2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria

National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season	2024
Dates	8 February – 7 September 2024
Champions	Oakleigh Cannons
Premiers	South Melbourne
Relegated	Manningham United; Moreland City
Matches played	187
Goals scored	627 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Salmon (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Heidelberg United 6–0 St Albans Saints; (5 April); Melbourne Knights 6–0 Moreland City; (21 June); Dandenong City 7–1 Moreland City; (28 June)
Biggest away win	Dandenong Thunder 0–8 Avondale FC; (20 April)
Highest scoring	Altona Magic 6–3 Moreland City; (27 July)
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the 116th season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria (11th season since the rename of the competition), a regional Australian soccer competition, based in Victoria. The season began on 8 February, and concluded on 7 September 2024.^[1]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Manningham United Blues

Locations of the 2024 National Premier Leagues Victoria teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Altona Magic	Melbourne (Parkville)	Paisley Park	5,000
Avondale FC	Melbourne (Parkville)	Avenger Park	1,000
Dandenong City	Melbourne (Dandenong)	Frank Holohan Soccer Complex	4,000
Dandenong Thunder	Melbourne (Dandenong)	George Andrews Reserve	5,000
Green Gully	Melbourne (Keilor Downs)	Green Gully Reserve	10,000
Heidelberg United	Melbourne (Heidelberg West)	Olympic Village	12,000
Hume City	Melbourne (Broadmeadows)	Hume City Stadium	3,000
Manningham United Blues	Melbourne (Templestowe)	Pettys Reserve	1,000
Melbourne Knights	Melbourne (Sunshine North)	Knights Stadium	4,000
Moreland City	Melbourne (Coburg)	CB Smith Reserve	2,000
Oakleigh Cannons	Melbourne (Oakleigh)	Jack Edwards Reserve	4,000
Port Melbourne	Melbourne (Port Melbourne)	JL Murphy Reserve	1,000
South Melbourne	Melbourne (Albert Park)	Lakeside Stadium	12,000
St Albans Saints	Melbourne (St Albans)	Churchill Reserve	3,500

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	19	3	4	53	20	+33	60	Qualification to Finals series
2	Avondale FC	26	16	6	4	65	29	+36	54
3	Oakleigh Cannons (C)	26	16	5	5	53	28	+25	53
4	Heidelberg United	26	14	9	3	46	21	+25	51
5	Hume City	26	15	5	6	50	29	+21	50
6	Dandenong City	26	11	4	11	50	51	−1	37
7	Melbourne Knights	26	10	5	11	43	37	+6	35
8	Altona Magic	26	10	3	13	43	50	−7	33
9	Port Melbourne	26	9	6	11	41	52	−11	33
10	Dandenong Thunder	26	8	4	14	29	51	−22	28
11	St Albans Saints	26	8	1	17	30	54	−24	25
12	Green Gully	26	6	6	14	34	53	−19	24
13	Manningham United Blues (R)	26	5	3	18	42	72	−30	18	Relegation to Victoria Premier League 1
14	Moreland City (R)	26	4	2	20	36	68	−32	14	Relegation to Victoria Premier League 1

Source: GameDay
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Away head-to-head results; 6) Alphabetical order^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALT	AVO	DCI	DTH	GRE	HEI	HUM	MAN	MEL	MOR	OAK	POR	SOU	SAS
Altona Magic	—	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	6–2	1–0	6–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–0
Avondale FC	4–0	—	4–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	5–0	5–1	1–1	0–3	3–3	5–1	1–1	2–1
Dandenong City	3–2	0–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–4	2–4	2–5	7–1	1–1	5–3	0–4	2–0
Dandenong Thunder	0–4	0–8	1–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–5	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–0
Green Gully	2–4	1–6	2–3	1–1	—	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–3	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–1	4–0
Heidelberg United	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	—	1–1	5–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	6–0
Hume City	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	—	5–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–1
Manningham United Blues	4–5	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	—	1–2	3–3	1–4	2–2	2–5	4–0
Melbourne Knights	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–5	1–0	—	6–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–0
Moreland City	2–3	0–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–4	0–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
Oakleigh Cannons	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	—	3–0	0–0	3–2
Port Melbourne	1–1	0–4	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–3	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	—	2–3	0–0
South Melbourne	4–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	4–0	—	2–1
St Albans Saints	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	3–5	1–4	—

Source: GameDay
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Bracket

Elimination finals			Preliminary finals			Grand final

			1	South Melbourne (a.e.t.)	1
4	Heidelberg United	1 (4)	5	Hume City	0
5	Hume City (p)	1 (5)				1	South Melbourne	0
						3	Oakleigh Cannons	1
			2	Avondale FC	0
3	Oakleigh Cannons	4	3	Oakleigh Cannons	3
6	Dandenong City	1

Elimination-finals

23 August 2024

19:30 AEST

Heidelberg United	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Hume City
Ngor 41'	Report	Isgrove 86' (pen.)
Penalties
Collins Sheppard Fetahagic Theodoropoulos Ellis Aidara	4–5	Isgrove Mcfarlane Gulevski Ascroft L. Weier Ochieng

Olympic Village, Melbourne

Referee: Ross Clark

24 August 2024

14:15 AEST

Oakleigh Cannons	4–1	Dandenong City
Wellsmore 22' Salmon 43' Guest 86' Kasumovic 89'	Report	Iaconis 53'

Jack Edwards Reserve, Melbourne

Referee: Ioannis Zisis

Preliminary finals

30 August 2024

19:30 AEST

South Melbourne	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hume City
Mikkola 96'	Report

Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne

Referee: Astro Sakalis

31 August 2024

14:15 AEST

Avondale FC	0–3	Oakleigh Cannons
	Report	Guest 41' Sinclair 47' Salmon 75'

Avenger Park, Melbourne

Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Grand final

7 September 2024

18:00 AEST

South Melbourne	0–1	Oakleigh Cannons
	Report	Wellsmore 72'

The Home of the Matildas, Melbourne

Referee: Michael Mammis

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Alex Salmon	Oakleigh Cannons	18
2	Harry Sawyer	South Melbourne	16
3	Lloyd Isgrove	Hume City	15
4	Aamir Abdallah	Hume City	14
	Ben Everson	Manningham United Blues
	Bul Juach	Altona Magic
7	Ciaran Bramwell	Melbourne Knights	13
	Joe Guest	Oakleigh Cannons
	Stefan Zinni	Avondale FC
10	Christos Theodorakopoulos	Manningham United Blues Moreland City	12
10	Nahuel Bonada	South Melbourne	12

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 10^[4]
- James Tountas (Manningham United Blues)
- Jack Webster (Dandenong City)

Most red cards: 2^[5]
- Jacob Eliopoulos (Oakleigh Cannons)
- Luke Jurcic (Moreland City)
- Adolph Koudakpo (Green Gully)
- Michael Tzoutzidis (Moreland City)
- Jack Webster (Dandeong City)

References

^ "Results for NPL VIC Men". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
^ "2024 Rules of Competition – Advanced Competitions" (PDF). Football Victoria. p. 43.
^ "NPL VIC Men Stats: Goals". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
^ "NPL VIC Men Stats: Yellow Cards". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
^ "NPL VIC Men Stats: Red Cards". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[1] "Results for NPL VIC Men". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[2] "2024 Rules of Competition – Advanced Competitions" (PDF). Football Victoria. p. 43.

[3] "NPL VIC Men Stats: Goals". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[4] "NPL VIC Men Stats: Yellow Cards". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[5] "NPL VIC Men Stats: Red Cards". websites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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