2021 Football Victoria season

The 2021 season in Football Victoria refers to the competitions contested under the organisation of Football Victoria in 2021. Preliminary plans for the resumption of competitions for the 2021 season were released in October 2020.[1] The previous season had been disrupted due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March 2020, [2] and had only able to restart in a limited way for juniors in regional areas from 24 September 2020; no football activities were able to resume in Metropolitan Melbourne.[3]

Football Victoria
Season2021
← 2020
2022 →

League Tables

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria
2021 Football Victoria season
Season2021
Dates26 February to 19 September
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria will be the eighth season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top tier of Victorian soccer, since its establishment in 2014.

Bentleigh Greens were the defending champions from the 2019 season, but in 2020 no premier or champion was declared.

Fourteen teams are scheduled to compete in the league, with relegation for the bottom two teams reintroduced.[1] The NPL Premier qualifies for the national NPL finals series.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Altona Magic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 National Premier Leagues Finals
2 Avondale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 NPL Victoria Finals
3 Bentleigh Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dandenong City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dandenong Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Eastern Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Green Gully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidelberg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hume City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Melbourne Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Oakleigh Cannons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Port Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 Relegation play-offs
13 South Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2022 NPL Victoria 2
14 St Albans Saints 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 26 February 2021. Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
2021 Football Victoria season
Season2021
Dates19 March to 4 September
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 NPL Victoria 2 season is scheduled to be played over 22 rounds as a double round-robin, with promotion and relegation reintroduced.[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brunswick City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the National Premier Leagues Victoria
2 Bulleen Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Goulburn Valley Suns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Langwarrin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kingston City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Manningham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Moreland City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Moreland Zebras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 North Geelong Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Northcote City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pascoe Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3
12 Werribee City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 March 2021. Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

2021 National Premier Leagues Victoria 3
National Premier Leagues Victoria 3
Season2021
Dates19 March to 4 September
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 NPL Victoria 3 is effectively the first season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, the third-tier of Victorian soccer, as the 2020 season was cancelled. NPL Victoria 3 was created from the bottom halves of the East and West divisions of NPL Victoria 2 when the league was reorganised at the end of the 2019 season.[4] Western United FC Youth joined the league as a new team.[5]

The season is scheduled to be played over 22 rounds as a double round-robin, with promotion and relegation reintroduced,[1] designed to revert the structure back to twelve clubs for the following season.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ballarat City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
2 Box Hill United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Doveton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Geelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 North Sunshine Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nunawading City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Preston Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Springvale White Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western United Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Victorian State League 1
12 Whittlesea Ranges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 March 2021. Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

2021 NPL Victoria Women
NPL Victoria Women
Season2021
Dates10 April to 19 September
← 2020
2022 →

The highest tier domestic football competition in Victoria for women is the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women. This is the fifth season of the NPL format, as the 2020 season was cancelled. The season is scheduled to be played over 21 rounds as a triple round-robin, with no relegation to occur until the 2023 season.[7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alamein FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finals Series
2 Bayside United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Box Hill United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bulleen Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Calder United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Heidelberg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 South Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Victorian Women's NTC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 April 2021. Source: sportstg.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. "2021 Start Up". Football Victoria. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Updated Junior (Regional) Return to Play Conditions released". Football Victoria. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. "Victoria restructures its NPL competition". footballtoday.news. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. Matthew Comino (9 December 2020). "Around the grounds: Stefan Nigro joins Mariners, Western United announce NPL venture". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. "FFV Men's and Boy's Football Competition Review" (PDF). Football Victoria. 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. "FV Womens and Girls 2021 Start Up Rules" (PDF). Football Victoria. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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