2026 National Premier Leagues Victoria

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season	2026
Dates	13 February – 20 September 2025
Teams	14
Matches	63
Goals	179 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maki Petratos; (6 goals)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 19 April 2026.

Season2026

Dates13 February – 20 September 2025

Teams14

Matches63

The 2026 National Premier Leagues Victoria season is the 118th season of top-flight Victorian football, and the 13th since the competition was re-badged to National Premier Leagues Victoria. The season begins on the 13th of February,^[1] and ends on the 20th September.^[2]

Avondale are the defending premiers after finishing four points ahead of eventual champions Heidelberg United FC; who defeated sixth-placed Dandenong City 2–1 at the Grand Final.^[3]

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Team	Head Coach	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Altona Magic	Goran Lozanovski	Melbourne (Altona North)	Paisley Park	5,000
Avondale FC	Jonatan Germano	Melbourne (Parkville)	Avenger Park	1,000
Bentleigh Greens	George Katsakis	Melbourne (Cheltenham)	Kingston Heath Soccer Complex	3,300
Caroline Springs George Cross	Eric Vassiliadis	Melbourne (Fraser Rise)	City Vista Recreation Reserve	3,000
Dandenong City	Nick Tolios	Melbourne (Endeavour Hills)	Frank Holohan Soccer Complex	4,000
Dandenong Thunder	Adam Piddick	Melbourne (Dandenong)	George Andrews Reserve	5,000
Green Gully	Andy Vargas	Melbourne (Keilor Downs)	Green Gully Reserve	10,000
Heidelberg United	John Anastasiadis	Melbourne (Heidelberg West)	Olympic Village	12,000
Hume City	Nick Hegarty	Melbourne (Broadmeadows)	Hume City Stadium	3,000
Melbourne City Youth	Alessandro Diamanti	Melbourne (Cranbourne East)	City Football Academy	1,500
Oakleigh Cannons	Chris Taylor	Melbourne (Oakleigh)	Jack Edwards Reserve	4,000
Preston Lions	Zoran Markovski	Melbourne (Reservoir)	B.T. Connor Reserve	6,500^[5]
South Melbourne	Sinisa Cohadzic	Melbourne (Albert Park)	Lakeside Stadium	12,000
St Albans Saints	Cameron Watson	Melbourne (St Albans)	Churchill Reserve	3,500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne^[a]	10	7	0	3	18	11	+7	21	Qualification to Finals series
2	Oakleigh Cannons^[b]	10	6	2	2	23	13	+10	20	Qualification to Australian Championship and Finals series
3	Heidelberg United	10	6	2	2	17	11	+6	20	Qualification to Finals series
4	Hume City	10	5	2	3	15	13	+2	17
5	Avondale FC^[a]	10	5	1	4	19	13	+6	16
6	Bentleigh Greens	10	4	2	4	11	11	0	14
7	Caroline Springs George Cross	10	3	5	2	10	10	0	14
8	Preston Lions^[a]	10	5	2	3	19	11	+8	11^[c]
9	Melbourne City Youth^[d]	10	2	5	3	15	14	+1	11
10	Dandenong Thunder	10	3	2	5	13	13	0	11
11	St Albans Saints	10	3	1	6	8	21	−13	10
12	Dandenong City	10	3	3	4	13	16	−3	8^[e]	Relegation to Victorian Premier League 1
13	Altona Magic	10	1	4	5	12	18	−6	7
14	Green Gully	10	0	3	7	5	23	−18	3

Home \ Away	ALT	AVO	BEN	CSG	DAN	DTH	GGL	HEI	HUM	MCY	OAK	PRE	SMB	SAL
Altona Magic	—		0–2			2–4	1–1			1–1			1–2	0–1
Avondale FC		—			4–1		5–0			3–1	1–1		0–2
Bentleigh Greens		2–0	—			2–1	4–0					1–1
Caroline Springs George Cross	1–1		0–0	—		2–1		0–3						2–1
Dandenong City			3–0	0–0	—	0–1	2–1		1–1	2–4
Dandenong Thunder		0–1				—	1–1	0–1		1–1			3–0
Green Gully				0–2			—		1–1			0–4	0–1
Heidelberg United	2–2	2–1			1–2		2–1	—		1–1
Hume City	1–3		1–0			3–1			—			3–2		0–1
Melbourne City Youth				1–1					0–1	—	1–1	0–3		5–0
Oakleigh Cannons	3–1		4–0	2–1				2–3	3–2		—	1–3
Preston Lions		2–1		1–1				0–1				—	0–3	3–0
South Melbourne			1–0		4–2				1–2		0–3		—
St Albans Saints		2–3			0–0			2–1			1–3		0–4	—

Rank^[8]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Maki Petratos	Bentleigh Greens	6
2	Adisu Bayew	Hume City	5
3	Bruno Fornaroli	Avondale FC	4
	Jamie Latham	Dandenong City
	Joe Guest	Oakleigh Cannons
	Liston Diaz	Oakleigh Cannons
	Roland Ballah	Melbourne City Youth

2026 National Premier Leagues Victoria

Team Changes

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From NPL Victoria

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Stadiums and Locations

Regular season

League table

Matches

Finals series

Bracket

Statistics

Goals

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