Founded | 2016 |
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Country | Australia |
Number of teams | 11 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Current champions | Calder United 2019 |
Current premiers | Calder United 2022 |
Website | www |
The National Premier Leagues Victoria Women, known commonly as the NPL Victoria Women's or NPLV Women's, is a professional women's association football league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest league for women in Victoria, and has been a part of the National Premier Leagues Women’s structure, and which is administered by Football Victoria. Prior to the introduction of the NPL in Victoria in 2016, the league was known as the Women's Victorian Premier League. [1]
The league is contested by eleven clubs, playing a 22 round season, with the regular season running from February to September. The finals series is contested between the top four clubs, with the top two playing against third and fourth in a semi-final and the winners contesting the grand final.
The initial members of the WNPL were Alamein, Bayside United, Bulleen Lions, Box Hill United, Calder United, Heidelberg United, Geelong Galaxy United, Senior NTC and Southern United. [1] In the following season, South Melbourne was admitted to the league who went on to win the inaugural Finals Series, 5–4 on penalties against Geelong Galaxy United. [2] South Melbourne again made the Grand Final the following season losing 3–1 to Bulleen Lions. [3] [4] Despite not being crowned Champions, South Melbourne were successful in the regular season who were crowned Premiers of the 2018 season. [5] This was a feat achieved by the club as well in their initial season in the renewed league. [6] Calder United were crowned Grand Final Champions for the second time defeating Bulleen Lions 1–0. [7] This was after Calder were crowned league champions prior to the finals series. [8]
On the 27th of October, Football Victoria officially announced the league would be professionalised, scrapping the amateur nature of the league. [9]
After the cancellation of both the 2020 season [10] and the 2021 season [11] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided that no promotion/relegation would apply for the following season. The following clubs will take part in the 2023 NPL Victoria Women's season:
Alamein FC |
Bayside United |
Boroondara Eagles |
Box Hill United |
Bulleen Lions |
Calder United |
Heidelberg United |
Preston Lions FC |
South Melbourne |
Southern United |
Victorian Women's NTC |
Season | Grand Final Champions | GF Runners Up | League Premiers | League Runners Up |
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2016 | Calder United | Geelong Galaxy United | Calder United | Alamein |
2017 | South Melbourne | Geelong Galaxy United | South Melbourne | Calder United |
2018 | Bulleen Lions | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | Calder United |
2019 | Calder United | Bulleen Lions | Calder United | Bulleen Lions |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia . [10] | |||
2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [11] | |||
2022 | Calder United | Heidelberg United FC |
Season | Grand Final Champions | GF Runners Up | League Premiers | League Runners Up |
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1992 | – | – | Berwick City | |
1993 | – | – | Berwick City | |
1994 | – | – | Berwick City | |
1995 | – | – | Berwick City | |
1996 | – | – | Brunswick Zebras | |
1997 | – | – | Brunswick Zebras | |
1998 | – | – | Cranbourne Comets | |
1999 | – | – | Cranbourne Comets | Manningham |
2000 | – | – | Ringwood City | Cranbourne Comets |
2001 | – | – | Box Hill Inter | Cranbourne Comets |
2002 | – | – | Cranbourne Comets | Port Melbourne Sharks |
2003 | – | – | Box Hill Inter | Keilor Park |
2004 | Box Hill Inter | Cranbourne Comets | Cranbourne Comets | Box Hill Inter |
2005 | Box Hill Inter | Cranbourne Comets | Cranbourne Comets | Box Hill Inter |
2006 | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter | Ashburton |
2007 | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter |
2008 | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter | Ashburton |
2009 | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United |
2010 | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United | Box Hill Inter | Heidelberg United |
2011 | South Melbourne | Sandringham | Sandringham | South Melbourne |
2012 | Box Hill United | Bundoora United | Box Hill United | Sandringham |
2013 | Sandringham | South Melbourne | South Melbourne | Box Hill United |
2014 | South Melbourne | Heidelberg United | South Melbourne | Bulleen Lions |
2015 | South Melbourne | Boroondara Eagles | Boroondara Eagles | Ashburton United |
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