2018 Football Federation Victoria season

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Football Federation Victoria
Season	2018
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Football Federation Victoria season was the fifth season under the new competition format for state-level soccer in Victoria. The competition consists of seven divisions across the state of Victoria.

League Tables

2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria

Football league season

NPL Victoria
Season	2018
Champions	Heidelberg United
Premiers	Heidelberg United
Relegated	Northcote City Bulleen Lions
Matches played	182
Goals scored	602 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brandon Barnes (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Heidelberg United 6-1 Kingston City FC Heidelberg United 6-1 Port Melbourne SC
Biggest away win	Dandenong Thunder SC 0–9 South Melbourne FC
Highest scoring	Dandenong Thunder SC 0–9 South Melbourne FC
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria season was played over 26 rounds. As Premiers, Heidelberg United qualified for the 2018 National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues 2018 Champion.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Heidelberg United (C)	26	19	2	5	60	29	+31	59	2018 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Bentleigh Greens	26	18	4	4	53	28	+25	58	2018 Victoria Finals
3	Avondale FC	26	17	4	5	57	32	+25	55
4	Pascoe Vale	26	13	6	7	42	31	+11	45
5	Oakleigh Cannons	26	12	2	12	41	39	+2	38
6	Port Melbourne	26	10	6	10	37	41	−4	36
7	Kingston City	26	10	4	12	39	45	−6	34
8	Dandenong Thunder	26	11	1	14	45	55	−10	34
9	Melbourne Knights	26	9	5	12	45	53	−8	32
10	South Melbourne	26	8	4	14	48	53	−5	28
11	Hume City	26	7	7	12	29	43	−14	28
12	Green Gully	26	7	5	14	41	49	−8	26	Qualification to the 2018 Relegation play-offs
13	Northcote City (R)	26	5	7	14	32	53	−21	22	Relegation to the 2019 NPL Victoria 2
14	Bulleen Lions (R)	26	6	3	17	33	51	−18	21	Relegation to the 2019 NPL Victoria 2

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals

Elimination Finals			Semi Finals			Final

			1	Heidelberg United	1 (5)
3	Avondale FC	3	5	Oakleigh Cannons	1 (3)
6	Port Melbourne	1				1	Heidelberg United	2
						3	Avondale FC	1
			2	Bentleigh Greens	3
4	Pascoe Vale	1	3	Avondale FC (a.e.t.)	4
5	Oakleigh Cannons	2

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

East vs West			Promotion/Relegation Play-off

			12	Green Gully (a.e.t.)	3
E2	Moreland City	4	E2	Moreland City	2
W2	St Albans Saints	1

2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2

Football league season

NPL Victoria 2
Season	2018
Champions	Dandenong City
Premiers	Altona Magic (West), Dandenong City (East)
Relegated	Sunshine George Cross, Nunawading City
Matches played	280
Goals scored	926 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apai Ukuno (18 goals)
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 season was played over 28 rounds with each team playing the teams in their conference twice and the other conference once. The top team at the end of the season was promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria, while the second placed team entered the promotion play-off.

NPL 2 West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Altona Magic (P)	28	19	5	4	67	20	+47	62	Promotion to the 2019 NPL Victoria
2	St Albans Saints	28	15	6	7	48	32	+16	51
3	North Geelong Warriors	28	16	4	8	43	38	+5	49
4	Moreland Zebras	28	12	9	7	48	32	+16	45
5	Werribee City	28	14	2	12	45	39	+6	44
6	Whittlesea Ranges	28	11	5	12	42	42	0	38
7	Melbourne Victory Youth	28	11	4	13	48	54	−6	34
8	Brunswick City	28	9	6	13	36	57	−21	33
9	Ballarat City	28	9	4	15	44	56	−12	31
10	Sunshine George Cross (R)	28	6	9	13	38	70	−32	27	Relegation to the 2019 State League 1

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

North Geelong Warriors had three points deducted as a result of a melee after a game in June 2018.
Melbourne Victory Youth had three points deducted as a result of a melee after a game in June 2018.

