2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women

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National Premier Leagues Victoria Women
Season 2025
Dates14 March 2025 – 13 September 2025
Champions Box Hill United
Premiers Heidelberg United
Matches played132
Goals scored457 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Sawa Matsuda (18)
Biggest home win Bulleen Lions 8–0 Brunswick Juventus
(30 August 2025)
Biggest away win Boroondara-Carey Eagles 0–5 South Melbourne
(30 August 2025)
Highest scoringSouth Melbourne 7–2 FV Academy
(22 March 2025)
Box Hill United 7–2 Preston Lions
(30 August 2025)
Longest winning run9 matches
Box Hill United
Heidelberg United
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Heidelberg United
Longest winless run9 matches
Bentleigh Greens
Longest losing run9 matches
Bentleigh Greens
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2025.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria Women, known commonly as the NPL VIC Women or NPLV Women, was the eighth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women under the NPL format, and the 25th season of top-flight Victorian Women's football overall.

Contents

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season and the team promoted from the VPL Women's. The promoted team was Spring Hills. They replaced Calder United who were relegated to the VPL Women's after seven seasons. [1]

Casey Comets were originally planned to be promoted to the league, replacing Brunswick Juventus, but withdrew their acceptance of promotion into the league. After working through the Order of Merit process, Brunswick Juventus was offered the opportunity to remain in the competition which they accepted. [2]

Stadiums and locations

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Alamein
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Locations of the 2025 NPL VIC Women clubs.
TeamLocationStadium
Alamein Glen Iris Dorothy Laver West Reserve
Bentleigh Greens Cheltenham Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Boroondara-Carey Eagles Bulleen David Barro Stadium
Box Hill United Box Hill Wembley Park
Brunswick Juventus Fawkner CB Smith Reserve
Bulleen Lions Bulleen David Barro Stadium
Essendon Royals Essendon Cross Keys Reserve
FV Emerging Bundoora Home of the Matildas
Heidelberg United Heidelberg West Olympic Park
Preston Lions FC Reservoir B.T. Connor Reserve
South Melbourne Albert Park Lakeside Stadium
Spring Hills Caroline Springs Springside Recreationa Reserve

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Heidelberg United 2216245231+2150Qualification for finals series
2 Bulleen Lions 2214355729+2845
3 Box Hill United (C)2112454629+1740
4 Essendon Royals 2212284938+1138
5 South Melbourne 2210754325+1837
6Alamein2211293328+535
7 Boroondara-Carey Eagles 2292113239−729
8Spring Hills227783131028
9 Preston Lions FC 2265113443−923
10 FV Academy 2255123365−3220
11 Benleigh Greens (R)2142152740−1314Relegation to VPLW
12 Brunswick Juventus (R)2241172059−3913
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2025. Source: NPL VIC Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayALA BEN BOR BOX BRU BUL ESS FVE HEI PRE SOM SPR
Alamein—1–32–13–14–01–31–25–11–12–00–30–0
Bentleigh Greens 1–0—1–20–11–00–11–21–21–20–11–12–2
Boroondara-Carey Eagles 3–01–2—0–25–10–12–11–02–32–00–51–1
Box Hill United 2–11–03–2—5–01–12–25–12–07–21–41–0
Brunswick Juventus 0–22–11–30–2—1–30–13–01–20–03–22–1
Bulleen Lions 0–14–23–02–18–0—3–55–01–20–33–33–1
Essendon Royals 2–43–25–02–22–01–0—3–00–31–33–01–3
FV Academy 0–24–23–12–24–22–61–5—2–52–20–02–2
Heidelberg United 4–13–14–03–02–01–43–24–2—4–21–52–1
Preston Lions FC 0–14–30–31–35–12–33–41–12–1—1–11–2
South Melbourne 1–01–01–10–13–12–22–17–20–11–0—1–1
Spring Hills0–13–20–23–23–20–13–11–21–11–12–0—
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2025. Source: NPL VIC Women
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

The finals series ran over two weeks, and involved the top four teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the four teams would play semi-finals with first playing fourth and second playing third. The two winners of those matches would meet in the Grand Final. [3]

Bracket

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Heidelberg United 1
4 Essendon Royals 0
1 Heidelberg United 1
3 Box Hill United 2
2 Bulleen Lions 1
3 Box Hill United 3

