2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria
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.
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 February – 14 September 2025 |
| Relegated | Melbourne Victory Youth Port Melbourne Melbourne Knights |
| Matches played | 175 |
| Goals scored | 576 (3.29 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 run | 6 – Avondale (Feb 7 – Mar 22) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 2025-08-18. | |
The defending champions are Oakleigh Cannons, who had defeated the reigning premiers South Melbourne in the 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria grand final.[2]
Teams
Locations of 2025 NPL Victoria clubs within metropolitan Melbourne
Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2024 NPL Victoria season.[3]
Promoted into NPL Victoria
Relegated into 2025 Victoria Premier League 1
Stadiums and locations
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | Esteban Quintas | Sacked | 14 April 2025 | 11th | Sinisa Cohadzic | 5 May 2025 |
| Melbourne Knights | Ivan Franjic | Resigned | 5 May 2025 | 13th | John Markovski | 18 May 2025 |
| Port Melbourne Sharks | John Markovski | Mutual Agreement | 7 May 2025 | 14th | Maxim Gaydovskiy | 15 May 2025 |
| Hume City FC | Riccardo Marchioli | Sacked | 5 June 2025 | 6th | Nick Hegarty | 13 June 2025 |
| Melbourne Knights | John Markovski | Sacked | 29 July 2025 | 14th | Marijan Cvitković | 29 July 2025 |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avondale[a] (A) | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 58 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Heidelberg United (A) | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 56 | Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series[b] |
| 3 | Dandenong Thunder (A) | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 53 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Oakleigh Cannons (Q) | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 46 | |
| 5 | Preston Lions[a] (Q) | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 44 | |
| 6 | Dandenong City | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 37 | |
| 7 | Hume City | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Green Gully | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 31 | |
| 9 | South Melbourne[a] | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 28 | |
| 10 | St Albans Saints | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 27 | |
| 11 | Altona Magic | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 24 | |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory Youth (R) | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 18 | Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1 |
| 13 | Port Melbourne (R) | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 62 | −40 | 16 | |
| 14 | Melbourne Knights (R) | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 15 |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. 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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b c Team pre-qualifies to the Australian Championship as a Foundation club.
- ^ The second-placed team will qualify to the Australian Championship if the Premier is one of the three NPL Victoria teams that have already qualified as "Foundation Clubs".
Matches
Finals series
Bracket
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Statistics
Goals
Correct as of 7 July 2025[5]
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
| Rank | Player | Team | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asahi Yokokawa | Heidelberg United | Hume City | 5–1 (H) | 14 March 2025 | |
| Kenny Athiu | St Albans Saints | Port Melbourne Sharks | 5–2 (H) | 25 April 2025 | |
| Aamir Abdallah | Green Gully | Avondale | 5–2 (H) | 9 May 2025 |
- Notes
- (H) – Home team
- (A) – Away team
References
- ^ "Results for NPL VIC Men". GameDay. Football Victoria. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
- ^ "Oakleigh Cannons defeat South Melbourne to win NPL Victoria championship". The Greek Herald. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
- ^ "NPL & VPL1&2 Men Declaration of Provisional League Structures 2025" (PDF). footballvictoria.com.au. Football Victoria. 2024-10-15 [2024-10-15].
- ^ "BT Connor Reserve | Austadiums". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
- ^ "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". Football Victoria. Retrieved 2025-02-23 – via GameDay.
- ^ "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". Football Victoria. Retrieved 2025-02-17 – via GameDay.
- ^ "Competition Stats for NPL VIC Men". GameDay. Retrieved 2025-07-06.