2015 Football Federation Victoria season

NPL Victoria 1 West
Season	2015
Matches played	93
Goals scored	305 (3.28 per match)
	← 2014 2016 →

NPL Victoria
Season	2015
Champions	Bentleigh Greens
Premiers	South Melbourne
Matches played	137
Goals scored	388 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milos Lujic (18 goals)
Biggest home win	South Melbourne 7−1 North Geelong Warriors; (29 May 2015)
Biggest away win	Green Gully 2−8 Heidelberg United; (11 April 2015)
Highest scoring	Green Gully 2−8 Heidelberg United; (11 April 2015)
	← 2014 2016 →

Football Federation Victoria
Season	2015
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Football Federation Victoria season was the second season under the new competition format for state-level football (soccer) in Victoria. The competition consisted of seven divisions across the state of Victoria.

League Tables[]

2015 National Premier Leagues Victoria[]

The 2015 National Premier Leagues Victoria season was played over 26 rounds. The overall premier of this division qualified for the 2015 National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues champion for 2015.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Melbourne	26	18	4	4	58	22	+36	58	2015 National Premier Leagues Finals
2	Bentleigh Greens (C)	26	17	7	2	48	25	+23	58	2015 Victoria Finals
3	Heidelberg United	26	15	6	5	51	29	+22	51
4	Melbourne Knights	26	15	5	6	39	27	+12	50
5	Hume City	26	13	5	8	41	28	+13	44
6	Pascoe Vale	26	12	4	10	34	30	+4	40
7	Green Gully	26	11	4	11	52	45	+7	37
8	Port Melbourne	26	9	6	11	37	34	+3	33
9	Avondale FC	26	8	7	11	37	42	−5	31
10	Northcote City	26	9	3	14	32	49	−17	30
11	Oakleigh Cannons	26	7	5	14	33	41	−8	26
12	North Geelong Warriors (R)	26	6	3	17	30	52	−22	21	2015 Relegation play-offs
13	Werribee City (R)	26	4	6	16	20	50	−30	18	Relegation to the 2016 NPL Victoria 1
14	Dandenong Thunder (R)	26	4	3	19	30	69	−39	15	Relegation to the 2016 NPL Victoria 1

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

Finals[]

Quarter Finals			Semi Finals			Final

			1	South Melbourne	3
3	Heidelberg United	2 (0)	6	Pascoe Vale	2
6	Pascoe Vale	2 (3)				1	South Melbourne	1
						2	Bentleigh Greens	3
			2	Bentleigh Greens	2
4	Melbourne Knights	2 (0)	5	Hume City	0
5	Hume City	2 (2)

Promotion/Relegation Play-off[]

West vs East			Promotion/Relegation Play-off

			12	North Geelong Warriors	0

			E2	Melbourne Victory Youth	2
W2	Moreland Zebras	1

E2	Melbourne Victory Youth	2

Top Scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Milos Lujic	South Melbourne	18
2	Daniel Heffernan	Heidelberg United	13
3		Green Gully	12
4		Bentleigh Greens	11
5		Melbourne Knights	10

2015 National Premier Leagues Victoria 1[]

West[]

The 2015 National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 West 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, Bentleigh Greens second placed team entered the promotion play-off.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bulleen Lions (P)	28	17	6	5	50	26	+24	57	Promotion to the 2016 NPL Victoria
2	Moreland Zebras	28	14	9	5	65	30	+35	51	2015 Promotion play-offs
3	Moreland City	28	15	6	7	44	34	+10	51
4	Ballarat Red Devils	28	14	7	7	55	36	+19	49
5	Melbourne City Youth	28	13	5	10	56	45	+11	44
6	St Albans Saints	28	12	6	10	47	29	+18	42
7	Whittlesea Ranges	28	9	7	12	44	46	−2	34
8	Sunshine George Cross	28	9	7	12	32	43	−11	34
9	Bendigo City	28	6	7	15	38	55	−17	25
10	Brunswick City	28	5	4	19	37	83	−46	19

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

East[]

NPL Victoria 1 East
Season	2015
Matches played	93
Goals scored	353 (3.8 per match)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 East 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, whilst the second placed team entered the promotion play-off.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Richmond (C, P)	28	18	3	7	59	36	+23	57	Promotion to the 2016 NPL Victoria
2	Melbourne Victory Youth (P)	28	17	4	7	87	44	+43	55	2015 Promotion play-offs
3	Dandenong City	28	14	6	8	59	35	+24	48
4	Box Hill United	28	15	3	10	46	44	+2	48
5	Goulburn Valley Suns	28	15	2	11	72	46	+26	47
6	Kingston City	28	15	2	11	59	50	+9	47
7	Eastern Lions	28	11	8	9	50	50	0	41
8	Murray United	28	6	4	18	38	80	−42	22
9	Springvale White Eagles	28	4	5	19	24	54	−30	17
10	Nunawading City	28	0	1	27	32	127	−95	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Grand Final[]

The NPL1 Season concluded with a single match between the winners of the leagues in the West and East sections, to determine the NPL1 Victoria Champion.