Semi-finals

Bulleen Lions 1-3 Box Hill United
  • Butrus Soccerball shade.svg17'
 Report
David Barro Stadium, Bulleen
Referee: Courtney Van Diesen
Heidelberg United 1-0 Essendon Royals
Report
Olympic Park, Heidelberg West
Referee: Angelique Mangion

Grand Final

Heidelberg United 1-2 Box Hill United
Report
Referee: Shab Saban

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [4]
1 Flag of Japan.svg Sawa Matsuda Heidelberg United18
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danella Butrus Bulleen Lions13
3 Flag of Japan.svg Airi Fujiwara Essendon Royals12
4 Flag of England.svg Valentine Pursey Preston Lions10
5 Flag of the United States.svg Josephine Aulicino Box Hill United9
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emma Langley Brunswick Juventus8
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zoe Houghton Alamein7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candela Ferreyra Bas Boroondara-Carey Eagles
Flag of India.svg Priya Savarirayan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carina Rossi Box Hill United
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Katie Cox
Flag of England.svg Hollie Masey Bulleen Lions
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fiorina Iaria FV Academy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nikki Furukawa South Melbourne

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zara Board Essendon Royals6
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chloe McKenzie Box Hill United5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emily Shields Bulleen Lions
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Cowan Alamein4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mia Mossman Boroondara-Carey Eagles

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of England.svg Valentine Pursey Preston LionsBentleigh Greens4–3 (H) [5] 25 April 2025
Flag of Japan.svg Sawa Matsuda Heidelberg UnitedPreston Lions4–2 (H) [6] 17 May 2025
Essendon Royals3–2 (H) [7] 31 May 2025
Flag of the United States.svg Josephine Aulicino Box Hill UnitedFV Academy5–1 (H) [8] 8 August 2025
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danella Butrus Bulleen LionsBrunswick Juventus8–0 (H) [9] 30 August 2025

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 21
    • Brunswick Juventus
    • South Melbourne
  • Fewest yellow cards: 11
    • Bentleigh Greens
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Bulleen Lions
    • South Melbourne
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • Six teams

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced at the Victorian Football Gala night that took place on 19 September 2025. [12]

Team of the Season [13]
Goalkeeper Flag of the United States.svg Payton Woodward
(Brunswick Juventus)
Defenders Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayley Geurts
(Boroondara-Carey Eagles)		 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie Wild
(Heidelberg United)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Barreiro
(Heidelberg United)
Midfielders Flag of Australia (converted).svg Asuka Miyata
(Heidelberg United)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandra Sinclair
(Spring Hills)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Eliadis
(Bulleen Lions)		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danella Butrus
(Bulleen Lions)
Forwards Flag of Japan.svg Airi Fujiwara
(Essendon Royals)		 Flag of Japan.svg Sawa Matsuda
(Heidelberg United)		 Flag of the United States.svg Josephine Aulicino
(Box Hill United)

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "NPLW Decleration of Provisional League Structures" (PDF). Football Victoria .
  2. ↑ "NPLW 2025 League Structure Update: Casey Comets FC". Football Victoria .
  3. ↑ "Advanced Competitions - Rules of Competition 2024" (PDF). www.footballvictoria.com.au.
  4. ↑ "NPL VIC Women Scoring Summary". mygameday.app.
  5. ↑ Yap, Kieran (30 April 2025). "NPLW Vic Round Six: Butrus wonder goal helps Bulleen return to the winners list". Impetus Football.
  6. ↑ "NPLW Vic Round 9: Groba stars for Royals in 5-1 win". Impetus Football. 22 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Yap, Kieran (4 June 2025). "NPLW Vic Round 11: Karaparidis turns on style on Box Hill win". Impetus Football.
  8. ↑ "2025 Women's National Premier Leagues Victoria Results: Round 16". ozfootball.net.
  9. ↑ Yap, Kieran (2 September 2025). "NPLW Vic R22: Goals galore in the final round of the season". Impetus Football.
  10. ↑ "Competition Statistics for NPL VIC Women - GameDay". mygameday.app.
  11. ↑ "Competition Statistics for NPL VIC Women - GameDay". mygameday.app.
  12. ↑ "2025 season celebrated in style at 2025 Victorian Football Gala, proudly presented by Senol". Football Victoria . 19 September 2025.
  13. ↑ @nplvictoria; (23 September 2025). "After celebrating the individual honours at the Victorian Football Gala, it's time to unveil the 2025 NPLW Team of the Season!" – via Instagram.
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