Victorian State League

This article is about the current soccer league. For the league formerly known as Victorian State League from 1958 to 1990, see National Premier Leagues Victoria. For the former Australian rules football governing body, see Victorian State Football League.

Victorian State League

Founded	1958;67 years ago (1958)
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	166 Division 1: 24 Division 2: 24 Division 3: 24 Division 4: 48 Division 5: 47
Level on pyramid	5–9
Promotion to	VPL 2
Domestic cup(s)	National Australia Cup State Dockerty Cup
Current champions	VSL 1 NW: Whittlesea United VSL 1 SE: Eltham Redbacks (2024)

The Victorian State League (VSL), known as the VETO Sports State League ^[1] for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria. ^{[2] [3]} It is administered by Football Victoria, covering the fourth-to-eighth-highest tiers in the Victorian soccer league system (and the fifth-to-ninth-highest nationally). ^{[4] [5]}

As of 2025, it consists of five divisions (separated by two zones for divisions 1–3, and four zones for divisions 4–5). Clubs promoted from VSL 1 enter the Victorian Premier League (VPL), while clubs relegated from VSL 5 enter the regional leagues.

History

The league was formed in 1958 as the Victorian Metropolitan League (VML), becoming the second-highest league in Victoria. It was renamed to the Victorian League in 1985, before adopting the VSL name in 1991.

In 2014, the first-tier Victorian Premier League was rebranded as the National Premier Leagues (NPL). ^[6] The introduction of the NPL 1 (later renamed to NPL 2) competition resulted in the VSL becoming the third-highest Victorian competition. ^[7] A further change to the pyramid structure occurred in 2020 with the establishment of NPL 3, making the VSL the fourth-highest Victorian competition. ^[8]

Format

In the 2014 season, the VSL 1 champions and runners-up (Eastern Lions and Moreland City respectively) were promoted to NPL 1, although no relegation to the VSL took place. ^{[9] [10]} This system was removed for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, but promotion and relegation was reintroduced in 2017, with the VSL 1 champions promoted and the bottom two placed clubs in NPL 2 relegated. ^{[11] [12]}

Beginning from the 2026 season, VSL 4 and VSL 5 will move from having to four zones to two, resulting in the creation of sixth and seventh VSL divisions. ^[13] This will result in all VSL divisions having North-West and South-East zones. ^[14]

Current members

These are all clubs who are competing in the Victorian State League in the 2025 season.

Locations

Banyule City Bayside Argonauts Beaumaris Brandon Park Brimbank Stallions Doveton Clifton Hill Collingwood City Gippsland United Hampton East Brighton Mazenod Malvern City Mornington Old Scotch South Springvale Keilor Park Sydenham Park Upfield SC Western Suburbs Westgate Westvale Olympic Whittlesea United Yarraville Glory Albion Rovers Altona East Phoenix Bentleigh United Cobras Berwick City Casey Comets Chisholm United Craigieburn City Doncaster Rovers Dallas City Knox City Lalor United Sloga Mill Park Mooroolbark Noble Park United North Caulfield Peninsula Strikers Skye United St Kilda Strathmore Split Uni Hill Eagles Western Eagles Whittlsea Ranges Williamstown Ashburton United Altona North Brunswick Zebras Bundoora United Croydon City Arrows Dandenong South Diamond Valley United Elwood City Epping City Greater Dandenong Heatherton United Heidelberg Eagles Hoppers Crossing Laverton Plenty Valley Lions Point Cook Rowville Eagles Sandringham South Yarra Sunbury United Waverley Wanderers White Star Dandenong Albert Park Balmoral Barnstoneworth United Baxter Boronia Chelsea Darebin United Docklands Athletic Endeavour United ETA Buffalo Fawkner Frankston Pines Glenroy Lions Greenvale United Hampton Park United Sparrows Heidelberg Stars Keilor Wolves Keon Park Keysborough Kings Domain Knox United Lyndale United Manningham Juventus Melbourne City Melbourne University Melton Phoenix Mentone Monash City Villarreal Monash University Monbulk Rangers Moonee Ponds United Moonee Valley Knights Moreland United Ringwood City Riversdale Sandown Lions Somerville Eagles Springvale City Thornbury Athletic Truganina Hornets Watsonia Heights West Point Westside Strikers Yarra Jets Alphington Aspendale Barton United Birrarung Brighton Bunyip District Casey Panthers Cleeland United Doreen United East Bentleigh East Kew Endeavour Hills Footscray Gisborne Glen Waverley La Trobe University Lilydale Montrose United Maidstone United Meadow Park Moreland Eagles Mount Eliza Mount Martha Mount Waverley City Newport Noble Hurricanes Noble Park Old Ivanhoe Old Melburnians Old Trinity Grammarians Pakenham United Rosebud Seaford United St Kevin's Old Boys Tarneit United Roxburgh Park United Spring Hills Templestowe Wolves Tullamarine University of Melbourne Whitehorse United Wyndham class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025 Victorian State League clubs by division in metropolitan Melbourne – Division 1 – Division 2 – Division 3 – Division 4 – Division 5

