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Season | 2013 |
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Champions | Northcote City |
Premiers | Northcote City |
Relegated | Richmond Southern Stars |
← 2012 |
The 2013 Victorian Premier League was the one-hundred first season of the top tier of club football in Victoria. The home and away season commenced on 6 April 2013. Dandenong Thunder were the defending champions.
On 15 September 2013 Victoria Police arrested up to ten people, including Southern Stars players David Obaze, Nick McKoy and Joe Woolley and coach, Zaya Younan. Later in September criminal charges were laid via the Victoria Police and the FFA handed Noel, Woolley, David Obaze, Nicholas McKoy and coach Zia Younan initial suspensions which prevented them from being involved in any football-related activity in Australia while the investigation was ongoing. Those bans were also extended worldwide by FIFA. Two British footballers, Reiss Noel and Joe Woolley received life-time bans from FIFA due to the incident. [1]
Gerry Subramaniam, a Malaysian national and the Australian ring-leader of the betting syndicate behind the match fixing, was sentenced to three years jail in Australia, to be followed by deportation to Malaysia. [2]
Southern Stars were suspended from the competition. All of their matches were declared No Result and were recorded as 0–0 draws with no points awarded. Bentleigh Greens forfeited their Round 22 match against Southern Stars, who were awarded 1 point.
Team | Home city | Home ground |
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Bentleigh Greens | Cheltenham, Melbourne | Kingston Heath Soccer Complex |
Dandenong Thunder | Dandenong, Melbourne | George Andrews Reserve |
Green Gully | Keilor, Melbourne | Green Gully Reserve |
Southern Stars FC | Dingley, Melbourne | Kingston Heath Soccer Complex |
Hume City | City of Hume, Melbourne | John Ilhan Memorial Reserve |
Melbourne Knights | Sunshine North, Melbourne | Knights Stadium |
Northcote City | Thornbury, Melbourne | John Cain Memorial Reserve |
Oakleigh Cannons | Oakleigh, Melbourne | Jack Edwards Reserve |
Richmond SC | Richmond, Melbourne | Kevin Bartlett Reserve |
South Melbourne FC | Albert Park, Melbourne | Lakeside Stadium |
Pascoe Vale | Coburg North, Melbourne | CB Smith Reserve |
Port Melbourne | Port Melbourne, Melbourne | SS Anderson Reserve |
Teams promoted from Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2012 season.)
Teams relegated to Victorian State League Division 1:
(After the end of the 2012 season.)
The Victorian Premier League 2012 season was played over 22 rounds, beginning on 23 March and concluding on 16 September 2012, followed by the final series.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Northcote City (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 46 | VPL 2012 Victorian Premier League Finals |
2 | Melbourne Knights | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 39 | |
3 | Bentleigh Greens | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 36 | |
4 | South Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 33 | |
5 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 33 | |
6 | Port Melbourne Sharks | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 32 | |
7 | Dandenong Thunder | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 28 | |
8 | Oakleigh Cannons | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 25 | |
9 | Hume City | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 25 | |
10 | Pascoe Vale | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 20 | |
11 | Richmond | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 13 | Relegation to Victorian State League Division 1 |
12 | Southern Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Qualifying/Elimination Finals | Semi Final | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Northcote City | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
A | Bentleigh Greens | 2 | F | Bentleigh Greens | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
2 | Melbourne Knights | 2 | D | Northcote City | 5 | G | Northcote City | 1 (3) | ||||||||||
3 | Bentleigh Greens | 4 | E | South Melbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
B | Melbourne Knights | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | South Melbourne | 1 | C | South Melbourne | 1 | |||||||||||||
5 | Green Gully Cavaliers | 0 |
29 September 2013Elimination Final | South Melbourne | 1–0 | Green Gully Cavaliers | Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park |
5:00PM | Holmes 90' | Referee: Perry Mur |
29 September 2013Qualifying Final | Melbourne Knights | 2–4 | Bentleigh Greens | Knights Stadium, Sunshine North |
3:00PM | Barisic 45' (pen.) Talajic 61' | Sherbon 31', 39', 70' Stirton 51' |
4 October 2013Major Semi Final | Northcote City | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Bentleigh Greens | SS Anderson Reserve, City of Port Phillip |
6:00PM | Kalifatidis 83' | De Vries 79', 102' |
4 October 2013Minor Semi Final | Melbourne Knights | 0–1 | South Melbourne | Knights Stadium, Sunshine North |
7:30PM | Rixon 67' | Referee: Lewis Guiseffi |
13 October 2013Preliminary Final | Northcote City | 5–0 | South Melbourne | SS Anderson Reserve, City of Port Phillip |
3:00PM | Kalifatidis 5' Gavalas 31' (o.g.) Lujic (55), 78' Kounavelis 60' | Referee: Shaun Evans |
Bentleigh Greens | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Northcote City |
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De Vries 88' Sherbon 93' | Report | Kounavelis 63' Lujic 104' Gasparis 108 ' |
Pos | Player | Club | Goals [4] |
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1 | Milos Lujic | Northcote City | 19 |
2 | Luke Flynn | Bentleigh Greens | 15 |
3 | Dusan Bosnjak | Oakleigh Cannons | 13 |
4 | Luke Hopper | South Melbourne | 10 |
5 | Thomas Cahill | Richmond SC | 9 |
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