20 September 2015

Bulleen Lions	1–2	Richmond
	Source

Jack Edwards Reserve

2015 Victoria State League 1[]

North-West[]

Victorian State League 1 North-West
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Western Suburbs	22	14	3	5	42	21	+21	45
2		22	14	3	5	43	28	+15	45
3	Altona Magic	22	13	5	4	43	20	+23	44
4	Preston Lions	22	13	4	5	35	23	+12	43
5	North Sunshine Eagles	22	11	4	7	44	38	+6	37
6	Keilor Park	22	8	3	11	34	33	+1	27
7	Altona East Phoenix	22	8	3	11	37	42	−5	27
8	Diamond Valley United	22	7	4	11	26	31	−5	25
9	Westgate FC	22	7	2	13	36	48	−12	23
10	Cairnlea FC	22	6	5	11	31	50	−19	23
11	(R)	22	5	5	12	33	53	−20	20	Relegation to the 2016 State League 2
12	(R)	22	4	3	15	23	40	−17	15	Relegation to the 2016 State League 2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

South-East[]

Victorian State League 1 South-East
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		22	17	2	3	69	25	+44	53
2	Clifton Hill	22	14	5	3	54	32	+22	47
3	South Springvale	22	11	5	6	47	38	+9	38
4	Langwarrin	22	12	3	7	47	34	+13	36^[a]
5	Malvern City	22	11	2	9	52	47	+5	35
6		22	9	3	10	39	30	+9	30
7	Frankston Pines	22	9	3	10	47	42	+5	30
8		22	7	5	10	37	48	−11	26
9	Casey Comets	22	5	9	8	21	30	−9	24
10	Manningham United	22	6	3	13	30	44	−14	21
11	(R)	22	4	3	15	23	59	−36	15	Relegation to the 2016 State League 2
12	Doncaster Rovers (R)	22	4	3	15	22	59	−37	15	Relegation to the 2016 State League 2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Langwarrin were deducted 3 points.

2015 Victoria State League 2[]

North-West[]

Victorian State League 2 North-West
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Banyule City (P)	22	14	4	4	49	25	+24	46	Promotion to the 2016 State League 1
2	(P)	22	14	3	5	51	24	+27	45	Promotion to the 2016 State League 1
3		22	14	3	5	51	29	+22	45
4	Essendon Royals	22	14	2	6	52	30	+22	44
5		22	13	3	6	34	22	+12	42
6	Geelong	22	12	4	6	37	31	+6	40
7	Fitzroy City	22	9	4	9	42	38	+4	31
8		22	6	6	10	36	44	−8	24
9		22	5	5	12	26	39	−13	20
10		22	5	3	14	27	48	−21	18
11	(R)	22	2	6	14	21	49	−28	12	Relegation to the 2016 State League 3
12	Melbourne University (R)	22	0	5	17	19	66	−47	5	Relegation to the 2016 State League 3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East[]

Victorian State League 2 South-East
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	(P)	22	14	4	4	48	26	+22	46	Promotion to the 2016 State League 1
2	Mooroolbark (P)	22	13	5	4	51	33	+18	44	Promotion to the 2016 State League 1
3	Old Scotch	22	12	3	7	49	34	+15	39
4		22	11	4	7	45	36	+9	37
5	Sandringham	22	9	6	7	44	41	+3	33
6		22	10	2	10	51	46	+5	32
7		22	9	6	7	49	35	+14	30^[a]
8		22	7	5	10	41	56	−15	26
9	Doveton	22	6	7	9	37	43	−6	25
10		22	6	6	10	43	44	−1	24
11	(R)	22	4	7	11	36	51	−15	19	Relegation to the 2016 State League 3
12	Dingley Stars FC (R)	22	1	5	16	20	69	−49	8	Relegation to the 2016 State League 3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Heatherton United were deducted 3 points.