Ballarat City Sebastopol Vikings Ballarat class=notpageimage| Ballarat Bendigo City class=notpageimage| Bendigo Gippsland United class=notpageimage| Baw Baw

Corio Geelong Rangers Barwon Surf Coast Deakin United Lara United Surfside Waves class=notpageimage| Geelong Mitchell Rangers class=notpageimage| Mitchell

Division 1

North-West Ballarat City Banyule City Brimbank Stallions Clifton Hill Corio SC Keilor Park Sydenham Park Upfield Western Suburbs Westgate Westvale Olympic Yarraville Glory

South-East Bayside Argonauts Beaumaris SC Brandon Park Doveton SC Collingwood City Gippsland United Hampton East Brighton Malvern City Mazenod Mornington Old Scotch South Springvale

Division 2

North-West Albion Rovers Altona East Phoenix Craigieburn City Geelong Rangers Hume United Lalor United Sloga Mill Park Uni Hill Eagles Strathmore Split Western Eagles Whittlesea Ranges Williamstown

South-East Bentleigh United Cobras Berwick City Casey Comets Chisholm United Doncaster Rovers Knox City Mooroolbark Noble Park United North Caulfield Peninsula Strikers Skye United St Kilda

Division 3

North-West Altona North Brunswick Zebras Bundoora United Diamond Valley United Epping City Heidelberg Eagles Laverton Plenty Valley Lions Point Cook Sebastopol VIkings Sunbury United Surf Coast

South-East Ashburton United Croydon City Arrows Dandenong South Elwood City Greater Dandenong Hampton Park United Sparrows Heatherton United Rowville Eagles Sandringham South Yarra Waverley Wanderers White Star Dandenong

Division 4

North Darebin United Fawkner Glenroy Lions Greenvale United Heidelberg Stars Keon Park Melbourne University Moonee Valley Knights Moreland United Thornbury Athletic Watsonia Heights

West Balmoral Barnestoneworth United Barwon Deakin Ducks Keilor Wolves Melbourne City Melton Phoenix Moonee Ponds United Truganina Hornets West Point Westside Strikers

South Baxter Chelsea Endeavour United Frankston Pines Hampton Park United Sparrows Keysborough Lyndale United Mentone Monash University Sandown Lions Somerville Eagles Springvale City

East Albert Park Boronia Docklands Athletic Kings Domain Knox United Manningham Juventus Monash City FC Monbulk Rangers Ringwood City Riversdale Yarra Jets

Division 5

North Alphington Birrarung Doreen United La Trobe University Meadow Park Mitchell Rangers Moreland Eagles Roxburgh Park United Tullamarine University of Melbourne

West Ballarat Bendigo City ETA Buffalo Footscray Rangers Gisborne Truganina Hornets Maidstone United Newport Storm Spring Hills Surfside Waves Tarneit United Wyndham

South Aspendale Barton United Brighton Bunyip District Casey Panthers Cleeland United Endeavour Hills Fire Fortuna 60 Mount Eliza Mount Martha Noble Hurricanes Pakenham United Rosebud Seaford United

East East Bentleigh East Kew Glen Waverley Lilydale Montrose United Mount Waverley City Noble Park Old Ivanhoe Old Melburnians Old Trinity Grammarians St Kevin's Old Boys Templestowe Wolves Whitehorse United

