2020 National Premier Leagues Victoria

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National Premier Leagues Victoria
Season2020
Dates13 February – 15 March 2020
Matches played35
Goals scored103 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerBrandon Barnes & Hamish Watson
(5 goals)
Biggest home winOakleigh Cannons 5–0 Oakleigh Cannons
(6 March 2020)
Avondale 6–1 Melbourne Knights
(14 March 2020)
Highest scoringSouth Melbourne 5–2 Eastern Lions
(23 February 2020)
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The 2020 National Premier Leagues Victoria was the seventh season of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the top league in Victorian football. Bentleigh Greens are the defending champions, having won their third championship title the previous season. The season started on 13 February and was cancelled on 18 March, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Teams[]

Fourteen teams compete in the league – the top twelve teams from the two teams promoted from the NPL Victoria 2. The promoted teams were Eastern Lions from the Eastern conference and St Albans Saints from the Western conference. They replaced Kingston City and Pascoe Vale.

Stadiums and locations[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Suburb Stadium Capacity
Altona Magic Altona North Paisley Park Soccer Complex 5,000
Avondale Avondale Heights City Vista Recreation Reserve 4,000
Bentleigh Greens Cheltenham Kingston Heath Soccer Complex 3,300
Dandenong City Endeavour Hills Frank Holohan Soccer Complex 4,000
Dandenong Thunder Danedenong George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Eastern Lions Burwood George Andrews Reserve 5,000
Green Gully St Albans Green Gully Reserve 10,000

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hume City 5 5 0 0 11 3 +8 15
2 Oakleigh Cannons 5 3 1 1 11 6 +5 10
3 Dandenong Thunder 5 3 1 1 9 7 +2 10
4 Avondale 5 4 0 1 14 4 +10 9
5 Heidelberg United 5 3 0 2 10 6 +4 9
6 Port Melbourne 5 2 3 0 8 4 +4 9
7 St Albans Saints 5 2 3 0 7 3 +4 9
8 South Melbourne 5 1 3 1 7 7 0 6
9 Green Gully 5 2 0 3 7 9 −2 6
10 Bentleigh Greens 5 1 2 2 4 3 +1 5
11 Melbourne Knights 5 0 2 3 7 16 −9 2
12 Dandenong City 5 0 1 4 4 10 −6 1
13 Eastern Lions 5 0 1 4 2 12 −10 1
14 Altona Magic 5 0 1 4 2 13 −11 1
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Results[]

Home \ Away ALT AVO BEN DCY DTH EAS GRE HEI HUM MBK OAK PMS SAS SOU
Altona Magic — 0–2 1–1
Avondale — 6–1
Bentleigh Greens — 0–0
Dandenong City 0–3 — 0–1 1–1
Dandenong Thunder 1–0 3–2 — 1–2
Eastern Lions 0–3 0–1 —
Green Gully 0–2 — 2–1 0–1
Heidelberg United 3–1 —
Hume City 2–0 1–0 2–1 —
Melbourne Knights 3–3 2–4 —
Oakleigh Cannons 5–0 3–1 0–3 3–2 — 0–0
Port Melbourne 3–0 1–1 — 1–1
St Albans Saints 0–0 4–2 2–0 —
South Melbourne 5–2 0–3 —
Source: SportsTG
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Australia Brandon Barnes Dandenong Thunder 5
New Zealand Hamish Watson Melbourne Knights
3 England Alex Salmon Green Gully 4
Australia Stefan Valentini Avondale
5 Australia Joe Guest Oakleigh Cannons 3
Australia Joe Knowles Oakleigh Cannons
Australia Steven Hewitt Hume City
Australia Yuta Konagaya Port Melbourne
Australia Harry Sawyer South Melbourne
Australia Francesco Stella Port Melbourne

Hat-tricks[]

Player For Against Result Date
Australia Harry Sawyer South Melbourne Eastern Lions 5–2 (H)[3] 23 February 2020

References[]

  1. ^ "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Season Stats – Scoring Summary". SportsTG. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ "South Melbourne 5–2 Eastern Lions". SportsTG. 23 February 2020.

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