2026 National Premier Leagues Victoria

National Premier Leagues Victoria

Season	2026
Dates	15 February – 15 September 2025
← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 26 October 2025.

The 2026 National Premier Leagues Victoria season will be the 118th season of top-flight Victorian football, and the 13th since the competition was re-badged to National Premier Leagues Victoria. The season begins on the 15th of February, and ends on the 20th September. ^[1]

Avondale are the defending premiers after finishing four points ahead of eventual champions Heidelberg United FC; who defeated sixth-placed Dandenong City 2–1 at the Grand Final. ^[2]

Teams

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season. ^[3]

To NPL Victoria Promoted from VPL 1 Bentleigh Greens Caroline Springs George Cross Melbourne City Youth

From NPL Victoria Relegated to VPL 1 Melbourne Victory Youth Port Melbourne Melbourne Knights

Stadiums and Locations

Avondale

Altona

Gully

Heidelberg

Hume

Bentleigh

Oakleigh

St Albans

Melbourne City

Dandenong Thunder

South Melbourne

Dandenong City

CSGC

Preston

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Locations of 2025 NPL Victoria clubs within metropolitan Melbourne

Team	Head Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Altona Magic	Goran Lozanovski	Melbourne (Altona North)	Paisley Park	5,000
Avondale FC	Zoran Markovski	Melbourne (Parkville)	Avenger Park	1,000
Bentleigh Greens	George Katsakis	Melbourne (Cheltenham)	Kingston Heath Soccer Complex	3,300
Caroline Springs George Cross	Eric Vassiliadis	Melbourne (Fraser Rise)	City Vista Recreation Reserve	3,000
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 City Youth	Alessandro Diamanti	Melbourne (Cranbourne East)	City Football Academy	1,500
Oakleigh Cannons	Chris Taylor	Melbourne (Oakleigh)	Jack Edwards Reserve	4,000
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 Reserve	3,500

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Altona Magic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series [a]
2	Avondale FC [b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to Finals series
3	Bentleigh Greens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Caroline Springs George Cross	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Dandenong City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dandenong Thunder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Green Gully	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Heidelberg United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Hume City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Melbourne City Youth [c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Oakleigh Cannons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Preston Lions [b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1
13	South Melbourne [b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	St Albans Saints	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 15 Feb 2026. Source: Football Victoria
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.
Notes:

1. The second-placed team qualifies to the Australian Championship if the Premier is one of the three NPL Victoria teams that have already qualified as "Foundation Clubs".
2. Team pre-qualified to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
3. Melbourne City Youth is ineligible to qualify for the 2026 Australian Championship as the academy of an A-League club.

Matches

Home \ Away	ALT	AVO	BEN	CSG	DCI	DTH	GGL	HEI	HUM	MCY	OAK	PRL	SMB	SAL
Altona Magic	—
Avondale FC		—
Bentleigh Greens			—
Caroline Springs George Cross				—
Dandenong City					—
Dandenong Thunder						—
Green Gully							—
Heidelberg United								—
Hume City									—
Melbourne City Youth										—
Oakleigh Cannons											—
Preston Lions												—
South Melbourne													—
St Albans Saints														—

First match(es) will be played: 15 Feb 2026. Source: Football Victoria

References

1. "Football Victoria 2026 Season Calendar | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 2025-10-24. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
2. "Heidelberg triumph in epic Lakeside finale | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
3. "2026 Football Victoria Provisional Declaration of Leagues | Football Victoria". footballvictoria.com.au. 2025-10-17. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
4. "BT Connor Reserve | Austadiums". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-02-15.