Champions

1958–1963

Season	Division 1 North	Division 1 South	Division 2 North	Division 2 South
1958	Footscray Capri	Yarra Park	Corio	West Melbourne Sicilia
1959	Preston Croatia	Melbourne Hungaria	Moonee Ponds	Sandringham City
1960	South Melbourne Hellas	Richmond	Lions	Ferntree Gully
1961	Lions	Preston Croatia	Alexander	Preston Makedonia
1962	Croatia	Richmond	Coburg United	Triestina
1963	Alexander	Triestina	Libertas	Park Rangers

1964–1999

Season	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
1964	Croatia	Moonee Ponds	Ringwood United	Waverley City
1965	Alexander	St Albans	Frankston City	Princes Park Hercules
1966	Preston Makedonia	Sunshine City	Albion Rovers	Keilor City
1967	Ringwood City	Altona City	Keilor City	Yallourn
1968	Box Hill	Keilor City	Yallourn	Ballarat
1969	Alexander	Prahran City	Princes Park Hercules	Mooroolbark United
1970	Box Hill	Yallourn	Mooroolbark United	North Carlton Olympic
1971	Elwood Austria	Green Gully	Heidelberg	Newport
1972	Prahran Slavia	Western Suburbs	Ferntree Gully	Eltham
1973	Mooroolbark United	Preston Makedonia	North Carlton Olympic	Essendon City
1974	Sunshine City	Waverley City	Brighton	East Melbourne Helvetic
1975	Preston Makedonia	Box Hill	Heidelberg	Doncaster Rovers
1976	Green Gully	Dandenong City	Bell Park	Broadmeadows City
1977	Albion Rovers	Doveton	Knox City	Doncaster Rovers
1978	Croydon City	Melbourne Hungaria	South Melbourne Hellas	Fawkner Blues
1979	Western Suburbs	Keilor	Park Rangers	Frankston Pines
1980	Doveton	Park Rangers	Frankston Pines	Werribee City
1981	Maribyrnong Polonia	Fawkner Blues	Bell Park	Mornington
1982	Fawkner Blues	Melbourne Hungaria	Thomastown Devils	Caulfield City
1983	Western Suburbs	St Albans Saints	Caulfield City	Hamlyn Rangers
1984	Springvale City	Mornington	Hamlyn Rangers	Yarraville
1985	Melbourne	South Oakleigh	Prahran City	Rosanna
1986	Oakleigh	Bulleen	Mooroolbark	Clarinda
1987	Bulleen Lions	Westgate	West Brunswick	Lalor United
1988	Frankston Pines	Sandringham City	Geelong	Holland Park
1989	Mooroolbark	North Geelong	Bell Park	Clayton Inter
1990	Doveton	Bell Park	Altona City	East Brunswick-Ivanhoe
1991	North Geelong	Richmond	Oakleigh Suburbs	Regent
1992	Springvale City	Broadmeadows City	Springvale United	Pascoe Vale
1993	Werribee City	Box Hill Inter	Lalor United	Altona East
1994	Doncaster Rovers	Clarinda	Altona East	Westvale
1995	Bentleigh Greens	Springvale White Eagles	Westvale	South Springvale
1996	Springvale White Eagles	Westvale	Frankston	Geelong
1997	South Dandenong	Ringwood City	Cranbourne	Malvern City
1998	Westvale	Oakleigh	Geelong	Moreland City
1999	Oakleigh	Frankston Pines	South Wantirna	Langwarrin