2015 Victoria State League 3[]

North-West[]

Victorian State League 3 North-West
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	(P)	22	16	3	3	44	17	+27	51	Promotion to the 2016 State League 2
2	Altona City (P)	22	14	2	6	53	23	+30	44	Promotion to the 2016 State League 2
3		22	13	5	4	45	32	+13	44
4	Williamstown SC	22	11	4	7	46	35	+11	37
5	La Trobe University	22	10	2	10	43	40	+3	32
6	Western Eagles	22	8	5	9	28	35	−7	29
7		22	8	4	10	46	51	−5	28
8	Darebin United	22	7	5	10	36	50	−14	26
9		22	6	5	11	33	37	−4	23
10	Geelong Rangers	22	5	5	12	27	40	−13	20	Qualification to the 2015 Relegation play-offs
11	Brunswick Zebras (R)	22	6	2	14	27	47	−20	20	Relegation to 2016 State League 4
12	(R)	22	6	2	14	31	52	−21	20	Relegation to 2016 State League 4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South-East[]

Victorian State League 3 South-East
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St Kilda SC (P)	22	14	6	2	53	26	+27	48	Promotion to the 2016 State League 2
2	(P)	22	10	7	5	37	29	+8	37	Promotion to the 2016 State League 2
3		22	10	6	6	44	32	+12	36
4		22	10	5	7	45	38	+7	35
5		22	9	4	9	32	33	−1	31
6	Knox City	22	8	6	8	26	25	+1	30
7		22	8	6	8	34	34	0	30
8		22	8	2	12	26	35	−9	26
9		22	5	9	8	36	44	−8	24
10	Croydon City	22	7	3	12	32	48	−16	24	Qualification to the 2015 Relegation play-offs
11	(R)	22	5	6	11	41	47	−6	21	Relegation to 2016 State League 4
12	(R)	22	4	8	10	31	46	−15	20	Relegation to 2016 State League 4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/Relegation Play-off[]

North vs West			North-West Play-off

			10	Geelong Rangers	1

			W2	Brimbank Stallions	0
N2		1

W2	Brimbank Stallions	2

South vs East			South-East Play-off

			10	Croydon City Arrows	1

			E2	Old Camberwell Grammarians	0
S2		1

E2	Old Camberwell Grammarians	2

2015 Victoria State League 4[]

North[]

Victorian State League 4 North
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fawkner (P)	22	17	4	1	70	27	+43	55	Promotion to the 2016 State League 3
2		22	15	3	4	66	36	+30	48	Qualification to the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3		22	14	3	5	54	27	+27	45
4		22	13	3	6	66	31	+35	42
5	Plenty Valley	22	11	5	6	56	29	+27	38
6		22	11	3	8	51	38	+13	36
7		22	10	4	8	56	34	+22	34
8	Northern Falcons	22	5	5	12	36	49	−13	20
9		22	4	5	13	34	63	−29	17
10		22	8	4	10	45	56	−11	28
11		22	2	3	17	27	62	−35	9	Relegation to 2016 State League 5
12		22	0	2	20	6	115	−109	2	Relegation to 2016 State League 5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

West[]

Victorian State League 4 West
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Melbourne City (P)	22	13	5	4	53	30	+23	44	Promotion to the 2016 State League 3
2	Brimbank Stallions	22	13	5	4	45	22	+23	44	Qualification to the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3		22	12	4	6	41	27	+14	40
4		22	10	9	3	33	24	+9	39
5		22	10	5	7	44	36	+8	35
6		22	10	2	10	39	40	−1	32
7		22	8	4	10	52	40	+12	28
8		22	8	4	10	35	35	0	28
9	Surf Coast	22	8	3	11	34	46	−12	27
10		22	8	1	13	34	42	−8	25
11		22	5	5	12	27	41	−14	20	Relegation to 2016 State League 5
12	Laverton Park	22	2	3	17	23	77	−54	9	Relegation to 2016 State League 5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

South[]

Victorian State League 4 South
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brighton (P)	22	15	2	5	48	23	+25	47	Promotion to the 2016 State League 3
2		22	14	3	5	65	37	+28	45	Qualification to the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3		22	13	5	4	56	28	+28	44
4		22	11	4	7	48	38	+10	37
5		22	10	2	10	44	49	−5	32
6		22	8	4	10	37	44	−7	28
7		22	6	7	9	35	40	−5	25
8		22	6	7	9	33	42	−9	25
9		22	7	2	13	42	55	−13	23
10		22	5	7	10	28	45	−17	22
11		22	5	7	10	35	56	−21	22	Relegation to 2016 State League 5
12		22	6	2	14	44	58	−14	20	Relegation to 2016 State League 5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

East[]

Victorian State League 4 East
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	(P)	22	19	2	1	95	26	+69	59	Promotion to the 2016 State League 3
2	Old Camberwell Grammarians	22	13	5	4	62	34	+28	44	Qualification to the 2015 Promotion play-offs
3	Monash University	22	11	7	4	61	41	+20	40
4		22	12	2	8	48	40	+8	38
5	Ringwood City	22	10	5	7	54	38	+16	35
6	Old Xaverians	22	9	6	7	44	39	+5	33
7	Waverley Wanderers	22	10	1	11	48	45	+3	31
8		22	7	3	12	35	54	−19	24
9		22	6	3	13	44	55	−11	21
10		22	5	4	13	35	62	−27	19
11		22	5	4	13	33	60	−27	19	Relegation to 2016 State League 5
12		22	4	0	18	31	96	−65	12	Relegation to 2016 State League 5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted

