | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Altona Magic | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 47 |
| 4 | Heidelberg United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 30 | 42 |
| 5 | Richmond | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 40 |
| 6 | Preston Lions | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 46 | 39 |
| 7 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 37 |
| 8 | Australian Institute of Sport | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 35 | 36 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 32 | 34 |
| 10 | Coburg United | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 31 |
| 11 | Whittlesea Zebras | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 30 |
| 12 | Western Suburbs | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 22 |
| 13 | Fawkner Blues | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 59 | 21 |
| 14 | Frankston Pines | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 48 | 17 |
Playing roster[]
| Player | League | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | |
| Dean Anastasiadis | 14 | 0 |
| Hamlet Armenian | 26 | 1 |
| Con Blatsis | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Bourakis | 2 | 0 |
| Nathan Caldwell | 20 | 5 |
| Nick Curtis | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando De Moraes | 25 | 9 |
| Gianni De Nittis | 23 | 8 |
| Ricky Diaco | 13 | 3 |
| Nik Jelic | 3 | 0 |
| Stuart Kelly | 4 | 0 |
| Tony La Verde | 17 | 1 |
| Scott MacNicol | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Natsioulas | 11 | 2 |
| Shane Nunes | 23 | 0 |
| Steven O'Dor | 23 | 0 |
| Sebastian Petrovic | 7 | 1 |
| Sam Poutakidis | 25 | 3 |
| Stefaan Sardelic | 1 | 0 |
| Francesco Stella | 2 | 0 |
| Adem Tavsancioglu | 5 | 0 |
| Ramazan Tavsancioglu | 21 | 0 |
| Tommi Tomich | 8 | 0 |
| Bunyamin Vahid | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Van Dommele | 22 | 0 |
| Jose Vasquez | 1 | 0 |
| Robbie Wynne | 14 | 0 |
| Yusuf Yusuf | 4 | 0 |
| Goran Zoric | 26 | 2 |
References[]
- ↑ http://www.smfc.com.au/south-kick-off-2015-social-calendar-with-highly-successful-jersey-night/
- ↑ http://www.smfc.com.au/michalakopoulos-re-appointed-coach-for-200910/
- ↑ http://www.smfc.com.au/odor-re-signs-for-two-more-seasons/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140102192442/http://www.smfc.com.au/news/450/investors-chase-south-melbourne-fc-for-a-league-bid/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140102192245/http://www.smfc.com.au/news/661/melbourne-a-league-bid/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090203060943/http://www.smfc.com.au/news/677/southern-cross-fc-bid-rejected-by-ffa/