NPL 2 East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dandenong City (P)	28	19	4	5	63	33	+30	61	Promotion to the 2019 NPL Victoria
2	Moreland City	28	15	8	5	68	24	+44	53
3	Eastern Lions	28	13	3	12	43	34	+9	42
4	Springvale White Eagles	28	11	6	11	41	47	−6	39
5	Goulburn Valley Suns	28	11	5	12	57	55	+2	38
6	Melbourne City Youth	28	10	4	14	60	59	+1	34
7	Box Hill United	28	9	3	16	33	54	−21	30
8	Langwarrin	28	8	5	15	35	57	−22	29
9	Murray United	28	8	4	16	35	49	−14	28
10	Nunawading City (R)	28	4	4	20	32	74	−42	16	Relegation to the 2019 State League 1

Source: sportstg.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

NPL 2 Grand Final

24 September 2018

Dandenong City	3–1	Altona Magic
Stirton 15' Filipovic 56' Salcin 61' (pen.)	Report	Naumoski 72'

ABD StadiumReferee: Bruno D'Aniello

2018 State League 1

North-West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Geelong (P)	22	14	4	4	33	14	+19	46	Promotion to the 2019 NPL Victoria 2
2	North Sunshine Eagles	22	14	2	6	34	14	+20	44
3	Preston Lions	22	12	5	5	47	20	+27	41
4	Keilor Park	22	10	5	7	31	27	+4	35
5	Sydenham Park	22	10	3	9	30	35	−5	33
6	Clifton Hill	22	8	6	8	43	37	+6	30
7	Banyule City	22	7	7	8	35	34	+1	28
8	Yarraville	22	8	4	10	26	27	−1	28
9	Altona City	22	6	9	7	27	28	−1	27
10	Essendon Royals	22	6	4	12	29	45	−16	22
11	Hoppers Crossing (R)	22	5	5	12	23	47	−24	20	Relegation to the 2019 State League 2
12	Western Suburbs (R)	22	3	4	15	27	57	−30	13	Relegation to the 2019 State League 2

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Manningham United (P)	21	17	1	3	61	18	+43	52	Promotion to the 2019 NPL Victoria 2
2	Richmond	21	15	3	3	59	22	+37	48
3	Mornington	21	10	4	7	37	28	+9	34
4	Caulfield United Cobras	21	9	5	7	34	30	+4	32
5	Warragul United	21	7	6	8	29	40	−11	27
6	Beaumaris	21	6	8	7	33	30	+3	26
7	Casey Comets	21	6	6	9	35	44	−9	24
8	St Kilda SC	21	6	5	10	24	34	−10	23
9	Eltham Redbacks	21	6	4	11	26	34	−8	22
10	Malvern City	21	6	4	11	26	38	−12	22
11	South Springvale (R)	21	6	1	14	26	64	−38	19	Relegation to the 2019 State League 2
12	Morwell Pegasus (R)	11	2	3	6	20	28	−8	9	Withdrew from the league after eleven rounds

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2018 State League 2

North-West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Whittlesea United (C, P)	22	15	4	3	57	24	+33	49	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
2	Brimbank Stallions (P)	22	14	5	3	66	29	+37	47	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
3	Corio	22	12	6	4	36	26	+10	42
4	Cairnlea FC	22	13	2	7	36	32	+4	41
5	Westgate FC	22	13	1	8	44	20	+24	40
6	Fitzroy City	22	10	4	8	35	32	+3	34
7	Hume United	22	10	4	8	25	26	−1	34
8	Altona East Phoenix	22	6	5	11	22	32	−10	23
9	Geelong Rangers	22	7	2	13	29	43	−14	23
10	Mill Park	22	6	2	14	32	39	−7	20
11	Westvale (R)	22	5	2	15	25	53	−28	17	Relegation to the 2019 State League 3
12	Diamond Valley United (R)	22	1	3	18	12	63	−51	6	Relegation to the 2019 State League 3

Source: sportstg.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Doveton (C, P)	22	16	4	2	66	19	+47	52	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
2	Mazenod Victory (P)	22	14	3	5	54	27	+27	45	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
3	Brandon Park	22	13	6	3	51	27	+24	45
4	Berwick City	22	11	6	5	41	29	+12	39
5	Knox City	22	10	7	5	40	27	+13	37
6	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	5	9	29	40	−11	29
7	Mooroolbark	22	7	4	11	35	46	−11	25
8	Old Scotch	22	7	4	11	32	51	−19	25
9	Peninsula Strikers	22	6	3	13	36	55	−19	21
10	North Caulfield	22	6	2	14	26	52	−26	20
11	Heatherton United (R)	22	6	1	15	27	40	−13	19	Relegation to the 2019 State League 3
12	Frankston Pines (R)	22	5	1	16	25	49	−24	16	Relegation to the 2019 State League 3

Source: sportstg.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2018 State League 3

North-West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Epping City (P)	22	15	3	4	56	22	+34	48	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
2	Moreland United (P)	22	13	3	6	47	31	+16	42	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
3	FC Strathmore	22	12	5	5	47	30	+17	41
4	Sebastopol Vikings	22	12	4	6	40	31	+9	40
5	Sunbury United	22	11	1	10	45	40	+5	34
6	Williamstown	22	8	7	7	40	32	+8	31
7	Point Cook SC	22	7	7	8	32	31	+1	28
8	Upfield	22	8	4	10	25	29	−4	28
9	Fawkner SC	22	7	5	10	45	51	−6	26
10	Essendon United (R)	22	6	6	10	36	36	0	24	Relegation to the 2019 State League 4
11	Heidelberg Stars (R)	22	5	2	15	20	58	−38	17
12	La Trobe University (R)	22	3	3	16	21	63	−42	12

Source: sportstg.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Boroondara-Carey Eagles (P)	22	18	2	2	59	14	+45	56	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
2	Monbulk Rangers (P)	22	13	4	5	44	30	+14	43	Promotion to the 2019 State League 1
3	Skye United	22	12	1	9	40	34	+6	37
4	Brighton	22	11	3	8	42	26	+16	36
5	South Yarra	22	11	3	8	30	32	−2	36
6	Collingwood City	22	10	3	9	45	32	+13	33
7	Bayside Argonauts	22	9	4	9	43	42	+1	31
8	Whitehorse United	22	8	2	12	35	36	−1	26
9	Middle Park	22	7	4	11	30	42	−12	25
10	Noble Park United (R)	22	6	5	11	28	46	−18	23	Relegation to the 2019 State League 4
11	Seaford United (R)	22	5	2	15	24	63	−39	17
12	Dingley Stars FC (R)	22	4	3	15	21	44	−23	15

Source: sportstg.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

North vs West			North-West Play-off

			10	Essendon United	1
N2	Craigieburn City	2	N2	Craigieburn City	4
W2	Altona North	1

South vs East			South-East Play-off

			10	Noble Park United	0
S2	Springvale City	0	E2	Elwood City	1
E2	Elwood City	1

2018 Women's National Premier League

Football league season

PS4 Women's National Premier League
Season	2018
Champions	Bulleen Lions
Premiers	South Melbourne
← 2017 2019 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Victoria for women is known for sponsorship reasons as the PS4 Women's National Premier League. This was the third season of the NPL format. The 10 teams played each other 3 times for a total of 27 games.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	27	20	3	4	112	35	+77	63	Finals Series
2	Calder United	27	19	5	3	101	29	+72	62
3	Bulleen Lions (C)	27	16	4	7	86	27	+59	52
4	Alamein FC	27	15	3	9	80	40	+40	48
5	Greater Geelong Galaxy	27	13	5	9	66	35	+31	44
6	Bayside United	27	11	3	13	58	64	−6	36
7	Box Hill United	27	10	4	13	53	61	−8	34
8	Heidelberg United	27	7	3	17	34	73	−39	24
9	Victorian Women's NTC	27	7	3	17	39	82	−43	24
10	Southern United	27	0	1	26	5	188	−183	1

Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Semi Finals			Grand Final

1	South Melbourne	4

4	Alamein FC	0
			1	South Melbourne	1

			3	Bulleen Lions	3
2	Calder United	0

3	Bulleen Lions	4

Cup Competitions

2018 Dockerty Cup

Main article: 2018 Dockerty Cup

Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2018 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian qualifiers for the 2018 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 216 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The Cup was won by Bentleigh Greens.

In addition to the two A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City), Heidelberg United (as the 2018 National Premier Leagues Champion), the four semi-finalists (Avondale, Bentleigh Greens, Northcote City and Port Melbourne) competed in the final rounds of the 2018 FFA Cup.

References

2017–18 in Australian soccer

« 2016–17 2018–19 »

National competitions	A-League National Premier Leagues (2017, 2018) FFA Cup (2017, 2018) (preliminary rounds (2017, 2018), final (2017, 2018) National Youth League W-League
National Premier Leagues	Australian Capital Territory (2017, 2018) New South Wales (2017, 2018) Northern NSW (2017, 2018) Queensland (2017, 2018) South Australia (2017, 2018) Tasmania (2017, 2018) Victoria (2017, 2018) Western Australia (2017, 2018)

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League (2017, 2018)

National teams

Men's	FIFA World Cup Results (2017, 2018)
Women's	Tournament of Nations Algarve Cup AFC Women's Asian Cup Results

Club seasons
A-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
W-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers

2018–19 in Australian soccer

« 2017–18 2019–20 »

National teams

Men's	Senior (FIFA World Cup tournament) U23 (AFC Championship qualification) U20 (AFC Championship qualification) U17 (AFC Championship qualification)
Women's	Senior (Cup of Nations tournament) U20 (AFF Championship tournament) U17 (FIFA World Cup tournament)

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Asian Champions League (2018, 2019)
Level 2	National Premier Leagues (2018, 2019) Capital Football (2018, 2019) NSW (2018, 2019) NNSW (2018, 2019) Queensland (2018, 2019) South Australia (2018, 2019) Tasmania (2018, 2019) Victoria (2018, 2019) Western Australia (2018, 2019)

Women's

Level 1	W-League

Cup competitions

FFA Cup	2018 FFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) 2019 FFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final)

Youth competitions

Under-21	Y-League

Club seasons
A-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
W-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers

v t e National Premier Leagues
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Grand Finals	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Member Federations	ACT NSW Northern NSW Queensland SA Tasmania Victoria WA
Women's NPL competitions	NPL Women's ACT NSW Women's Northern NSW Queensland SA Victoria Women WA Women
Associated competitions	A-League Men A-League Women Y-League Australia Cup
Awards	John Kosmina Medal

Soccer in Australia

National teams

Men's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach Paralympic
Women's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Men
Level 2	National Second Division
Level 3	National Premier Leagues Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Levels 4–10	Capital Football Premier League State League NSW NSW League Northern NSW League One Zone League One Northern Territory NorZone Premier League Southern Zone Premier League Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Tasmania Northern Championship Northern Social League Southern Championship Southern League One Southern League Two Southern League Three Southern League Four Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia State League

Women's

Level 1	A-League Women
Level 2	National Premier Leagues Women's Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia
Levels 3–8	Capital Football State League NSW League One Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Community Leagues Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia Women's League

Cup competitions

National	Australia Cup
State	Capital Football Federation Cup Waratah Cup Sapphire Cup NNSWF State Cup Football SA Federation Cup Milan Lakoseljac Cup Dockerty Cup Football West State Cup

