2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria

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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.

Contents

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2025
Dates6 February – 14 September 2025
Premiers Avondale FC
Relegated Melbourne Victory Youth
Port Melbourne
Melbourne Knights
Matches played182
Goals scored601 (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 run6 – 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.

Teams

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024 NPL Victoria season. [3]

Relegated into 2025 Victoria Premier League 1

Stadiums and locations

TeamHead CoachLocationStadiumCapacity
Altona Magic Goran Lozanovski Melbourne (Altona North) Paisley Park 5,000
Avondale FC Zoran Markovski Melbourne (Parkville)Avenger Park1,000
Dandenong City Nick Tolios Melbourne (Endeavour Hills) Frank Holohan Soccer Complex 4,000
Dandenong Thunder Adam Piddick Melbourne (Dandenong) George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Green Gully David Chick Melbourne (Keilor Downs) Green Gully Reserve 10,000
Heidelberg United John Anastasiadis Melbourne (Heidelberg West) Olympic Village 12,000
Hume City Nick Hegarty Melbourne (Broadmeadows) Hume City Stadium 3,000
Melbourne Knights Marijan Cvitković Melbourne (Sunshine North) Knights Stadium 15,000
Melbourne Victory (Youth) Boris Seroshtan Melbourne (Bundoora) The Home of the Matildas 3,000
Oakleigh Cannons Chris Taylor Melbourne (Oakleigh) Jack Edwards Reserve 4,000
Port Melbourne Maxim Gaydovskiy Melbourne (Port Melbourne) JL Murphy Reserve 1,000
Preston Lions Louie Acevski Melbourne (Reservoir) B.T. Connor Reserve 6,500 [4]
South Melbourne Sinisa Cohadzic Melbourne (Albert Park) Lakeside Stadium 12,000
St Albans Saints Cameron Watson Melbourne (St Albans)Churchill Reserve3,500

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
South Melbourne Esteban Quintas Sacked14 April 202511th Sinisa Cohadzic 5 May 2025
Melbourne Knights Ivan Franjic Resigned5 May 202513th John Markovski 18 May 2025
Port Melbourne Sharks John Markovski Mutual Agreement7 May 202514th Maxim Gaydovskiy 15 May 2025
Hume City FC Riccardo MarchioliSacked5 June 20256th Nick Hegarty 13 June 2025
Melbourne Knights John Markovski Sacked29 July 202514thMarijan Cvitković29 July 2025

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Avondale FC [a] 2619436627+3961Qualification to Finals series
2 Heidelberg United (Q)2617635525+3057Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series [b]
3 Dandenong Thunder 2616556032+2853Qualification to Finals series
4 Oakleigh Cannons 2615475833+2549
5 Preston Lions [a] 2614574028+1247
6 Dandenong City 26101065138+1340
7 Hume City 26115104240+238
8 Green Gully 2687113942331
9 South Melbourne [a] 26771229461728
10 Altona Magic 26761328381027
11 St Albans Saints 26761345561127
12 Melbourne Victory Youth (R)26531836602418Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1
13 Port Melbourne (R)26451724644017
14 Melbourne Knights (R)26431928724415
Source: MyGameday
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) aggregate head-to-head results; 5) away goals; 6) alphabetical order/coin toss at the end of the season.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Team pre-qualifies to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
  2. The second-placed team qualified to the Australian Championship since the Premier is one of the three NPL Victoria teams that have already qualified as "Foundation Clubs".

Matches

Home \ Away ALT AVO DCI DTH GGL HEI HUM KNI MVC OAK POR PRL SMB SAL
Altona Magic 0–10–00–10–00–21–14–01–01–24–00–20–02–1
Avondale FC 4–01–11–12–12–12–05–14–13–04–13–14–02–2
Dandenong City 2–10–31–20–00–21–37–13–11–05–22–23–33–3
Dandenong Thunder 6–02–12–22–13–21–14–04–13–35–13–01–02–2
Green Gully 2–35–20–53–10–31–13–04–11–10–00–11–02–2
Heidelberg United 3–13–12–22–04–15–12–11–01–12–11–11–12–2
Hume City 2–01–23–02–13–20–12–11–20–34–10–11–13–2
Melbourne Knights 1–51–30–20–31–43–21–11–23–33–00–10–23–1
Melbourne Victory Youth 1–12–30–33–41–20–32–31–20–31–21–13–33–2
Oakleigh Cannons 1–01–23–03–13–11–24–03–02–54–14–03–01–2
Port Melbourne 3–30–11–10–21–02–21–32–20–30–23–20–10–2
Preston Lions 1–01–11–12–03–20–12–13–01–02–35–02–02–1
South Melbourne 2–00–51–30–11–10–32–13–14–21–20–22–10–3
St Albans Saints 0–11–41–31–51–21–20–44–23–13–23–00–32–2
Source: MyGameday
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Bracket

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

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of 7 July 2025 [5]

RankPlayerTeamGoals
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

Discipline

Yellow cards

Correct as of 7 July 2025 [6]

RankPlayerTeamCards
1 Birkan Kirdar Hume City 9
Gideon Arok St Albans Saints
Joseph Colina St Albans Saints
3 Stefan Valentini Avondale 8

Red cards

As of 7 July 2025, there are twenty-seven players with 1 red card. [7]

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Asahi Yokokawa Heidelberg UnitedHume City5–1 (H)14 March 2025
Kenny Athiu St Albans SaintsPort Melbourne Sharks5–2 (H)25 April 2025
Aamir Abdallah Green GullyAvondale5–2 (H)9 May 2025
Notes

References

  1. "Results for NPL VIC Men". GameDay. Football Victoria . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  2. "Oakleigh Cannons defeat South Melbourne to win NPL Victoria championship". The Greek Herald. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  3. "NPL & VPL1&2 Men Declaration of Provisional League Structures 2025" (PDF). footballvictoria.com.au. Football Victoria. 2024-10-15 [2024-10-15].
  4. "BT Connor Reserve | Austadiums". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  5. "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". Football Victoria . Retrieved 2025-02-23 via GameDay.
  6. "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". Football Victoria . Retrieved 2025-02-17 via GameDay.
  7. "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-07-06.