2000–2012

Season	Division 1	Division 2 North-West	Division 2 South-East	Division 3 North-West	Division 3 South-East
2000	South Dandenong	Fitzroy City	Frankston Strikers	Croxton Park	Langwarrin
2001	Whittlesea Stallions	Albion Rovers	Knox City	Keilor Park	Monbulk Rangers
2002	Frankston Pines	Northcote City	Kingston City	North Sunshine Eagles	Brunswick City
2003	Oakleigh Cannons	Sunshine Georgies	Richmond	Keilor Park	Clayton
2004	Heidelberg United	Brunswick City	Langwarrin	Yarraville Glory	Chelsea
2005	Kingston City	North Geelong Warriors	Springvale White Eagles	Maribyrnong Greens	Waverley Wanderers
2006	Western Suburbs	Westgate	Cranbourne Comets	Werribee City	Heatherton United
2007	Frankston Pines	Keilor Park	Clifton Hill	Ballarat Red Devils	Frankston Strikers
2008	Sunshine Georgies	Pascoe Vale	Northcote City	Geelong Rangers	Morwell Pegasus
2009	Northcote City	North Geelong Warriors	Malvern City	Banyule City	Berwick City
2010	St Albans Saints	Port Melbourne	Southern Stars	Westgate	Noble Park United
2011	Whittlesea Zebras	Werribee City	Dandenong City	Keilor Park	Kingston City
2012	Pascoe Vale	Fawkner Blues	Eastern Lions	Avondale Heights	Doveton

2013–present

Season	Division 1		Division 2		Division 3		Division 4				Division 5
			North-West	South-East	North-West	South-East	East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West
2013	Heidelberg United		Moreland City	Springvale White Eagles	Cairnlea	Doncaster Rovers	Mooroolbark	Heidelberg Stars	Seaford United	Corio	Ringwood City	Bundoora United	St Kilda	Melton Phoenix
Season	Division 1		Division 2		Division 3		Division 4				Division 5
	North-West	South-East	North-West	South-East	North-West	South-East	East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West
2014	Moreland City	Eastern Lions	North Sunshine Eagles	Frankston Pines	Essendon Royals	Sandringham City	Croydon City Arrows	Upfield	St Kilda	Hoppers Crossing	Eltham Redbacks	Greenvale United	Dandenong South	Keilor Wolves
2015	Western Suburubs	Mornington	Banyule City	Berwick City	Hoppers Crossing	St Kilda	Eltham Redbacks	Fawkner	Brighton	Melbourne City	Kings Domain	Mill Park	Springvale City	Spring Hills
2016	Altona Magic	Mornington	Geelong	St Kilda	Geelong Rangers	Mazenod United	Brandon Park	Epping City	Skye United	Brimbank Stallions	Healesville	RMIT	Rosebud Heart	Notrh Melbourne Athletic
2017	Altona Magic	Langwarrin	Altona City	Eltham Redbacks	Brimbank Stallions	Knox City	Whitlehorse United	Boroondara-Carey Eagles	Bayside Argonauts	Point Cook	East Brighton United	Craigieburn City	Sandown Lions	Laverton Park
2018	Geelong	Manningham United Blues	Whittlesea United	Doveton	Epping City	Boroondara-Carey Eagles	Ashburton United	Lalor United	Monash University	Western Eagles	Monash City	Heidelberg Eagles	Chelsea	Westside Strikers Caroline Springs
2019	Preston Lions	Nunawading Ciity	Fitzroy City	Boroondara-Carey Eagles	Lalor United	Collingwood City	Hampton East Brighton	Heidelberg Eagles	Rowville Eagles	Altona North	Waverley Wanderers	Uni Hill Eagles	Somerville Eagles	Barnstoneworth United
2020	No competition played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.
2021	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.
2022	Caroline Springs George Cross	Beaumaris	Upfield	Collingwood City	Westvale Olympic	Hampton East Brighton	Chisholm United	Uni Hill Eagles	Dandenong South	Westside Strikers	St Kilda	Moonee Valley Knights	White Star Dandenong	Barwon
2023	Altona City	Melbourne Srbija	Clifton Hill	Mazenod	Uni Hill Eagles	Chisholm United	St Kilda	Bundoora United	White Star Dandenong	Laverton	Knox United	Yarra Jets	Hampton Park United Sparrows	Balmoral
2024	Whittlesea United	Eltham Redbacks	Keilor Park	Bayside Argonauts	Western Eagles	St Kilda	Croydon City Arrows	Plenty Valley Lions	Hampton Park United Sparrows	Surf Coast	Mount Waverley City	Heidelberg Stars	Rosebud	Lara United

See also

• National Premier Leagues Victoria
• Victorian Premier League

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