The ringleader of an international match fixing syndicate has pleaded guilty to fixing soccer games in the Victorian Premier League.

Two players have also pleaded guilty

Malaysian national, Gerry Gsubramaniam, has pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to fixing Southern Stars matches between July and September.

He will be sentenced next year.

Taskforce Purana detectives arrested Gsubramaniam in September after a five-week operation into corruption codenamed Starlings.

Two Southern Stars players, Joe Woolley and Reiss Noel, have also pleaded guilty to throwing matches on the instructions of the syndicate.

Woolley was fined $1,200 and Noel was fined $2,000, a penalty the magistrate said was significantly reduced because they agreed to give evidence against others in the syndicate.

Their lawyers told the court they felt intimidated by the syndicate bosses.

Two other players and the coach are yet to enter pleas.

The Southern Stars are a semi-professional football team that plays in the top Victorian-based league.

FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, has already imposed global sanctions on Gsubramaniam, Woolley, Noel and two others, barring them from taking part in any football-related activity until further notice.

Match fixing carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison.