2025 Football Victoria season

Football Victoria
Season	2025
Dates	6 February – 14 September 2025
Champions	Avondale FC
Premiers	Heidelberg United
Dockety Cup Champion	South Melbourne
FV Community Shield champion	South Melbourne
	← 2024 2026 →

Season2025

Dates6 February – 14 September 2025

The 2025 Football Victoria season was the 114th season of competitive soccer in Victoria.^[1]

The premier of the top tier of Victorian football was Avondale FC and Heidelberg United would win the NPL Victoria Grand Final, making Heidelberg the 2025 NPL Victoria champions.^[2]^[3] South Melbourne also beat Heidelberg United to win the 2025 Dockerty Cup.^[4]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
NPL	Preston Lions Melbourne Victory Youth	Manningham United Blues Moreland City
VPL 1	Melbourne Srbija North Sunshine Eagles	Werribee City North Geelong Warriors
VPL 2	Eltham Redbacks Altona City Geelong SC	Doveton SC Beaumaris SC

Season	2025
Dates	6 February – 14 September 2025
Champions	Heidelberg United
Premiers	Avondale FC
Relegated	Melbourne Victory Youth Port Melbourne Melbourne Knights
Matches	182
Goals	601 (3.3 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 (7 Feb – 22 Mar)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 2025-08-24.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Avondale FC^[a]	26	19	4	3	66	27	+39	61	Qualification to Finals series
2	Heidelberg United (C, Q)	26	17	6	3	55	25	+30	57	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series^[b]
3	Dandenong Thunder	26	16	5	5	60	32	+28	53	Qualification to Finals series
4	Oakleigh Cannons	26	15	4	7	58	33	+25	49
5	Preston Lions^[a]	26	14	5	7	40	28	+12	47
6	Dandenong City	26	10	10	6	51	38	+13	40
7	Hume City	26	11	5	10	42	40	+2	38
8	Green Gully	26	8	7	11	39	42	−3	31
9	South Melbourne^[a]	26	7	7	12	29	46	−17	28
10	Altona Magic	26	7	6	13	28	38	−10	27
11	St Albans Saints	26	7	6	13	45	56	−11	27
12	Melbourne Victory Youth (R)	26	5	3	18	36	60	−24	18	Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1
13	Port Melbourne (R)	26	4	5	17	24	64	−40	17
14	Melbourne Knights (R)	26	4	3	19	28	72	−44	15

Season	2025
Dates	7 February – 14 September 2025
Champions	Bentleigh Greens
Promoted	Bentleigh Greens Caroline Springs George Cross Melbourne City Youth
Relegated	Eastern Lions Kingston City Moreland City
Matches	182
Goals	656 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luke Jonathan Lofts (16)
Biggest home win	Melbourne City Youth 8–1 Moreland City (2 March 2025)
Biggest away win	Western United Youth 0–4 Melbourne City Youth (30 March 2025)
Highest scoring	Melbourne City Youth 8–1 Moreland City (2 March 2025)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2025.

2025 National Premier Leagues Victoria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bentleigh Greens (C, P)	26	18	4	4	45	20	+25	58	Promotion to NPL Victoria
2	Caroline Springs George Cross (P)	26	19	0	7	77	35	+42	57	Promotion to NPL Victoria
3	Melbourne City Youth (P)	26	16	6	4	66	28	+38	54	Advance to promotional play-offs
4	Western United Youth	26	13	7	6	61	50	+11	46	Withdrawn from promotional play-offs^[a]
5	Brunswick City	26	12	6	8	43	39	+4	42	Advance to promotional play-offs
6	North Sunshine Eagles	26	12	3	11	51	40	+11	39
7	Melbourne Srbija	26	10	7	9	45	38	+7	37
8	Bulleen Lions	26	10	3	13	35	41	−6	33
9	Northcote City	26	9	5	12	45	44	+1	32
10	Langwarrin SC	26	9	2	15	37	54	−17	29
11	Manningham United Blues	26	6	7	13	35	65	−30	25
12	Eastern Lions (R)	26	6	4	16	36	58	−22	22	Relegation to Victoria Premier League 2
13	Kingston City (R)	26	5	6	15	44	69	−25	21
14	Moreland City (R)	26	6	2	18	36	75	−39	20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	North Geelong Warriors (C, P)	26	18	4	4	68	44	+24	58	Promotion to the Victoria Premier League 1
2	Eltham Redbacks (P)	26	16	5	5	57	31	+26	53	Promotion to the Victoria Premier League 1
3	Brunswick Juventus (O, P)	26	12	8	6	43	39	+4	44	Qualified for the VPL1 Promotion play-offs
4	Altona City	26	13	1	12	41	48	−7	40
5	Springvale White Eagles	26	10	9	7	40	26	+14	39
6	Goulburn Valley Suns	26	11	6	9	52	42	+10	39
7	Essendon Royals	26	11	5	10	53	44	+9	38
8	Box Hill United	26	10	3	13	32	43	−11	33
9	Werribee City	26	8	7	11	28	37	−9	31
10	Whittlesea United	26	9	2	15	40	57	−17	29
11	Nunawading City	26	7	6	13	39	41	−2	27
12	Boroondara-Carey Eagles (R)	26	6	9	11	39	47	−8	27	Relegation to Victorian State League 1
13	Geelong SC (R)	26	6	8	12	30	41	−11	26
14	Pascoe Vale (R)	26	6	5	15	32	54	−22	23

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Heidelberg United	22	16	2	4	52	31	+21	50	Qualification for finals series
2	Bulleen Lions	22	14	3	5	57	29	+28	45
3	Box Hill United (C)	21	12	4	5	46	29	+17	40
4	Essendon Royals	22	12	2	8	49	38	+11	38
5	South Melbourne	22	10	7	5	43	25	+18	37
6	Alamein	22	11	2	9	33	28	+5	35
7	Boroondara-Carey Eagles	22	9	2	11	32	39	−7	29
8	Spring Hills	22	7	7	8	31	31	0	28
9	Preston Lions FC	22	6	5	11	34	43	−9	23
10	FV Academy	22	5	5	12	33	65	−32	20
11	Benleigh Greens (R)	21	4	2	15	27	40	−13	14	Relegation to VPLW
12	Brunswick Juventus (R)	22	4	1	17	20	59	−39	13	Relegation to VPLW

9 August 2025	Heidelberg United	1–2	South Melbourne	Melbourne
16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Yokokawa 5'	Report	Dovison 47', 90+5'	Stadium: Home of the Matildas