Others

Lists

v t e Soccer in Australia by state and territory
Australian Capital Territory	Capital Football
New South Wales	Northern NSW Football Football NSW
Northern Territory	Football Federation Northern Territory
Queensland	Football Queensland
South Australia	Football South Australia
Tasmania	Football Tasmania
Victoria	Football Victoria
Western Australia	Football West

Soccer in Victoria

Football Victoria

Clubs (List of)

A-League Men
(tier 1)

1	Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Western United

Non-League
(tiers 2–9)

2	Altona Magic Avondale Dandenong City Dandenong Thunder Green Gully Heidelberg United Hume City Melbourne Knights Melbourne Victory Youth Oakleigh Cannons Port Melbourne Preston Lions South Melbourne St Albans Saints
3	Bentleigh Greens Brunswick City Bulleen Lions Caroline Springs George Cross Eastern Lions Kingston City Langwarrin Manningham United Blues Melbourne City Youth Melbourne Srbija Moreland City Northcote City North Sunshine Eagles Western United Youth
4	Altona City Boroondara-Carey Eagles Box Hill United Eltham Redbacks Essendon Royals Geelong SC Goulburn Valley Suns North Geelong Warriors Nunawading City Pascoe Vale Springvale White Eagles Weerribee City Whittlesea United
5	North-West Ballarat City Brimbank Stallions Clifton Hill Corio SC Geelong Strathmore Split Sydenmark Park Upfield Western Suburbs Westgate Whittlesea United Yarraville Glory South-East Banyule City Brandon Park Casey Comets Collingwood City Eltham Redbacks Gippsland United Malvern City Mazenod Mornington Old Scotch South Springvale Springvale White Eagles
6	North-West Albion Rovers Altona East Phoenix Craigieburn City Geelong Rangers Hoppers Crossing Hume United Keilor Park Lalor United Sloga Mill Park Uni Hill Eagles Westvale Olympic Whittlesea Ranges South-East Bayside Argonauts Bentleigh United Cobras Berwick City Chisholm United Doncaster Rovers Greater Dandenong Hampton East Brighton Knox City Mooroolbark North Caulfield Peninsula Strikers Skye United
7	North-West Altona North Brunswick Zebras Bundoora United Diamond Valley United Epping City Heidelberg Eagles Laverton Point Cook Sebastopol VIkings Sunbury United Western Eagles Williamstown South-East Ashburton United Dandenong South Elwood City Frankston Pines Heatherton United Noble Park United Rowville Eagles Sandringham South Yarra St Kilda White Star Dandenong
8	North Darebin United Docklands Athletic Fawkner Glenroy Lions Greenvale United Melbourne University Moonee Valley Knights Moreland United Plenty Valley Lions Thornbury Athletic Watsonia Heights West Balmoral Barnestoneworth United Barwon Keilor Wolves Melbourne City Melton Phoenix Moonee Ponds United Surf Coast Truganina Lions West Point Westside Strikers South Baxter Brighton Chelsea Endeavour United Hampton Park United Sparrows Keysborough Lyndale United Mentone Monash University Sandown Lions Somerville Eagles Springvale City East Albert Park Boronia Croydon City Arrows Kings Domain Knox United Manningham Juventus Monash City VIllarreal Monbulk Rangers Ringwood City Riversdale Waverley Wanderers Yarra Jets
9	North Alphington Birrarung Doreen United Heidelberg Stars Keon Park La Trobe University Meadow Park Mitchell Rangers Moreland Eagles Roxburgh Park United Tullamarine University of Melbourne West Ballarat Bendigo City Deakin Ducks ETA Buffalo Gisborne Lara United Maidstone United Spring Hills Surfside Waves Tarneit United Wyndham South Aspendale Barton United Bunyip District Casey Panthers Cleeland United Endeavour Hills Fire 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

Regional Leagues
& Associations

Seasons

Dockerty Cup

Category:

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