2015 Victoria State League 5[]

North[]

Victorian State League 5 North
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		21	18	3	0	71	11	+60	57	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
2	Marcellin Old Collegians SC	21	14	4	3	62	23	+39	46	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
3	Old Ivanhoe Grammarians SC	21	9	5	7	29	36	−7	32
4		21	9	5	7	33	34	−1	32
5		21	8	3	10	52	35	+17	27
6	Old Trinity Grammarians SC	21	5	3	13	37	40	−3	18
7		21	4	4	13	33	70	−37	16
8		21	3	1	17	28	96	−68	10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

West[]

Victorian State League 5 West
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		21	16	1	4	60	24	+36	49	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
2		21	15	3	3	66	20	+46	48	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
3		21	15	2	4	66	21	+45	47
4	RMIT FC	21	11	2	8	61	37	+24	35
5		21	9	3	9	51	44	+7	30
6		21	7	1	13	30	67	−37	22
7		21	2	2	17	23	57	−34	8
8		21	1	2	18	37	124	−87	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

South[]

Victorian State League 5 South
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		22	17	3	2	76	24	+52	54	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
2		22	16	4	2	66	21	+45	52	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
3		22	16	1	5	86	27	+59	49
4		22	13	4	5	55	41	+14	43
5		22	9	5	8	59	40	+19	32
6		22	9	5	8	46	38	+8	32
7		22	10	0	12	40	53	−13	30
8	Old Mentonians SC	22	7	5	10	30	47	−17	26
9		22	8	1	13	31	49	−18	25
10		22	4	5	13	33	74	−41	17
11		22	3	3	16	21	62	−41	12
12	Prahran City FC	22	1	2	19	23	90	−67	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

East[]

Victorian State League 5 East
Season	2015
← 2014 2016 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		21	14	5	2	70	26	+44	47	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
2		21	13	3	5	45	23	+22	42	Promotion to the 2016 State League 4
3	St Kevins Old Boys SC	21	11	5	5	54	30	+24	38
4		21	11	4	6	66	32	+34	37
5		21	9	4	8	47	38	+9	31
6		21	8	6	7	47	33	+14	30
7		21	3	1	17	27	70	−43	10
8		21	1	0	20	20	124	−104	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

2015 Women's Premier League[]

Sportsmart
Women's Premier League
Season	2015
Champions	South Melbourne
Premiers	Boroondara Eagles
← 2014 2016 →

This was the final season of the WPL format, known for sponsorship reasons as the Sportsmart Women's Premier League. This competition was replaced by the National Premier Leagues Victoria Women.

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification or relegation

1

Boroondara Eagles

22

15

5

2

82

20

+62

50

Finals Series

Not granted a licence for the 2016 Women's NPL season

2

22

14

5

3

67

26

+41

47

Finals Series

3

South Melbourne (C)

22

15

1

6

68

39

+29

46

Finals Series

Not granted a licence for the 2016 Women's NPL season

4

22

15

1

6

48

24

+24

46

Finals Series

Not granted a licence for the 2016 Women's NPL season

5

Heidelberg United

22

13

4

5

51

25

+26

43

Finals Series

6

Bulleen Lions

22

11

3

8

73

40

+33

36

7

Sandringham

22

9

3

10

40

38

+2

30

Not granted a licence for the 2016 Women's NPL season

8

Victorian Women's NTC

22

7

8

39

40

−1

28

9

Box Hill United

22

7

5

10

38

36

+2

26

10

22

2

4

16

21

59

−38

10

Not granted a licence for the 2016 Women's NPL season

11

22

3

0

19

17

106

−89

9

12

22

2

0

20

11

102

−91

6

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

Finals[]


Qualifying Finals			Semi Finals				Preliminary Finals			Grand Final

			1	Boroondara Eagles	3
					0						Boroondara Eagles	1 (4)
2		3							0		South Melbourne	1 (5)
3	South Melbourne	2						South Melbourne	3
					South Melbourne	2
4		1		Heidelberg United	1
5	Heidelberg United	4

Cup Competitions[]

2015 Dockerty Cup[]

Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2015 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian qualifiers for the 2015 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 191 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.

The Cup was won by South Melbourne.

In addition to the two A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City), the four semi-finalists (Heidelberg United, Hume City, Oakleigh Cannons and South Melbourne) competed in the final rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup.

References[]

^ "Fixtures/Results". Soccer Aust. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
^ "PS4 NPL VIC Scoring Summary". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

[table_hth_LAN0.48569717001435-3] Langwarrin were deducted 3 points.

[table_hth_HU0.34539599127387-4] Heatherton United were deducted 3 points.

[1] "Fixtures/Results". Soccer Aust. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

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