The 2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria season is the 117th season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL) season, the highest level of football in the state of Victoria, and the 12th since the competition was rebadged. The season began on the 6th of February, [1] and will end on the 14th September.
Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 6 February – 14 September 2025 |
Premiers | Avondale FC |
Relegated | Melbourne Victory Youth Port Melbourne Melbourne Knights |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 601 (3.3 per match) |
Biggest home win | Dandenong City 7–1 Melbourne Knights (16 Aug 2025) Dandenong Thunder 6–0 Altona Magic (7 Jun 2025) |
Biggest away win | Green Gully 0–5 Dandenong City (7 Mar 2025) |
Longest winning run | 6 – Avondale (Feb 7 – Mar 22) |
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 2025-08-24. |
The defending champions are Oakleigh Cannons, who had defeated the reigning premiers South Melbourne in the 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria grand final. [2]
Avondale were the premiers after finishing four points clear after winning the league, however Heidelberg United qualify for the 2025 Australian Championship as second-placed due to Avondale being 'foundation members' of the spring competition.
The following teams have changed division since the 2024 NPL Victoria season. [3]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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South Melbourne | Esteban Quintas | Sacked | 14 April 2025 | 11th | Sinisa Cohadzic | 5 May 2025 |
Melbourne Knights | Ivan Franjic | Resigned | 5 May 2025 | 13th | John Markovski | 18 May 2025 |
Port Melbourne Sharks | John Markovski | Mutual Agreement | 7 May 2025 | 14th | Maxim Gaydovskiy | 15 May 2025 |
Hume City FC | Riccardo Marchioli | Sacked | 5 June 2025 | 6th | Nick Hegarty | 13 June 2025 |
Melbourne Knights | John Markovski | Sacked | 29 July 2025 | 14th | Marijan Cvitković | 29 July 2025 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Avondale FC [a] | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 61 | Qualification to Finals series |
2 | Heidelberg United (Q) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 57 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series [b] |
3 | Dandenong Thunder | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 53 | Qualification to Finals series |
4 | Oakleigh Cannons | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 49 | |
5 | Preston Lions [a] | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 47 | |
6 | Dandenong City | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 40 | |
7 | Hume City | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 38 | |
8 | Green Gully | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 31 | |
9 | South Melbourne [a] | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 28 | |
10 | Altona Magic | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | |
11 | St Albans Saints | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 27 | |
12 | Melbourne Victory Youth (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 18 | Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1 |
13 | Port Melbourne (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 17 | |
14 | Melbourne Knights (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 72 | −44 | 15 |
Elimination finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||
1 | Avondale FC | |||||||||||||
3 | Dandenong Thunder | 0 | 6 | Dandenong City | ||||||||||
6 | Dandenong City | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Heidelberg United | |||||||||||||
4 | Oakleigh Cannons | |||||||||||||
5 | Preston Lions |
Correct as of 7 July 2025 [5]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bul Juach | Heidelberg United | 17 |
2 | Joe Guest | Oakleigh Cannons | 13 |
Manyluak Aguek | Avondale | ||
4 | Hassan Jalloh | Dandenong Thunder | 10 |
5 | Aamir Abdallah | Green Gully | 9 |
Correct as of 7 July 2025 [6]
Rank | Player | Team | Cards |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Birkan Kirdar | Hume City | 9 |
Gideon Arok | St Albans Saints | ||
Joseph Colina | St Albans Saints | ||
3 | Stefan Valentini | Avondale | 8 |
As of 7 July 2025, there are twenty-seven players with 1 red card. [7]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asahi Yokokawa | Heidelberg United | Hume City | 5–1 (H) | 14 March 2025 | |
Kenny Athiu | St Albans Saints | Port Melbourne Sharks | 5–2 (H) | 25 April 2025 | |
Aamir Abdallah | Green Gully | Avondale | 5–2 (H) | 9 May 2025 |